In the rolling crowd, Luo Yuming followed a stretcher, lowered his head worriedly from time to time, and looked at the pale face of Wu Ming who was lying on his back.

"Brigade Commander Luo, don't worry, the division seat is overtired, as long as you sleep well, you will be relieved." Xiao Dingchen, vice president of the field hospital, comforted.

Luo Yuming nodded, and just wanted to beckon Cheng Yuan to explain some precautions, when a low moan suddenly sounded on the stretcher.

"Hmm-"

Wu Ming slowly opened his eyes, turned his head and looked around. The illness came like a mountain, and at this time, Wu Ming didn't have any strength in his body, he opened his lips and wanted to say something, but his head was dizzy, and he couldn't think of anything for a while.

"Master, do you feel better?" Luo Yuming hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern.

Wu Ming blinked his eyes, and when he saw that it was Luo Yuming, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "This hasn't become a military commander yet, and his body has become delicate."

"Shizuo, since you participated in the Battle of Songhu, you have never had a good rest, even the iron man can't bear it," Luo Yuming complained.

Xiao Dingchen stepped forward to measure Wu Ming's body temperature and measured his pulse: "It's not a big deal, but the master still has to rest well, otherwise he will be unconscious." ”

Seeing Xiao Dingchen leave in a hurry, Wu Ming suddenly remembered the scene before he fell into a coma and asked, "What about Du Pingzhang?" I haven't finished reading the telegram yet."

Luo Yuming held Wu Ming's hand and explained: "Master, you don't have to rush to find Section Chief Du, I have read the telegram, you have any questions to ask me." Chief Du is very guilty, and I guess I won't dare to come to see you for a while......"

"What's going on?" Wu Ming raised his chin.

Luo Yuming said angrily: "Section Chief Du stunned you with a telegram, so I decided to punish myself and personally guard the radio to translate the telegram."

"Playing the piano indiscriminately, what does it matter to him when I faint? Tell him to return to his post, if he delays the military aircraft, Lao Tzu is the only one who asks"

Wu Ming instructed Chengyuan to pass the order, so he no longer dwelled on Du Pingzhang's affairs.

Luo Yuming smiled and told Wu Ming the contents of the telegram.

The telegram was sent by the intelligence services and told a total of three things.

The first is that after the Japanese army took the line of Guangde and Si'an, it quickly turned around and went north to attack Nanjing. The Japanese army was overwhelmed all the way, but when attacking the highlands south of Lishui County, it was attacked head-on by the 74th Army under the command of Yu Jishi, and the Japanese army independently mixed into the 8th Brigade and the 35th Brigade of the 18th Division suffered heavy losses, and had to retreat to Chuanqiao Village southeast of Shijiu Lake.

Second, the officers and men of the Second Special Service Company of the New Second Division's Guard Battalion, which were operating on the front lines of Yuhang, Tongxiang, and Haining, and a battalion of the Maoliangwu Militia Regiment, were surrounded by the Japanese puppet army when they attacked the Japanese army's baggage team in the west of Chang'an Town, and all of them died heroically after a day and a night of fighting. Affected by this, the remaining two detachments operating on the line and the officers and men of the Maoliangwu militia regiment that were attached to the operation had no choice but to break into pieces, turn from light to darkness, and wait for an opportunity to fight again.

Thirdly, the Japanese army in Hangzhou collected a large number of ships, including a number of sailing ships, and rushed along the Xixi River to the upper reaches of Lu, joining the ranks of the pursuit of the New Second Division.

Wu Ming frowned after hearing this.

The special detachment that was responsible for raiding and harassing operations behind enemy lines greatly slowed down the pace of the Japanese army's advance, but it was gradually regarded by the Japanese army as a thorn in the flesh. Every special officer and soldier is Wu Ming's baby bump, and now more than 20 people have been put in at once, plus a battalion of militia officers and soldiers, which makes Wu Ming's heart as uncomfortable as a knife.

In addition, the Japanese army's use of Xixi shipping to transport heavy supplies and even troops was a huge threat to the new 2nd Division.

Luo Yuming patted the stretcher and said with relief: "Division, we are only one day away from Lin'an, according to the time, when the division headquarters enters Lin'an City, the seventh and fourth divisions of the Japanese army will almost be able to bite our tail." If you don't rest now, if you faint again, who will command the battle? ”

Wu Ming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's really not the right time for me to get sick, dragging down my brothers."

"Master, we don't like to hear what you say"

Luo Yuming pointed to the soldiers carrying stretchers in front and back, and said: "It is the wish of every officer and soldier of the new Second Division to be able to carry the division seat. If you don't believe, ask your brethren."

"Yes, we can carry the division's seat, it is extremely glorious and extremely lucky" The soldier behind raised his sweaty face and smiled brightly at Wu Ming.

Wu Ming smiled, then remembered something and struggled to sit up.

Luo Yuming stretched out his hand, held Wu Ming down, and said anxiously: "Master, you must not be reckless, just explain something to me."

Wu Ming said anxiously: "The Japanese army has been helped by water transportation and is speeding up the pursuit, and now the westward road is crowded, our officers and soldiers, people, wounded and sick, etc., are competing with the gentry and rich porters for the road, if it is not coordinated......

"Master, you can rest assured, the matter has been dealt with properly"

Luo Yuming told the truth as it was.

It turned out that after Wu Ming fainted, the army's morale was unstable and the people's resentment was boiling, and the dignitaries of the Zhejiang Provincial Government and those gentry and wealthy people faced the soldiers and people of the New Second Division who were angry at each other, and they beat drums in their hearts.

In the spirit of waste utilization, Luo Yuming arranged the mines around the luggage pile and waited for the little devil to take the bait.

"Good, well handled"

Seeing that the matter was satisfactorily resolved, Wu Ming was not in a hurry, and was very satisfied with Luo Yuming's decision on the spot, the new second division is a team that continues to develop and progress, and it is in need of a cadre like Luo Yuming who is in charge alone, it seems that there is no need to worry about chaos if the new second division is handed over to him in the future.

A quarter of an hour later, Huang Shao and Xuan Tiewu, who heard Wu Ming wake up, arrived on horseback and gathered around Wu Ming to offer condolences.

Because Wu Ming was in a coma, everyone's hearts were heavy, and the officers and men of the New Second Division also became much more manic, scolding the officials at every turn, sometimes even fists and kicks, and once disarming the security forces to protect the safety of the officials, which made Huang Shao and Xuan Tiewu frightened.

Now that Wu Ming has woken up, everything can return to normal.

The abnormality on the Hanghui Highway was discovered by the Japanese reconnaissance plane, and it was fed back to the headquarters of the Second Division in time, which made Okamura Ningji, who was blocked by Zhongshaoxi and depressed, laugh out loud all of a sudden.

Chief of Staff Tamura was full of doubts, thought about it, put down the telegram and asked, "General, from this telegram, I don't see anything wrong at all, why are you laughing?" ”

"Chief of Staff, you shouldn't just see the words in the telegram, there is a saying in China called drawing inferences from one case to another...

Okamura Ninji's finger tapped on the map: "The westbound Shina people once stopped on the road for two hours, including the soldiers of the New Second Division, ordinary Shina people, Zhejiang provincial government officials, and wealthy gentry, these people stopped at the same time, something must have happened."

"What could it be?"

"Whatever it is, it's a good thing for us," Okamura asked a little excitedly, "How far are the 7th and 4th Divisions from the Shina now?" ”

Chief of Staff Tamura immediately replied: "The Seventh Division is still half a day away, and the 37th Wing of the Fourth Division, which will join the fleet in Xianlin, will take a little longer, but they will go west by boat to recuperate and recuperate, and their combat effectiveness will not be greatly affected, and it is expected that the two divisions will soon bite the tail of the Chinese people."

Okamura nodded in satisfaction.

Most of the Osaka divisions were the sons of traders with extremely flexible heads, and they collected ships on the south bank of the Qianjiang River and the area around Hangzhou to form a large fleet. The water depth of Xixi was about two meters, and gunboats and large-tonnage river transport ships could not pass, but there was no problem with flat-bottomed wooden boats and sailboats, so that the 4th Division, which was originally backward, would not be long before it caught up with the 7th Division.

"In another day, the new second division will enter Lin'an City, order the two divisions to hold it at all costs" Okamura Ningji stared at the map and issued an order loudly: "Success or failure is here, order the officers and soldiers of all wings under the division and regiment to have a full meal at noon, immediately force the Zhongshao River, and destroy the blocking troops on the opposite side, I will let the Chinese army on the opposite bank die without a place to bury."

Chief of Staff Tamura hesitated: "But...... We didn't achieve any results in the forced crossing operation before, and now we are carrying it out again, and I am afraid that ......"

"There are many bamboo forests on both sides of Zhongshao River, and I have ordered the sappers to prepare enough bamboo rafts."

Okamura Ninji gritted his teeth and continued: "Don't be afraid of sacrifice, let alone the cold and biting river, in the eyes of our Imperial Japanese Army, any difficulty is just a means to hone your will and endurance, and you will attack on time at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Okamura Ninji's face was gloomy, and Chief of Staff Tamura lowered his head, and with a slight hesitation, he went to convey the order in Okamura's razor-sharp gaze.

When Kazuichiro Sonobe, the commander of the 7th Division, received the order, he was shocked and said to the generals who surrounded him: "General Okamura has made a big move......

Major General Sugiura, the commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade, who had become extremely cautious due to the successive defeats of the Hirata Wing under his command, frowned slightly:

"General, in the face of the new second division of the devil, you must not rush forward...... The previous defeat of Nakasa Hirata is the biggest warning for us. Now our division is marching very fast, and if we accelerate again, even if we catch up with the Chinese army, we will not have the strength to fight again."

"Sugiura-kun, you don't have to worry about this...... The 37th Wing from Osaka is coming up from the water, and when the time comes, we will hand over the hard bones to the treacherous people in Osaka. When the offensive and defensive sides are exhausted, our 7th Division is just in time to attack and clean up the mess."

Kazuichiro Sonobe smiled whimsily, and glanced around: "Do you understand?" ”

"Hail"

The generals nodded in unison, and each went back to give the order.

Sonobe Kazuichiro turned over on his horse, flicked his whip, and the horse neighed and galloped forward

At this time, there was a violent explosion in front of him, and thick gunpowder smoke rose from the horizon, and Kazuichiro Sonobe was angry and annoyed, his face turned red, and his mouth scolded viciously: "Eight Geya Road...... The conscience of the people of China is greatly broken."

From Deqing to Hangzhou and from Hangzhou to the present, the Seventh Division can be said to have suffered heavy losses, and the Chinese army has been elusive, frequently firing cold guns and laying mines on the roads, although the Seventh Division has not caused many casualties, but it has dealt an extremely fatal blow to the morale of the troops.

"The new second division of Shina is despicable and shameless, and there is no bushido spirit at all"

Looking at the movement ahead, Major General Sugiura, the commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade, was also so angry that he gritted his teeth, because as the vanguard of the whole division, the casualties were all his subordinates.

Sonobe and Sugiura came to the scene of the incident one after another, and looked at the more than 20 soldiers who had fallen to the ground, as well as the fifty or sixty wounded soldiers around who were wailing and missing arms and legs, and Sonobe felt that he was about to go crazy.

Every time a mine exploded, the Japanese army was blown up in horror, and the mines of the new 2nd Division were tantamount to a curse for the 7th Division, and now the major teams and squadrons were reluctant to take on the heavy task of opening the way.

Looking at the frightened eyes of the officers and soldiers under his command, the eyes of the Sonobe were extremely gloomy - although this method of harassment was clumsy, it was extremely fatal to the Japanese troops who were in a hurry to march quickly.

The garden browled and pondered for a while, and then gave the order to transfer two squadrons from the 7th Cavalry Brigade, and the cavalry drove the horses to clear the way and clear all mines.