Daixi Town, Headquarters of the Second Division.

After receiving the news that the Qiantang River Bridge had been blown up by the Chinese army, Okamura Ninji, who was waiting for the good news, was so angry that he stood up and knocked the things on the table to the ground, his eyes wide open, emitting a murderous light like a hungry wolf.

"Yaga, I'm going to kill that bastard in Nakamura"

With Okamura Ninji's angry roar, the headquarters of the headquarters Ichiyu Shozo did not dare to speak.

Originally, according to Okamura Ninji's plan, after defeating the defense line of the Chinese army east of Xiaoshan City, the 7th Brigade should not hesitate to go north, first occupy the Qiantang River Bridge, and then expand to the north and south flanks with this as the center. In other words, the Qiantang River Bridge was the main goal of the Seventh Brigade, and the capture of Xiaoshan County was only incidental

However, I don't know if it was a contempt for the Chinese army, or a covetation of the wealth of Xiaoshan County, which had been an important transit station of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway for a long time, Nakamura Saburo actually took Xiaoshan as the main target and only sent a brigade to seize the bridge, which finally led to the current evil consequences.

Seeing Okamura Ningji's extremely depraved appearance, Chief of Staff Tamura, who had been a mouthpiece for a long time, was a little gloating, but he didn't show his feelings, and stepped forward to persuade: "General, the Qiantang River Bridge has been blown up by the Shina army, and now it will be useless to Ling Chi, that bastard in Nakamura." ”

Okamura Ninji exhaled heavily, sat back in his chair weakly, and muttered, "I knew that the Osaka Brigade would be transferred from the base camp of the Tsumichi Road, and I should have clearly refused in the first place...... Even if the newly formed brigade is transferred from other parts of the country, it is better than those peddlers and pawns in Osaka who see the money, but it's a pity that ......"

Chief of Staff Tamura coughed lightly and said cautiously: "General, the plan to attack Hangzhou City from the south bank of the Qiantang River has gone bankrupt, what should we do now?" ”

"How do I know the way?"

Okamura Ninji's anger surged into his heart again, he stood up and waved his hand, and shouted at Tamura's chief of staff: "Tamura-kun, you go to the telecommunications room now, report the failure of the Nakamura Brigade's mission to the base camp, and let those bastards who are in the corpse position take a good look at what stupid things they are doing."

"It's-"

Chief of Staff Tamura was a little speechless, and it is estimated that only a few people in the whole of Japan would dare to speak like this. Chief of Staff Tamura did not move his steps, but asked tirelessly: "General, the Osaka Brigade is blocked by the Qiantang River, do we need to adjust our plan to encircle Hangzhou?" ”

Okamura Ninji finally calmed down, glanced at Chief of Staff Tamura, and asked, "Where have the other troops of the Fourth Division arrived?" ”

Chief of Staff Tamura replied without hesitation: "Due to the serious shortage of ships, it will take two days for the follow-up troops of the 32nd Brigade to land in Hangzhou at the earliest.

"Yaga"

Okamura Ninji slammed the table angrily, his face was full of anger, and a trace of sadness suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he said quietly: "If Nagata-kun is still here, such an important plan will definitely not be destroyed by those fools."

Hearing Okamura Ninji mention the dead leader of the ruling faction, Nagata Tetsuyama, Chief of Staff Tamura's face was full of solemnity.

Although Nagata Tetsuyama, who is known as the first brain of the Japanese army, died, the national general mobilization system he established and his achievements in the modernization of the Japanese army had a far-reaching impact. In front of Okamura Ningji, who is also the "Three Feathers of the Army", Tamura Daisa did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.

During the Battle of Songhu, the Tokyo base camp sent more than 400,000 troops from China and its surrounding areas to Shanghai, more than 100,000 troops from another time and space.

It would have been inconceivable to raise such a capacity in a short period of time without Nagata Tetsuyama's general mobilization system.

Okamura Ninji pondered for a while, then dictated the message to Chief of Staff Tamura:

"Order the Seventh Division to ignore the Zhejiang security forces along the way and rush to Hangzhou at all costs; ordered the 18th Division, from the Tongxiang and Kipshi lines, to speed up the march, and it was best to stick to the tail of the new 2nd Division's escape; Order the two brigades of the 32nd Brigade that have landed, except for one unit to guard the army on the east bank of Jiuxi, and the rest of the troops quickly pass through the narrow road between Pingfeng Mountain and Dongmuwu, seize the heights of Monk Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain on the south bank of Xixi, establish a solid defensive line, and prevent the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the new 2nd Division from escaping westward."

The west of Hangzhou is the West Lake, the east of the West Lake is surrounded by mountains and ravines, although the mountains are not high, but rugged and difficult to walk, can only follow the highway on the south bank of the Xixi to the west through Gudang, Liuliu, Minlin and other towns, to Yuhang and Lin'an. If the two brigades of the 32nd Brigade could quickly advance through the narrow road to the line of Monk Mountain and General Mountain to establish a blocking position, they would be like a sharp knife against Wu Ming's chest. Even if it can't stop the new 2nd Division, it will cause huge losses to it, and then buy precious time for the main force to encircle.

"General, do you think the new Second Division will flee west with the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the citizens of Hangzhou?" Chief of Staff Tamura was thoughtful.

"It's inevitable"

Okamura Ningji, who had Chengzhu in his chest, spread out the map and analyzed: "Although the new Second Division is stationed east of Hangzhou, Tongxiang, Kipshi and other places are already in my hands, and the eastward escape strategy has little room for maneuver, which is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net; The south of Hangzhou is blocked by the Qiantang River, and the southwest Zhuantang Town has been occupied by our landing troops, and neither road is passable; Our 7th Division in the north and the 1st Division of the 18th Division in the east are approaching Hangzhou, and only Yuhang and Lin'an in the west are their only hope. ”

"Furthermore, after the Wuxing War, the Temporary Third Division, together with the main force of the right wing army of China, fled to the mountainous and hilly areas on the border of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui...... Hmph, I'm just not as good as he wants."

"No wonder the officers and men of our division wanted to pursue the temporary third division before, and the general denied it, it turned out to be this reason" Tamura Daisa suddenly realized, but he had a deeper resentment towards Okamura Ningji in his heart - such an important battle plan was not discussed with him, and this chief of staff was too deserved.

"Yes, the Tianmu Mountain area is high and densely forested, and it is really not suitable for large-scale operations Tamura-kun, if the advantages of the Imperial Japanese Army in artillery, aircraft and tanks cannot be effectively brought into play, the Imperial Army will suffer unnecessary losses, which is not in line with the current strategy."

Okamura Ninji breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Order the brigade to which my division belongs to quickly advance towards Deqing

Chief of Staff Tamura asked, "Is it an attack on Hangzhou?" ”

"No, no, having the 7th Division and the 18th Division attacking together is enough to break the will of all armies, including the new 2nd Division, to resist...... Our 2nd Division advanced directly to Yuhang, waited on its way to the west, and annihilated the new 2nd Division in one fell swoop," Okamura Ninji said confidently.

Chief of Staff Tamura was deeply impressed, and after a while, Okamura Ningji, who was decadent in kung fu, disappeared and regained his wise nature.

Just as Okamura Ningji was calculating the new second division, the main force of the new second division had already arrived at Dingqiao southwest of Yuhang, and Du Pingzhang rushed forward from the back and found Wu Ming in the marching team.

Du Pingzhang was sweating profusely, and before he had time to wipe his sweat, he handed over the telegram: "Master, you are really hard to find"

Wu Ming, who gave up his mount to the wounded and sick, smiled, took the telegram and looked at it, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Zhang Ying, who stretched out his head to read the contents of the telegram:

"They wiped out a brigade of the Japanese army that crossed the river, and successfully blew up the Qiantang River Bridge, blocking the Japanese Osaka Brigade on the south bank of the Qiantang River, and solving a big enemy for us."

"It's so dangerous, fortunately, our seriously injured have been sent back to Quzhou by rail, otherwise I really don't know what to do with the road......

Speaking of this, Zhang Ying's face was full of regret: "Unfortunately, the Qiantang River Bridge is the first high-specification bridge built by our Chinese, and it was blown up today, and I don't know when it will be rebuilt in the future."

"Okay, Zhang Ying, as Luo Yuming and I said, today we will blow up the bridge, and when we beat away the little devils, we will build more bridges, not only on the Qiantang River, but also on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, so that people on both sides of the big rivers can come and go freely, and they don't have to rely on ferries."

Wu Ming said in a sonorous tone.

Zhang Ying pointed to the telegram and said, "Shizuo, Brigade Commander Luo called and asked what to do with the traitors and traitors they caught?" ”

After Luo Yuming led his troops to capture the Japanese position, Fang De and more than ten remaining doglegs were found under the piers of the Qiantang River Bridge.

When Zhu Tao and the others saw them, their eyes were red, and they couldn't wait to eat them alive in order to avenge their head Chen. But considering that Fang De is the brother-in-law of Ma Zhizhai, the head of the first security division, and Wu Ming has a close relationship with Ma Zhizhai, Luo Yuming specially sent a telegram to ask Wu Ming for instructions.

"Hmph"

Wu Ming was a little displeased, and said, "What else can I do?" One word - kill, these white-eyed wolves who can't be fed are only net when they die. There is no need to ask me at all, no matter who it is in the future, even if it is the king of heaven, as long as he betrays the country for glory, he will be shot. Telegraphed to the new Second Division, the Temporary Third Division, and the Maoliangwu militia that they would not let go of any of the dog traitors they saw in the future."

Du Pingzhang handed over another telegram and said to Wu Ming:

"Division, Zhejiang Provincial Chairman Huang Shao and Director of the Security Department called, now the people in Hangzhou are panicking, the guns in the south of the Yangtze River are loud, the southwest Zhuantang is occupied by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army in the north has captured Deqing, and the situation is extremely critical. They asked us to rush to Hangzhou as quickly as possible to assist in the defense."

Zhang Ying sneered: "A few days ago, I called us to reprimand us, but now it's good, and you come to beg us again, it's really cheeky." You must know that our new Second Division is the Central Army and is not under the jurisdiction of the Zhejiang Provincial Government, and their hands can be stretched long enough."

"Okay, don't complain, if it gets out, beware of those big men who wear small shoes for us."

Wu Ming groaned slightly, and ordered Du Pingzhang: "Inform Luo Yuming to enter the city and contact the provincial officials." At present, the second regiment has arrived at Genshan Gate in the north of Hangzhou, and asked him to send a regiment to monitor the movements of the Japanese troops on the south bank and southwest, and let the little devils play tricks. ”

Du Pingzhang saluted and turned to leave.

Zhang Ying cautiously asked Wu Ming: "Division, the chief of staff said before leaving, the taxes and money of Zhejiang Province"

Wu Ming snorted heavily: "You rot my stomach with these words...... It should be our thing, he can't escape the palm of his hand even if he is away from heaven and earth, it's not our thing, even if he thinks about it, it won't help, everything will act when he sees the opportunity."