Kenji Tohihara is a well-known Chinese expert in the Japanese secret service system, this old devil has been in China for 25 years since he came to China in the Republic of China, he can not only speak fluent Chinese, but also can speak Shandong, Shanxi and other dialects, before the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, in China even had a reputation for bold and righteous righteousness.

When it comes to Kenji Dohihara, the first reaction of the Chinese people is the head of the spies, but they don't know that this old devil is actually a member of the "Sixteenth Phase of Glory", he and the notorious Okamura Ningji and Sakagaki Seishiro are all classmates of Lu Shi at the same time, and by the way, the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan is actually also a classmate of Kenji Dohihara.

Kenji Dohihara studied under Rihachiro Sakanishi, and he is indeed notorious in the espionage world, but it is precisely because he is too good at espionage work, and because he has been in China for too long, so that his military rank promotion has been affected, ten years after graduating from Lu University, Okamura, Sakagaki and others have become Dazuo, but Tohihara has always been in Shaozuo.

When Okamura Ninji became famous in the encirclement and suppression of the Northeast Volunteer Army, when Seishiro Sakagaki led the Wicker Lake Incident, and when other Lu Shi and Lu Da classmates all emerged in the military circles, Kenji Dohihara stayed in the Banxi Mansion as his adjutant, because of the particularity of intelligence work, he has always seemed to be unknown.

In this regard, Kenji Dohihara is calm on the surface, but in fact he is holding his breath in his heart, he never thinks that he is worse than Sakagaki Seishiro, Okamura Ninji and other classmates, the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War gave Kenji Dohihara a chance to prove himself, the 14th Division landed from Tanggu, all the way forward, Lianke Baoding, Zhengding, Shimen, Xingtai, Handan, Cixian and other places, was praised by the Japanese media as a star on the battlefield in North China.

However, compared with Seishiro Sakagaki, who played a god-like record in the Battle of Xinkou, Kenji Tsuchihara's record was still much inferior, so this time, when Kenji Dohihara received top-secret information from the staff of the L Army that the Nationalist Army had hoarded a large amount of war materials in Shangqiu, he did not hesitate to order the 14th Division to move south from Heze and go straight to Lanfeng.

Kenji Dohihara doesn't want to lose to Seishiro Sakagaki, he also wants to play a god-like record on the battlefield in eastern Henan, didn't you Seishiro Sakagaki rely on half a division to defeat more than 30 divisions of the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army? Then I, Kenji Tohihara, will rely on a division to directly destroy the war potential of the national army and clear the way for the next battle of Wuhan

A few days ago, that is, before the 74th Army launched an attack on the Japanese army in Fengxian, an infantry wing of the 14th Division had actually reached Jiukaocheng, and one of the cavalry squadrons even approached the vicinity of Lanfeng for a time, and fought a battle with the Long Muhan dR division stationed in Lanfeng, and as a result, one squadron defeated one regiment of the dR division.

It should be noted that this RR division has no half-penny relationship with the RR division that participated in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, Sun Yuanliang was tried and imprisoned for abandoning the army and escaping, and the army was also revoked, but the number of the RR division was not revoked, but the number was given to Long Muhan's preparation

Last time, it was because the risk was too big and the benefits were too small, so Kenji Dohihara didn't act rashly, but this time it was different, the war materials of several hundred wagons hoarded in Shangqiu were enough to ⊥ people to take risks, and no one could be calm in the face of huge temptations, let alone Kenji Dohihara, who was eager to make meritorious contributions and play god-like records?

Sano Nakayoshi hurriedly came to Kenji Dohihara with the telegram he had just sent from Beiping, and reported: "Division commander, the secret service has investigated clearly, the commander of the Henan East China Army is Xue Yue, and the division commander has been in China for more than 20 years, and I know that Xue Yue is the most powerful of the few generals in China who can fight, so is the main force of my division temporarily delaying the south?" At the very least, the 4th Brigade will arrive at the designated position before heading south. ”

As the chief of staff of the 14th Division, Sano Nakayoshi should have some concerns, because at this time, the battle lines of the national army and the Japanese army in the entire eastern Henan battlefield were staggered, and there were Japanese troops behind the national army, and there were also national troops behind the Japanese army.

The 10th Pei Regiment and the 10th Division were not far away, and Sano Nakayoshi did not want the 14th Division to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Kenji Dohihara didn't take this stubble to heart, and immediately followed the topic of Sano Nakayoshi: "Xue Yue is indeed the best among the few senior generals who can fight tough battles, but compared to Zhang Zhizhong, Tang Shengzhi, Hu Zongnan, Tang Enbo and others, he is also limited, and in the face of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, he is not enough." ”

"But the division commander, no matter what, the entire eastern Henan has gathered dozens of divisions of the Zhina Army, and it is the most capable of fighting dozens of elite divisions in the Zhina Army, and behind the flank of our division, there are also two other Zhina armies active, once the main force of our division and regiment goes deep alone, it is very likely to fall into a heavy encirclement." Sano Nakayoshi still faithfully fulfilled his obligations as chief of staff.

Kenji Dohihara was a little impatient, and said: "Sano-san, as the chief of staff, you are right to be worried, but you have fulfilled your obligations as the chief of staff, and then you will leave everything to me, why don't we make a bet, I dare to assert that as long as the imperial army appears under the Lanfeng City, the Shina army will flee without a fight." ”

Sano Nakayoshi shook his head and said in a low voice, "The division commander is really optimistic. ”

"Optimistic? No. Kenji Tohihara shook his head, and then turned around, and on the road from Heze to Lanfeng behind him, a convoy of dozens of armored vehicles, hundreds of large trucks, and hundreds of mules and horses was rolling south, and the smoke and dust raised from the road almost covered the entire sky.

On both sides of this convoy, there were heavily armed Japanese soldiers lined up in a four-way column, following up mightily, looking at this huge convoy and the infantry queue that followed, Kenji Dohihara had a pride in his chest, and said loudly, "Sano-san, this is called self-confidence." ”

Gui Yongqing likes to rub mahjong, no matter when the interest comes, no matter when, on what occasion, you have to play a few rounds, get up early in the morning, Gui Yongqing's mahjong addiction is committed again, and he has to pull Li Shusen and Long Muhan to fight, because the lack of corners has to pull Qiu Qingquan over, Qiu Qingquan is not alive or dead Gui Yongqing has to pull the adjutant to make up the number.

After the army fled from Dangshan to Lanfeng, Gui Yongqing did not order the fortifications to be repaired, and the calculation was also in Lanfeng, and when the time came, he would take the troops to Wuhan and withdraw to Wuhan, and everything would be fine, but Zhou Zhenqiang, deputy commander of the 46th Division, and Ma Weilong, commander of the 138th Brigade, were still dutiful, and spontaneously organized the troops to arrange two lines of defense.

Early in the morning, Ma Weilong received an urgent report from the forward position, saying that Kaocheng was attacked by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army attacking Kaocheng even had 10m caliber field howitzers, and all kinds of signs indicated that the main force of the Japanese 14th Division, which appeared near Heze a few days ago, had moved south, and it was obviously coming towards Lanfeng.

Ma Weilong immediately reported the situation to Zhou Zhenqiang, the deputy division commander, and Zhou Zhenqiang hurriedly came to the military headquarters to find Gui Yongqing to get an idea, but when he walked into the war room, he only saw Qiu Qingquan sitting there angry, so he asked: "Brother Yu'an, where is our military seat?" ”

Qiu Qingquan pouted in the room, and said angrily: "Rubbing mahjong inside, really, I can't do anything early in the morning, but I find someone to rub mahjong, what is this called?" ”

Zhou Zhenqiang didn't care about angering Gui Yongqing, he pushed open the closed door and walked in, and saw Zhou Zhenqiang coming in panting, Li Shusen and Long Muhan both looked back, and Gui Yongqing's adjutant stood up, because just looking at Zhou Zhenqiang's appearance, he knew that something big had happened, and most of it was Little Japan calling.

Gui Yongqing held a card, while touching the card with the thumb of his right hand and shouted: "You biedong, all biedong, Lao Tzu touched himself, all the same, a dragon, hehe, take the money" Gui Yongqing said while pushing down the mahjong tiles in front of him, sure enough, it was a strip with a dragon, sixteen big beards.

Seeing that Gui Yongqing was so unreasonable, Zhou Zhenqiang couldn't help but increase his tone and shouted, "Little Japan has already fought the city." ”

"Kaocheng? Didn't Little Japan come here a few days ago? Gui Yongqing said and looked at Long Muhan, a cavalry squadron of Little Japan defeated a regiment of the RR Division after all, and asked Zhou Zhenqiang, "How many troops have come over this time, a squadron or a brigade?" Is it cavalry or infantry? ”

Zhou Zhenqiang stomped his feet and said with a wry smile: "Division, Heze's 14th Division has gone south."

"What do you say? Heze's 14th Division went south in its entirety? Gui Yongqing's surprise was really extraordinary, he jumped up from the chair at once, and he didn't care about settling the gambling money with Li Shusen and Long Muhan, and walked out while taking the military hat from the adjutant and buttoning it on his head, while asking Zhou Zhenqiang, "How is this possible, is little Japan crazy?" Sun Tongxuan's army and Shang Zhen's army are just behind Little Japan, so they are not afraid of being intercepted on the back road? ”

"Brother Frank, don't say this now." Qiu Qingquan followed in, and said with a tiger face, "You better hurry up and convene a meeting of the chiefs of all departments, and quickly deploy the battle, no matter how late the little Japan will hit Lanfeng" Qiu Qingquan dared to talk to Gui Yongqing like this, and Gui Yongqing turned his face in the morning.

Gui Yongqing knew Qiu Qingquan's temper, but he didn't care much, and immediately ordered the adjutant to notify the division and brigade commanders of the division, the 46th division and the RR division to come to the military headquarters for a meeting.