The situation in Gao'an suddenly changed, and the 106th Division sent two telegrams in less than half an hour, first asking for troops to participate in the siege and annihilation battle, and then asking for reinforcements, and clearly giving suggestions to give priority to the enemy artillery in Gao'an City, which made Okamura Ninji and Yoshimoto Sadaji both happy and then surprised. Yoshimoto hurriedly sent a telegram to inquire about the specific situation of the battle, but it was a quarter of an hour before he received a call back. It's easy to call back, but the two of them were shocked after watching it, and Okamura scolded angrily: "Rice bucket! Nakajima misunderstood me! ”

The content of the call back was very simple, and it only showed that the 106th Division was determined to die. In normal times, when his subordinates were so brave and fearless, Okamura would most likely send a telegram of encouragement and praise to strengthen their determination to break the jade. But now, the whole battle situation is at stake, and Nakajima's answer is no different from evading responsibility. So it's no wonder he's furious. He immediately asked Yoshimoto Sadaji to find Yokoyama Isamu and said to the two: "Originally, I thought that Nakajima Jingcun would definitely be able to take Gao'an, in that case, as long as we can keep the road to the north smooth, we can let go and fight with Ouyang Yun's main force." Even if he loses the enemy, he can safely withdraw to the occupied area, but now-" Shaking his head, the old devil stared at the piece of Nanchang County on the map unwillingly, and said in a deep voice: "Only look at the play of the East Route Army." Yokoyama-kun, let the soldiers stop digging trenches. Let everyone hurry up and rest and accumulate physical strength, maybe it won't be long before there will be a more fierce battle to fight! ”

Isamu Yokoyama bowed his head.

Yoshimoto Sadaji pondered for a moment and said, "What about Gao An's side?" If a brigade of soldiers is reinforced, I am afraid that it will not be enough. ”

"I can't care so much. Since Nakajima has already made a plan to shatter all the jade, then let them fight for their lives, maybe they can fight a way out? Okamura probably didn't even believe what he said, so when he spoke, his expression was lonely and self-deprecating.

The Nanchang Campaign was fought for just over a week, and the two sides clashed no more than 10 times, but whether it was the 33rd Division of Gan Shigetaro, the Western Route Army, or the Eastern Route Army, they were suppressed by the Xuebing Army everywhere and suffered from deflated everywhere, which made Okamura and others have a serious sense of grievance. The Suzuki Harumatsu Division, which belonged to the 17th Division, was frustrated when he forcibly crossed the Xiushui River, and Yokoyama was still very unconvinced at first, but as he personally commanded the battle, he was almost swallowed up by the Xiushui River, and he was as arrogant as he was, and finally realized that the Cadet Army was different from any Chinese army he had encountered before, and became highly valued.

Today's daytime battle was only a blow to Yokoyama. As a rather conceited lieutenant general, when facing the weak Chinese army, he can only drive wildly, this shame is really sadder than killing him. Extremely painful, Isamu Yokoyama investigates the cause of all this, and after hours of suffering, he finally comes up with a self-righteous answer. He looked at Okamura and said, "Your Excellency, this is not the first time I have fought against the Shina army, and the Scholar Army is definitely the most stubborn enemy I have ever encountered. But absolutely, that's not the main reason we're so passive. Your Excellency, I thought about it for a while, and suddenly found that we were not fully prepared for this battle. I'm ashamed, I still don't know how big our enemies are, and what their weapons and equipment are! The intelligence is insufficient, and there is no artillery and chariot troops that can match the opponent's side, Your Excellency, we have not lost this battle unjustly! ”

Okamura's brows tightened, he stared at Yokoyama with a look of anger, and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

Isamu Yokoyama sighed lightly: "Your Excellency, let's retreat!" ”

"What?!" Okamura was furious and roared, "You said retreat?!" We withdraw, what will happen to the Eastern Route Army? The people of China have blocked Yongxiu and Panyang, and Yingtan and Shangrao in the east are their territory. If we retreat, the Eastern Route Army will be wiped out! Hachige, Isamu Yokoyama, are you so afraid of death?! ”

Okamura and Yokoyama's temperament is actually diametrically opposed to their current performance. Originally, Okamura belonged to the calm type, and Isamu Yokoyama belonged to the impulsive type, but now it is completely reversed.

"Your Excellency, it's not a question of whether I'm afraid of death or not, but even if we're dead now, what's the value? If we retreat, we can still preserve a little vitality for the 11th Army, but-"

Isamu Yokoyama and he were almost like two people when he first came to the 11th Army, which made Yoshimoto Sadaji unbearable. He said, "Your Excellency Yokoyama, have you lost the courage to fight? There are still 30,000 people in the Eastern Route Army, and we have nearly 20,000 people here. It was only 50,000 to die, but they were divided into five ways - I admit that the artillery and chariots of the people of China are indeed powerful, but our superiority in strength is not an ornament. What is the reason why our Imperial Japanese Army is known as the second strongest army in the world? Isn't it a soldier armed with the spirit of bushido? Speaking of this, he turned to Okamura and said, "Your Excellency, I do not agree to retreat. I think the best way to do it at the moment is to get in touch with Your Excellency Yamamuro immediately, and then take a big gamble with the people of China. ”

Isamu Yokoyama shook his head when he heard this, and a voice in his heart said: Take a gamble? Do you have the capital to gamble with others? Troop superiority? In the face of artillery and tanks, the so-called superiority in strength is nothing more than an increase in casualties. In the first great victory on the Great Wall, how could we defeat the 750,000 troops with 35,000 troops, didn't we rely on aircraft, artillery and tanks? But now, this situation has been reversed! Although he thought so in his heart, looking at Okamura Ninji's cold and frozen face, he didn't say it.

Okamura's eyes were once again focused on the map, and he suddenly said: "Is it possible that the main force of the student army east of the Lion Gate has already gone to attack the East Route Army?" The so-called sneak attack on the troops of the Shina chariots, they were originally them? The speed of the chariot of the people of China was extremely fast, and the Ganjiang River was frozen into a smooth road, and they could completely bypass it from the downstream - or, this was simply the enemy army on the Yongxiu side - judging from Ouyang Yun's usual marching style, he liked to take risks the most! After saying that, he looked up at Yoshimoto and Yokoyama with a look of anticipation.

Yoshimoto immediately chimed in: "It's very likely! ”

Yokoyama sighed in his heart, and said categorically: "This possibility is not impossible. If you really want to do that, then I'll let you lead the team to play as a striker! With that, he bent down towards Okamura and bowed his head.

This attitude of Isamu Yokoyama was something Okamura was happy to see, he stepped forward and slapped him on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Then, everything is please!" ”