The attack of the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet not only made Tie Linfei hate, but also what Liu Yuqing was most worried about. However, he obviously overestimated the night combat ability of the Japanese navy, and his own artillery had completely destroyed the artillery of the southern front of the South China Front, but the Japanese planes still did not patronize their frontline positions, which made him breathe a sigh of relief and feel more and more happy.

The 403rd Regiment, the 406th Regiment and Lehi's artillery regiment immediately began to shift their positions after the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 6th Howitzer Brigade were killed. The front line of the two armies was once again plunged into darkness, which made the two tank brigades belonging to the 41st Tank Wing, one armored vehicle brigade, and the five infantry battalions of the 13th Infantry Wing, which were in the middle of the Japanese army, become confused.

Matsui Ishine suddenly ordered to suspend the attack, and even Gu Shoufu and Otani Yubing didn't know the reason, and the big devils and little devils under their command were naturally even more confused.

"Aren't you going to attack?" "Why did you stop?" "Just now, it seems that our artillery was completely destroyed!" …… The devils whispered, and then under the shouts of the middle and low-ranking officers, although they had to shut up, they were even more puzzled in their hearts.

In an underground bunker at the north gate of Cangnan County, Gu Shoufu held an electronic watch in his hand, glanced at it from time to time, and gradually frowned - it had been ten minutes since His Excellency Matsui gave the order to suspend the attack, why hadn't there been a new order yet? Even if the artillery battle is lost, but for the sake of the "New Year's offensive", this battle must be fought, otherwise how to explain to His Majesty the Emperor? And how to explain to the base camp? Moreover, the advance team led by Qian Jiangichiro had already set off, and if they did not launch a frontal attack to attract the attention of the Shina people, then their raid plan would definitely be affected, and they might even be discovered when they smuggled into the country.

Compared to Matsui Ishone, Tani Toshio belongs to the real Japanese-style military - crazy! Cruel! Bloodthirsty! Gu Shoufu fought and never cared about the casualties of his subordinates. And its most extreme rhetoric is: only the troops that have passed the test of blood and fire are worthy of the glory of the imperial army, if you don't want to die on the battlefield, then be more heroic than the enemy, and kill the enemy first!

It was with the support of his theory that the 6th Division became famous for its murderous thirst in the entire Japanese military system, and it was also born that bloodthirsty demons like Toshiaki Mukai and Noda Iwa were keen on the 100-man slashing competition.

After waiting for another three minutes, Gu Shoufu finally couldn't stand anymore, he went straight in and picked up a phone and asked for the general headquarters of the southern line, indicating that he wanted to talk to His Excellency the commander on the phone.

At this moment, the atmosphere in Matsui Ishone's headquarters was very strange. Matsui stood in front of the battle map, looking at the icons of the various units of the Cadet Army marked on it, with no expression on his face. Behind him, a group of staff officers either stood straight or sat upright, all of them trying to suppress their breathing and slow down their movements, just for fear of attracting Matsui Ishone's thunderous anger again.

No one dared to speculate on what Matsui was thinking, or doing—he had been standing there for more than ten minutes, so there was a suspicion that he had fallen asleep.

What was Matsui thinking? At this moment, the old devil is engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. The two thoughts of war or not fighting attacked each other in his mind, his face seemed calm, but in fact, his heart was beating very irregularly, and the green tendons in the corners of his forehead were beating even more violently - the phone suddenly rang, and everyone couldn't help but be startled. The communications staff officer sitting in front of the phone instinctively glanced at Matsui Ishone, and then hesitantly picked up the microphone.

Immediately, Gu Shoufu's characteristic aggressive and thick voice came from the microphone: "Your Excellency Commander, please answer the phone!" ”

The communications staff officer stood up tremblingly, and weakly shouted to Matsui Ishine: "Your Excellency, looking for you!" ”

Matsui Ishone's head moved, and he paused for another two seconds before turning around and walking over to take the phone: "I'm Matsui Ishone!" ”

"Your Excellency, I'm Gu Shoufu! Your Excellency, give the order to attack! The soldiers are ready for battle, just waiting for your order! ”

Matsui Shigen exhaled heavily, took another heavy breath, and said: "We have no artillery, and the Hainan Airlines can't provide support, how can you fight against the heavy tanks of the Chinese people?!" ”

"We have soldiers loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! Your Excellency, as you know, as early as two months ago, I trained a group of special attackers! ”

"You want to use the flesh and blood of a soldier to fight against the heavy tanks of the Chinese people? Do you think it's really possible? ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, without HNNA, wouldn't we be at war? Your Excellency, if you really can't do it, you can use the 11th Air Regiment! Hainan Airlines, after all, it can't be trusted! ”

Matsui Ishine is not a mediocre person who is completely ignorant of aviation tactics, and after forcing himself to calm down just now, he has already figured out what the Soryu aircraft carrier fleet defined by Yamada cannot provide support - this is because of the restrictions of night battles. Now that Toshio Tingya mentioned the 11th Air Regiment, his heart fell silent again, and said: "The 11th Air Regiment has no experience in night battles, do you want our only army aviation to be greatly damaged because of this?" The chariots of the people of China are sharp, and the possibility of success in relying on the soldiers to break the attack with the jade crushing method is extremely low, and I do not approve of this kind of combat method that disregards the lives of soldiers! ”

Tani Shoufu disagreed, he thought that Matsui Ishine was a woman's benevolence. He said, "Your Excellency, how can a war be fought without death? Moreover, it is such a formidable enemy of the Cadet Army. Your Excellency, when I was in Tokyo, I discussed this issue with Itagaki-kun and others. We all agreed that as long as we could annihilate the Cadet Army, then no matter how big the sacrifice was, it would be worth it. Your Excellency, why don't you let Yokoyama Somori choose for yourself? Perhaps, he has a knack for night battles? ”

During the Battle of Nanjing, Gu Shoufu once connived at his subordinates to kill in Suzhou and Wuxi, and even the Japanese themselves could not stand it, and their cabinet could only recall him to China after the battle. In Tokyo, he was in constant contact with Seishiro Itagaki and others, and with the help of the latter, he was able to make a comeback and return to China to take over the 6th Division.

Yokoyama was the commander of the 11th Air Regiment. Matsui Ishine listened to Tani's suggestion, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he sent a telegram to Yokoyama Munemori asking about the possibility of the 11th Air Regiment going into battle immediately.

At that time, Yokoyama Munemori was gathering with a group of officers of the 11th Air Regiment for a drink, and the mood was high. The communications staff officer on duty came in with a telegram from Matsui Shigen, and he said happily through wine: "Your Excellency Matsui is calling at this time, it won't be to congratulate me in advance on a happy New Year!" Read! ”

The communications staff officer read out the contents of the telegram aloud, and as soon as he finished reading it, some of the captains of several independent flying brigades present stood up and said to Yokoyama: "Your Excellency Matsui underestimates us too much, what's so difficult about a night attack?" Your Excellency, we have eaten and drunk, so we will take to the air to teach the people of China a lesson! ”

Yokoyama Zongsheng was more cautious, and said: "Our department has never had experience in night battles, and the visibility at night is too poor, and there is still a distance of more than 300 kilometers from the front line here, but how can we ensure the accuracy of the flight direction?" ”

"Your Excellency, I have a solution. Just have the towns along the way light bonfires! When you get to the front line, let the ground troops fire more flares at the positions in China, so that you can be safe! ”

Everyone else applauded, and they all looked eager to try.

Seeing this, Yokoyama Somori read the telegram carefully, discussed the details with several high-spirited captains, and decided to send two independent bomber groups and one fighter group to the battle.