Jin Zhao stepped on the corpses all over the ground, walked through the battlefield filled with gunpowder, and came to the Yangtze River, looking at the Yangtze River water rolling east. With a dignified face, although he easily defeated the 11th Division of the Yue Army, Jin Zhao did not have the slightest excitement at all. Because Jin Zhao knew in his heart that the next battle would still be very cruel, Jin Zhao was not completely sure that he would be able to win the battle in the end. Maybe that's the charm of war! Until the last moment, no one can say for sure where the victory will be. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a seemingly trivial mistake can bury an entire army or even a country.

Jin Zhao threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, and said with a serious face, "Order Zhang Junsong's troops to cross the river immediately, and the first national defense regiment will leave two battalions to meet the friendly forces on the north bank, and the rest of the troops will rush with me to help Wuxi!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Shaotang replied loudly.

After defeating the 11th Division, the Fujian army captured some ships, but most of them were destroyed in the bombing and fighting just now, and these captured ships were far from meeting the requirements of Zhang Junsong's two divisions to quickly cross the river. Therefore, Jin Zhao exchanged a batch of ferries through the system, and the department was driven by a soldier disguised as a civilian, and Jin Zhao only said that it was a ferry prepared in advance by nearby intelligence officers, but it did not arouse the suspicion of others.

In the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army of the Shanghai Army, Chief of Staff Tsukada Tsukashi hurriedly walked in front of Matsui Shigen, "Your Excellency Commander! I just received a telegram from the 11th Division that the 11th Division was attacked by ** people during the crossing of the river, and the commander of the 11th Division, General Yamamuro Sotake, was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"Nani!" Matsui Shigen couldn't help but change his face, and then coughed violently. Thinking that in order to gild Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, Matsui Ishine ceded the commander-in-chief of the attack on Nanjing to Hatohiko of Asakanomiya on the grounds of a recurrence of lung disease. Although Matsui Ishone's condition is far less serious, the recurrence of the old disease is certain, and now the successive defeats on the front line have made Matsui Ishone's mood extremely depressed, so that his condition continues to worsen. If this development continues, I am afraid that without the edict of the base camp, Matsui Ishine will have to obediently return to China to recuperate.

Looking at Matsui Shigen, who was coughing violently, Tsukada couldn't bear it for a while, Matsui Shigen worked hard for the Huaxia Incident, and he was about to capture Nanjing, the capital of China, and it was about to be done. But I didn't expect the Min army, which was killed halfway, to give the arrogant army a blow to the head. Not only did the capture of Nanjing come to naught, but also successively let hundreds of thousands of troops stay in China forever, in fact, at this time, the Central China Dispatch Army has also been greatly injured, and the current army is just trying its last strength to reverse the unfavorable situation of the war, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the end of the crossbow. Although he was a little pitiful for Matsui Ishone, Tsukada, as the chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army, had the responsibility to truthfully report the current battle situation to the commander, so that the commander could clearly grasp the entire battle situation at any time. "Your Excellency, Commander! The 11th Division suffered heavy losses under the bombardment of the first people, and then was attacked by the first army on both sides, and the 11th Division, which was divided into two parts by the Yangtze River, was immediately defeated, losing more than half, and now the remnants of the 11th Division have turned to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. After Tsukada said this, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and then quietly looked at Matsui Ishone.

Matsui Shigen couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and his coughing stopped abruptly, "The 11th Division is defeated!" Flanked from both sides, do you mean that the ** army in Suzhou did not return to Wuxi, but went straight to Jiangyin and attacked the 11th Division that was crossing the river! Matsui asked with a staring eye of disbelief.

"Hayi!" Tsukada replied affirmatively.

"Baga Ya Road! Damn ** people! Matsui scolded loudly. Then he lowered his head again and coughed violently.

"Your Excellency, Commander, you need to ensure your health! The Imperial Army in Central China still needs the command of His Excellency the Commander! Tsukada said persuasively.

Matsui Shigen coughed violently for a while, and finally stopped, and slowly took off the handkerchief covering his mouth, which was stained with some black and red blood.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Tsukada couldn't help but exclaim.

Matsui Shigen couldn't help but wave his hand and said, "Don't worry about Tsukada-kun, I'm fine!" And it won't be long before I don't have to work so hard, it seems that I'm really old, and it's time to go home to care for the elderly! Matsui Shigen said slowly, with a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

Tsukada sighed helplessly, and couldn't help but persuade, "The battle situation has developed to this point, and it is not the fault of the commander that it is really too cunning!" "Tsukada knows that the situation of the war has developed to this point, and Matsui Ishine, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, will definitely not be able to keep it, and now I just want to comfort Matsui Ishine!

A smile appeared at the corner of Matsui Shigen's mouth, but this smile was full of bitterness and helplessness, "The war situation in Central China is erosive, and someone must take responsibility for this, and I, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, are naturally duty-bound." As early as when Yanagawa Junyu was broken, I was ready, but the base camp gave me a chance, but it's a pity! Matsui Ishone stopped at this point and couldn't help but shake his head.

After a while, Matsui continued, "Although the battle situation is unfavorable now, we must continue to fight!" Judging by the current situation, it is impossible to capture Nanjing. Ordered the imperial army in Nanjing to immediately support Wuxi. ”

"Your Excellency, Commander! If the imperial army on the Nanjing side retreats eastward, Nanjing's 100,000 ** army loses its containment, and it will definitely take the opportunity to launch ** against the imperial army. Tsukada said hurriedly.

Matsui Shigen shook his head and said, "Tsukada-kun, you don't know the ** person, let alone the ** leader Jiang Zhongzheng. From what I know about Chiang, it is impossible for him to watch the Min army, a local warlord army, grow and grow. ”

"What the commander means is that the ** Central Army will sit and watch the defeat of the Imperial Army in the Fujian Army, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Tsukada seems to understand, but he is not sure.

Matsui Shigen nodded and said, "If Jiang Zhongzheng doesn't do this, then he won't be Jiang Zhongzheng!" "Matsui Shigen naturally knows Lao Jiang very well. When Lao Jiang was studying in Yueben in his youth, he lived in Matsui Shigen's home, and Lao Jiang entered the Yueben army for internship, so it was also the relationship between Matsui Shigen and helping to go.

"Now we have only one purpose, that is, to concentrate our forces and completely encircle and annihilate this lone army in the Jiangyin area of Wuxi!" Matsui Ishone gritted his teeth and said viciously. (To be continued.) )