At this time, adjutant Xu Wenqiang suddenly walked to Jin Zhao's side, leaned into Jin Zhao's ear and whispered a few words, and then Jin Zhao ended his speech with a sentence, "All in all, as long as we persist in the War of Resistance, the final victory will definitely belong to us!" Well, there is still an emergency military situation on the front line, and I will be out of company first. After saying this, Jin Zhao hurriedly walked out. Although the reporters were a little unwilling, the reason given by Jin Zhao was too sufficient, the military situation ahead was urgent, so naturally he had no time to play with you reporters, and the military situation was delayed, who could afford such a responsibility. Of course, there will not be such fools who stand up and ask what the emergency military situation is at this time, although all the reporters are very concerned about this issue, because since it is an emergency military situation, it is naturally a military secret, how can it be so easy to tell them. However, Jin Zhao has gained a lot, after all, there are too few opportunities to interview Jin Zhao, and today's interview with these contents is enough for these reporters to write a close-up.

"Baga Ya Road! Stupid ** people! It was so arrogant! What a big bastard! Shunrokuchi Uchihata of the Headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army of the Shanghai Army slapped the newspaper in his hand on the table. On the front page of the newspaper was a huge photo of Jin Zhao, where Jin Zhao was spitting and saying something, just from his expression, you could see Jin Zhao's arrogance and arrogance.

"Your Excellency, Commander, is angry! There is absolutely no need for the commander to be angry with this arrogant and ignorant ** pig! Tsukada hurriedly persuaded on the side. Tsukada Tsukasa has naturally read this newspaper, although Tsukada is very angry about Jin Zhao's arrogance. But if you think about it carefully, this guy does have arrogant capital, and more than 200,000 troops in Nanjing organized a group to go to the Yasukuni Shrine to report on the results. If you want to keep him from being arrogant, the only way is to defeat this arrogant guy from the battlefield, but the Yue army has always thought so, but unfortunately it has not been successful, since the battle with the Min army, the Yue army really can't come up with some of the said records.

Although Matsui Ishine was transferred back to Japan, Tsukada Ken managed to stay and continue to serve as the chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army. According to a strange tradition of the army, it is the military chief who is generally unlucky when a battle is lost, and the chief of staff is generally spared from accountability. Although the defeat of the little devil this time was a bit too miserable, Tsukada did not receive much blame and continued to stay in office. Got such an opportunity, Tsukada naturally cherished it very much, and has been working hard to show himself, hoping to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, but in the depths of Tsukada Attack's heart, there was also a layer of shadow, this shadow was naturally caused by Jin Zhao and the Fujian army led by him, and Tsukada Attack, who originally thought that the imperial army was invincible in the world, had wavered in his heart at this time.

"Humph!" Hata Junroku snorted coldly and said, "This Jin Zhao has become a big problem for the empire, if you don't get rid of this person, the empire's mainland policy can't be realized at all, you must get rid of this guy, get rid of this guy at all costs!" ”

"Hayi! The humble post will immediately arrange it, and at all costs, completely eradicate the henchmen of this empire! Tsukada said respectfully bowing his head. Tsukada naturally wants to get rid of the scourge of Jin Zhao very much, but it is almost impossible to get rid of this scourge from the battlefield, even if the army can defeat the Min army, but it is not easy to kill Jin Zhao, the leader of the Min army, as long as Jin Zhao does not die, it will not be long before he will make a comeback again, after all, people have the territory and the capital to make a comeback. Unless the Yue army can capture Jin Zhao's nest Fujian, but now the Yue army has no plan to attack Fujian, so there is only one simple and effective way to get rid of Jin Zhao, that is, assassination! As long as Jin Zhao dies, the leaderless Fujian army is naturally not enough.

"Yo Xi! This matter is in trouble with Tsukada-kun! Shunroku Hata nodded, "Remember that this mission must only succeed, not fail!" ”

"Hayi!" Tsukada replied respectfully, then turned and left Shunroku Hatata's office.

Wen Yingxing hurriedly walked into Jin Zhao with a telegram in his hand, "Headquarters!" Oh no, I just got the news that the Niangzi Pass is lost! ”

"What? Lady's Pass is lost? Jin Zhao sighed in his heart when he heard this, what should have come finally came, Jin Zhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Seeing that Wen Yingxing was holding a telegram in his hand, Jin Zhao snatched it directly, and then looked at it seriously.

Niangzi Pass is a famous pass of the Great Wall of China, located in the foothills of Mianshan Mountain in the northeast of Pingding County, Shanxi Province, and the west entrance of Jingcheng County, Hebei Province on the west side of the Taihang Mountains. Niangzi Pass was originally known as "Wei Ze Pass", because Princess Pingyang of Tang had led troops to garrison here, Princess Pingyang's troops were called "Niangzi Army" at that time, so it got the current name.

Niangzi Pass is the barrier of Shanxi, Niangzi Pass is lost, the army can cross the Taihang Mountain, directly attack the territory of Shanxi, from Niangzi Pass to the provincial capital Taiyuan has no danger to defend, so the gain and loss of Niangzi Pass is very important to defend Shanxi.

Itagaki Seishiro was also forced to find another breakthrough precisely because he could not break through the first line of defense in Xinkou, and this breakthrough was naturally selected at Niangzi Pass, and then Itagaki Seishiro led the fifth division to attack Shimen, first Wan Fulin's department collapsed at a touch, so that the 5th Division broke into the hinterland of our army, and then Liu Zhi fled without a fight, making Shimen fall into the hands of Yuekou, which eventually led to a sharp turn in the war situation in North China and a rout on all fronts.

After the Yue army occupied Shimen, the 5th Division and the 20th Division divided their troops to attack Niangzi Pass, so as to cooperate with the Yue army from the north of Jin to the south to attack Taiyuan. The 1st Theater Force, under the command of Deputy Commander Huang Shaohong, deployed defenses in the north and south areas of Niangzi Pass to block the offensive of the Yue Army. The 5th Division and the 20th Division of the Army, under the command of Seishiro Itagaki, marched westward in two columns. The right column attacked along Jingcheng and Niangzi Pass to Shimen, and the left column attacked along Weishui and Shiyu Town to Shimen.

The army once again adopted a roundabout tactic and sent a detour back to the right rear of the Niangzi Pass defenders, and the Niangzi Pass defenders suddenly fell into a situation where they were attacked on their backs. After Huang Shaohong asked Yan Xishan for instructions, he withdrew the main force of the defenders on the front line of Niangzi Pass. Except for the 26th Route Army, which left a small part to guard the Niangzi Officer, the rest of the troops retreated to the front line of Jucheng Town and Yiqi Town, and then the main force of the army captured Niangzi Pass.

After reading this battle report, Jin Zhao's heart was cold, and he sighed helplessly and said, "It's over!" Taiyuan can't be saved! Shanxi can't be saved! This Seishiro Itagaki is really amazing! ”

Sure enough, as Jin Zhao said, after the loss of Niangzi Pass, the army attacked all the way to the west and approached Taiyuan. Xinkou was forced to retreat in the direction of Taiyuan to prepare for the defense of Taiyuan. Yan Xishan appointed Fu Zuoyi as the commander of the Taiyuan city defense, and Wei Lihuang as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the second theater, and decided to occupy the position in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan with the troops retreating from Xinkou, defend the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan with the troops retreating from Niangziguan, advance to Yuci with the newly reinforced 13th Army to wait for the flanking army, and use the 35th Army and other damaged 7 brigades to assume the city defense. However, the retreating troops on the two fronts had not yet gained a firm foothold, and the troops were immediately following them, and the troops were in disorder. The east road said that the army occupied Yuci, and the north road said that the army entered the Taiyuan city wall, and the two sides said that the army cooperated to attack the city. By the end of the night, there were only more than 2,000 officers and soldiers left in the city. Fu Zuoyi was forced to lead the 35th Army to break through the siege, and Taiyuan fell. In just a few days, most of Shanxi fell into the hands of the army.

Although he had been prepared for this, after learning the news of the loss of Taiyuan, Jin Zhao was both shocked and helpless.

"The North China army has captured Shanxi, and the next step should be to attack Shandong! Inform Weng Zhaoyuan that if the army attacks Shandong, the 26th Group Army will be ordered to launch a ** against the southern Hebei army according to the situation, so as to contain the southern Hebei army. Jin Zhao said helplessly.

"Yes!"

In the past few days, the army in Central China has not been idle, the Fujian army has blocked step by step, made full use of the terrain, and inflicted a lot of casualties on the army.

However, the progress of the northern and southern armies was also quite rapid, and the northern armies, under the command of Gangcun Ningci, successively captured Changzhou, Jintan, Danyang and other places. The Southern Route Army also successfully captured Huzhou under the command of Tada Jun, and the Fujian army further narrowed the defensive line in the direction of Nanjing.

In the face of the pressing of the army, Jin Zhao himself was also a little in a hurry, and naturally he didn't have much to think about the North China battlefield at this time. So I just explained it and put it down again.

The development of the situation in the following days became more and more unfavorable for the Fujian army, and the North Road army conquered Zhenjiang and Jurong approached the city of Nanjing. At the same time, the South Road said that the army was linked, Liyang, Lishui and other places, and the North Road said that the army would join the city of Nanjing. The battle is going very smoothly, and Shunroku Hata can't help but feel a little fluttering, the enemy that you Matsui Shigen can't deal with, I'm not ready to capture Shunroku Hata yet. So at first, Hata Junroku, who was still a little cautious, couldn't help but have the bold idea of annihilating the Fujian army in Nanjing, so the 11th Division of the North Road crossed the Yangtze River again to attack Yangzhou, and this time the 11th Division did not fail in its mission and successfully conquered Yangzhou. Then retreat along the Yangtze River in the direction of Pukou, while the 18th Division captured Wuhu, the 17th Division captured Dangtu County, and then crossed the Yangtze River to capture Hexian, and continued to attack along the Yangtze River in the direction of Pukou.

At this time, Nanjing was surrounded on three sides, and the only way out was to cross the Yangtze River, but if the 11th and 17th Divisions succeeded in attacking Pukou on both sides, then the last way out for the defenders of Nanjing would also be completely cut off. At this time, Hata Junliu couldn't help but send a telegram to the base camp of Yueben, saying that the Min army in Nanjing City had been unable to escape, and it was only a matter of time before it was annihilated. (To be continued.) )