Chapter 299: The Great War is Imminent
Captain Nishizaki glanced at it, his face changed suddenly, and he stood up from his chair with a "poof".
He moved closer, pointed to the map, and said, "This ...... Is this really the strategic intention of the people of China in the next step? Are they crazy? How could they gather so many troops and forces to counterattack Shanghai? Don't they want the city of Nanjing? Or have they given up Nanjing as a price and want to return to Shanghai? Aren't they afraid of our garrison there? And the ships of the Navy! ”
Kota Chenhashi reminded: "Captain Nishizaki, you should know that more than half of the garrison in Shanghai has been transferred to Nanjing, and they were dragged by the guerrillas on the way to Nanjing, and they could not arrive at Nanjing City at the scheduled time, this is the conspiracy of the Chinese people!" On the one hand, they used guerrillas to drag the march speed of our regular army, and on the other hand, they secretly gathered a large force to counterattack Shanghai. ”
Captain Nishizaki gasped and subconsciously said, "No, this matter is too important, I want to report it to General Nakajima of the division and ask him to decide!" ”
"What? Checkmate? ”
Kota Murahashi's heart moved, he originally thought that he would be able to make enough contributions if he could find this captain, but he didn't think that the other party would still contact the general now? He had never expected to meet an officer of the rank of general, so it was exactly what he wanted!
"But please Captain Nishizaki move faster, or the team will slip out from under our noses, you should know what that means."
Of course, Nishizaki knows what it means, it means living feats, and it is the ladder for them to rise!
"I know what to do, you two wait here for a moment."
Nishizaki strode out of the room with Kota Murahashi's sketch, and rushed to the communications room to ask the communications corps to transfer the head of the Nakajima Division of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Nakajima Kinasa.
Kota Murahashi and Toshiro didn't have to wait long, and Captain Nishizaki walked back with the order of the lieutenant general of the 16th Division.
"Kota Murahashi, Toshiro, now you two belong to my Nishizaki Brigade! Lieutenant General Nakajima asked me to immediately lead you to the station where the division is located to hand in the information, once the information is verified accurately, you will be promoted three levels on the spot, and now follow me! ”
"Yes!"
At the same time that Murahashi Kota took the route map of the guerrilla attack to ask for merit and receive the reward, Wang Lianhao and his team had already crossed the Wujiang River and had a small-scale encounter with the Kunisaki detachment of the 10th Army on the South Guizi Road.
After the two sides suffered mutual damage, Wang Lianhao led his troops to retreat to the northwest, and because the Guoqi detachment had an important task, he did not chase Wang Lianhao's team, but rushed to the direction of Jiangpu to advance in a roundabout way, preparing to complete the task of encircling Nanjing.
Wang Lianhao naturally received Tang Dong's secret report, and he was very appreciative of the bold strategy proposed by Wingate.
After all, a soldier is treacherous, and only by reacting in a direction that the enemy cannot predict can he have a surprising effect.
Now that the Japanese army has gathered more than 200,000 people to besiege Nanjing, the enemy will definitely not work, so this move to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and the tactics of false exchange are indeed a way.
If you come back to help, I will retreat, and if you don't come back to help, I will attack, where is this conspiracy? This is a proper conspiracy~!
"Brother Hao, the Kunisaki detachment has completely retreated and won't chase us."
Gonda took off his hat as a fan to fan himself, and they stood on a high half-cliff, and could clearly see that the Kunisaki detachment had turned around, gave up chasing them, and continued to advance towards Nanjing.
"They don't chase us, we will follow, don't follow too closely, let the brothers bypass their west, Dongzi and Wingate their plan is very bold, but I think the risk is also very great, it is necessary to leave an insurance in Nanjing, once there is a problem with the plan or the defenders there can't hold on, we can still deal with each other, as long as they hold on here long enough, their plan success rate will be higher enough, they have already arrived here, let the brothers work harder, continue to march quickly, enter the city of Nanjing and then have a good rest."
"Okay, Brother Hao, I'll go and inform everyone."
Gonda put his hat back on and began to run, conveying Wang Lianhao's orders before and after.
Wang Lianhao's move is undoubtedly correct, regardless of whether Tang Dong and Wingate's plan will succeed or not, the most important point is that Nanjing City has not been lost, if Nanjing is taken by the enemy before they attack Shanghai, then it is still a fart! All the planning has been lost, so the city is still the fundamental point of the tactics, and there is no room for error.
Another reason is also the key factor in Wang Lianhao's decision to help them defend the city, that is, the Rosa people are in Nanjing City, and he must have seen the latter in person to ensure her safety before he can continue to operate with confidence.
He had killed his good brother Shen Weicai because of a mistake before, and he didn't want Zhou Yu's wife to have an accident under his nose this time, in that case, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
As the minutes passed, both the offensive and defensive sides were intensively revising their plans and tactics.
After receiving the offensive road map given by Kota Murahashi, the Japanese 16th Division was separated from the dispatch corps, and the 10th Army and the left and right flank armies in the Taihu Corridor also received orders at the same time to stop the plan to attack Nanjing and stand by.
At the same time, Wang Lianhao and his troops had arrived near Niushou Mountain on the south side of Nanjing City, and temporarily stationed them to wait and see what happened, and only sent a few scouts to the surrounding area to do the necessary reconnaissance.
Yang Zhanqing and his troops hid near Qinglong Mountain, ready to launch an attack on the enemy's flank at any time in line with the friendly plan.
The daily air raids over the city of Nanjing seemed to have become a daily routine, and many citizens, knowing that they could not escape, began to dig underground bomb shelters in their homes to hide from the bombing of Japanese planes.
As for the fighters of Zhou Zhen and others, they have also been transferred to the airfields in Nanchang, Hengyang, Changsha, Wuhan, Chengdu, Xi'an and other places in advance, waiting for orders to complete the plan at any time.
Each squad is following orders from above, either stationed or detouring, advancing or retreating.
However, on the eve of the approaching war, the most nervous people were the people in Nanjing.
On the one hand, the former government of Nanjing has all been transferred to Chongqing, although the Nanjing garrison is still left to defend the city, but in the eyes of the people, no matter how you look at it, it feels perfunctory, and there is a news circulating in the city that once the Japanese invaders break through the city gate, the garrison will abandon them and immediately retreat to the rear of Chongqing.
Moreover, in recent days, the Japanese bombers have not only become more and more diligent, constantly dropping bombs one bomb after another, but they have also dropped large numbers of letters of persuasion that had been printed in advance from the sky over the city of Nanjing.
[Advice, the Japanese army will sweep through the south of the Yangtze River in millions, and the city of Nanjing will be surrounded, occupying the general trend and obvious, so the future resistance will do all kinds of harm but no benefit. In addition, the land of Jiangning is the capital of China's past Gyeonggi, the capital of the Republic of China, the Ming Tomb of Xiaoxiao, and the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, which are all gathered in Si, and have become the essence of East Asian culture.
The Japanese army will not forgive the severe measures it will take against the resisters, but the Chinese people and the invincible will of the Chinese army will be lenient, which is a heated discussion on the protection of Central Asian culture.
If your army continues to resist the Battle of Nanjing, it may inevitably be inevitable that the culture of a thousand years will be reduced to ashes, and the ten years of construction will be in vain, and this commander, on behalf of the Japanese troops, advises your army to contact you according to the following steps to peacefully open the city of Nanjing, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, Matsui Ishone. 】
"The above is the full text of the advice issued by the Japanese army......"
"......"
When Tang Sheng, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, heard the report and advice from his subordinates, he immediately tore them to pieces and scolded the eight-generation ancestor of the commander-in-chief of the army.
"The Nanjing garrison has only commanders who died in battle, and there are no commanders who surrendered! There are only soldiers who died in battle, and there are no soldiers who surrendered! Even if the city of Nanjing is broken, it will have to step on our corpses! Our garrison will fight to the last man! The last bullet! Keep the enemy out of the city, and kill them with swords and spears! Swear to live and die with Nanjing~~~! ”