The two lieutenant generals naturally knew that Tang Daoduan could not cheat on this matter.
It's just a matter of great importance, and the damage to reputation is only secondary. Whether we can seize the opportunity to adjust tactics after Hisao Tani was killed and the Sixth Division lost its backbone is the key.
A military order may affect the lives of thousands of people, so one must be careful, careful, cautious and cautious.
"Haha! I believe you Tang Dao, and I, the entire Songjiang army, will fight with you!" Lieutenant General Wu laughed boldly, pacing back and forth in the headquarters with his hands behind his back, his steps suddenly stopped, and his eyes looked different.
To his deputy:
"Brother Guo, Hisao Tani is dead, but the Japanese troops on the front line are not panicking at all. It can be seen that the front line headquarters covered up the news of his death. The Japanese troops on the front line do not know. We may use this opportunity to give the Japanese a hard time. Why?
Sample?"
“Yu Shen agrees! Commander-in-Chief, you decide!” Lieutenant General Guo smiled slightly.
"Order, the 319th Brigade located in Beicheng, the 638th Regiment will be transferred to Dongcheng, the 67th Military Headquarters directly under the Special Agent Regiment will transfer the guard battalion into Dongcheng, and the 322nd Brigade Headquarters originally in Dongcheng, and the Songjiang Command Headquarters directly under the guard battalion will be under the control of the 108th Division Headquarters
Under the command, the entire army launched an attack on the Japanese invaders in Dongcheng District at 7 o'clock in the morning. There is no order to retreat. The entire army from the general level down is only allowed to advance and not retreat. The invading enemy must be completely wiped out." Lieutenant General Wu's eyes were firm.
A low roar spread throughout the headquarters.
“Furthermore, the whole Songjiang army has been informed that Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, commander of the Japanese Sixth Division, has been killed by our Songjiang army in front of the battle!”
This is a major counterattack. Although it will not leave the city and fight tens of thousands in the field, it has mobilized all the troops that Songjiang can mobilize, and even played the last card in the hands of the Songjiang headquarters. It can be seen that the Army Lieutenant General has this
Fight firmly.
They did not hesitate to abandon the city wall fortifications and put the Japanese troops into the city for a fierce battle. They used the Japanese troops as human shields and opened the door to the thieves out of desperation. But this moment was also the other moment. At this moment, the Japanese Sixth Division lost its top command.
Officer, all the Japanese troops who entered Songjiang City also lost a captain. If they don't close the door and beat the dogs, they will lose this golden opportunity.
This is a multiple-choice question that a commander has to do, whether to fight to the death or retreat, when to fight and when to retreat. Each choice requires unparalleled wisdom and courage.
Because, the mistake he made needed to be paid for with his life, thousands of lives.
Just like Lieutenant General Wu who has put all his wealth and life on the gambling table, if he makes a wrong decision, the Japanese army will continue to pour troops into the city, and even find that the troops in the city are mobilized. The tens of thousands of Japanese troops who threaten Beicheng will no longer play siege.
Once Jue starts attacking, Songjiang City may not even be able to maintain the previous balance of power.
Songjiang City was broken, and the Songjiang garrison, which had been reduced to more than 20,000 men, was completely wiped out. Although before that, they had completed the military order issued by the theater headquarters to hold off the enemy for three days and nights.
No wonder the Lieutenant General started by saying that the entire Songjiang army would fight with Tang Dao. If the news sent back by Tang Dao was wrong, everyone here would have to accompany him to the guillotine.
It’s just that both commanders chose to trust Tang Dao unconditionally.
What kind of trust is this?
Standing up to the straight Tang Dao, his blood was boiling at this moment.
Tantai Mingyue, who stood up after recording the military order, looked at the three soldiers in front of her, her blood boiling with passion, and her eyes filled with tears.
Two uncle-level soldiers and a young and handsome soldier who is as sharp as a saber shine with their own light in this small headquarters.
The light of heroes.
They and the officers and soldiers who are still enduring the late autumn cold on the front lines and crouching in the ruins with steel guns in hand are the most handsome men in China in this era.
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The Chinese command has made an important counterattack plan, but the Japanese army has made things worse.
After Tokutaro Sakai saw the corpse of his number one general, which had been drained of blood and was so pale that it made people feel chilling, his expression was actually no better than that of the corpse.
This is no longer the pain of having an old grudge that has not been avenged and having a new grudge, but that he knows that the 4000 subordinates who are still in Songjiang City are already in an extremely dangerous situation.
After losing Hisao Tani, as the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, he was unable to deploy the rest of the division to support the troops in the city. The commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade, Ushijima Mitsuru Hisao Tani, intentionally or unintentionally
Under the control of military power, they have never dealt with him. Let alone him, even Chief of Staff Shimono Ichihuo, who is currently the nominally highest commander of the Sixth Division, is not taken seriously by anyone.
Once the Chinese make a crazy desperate move to besiege the 4,000 infantry who have entered the city, they will suffer heavy losses.
This means that the news of Hisako Tani Hisao's death in battle must be reported to the superiors.
His 11th Infantry Brigade needed reinforcements, which only the commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, could do.
The dawn of November 9 was absolutely dark and cold for Heisuke Yanagawa, the commander of the Japanese Tenth Army.
He may have become the first army-level commander in the history of Japanese army warfare who lost his top general before entering a decisive battle.
"Lieutenant General Hisao Tani died in battle?" Yanagawa Heisuke, who had just been woken up from the simple camp bed and had not even had time to rub his sleepy eyes, looked at his major general chief of staff, his eyes wide open like two small lanterns.
If it weren’t for the lights in the field tent, Tanabe Moritake would have felt like there was a tiger crouching opposite him.
The kind with those green eyes that can eat people.
Even though it was very difficult, Moritake Tanabe, who left the Sixth Division's frontline headquarters in the afternoon, could only nod honestly.
Following the telegram were the joint signatures of the Chief of Staff of the Sixth Division and the two major general brigade commanders. No one would dare to falsify this unless the Chinese deciphered the communication code.
But that is even more impossible.
“Order Sakai Tokutaro and Ushijima Mitsuru to the headquarters!” Yanagawa Heisuke stayed for a long time before finally regaining his composure and gritted his teeth and ordered: “I want to personally ask them the truth about Lieutenant General Hisao Tani’s death in battle.”
"No, the battle on the front line is urgent. Order the escort squadron to prepare horses. I will go to the headquarters of the Sixth Division in person." The commander of the Japanese Tenth Army, who changed his mind in an instant, turned around and went to get his command knife and firearms.
He still doesn't want to believe the authenticity of the news. He is only willing to believe this fact when he sees Hisao Tani's body.
“Your Excellency, Commander, the Tenth Army still needs you to take command, why not let me go on your behalf.” Tanabe Moritake faithfully played the role of his chief of staff.
Even he didn’t want to ride a horse more than ten kilometers away in the dark.
But this is what he should do, he will do the hard work, and the honorary commander will do it. Who makes him the nominal second person?
Without this awareness, the No. 2 person is likely to become the most marginalized figure, and he cannot even mobilize the baggage regiment.
"That's fine! After you arrived, Mr. Shengwu, you ordered the headquarters of the Sixth Division to seal off the information tightly. No information should be leaked to the outside until the Battle of Songjiang is over. After investigating the truth, secretly bring the body of Lieutenant General Hisao Tani back to the headquarters!" Qiang
Yanagawa Heisuke, who suppressed his anger, thought for a few seconds before making a reasonably rational decision.
But no one expected that this decision would have a series of chain reactions for the Japanese Tenth Army.
Yanagawa Heisuke, the main culprit of the massacre, was lucky enough to escape with his life, but he pushed 4,000 infantrymen of the 11th Infantry Brigade into the abyss.
Major General Tokutaro Sakai, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, who had already anticipated the danger at the headquarters only 600 meters away from Matsue Castle, lost two extremely important hours that changed the fate of his subordinates.
Between the Huangpu River and Songjiang River, there is a wilderness covering an area of tens of square kilometers.
There are hills and wilderness, with excellent visibility, but because of the dense trees and grass, it is easy to hide.
The Chinese also have cavalry, lurking on both sides of the Huangpu River.
The Japanese cavalry, who had suffered heavy losses in the cavalry battle, were now very cautious. When searching during the day, at least one cavalry team was required to go out together. There was no longer the previous situation where a cavalry team of three or five horses would search everywhere.
In this way, the area that can be searched is naturally limited.
Even though there are tens of thousands of Japanese troops stationed here, there is never a shortage of Chinese cavalry in the wilderness.
In the bushes on a hill about 600 meters away from the main road from Huangpu River to Songjiang City, Lu Sanjiang was one of them, lying on his stomach and almost falling asleep.
As one of the cavalrymen who lured the Japanese cavalry into an ambush position, Lu Sanjiang, who was originally only a first-class soldier, has been promoted to a sergeant.
His older brother, a veteran, was directly promoted to second lieutenant of the cavalry. However, his rank was increased, and he still had to do the work he was supposed to do.
Xinke Cavalry Second Lieutenant and Sergeant were still their old partners. After dark, they entered the wilderness from Huangpu River to Songjiang City to observe whether the Japanese army had mobilized troops.
Throughout the night, the main roads were quiet.
Until the sky is dim, you can vaguely see the dark figure without listening to the sound, just by visual inspection.
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