Unlike many Japanese officers who always shout at the shattered slap in the Japanese army, Tanaka Shizuichi is an alternative among the Japanese. He is not very fond of Nogi Hinomi, who is regarded as the god of military affairs by the Japanese. He looks down on those fools who always shout at steel bullets and want to hit them with meat bullets. In his opinion, no matter how much you brag about the role of meat bullets, it is still meat bullets. No matter how you praise it, you cannot make it as hard as steel bullets.

Therefore, retreat is not something that is difficult for a person like him. After hearing Machijiri Ieki's words, he thought for a while and said, "Okay, we can report the situation to the commander of the Sonata Department, but we must also prepare for retreat while reporting. If we miss tonight, it will be difficult for us to retreat."

Machijiri Miki smiled bitterly. His friend was really different. For the Japanese army that regarded retreat as a shame and even said the word retreat was a transition, this guy was simply an alien.

As soon as he said that, Tanaka Shizuichi immediately ordered the radio station to inform the situation here to Sonobu and Ichiro, and directly explained that if he did not retreat immediately, the 13th Division and the 6th Division would be in danger of being wiped out.

After the telegram was sent out, Tanaka Shizuichi without waiting for the call from Sonobu and Ichiro to return, he immediately ordered the entire army to start retreating in the direction of Huanggang, where a Japanese division was stationed and equipped with strong fortifications, which was safe only when it arrived there.

The large-scale retreat of more than 30,000 Japanese troops was quite static, so naturally they could not hide it from the 400th Division and the 1st Armored Division in front. The news was soon reported to Wu Chengfeng and Li Chenzhe.

After receiving the news, Wu Chengfeng pondered for a while before saying to Li Chenzhe: "Old Li, the Japanese are about to escape. What should we do? Should we chase after him?"

"Can't chase!" Li Chenzhe shook his head without thinking. "Although the armored division charges unparalleled, he does not have the ability to fight at night. The Japanese just need to send hundreds of people to carry explosives and ambush the roadside. We can drink a pot of this kind of loss-making business. If you want to chase, you can go by yourself."

"I'll go?" Wu Chengfeng rolled his eyes at Li Chenzhe, "Even you guys with turtle shells open, why are we going? Besides, the 400th Division has been fighting continuously for almost a week, so let the brothers rest for one night!"

Wu Chengfeng knows his family's affairs. Although the 400th Division has been unstoppable in recent days, it first defeated the 39th Division and then severely damaged the 6th Division, but the troops suffered a lot of casualties, and the soldiers were very tired after fighting for five or six days in a row. If they didn't have a good rest, it would easily lead to non-combat reductions.

The two of them looked at each other helplessly and shook their heads at the same time. Seeing the enemy retreating swayingly, they were powerless, and this feeling was not good.

Li Chenzhe finally said helplessly: "Forget it, let's report the information to the theater command, and then ask the Air Force to start searching as soon as the sky dawn, and make a decision when you find the Japanese army."

Wu Chengfeng nodded: "That's all. The theater command will definitely come out tomorrow."

Just as Wu Chengfeng and Li Chenzhe were still feeling sorry for the Japanese army's retreat, major media across the country received an anonymous message almost at the same time, and the news was not just empty talk. Many newspapers received a lot of photos while receiving the news, and these media immediately began to boil.

An office in Zengjiayan, Chongqing

"Bang……"

"That's great. I didn't expect Su Zhongxin to do such an unwise thing. This is his own hand. Don't blame me, Mr. Jiang, for being rude! The person who came, immediately notify our party newspapers and major newspapers, and immediately send the message out. We want to expose the true face of this anti-Japanese general in front of the people of the whole country!"

"Sell newspapers and newspapers! The Japanese army was furious and took the people as hostages, and the troops in the Fourth War Zone took their lives and bombarded their compatriots!"

"Selling newspapers and newspapers, during the battle with the Japanese army, the troops in the Fourth War Zone fired fire at the people regardless of the safety of the people, causing hundreds of deaths!"

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, the central government has issued a reprimand order to order Commander Su of the Fourth War Zone to immediately severely punish relevant people who bombard the people."

These news is not only transmitted in the Kuomintang-controlled area. Even the occupied areas are spreading this news. Soon all Chinese people knew about it. For a time, newspapers across the country were discussing it. Su Rui and the troops of the Fourth War Zone appeared in the newspapers with a positive image. Many people did not believe this news when it first came out. But this time the newspaper was not only very harsh, but also accompanied by many photos. In the photos, it was obvious that groups of people tied together were swallowed by the explosion fire, which made people convinced. For a time, Su Rui and the troops of the Fourth War Zone were all caught in accusations.

"We soldiers should take it as their responsibility to defend our country. Now the Four War Zones do not care about the lives and death of the people, and blatantly launch artillery attacks on the people. It is better not to have such troops!" - Central Youth Daily.

"We have always thought that Chief Su Rui was a hero of the War of Resistance Against Japan. We never thought that such a tragedy would happen today. Regardless of whether the matter was ordered by Chief Su, it would be a mistake of not being strict in the control of the subordinates." - Ta Kung Pao!

"From this war, we can see that there is still a kind of atmosphere in China today, that is, the generals never take the lives of the people in their hearts, so such a tragedy happened. If the commander of the army at that time asked the army to retreat slightly, the tragedy would not have happened, and hundreds of lives would be preserved, but the tragedy still happened. Whose fault was this matter?" - Report!

With the help of those who are interested, almost all media accused Su Rui and his Fourth War Zone in unison. For a time, Su Rui and the Fourth War Zone were in a dilemma that was criticized by thousands of people.

"Hmph! These newspapers are so inappropriate. They dare to say anything!" In the office of the Fourth War Zone Command, Bai Chongxi angrily slapped his hand on the table, making a crisp sound.

Li Zongren took a teacup and then said, "Jiansheng, why are you angry? Those newspapers have always been like this. They don't care what the truth is? As long as they can attract attention, they will definitely write a lot of books, let alone such sensational news? However, the news spread so quickly and widely. If there is no Japanese or Chongqing person in it, I won't believe it."

Su Rui also sat aside and refused to let him know. This matter would be exposed by the media as he expected, but what he didn't expect was that so many media would accuse him in unison. Even if one or two media spoke for him, they were soon drowned in the tide of saliva. Although Su Rui had already prepared himself for this, he was still a little angry about it.

"These media really dare to say anything. No wonder the government in later generations will control the news so strictly. There is a reason for the feelings!" Su Rui couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing Su Rui sitting aside and silently, Li Zongren couldn't help but say to him: "Zhongxin, what are you going to deal with this?"

Su Rui said lightly: "What else can I do? Just hold a press conference. As the saying goes, everything is necessary to speak to others. Just put the truth out of right and wrong and let everyone evaluate it!"

Seeing Su Rui's indifferent look, Bai Chongxi couldn't help but feel a little happy, "You are really not nervous, then when are you planning to hold a press conference?"

"At 9:00 the day after tomorrow, at the lobby of the Guangzhou Hotel, we will give the Japanese and Chongqing a big surprise!" At this point, Su Rui's face showed a hint of ruthlessness...

23:450 in the evening on October 7, 1940

It was silent in an airport located deep in the mountains of Fuzhou. Except for a few faint lights, all surrounded by darkness.

Zhang Yang sat quietly in the cockpit of his beloved P-51D Mustang fighter. With the help of the faint red light in the cockpit, Zhang Yang was carefully looking at the navigation map. Although he had seen it many times in the past two days and had long been familiar with the route, he still kept watching, as if he was going to print the picture into his heart.

After a while, Zhang Yang finally raised his head and took a few deep breaths before he could barely calm down the tension in his heart. Zhang Yang turned his head around and found that there were also figures shaking in the wingman cockpit not far from him. It seemed that Lao Tuo was as uneasy as him.

The clock hand slowly pointed at twelve o'clock, and a calm and calm voice suddenly sounded in the silent channel: "All units, please note that I am Zheng Shaoyu, the commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Fourth War Zone. Now it is 0:00 a.m. on October 8, 1940. Now I am in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Air Force. The Sun Hunting Operation has officially begun, and all units set out as planned!"

With Zheng Shaoyu's order, a light suddenly flashed around the airport, and burning bonfires began to ignite around the runway. With the fire on the mountainside, huge figures on the runway suddenly appeared in everyone's sight. It turned out that this was the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. Dozens of huge bombers were placed on the runway, squeezing the runway densely.

Almost at the same time, dozens of bombers' propellers began to spin, and the originally silent airport suddenly sounded deafening roars.

"Bang bang bang..."

Three green signal flares appeared in the sky in a row, and the bomber in the lead began to slowly glide on the runway, and his speed became faster and faster. He quickly broke free from the constraints of the earth's gravity and rushed into the sky...
Chapter completed!