Itagaki Seishiro took a nap in the lounge and immediately got up again and went to the war room.
Seeing Itagaki Seishiro walking in, Aoki Shigesei immediately came forward and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have just received an urgent call from the left-behind military police units in Baoshan, Qingpu, Jiading and Songjiang counties. As expected, the patrol battalion has divided its troops to attack in all directions.
There are at least a thousand people in each group in each direction!"
After hearing this, Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said he understood.
Itagaki had already been mentally prepared for this incident.
In fact, yesterday, Itagaki thought that the patrol battalion would attack in all directions, but the patrol battalion did not. It did not even send out troops during the day today, but it was only in the evening that it finally sent out troops. It seems that the previous continuous battles also made the patrol battalion tired.
It is not light, so necessary rest must be carried out until the officers and soldiers regain their strength.
Aoki Shigemao added: "Your Excellency, Commander, with the garrison strength of Qingpu, Baoshan, Jiading and Songjiang counties, they will definitely not be able to defend it, so do you think we should let them withdraw to Jiaxing and Kunshan?"
"Well, let's withdraw." Itagaki nodded and said, "The 20th Division and the 7th Division will have to wait at least ten days before they can arrive in Shanghai, and only a few military police units want to defend Baoshan and other four areas.
It is absolutely impossible to hold on to the county for ten days, so holding on like this is actually meaningless, and the most important thing is to preserve our strength."
"Hai." Aoki Shigesei said solemnly, and when he was about to turn around and leave, a communications staff officer came over in a hurry.
"Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!" The communications staff officer nodded heavily, then handed over the folder in his hand and said loudly, "There is an urgent call from the Nakamura Agency!"
"Nani, Nakamura Agency?!"
"Is the Nakamura agency still there?"
Itagaki Seishiro and Aoki Shigemai were stunned when they heard this.
In fact, shortly after the Ninth Division was wiped out, the Nakamura agency lost contact. Itagaki Seishiro and Aoki Shigesei thought that the Nakamura agency had also asked the patrol battalion to handle it. After all, Jiangwan was in the urban area.
On the other side, it is reasonable for the patrol battalion to take advantage of the victory and pursue the Nakamura agency.
After all, the Nakamura Agency only has a few hundred people.
Even if you include the agents of No. 76, there are still less than a thousand people.
At that time, Itagaki Seishiro and Aoki Shigesei were just a little curious as to why the Nakamura Agency did not send a farewell telegram?
Unexpectedly, the Nakamura Agency has not yet fallen. At that moment, Aoki Shigemai hurriedly took the folder, unfolded it, and then read ten lines at a glance.
After reading it, Aoki Shigesei said to Itagaki Seishiro: "Your Excellency, Commander, it turns out that the reason why the Nakamura agency lost contact was not because it was attacked by the patrol battalion, but because the telephone line was cut and the radio happened to be out of order. Now the radio has been repaired.
, so send us a telegram quickly to report their latest situation."
"So that's it." Itagaki Seishiro suddenly said, "How are they doing now? Have they been attacked?"
"Yes." Aoki Shigesei nodded and said, "The night before yesterday, after the Ninth Division was severely damaged, the patrol battalion separated a small group of troops to attack Jiangwan. However, they were stopped by the military police of the Nakamura Agency in coordination with No. 76.
The two special agent brigades were repelled, and Nakamura-kun also reported another news."
Itagaki Seishiro asked: "What news?"
Aoki Shigemao said: "The news about Liang Sang."
"Liang Sang? Liang Hongzhi?" Itagaki Seishiro said in astonishment, "Is there something wrong with Liang Hongzhi?"
Aoki Shigemagi squeaked, shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's not Liang Hongzhi, it's Liang Wuyi!"
"Liang Wuyi?!" Itagaki Seishiro's eyes immediately turned cold and he said in a deep voice, "What's the news?"
Aoki Shigemako said in a deep voice: "Nakamura-kun's telegram said that Liang Wuyi was not an undercover agent of the Communist Party. The real undercover agent was his master surnamed Wang. This master surnamed Wang was an underground member of the Chinese Communist Party! With Liang Wuyi's trust in him,
, he quietly developed a large number of party members in Broadway Building, and basically controlled the Second and Third Secret Service Brigades of Broadway Building. The only ones who really obeyed Liang Wuyi’s orders were the First Secret Service Brigade!"
"Nani? Is there such a thing?" Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said, "Then where was Liang Wuyi at that time?"
Shigemao Aoki said: "Long before the patrol battalion besieged the Sixing Warehouse, Liang Wuyi had been plotted by Master Wang and was imprisoned in a secret dungeon in the Broadway Building. All actions in the Broadway Building since then were actually attributed to Master Wang.
In command, the fierce battle between the patrol battalion and the Broadway Building was a double act from beginning to end!"
After a pause, Aoki Shigemagi said bitterly: "In this case, everything will be explained! No wonder three thousand national troops suddenly appeared in Sihang Warehouse. The people in the Broadway Building did not execute those national troops at all.
, but secretly concealed them, and the three-sided siege of the Bund Garden by the patrol battalion was just to force the Imperial Navy to pick up the remnants of the Broadway Building and board the ship, Baga Yalu, what a clever plan!"
"That's not quite right, is it?" Seishiro Itagaki frowned and said, "According to the Navy's report at the time, the patrol battalion and Broadway Building fought extremely brutally at Sichuan Road Bridge and the Bund Garden, with at least two to three thousand people killed. The patrol battalion
If it was really a double act with the Broadway Building, it seems impossible to spend so much money."
Aoki Shigesei played the telegram and said, "Nakamura-kun also mentioned this in the telegram."
After a pause, Aoki Shigemai continued: "The hidden information was provided by Liang Wuyi. Liang Wuyi said that before the Battle of Shanghai started, Master Wang had made suggestions to him to recruit a large number of gangsters from the Youth Gang to
Be prepared to use these Youth Gang gangsters as cannon fodder when necessary!"
"Cannon fodder!" Itagaki Seishiro understood everything at once.
"Baga!" Itagaki Seishiro said bitterly, "Cunning Communist Party!"
"Your Excellency Commander, if this is the case, everything will be explained!" Aoki Shigesei paused and continued, "However, after all, this is just one-sided words of Nakamura Shun. No one can guarantee whether he was
Liang Wuyi was deceived? So I suggest you send someone to investigate!"
Itagaki Seishiro thought for a while and said: "Nakamura Shun is not an intelligence professional, so he may be deceived, but Kage Sasaki is an old intelligence expert, so he should not be deceived. What does Kage Sa-kun say?"
Aoki Shigemai sighed and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, Kagezuo-kun is missing."
"Missing?" Itagaki Seishiro asked with a frown, "What's going on?"
Aoki Shigemai said: "As a humble official, I suspected that Kagezuo-kun might have already discovered that there were problems with the Broadway Building, but when he was about to conduct an in-depth investigation, he was discovered by the Communist Party and was silenced by the Communist Party!"
"Quiet?" Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said, "Aoki-kun, do you think this is possible?"
However, Aoki Shigesheng shook his head and said: "Commander, please don't forget that Xu Rui has a wolf fang army under his command!"
"Langya Troop?!" Itagaki Seishiro's heart suddenly trembled when he heard this. How could he forget that Xu Rui had a Langya Troop? Back in Jiujiang, he almost died at the hands of Langya, as well as his predecessor Gang
Didn't Neiji Murura die at the hands of the Wolf Fang troops? If it was the Wolf Fang, he would have been able to kill Kage Sasaki Akira quietly.
At that moment, Itagaki Seishiro said: "Then send someone there. Who do you think is appropriate?"
Aoki Shigemagi said in a deep voice: "I think this matter belongs to none other than Xiao Inu-kun!"
Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "That's Inushiro the Inu!"
"Hai!" Aoki Shigemagi paused and turned around.
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In Tokyo, War Department.
Juichi Terauchi was hospitalized. During the recent troubled period, the old Japanese found an excuse to hide in the hospital. Therefore, in the past few days, Tojo Hideki was actually in charge of the work of the War Department.
At this time, Tojo Hideki was convening a dozen combat staff officers in the combat section to revise the plan.
Because half an hour ago, the Twelfth Army Headquarters just reported back important information: Jiangwan has not yet been lost!
This is undoubtedly a major benefit for the Japanese army, because Jiangwan is not only located in the northern suburbs of Shanghai, but can also serve as a barrier for Baoshan County and Jiading County to the north, making it more difficult for the patrol battalion to attack these two counties.
And there is a military airport converted from a racecourse in Jiangwan!
This is undoubtedly very important for the upcoming mopping up operation in Shanghai!
Because with the help of the military airport in Jiangwan, the Japanese army could quickly transport supplies!
This means that with Jiangwan as a fulcrum, the Japanese army can directly send manpower and material resources to the northern suburbs of Shanghai, and then launch attacks directly into Shanghai city. This greatly reduces the defense depth of the patrol battalion. On the contrary,
, if there is no Jiangwan, Baoshan County and Jiading County in the north cannot be saved.
If this is the case, after the 7th and 20th Divisions arrive in Shanghai, they will have to go back to the old path of the first Songhu Battle, seize the beach and land in the Lion Forest area, and then push southward little by little.
This gave the patrol battalion a very large defense depth, which would inevitably increase the difficulties of the Japanese army and increase the casualties of the Japanese army.
There is another issue that we must worry about. The Communist Party’s mobilization ability is much stronger than that of the Kuomintang!
During the first Songhu Battle, the Kuomintang controlled Shanghai, but now it is the Communist Party that controls Shanghai. If the Communist Party is given enough time, they may organize the manpower and material resources of Shanghai and several surrounding counties. At that time
The difficulty of reoccupying Shanghai will increase exponentially!
Therefore, Jiangwan, the strategic fulcrum, must not be discarded!
"The plan has changed!" Hideki Tojo said in a deep voice, "Immediately call the headquarters of the Twelfth Army and order the Twelfth Army to immediately dispatch an infantry brigade to be airlifted to Jiangwan Town to strengthen the defense of Jiangwan.
!Call the 20th Division again to cancel the original order and order them to board the ship from Incheon Port immediately!"