Captain Sakamoto of the 5th Infantry Battalion stationed at the Feixi stronghold has become an ant on the hot pot.
Half an hour ago, there was a sudden power outage at the stronghold. Sakamoto had not yet fallen asleep, so he immediately called the headquarters to ask what was going on.
But what surprised Sakamoto was that the headquarters phone number couldn't be reached!
Five minutes later, the backup generator set at the stronghold began to provide power. Sakamoto quickly asked the communication team to contact the headquarters through the radio. However, to his surprise, there was no response from the headquarters radio.
Then, fierce gunshots rang out in the city. At this time, even an idiot Sakamoto could guess that a major change must have occurred in the city, otherwise there would never have been another blackout and another shooting, and the headquarters radio station was always on.
We can't contact you, but no one knows what happened in the city!
Sakamoto did not just wait, but urgently sent engineers to repair the telephone lines, and at the same time sent communications troops into the city to inquire about the situation at the headquarters. However, neither the engineers sent out to repair the telephone lines, nor the communications personnel sent to the headquarters to inquire about the situation.
All the soldiers went away and never came back.
As time passed little by little in the excruciating wait, Sakamoto's uneasiness became more and more intense.
Two voices began to compete in Sakamoto's mind. One voice said that a major change had occurred in the city, and he must immediately lead his troops to return reinforcements! But the other voice immediately said no, this is a Chinese trap, this is a Chinese trap.
The strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is that your front foot has just left the stronghold, and the Chinese are attacking the stronghold with the back foot!
To support or not to support? Sakamoto was almost driven crazy by these two voices.
Twenty minutes passed quickly. Instead of stopping, the gunfire in the city became more and more intense. The gunfire that was originally concentrated in one direction gradually spread. Sakamoto finally couldn't sit still.
It was decided to leave one infantry squadron to guard the stronghold, and then personally lead two infantry squadrons back to Feicheng to aid.
But just when Sakamoto made up his mind and prepared to return for reinforcements, Brigade Deputy Kawara hurriedly walked in.
Sakamoto suddenly became energetic and asked urgently: "Kawahara-san, has the communications team contacted the headquarters?"
"No, the communications team has not yet contacted the headquarters." Kawara shook his head and said solemnly, "It was a call from the Xiaocun stronghold just now, saying that they were attacked by the New Fourth Army."
"Nani, small village stronghold?" Sakamoto's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
Could it be said that this was really a Chinese plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain? At that moment, Sakamoto hurriedly walked into the communication room and picked up the phone. The phone was connected, but a slightly panicked voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.
"Maxi Masi, is this Feixi stronghold? Masi Masi, please call back."
"I'm Sakamoto, you're from the small village base? How's it going over there?"
"Report to the captain, our stronghold has been attacked by the main force of the New Fourth Army. The New Fourth Army has a lot of troops, at least one battalion, no, at least one regiment. We are about to be unable to withstand it. We are requesting emergency reinforcements. Captain, we are requesting emergency reinforcements.
At this point, the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent.
"Hello?" Sakamoto said several times in succession, but there was no response.
Sakamoto's face immediately darkened, and the phone call was suddenly interrupted. There were only two possibilities. One was that the phone line was cut off by the Chinese, and the other was that the small village stronghold was destroyed. No matter which possibility it was, it was not a problem for the Japanese army.
What a good thing. Now, Sakamoto immediately fell into trouble again.
Deputy Captain Kawara came over and asked in a low voice: "Captain, what should we do now?"
Sakamoto forced himself to calm down and asked in a deep voice: "Kawahara-san, send a telegram to the commander of the front army immediately and request emergency tactical guidance!"
"Send a telegram to the commander of the front army?" Kawara's expression suddenly changed upon hearing this, and he said in a deep voice, "Captain, does this not comply with wartime regulations?"
The Japanese army has strict wartime regulations. Combat units at all levels are strictly prohibited from reporting to other levels unless necessary. For example, the Sakamoto Battalion is directly affiliated with the Feicheng Garrison Brigade. If something happens, it must report to the commander of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, Adachi Ryota.
Instead, we cannot go beyond Andaluta and directly ask for instructions from the Central China Front Army Headquarters.
This is also necessary. Otherwise, if every infantry brigade reports to the Front Army Headquarters, then what is the role of the garrison brigade headquarters? Moreover, if every infantry brigade is commanded by the Front Army Headquarters, then the Front Army Headquarters will
The combat staff and communications staff were exhausted.
Of course, if the war situation is urgent, reporting beyond the next level is still allowed.
At that moment, Banmoto said: "How can this happen? How can we care about this? Go quickly and immediately report the situation we have to the front army headquarters truthfully and request emergency tactical guidance."
Sakamoto himself was confused anyway, he had no idea what was going on.
He didn't know whether this was a Chinese plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, or a Chinese plan to encircle the tiger from all sides and bloom in the center. So the most appropriate thing to do now is to truthfully report the situation here to the Front Army Headquarters and ask those at the Front Army Headquarters to
A senior general will make the decision. When the time comes, he only needs to execute the order.
Seeing that Kawara was still stunned, Sakamoto immediately became angry and said angrily: "Kawara-san, why are you still standing there? Why don't you go quickly? Go somewhere!"
"Hai!" Kawara woke up from a dream, turned around and walked away.
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The telegram from Sakamoto Battalion was quickly transmitted to the Central China Front Army Headquarters in Nanjing.
However, telegrams requesting instructions from several other infantry brigades, stations, airports and field hospitals of the Feicheng garrison were also sent.
Shan Shan Yuan was shaken awake from his sleep. He forcefully moved away the two pink legs that were pressing on his body. Shan Shan Yuan sat up from the tatami with sleepy eyes. When he opened his eyes, he saw Tsukada Gong's gloomy face.
s face.
"Tsukada-san?" Shanshan Yuan frowned and said, "Is there anything important that makes you wake up in a dream in the middle of the night?"
Tsukada glanced at the two military prostitutes lying on the tatami, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, please get dressed quickly and then talk outside."
Seeing Tsukada Gong speak like this, Shanshan Yuan's heart skipped a beat, something happened again?!
At that moment, Shan Shan Yuan got off the tatami and started to get dressed in a hurry. The two military prostitutes who had been waiting for him all night wanted to come over to help, but Shan Shan Yuan pushed them away. Within a moment, Shan Shan Yuan was fully dressed.
, then put on his military hat and went outside, where Tsukada Gong was already waiting.
"Your Excellency, Commander, something big has happened!" Tsukada said in a deep voice.
"Something big happened?" Shan Shanyuan's heart skipped a beat and he asked urgently, "What big thing happened?!"
Tsukada shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Commander, do you still remember what Xu Rui said in Datong News' text message a week ago when the Dameishan Independent Regiment just smashed the Kawaguchi detachment's raid?"
"Why don't you remember?" Shan Shanyuan said, "Xu Rui used Datong News' text messages to threaten the imperial army and threatened to retaliate against the imperial army. Scared, you mean..."
"That's right, Xu Rui has really come for revenge!" Tsukada Gong nodded heavily and said.
"Damn it, Xu Rui really dares to do that?!" Shan Shanyuan gritted his teeth and asked, "Which stronghold along the Feiwu Highway did the Dameishan Independent Regiment attack?"
"Which stronghold?" Tsukada looked strange.
"Is there more than one stronghold?" Shan Shanyuan asked solemnly, "How many?"
Tsukada continued to shake his head, and Sugiyama Yuan immediately shouted: "Did they attack Ukou?"
"It's not Pukou!" Tsukada sighed and said, "Right now, the Jinpu Railway has not resumed service, and Pukou's strategic position is not important. Since Xu Rui wanted to retaliate against the imperial army, why would he attack Pukou? The purpose of his attack this time
It is a far more important military town than Pukou, but he attacked Feicheng!"
"Nani? Feicheng?!" Shan Shanyuan's mouth opened instantly, big enough to stuff a goose egg.
After a long while, Shanshan Yuan finally recovered from the huge shock, shook his head repeatedly and said: "This is impossible, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible, Tsukada-san, Feicheng is heavily guarded by the imperial army.
The depot troops, the airport garrison, the Feicheng garrison brigade, and a division of the Imperial Association Army have a total strength of 20,000. The Dameishan Independent Regiment only has so many people and only a few guns. How could they dare?
Fat city?!"
Tsukada Gong said: "Your Excellency Commander, this is not a question of possibility, let alone a question of dare or not, but the Dameishan Independent Regiment has already attacked Feicheng!"
After finishing speaking, Tsukada Gong handed several telegrams in his hand to Shan Shanyuan.
While handing the telegram to Sugimoto Yuan, Tsukada said: "This is the captain of the 5th Infantry Battalion of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, Sakamoto, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sakurai, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, Kono, and the airport guard.
Urgent telegram from brigade captain Aoki, Your Majesty Commander, so many brigade-level combat units have passed the Feicheng garrison brigade headquarters and sent urgent telegrams to the front army headquarters. Do you know what this means?"
Shan Shan Yuan was stern when he heard this, of course he knew what it meant.
This means that the command system of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been completely paralyzed. These brigade-level combat units have been unable to receive orders from the Feicheng Garrison Brigade Headquarters, so they reported to the higher level.
The command system of the Feicheng garrison brigade has been paralyzed?
Shan Shan Yuan breaks out in cold sweat when he thinks of this.
This is really terrible, there is nothing more terrible than this!
The command system of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been paralyzed. Doesn't this mean that the headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been destroyed by the Dameishan Independent Regiment?
That's it. If only the headquarters of the Feicheng garrison regiment was destroyed, the problem would not be serious. Even if Andaluta was killed or captured, the situation would not be so bad that it is irreversible. Although Andaluta was a major general
, but many major generals have been killed by Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment, and he is not the least of them.
However, if not only the headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade is destroyed, but if the entire Feicheng Garrison Brigade is wiped out, if Feicheng is lost, then the consequences will be serious!
Feicheng is not only an important military town in central Anhui, but also the advance base for the group heading north. The more than 50,000 troops of the 9th and 13th Division heading north to Xuzhou all rely on the supply of military supplies from Feicheng, as well as the transportation from the front line.
The wounded will also receive treatment at the field hospital in Feicheng.
If Feicheng is finally lost, it means that the Northbound Cluster will immediately become a rootless tree!
If the Fifth Theater of the National Army discovers this and decisively mobilizes heavy troops to complete the encirclement of the 9th and 13th Divisions, then the scene in Taierzhuang is very likely to repeat itself, and the tragedy that happened to the 5th and 10th Divisions
It is very likely to happen again with the 9th and 13th Divisions!
