At the same time, the lights at the Eleventh Army headquarters outside the east gate of Jiujiang were brightly lit all night.
Almost every staff officer in the headquarters would hug each other when they met each other, then wave their fists and roar in an imageless and loud voice. At this time, more than ten hours had passed since the Thirteenth Division captured Xinyang.
However, the staff officers in the Eleventh Army Headquarters have not yet calmed down from their excitement.
Finally won, the Battle of Wuhan was finally won! When Neji Okamura was assassinated, when Shunroku Hata vomited blood and died, when Xu Rui commanded the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army to unexpectedly capture Jiujiang, when the Hunan-Jiangxi Highway was completely cut off by the Xue Yue Corps
, even the boldest and most optimistic staff officer still feels that the future is gloomy.
At that time, almost all staff officers believed that the Japanese army would undoubtedly lose the Battle of Wuhan, and then the National Army would undoubtedly launch a strategic counterattack. By that time, the Japanese army would be able to defend the Nanjing-Xuzhou line and ensure the Tianjin-Puzhou Railway.
Being under one's own control is already the best outcome.
However, at this moment, the base camp unexpectedly appointed Itagaki Seishiro as commander.
And the new commander, who is known as the "Courage of the Army", did not live up to the expectations of the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor. As soon as he took office, he drew up an extremely bold and risky attack plan. He actually had to race against time! Moreover,
The chips he placed on the gambling table were a permanent division plus a Type B ad hoc division!
This is a big gamble, either you lose everything or you win a lot!
After seven days of fierce fighting, this gamble, which may ultimately determine the fate of the empire and China, finally came to a winner. Seishiro Itagaki won the final victory!
Although the process was slightly different, and although it was not the 3rd Division and the 101st Division that Itagaki Seishiro had placed high hopes on that dealt the fatal blow to the National Army, but the 13th Division commanded by Higashikaru Niguhiko, however,
No one can deny that Seishiro Itagaki was the primary contributor to turning defeat into victory in the Battle of Wuhan!
After receiving the news, Itagaki Seishiro immediately fell down and fell asleep.
Seishiro Itagaki hadn't had a full night's sleep for seven days. He was really sleepy, so when he received the telegram from Higashikata Niguhiko, he fell asleep. This lasted ten hours of sleep. When Seishiro Itagaki
When I woke up, it was already past ten o'clock in the night, but the headquarters was still brightly lit and crowded.
Seeing Itagaki Seishiro walking in, the staff officers at the headquarters paused and saluted.
Seishiro Itagaki was also in a good mood and took the trouble to return military salutes one by one until he entered the command room.
As soon as Itagaki Seishiro entered the command room, the Chief of Staff of the Eleventh Army, Kamio Ueno, came forward happily holding two telegrams and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the base camp and the royal family have just sent a commendation telegram to congratulate them.
The Eleventh Army achieved a staged victory on the battlefield in Central China, and encouraged us to continue our efforts and win more glorious victories."
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "Although the National Army Headquarters has issued a general retreat order, from an overall perspective, there is no suspense that the Imperial Army will win the Wuhan Battle. However, in various local battlefields, the Imperial Army still faces
The danger, especially to the 27th Division of Gao'an, must not be taken lightly, Xue Yue is a fierce tiger."
"Hai!" Ueno Kamefu said with a heavy pause, "I have just sent a telegram to Mr. Honma, reminding them to be on guard against a counter-attack by the Xue Yue Corps."
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily, but his eyes fell on the map on the table, and then said, "Even in Jiujiang, we must not have any accidents at the last moment. Xu Rui is the mortal enemy of the empire.
, His Majesty the Emperor has registered with him, we must not let him escape this time."
"Hai!" Ueno Kamehao paused again and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I have already called the Botian detachment and ordered them to rush back to Jiujiang from Fuchikou. About noon tomorrow, the forward troops of the Botian detachment will be able to arrive.
When we get to Jiujiang, when the Botian detachment arrives, it will be difficult for Xu Rui to fly even if he has wings."
"Yo Xi." Itagaki Seishiro once again cast admiring glances at Ueno Kame. At the beginning, Ueno Kame was a little clumsy and was not easy to use, but after seven days of running in, he finally got the hang of it.
, now that it is very easy to use, it seems that there is no need to replace this chief of staff.
Ueno Kamefu said again: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is something very strange."
Itagaki Seishiro's eyes still stayed on the map and asked casually: "What's the matter?"
Kamio Ueno picked up a red pencil, drew a line on the map, and then continued: "At noon, I suddenly received a report from the aviation reconnaissance unit, saying that about a regiment of the National Army turned north from Gao'an.
Directly inserting himself into Fengxin County, I can’t understand what Xue Yue’s intention is.”
"The strength of a regiment?" Itagaki Seishiro's thick eyebrows also frowned.
"Hai, a regiment." Ueno Guifu paused and said, "I also doubted at first that Xue Yue was going to send troops out of Jiujiang to rescue the trapped Sichuan Army. But after thinking about it carefully, I thought it was unlikely.
You are arrogant, and you will never be arrogant enough to think that you can take over the 799th Regiment with just one regiment, right?"
Itagaki Seishiro also had no clue. He frowned and asked, "Have you asked the Special Higher Education Department about it?"
"I've already asked you about it," Ueno Kamebu replied immediately, "Due to the sudden incident, the Special High School Department has not been able to obtain accurate information through internal channels for the time being, but they are already investigating the matter."
After a while, Itagaki Seishiro said: "Since we still don't know what the intention of this national army is, we might as well find a way to fight it out! Ueno-san, see if there are any troops nearby that can be mobilized? It would be best.
Send an infantry brigade to the front of this national army to block it."
Ueno Kamehao shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there are no troops nearby that can be mobilized."
"Really?" Itagaki Seishiro frowned immediately after hearing this, "Can't even mobilize an infantry brigade?"
"Not to mention a brigade, I'm afraid not even an infantry squadron can be mobilized." Ueno Kamefu said with a wry smile, "The garrison troops in nearby Yongxiu, Anyi and Jing'an counties have been reduced to an infantry squad, and there are really no soldiers.
It can be adjusted. Even the garrison in Nanchang only has one squadron left. I thought it was absolutely impossible to mobilize any more troops."
"Sodesnai." Itagaki Seishiro sighed, "It seems that China is too big for the imperial army."
"Hai." Kame Ueno paused again and said, "For the imperial army, it is already very difficult to control the counties in the vast occupied area, and it is even more difficult to control the vast towns. The good news is that the Battle of Wuhan
It's over, and the empire can finally mobilize enough troops to return to the vast occupied areas and carry out law and order operations."
Itagaki Seishiro finally said: "Then order the troops stationed along the way to monitor closely."
"Hai!" Ueno Kamehao paused again, then turned around and walked away.
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At the same time, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army began its final mobilization before breaking out.
Sixty strong Sichuan Army veterans were picked out and lined up in three rows, with twenty people in each row. Among them, the twenty Sichuan Army veterans in the front row all had leggings hung around their necks.
A light machine gun with a crooked handle. The two rows behind them did not have a light machine gun with a crooked handle hanging on their necks. Instead, they had a large shoulder bag strapped to their waists on both sides, which was full of bullets.
Xu Rui walked past the queue and said with a cold expression: "The blast will blast a gap of more than fifty meters at the junction of the east and south of the city. As long as it is within the explosion range, no matter whether it is a residential building or a building,
The Japanese defenses will all be destroyed, but the little Japanese will never watch us break through! You can even think with your toes that the little Japanese will definitely try their best to prevent us from breaking through!"
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "So, your mission is to use rapid machine gun fire to clear all obstacles for the follow-up troops to break out. If the machine gunner in the front row is killed, the ammunition gunner in the rear row will immediately take over.
During the breakout process, the machine gun fire must be uninterrupted, and the Japanese must not be given any chance to breathe!"
"Yes!" Twenty machine gunners and forty ammunition handlers agreed with a solemn expression.
Xu Rui grinned again and said: "But you don't have to worry too much. I have already calculated that the straight-line distance from the attack position to the turret at the southeast corner of the city wall is only about one thousand meters, and the residential buildings and little devils in the middle are
The defensive fortifications will also be completely destroyed, and you can advance forward in large strides, which means that in about a quarter of an hour at most, you can break out from the southeast corner."
The sixty commandos suddenly became energetic after hearing this.
If they can really break out within a quarter of an hour, then the chance of survival is really high, because a quarter of an hour is too short, and no matter how well-trained the enemy is, they will never be destroyed in the fortifications.
It is absolutely impossible to rebuild a complete defensive fortification under the premise.
As long as the Japs are unable to re-build defenses, a breakout will be a matter of course. The hundreds of Japs skirmishers who survived the big explosion will never be able to withstand the desperate charge of a commando with twenty machine guns.
, not to mention it was still at night. As a passive party, the little devil's reaction speed would be even slower.
Xu Rui put away his smile again and said sternly: "Check the equipment one last time. Is the oil bottle full? Is the gun jammed? Is the ammunition supply normal? Don't be idle, the ammunition hand, and count the bullets again.
Once again, I’ll give you five minutes. After five minutes, go to the attack position and report to me!”
