"Hai!" The combat staff officer received a slap in the face, but he also took the risk and said suddenly, "The telegram said that the three infantry regiments besieging Jiangwan were severely damaged, and the troops from the Songhu Military Division have launched a full-scale counterattack. , and have surrounded the remnants of the 20th Division in Luodian! Moreover, this has been confirmed by the 79th Infantry Regiment stationed in Luodian Town, and Luodian Town has indeed been surrounded!"
"Nani?!" Tojo Hideki instantly became petrified when he heard this.
Before entering, Tojo Hideki thought there would be good news waiting for him, but he never expected that such bad news would be waiting for him! Oh no, no, this is not bad news, this is not bad news at all, Baga, this is simply shocking news, this is simply shocking news!
At this moment, Tojo Hideki was completely confused by the bad news.
It took a long time before Tojo Hideki finally came to his senses, but he still couldn't accept the terrible news. He asked the staff officer again: "This is just a telegram from Shun Nakamura. Because of the suspicious case of the Navy's Third Fleet, this The guy’s own suspicions haven’t been cleared yet, so his words can’t be trusted! They can’t be trusted!”
After a pause, Tojo Hideki asked again: "Do the three infantry regiments in Jiangwan have telegrams?"
"No." The staff officer shook his head and said, "However, Your Excellency, Deputy Commander, according to the regulations, the three infantry regiments besieging Jiangwan cannot communicate with the base camp, but must go through the 20th Division. department."
"That's right, the division headquarters!" Tojo Hideki's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he asked urgently, "Is there any news from the division headquarters of the 20th Division? Is there any news from Ushijima-kun? There is also the headquarters of the Twelfth Army, as well as Kawagishi-kun. Does Kawagishi-kun have any news about the battle situation in Jiangwan sent back to Tokyo?"
"No." The staff officer shook his head and said.
"Nani, no?" Tojo Hideki was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said angrily, "Bagagaru, it's over without a word? The 20th Division Division Headquarters and the 12th Army Headquarters If there is no news back to Tokyo, wouldn't you ask? Are you dead? Are you dead?"
"Hai." The staff officer replied again, "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief, we took the initiative to ask, but got no reply! There was no response from either the 20th Division Headquarters or the 12th Army Headquarters. "
"Nani, there's no answer?" Tojo Hideki said angrily, "Then keep calling me until there is a response..."
Before he finished speaking, a communications staff officer suddenly walked in hurriedly with a folder in his hand. He walked up to Tojo Hideki and stood at attention. Then he handed the folder over and said: "Your Excellency, Deputy Chief, General Nakamura has an urgent call!"
"Nakamura Jun, it's Nakamura Jun again!" Hideki Tojo knocked the folder away and said angrily, "What did he say?"
The communications staff officer suddenly said: "General Nakamura's telegram stated that he had withdrawn from Jiading County to Taicang County, and was shocked to learn that the headquarters of the 12th Army and the Division Headquarters of the 20th Division arrived at around three o'clock this morning. , was attacked by an unknown armed force, and after a short period of fierce fighting... "
After reading this, the communications staff paused.
In the combat class, all the Japanese staff members held their breath.
Because everyone has realized that something big has happened again!
The communications staff continued to read: "All the organs of the Twelfth Army Headquarters and the Twentieth Division Division Headquarters were destroyed. General Kawagishi Bunzaburo, the commander of the Twelfth Army, Colonel Aoki Shigemai, the chief of staff, and Colonel Shigemai Aoki, the commander of the Twelfth Army, The division commander, General Ushijima Minoru, the chief of staff, Colonel Uchida Ginnosuke, and all the staff members of the two major headquarters have all died in pieces!"
"Baga!" Tojo Hideki lamented, staggered two steps, and slumped into a chair.
If Hideki Tojo was still taking chances just now, then he has no chance at all now. If the 12th Army Headquarters and the 20th Division Division Headquarters are destroyed by the Chinese, then the siege It is not surprising that Jiangwan's three infantry regiments suffered heavy losses. This was obviously a combination of punches.
At that moment, Tojo Hideki sighed and asked the staff officer: "What is going on in Jiangwan?"
Only then did the staff officer tell the details of Nakamura Jun's telegram about the Battle of Jiangwan.
It was arranged by Xu Rui for Shun Nakamura to present the detailed information of the Battle of Jiangwan to the Japanese base camp. The purpose was to clear up Shun Nakamura's name. Therefore, there was basically no concealment in the information reported by Shun Nakamura to the Japanese base camp. He told me exactly what happened that night.
After listening, Tojo Hideki had only one thought, which was to curse!
Baga Yalu, how can a person be so cunning? This guy Xu Rui is too cunning!
Actually fire attack! In what era is gunpowder technology so advanced, Xu Rui still imitates the ancients and carries out fire attacks? If you attack with fire, attack with fire. It actually worked. It actually burned the three infantry regiments of the 20th Division that entered Jiangwan to pieces, and then took advantage of the situation to counterattack and completely defeated them!
Xu Rui is so cunning, Tojo Hideki really doesn't know what to say.
Xu Rui is so cunning, how can he still let the imperial army fight happily
Tojo Hideki suddenly felt regretful. Perhaps, he should have listened to Itagaki Seishiro's advice and let the 20th Division wait for the 7th Division! If the two divisions came to Shanghai together, this kind of thing would definitely not happen! Because no matter how big the river bay is, it will never be able to accommodate two permanent divisions at once.
Last night, if the Seventh Division was here, even if Xu Rui used fire attack tactics to burn to pieces the three infantry regiments of the Twentieth Division that entered Jiangwan, the Seventh Division would never It will give them the opportunity to pursue the victory. In this way, the 20th Division will be in a state of embarrassment at best. After withdrawing from Jiangwan, there will still be a chance to regroup, and it will definitely not be severely damaged! It is even less likely to face the danger of annihilation of the entire army!
completely annihilated! Yes, the whole army was wiped out!
Tojo Hideki immediately realized that the 20th Division was now in danger of being annihilated!
Absolutely not, we absolutely cannot allow the entire 20th Division to be wiped out! If the 20th Division is really wiped out, then his problem will be serious. No matter how much Prince Hanyuan Gong Zairen trusts and values him, I'm afraid he won't be able to deal with it. In the end, I'm afraid he will inevitably be Stab in front of His Majesty the Emperor.
Although it is said that he will not be dismissed because of this incident, his face will definitely be tarnished!
Therefore, we must prevent this from happening no matter what, and we must protect the remainder of the 20th Division!
Tojo Hideki strode to the map. Facing the big map, his mind began to spin rapidly.
The first thing Tojo Hide was looking for was reinforcements. See if any reinforcements could reach out to the rest of the 20th Division
After a while, Tojo Hideki actually found a unit, and it was a fully-organized ad hoc division. However, after seeing the number of this ad hoc division clearly, Tojo Hideki showed no trace of his presence. He frowned and realized that the 104th Division turned out to be the No. 2 Osaka Division. This was not a combat-effective unit.
But except for the 104th Division, there were no other troops nearby.
After pondering for a moment, Tojo Hideki shouted: "Order, the 104th Division immediately comes out of Luodian!"
Hideki Tojo decided to take advantage of the situation. The 104th Division was still a division anyway. Even though Xu Rui's Songhu Army Division had strong combat effectiveness, they successively severely damaged the 9th Division and the 20th Division. After that, they must have suffered heavy casualties and were exhausted. How much fighting power do they still have now
Because of this, Tojo Hideki decided to make a fortune!
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Tojo Hideki decided to make a fortune, but unfortunately, Xu Rui could not give him such an opportunity.
At this time, Xu Rui had already brought Digua to the front line of Luodian to direct the final attack nearby!
When Xu Rui arrived, he happened to see a hot-air balloon slowly rising in Luodian Town. This was the little devil preparing to raise the observation hot-air balloon again in order to conduct an observation on the positions of the Songhu Military Division from an altitude of tens of meters. Observe from a bird's eye view, and then guide the large-caliber naval guns of the Navy's Fourth Fleet to conduct cluster bombardment.
In the first Battle of Songhu, the National Army suffered such a big loss!
Wang Jiageng even defended Luodian and suffered heavy losses from the Japanese observation soldiers!
But Xu Rui will not give the Japanese such a chance! What's more, now that the Songhu Military Division still controls the initiative on the battlefield, Xu Rui is even less likely to give the Japanese this opportunity!
"Bazooka!" Xu Rui stretched out his hand, and an artilleryman handed over a rocket launcher.
Due to the limited number of rockets and the fact that the troops of the Songhu Military Division were engaged in defensive operations, Xu Rui did not let the rocket launcher troops participate in the battle. But now that the troops of the Songhu Military Division have switched from defense to offense, the rocket launchers must be used. Now, the hot air balloon is just used to fight the Japanese.
The radius of Luodian Town is only one kilometer. Even if the little devil's hot air balloon is hiding in the center, it is less than 500 meters away from the edge of the battlefield. The maximum range of the rocket launcher is 500 meters. Considering shooting high-altitude targets, the maximum range The range must be shortened, so we have to push forward at least a hundred meters.
At that moment, Xu Rui chose a direction and ordered Shi Changqing's battalion to advance a hundred meters forward at all costs.
Shi Changqing did not disappoint Xu Rui and personally led a reinforced platoon in a desperate charge. Five minutes later, the first battalion advanced the front line more than a hundred meters into the hinterland of Luodian Town! At this time, the Japanese hot air balloon had just been inflated. The Japanese observers on the ground untied the cable, and the inflated hot air balloon immediately rose slowly into the air.
Unfortunately, Xu Rui had already carried the rocket launcher to the forward position by this time.
"Go to hell!" Xu Rui aimed the rocket launcher at the rising observation hot air balloon, and then gently pulled the trigger.
The next moment, the rocket launcher on Xu Rui's shoulder spurted a burst of flames from its tail, and then the rocket dragged a long red tail flame and roared towards the Japanese hot air balloon more than 300 meters ahead. .