Nanjing, Youth Garden.
Junroku Hata couldn't stand it any longer, so he went to the lounge and took a nap. When he woke up, he received a telegram from the 10th Division that had just arrived from Damei Mountain.
After reading the telegram, Shunroku Hata just smiled coldly.
Kawabe Shozo asked: "Why are you smiling, Commander?"
Shunroku Hata sneered and said, "I'm laughing at Xiaozhu Yoshio. He still doesn't give up at this time. He's still lucky."
Kawabe Shozo was puzzled and asked Hata Shunroku blankly: "Why did the general say that? Is there any problem?"
Shunroku Hata said coldly: "Kawabe-san, you may not know much about the piggy boy, but I know his character better than anyone else."
Hebian Zhengzo was suddenly enlightened and said: "I forgot about my humble position. Mr. Xiaozhu and Mr. General are classmates of the 6th University."
Shunroku Hata and Yoshio Ono were indeed classmates in the 23rd class of Japan's 6th Military University. Shunroku Hata was the military swordsman and Yoshio Ono was the fifth. They were also received by the Emperor of Japan and received imperial gifts. Saber, but few people know that Xiaozhu Yoshio is not very convinced by Hata Junroku, the Saber sword.
At the graduation ceremony of the Sixth National University, Xiaozhu Yoshio even openly mocked Shunroku Hata. He believed that Shunroku Hata only won the sympathy points of the assessment instructors because he was injured in the Russo-Japanese War. Otherwise, Shunroku Hata would have won the sympathy points. His performance was simply impossible to win first place, which was regarded as a great shame and humiliation by Shunroku Hata.
Therefore, the personal relationship between Hata Shunroku and Xiaozhu Yoshio is not good.
However, Hata Shunroku's judgment of Xiaozhu Yoshio was not due to their private enmity.
Shunroku Hata said coldly: "My classmate from the 6th University is very competitive, and he never wants to see anyone better than him. Xu Rui's performance in several battles must have aroused the competitiveness of my classmate from the 6th University. Xin, if I guess correctly, the retreat of the 10th Division is just a false shot, and his real target is Monkey Head Ridge!"
"Nani?" Hebian Zhengsan said in stunned silence, "General, are you saying that Xiaozhu didn't actually intend to retreat from Damei Mountain, and the reason why he put on a retreat posture was just to confuse the independent group? His The real intention is to capture Houtou Ridge and then go straight to Meizhen?"
Hata Shunroku said coldly: "That must be the case."
Kawabe Shozo said: "In that case, why did Mr. Xiaozhu deceive us?"
Shunroku Hata chuckled and continued: "My classmate from the 6th University is competing with me. He wants to see if I can see through his intentions. It's a pity that my classmate is more than smart, but only a few points lacking." He knows that if he competes with an opponent of Xu Rui's level in a battle of wits and courage, he will only end up humiliating himself. Just look at it, the 10th Division is going to be in big trouble."
Kawabe Shozo said solemnly: "Your Excellency, General, how about we send a telegram to remind you?"
Shunroku Hata waved his hand and said: "No, a reminder will only further arouse my classmate's desire to take risks, and will only force him to go all the way on the dangerous road. Having said that, we can't Do nothing. The Tenth Division is one of the seventeen permanent divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army. It is no better than the 106th Division that was wiped out in Wanjialing. Therefore, no matter what, the independent regiment cannot be allowed to surrender. Wipe them all out in the Damei Mountain area, otherwise the empire and the Imperial Japanese Army will be completely disgraced."
"Hai." Hebian Zhengsandun said, "General, what should we do?"
Shunroku Hata frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked: "Kawabian-san, how is the training of the 18th Division going?"
During the Battle of Xuzhou, the 18th Division was responsible for security tasks in southern Anhui and western Zhejiang. However, when the 9th and 13th Divisions moved north, Xu Rui's Independent Regiment took advantage of it and occupied Feicheng. Shan Shan, then commander of the Central China Front, Yuan then urgently organized the main force of the 18th Division stationed in Wuhu into the Kikuchi detachment and ordered it to go north to relieve the siege of Feicheng.
Needless to say, the result was that the Kikuchi detachment and the Sixth Division besieged Feicheng, but instead the independent regiment was left half disabled.
In the end, Xu Rui faked his death and Feicheng was lost and recaptured. The Judi detachment and the remnants of the Sixth Division were trapped in Huainan. Then Chairman Chiang ordered the Huayuankou to be blown up, and the Yellow River flooded down and submerged the entire Yellow River. In the Huaihe River Basin, the Kikuchi detachment and the Sixth Division were suffering a lot. When the flood receded, all the officers and soldiers were extremely exhausted.
After that, the Sixth Division stayed in Huainan for reorganization, but the Kikuchi detachment returned to Nanjing to return the structure of the 18th Division, and then stayed in Nanjing for reorganization and training.
However, due to the heavy losses of grassroots officers and key veterans in the Battle of Feicheng, and being trapped in Huainan by floods for nearly half a month, the 18th Division's combat effectiveness dropped off a cliff, and its morale was also low. It has reached the extreme point, so it is possible to recover only after a long period of training.
At that moment, Kawabe Shozo said: "Reporting to your Excellency, General, the training effect of the 18th Division is still not satisfactory. Unless a large number of key veterans are transferred from other divisions, it may be difficult to restore its combat effectiveness."
"Recruit people from other divisions? Every battlefield is asking for people now. Where can I transfer people to them?" Shunroku Hata snorted and continued, "No matter how many there are, this time anyway There is no need for the 18th Division to fight a tough battle, we just go to Dameishan to support the 10th Division, which is the 18th Division."
"Hai." Hebian Zhengsandun said, "In this case, I will contact the navy and ask them to mobilize ships to come to Xiaguan Wharf to help. However, at present, the navy's Jiang Defense Fleet is fighting fiercely with the National Army near Madang. I'm afraid it's We cannot mobilize many ships to assist in the battle, so it will take at least two days for the 18th Division to cross the river."
Shunroku Hata nodded and said, "Let's let the Jiangfang fleet move as quickly as possible."
"Hai." Hebian Zheng paused three times and turned around.
(Dividing line)
Seventy-two hours later, Xu Rui finally regained his mobility.
Of course, Xu Rui only recovered his mobility, but it would take longer to regain his combat effectiveness.
Stimulating the body's potential is a double-edged sword. It can greatly enhance Xu Rui's combat effectiveness in a short period of time, but the side effects are also great. In addition to the seventy-two hours of semi-death period, there is also a period of weakness for at least half a month. Within this half month, Xu Rui's abilities in all aspects will decline off a cliff.
So, nothing is perfect in this world.
After regaining his mobility, Xu Rui immediately took He Guangming and Lei Xiang to the valley where He Guangming and the others killed the fake Dong Jiu Nianyan.
Although Xu Rui's six senses have declined significantly, his tracking ability has not been completely lost.
"Old He Leizi, you see, when we get here, all traces have disappeared." Xu Rui pointed to the mountain road and said, "This means that after the little devil ran here, he did not run away. All the devils are already here. Got killed.”
"All the Japs?" He Guangming was surprised and asked, "Including the little Japs like Dong Jiu Nian Yan?"
"What are you thinking? I mean all the Japs who ran here, not the Japs who escaped in the middle." Xu Rui rolled his eyes and said, "Obviously, the little Japs Dong Jiu Nianyan is somewhere in the middle. He secretly hid somewhere, and then took advantage of you to kill the fake prince and relax your vigilance, and then sneak away quietly."
He Guangming heard this and said anxiously: "But we chased forward again later, and we didn't catch up until we reached the outside of the mountain. The people I was looking for at that time were the ones with the fastest legs and feet. I didn't believe it. Dong Jiu Nianyan was so A pampered royal child can still outrun those few scuds in our camp!"
Xu Rui said angrily: "Can you let me finish my words first?"
He Guangming huffed, scratched his head a little, and fell silent.
Xu Rui continued: "What you just said is exactly the cunning thing about Dong Jiu Nian Yan. He knew that if he ran outside along the mountain road, he would be overtaken by you, so he didn't continue along it at all. Running out this way, I didn't expect that such a royal child is actually a master of anti-stalking, hehe."
He Guangming learned his lesson this time and said nothing again. Instead, Lei Xiang asked: "Then where did this little devil go? In the past two days, we searched all over the fifty-mile radius of the sky, but we couldn't find him."
Xu Rui said: "If you want to know where Dong Jiuyan went, you have to find where he escaped from."
After finishing speaking, Xu Rui walked back with Lei Xiang, He Guangming and a dozen veterans from the first battalion of the guard platoon.
After walking and searching for more than five miles, Xu Rui found the suspicious place.
"Here." Xu Rui pointed to a cluster of withered plants and said, "There are obvious signs of cover here. If it hadn't been for three full days, the plants used for cover had withered and died, and even I wouldn't have been able to find this place. Traces, hehe, it seems that I have to re-evaluate Dong Jiu's anti-tracking level."
Lei Xiang and He Guangming took the veterans of the guard platoon and continued to search along the traces, and found more traces.
After searching the mountain road for about ten miles, they found a piece of loose soil in an extremely hidden rock crevice. When they dug up the loose soil, they found that the internal organs and hair of a hare were buried underneath. Obviously, Dong Jiu Nian Yan once settled here briefly and hunted a hare to satisfy his hunger.
After catching up here, Xu Rui's face turned completely gloomy.
"I understand, it turns out that Dong Jiu'er Nianyan is not alone." Xu Rui said in a deep voice, "There is another person beside him, and this person is an experienced anti-tracking expert. If nothing else, Dong Jiu'er is Nian Yan has already escaped from Damei Mountain, so there is no need to chase him anymore."
"Run away?" Hearing this, He Guangming was immediately disappointed.
"If you run away, just run away. This time, the little devil will be lucky." Xu Rui smiled and said, "However, even though the little devil Dongjiu Nianyan ran away, the Tenth Division still wants to Escape is not that easy." (To be continued.)