Chapter 686 The face of the empire
In Nanjing, the Japanese Central China Front Command.
Although it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, the lights were still on in Hata Shunrok's office.
Shinji Hata, Okamura Yasuji and Kawabian Masazo were anxiously waiting for news from the Second Army!
Looking up at the night outside the window, Hata Shunruo suddenly asked Kawabian Masao: "Kun Hebian, have you asked you to send the secret power to the base camp?"
"Hayi!" Hebian Zhengsan paused his head and said, "It's already sent!"
Shinji Hata nodded and said, "How did the base camp reply?"
"There is no reply yet." Kawabian Masazo shook his head and said, "I guess there is a meeting there."
"Have a meeting?" Okamura Yasuji shook his head, "This kind of thing is nothing more than doing his job and leaving the will of heaven. What else is there to discuss? Can a few meetings save the fate of the Second Army? It's a joke!"
At this moment, a chief staff officer suddenly walked in with a folder in his arms and said, "God of General, the base camp is in urgent need of telegram!"
"Give it to me!" Hebian Zhengsan reached out to take the Wenxia folder and opened it.
The eyes of Hata Shunrok and Okamura Yanji fell on Kawabian Masaki's face at the same time.
Kawabian Masato's face shook slightly and said in a low voice: "Genius General, the base camp replied that if the defeat of the Second Army is unavoidable, it should be avoided as much as possible!"
"Baga!" Okamura Nishi said furiously, "This group of bureaucrats in the base camp, these idiots, held a meeting of cabinet officials for several hours, and finally came up with such an opinion? If the defeat of the Second Army cannot be avoided, we should avoid being completely wiped out as much as possible? Isn't this nonsense? If we can avoid being completely wiped out, who is willing to be completely wiped out? Is it fun?"
Hata Shunruo's face was not very good either, and he asked Kawabian Masasa, "Is this the only thing I said?"
"Hayi!" Kawabian Masahisa paused his head again and said, "If the complete annihilation cannot be avoided, the royal family should be kept as much as possible and the empire's face. You must never let His Highness Higashikuraku and all the senior generals fall into the hands of the Chinese army, especially the jokes similar to Fujitajin will not appear again!"
Okamura Yasuji was so angry when he heard this: "What does it mean?"
Kawabian Masato sent the Grand Secretary away and said, "The meaning of the base camp is to ensure the safety of His Highness Higashikami Naihiko and the senior generals of the Second Army as much as possible, but if it is really impossible to guarantee, it is necessary to ensure that they are not captured alive by the Chinese army! This means..."
Speaking of this, Shibashi no longer said anything, but made a throat gesture.
After pausing, Kawabian Masasa said again: "But fortunately, the Second Army has not encountered the Chinese army until now. In other words, there is still a great hope for them to jump out of the Chinese army while it is dark..."
Before he could finish his speech, the Grand Secretary, who had just left, suddenly hurried in again.
"Your Excellency General!" The chief staff member paused and reported, "The Second Army's urgent telegram!"
"Second Army?" Hata Shunruo felt a stern when he heard this, and then he said, "Think!"
"Hayi!" The chief staff member paused again, opened the folder and recited loudly, "Federal Command: Our troops encountered the Chinese army at Yunwu Mountain more than 70 miles northwest of Xiaogan. The Chinese army has quite a lot of troops, at least one army! Our army seems to be difficult to break through before dawn tomorrow, and we are eager to hope that the 15th Division can quickly move south and rush to our army to help!"
As soon as he heard this, Okamura Yasuji sighed and said, "It's true that it's blocked."
"Damn it." Hata Shunruo also patted his forehead in annoyance. This was trouble now.
Kawabian Masazo also sighed and said with a serious expression: "God General, what should I do now?"
"What else can I do?" Hata Shunruo sighed and said, "The Second Army is now exhausted and exhausted. Once it cannot break through in a short period of time, more than 500,000 troops from the Fifth and Ninth War Zones of China will swarm in within one day. This means that it is impossible for the Second Army to break through in an established system!"
Zheng San nodded slightly and said, "Then, how should we reply?"
Hata Shunruo sighed and said, "No need to reply, just forward the telegram from the base camp to them! I believe that Shinozuka-kun should understand what they should do!"
"Hayi!" The riverside Masazo.
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Yunwu Mountain, late at night.
Although it was an encounter battle and the Japanese army was unprepared, Yoshio Shinozuka still relied on his good command qualities. As soon as he encountered the Chinese army, he ordered the 10th Division and the two infantry regiments of the 16th Division to seize a small hill on the left and right wings and form a horn with the headquarters of the Second Army.
At the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 39th Infantry Regiment to launch a fierce attack on the enemy facing Yunwu Mountain!
Unfortunately, because all the heavy equipment was lost in the battle of Wuhan, and the elite veterans of the Himeji Regiment were killed in large numbers on the battlefield in Wuhan, the remaining thousand remaining soldiers were exhausted, so they attacked for several hours without any impetuous progress!
At the same time, the Chinese army flocked from the north, west and south, and launched a series of fierce attacks on the positions on the left and right wings!
If Yoshio Shinozuka had not let the 10th Division early and the two infantry regiments of the 16th Division occupy one mountain on the left and right wings, the Second Army would have collapsed long ago!
But even so, the Second Army can't hold on for long!
Yoshio Shinozuka probably thought that before dawn tomorrow, the Second Army would completely collapse!
Looking at the explosive light balls blooming from time to time behind the front, and looking at the bullet trajectory roaring in the night sky, Yoshio Shinozuka's face turned miserable.
Before the Wuhan Battle, Yoshio Shinozuka never thought that such a result would be!
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this life. If he can buy regret medicine, he will try his best to stop His Highness Nian Yan from forcibly launching a general attack on Wuhan!
At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka drew out his saber and prepared to give the emperor a pussy!
However, when he saw Hiroshihiko Higashimiya with a dull expression, Yoshio Shinozuka hesitated!
Yoshio Shinozuka didn't want to speculate on the courage of Higashinomiya Nianhiko. He would rather believe that if he was sober, Higashinomiya Nianhiko would definitely choose to commit suicide by septum, but now he is unconscious!
So at this time, Higakuru Nihiko would definitely not choose to commit suicide by seborrhea.
And if Higashiramiya Nihiko was captured alive by the Chinese army, the Japanese royal family would be greatly disgraced!
Just when Higashijiugu Nihiko didn't know what to do, the tibugugui suddenly came over and reported: "Master Commander, the Front Command's telegram!"
Yoshio Shinozuka quickly finished reading the telegram and turned around and shouted: "Yamamoto!"
Chapter completed!