Chapter 721 Ready
The news that the Luojiashan Officer Training Corps, led by Zhang Lingfu and Sun Liren, went to the confinement room to visit Zhong Yi, was soon spread to Bai Chongbei.
Even Bai Chongbei knew that Zhong Yi instructed the new 38th Division and eight honorary divisions to postpone the return date.
After listening to the report, Bai Chong sneered: "Before the last Xiaogan encirclement and annihilation battle, Zhong Ziren pretended to be sick and refused to quit his duty as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, and publicly expressed his willingness to disperse the troops of the Wuhan garrison area and incorporate them into the front enemy command center of Xiaogan. I also thought he was so noble, hum!"
Although many days have passed since this incident, Bai Chongbei is still worried.
After all, it was either someone else or Zhong Yi who ruined his good deeds!
"This is just acting!" Li Pinxian said, "It's for us Principal Chang to see!"
"I have to admit that this play is good and has deceived everyone." Bai Chong grimly smiled and said, "However, no matter how well his play is, it is useless. Principal Chang still won't use him!"
"That's true." Li Pinxian echoed, "It's not important to use it unless it is Huangpu. This is Principal Chang's principle of employing people!"
Bai Chong said sadly: "So, he still wants to capture the new 38th Division and eight honorary divisions, but it is a delusion! The Wuhan Garrison Command has been abolished!"
Li Pinxian said: "Donald Jian, do you need to issue an order to Sun Liren, Zhu Liangcheng and others to let them return to the building as soon as possible?"
"No need, why should I be this evil person?" Bai Chong waved his hand grief and said, "As soon as half a month arrives, Hu Zongnan, Yu Jishi, and Huang Wei will naturally ask the new 38th Division and eight honorary divisions to return to the construction!"
"Jian Gong is wise!" Li Pinxian said deeply, "We really can't be fooled by this evil person."
"But..." Bai Chong's sad eyes flashed slightly, and he said, "The new 38th Division and the expanded eight honorary divisions are really rare elite troops. What a pity. Such nine elite divisions are not our Guangxi division troops!"
Li Pinxian snorted and said, "Our Seventh Army of the Guangxi clan is not necessarily worse than them!"
Bai Chongbei shook his head and said nothing more.
...
It will soon be mid-September.
Zhong Yi was still a little slight, and although he struggled hard, he failed to change the overall situation.
With Bai Chong's full efforts, the Dabie Mountains Battle was still staged according to his wishes!
The 29th Army, the 74th Army, the 18th Army, the 7th Army, the 31st Army, the 48th Army and the 40th Army, which arrived one after another, entered the battle and launched a fierce attack on the 22nd and 27th Divisions of the Japanese army!
Immediately afterwards, the 26th Army, the 55th Army, the 57th Army and the 84th Army arrived one after another, forming a siege against the 22nd and 27th Divisions of the Japanese army from a further range.
However, the attack on the Japanese army was not smooth!
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In Nanjing, the Japanese Central China Front Command.
In the spacious combat room, more than a dozen combat staff were surrounding the sand table and were nervously carrying out sand table operations.
In the telecommunications room next door, the phone ringing and telegraph beating kept ringing. From time to time, a communications officer walked out of the communications office with a folder in his arms and reported the battle situation to the staff headquarters.
Then, the combat staff of the General Staff Headquarters were in a state of chaos.
At this time, a chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the combat room.
Immediately afterwards, the commander of the Central China Front Army, the chief of staff, Masazo Kawabata, the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Yasuji, and the commander of the 12th Army, Karo Kozura, who had just arrived in Nanjing, entered one after another.
Seeing Jun Liu and other senior generals, the staff in the war room quickly stood at attention.
Jun Liu waved his hand, then strode to the edge of the sand table. Zheng San and others from the riverside also stood on Jun Liu's side, and their eyes fell on the sand table.
The sand table shows the enemy-to-me situation in the Battle of Dabie Mountains.
Hebian Zheng San looked at the Chief of Staff Office Gongping Kuangwu and said, "Justice Gong, please introduce the situation of the Taibi Mountains to the general and two generals!"
"Hayi!" Jingping Kuangwu paused his head suddenly, then picked up the wooden pole and pointed at the sand table and explained, "Your General, and you have two more generals. As of today, at 10:00 a.m. on September 17, the first-level numbers of the Chinese army that participated in the besiege of our 22nd and 27th Divisions have been confirmed to have more than twenty!"
"Yo Xi!" Jun Liudao, "There are more than twenty numbers that can be confirmed, so there will only be more troops participating in the war. Conservatively, there should be more than twenty-five troops!"
"Hayi!" Jing Jianwu said in his head, "There must be twenty-five troops!"
"Yoxi, Yoxi, Yoxi!" Jun Liu said three words in a row, and said, "According to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Special High School, the troops in the Dabie Mountains of China have only about 30 troops in total. This means that almost all the main forces in the Dabie Mountains of China have entered the Dabie Mountains!"
But Okamura Yanji frowned and asked, "Mr. Frankly, can the 22nd and 27th Divisions still hold on?"
"Hayi!" said Fung Kangwudun, "Although the Chinese army has many troops and its attacks are fierce, due to their lack of heavy weapons to attack, there are not many ways to deal with the 22nd and 27th Divisions that have built complete fortifications in advance! As long as there are no major accidents, the 22nd and 27th Divisions can last for at least more than a month!"
"Yoxi!" The expression on Okamura Yanji's face finally relaxed, and he clenched his fists hard.
Toshiro asked again: "Kun Okamura, how is your 11th Army resting? Can you go to war?"
"Hayi!" Okamura Yasuji paused heavily, "Our 11th Army has completed rest and the combat effectiveness of each division has basically been restored, and he can re-enter the battle at any time!"
"Yo Xi!" Jun Liu nodded happily, then turned his gaze to Guzhuang Ganlang and asked, "Guzhuang Jun, have all the divisions under the 12th Army entered the designated position?"
"Hayi!" Guzhuang Ganlang said, "Don't worry, General, all the 10 divisions under the 12th Army have entered the designated position. Just wait for the order of the General, you can cooperate with the 11th Army to launch a centripetal attack from Bengbu, Fuyang and Xinyang to the Dabie Mountains, and dispatch at least three divisions at the same time to advance to Wuhan!"
"Yo Xi!" Jun Liu nodded happily, raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and said, "It's now 4:30 pm on September 17, and it's already a little late. So let's start the general attack tomorrow morning! The general attack is set on September 18, and you can also pay tribute to the Liutiao Lake incident seven years ago! It was the Liutiao Lake incident that opened the door to victory for the empire!"
Chapter completed!