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Chapter 420 The third war zone grabs the fruits of victory

The president has emphasized to the secretary many times that any telegram about Zhang Junhao must be handed over to him at any time.

After receiving the telegram from Gu Zhutong to the president at 4 a.m., the secretary immediately came to the president's door and woke up the president.

The president was wearing clothes outside the door, reading a telegram.

After reading the telegram, he immediately laughed and scolded: "My mother is so angry, the old hen turns into a duck when she blinks in Yiwu."

The president quickly returned to the room and dressed neatly, and went to the office.

In the office, the president looks at the map hanging on the wall.

The president said to the secretary: "What did Gu Zhutong do? The 22nd Division of the Japanese Army is at the end of its path and can be eliminated soon. The Third War Zone still stands by and watches. How can Zhang Junhao monopolize the great results of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army be eliminated? The operation to recover Jinhua and Lanxi has made the media hotly discuss, thinking that all the credit is Zhang Junhao. Faced with such a good situation, if the Third War Zone does not make any difference, the military and civilians across the country will be scolded. Alas! The Third War Zone is so passive and has been led by Zhang Junhao. The Third War Zone must be killed immediately.

Order the 49th Army and the 88th Army to send a unit to siege Yiwu. Gu Zhutong must visit Jinhua in person and command the units and the 22nd Japanese Division to carry out the final decisive battle. Notify the media that I will inform the media of the strategic situation in Yiwu tomorrow morning, so that the whole world will think that Zhejiang’s anti-Japanese war is in person, and I will win repeatedly, and will soon achieve a decisive great victory to inspire the morale of the military and civilians in the war of resistance across the country. At the same time, I should also praise Zhang Junhao, reflecting that I know people and are good at cultivating people, sympathizing with front-line soldiers, and have full confidence in achieving the final victory in the war of resistance."

At five o'clock in the morning, Gu Zhutong received a reply from the president and immediately ordered Wang Tiehan, the commander of the 49th Army, to send a regiment to Yiwu. The commander of the 88th Army, Liu Jiashu, ordered the commander of the 88th Army, to order the 79th Army to send a Chian regiment to attack the Japanese Nanjiang defense line. After breaking through the defense line, he advanced towards Yiwu. The 21st Division was ordered to send the Dongyang Fortress regiment to go down the mountain and kill towards Yiwu. The two commanders were informed that he would immediately go to Jinhua, establish a front-line command, and unified command of each department to fight the final decisive battle with the 22nd Division of the Japanese army. After giving orders to the two commanders, Gu Zhutong sent another telegram to Zhang Junhao to inform him of his decision and praised Zhang Junhao's loyalty and courage.

Outside Anfu Temple, Zhang Junhao looked up at the sky with a semi-automatic rifle, and from time to time, Japanese planes flew overhead.

Zhang Junhao really wanted to use the gun in his hand to shoot down the Japanese plane.

Zhang Junhao's heart was tightly grasped. There were more than fifty Japanese planes! No matter whether it was the main force of the Special Melee Team, the Security Corps or the Independent Corps, they could not avoid the bombing of Japanese planes. This place was very close to Hangzhou. Japanese planes flew over at the airport in Hangzhou for less than half an hour. These Japanese planes could maintain continuous bombing.

Zhang Junhao told Wu Qiong: "I inform Chief of Staff Luo Zhong, Commander Li Baomin and Commander Du Wei that the team must be kept in a shade during the day and must be calm. Only then can the attack on the Japanese army be launched tonight."

Wu Qiong shouted and ran away.

Captain Zhu of the New Fourth Army came, looking extremely anxious and said loudly: "Captain, what if the Japanese army took advantage of the plane to bombard the various units?"

Zhang Junhao sneered: "The counterattack is not necessarily the case, because the battle last night had already severely damaged the Japanese army. What the Japanese army can do now is to retreat to Yiwu County and the airport to establish fortifications and stand firm and wait for assistance. If the Japanese army did not have plane bombing, our team could recover Dongyang and the main force could face the city of Yiwu."

Captain Zhu nodded and said, "Yes! I can imagine that dozens of Japanese planes flew around the vast area on the west side. Whenever we find a team that is suspected to be ours, we will drop a bombshell."

Zhang Junhao nodded and said, "If Japanese planes could fly around looking for bombing targets, I would be more at ease, just because I was afraid that all Japanese planes would stare at bombing all over the place."

Captain Zhu nodded and said, "Yes! If you stare at the bombing in the ground, it means that the Japanese planes have locked our team. If you fly around, it means that you are still looking for the bombing target."

Zhang Junhao said: "In war, air supremacy is so important. People in the future cannot understand our pain at this moment. It is just because of the bombing of Japanese planes that we have to stop attacking the Japanese army and can only hide. If the Japanese army does not control air supremacy, we can now work hard to eliminate the Japanese army. In the future, our country must establish a strong air force to protect airspace security. Now we can only endure the pain and allow the Japanese planes to bomb."

At six o'clock in the morning, Zhang Junhao was at the command center and was reading a telegram.

The special melee team and the security regiment were located in the hilly areas, and the team suffered a small number of casualties. The independent regiment was bombed with more than 100 casualties.

Zhang Junhao sighed heavily.

After breakfast, Zhang Junhao received a telegram from Gu Zhutong and immediately smiled after seeing it.

Zhang Junhao smiled and said to Wu Qiong and Captain Zhu: "The third war zone has finally taken action. Although only three regiments are dispatched, it is enough to deal with the remnants of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army. The 21st Division is stationed in the Dongyang Fortress Regiment. Once it kills to Dongyang County, it can immediately disperse the bombing pressure of Japanese aircraft on our various units. Moreover, the Japanese army retreating to Dongyang County will have to escape to Yiwu County. The independent regiment will be freed.

Once the 79th Division's Chi'an regiment crosses the Nanjiang River, the Japanese army retreats to Yiwu will be attacked from both sides. A regiment sent by the 49th Army will not reach Yiwu until dark, but with the regiment attacking on the west side of the Dongyang River, we will be able to encircle Yiwu tonight."

Captain Zhu smiled and said, "Our New Fourth Army also wants to participate in the war."

Zhang Junhao looked at Captain Zhu and said with a smile: "After darkness, the protection command went to the special melee team, painted the terrain and landforms around the Japanese airport, and handed it to Chief of Staff Luo Zhong."

At seven o'clock, General Gugujinji, the Chief of Staff of the 13th Army, presided over a meeting of officers above the corps commander at the command center of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army in Yiwu.

The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely solemn. The Japanese generals and officers sitting upright seemed to have suffered from incurable diseases and had run out of energy. No one spoke loudly, and everyone's eyes did not turn.

The Lord General Tanigu Jinji stood in front of the map and looked as if he was ashamed and had a thin body, as if he could fall down with a finger.

Lieutenant General Tanigu Kishiji said: "The commander of the Chinese Expedition Army General Toshiro Hata and Lieutenant General Shimomura Takashi, commander of the 13th Army, both issued an evacuation order to me. I had to be ordered to fly to Hangzhou and find a way to transfer the team to pick you up."

The commander of the 22nd Division, Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo sighed heavily and said, "Where are reinforcements?"

Lieutenant General Gugu Jinji said: "The troops conquered from North Korea and Taiwan have arrived in Shanghai and can arrive in Zhuji within three days."

Lieutenant General Isoda's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Does we just need to hold on for three days before we can evacuate?"

Lieutenant General Gugu Jinji said: "I will take my family to Hangzhou, and you just have to worry about sticking here. If possible, I will send a plane to pick you up in the next few days."

All the Japanese generals present breathed a sigh of relief and their expressions relaxed a lot.

Lieutenant General Tanigu Kishiji said: "After I leave, you must unite and firmly obey the command of Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo. You must believe in yourself. With the cooperation of the bombing of the plane, you have the ability to persevere until the reinforcements arrive."

As soon as the meeting ended, Lieutenant General Tanigu Kinji immediately took a car and went to the airport under the protection of a large number of guards.

The 22nd Division Commander Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo continued to preside over the meeting. At this time, because dozens of Japanese planes were bombing everywhere around Yiwu, his confidence suddenly burst out again. Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo thought he had a chance to turn the tables, but he didn't listen to Kikijiro's words and wanted to counterattack.

When Guru Kaneji Tanigu was there, he had no say. As soon as Guneji Tanigu left, he became the real master.

Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo said to everyone: "Zhang Junhao's team was all hiding under the bombing of the Imperial Army planes, which led to the extremely poor bombing effect of the planes. I thought we had to organize forces to counterattack and force Zhang Junhao's team to appear, thus creating conditions for the Air Force to bomb Zhang Junhao's team."

All the Japanese participants sighed heavily, and no one was confident to fight back.

Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo said: "If we don't fight back, at night, Zhang Junhao will organize troops to launch a full-scale attack on us. How easy is it to stick to it for three days?"

Major General Miyamoto Seiichi said: "It's not just about counterattacking, you can fight back. How do we fight back?"

Lieutenant General Isoda was stunned, his brows were tightly frowned, and his brain was in chaos.

Lieutenant General Isoda's bragging skills are ranked first among the Japanese army, but his command and combat level is very poor. Especially in this current situation, his brain will still be short-circuited.

At this moment, a staff officer came to the door and shouted for a report.

Lieutenant General Isoda yelled: "What happened? Don't you know we are having a meeting?"

The staff officer shouted at the door: "Dongyang Independent Brigade reported that a regiment stationed at the 21st Division of the Dongyang Fortress had come down the mountain and was rushing towards Dongyang County."

Lieutenant General Isoda Sabuki screamed, and all the participants said "ah".

After the staff officer left, Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo shouted: "Immediately notify the Dongyang Independence Brigade to retreat to Yiwu and abandon Dongyang County."

Major General Kiyuk Miyamoto quickly called Dongyang Independence Brigade himself and issued a retreat order.

As soon as Major General Keiichi Miyamoto's order was issued, another staff officer ran to the door to shout a report.

Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo hurried over to ask about the situation. The staff reported that a regiment stationed in Chitani of the 79th Division was attacking the Nanjiang defense line. The Nanhui defense line was very empty and would be broken soon.

Lieutenant General Isoda Saburo shouted: "We must hold on firmly, hold on!"

Major General Kiyichi Miyamoto stood in a daze, looking at the direction of Nanjiang and murmured to himself: "How can a small team in Nanjiang be able to defend it? Where can I get reinforcements? What should I do? What should I do?"
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