"Is it Tang's troops from the Battle of Nankou?"

"Yes." Suzuki Rudao replied with certainty.

The entire combat conference room was silent.

In the Battle of Nankou, although the Japanese army finally won the victory, the losses were also huge. The war losses of almost 10,000 people were recovered for several months.

Tang Keqin's troops left a very deep image on the Japanese army. This was a very difficult squadron, especially his large roundabout maneuvering side strike tactics, which made the Japanese generals who had fought were frightened.

It can be said that if the Honorary First Division had not emerged, Tang Keqin could be listed as the number one opponent in the Japanese dictionary.

Such a powerful opponent suddenly appeared on the battlefield in Xuzhou, which made the Japanese general feel a little pressure and a little unspeakable excitement.

Defeating or destroying the Tang army would not only severely hit the temporary National Government in Wuhan, but also have great significance.

The Japanese worship the strong, even if this strong man is an enemy, and being able to defeat a powerful enemy, these war madmen feel even more satisfied.

A sharp light flashed in Aokashi's eyes, and he heard the troops that were supporting the Teng County defenders breaking through on the evening of the 19th.

He is good at concealing and roundabout, well-equipped, and has a very fierce fighting style. He is almost exactly the same as this "Tang Army Group".

The Tang army regiment has arrived in the Xuzhou area and has fought with his troops. Judging from the results, this squadron is indeed not much different from the legendary ones.

This proves that the combat section chief of the North China Front Army went down the mountain to think about what he said just now that the squadron would not easily evacuate from Xuzhou.

Now even the elite Tang army has quietly arrived. We must be preparing to fight in Xuzhou, otherwise we would not need to send such elite troops.

"Do you want to listen to the advice of the second division commander of Doihara Kenji?"

"Dohihara, who is a person who works on intelligence, can he have any suggestions?"

"Can he fight a war?"

"It's okay to listen to it. Have you deprived you of the right to speak?" Hashimoto said, "Suzuki, please speak."

"Dohima Jun's suggestion, based on the current changes in the battle situation, it is no longer realistic to fight against China quickly..."

“Well…”

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately aroused doubts from almost all the Japanese officers present.

Obviously, although the assertion of destruction of China in three months went bankrupt, and even the Minister of Army Sora Sugiyama, who said this, the Japanese military did not completely give up on the theory of quick victory, or did not agree with it.

They just think that Sugiyama's words are too exaggerated. Three months are too short to conquer a country like China.

It will take at least half a year or a year.

This time is actually completely acceptable for Japan.

But now, Kenji Doihara actually said that quick victory is no longer realistic, which means that it has denied a "consensus" in the Japanese army.

This is unacceptable. Even the commander of the Second Army, Nishiojisao, frowned slightly without denying it.

"After the Nanjing battle, the Chinese people's anti-Japanese sentiment is very sharp now, and the attitude of the government led by Chiang is becoming increasingly tough. As we know, Chiang will never tolerate G. Now, our goal is not to capture much land in China, but to force Chiang to cooperate with the empire with military deterrence..."

Although Kenji Doihara did not say it clearly, his meaning was very clear. He wanted to talk to Wuhan.

At a meeting discussing operations, someone actually made suggestions for peace talks. Why does this sound so unrestrained?

However, the smart man naturally understood that what Doihara Kenji Suzuki said was obviously wanted to bring back to Tokyo through Hashimoto's group.

Of course, Hashimoto Qun knew that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actually in secret contact with Wuhan, and in addition to Chiang, there was also Wang, both of them were in secret contact.

However, since the conditions offered by the Japanese government are really unacceptable, they are just maintaining contact, and there is no more substantial negotiations.

Kenji Doihara's suggestion is that Kanto Deputy Chief of Staff Ishihara Kanir's idea of ​​"non-expansion policy" is consistent.

Ishihara Kanir's views on the Sino-Japanese War were cautious and were conservative in the Japanese army.

"Political matters are left to those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with. What we are discussing now is military matters. Hashimoto, what are His Majesty the Emperor's expectations for the Battle of Xuzhou?" Nishiojizuo interrupted.

"This Emperor did not issue an edict on purpose. However, Lord Sugiyama Sora explained that this battle cannot be delayed too long, and the Chinese issue must be resolved as soon as possible." Hashimoto said.

"Sumariyama Motojun..."

In fact, many people in the army were dissatisfied with Sugiyama, and even Emperor Hirohito had objections to him. Some officers in the army headquarters had begun to unite and equipped to knock Sugiyama off the stage.

"Is Hashimoto's Operations Minister still the Hashimoto on the night of the 'China Incident' last year?" Muto Akira suddenly stood up and said bluntly.

Hashimoto's answer was very firm: "It's always been that Hashimoto!"

"Then I'll be relieved."

Nishioji Temple and Shunroku Hata were classmates at Army University. When he graduated, Shunroku Hata was the chief and he was the second. This time, he really wanted to fight Shunroku Hata in Xuzhou to win.

"Hashimoto, this is not a primary goal at all. China will definitely assemble a large number of troops in the Xuzhou area. The information obtained from our early reconnaissance has proved this."

"Your Excellency Xiwei is right. China has gathered at least 20 divisions in the Xuzhou area, with more than 200,000 troops. As we have received the latest news, Jiang from Wuhan has arranged his direct troops and Tang Army to Xuzhou. Tang Army claimed to be 100,000, so there will be nearly 300,000 squadrons in the Xuzhou area!" Muto Akira stood up and said excitedly.

"Three hundred thousand?"

"That's right, it's only 300,000. These troops will have elite squadrons. If all these troops can be wiped out, it will be a huge blow to the Chiang government in Wuhan."

"What does Mr. Nishio mean?"

"I think there is no contradiction between occupying Xuzhou and eliminating the squadrons in Xuzhou. Both can be carried out at the same time," said Nishioji Sato.

At first, Nishioji Saidu said something that made some sense, but he was still a little biased towards his second army, and Isotani Ryosuke had already taken action.

It is no longer possible to make him stop.

Muto Akira and Hata Shunroku have a little bit of appetite. They want to seize Xuzhou and eliminate the GJ elites in the fifth war zone in Xuzhou area.

It is said that the North China Front Army was the main attacker, but Hata Shunrok and the Central China Expeditionary Army were still thinking about competing for merit.

"Commander Nishio, Minister Hashimoto, our Central China dispatched troops meant that we hope that the Second Army could slow down the attack, but only put pressure on the fifth squadron in Xuzhou to force China to continue to increase troops in Xuzhou..." Muto Akira Hata Shunrok said in a plan.

Everyone was shocked by his words and stared at the boss.

The Central China Expeditionary Army had a bigger appetite and wanted to use the Second Army to suck more squadrons into Xuzhou and then eliminate them.

Is it Hata Shunruo crazy or Muto Akira crazy? Now there are only about 100,000 troops involved in the Battle of Xuzhou by the Second Army and the Central China Expeditionary Force.

Xuzhou area now has at least 250,000 squadrons gathered.

If China continues to increase its troops, it will soon exceed 300,000.

This is a crazy idea. The person who can think of this is not a genius, but also a lunatic. However, although the idea is good, Hata Shunruo, who has experienced the tragic failure in Nanjing, dares to have such a crazy idea, which shows that this old guy has completely walked in front of these people.

In Jinan City, the Japanese were planning the next major action in a intensive manner. The North China Front Army and Central China dispatched troops quarreled fiercely, tit-for-tat, full of gunpowder, and quarreled for their respective interests.

A huge conspiracy slowly began over the Xuzhou area.

At this moment, east of Teng County, a place called Dongmengou that handed over to Fei County.

Two troops chased and fled. Recently, the two troops were less than fifty meters away, and there were scenes of chasing each other.

"Captain Liang, the Japanese have camped. The place I chose is good, with mountains and water, and it also faces north and south, a valley sheltering from the wind." The platoon leader of the investigation came back and reported.

"How is the Japanese alert?"

"Three hundred meters, there are swimming whistles, but no secret whistles."

"Captain Liang, the Japanese camped after we camped. This means that they were exhausted after chasing them for a day. Now, as long as we move, the Japanese will follow us," said Guo Xing.

"They must have sent scouts to monitor us from a high place, and our every move is under their surveillance." Yang Rui analyzed.

"Old Yang is right. We deliberately let the Japanese see us so that they can follow us with confidence." Liang Dong said.

"It turned out that Team Liang did it on purpose."

"In the first half of the night, everyone should hurry up and rest. Don't worry that the Japanese will touch them. They will definitely attack us in the second half of the night." Liang Dong smiled and said with great certainty.

"How did Team Liang know that the Japanese will attack in the second half of the night?"

"intuition!"

"Okay, everyone hurry up and eat and rest. Open my eyes when I go to bed. Although the Japanese chased us for a day and a night, their physical fitness is not worse than us, and they recover faster than us. Therefore, we must rest faster than them."

"Yes!" After arranging the camp's alert task, Liang Dong summoned the commander of the detachment to discuss countermeasures.

"Everyone said, are we fighting with the Japanese army behind us, or are we going to leave the Japanese army directly?" Liang Dong asked.

"In this case, the Japanese will not let us go easily, right?" Yang Rui said.

"If we fight, our strength will be completely exposed." Guo Xing said, "Besides, our mission has been completed. Next, just leave the Japanese army and go to Taierzhuang to join the Sichuan army."

"Where are you?" Liang Dong asked several company commanders.

"The Sichuan Army has not yet escaped from danger. If we fight, the Japanese army will know that we have divided our troops. By then, the Sichuan Army that broke through will be discovered by the Japanese army, which would be bad."

"Do you wait until the Sichuan army is out of danger before fighting?"

"Company Commander Lu is right."

"You actually have no objection to the fight, right?" Liang Dong asked, "Just wait for the Sichuan Army to return safely to rest."

"That's what it means."

"Okay, start the computer immediately and contact Tang Xiaoying to see if they have safely joined the troops." Liang Dong ordered.

On Weishan Island, the first division headquarters is honored.

"It's powered on, it's powered on, Liang and the others are on..."
To be continued...