Inaba Shiro's goal is also very simple, which is to kill Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army stationed in Huaining County and Songyang County!
(Ahem, the name Hisao Tani in the previous chapter is purely a clerical error. Hisao Tani was kicked back to the country at the end of 1937, and now the division commander of the Sixth Division is Shiro Inaba...)
Inaba Shiro's strong self-confidence stems from his sixth division, which is as ferocious as beasts.
More than half a year has allowed him to grasp the current situation of the Sixth Division.
Kyushu is a place that is rich in steel. The team of workers from Kyushu Steel Plant is undoubtedly very fierce. They have a layer of dark skin with some dark yellow on their bodies.
These all show that they have undergone long-term training!
When Shiro Inaba first took over the Sixth Division, it was when the Sixth Division was undergoing a massacre. At that time, he knew that he was taking over a beast division!
Now that the former division commander Hisao Tani has returned, it's time for Shiro Inaba to lead this beast force to glory!
Today's Sixth Division has been incorporated into Okamura Neji's Eleventh Army. For this result, Inaba Shiro has already taken it calmly - this arrangement has made the Sixth Division behind But there is a strong backup!
This backup is the entire powerful Eleventh Army!
"Jin Anjun, you don't need to worry. Victory will definitely belong to us in the end. We even captured Nanjing, the capital of China, and we did it so easily. What do we have to fear?" Inaba Shiro's tone revealed The arrogance is obvious.
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Xu Yuanquan, who was in Hefei, naturally didn't know that a powerful enemy was already targeting him.
He still acted very relaxed at this time.
The camera pans back to Hefei.
Hefei, 26th Army Headquarters.
At this time, Xu Yuanquan, who had been promoted to the 26th Group Army, was sitting behind his desk, holding a white porcelain cup and sipping a cup of Yuqian Longjing. He looked a little leisurely and contented.
Since the focus of the Japanese army's operations in the past six months has been in the direction of Xuzhou and Kaifeng, the Japanese army's defense in the direction of Nanjing and Hefei is relatively weak.
Because of this, the 26th Group Army got a rare chance to breathe.
While Zhang Tianhai's troops were fighting to the death, they were able to organize their troops in the direction of Hefei and prepare for battle.
In general, after the 26th Group Army has been recuperating and actively renovating over the past six months, it is basically at full strength.
Although the equipment and combat effectiveness of the army are not as good as those of the ace direct descendants of the Central Army, they still have tens of thousands of guns, right? This is a huge military force.
"Commander-in-Chief, the fighting on the front has tended to ease. Do our troops on the three fronts of Hefei, Huaining, and Songyang need to make adjustments? After all, our troops have been stationed for a long time. If we change the order and position, will it change? Okay?" the chief of staff asked.
The 26th Group Army has jurisdiction over the 10th Army and the 87th Army, with two armies and five divisions. The number of anti-war troops has reached 50,000. It can be said that they are strong soldiers and horses, and they are a huge military force.
With the soldiers and horses under his command getting stronger, Xu Yuanquan became more confident. After all, more than 50,000 troops were guarding Hefei, and there were also Yang Sen's Sichuan troops nearby. It could not but be said that he was very confident.
"The troops must not be mobilized. The main force of our enemy is still on the front line of Tongshan and Nanjing. And according to our intelligence, it is the Sixth Division of the Beast Division that single-handedly created the Nanjing Massacre. Our enemy is guarding here. It is so powerful that we must not take it lightly. Once the troops are mobilized, loopholes will inevitably appear. I don’t want Hefei to suffer any losses because of this." Xu Yuanquan said in a deep voice. He led the troops in the Nanjing Defense War. The Japanese army He knows better than anyone how fierce the fighting power is.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief," the Chief of Staff responded.
Just as the chief of staff finished speaking, a combat staff officer ran in and reported to Xu Yuanquan: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, there are a large number of Japanese troops crossing the river northeast of Songyang. The troops of the 87th Army , have already been fighting with this unit, the Japanese army’s combat effectiveness is very fierce, our troops are no match for them!”
After hearing the news, Xu Yuanquan stood up immediately, his face became very solemn: "Have you ever found out what kind of Japanese army they are?"
The combat staff officer shook his head and said, "We don't know clearly because our troops were defeated and dispersed by them when they went up. We were unable to organize a strong resistance at all."
After listening to the words of the combat staff, Xu Yuanquan realized the seriousness of the problem: This Japanese army is definitely the elite force of the Japanese army. It may be the main force of the Japanese Sixth Division, or the Botian Brigade.
These two troops were Japanese troops stationed near Nanjing, and their combat effectiveness was very fierce, but they were such powerful enemies that he couldn't help but ignore them.
"Order the troops to closely monitor the movements of the Japanese troops, and also inform the Sichuan Army Yang Sen's headquarters to prepare them for battle!" Xu Yuanquan is not a newly appointed general after all, he is a veteran, and he made the most correct decision in an instant choice.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!" the combat staff responded, and then hurried to carry out Commander-in-Chief Xu's order.
"Boss, what should we do now? Although our army is now fully equipped, it still has many new recruits and is not very effective in combat. We may not be the opponent of this Japanese army." Xu Yuanquan's chief of staff said with a worried look on his face.
"Hmph, what else can we do? Apart from the soldiers coming to block it and the water coming to cover it up, can we have any better way? After all, we have to fight to the end, and I don't want to be second to Han Fuqu." Xu Yuanquan said in a deep voice, he could still tell the difference between the light and the serious - the troops were all gone and could be replenished. If he gave up on Hefei, he would be shot.
"Yes, boss!" Shi Jie, chief of staff of the 26th Group Army, responded in a deep voice. After all, the commander was ready for a decisive battle, so he had to follow the commander's footsteps. Only in that way could he continue on.
A person without vision or vision will not be able to go far.
After Chief of Staff Shi walked out, Xu Yuanquan stood up, looked at the arrows on the map, and couldn't help but fell silent.
By analyzing the battlefield situation of the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield, Xu Yuanquan can see: Now the Japanese army's plan to pass through Henan and then capture Wuhan all the way has gone bankrupt, so for the Japanese army, their best way is to pass through Wannan , fight all the way west.
More importantly, now that the Japanese army has opened up the northern and southern sides of Central China, they can completely attack through southern Anhui.
If before the fall of Xuzhou, the Japanese commander would not have made such a low-level mistake. If they fought from southern Anhui at that time, they would inevitably face the result of being attacked from both sides.
At that time, it is not up to them to decide whether they want to continue fighting or not.
The result of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops being surrounded in Wuhan was not what they wanted to see.
This time, Xu Yuanquan finally figured it out: the Japanese army's target for this battle was most likely Hefei!
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PS: The first update is here!
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