"General, the 5th Brigade Headquarters was suddenly attacked by the Chinese Army. The brigade commander, Major General Katayama Riichiro, and the rest of the soldiers were all killed.”The communications staff officer lowered his head and repeated briefly.
The entire conference room of the Japanese Army's Shanghai Dispatching Army Command was silent. All the Japanese military officers and staff officers were silent. They looked at each other and were stunned on the spot.
Matsui Iwane was silent for a moment before he suddenly flew into a rage. He swept the stack of documents on the table in front of him to the ground and roared angrily,"Baka Ya Lu, bastard, how could such an unbelievable turn of events happen?”
The chief of staff of the Shanghai dispatched army, Sugawara, also recovered from the shock and comforted Matsui Ishigen,""Commander, please calm down. Since this has already happened, we should think of a way to deal with it and minimize the impact of this matter.”
"It's easy for you to say, but will the Chinese people let us get what we want? It wouldn't be long before they used all the power they could to publicize this matter. This would greatly damage the military prestige of the Imperial Army of Japan.”Matsui Ishine's anger could not be appeased. He slammed his fist on the table and roared,""Orders…"
Before he could finish his sentence, another communications staff officer rushed in and reported to Matsui Ishine and Tsukada Attu anxiously,""Commander, we just received an emergency message from the 3rd division. The enemy who attacked the 5th Brigade's headquarters first defeated the reinforcements of the 68th Imperial Infantry Regiment who were ordered to retreat from the front line of Baoshan to aid Lion Forest Stronghold. They also killed the commander of the 68th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Ying Xiaomen. After that, they continued to attack Treasure Mountain City in one go.
They attacked the artillery team and the command post of the 68th Infantry Regiment, causing the entire 68th Infantry Regiment to lose their command hub and fall into an unfavorable situation of fighting for themselves. Then, the enemy and the defenders in the city worked together to besiege the Imperial Army's siege troops.
At that time, the 68th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Army had already invaded the city. Due to the destruction of the command center, communication was cut off, and they were unable to organize a counterattack and retreat in time. In the end, they were unfortunately wiped out by the Zhina Army inside and outside Baoshan City.
The entire 68th Infantry Regiment had more than 3,000 Empire warriors, all of whom had died on the battlefield of Baoshan.”
The news just now was like a thunder in the clear sky, shocking Matsui Ishigen, Tsukada, and the other high-ranking Japanese generals. Now, this news could be said to be adding fuel to the fire.
Matsui Ishigane's mouth could not help but twitch. From this, one could see how angry this person was. In just a day, no, half a day, or even a few hours, the Imperial Army of the Great Japan, which had always been the world's number one, invincible, and invincible, had actually been destroyed by someone in succession. They had lost an exploration team headquarters and an organized field infantry regiment. They had also lost a major general, brigade commander, and several second-rank officers. The losses were not small.
More importantly, the imperial army still didn't know who had caused them such heavy losses.
How could Matsui Ishigen not be furious? The old devil pondered for a moment, and his face turned ashen as he asked the communications officer,""Where is this Chinese army now?"
"General, according to our intelligence, the enemy should still be on the mountain after they met up with the guards. The 3rd division has already mobilized a large number of troops to seal off their retreat.”the communications staff officer replied.
"Chief of Staff, immediately send a message to the 3rd division headquarters in my name. Order them to destroy the enemy at all costs."”
Sugawara understood Matsui Ishine's feelings at the moment, but as the chief of staff of the front army, he had to consider the overall strategic situation, so he advised,""General, judging from the sudden change in the situation from Lion Forest to Treasure Mountain, this unknown Chinese army is very powerful. If we want to wipe them out in Treasure Mountain in a short time, we will need to mobilize a large number of troops.
This will definitely affect the 3rd division's frontal assault. I suggest that we surround Bao Shan with a portion of our forces and seal off their retreat. Let the 3rd division continue to attack the enemy's position. When there is a breakthrough, we can turn back and annihilate the enemy!
After all, from the looks of it, after the enemy had joined forces with the Baoshan garrison, their concealment had disappeared. Although they had caused heavy losses to the imperial army, they had already fallen into the encirclement of the imperial army and were like turtles in a jar.”
If it was any other time, Matsui Ishine would definitely consider Sugawara's suggestion. After all, it was very stable.
However, Matsui Ishigane had sensed the danger that had yet to occur. The person who had caused the death of the 5th Brigade Commander and the other elites of the empire, as well as the complete annihilation of the 68th Infantry Regiment, would become the spiritual pillar of support for all the Chinese soldiers on the Songhu battlefield. This would greatly boost the confidence and morale of the Chinese army.
At that time, it would cause even greater difficulties and losses for the Imperial Army's attack. The consequences were immeasurable.
After all, every day that this Chinese army survived was a day of humiliation for the imperial army. It would become a two-way benchmark, encouraging the Chinese army and affecting the imperial army.
Therefore, no matter what, we have to focus our full strength at the fastest speed and destroy them at all costs. We have to let the Chinese army watch as their legendary and heroic troops are destroyed by the Imperial Army of the Great Japan Empire! Only in this way could he offset the negative impact of the two defeats in Lion Forest and Treasure Mountain.”
Mr. Sugawara agreed with Matsui Ishigen's analysis and immediately changed his mind after listening to it. What Matsui Ishigen said made sense. He immediately nodded and said,""This humble servant is slow-witted, but Your Excellency General is still far-sighted. I will go and pass on the order now.”
" Don't forget to generate electricity for the naval fleet," Iwane Matsui added." Commander Nagagawa Taniya, please send enough naval cannons and aircraft to provide fire support for the Imperial Army so that we can destroy this Chinese army as soon as possible!"”
"Ha Yi! I understand." Sugawara quickly lowered his head and left the meeting room with the two communication advisors.
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In the Third Battle Area, Chen Cheng was discussing the battle situation with his senior officers and staff officers. Up until now, the enemy had only reinforced two divisions, but they had basically reversed the situation, forcing the Chinese army to stop their all-out attack and turn to defense.
Chen Cheng was the commander of the Third Battle Area. He was in charge of the entire Third Battle Area on behalf of Generalissimo Jiang. Although he had great power, he was also under great pressure.
Because the Japanese army had the absolute advantage in the navy and air force, although the armies in the Third Battle Area had the advantage in numbers, they were suppressed by the other side and suffered heavy losses.
This gave Chen Cheng a headache. From the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, the 9th Army won a few small battles and captured some less important positions because of their numbers. Hundreds of thousands of troops fought against the Japanese for more than a month, but they did not achieve any decent results.
Suddenly, a staff officer rushed into the meeting room excitedly, causing the meeting to come to an abrupt end.
Chen Cheng immediately looked at the adjutant with displeasure and shouted in a dissatisfied tone,"What's wrong with you? How can you be so flustered?"
However, the adjutant was not afraid at all. He couldn't help but say excitedly,"Sir, great…great…great victory!"
"What?" "Don't be nervous. Tell me clearly." Chen Cheng was very surprised.”
"Sir, we just received a report from the 98th Division. According to the report from the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment of the 292nd Brigade, a local armed force from Jiangcheng destroyed the headquarters of the 5th Brigade under the enemy's 3rd Division in Lion Forest less than two hours ago. They wiped out hundreds of Japanese elites under the brigade commander, Major General Katayama Riichiro, and then defeated the reinforcements of the 68th Infantry Regiment.
Following that, this troop took advantage of the situation to pursue and destroy the main force of the 68th Infantry Regiment. Together with the troops of Yao Ziqing, they attacked from both inside and outside, wiping out the entire 68th Infantry Regiment inside and outside Baoshan City.
Among them, the commander of the 68th Infantry Regiment was also killed by this local armed force!”
After Chen Cheng and the others heard this, they all stood up from their seats, their faces filled with shock!
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