Miyamoto's decision, the devil chief of staff can't stop it, this devil chief of staff is a more conscientious kind, he feels that Miyamoto's move is too risky, and it is not good that this brigade will be wiped out, so he hurriedly crossed the level to send a report to the Nanjing Dispatch Army Headquarters, asking Commander Shunroku Hata to intervene and chase back the Miyamoto brigade.
When he learned that the Kuomintang Sixth Theater in Suxian County had dispatched nearly ten divisions to help the New Fourth Army in the north of the Imperial Army, and rushed to destroy this old opponent, the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, and the great opportunity to destroy this old opponent, the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei, so he agreed with the Miyamoto Brigade in Huai'an City to take the initiative to attack westward and encircle and annihilate Zhou Wu, and ignored Miyamoto's request for a telegram sent by Miyamoto's chief of staff asking him to stop Miyamoto's action.
His chief of staff still couldn't receive a word from Nanjing, so he had no choice but to follow Miyamoto out of the city and go west towards Dacheng Town.
The news that the Miyamoto Brigade stationed in Huai'an, which had not come out, finally moved westward soon spread to Zhou Wu, Zhou Wu summoned Ding Ning with a telegram, and said to him excitedly: "Ding Ning, Miyamoto little devil They have finally come out, haha, now we can catch him, immediately order Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng to quickly return to Huai'an City, cut off the retreat of Miyamoto Brigade, and can't let this Miyamoto little devil return to Huai'an City."
Ding Ning hurriedly nodded again and again, and said to Zhou Wu: "Once we are surrounded here, the Miyamoto Brigade will definitely resist desperately and retreat in the direction of Huai'an, then Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng and their two regiments will not be able to withstand the attack of the Miyamoto Brigade, the other two brigades of the Jiangbei Command are far away from Huai'an City, and they also have to contain the devils from the direction of Taizhou and Yangzhou, so it is unrealistic to transfer these two brigades to support Ge Sanmin.
Lao Liu and Huang Shuisheng and their two regiments still have to deal with the Yamada Brigade and the puppet army that have broken into the Tianchangmatan base area, the pressure must be great, I think I still take a team to Huai'an City to reinforce Ge Sanmin and them, and intercept the retreat of the Miyamoto Brigade. ” Zhou Wu listened to Ding Ning's proposal, thought about it for a while, and felt reasonable, so he nodded and said to Ding Ning: "It's okay, you take the first detachment from Jiangnan to Huai'an quickly, and cooperate with Ge Sanmin and them to intercept Miyamoto's retreat, I will immediately inform Ge Sanmin that you will command the second and third regiments, as well as the first detachment of the Jiangnan New Fourth Army led by Comrade Guan Cheng" Zhou Wu finally made up his mind, originally he was a little reluctant to let the chief of staff Ding Ning take this risk, although the devil combat effectiveness of the Miyamoto brigade has decreased a lot compared to before, But if they are surrounded by the New Fourth Legion, it will be difficult to deal with when the dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, after all, the equipment advantage is there, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, if the Miyamoto Brigade launches a madness, relying on Ge Sanmin and Xiao Zheng and their two regiments of less than four or five thousand troops will definitely not be able to stop the attack, so it is necessary to send reinforcements to reinforce, but Zhou Wu at this time for some reason, there is always an inexplicable feeling in his heart that is bothering him, but he doesn't know what it is.
Zhou Wu immediately and quickly adjusted the deployment of his troops, this time in the north with Chen Guofu's first brigade as the main force, Tianchang County Brigade with the first brigade to fight, Zhou Wu and Lao Chen they discussed for a long time, arranged an iron bucket array, set up the encirclement site in the Lijiawan area less than 20 miles away from Dacheng Town, where there are many rivers and muddy roads, which is not conducive to the truck march of Miyamoto's brigade, but it is very conducive to the ambush of the New Fourth Army, and it is also close to the divisions of the old commander's 79th Army.
Once Miyamoto encounters the blow of the New Fourth Army in Lijiawan, then he will definitely move closer to the 79th Army as agreed in advance, the old army commander and Zhou Wu have already discussed, the 79th Army is only responsible for driving away the devils of the Miyamoto Brigade, and Zhou Wu is responsible for surrounding and annihilating the little devils driven by the 79th Army.
Miyamoto took more than 7,000 heavily armed little devils of the Huai'an Brigade in the direction of Dacheng Town in a truck, along the way, the local traitors and puppet soldiers in the Japanese-occupied areas were busy giving the little devils of the Miyamoto Brigade to give a slap of sycophants, Miyamoto watched so many traitors and puppet soldiers rushing to send supplies to themselves, a little carried away, and felt that this time the independent brigade of the westward siege of Zhou Wu was imperative, and it was a matter of capture, in case they encountered Zhou Wu's stubborn resistance in Dacheng Town.
As long as Miyamoto can quickly pass through the Lijiawan, which has many rivers and is inconvenient to pass, he can quickly get rid of the pursuit of the New Fourth Army and return to his hometown Huai'an City safely At the moment when Miyamoto took the Huai'an Brigade to march westward in the direction of Dacheng Town, the fat regiment in the south and Huang Shuisheng and their spy regiment were pretending to retreat westward and entering the mountainous areas of northern Anhui in the west.
But in that case, I might be running away in a hurry now."
After occupying the headquarters of the Tianchangmatan Independent Brigade, the commander of the Yamada Brigade was very happy and hurriedly sent a telegram to Commander Shunroku Hata in Nanjing, but the leader of the Devil Squadron who protected the safety of Shuno Suzuki of the devil germ warfare detachment, Saburo Abe, was not happy, before leaving, he had patted his chest to Shunroku Hata and said that he would definitely protect the safety of the personnel of the germ warfare detachment of the Imperial Army.
Thinking that he was about to be punished by Shunroku Hatata, Saburo Abe didn't care on the surface, but he was scared to death in his heart, so he hurriedly came to the commander of the Yamada Brigade, begging him to beg him for the sake of being a fellow countryman in Otsu, and let him plead for himself by the way, so that His Excellency the Commander would spare himself, Abe Saburo swore that as long as he could forgive his sins, he would definitely make a consequence of his crimes, swear to serve His Excellency the Brigade Commander, and never give up his life, etc., and said a lot of good things, The purpose was to get Yamada to add a sentence to himself in the telegram sent to Shunroku Hatata.
Yamada devils originally had no good impression of these arrogant devils in the germ warfare detachment, especially that Suzuki Junxiong, who was even more arrogant, just a Kwantung Army officer who dared to point fingers in front of his own army major general, relying on the people and horses above, showing off his martial arts, Yamada had long been displeased with him, this time Suzuki Junxiong's germ warfare squad was served by the fat men of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side, and it was too late for Yamada to be happy, thinking about it now, as long as he added a sentence in the telegram, Make Suzuki their cause of death an accident, you can save this Abe Saburo from punishment, in this way, Yamada at least has a benefit, this Abe will definitely follow him Yamada from now on, because he saved his life, and it is not a difficult thing to add such a sentence to the telegram, Yamada Devil's little eyes turned around, and immediately nodded and agreed to help, and the trembling Abe Saburo who was moved almost wanted to "poof" kneel down and kowtow to Yamada, and said on the spot: " Your Excellency Brigade Commander, if I, Abe, can escape this catastrophe this time, I will definitely be the leader of His Excellency the Brigade Commander, and I will do whatever you ask me to do."
After receiving Yamada's telegram from Yamada, he was also very happy, and he had not been so comfortable for several days, this time the Yamada Brigade finally captured the old nest of the Zhouwu Independent Brigade, and was marching towards the hinterland of the Jiangbei anti-Japanese base area, and the eyeline barely encountered any large-scale resistance, and all the information that came from there showed that most of the communist anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the Jiangbei base area died of the plague, although the Imperial Army bacteriological warfare squad that cast this song plague bacteria was unexpectedly all ink on the front line, And he died under the big bomb of the imperial army air force plane sent out by himself, and he had to cover up this matter when he rushed to it, otherwise the truth would be spread, and his official position would not be guaranteed, who is in charge of the devil aviation here in Nanjing, isn't it you Hata Shunliu If Shunliu makes this matter bigger and stabs it to the devil's base camp, wouldn't he be sick and can't get along with himself, so as soon as he received the telegram from the little devil Yamada, he immediately sent a telegram to Yamada: "Yamada-kun has made outstanding achievements, I have already reported to the base camp for a commendation, and I hope you will carefully investigate the cause of Suzuki-kun's death, and I am also responsible for the deployment of this air force, and I hope Yamada-kun can understand my distress. ” Yamada's little devil is so shrewd, as soon as he saw the call back from Shunroku Hatata, he immediately realized what kind of result Shunroku Hata wanted, and immediately found Saburo Abe, who was waiting for the news: "Abe-kun, the commander called back, he doesn't want Suzuki-kun to die under the big bomb of our imperial plane, in this way, our commander's Excellency will be in trouble, I think we have to change the way Suzuki-kun died." ” "How can you change it, do you say that my Abe is not well protected" Abe Saburo is a brute with developed limbs and a simple mind, and when he heard the words of the little devil Yamada, he was anxious and hurriedly asked.
"No, no, think about it, the army aviation over there in Nanjing was sent by order of His Excellency the Commander, if Suzuki-kun and they died under the big bomb that we threw down with all our might, then the first one to be implicated would be our Commander Shunroku Hata, so for the sake of His Excellency the Commander or for our own sake, we have to change the way Suzuki-kun died on the battlefield, anyway, Suzuki-kun and they are all dead, and there is no proof of death, Abe-kun, you say that Suzuki-kun and they are soldiers in advance, and you will not stop your efforts to dissuade them, finally died on the battlefield, this time the commander's tone is different, I don't think anything should happen.
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