Hangzhou, the 10th Japanese Army Command.

Commander Yayoi Heisuke, who had not been asleep all night, looked at the telegram in his hand with a serious face, which was sent by the 6th Division and the 114th Division from the Nanjing Front.

The content of the telegram is probably that they were stubbornly blocked by the Chinese army and the battle progressed relatively slowly...

After reading the telegram in a hurry, Yagyu Heisuke asked the chief of staff next to him, Moritotake Tanabe, Moritotake, "Tanaben, the frontal attack has been blocked. What are the 18th Division and the Kōzaki Detachment doing now? Haven't the Chinese Tiger Ben eliminated yet?"

"Report to the General, the 18th Division and the Kōzaki Detachment have not informed us of the war so far, so I don't know the humble position." Tanabe Morito replied respectfully.

"Baga, immediately generate electricity for Nakajima and Kunizaki Tok and ask about the situation of the battle." Yanagi Heisuke said furiously.

"Hayi!" Tanabe Shengwu quickly lowered his head and responded, then took the order and turned around and left.

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In Yixing County, night gradually dissipated, and the sky showed a slight whiteness. In the woods outside the city, more than 7,000 officers and soldiers in the Tiger Ben were resting in the forest.

As early as three o'clock in the morning, Qiao Anbang led the direct artillery battalion, guard company, reconnaissance company, health team and baggage team to Yixing County. Although the first and second battalions were walking, their morale was high after winning the battle. After a rapid march, Qiao Anbang led the direct troops to Yixing not long after he arrived in Yixing.

After the entire regiment met, Qiao Anbang immediately ordered the troops to enter the dense forest outside the city to rest and standby. The officers and soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment had been marching and fighting all night. The officers and soldiers were exhausted very much and needed some rest urgently.

Especially for the infantry battalions, they marched for nearly a hundred miles and fought with the Japanese, so they needed to rest.

Moreover, Qiao Anbang also needs to discuss the next march route with everyone. The Tiger Ben conquered three cities overnight. The top Japanese army leaders will definitely learn that they will respond soon, so it may not be so easy for the Tiger Ben to advance towards Shanghai.

Then the original combat plan of the Hu Ben Regiment lost its practicality and feasibility, so Qiao Anbang had to discuss and formulate a new combat plan with everyone.

In the dense forest, Qiao Anbang summoned the military chiefs of each battalion company together.

After inspecting everyone, Qiao Anbang first spoke: "Everyone, we conquered Lishui, Liyang and Yixing last night, which not only caused significant losses to the Japanese, but also successfully mobilized the 18th Division and the Guoqi Detachment. In this way, the Guoqi Detachment and the 18th Division's intention to attack Nanjing along the Jingwu Highway has been disintegrated by us, which can be regarded as reducing some pressure on Nanjing."

"However, we are far from fulfilling our mission, and Nanjing City is still in danger, so we still need to work hard to continue the attack until we force the Japanese army outside Nanjing to return." Qiao Anbang paused and said.

"Cluster, no matter what you say, brothers will fight. With you leading the brothers, we will definitely be able to fight to Shanghai!" The second battalion commander Cao Er said first.

"Yes, Captain Cao is right! With the command of the regiment, we will definitely be able to fight to Shanghai!" Zhao Gengyuan, deputy battalion commander of the first battalion, immediately echoed.

"As long as we work together, we will be able to complete this undeniable mission. We will be able to save Nanjing and save 700,000 Nanjing villagers in the city." Qiao Anbang said this and said: "However, now we have succeeded in continuous counterattacks, which may soon attract the attention of the top Japanese officials. At that time, they will definitely send heavy troops to surround us, so we must discuss the next marching route and combat plan now."

As soon as Qiao Anbang finished speaking, everyone started to discuss it in a slight manner, but what made Qiao Anbang very regretful was that except for Kong Xiangjie, the other suggestions mentioned were almost feasible.

After thinking about it, I felt relieved. I couldn't read any of these big words. The Tu Lao, who had not attended a military academy for a day, came to agree on a combat plan, just like forcing Zhang Fei to embroider.

Just as Qiao Anbang was about to announce the end of the meeting, Yali, the company commander of the communication training, walked over with a telegram in his hand, and stood attentively with a slap in his chest and said, "Clutch!"

"Hmm?" Seeing Yali coming with a telegram in hand, Qiao Anbang quickly stood up and asked, "Company Commander Liu, what's the matter?"

"Just just now, I accidentally heard some very dense radio signals." Yali replied softly.

"Oh? The signal sent there?" Qiao Anbang became interested. Last time he was able to play the 18th Division and captured their logistics base Gaochun in one fell swoop, thanks to Yali's deciphering skills.

"Suzhou." Yali replied: "After deciphering, I found that this was a combat message sent by the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army to the 9th and 16th divisions of the Japanese Frontline."

"The commander of the front enemy of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army?" Qiao Anbang was shocked. He knew history well and knew that at this time, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army was Prince Hirohiko Asahiko who replaced Matsui Ishione, and this person was the initiator of the Nanjing Massacre!

"Yes, it is the commander of the front enemy of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army." Yali nodded and replied,

"Is it him?" Qiao Anbang murmured to himself, then fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!