The commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, and the chief of staff beside him, Major General Moritake Tanabe, were in a Japanese off-road military vehicle, marching with the large troops.
However, when the emergency telegram from the commander of the 18th Division, Ushijima Sadao, was sent to his communications officer, Sakumoto Takara, the other party also stopped the car in which the commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, was riding.
"Report! Your Excellency, Commander!"
"Ushijima Sadao, the commander of the 18th Division, and Noboru Kunisaki, the detachment leader of the Kunisaki detachment, are calling urgently!"
"They discovered that the Chinese Army in Cangcheng and Songjiang City were fleeing. Only a part of the Chinese Army was left behind in the city, engaging in a delaying battle with our Imperial Army!"
"So he hopes to obtain more Imperial Air Force to pursue the fleeing China Army!"
"We can't let them escape successfully!"
Communications officer Sakumoto Takara stood at attention, saluted with a military salute, and reported the report loudly.
"Huh? There are some unnecessary troubles again?"
"The two of them are really incompetent! Not only did they lose command of the battle to the Chinese Army, but they were also able to make the Chinese Army escape?"
"It really disappoints me. Please reply to them immediately. If Cangcheng and Songjiang City cannot be captured before our army arrives, then they will give me a satisfactory explanation and explain it to the base camp and His Majesty.
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"Let them take care of themselves! In addition, let the 6th Division and the 114th Division reach Cangcheng and Songjiang City within an hour, and successfully pursue the fleeing China Army!"
"Otherwise, they will have to give me a satisfactory explanation! Otherwise, you will have to bear the consequences!"
"They are all careless guys!"
"It's really abominable! You have completely lost the face and glory of our 10th Army!"
After listening to the report, the commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, muttered with a very unhappy expression.
"Hai!"
Communications officer Sakumoto Tao agreed loudly and hurriedly followed the order.
"How long until we reach Cangcheng and Matsue Castle?"
Looking at the figure of communications officer Sakumoto Tao who had gone away, the commander Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke also looked gloomy and asked the chief of staff beside him, Major General Moritake Tanabe.
“We’ll arrive in less than two hours!”
"When the commander personally supervises the battle, these careless guys will definitely not continue to command incompetently like this!"
Seeing the commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, asking himself in a very bad mood, the chief of staff, Major General Moritake Tanabe, showed a kind smile and reassured him.
"Yo Xi! Chief of Staff, you can see clearly!"
"Well! Don't worry! When I get there, I will give these careless guys a good scolding as soon as possible!"
"By the way, does the intelligence department have any latest news on the source of the weapons, equipment and ammunition of that China Army He Feiyang?"
"This is an anomaly, and it is also the biggest anomaly in our battle to land on Jinshan Guard!"
"I must capture this Chinese officer alive and torture him before he is torn into pieces!"
"He dared to lead his troops to kill so many of our imperial warriors. This hatred must be avenged!"
After listening to the Chief of Staff's comforting words for Major General Moritake Tanabe, the commander Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke's mood improved a little. He sneered with a sinister look in his eyes and determined to capture He Feiyang alive and torture him to death.
Path of death.
"Don't worry! Commander, your wish will definitely be fulfilled!"
"This time our entire 10th Army is dispatched to attack Cangcheng and Songjiang City. Even if this China Army officer is fleeing! Our aviation force will detect his fleeing direction!"
"He will definitely be captured alive by our imperial army and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys!"
Chief of Staff Major General Moritake Tanabe echoed.
The commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, felt increasingly better and nodded in agreement.
So the two of them didn't say anything more, but asked the troops to speed up and march to the other side of Cangcheng and Songjiang City.
The capital is Nanjing,
Chairman's Residence,
"Huh? The Japanese 10th Army concentrated all its forces and moved to Cangcheng and Songjiang City?"
"Why do they think so of Feiyang's Sichuan Army troops and those Northeastern Army troops?"
"You actually gave up dividing your forces to attack our remaining positions?"
When the Chairman received the news from Commander Chen Cheng that the Japanese 10th Army suddenly concentrated all its troops to encircle and suppress He Feiyang's headquarters and the Northeastern Army, he said with surprise on his face.
"This is a great opportunity to allow our main elite troops to evacuate the Japanese encirclement as soon as possible!"
"And it also allows our troops to get more time to build a defensive front!"
"Otherwise, judging from the speed of the landing operations of the Japanese 10th Army, if no troops can attract their attention, I am afraid that the Japanese army led by Matsui Iwane will soon be able to outflank our main elite troops!"
"By then, our hundreds of thousands of elite troops will be at great risk of being annihilated by the Japanese army!"
"Even if our main force will not be completely wiped out, we will still be at risk of suffering heavy losses!"
Seeing the Chairman's frowning and thoughtful expression, Commander Chen immediately interjected.
"Then let all the ministries evacuate as soon as possible, and those who built the defense line should quickly strengthen the defense line!"
"Don't miss this great opportunity!"
"Once the battle for the capital begins, we will also be able to have more solid defense lines to fight against the incoming Japanese army!"
The chairman nodded in agreement.
and made a decision.
"Don't worry! I will definitely let our main force evacuate to a safe rear as quickly as possible, but now the capital has been handed over to Commander Tang for overall command, so I will deploy the troops here.
Stop interfering!"
"So let Commander Tang handle it!"
"I still need to follow your order to go to Xuzhou, organize the combat effectiveness of the troops there as soon as possible, and open up a new anti-Japanese theater to prepare for future counterattacks!"
Commander Chen also responded.
"Okay! I'll talk to him later, and I'm about to go to the rear, so we really need someone like him who swears to live and die with the capital, Nanjing, to deploy here!"
"If everyone is like him and is willing to fight to the death for the country without fear of the Japanese invaders, then do we still need to be afraid of the Japanese army coming?"
"Even though the Japanese invaders have better weapons and equipment than our troops, I believe that as long as all the generals fight to the end, they will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese invaders!"
After listening to Commander Chen's suggestion, the Chairman nodded and agreed again.
For him, he also needed to meet with Commander Tang before evacuating to explain and check the other party's operational deployment of the capital Nanjing.
Otherwise, he would have been worried about evacuating, and he would have been saddled with the humiliation and infamy of losing the capital, Nanjing, to Japanese aggression and occupation.