When Matsui Iwane saw the call from Kitashirakawa, he almost ate the manuscript paper in his hand.
However, why did Matsui Iwane have such a big reaction?
The reason was simple. Kitashirakawa wanted the 26th Brigade to hold off the Dragon Boat Festival in a very unfavorable situation, while he was preparing to launch a surprise attack on Bengbu.
It turned out that Beibaichuanxi had already arrived in Sanjia Town during the few days when the Dragon Boat Festival surprise attack came to Anxian County.
Sanjia Town is very close to Ningyuan County, and beyond Ningyuan County is Bengbu, where the Dragon Boat Festival is located.
Originally, Kitashirakawa Ai planned to bypass the 51st Army and launch a surprise attack on Dragon Boat Festival's command post. However, the intelligence department reported to Kitashirakawa Ai that Dragon Boat Festival went to Lai'an County for a surprise attack.
Kitashirakawa was very proud because he actually went together with Dragon Boat Festival.
Of course, Kitashirakawa would feel very shameful if he had the same thoughts as ordinary people. Because he is the Prince of Kitashirakawa, and someone who grew up with a golden key in his mouth, how could he have the same thoughts as ordinary people?
But Dragon Boat Festival is different. He is an extremely smart person.
Although Kitashirakawa wished he could kill Dragon Boat Festival a hundred times, it is undeniable that he sincerely admires Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise he would not let go of his comfortable life in the city and come to this boring Sanjia Town.
coming.
Although Sanjia Town has not experienced any major wars, people in the town have heard about the little devil's behavior even if they have not seen it with their own eyes.
The little devils are all beasts. They kill people when they see them, grab money when they see them, and want to take possession of women when they see them. So when they heard that the devils were coming, almost everyone in the town ran away.
Moreover, there was no electricity in Sanjia Town originally. At night, rich people lit candles, while those without money could only light oil lamps.
And if Kitashirakawa Aoi's troops didn't all carry generators, I'm afraid he would have been lighting a choking oil lamp to live his life.
But even so, Kitashirakawa was never tired of it, and even thought that such a life was interesting. Just like a prince who saw a farmer getting his feet muddy while planting rice, he thought the farmer was very happy. He even wanted to experience it for himself.
The feeling of stepping in mud.
At this time, Kitashirakawarui had this in mind.
Once upon a time, he had never thought about leading troops to fight. He only came to the army to express condolences to the soldiers on the front line. Even if Chiba Sakura had not come to China to compete with a contest called Dragon Boat Festival, he would not have even thought that he would sail across the ocean.
Those who cross the sea come to China.
In his eyes, China is backward and cannot compare to his Empire of Japan. He just came to witness how the swordsman masters of the Empire of Japan crushed the Chinese lunatic that the Chinese are most proud of.
But what he never expected was that the person who died in the ring was not the Duanwu who was rumored to have gone crazy during the war, but the younger generation of the Japanese Empire who was the strongest kendo master.
Of course, this is not the only thing that attracts Kitashirakawa to Tuanwu. When he stayed at the Century Hotel, he had many encounters with Tuanwu. He believed that Tuanwu was not only an arrogant but also a dangerous person.
But the most important point is not actually Dragon Boat Festival, but Kitashirakawarai has always thought that he is very smart.
He wants to prove himself that the Dragon Boat Festival is completely vulnerable in front of him.
So, this little devil came, taking the elite of his First Division, plus a squadron of guards from his good disciple Taro Aso, a total of no less than 6,000 people, and the 150th Regiment of the 114th Division, the 10th Division
The regiment's 39th Regiment and the 40th Regiment, which has just been replenished, are also here.
Kitashirakawa took over all the power and even directly sent power to the division commanders of various ministries to coordinate his actions.
All ministries had no choice but to obey orders, and among them was Matsui Iwane.
He could only obey the orders of the Prince of Beibai, otherwise the commander of the North China Expeditionary Army would have to be replaced.
However, he cannot just watch the 26th Brigade disappear like this. Because if the 26th Brigade disappears like this, then who will complete the task of opening up land transportation between the north and the south?
Matsui Iwane pondered for a long time, and then said: "Give the 26th Brigade power, so that they must go deep alone, but they must contain their enemies."
"Hi!"
The Little Japanese's communications officer took the order and conveyed Matsui Iwane's message to the brigade commander of the 26th Brigade, Numata Tokushige.
Numata Tokushige was still in Chuzhou at this time. He sent his 58th Regiment to reinforce the 116th Regiment, but he himself did not go.
But to put it bluntly, during a war, do generals still need to charge into battle?
Therefore, as a general, Numata Tokushige could just stay in Chuzhou and take command.
But what Numata Tokushige didn't expect was that he was originally chasing the enemy who had made a surprise attack on Lai'an County, but he didn't expect that this was actually a conspiracy of the enemy.
He just said, why did Duan Wu suddenly come to his Laian County town to hit and run? It turned out that he was luring the enemy.
This move was so clever that if it hadn't been for the telegram sent by the headquarters, he would have been completely kept in the dark.
Of course, Numata Tokushige would not admit that this was his mistake, but would blame all the blame on Soeda Fuku of the 116th Wing, because Numata Tokushige felt that it was all because of Soeda's stupidity that he made the mistake
Assessed the enemy's situation.
However, at this time, it was not the time to convict Soda Fuku. First, Soda Fuku was still commanding at the front line. And secondly, Numata Tokushige felt that Soda Fuku would most likely die on the battlefield.
Because the message Numata Tokushige had just received stated that his 26th Brigade should be used to contain the Dragon Boat Festival troops to buy time for Prince Hokuba's surprise attack.
He knew that Prince Beibai was a dandy prince who always had a smile on his face, but was ruthless.
When he was in Japan, many Japanese people, including officials, looked down upon him and even avoided him.
This prince always likes to have sudden ideas and then use them on you. And he is very cruel. I remember once, a minister forgot to salute when he saw him, so he made the minister stand barefoot on the ice.
It only took an hour for the minister to lose feeling in his legs.
Therefore, facing such a cruel prince, everyone would stay away from him. As for disobeying his orders, no one would even think about it.
Because just imagine, even Commander Matsui didn't dare to disobey the prince's order. How could he, a small brigade commander, dare to stroke the tiger's beard?
However, this order must be carried out, but Numata Tokushige still wanted to curse: "What does this bastard do to the lives of imperial soldiers?"
Because it is obvious that if their enemies have been prepared, then this battle must end here. Even if they lose some people and lose the equipment of an artillery brigade, as long as the rest of the people are still there, they can regroup.
, makes a comeback.
But at this time, knowing clearly that this is the enemy's conspiracy, they continue to send people inside. This is simply stupid.
What's more, you clearly know that the Dragon Boat Festival is no longer in Bengbu, so what's the point of your surprise attack on Bengbu?