The 19th Brigade was indeed in trouble. The entire Japanese infantry brigade was entrenched on the Shanfeng Highway, and he was on the verge of being strictly guarded and defending the 19th Brigade was not the same as the detour, and it was even worse. Once the 19th Brigade detour, this group of Japanese troops would definitely bite their butts and catch up, and then they would be able to attack the Japanese troops in Fengxian County inside and outside.

Time passed quietly in the confrontation and it quickly became dark.

The entire field fell into darkness, but a sharp searchlight headlight lit up on the Japanese position. With the light beam of the searchlight, you can see that the Japanese army on the position are still digging trenches desperately. This group of Japanese troops are really rats. Judging from this posture, they are planning to build a fortress in this wilderness field.

Of course, the 19th Brigade was not idle either and was about to build the fortification into a fortress.

Shu Tongwen came to suggest to Xu Shijiu: "Captain, why don't you ask for instructions from the teacher?"

Xu Shijiu thought, thinking that it was not a big deal to continue this stalemate, so he asked the communications team to turn on the radio. Xu Shijiu knew very well that Japan's radio detection methods were very powerful, and it was common for the National Army's secret code to be deciphered by the Japanese army. In order to cover up its tactical intentions as much as possible, the 19th Brigade kept radio silent.

Liukou Township, 58th Division Division.

Feng Shengfa was walking back and forth in the communication room with his hands on his back, his face seemed a little anxious. The 174th Brigade's attack on Fengxian was not smooth. It was still quite smooth when he first attacked the city gate. The 348th Regiment, who was responsible for the main attack, quickly broke through the city wall fortifications, but after breaking into the city area, the 348th Regiment was stubbornly blocked by the Japanese army.

Just now, the 174th Brigade sent back another telegram, but the 348th Regiment still had no progress.

The sender who was guarding the radio station suddenly stood up and reported: "Teacher seat, contact the 19th Brigade."

Feng Shengfa suddenly looked excited and said quickly: "Let the 19th Brigade report their location, and what did they go and why haven't they arrived in Feng County yet

I heard that I had contacted the 19th Brigade, He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren also walked from the war room into the communication room.

The communications staff had already recorded the telegram, translated it into a breakpoint code according to the password book, and then asked the sender to send it out. After about a few minutes, the 19th Brigade responded. Yang Shaoren patiently waited for the communications staff to translate the breakpoint code into a telegram, and then picked it up and said, "The division seat, the 19th Brigade is near Xin'anji, confronting a Japanese infantry brigade from Fengxian."

Feng Shengfa's heart sank when he heard this, and He Lingxiao burst into tears and exclaimed: "What, there is a brigade in Xin'anji?"

Yang Shaoren pondered for a moment and whispered: "Second, this infantry brigade was mostly sent by the old Nakajima Japanese to attack Shanxian County. The old Japanese had no intelligence support and had no idea about the combat operations of our division, so they rashly divided their troops. But now Fengxian has been attacked by the 174th Brigade, so the old Japanese are very likely to order the infantry brigade to retreat to Fengxian."

He Lingxiao also said: "Once the infantry brigade is retracted to Fengxian, the 174th Brigade may have to go from attack to defense."

No matter how emotionally they are unwilling to accept it, reality is reality. After the Battle of Songhu, all the 59 German-armed divisions of the National Army were severely damaged, and their combat effectiveness plummeted. The 58th Division had recovered well, but compared with the 58th Division, which had just stepped onto the battlefield of Songhu, it was still incomparable. The 174th Brigade had indeed had a slim chance of winning against two Japanese infantry brigades.

Feng Shengfa also knew this and immediately ordered: "Immediately send a message to Xu Shijiu and order the 19th Brigade to hold back the Japanese army in front of him at all costs. We must not let the Japanese army return to Shifeng County."

Feng Shengfa's order was still a little late. Just a few minutes before he issued the order, Nakajima Atsugo had already issued an order to help Kawashimi, ordering him to lead his troops back to Fengxian.

I don’t know what kind of considerations Nakajima Atsugo, the old devil, may be unable to extricate his face. He did not order the Japanese troops from Dangshan or Peixian to return to the aid, but just asked the brigade of Suspicion Shizumi to return to Fengxian. Of course, from a tactical perspective, Nakajima Atsugo’s choice cannot be said to be wrong, because Xin'an Ji is closest to Fengxian.

After receiving the telegram, Shizumi Suikawa was also full of complaints. Even idiots knew how dangerous it was to march at night. Moreover, this is in China. The Japanese army was far less familiar with the roads and terrain than the national army. The Japanese army not only had to face threats from the national army, but sometimes even Chinese bandits would jump out to attack the Japanese army.

If he had a choice, Susakawa Shizumi would never be willing to march at night, but he had no choice because Fengxian was being attacked by the national army and the division headquarters was facing an unprecedented threat. Once his infantry brigade could not return to the rescue in time, once the division headquarters was annihilated, and the division commander Nakajima Atsugo was shot dead or captured by the national army, that would be a great shame to the Empire and the Imperial Army.

"Order." Susaka Shizuka Mitsumaru used his saber and issued an order reluctantly, "The 4th Infantry Squadron is defending itself, and the rest of the infantry squadrons and chariot squads cover the artillery squadrons to return on the same route."

Xu Shijiu squatted at the command center and was about to chew a cake while cold water, when the black-haired man suddenly shouted: "Captain, there is something on the other side."

Xu Shijiu quickly stuffed the wheat cake back into the grain bag, and then stood up from the ground. At this time, the temporary command of the 19th Brigade had almost been built. It was a semi-locked bunker with covers, shooting holes, observation holes, entrances and exits, and a cover room was even built.

Xu Shijiu looked out through the observation hole and saw that the searchlight opposite had been turned off and the entire Japanese position had become pitch black. Xu Shijiu immediately paused in his heart and said, "No, it seems that the little Japanese is going to run away."

As soon as he finished speaking, the communication squad leader in the corner suddenly stood up and reported to Xu Shijiu: "Captain, the division commander."

Xu Shijiu received the telegram and hurriedly finished reading it, and immediately ordered Heixiazi: "Heizi, send me the order. Company, the 3rd Company immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army and told Zhang Youquan and Awen not to save me bullets. Before the ammunition is consumed, you must not fight against Japan, especially bayonets, go quickly."

"Yes." Hei Xiaozi hurried away.

Ye Ruxue got up early, hurriedly had breakfast and stopped a rickshaw on the street. At 8 o'clock this morning, there was a report meeting on exposing the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing. Many Western journalists who experienced the Nanjing Massacre were invited to attend, such as Associated Press reporter McDaniel, New York Times reporter Frank, etc.

Ye Ruxue was writing a press release about the Nanjing Massacre, and she didn't want to miss the report.

The Wuhan camp is located on Peng Liuyang Road in Wuchang. Ye Ruxue rented an apartment in Hankou. Not only is it far away, but you also have to take a boat to cross the river. When Ye Ruxue arrives at the Wuhan camp, the report has begun. Associated Press foreign correspondent McDaniel was standing on the rostrum and accusing the Japanese army of atrocities in English, while using gestures to strengthen his words.

McDaniel actually only experienced the first few days of atrocities in Nanjing. At that time, the Japanese army's killing of Nanjing citizens was still a subconscious act of revenge, and it was far from developing into an organized and planned massacre operation. But even so, the Japanese atrocities exposed by McDaniel are also outrageous.

McDaniel also showed several photos with a slide projector, one of which was taken by the Yangtze River. All the photos were corpses, and all the corpses were naked. The closest to the camera was a female corpse, and there was a baseball bat in her lower body.

As soon as the photos were on display, the entire hall was in an uproar. Several young reporters at the scene clenched their teeth, and even their gums were bleeding. Several female reporters even covered their faces and sobbed. McDaniel on the stage was also choked up several times because of his heavy mood. The report meeting had to be temporarily interrupted.

While resting in the middle, Ye Ruxue was planning to sort out some materials about the Nanjing Massacre. Suddenly, a noise came from outside the side door. When she looked up, she saw more than a dozen reporters next to the side door of the hall had already swarmed into the side door, and there were more reporters. The photographer rushed towards the side door, and the two gendarmerie guarding the door could not stop it.

A familiar reporter came from the side door, and Ye Ruxue quickly asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Ru Xue, something big happened," the male reporter suppressed his voice and said anxiously, "Just just now, news came from the commander's headquarters that the 74th Army surrounded Nakajima Imao in Feng County."

"Nakashima Aogo?" Ye Ruxue frowned, "Why does it sound familiar?"

The male reporter said angrily: "The old Japanese devils of Nakajima are the division commander of the 16th Division."

"The 16th Division?" Ye Ruxue suddenly came back to the spot. Isn't the 16th Division the Japanese division that killed the most in Nanjing, and Isn't Nakajima the number one executioner? Ye Ruxue was not in the mood to listen to the report meeting again, so she hurriedly got up and rushed towards the side door of the conference hall.

When Chairman Jiang heard the news and rushed to the General Staff, the corridor outside was already full of Chinese and foreign journalists waiting for news. Wang Shihe, the head of the National Government Guard, had to order the military police to open the way, so that Chairman Jiang could safely escort the General Staff's combat room. More than a dozen senior generals who had already gathered in the combat room quickly came up.

After entering the war room, Chairman Jiang didn't bother to find out who leaked the war situation and asked He Yingqin directly: "Jingzhi, what's going on?"

He Yingqin hurriedly said: "Commission, Yu Liangzhen said that the 58th Division surrounded Nakajima Atsugo in Fengxian County, and the Japanese army in Fengxian County had only one infantry brigade, and the supply was also robbed by the 58th Division. At present, the 58th Division has mobilized two regiments of troops and is attacking Fengxian. The remaining brigade and 5 Pei are also advancing towards Fengxian."

"Around Nakajima Imao?" Chairman Chiang regained his expression and said, "Have the situation been verified?"

He Yingqin had to say that it had not been finalized yet, and Bai Chongxi next to him was already rushing to say, "It's almost impossible to get along with ten."

"Eighty or ninety or ninety? I'm so happy." Chairman Jiang was immediately dissatisfied and swearing in a classic swear word, and then said to He Yingqin viciously, "Send a report to Yu Liangzhen immediately and order the 74th Army to drop Zhongdao at all costs and get him off." Chairman Jiang shouted and waved his fists hard.

"Yes." He Yingqin had no choice but to turn around and convey the order.

Deputy Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi walked to Chairman Jiang and pointed to the map and said, "Commission, although the situation in Fengxian County is beneficial, it is probably not that easy to kill or capture the old Japanese devils of Nakajima, because the Japanese army has heavy troops stationed in Pei County and Dangshan, especially near Dangshan, and two main divisions of the Japanese army gathered."

Chairman Jiang's heart sank and hurriedly said, "What troops are there near Dangshan in Pei County?"

Bai Chongxi said: "Tang Enbo's 31st Army is in Weishan County, just a lake from the Japanese army in Pei County. As for Dangshan, Huang Jie's 8th Army, Li Xianzhou's 94th Army is in Dangshan, and Gui Yongqing's army is also near Dangshan."

Chairman Jiang made the decision on the spot and said loudly: "Immediately send a report to Keqin (Tang Enbo), ordering the 31st Army to send a capable force to cross Weishan Lake west, and be sure to restrain the Japanese army in Pei County, and then send a report to Huang Jie and Gui Yongqing, ordering the 8th Army and the 94th Army to launch a counterattack on the Japanese army in Dangshan, and delay the Japanese army in Dangshan at all costs."

Bai Chongxi could only shake his head and smile bitterly, thinking to himself that Mr. Jiang really couldn't change his old habit of commanding beyond his level. And deep down, Bai Chongxi did not agree with Chiang Kai-shek's deployment. Should I fight Nakajima Atsuko? Of course, I have to fight. This old Japanese man's hands were covered with Chinese blood, so he would definitely die if he had the chance.

But there must be a major premise, that is, first of all, you must preserve your own vitality. If you pay only one Nakajima Imasago and end up losing one or even several armies, it will be more than worth the loss.

However, judging from Chiang's current behavior, he obviously had a big fight around Fengxian. Once the war in Fengxian was not going well, not only Xue Yue's First Corps would be involved, but Hu Zongnan's 17th Corps would also be involved. Then the troops originally planned to retreat to Huaisi or Si or transfer to the Sulu border area would also be captured, which would be another major battle.

But now does the National Army still have the capital to fight a large-scale battle with the Japanese army near Xuzhou?

However, Bai Chongxi didn't say these words after all. He can only hope that the war in Fengxian can end quickly, and whether it wins or loses, it won't be delayed for too long.

The 174th Brigade's attack on Fengxian was very unsuccessful.

The battle was quite smooth at the beginning. Due to the lack of preparations in Japan, only one infantry group was stationed near the city gate. As a result, it was quickly dropped by the 3rd Battalion of the 348th Regiment, which was the main attack. However, shortly after breaking into the city, the infantry brigade of the 38th Infantry Regiment quickly reacted and blocked the national army to the west of the city.

The 3rd Battalion attacked for a whole night, but was unable to break through the Japanese defense line.

Li Song, the commander of the 348th Regiment, waited outside the city for a long time, but could not see any progress in the 3rd Battalion. Seeing that the sky was already bright, the Japanese plane might fly to Fengxian to bomb at any time, so he became a little anxious. He tilted his helmet on his head and took the guard into the city, and then followed the gunshot and directly found Li Shouqing's frontier command center.

Seeing Li Song coming, Li Shouqing was shocked and asked anxiously: "Tuanzhao, why are you here?"
Chapter completed!