Usa Mirō shook his head and said, "From my understanding of Zhong Yi, this is definitely not the case."

"Then there is only one explanation." Hinata Zhimei said, "Although Zhong Yi was appointed as the chief of staff of the front-line enemy in the Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian by the Chinese Command, his authority was not recognized by the front-line Chinese generals, so his orders were difficult to be implemented. This can explain why the front-line Chinese army is still the same!"

"Yes." Usa Mitsuro nodded, "This possibility still exists."

As soon as he finished speaking, a communications officer hurried in and stood attentively reported: "The Chief of Staff and the Aviation Scout reported that the Chinese army stationed in Shaoxing and Zhuji were detouring towards the Siwu flank."

Nishio Suzuki prepared a whole flight regiment for the Zhejiang-Fujian Battle.

However, in the first phase of the battle, Mitsunori Usa did not intend to use this flight regiment. At most, it would dispatch one or two reconnaissance aircraft squadrons to carry out air reconnaissance on the movements of the Chinese army.

"Oh, Shaoxing, have all the Chinese troops in Zhuji been dispatched?" Usa Mirō looked moved when he heard this.

Hinata Shimiya even brought two staff members to move the war chess dolls on the sand table, representing the 16th Division and the 192nd Division, to Ciwu Town as quickly as possible.

Seeing this scene, Usa Mitsuru's mouth immediately outlined a curve.

Usa Mirō said: "Does the Chinese Army want to detour to the side of the 54th Infantry Regiment, and then concentrate the forces of the three divisions to encircle and annihilate the 54th Infantry Regiment?"

"Imitation." Hinata said with a sneer, "Not to mention that the 54th Infantry Regiment is followed by the other two regiments of the 17th Division. Even if the 54th Infantry Regiment is alone, the Chinese army of only three divisions cannot be swallowed up! Now the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is no longer as good as two years ago!"

Usa Mirō said: "But the Chinese Army doesn't think so, and the Chinese Army doesn't know that there is still the main force of the 17th Division behind the 54th Infantry Regiment. Most of them really think that the 54th Infantry Regiment is a lonely army, so they have unrealistic fantasies, hehe."

Hinata Shiaki's heart moved and said, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, you mean..."

"Not bad." Usa Mirō said, "This is an opportunity, a good opportunity to damage the Chinese army in one fell swoop. If done well, you can destroy the three main divisions of the Chinese army in one fell swoop!"

After pausing, Usa Mirone said again: "Order the main force of the 17th Division to temporarily suspend the southward journey. After the Chinese army in Shaoxing and Zhuji formed an encirclement of the 54th infantry registrar, it suddenly went south to counter-encircle the Chinese army!"

Hinata Shiaki waved his hand again, and a communications officer immediately turned around and hurried into the communications office next door.

Hinata Shiaki said to Usa Mirō again: "Chief of Staff, what do you say about the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade? The Fourth Infantry Brigade belonging to the brigade is about to chase to Lin'an Prefecture! Going forward, I am worried that this brigade will encounter danger. Once it really encounters danger, will the main force of the Tomishi Brigade rush to help?"

After hearing this, Usa Mitsuru frowned again.

It is indeed a bit troublesome to become the 11th Brigade independently.

To be honest, Usa Mirō also wanted to destroy the Hankou camp in his heart, not only for the sake of sacrificing his previous shame for the first Wuhan Battle, but also for the purpose of slashing the confidence and morale of the Chinese army.

It is completely unimaginable that once the Hankou Camp, which was given a special title by the National Army Command, was completely wiped out, it would cause a blow to the troops to which the camp belongs.

The problem is that if the independent 11th Brigade continues to pursue, it will deviate from the original offensive route.

Fuchun Jiangbei only has the independent mixed 11th Brigade, and its strength is relatively weak compared to the rest of the ranks. If you further distance from the 17th Division, the risk factor will increase sharply!

Because according to the information, the elite troops of the National Army, the 41st Group Army, rushed from Kaihua.

At this time, Usa Mitsuru suddenly felt a little regretful. Maybe he shouldn't have ignored Fuchun Jiangbei's journey. It would be great if he exchanged the 11th Brigade and the 15th Division with the 15th Division.

But it's too late to regret now, and the truth is done.

At that moment, Usa Mitsunobu said in a deep voice: "Order, the Fujijing brigade will not continue to pursue it. Return to the original route of entry immediately, push forward along the Fuchun River, and stop when it advances near Tonglu, and then continue to advance towards Jiande after the middle lane breaks through. At that time, they will be able to get the support from the middle lane!"

"Hayi!" Hinata Shimiya paused her head and turned around and wanted to leave.

But at this moment, Usa Mirō waved and shouted at him again.

"Wait." Usa Mitsunobu called Hinata Chiaki and said, "I will call the Fifth Division again. The main force of the division can be landed in the Three Norths, but an infantry corps must be drawn to Hangzhou for standby."

"Nani?" Hinata said in surprise, "A corps was drawn from the Fifth Division?"

"That's right." Usa Mito nodded and said, "For the Fifth Division, removing an infantry corps will not weaken much combat effectiveness, but for the independent mixed 11th Brigade, if this corps is added, the key moment is the difference between life and death! As the saying goes, be careful, there is no big mistake, and be cautious is always right."

"Hai." Hinata Shiaki said, "I understand."

...

Usa Mitsuru's worries are not unreasonable.

Because the Japanese Army has always had the following tradition.

At that time, Ishihara Kanr was just a small chief of staff, so he dared to collude with a group of small staff to fabricate the Liutiao Lake incident. Until the Kanto Army and the Northeast Army formed a fuss, Honjo Shin-soo, who was the commander of the Kanto Army at the time, was still kept in the dark. The base camp sent a telegram to ask, but he didn't know anything at all.

In the later battle of defense in Nanjing, the Japanese front-line generals repeatedly broke through the final front demarcation of the base camp and directly burned the war to Nanjing, the capital of China.

Similarly, the captain of the Fourth Infantry Brigade of Fujii, Hide Hasegawa, also did not intend to comply with the orders of the brigade headquarters or even the headquarters, and decided to chase the troops to the end and destroy the Hankou camp no matter what.

Hasegawa Hide sent someone to invite Katsuta Kuroda, the captain of the cavalry team, and said in a deep voice: "Kuroda, this Hankou camp caused heavy casualties to the Imperial Army in the first Wuhan Battle. It can be said that it is the victim of the Imperial Army, so I am determined to pursue it with all my might. What did your cavalry team think?"

A fierce light flashed in Kuroda Yasuta's eyes and said, "Our cavalry team will accompany you to the end!"

"Yo Xi!" Hasegawa Hide nodded happily and said, "Then there will be Kuroda-kun's cavalry team for the front drive of our brigade, and while biting Hankou Camp, they will conduct battlefield reconnaissance!"
Chapter completed!