In Shanghai, the 13th Japanese Army Command.

Hinata Shiaki asked Usa Mitsuto in confusion: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, why only a small group of infantry soldiers harass the Hikaru? Why don't you just send an entire infantry brigade to capture the Hikaru?"

After a pause, Hinata Shiaki said again: "Even if the Coast Defense Corps comes to help, we have enough time to withdraw from Shaxi. As long as we withdraw from Shaxi, I will not dare to chase the Coast Defense Corps."

Usa Mitsuru waved his hand and said, "Higa Shikan, you don't understand this."

"Hai." Hinata said with a pause, "so please help the Chief of Staff solve his doubts."

Usa Mitsuru smiled slightly and said, "It's better not to hit the river, it's actually better than to hit the river."

"It's better not to fight down than to fight down?" Hinata Shimiya said in a daze, "Why is this?"

"The reason is very simple." Usa Mirō said, "When the Xikou Town is captured, Chang Kaishen's wife, his brother's family, and his aunts and aunts will become a hot potato, and they will be burned if you are not careful."

"How could this be a hot potato?" Hinata Shiaki said in confusion, "Isn't it better to be a hostage and coerce Chang Kaishen to negotiate with the empire, or even force him to surrender directly?"

"Hostage?" Usa Mirō said with a smile, "Higa Shijun, you are so naive. Do you think that when you reach a position like Chang Kaishen, you will change your political stance because of your relatives? If you really want to kill Chang Kaishen's brother and Yuanmao, it will actually help Chang Kaishen integrate people's hearts. The resistance of the Chinese army will only be more tenacious!"

After a pause, Usa Mitsunobu said again: "So, taking down the creek mouth will only make the situation even more rigid! By then, there will be no room for solving the incident in China by political means, so it can only be solved by military means. But with the current financial and military power of the empire, do you think military means can be solved by military means?"

Hinata Zhimei was silent when she heard this. Although he had no vision, he could roughly see that there was no hope for using military means to resolve the China Incident, at least there was no hope for a short period of time.

But Hinata Shiaki was puzzled and then asked, "What's the benefit of not taking it?"

"The advantage of not taking down Xikou is that it can be mobilized and bound Zhong Yi's coastal defense corps." Usa Mirō said, "Zhong Yi's coastal defense corps is a big dangerous factor. In the Battle of Xinchang, the coastal defense corps did not directly participate in the battle, but just sent an artillery regiment to assist the battle, which caused a heavy blow to the Imperial Army. Imagine, if the coastal defense corps directly participated in the battle, what would be the situation in the next battle of Xinsheng?"

Hinata said: "That will definitely be much more difficult."

After pausing, Hinata Zhiming continued, "However, the Fifth Division has landed from the Three Norths and has taken offensive postures against Cixi, Cicheng and Yinjiang. In this case, Zhong Yi may not dare to let the Coast Defense Corps leave Yinjiang, right?"

Usa Mitsuki said: "Higa Shijun, do you think Zhong Yi really doesn't know the reality of the Fifth Division?"

The Fifth Division was actually not ready. Two infantry corpses and field artillery corps were still in Guangzhou at this time, and another infantry corps was transferred to Hangzhou. Now there is only one infantry corps landing in the Three Norths.

It is impossible to tear open the Yinjiang defense line just by relying on this infantry regiment.

And from the beginning, the Fifth Division was just a restraint. Before the other two Japanese troops formed an encirclement on Yinjiang, they were not allowed to launch an attack.

Hinata Zhimei said: "The Chief of Staff is to transfer Zhong Yi's coastal defense corps from Yinjiang to Xikou for defense through harassment of Xikou Town?"

"That's right." Usa Mirō said, "Zhong Yi has built an extremely complete chain of defensive fortifications in Yinjiang. If he fights with Zhong Yi in Yinjiang, the price the Imperial Army will probably exceed our imagination! But if he fights at Xikou, the coastal defense corps will not have fortifications built in advance, the price the Imperial Army will have to pay is much smaller!"

"So that's it, I understand!" Hinata Shimiya nodded, and admired Usa Mitaka's far-reaching plan.

But the next moment, Hinata Shiaki immediately raised his question: "But, Mr. Chief of Staff, Huine still has a question."

Usa Mitsuru said: "What's the question?"

Hinata Shiaki said: "If the battlefield is chosen at Xikou, then the comparison of troops between the two sides in the central Zhejiang battlefield will become the five infantry corps of the Imperial Army against eight divisions of the Chinese army, and it also includes three elite divisions of the Coast Defense Corps! In this way, the Imperial Army's troops will be at an absolute disadvantage."

"No, Hinata Shijun, you were wrong." Usa Mitsuru pointed to the sand table, smiled and shook his head, "The Imperial Army is not five infantry corps, but nine infantry corps!"

"Nani, are there nine infantry corps?"

Hinata's eyes fell on the sand table, and he saw that the directions of Usa Mitsuto's fingers were Taizhou and Sanbei, which meant that once the battle of Xikou started, the 22nd Division heading north along the eastern Zhejiang coastline, and the 11th Infantry Regiment belonging to the Fifth Division landing from Sanbei, will encircle Xikou from both north and south.

Hinata's eyes lit up instantly and he said, "His Chief of Staff, what do you mean is to fight a medium-sized battle in Xikou Town and eliminate the 10th China Army and the East Zhejiang Sea Defense Corps in one fell swoop?"

Usa Mirō smiled and said, "If you can beat rabbits and destroy the 10th Chinese Army, you can also eliminate Zhong Yi's Zhejiang East China Sea Defense Corps. Then why not?"

Hinata Zhiming said, "I am looking forward to it now. How will Zhong Yi react when he learns that Xikou is attacked?"

"He will definitely send troops to help!" Usa Mirō smiled, "For the Imperial Army, Xikou is a hot potato, but for Zhong Yi, this is a political task!"

...

The enemy's staff in the battle between Yinjiang and Zhejiang and Fujian.

Zhong Yi suddenly said to He Wenxi: "Director He, call Yu Bojun's sixth delegation immediately and ask them to come back immediately!"

"Ah, let the Sixth Regiment come back?" He Wenxi was stunned. "She is the seat, won't you save Xikou? The Japanese are at Xikou!"

"The Japanese were just harassing Xikou, and it would be enough to have Xiao Anzi's special combat brigade." Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "The Sixth Regiment doesn't have to go again."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi said again: "This is likely to be a trap."

"Is it a trap?" He Wenxi said in a daze, "What trap?"

Zhong Yi said: "The Japanese devil Usa Mirone is probably trying to use the political status of Xikou Town to transfer our Coast Defense Corps from the solid fortifications of Yinjiang, and then force our Coast Defense Corps to fight the Japanese army in Xikou. In this way, all the fortifications we built in Yinjiang will be decorations."

The reason why the Battle of Songhu was defeated was due to a reason.

The Japanese used the tactic of gradually increasing troops to attract the national army to the outskirts of Shanghai and annihilate them. Then the two national defense fortifications built by the National Government at a great cost became decorations.
Chapter completed!