When Takana Kido and Riga Akara arrived at the division headquarters of the Guard Division, they saw that the captains of the other two Guard Infantry Regiments had also arrived.

After the four of them met, they couldn't help but greet each other.

Not long after, the cavalry, artillery, and baggage corps commanders also arrived one after another.

The Japanese divisions were divided into three levels: permanent, special and three-unit security divisions. Among them, permanent divisions and special divisions had eight corpses under their jurisdiction, with a number of about 25,000 troops. The security divisions had seven corpses under their jurisdiction, with a number of about 18,000 troops. Some security divisions only had six corpses under their jurisdiction, with a number of about 15,000 troops.

However, the Guard Division is an exception. The Guard Division has 17 corpses under its jurisdiction, including four infantry corps, three artillery corps, three cavalry corps, two railway corps, and one corps, each with one corps, engineering corps, telegraph corps, meteorological corps, and anti-aircraft artillery corps, with a total force of more than 50,000 people.

One guard division is as good as two permanent divisions!

As the seventeen corps captains sat there, the conference room immediately seemed a little crowded.

However, the few seats near the front of the conference table were still empty.

Those seats belong to the four brigade commanders, chief of staff, and division commanders.

"The division commander is here..." The conference room immediately became silent with a loud shout from the guards.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of rapid and neat footsteps sounded outside the conference room, and then six senior generals carrying the stars entered one after another.

These six people are the division commander Yoshiro Iida, chief of staff Kinoshita, and the four brigade commanders below.

Seeing Yoshiro Iida walking in, the seventeen corps captains stood up and bowed deeply to the division commander.

Iida Xiangjiro walked to the main seat, Xuxu laid his hand, and the seventeen team captains got up, and then sat down at the same time. His body and the seat were in contact with each other, making a sound of anger.

But Xiangjiro Iida did not sit down, but just swept the faces of more than a dozen captains with Leng Jun's eyes and said, "I believe you all know the news that the Guards Division is about to go to the battlefield in China, right? I won't say more about the extra words. I just want to mention a little to you, and be sure to hurry up!"

"I only give you three days!"

"At 7:00 a.m. three days later, each regiment must go to the port on time. At that time, the navy's transport ships will wait there to transport you to Hangzhou!"

...

In Shanghai, Hongqiao Airport runway.

A Douglas 3 transport plane slowly glided on the airport runway.

Usa Mitsuto, who had been waiting aside, hyacinth Shiaga quickly stepped forward to prepare to welcome Lieutenant General Okamura Yasuki, the new commander of the 13th Army.

While walking, Hinata Shiaki glanced at Usa Mitsuto.

I found that there was no expression on Usa Mitsuto's face, but Hinata Shiaki could still guess that his boss would definitely not be in a good mood at this moment.

The reason is also very simple.

Because Usa Mirō failed to seize this precious opportunity, he failed to achieve a sufficiently impressive performance in the first Yinjiang Battle under actual command.

In fact, Usa Mitsuto's performance in the Yinjiang Battle was not only not impressive, but was rather clumsy.

But Hinata Zhiaki felt that this could not be blamed on Usa Mirō, because his opponent was too strong, and Zhong Yi was really too powerful and too difficult to deal with!

Therefore, Hinata Shimiya is both looking forward to and worried about the new commander who is about to take office.

I said that I was looking forward to it because Okamura Yasuji performed well enough and was invincible in the Chinese battlefield, especially in the Second Battle of Wuhan and Nanchang Battle.

Okamura Yasuji's military theoretical knowledge may not be richer than Usa Mitaka, and may even be slightly worse, but his practical experience, especially the command experience of the large corps joint combat, won more than one level. Therefore, Okamura Yasuji's faced Zhong Yi, and Hinata Shiaki believed that it was worth looking forward to.

He said he was worried, but Hinata was worried, and Okamura Yasuji was not Zhong Yi's opponent.

Okamura Yanji is already the most capable of commanding the large corps among the senior Japanese generals of the invading Chinese army. If even Okamura Yanji is not Zhong Yi's opponent, then he really can't think of who else can be Zhong Yi's opponent? Therefore, once Okamura Yanji is defeated by Zhong Yi's hands, then Yinjiang's tough tough bone will be difficult to chew.

Just as Hinata Chimin was thinking about it, the Douglas transport plane stopped at the runway.

Then the cabin door was opened, and a straight-shaped officer appeared at the cabin door.

After confirming that there was no danger, the Grand Secretary gave to one side, and then a thin lieutenant general wearing big black-framed glasses appeared at the cabin door.

Usa Mitsuru quickly took Hinata Shiaki forward: "Your Excellency Commander!"

The Japanese lieutenant general who came down from the cabin door was either someone else, or Okamura Yasuji.

After receiving the transfer order from the base camp, Okamura Yasuji immediately took the transport plane of the 3rd Flight Regiment to fly directly to Shanghai. He couldn't even wait for Itagaki Seishiro to go to Wuhan to hand over.

"Usa Mikun, we're meeting again."

Okamura Nishi got off the plane, first returned the gift, and then shook hands with Mitsuru Usa.

Okamura's enthusiasm surprised Usa Mitsuro, but he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Because before Okamura Yiji arrived, Usa Mitsunobu had always been worried that the other party would look down on him because of the failure of the First Yinjiang Battle and treat him slowly, but now it seems that he is too worried.

After shaking hands with Mitsuto Usa, Okamura Nishiji smiled and said to Hinata Shimiya again: "Higa Shijun, we can have a good discussion on the joint operations this time."

Hinata's face immediately showed a look of embarrassment.

Last time Okamura Yasuji visited the 13th Army Headquarters, Hinata Shimiya once asked Okamura Yasuji several tricky questions in the name of discussion, but it really stumped Okamura Yasuji.

Usa Mitsuru hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Your Excellency Commander, I want to review you..."

"Usa Mikun, you don't need to explain anything." Before Usa Mikun finished speaking, Okamura Nishi interrupted him, "The tactics you adopted in the Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian and Yinjiang. To tell you the truth, even if I were to command, the tactics you adopted would not be much different."

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said immediately: "So you don't have to worry. I will remove your command after I take office. Given your performance in the first Zhejiang-Fujian Battle and Yinjiang Battle, I fully recognize your abilities, so you will still be actually responsible for the next battle."

Okamura Yasuji's implication is that he is only responsible for decision-making and taking the blame, while the actual battle command is still under Mitsunobu Usa.
Chapter completed!