Chapter 1467 This is gambling
"This..." Yu Liangzhen was immediately shocked when he heard this.
Tao Guang, Xuan Tiewu and others also looked at each other.
They never expected that the situation was so good just now that this was a turning point! This really corresponds to the old saying, the situation on the battlefield is really changing rapidly!
Yu Liangzhen was still a little unwilling to accept it and frowned and asked, "Can you just let the Guards Division go like this?"
"Let the Guards Division go? Of course it is impossible!" Zhong Yi smiled coldly and continued, "How could we spit out the fat meat sent to our mouths again!"
Yu Liangzhen's eyes lit up immediately.
But soon, Yu Liangzhen shook his head and said, "But the problem now is that we can no longer eat the Guard Division before the Japanese reinforcements arrive, right?"
"Then even the Japanese reinforcements who came to reinforce were eaten together!" Zhong Yi waved his hand and said.
"What did you say?" Yu Liangzhen said dumbfoundedly, "Even the Japanese reinforcements who came to reinforce were eaten?"
Tao Guang, Xuan Tiewu, Yang Bufei and others also cast incredible eyes at Zhong Yi. Peng Songling, who was closest to Zhong Yi, would probably have reached out to touch Zhong Yi's forehead because of the relationship between them. Is he going to see if his head is hot?
After a while, Yang Bufei yelled and said, "Chief Staff Zhong, what are you kidding? The Japanese who came to reinforce had three divisions and a mixed brigade, with at least seventy or eighty thousand people. In addition, the Guard Division surrounded by us in Yiwu, that is a total of 110,000 elite Japanese soldiers. You actually said to eat them together?"
Peng Songling said: "The military strategy is everywhere. If there are ten, they will surround them, five, they will attack them, and if there are multiples, they will fight them. The two armies of our army have thirteen divisions on the Yiwu battlefield. The total battle is only 150,000. It is barely enough to encircle and annihilate a guard division. But if you face the entire thirteenth army and don't even have twice the advantage of military strength, you actually say you will eat them together?"
"Staff Officer Peng is right. There was no such opportunity." Zhong Yi smiled and said, "But now, didn't this old devil Okamura Nishi bring this opportunity to us with his own hands?"
"What do you mean?" Peng Songling said in surprise, "Is it an opportunity for the full help of the Japanese?"
"That's right!" Zhong Yi said, "If we take advantage of this opportunity, even if we cannot eat all the three divisions and one brigade that we will aid in the future, it is entirely possible to eat one or two divisions based on the Guards division! If the investigation is done, it is also possible to eat all of them to aid the Japanese army!"
"Chief Staff Zhong, don't you talk nonsense, are you?" Peng Songling's eyes were bulging.
"Of course not. I'm more awake now than ever." Zhong Yi smiled slightly and said, "But Staff Peng, you said just now, and I really ignored something."
Speaking of this, Zhong Yi turned his head and said to Zhang Shiliang: "Adminton Zhang, order it to be modified. The participating divisions will continue to attack the Guards Division, but the strength of the attack can be slightly reduced, and the current pressure can be maintained. Then, while attacking forward, build defensive fortifications on the spot!"
Yu Liangzhen, Xuan Tiewu and others looked at each other when they heard this.
They couldn't figure out what kind of way Zhong Yi was.
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Shanghai, the 13th Japanese Army Command.
At this moment, Usa Mitsuru finally reacted and said to Okamura Nagaji: "Commander, if you do this, it is actually equivalent to a bet! And you have bet on the 13th Army!"
Okamura Yasuji had a gloomy face and said nothing.
Because Usa Mitsuru was right, Okamura Nishi was fighting.
If the bet is won, the 13th Army will win the second Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian, but if the bet is lost, not only will the Guard Division be unable to be saved, but the 13th Army may suffer an unprecedented defeat.
But if you don’t gamble, the Guards Division will definitely be done!
Once the Guards Division is encircled and annihilated, the Second Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian will be defeated.
In other words, Okamura Yasuji actually expanded the situation, either becoming a winner, taking all the chips on the gambling table, or becoming a loser, losing all the capital in his hands!
Usa Mitsuru said: "Your Excellency Commander, this is crazy!"
Usa Mitsuru could not imagine the consequences that would have happened if the bet failed.
Once the gambling battle fails, the 13th Army will be defeated unprecedentedly, which will be the heaviest defeat the Japanese army has suffered since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.
At that time, the losses of the 13th Army will even far exceed the losses of the Second Army in the Battle of Wuhan.
As the commander and chief of staff of the 13th Army, he and Okamura Yanji will also be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, which is unacceptable to Usa Mitsuro.
Thinking of this, Usa Mitsuro said again: "Your Excellency Commander, it's still time to stop now!"
"Stop?" Okamura Nishi glanced at Usa Mitsunobu and said quietly, "Usa Mitsunobu, do you mean, watch the Guard Division be wiped out by the Chinese army?"
"This..." Usa Mito was speechless.
After a while, Usa Mitsuki said in disappointment: "The situation may not be like this."
"Maybe?" Okamura Niji smiled and said, "Usa Mikun, don't deceive yourself anymore. If the brigades go to the various divisions and groups that are going to rescue, the brigades will not abandon all heavy equipment or roads. If they still choose to move from the highway, then at least until tomorrow evening, it will never be possible to reach the Yiwu battlefield!"
After pausing, Okamura Yasuji said again: "However, the Guards Division could not even hold on to this evening!"
Usa Mitsuto was speechless again because this was the case. After the six divisions of the 10th Army of the National Army suddenly arrived, the situation on the battlefield in Yiwu had deteriorated sharply, and the Guards Division was indeed almost unable to hold on. In addition, the bombing of the Chinese aviation force was the limit until this evening.
Okamura Yasuji said quietly: "If you don't bet, we don't even have a chance. Only by betting can we have the chance to turn defeat into victory. Moreover, our winning chance is actually greater than that of the Chinese army."
"Nani?" Usa Mitsuro said in surprise, "What do you say to your commander?"
After a pause, Usa Mitsunobu said: "The 22nd Division, the 5th Division, the 15th Division and the Independent Mixed Brigade were forced to abandon heavy equipment, and we were at a disadvantage in terms of the number of troops. Why did the Commander think that our winning odds were greater than that of the Chinese army?"
Chapter completed!