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As the commander of the army, Song Xilian naturally paid attention to the movements of the 10th Division of the Japanese army coming in from Huaibin. However, according to what he knew, there were not many troops deployed there in the Fifth War Zone, and it was difficult to stop the 10th Division.

It is also true that the 51st Army, which retreated to the rear and rested, has been defending in Gushi. The purpose is to ensure the safety of the 71st Army's flanks and also act as a support force for the 71st Army.

But now Li Zongren suddenly told him that the 10th Division, which entered Funan, was completely wiped out in one night. Even after annihilated the 10th Division, the Japanese army did not experience such a situation at all.

This had to surprise him, and even began to feel a little frightened!

‘It’s really incredible, how did they do it?’

Faced with the news that Li Zongren came, he really wanted to be with Song Xilian, who was in a good position here, and it was indeed difficult for him to accept such facts. But he also understood that Li Zongren did not dare to fool him in such matters.

Even after seeing the telegram from Li Zongren, Song Xilian understood why Li Zongren made a decision to fight back on the whole line. Without the threat of the 10th Division, they only had to deal with one and a half Japanese military divisions, and they did have a lot of chances of winning.

What's more, the distance between the 16th Division and the 13th Division is still very far. Even if there are Japanese baggage troops from time to time to ensure their material access, there is still room for access to this distance.

The most deadly thing is that the Japanese army did not know the news that the 10th Division was annihilated. Even He Zhengdao's troops, who had just encircled and annihilated the 10th Division, have now lurked to the flank of the 16th Division.

Once they attack, they believe they will catch the Japanese army off guard. At that time, the 71st Army will take action against the trend, which will make the Japanese devils at a loss and eventually have to choose to retreat or even hold on.

But judging from the current situation, if the Japanese did not want the 16th Division to be completely wiped out, they could only retreat to Anhui. In this way, it would be equivalent to the Japanese attacks during this period of time that were declared invalid.

‘The order troops will cheer me up today. The artillery troops directly under the army must also be prepared for a full-scale artillery attack. In addition, people will be sent to guard the telegraph room. If there is a command from the war zone, they will be handed over to me as soon as possible.’

‘Yes, the military seat!’

As the direct unit of the Central Army, the 71st Army is naturally also a direct artillery. However, their artillery is somewhat inconvenient compared to the heavy artillery of the 16th Division. But this does not mean that these artillery soldiers are ineffective.

The Japanese have been tentatively attacking these two days, and Song Xilian kept the artillery regiment unmoved. There was only one goal, hoping to keep the artillery regiment for the most critical moment. Now it seems that this step is still the right step!

When the 71st Army was ready for a full counterattack, the plane that received an order to airdrop the radio station of the Huaibin "Japanese Army" had also taken off. Not long after the takeoff, the Second Japanese Army received a top-secret telegram from the Special High School Class.

Looking at the intelligence officer rushing into the command center, Tokura Tokura said with a little dissatisfaction: "What happened?"

‘General, please forgive me, the military situation is urgent! I just received the news that we came from the Huaibin Special High School Intelligence Station. The Japanese army stationed in Huaibin is simply pretending to be the garrison brigade of Huaibin. Our 10th Division was surrounded and annihilated on the eve of the previous day.’

‘What a shame! This is impossible!’

Upon hearing this, Tokura Orihiko Hiro suddenly stood up and said this with anger. After receiving the telegram sent by the intelligence officer, Tokura Orihiko Hiro said with a serious expression: "Can the news be confirmed?"

‘General, it has been confirmed! This is the news that the intelligence officers we sent from Funan were risking their lives to send back. Many of the intelligence officers we sent from Funan to Huaibin were arrested by them.

According to the information sent back from the intelligence station, the one who sneaked into our 10th Division was the 67th Army of the Eighth Route Army. The troops in Huangchuan at this moment were not the main force of the 67th Army at all, and there was only one regiment of troops there!’

‘Baga! The Eighth Route Army is too bullying!’

Minorhiko Higakuri, who felt anger erupted in his heart, knew very well how fatal the 10th Division would be surrounded and annihilated to the entire battle situation. You must know that there are really not many troops in his hands that can be used.

At this moment, the intelligence officer continued: "General, there is another situation that is very important now, that is, the 39th Infantry Regiment advancing to our rear at this moment should also be the Eighth Route Army pretending to be. We were fooled!

If nothing unexpected happens, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which has been reported from Huaibin City, should be not far from the 16th Division at this moment. If we don’t find a way, the 16th Division may face the danger of attacking from three sides."

The intelligence officer who was about to tell the situation quickly saw Minorhiko Higaki rushing to the edge of the map, clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Baga, so that's it! They are trying to encircle and annihilate our 16th Division, Bagaya Road!"

After cursing this, Minorhiko Higashikawa thought that there were not many troops in his hands at present. He could not send reinforcements to support the 16th Division, so they could only choose to avoid the edge. The most urgent task is to ensure that the 16th Division is not damaged.

Thinking of this, Minorhiko Higashi immediately said: "I sent a message to the 16th Division and ordered them to retreat across the board, first withdraw the troops to Anhui, and join the main force as quickly as possible. At the same time, ordered the 13th Division to go out to provide support.

I will send a telegram to the Air Force, hoping that they will send a bomber formation for air support to ensure that our troops retreat smoothly from the front line. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be encircling our troops at this time."

Just as Minorhiko Higashi's order was made, a telegrapher hurried in and said, "General, the front line is in urgent need of telegram!"

Looking at the telegram sent by the telegrapher, Minorhiko Higakura really said in his heart: "Baga! It seems that my judgment is correct. They have issued combat preparations for a full-line counterattack. Hurry up and order the 16th Division to retreat as quickly as possible!"

‘Yes, General!’

When the 16th Division received a telegram from the military headquarters, ordering them to retreat as quickly as possible, it seemed somewhat surprising. After all, they had just sent an infantry corps to the front line, ready to continue the attack on Fujinshan.

But suddenly, the military headquarters called to order them to retreat. This kind of command made the 16th Division a little confused. Fortunately, several inquiries were sent out, and the 16th Division quickly understood that their situation was worrying!

‘What about you! The 10th Division was completely wiped out! How is this possible?’

Also feeling that the news was too shocked, the 16th Division quickly issued an order to retreat across the line. The first thing that was to make some noise was the Japanese heavy artillery corps, who began to dismantle the cannons and prepare to pull them away with a car.

This situation naturally cannot escape the surveillance of the reconnaissance team. I originally wanted to find an opportunity to take down the reconnaissance team of this artillery position and immediately report the situation. And this information was also quickly transmitted to He Zhengdao.

When he learned that the artillery of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army had begun to move, although there was no obvious sign that they were going to retreat. But He Zhengdao still said firmly: "No! The news leaked, and it seems that the Japanese are going to run away!"

‘Can they choose another artillery position?’

As the chief of staff, Luo Ruiqing felt that it seemed too arbitrary to judge that the Japanese were going to retreat just by moving an artillery position. But he also knew that the Japanese had very strong intelligence inquiry ability.

Since the Japanese had ambition to swallow elephants by snakes, they sent an astonishing number of spies to China. Before that, the National Government and Japan had had bilateral exchanges, and many military and political departments had their lurking spies.

Compared with the Eighth Route Army's sudden entry into northern Shaanxi, and after entering, it strictly controlled unidentified personnel and focused on cracking down on the spies sent by all parties. It made it extremely difficult for the Japanese to spy on the Eighth Route Army's intelligence spy.

In the National Government, many central military officials have the eyes and ears of Japanese devils. Nowadays, for some people, they really have no shame for their own interests, and are willing to work hard to pass on information for the Japanese devils in exchange for benefits.

It was precisely because He Zhengdao knew that this situation existed that after arriving in Xinyang, he had very little contact with other Central Army. Even when he contacted Li Zongren, he used a close line to contact him, with the purpose of worrying about leaking news in advance.

Although He Zhengdao was not clear about the news that the Japanese learned from there. But he knew that at this time Li Zongren should have issued an order to prepare a full-scale counterattack to the participating troops.

This means that the Japanese may have intercepted this piece of information. It is also very possible to make preparations for retreat. In addition, their secret marching cannot be truly foolproof!

Thinking of this, He Zhengdao immediately said: "Chief of Staff, you are not afraid of ten thousand, but you are afraid of something. At this time, we cannot have any luck! Anyway, many of our troops have passed, so it doesn't matter if the Japanese know.

The most important thing at the moment is to launch a raid immediately. Only in this way can the Japanese make the plan to retreat. As long as they disrupt their rhythm, we have the opportunity to take advantage of it and kill their troops in large quantities.

Give Li Zongren a telegram so that he can launch a counterattack in advance. If they don’t believe it, they can ask the 71st Army to send a reconnaissance force to reconnaise the Japanese’s actions. If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese must be preparing to retreat!”

‘Okay, I'll go to the telegram now!’

When the telegram was sent to Li Zongren's command, he saw that the Japanese might have known that they would fight back on the whole line and were preparing to retreat. And the 13th Division of the Japanese army had already taken action.

Li Zongren, who received the telegram, also said angrily: "I'm a dog girl, why did this news leak so quickly?"

Even though Li Zongren knew that there were spies arranged by the Japanese in some Central Army units, he could not believe that the Japanese had already alarmed them after sending less than two hours of telegram.
Chapter completed!