Rise From Eight Hundred

"About 20 kilometers southwest of Songjiang City, a large number of Chinese troops were found marching in formation. After repeated confirmation, it should be the main force of the Chinese army retreating from Songjiang."

The telegram sent by the Japanese Navy almost sent away Mr. Yanagawa Heisuke, who was ambitious to destroy the remnants of the Chinese army today.

Baka! Who told me yesterday that the main force of the Chinese army was 20 kilometers ahead? How come only 24 hours later, I was told that the main force of the Chinese was in another direction.

Did the Chinese grow wings?

Yes, according to yesterday's reconnaissance and battlefield traces, the main force of the Chinese must have crossed the Suzhou River. Even if they wanted to play a surprise attack and turn around to cross the river from another location, it would be impossible for them to run 40 or 50 kilometers in one night.

The march of a large army is not a marathon. Soldiers need to carry various equipment and supplies, and they also need to maintain formation, otherwise it is not a retreat, but a rout. How can they reach the location reported by the reconnaissance aircraft as a whole?

Besides, the Chinese had already run for a whole day, and could they still maintain sufficient physical strength to run for so long at night? That was absolutely impossible.

Of course, Yanagawa Heisuke was the commander of a hundred thousand troops. He calmed down his extremely excited heart because of this unexpected telegram, and immediately called back to the navy to confirm the accuracy of the reconnaissance aircraft intelligence.

The navy's reply was very firm: it was confirmed that it was the main force of the Chinese army, and its marching formation was ten miles long, and the size of the force could not be achieved without ten thousand people.

As for Yanagawa Heisuke's request to send bombers to bomb, Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, the commander of the naval fleet who was beaten yesterday, chose to ignore it directly.

Don't even think about it, what if the Chinese come with another wave of ground-to-air cooperation? I have already informed you of the battlefield reconnaissance results for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor.

"No, we were fooled." Yanagawa Heisuke didn't care to scold the navy millipedes, his face was ashen.

At this moment, he finally confirmed that he was deceived by the Chinese because of his subjective consciousness.

Of course there were Chinese ahead of him, and their number was not too small, but they were definitely not the main force of the Chinese.

During the day, the main force of the Chinese hid somewhere in the wilderness, perhaps in the hills he passed by, quietly waiting for him to lead his troops to pass by. Then, when night fell, they began to run wildly to the southwest...

From the beginning, they had never thought of going to Kunshan through Baihe Port, that was just their wishful thinking.

Yes, Yanagawa Heisuke's brain was quite flexible, and he basically figured out the key.

Tang Dao's suggestion to the two commanders was not to go to Kunshan via the Baihe Port Bridge as before, and then follow the army to Suzhou---Wuxi---Changzhou---Zhenjiang.

History has proved that even if the Songjiang defenders abandoned all their heavy equipment and shook off the pursuers and ran all the way to the national defense lines that were highly expected by the top leaders but hollowed out by corruption, they would inevitably fail.

That was a terrible collapse, and hundreds of thousands of troops almost disappeared.

Moreover, the determination of the severely damaged Tenth Army to pursue the enemy at this time is far greater than that of the past time and space, and they will definitely pursue them to the death. If the army of Songjiang wants to change its fate, it can only take another way.

To the southwest, go to Jiashan in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

There is also a national defense line there, which was originally built to resist the enemy who will land on the beach, and is an important defense line to defend the flank of the metropolis of Songhu.

But no one expected that this national defense line would become another important life channel for the army to evacuate Songhu.

If Tang Dao's memory is correct, there will be a Hunan Army infantry division waiting there. They once resisted the 18th Division that took a detour for seven days and nights.

They created a miracle battle that is no less than the Songjiang blocking battle.

The 128th Division of the Hunan Army, which was mainly composed of children from Fenghuang in southern Hunan Province, relied on national defense fortifications that could resist heavy artillery. In a fierce battle, it killed thousands of Japanese invaders, and the 18th Division, known as the "Empire Double 13", only advanced 11 kilometers in seven days and nights.

At that time, the beautiful Fenghuang Ancient City had only 10,000 residents. After this battle, almost every family had white flags, and 3,000 women became widows.

It is said that the sound of the flowing water in the quiet Tuojiang River, which originally flowed along the city, was faintly sobbing that year.

Perhaps there were the wailing of wives missing their husbands, and the reluctance of the heroic souls of the "Gan Army" officers and soldiers to return!

If the Songjiang Army joined them there, the army with a total strength of more than 30,000 people, relying on the permanent national defense fortifications that could resist heavy artillery, might have a chance to give the Tenth Army another loud slap in the face.

After knocking them out, the entire army would retreat calmly.

But this tactical concept is simple to say, but extremely difficult to do.

First of all, they had to deceive the 10th Army, which was chasing them closely and had reconnaissance planes in the sky as their "eyes". Secondly, and more importantly, whether the infantry division stationed on that national defense line had enough combat power. The two lieutenant generals of the army, who had no confidence in the rotten war situation, found it hard to believe that there was still a unit that dared to stay there and fight alone.

Fortunately, Tang Dao said that the ones who stayed there were the Hunan Army, the Hunan boys who had proven their bravery and fearlessness in Jinshan City.

That was the old unit that Qiang Sanwa, the only surviving Hunan Army communications soldier, was obsessed with returning to.

So, the main force of Songjiang's army hid in the bushes to avoid the Japanese Tenth Army, which was attracted by the advance group. When night fell, the whole army marched for seven or eight hours and ran 30 kilometers, completely getting rid of the threat of the Tenth Army's heavy artillery, and then swaggered onto the road.

Even if the Japanese reconnaissance plane arrived, they did not hide it.

Of course, it was also to relieve the pressure on Tang Dao and the advance group, and clearly tell Yanagawa Heisuke that you are chasing the wrong person. If you have the ability, turn around and chase me!

Yanagawa Heisuke, who was getting more and more clear, almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

But no matter how depressed he was, there were only two ways in front of Yanagawa Heisuke at this time, and as a commander, he had to make a choice.

Either continue to chase this small unit that was regarded as a discarded pawn by the Chinese and swallow it up to temporarily relieve the hatred in his heart, but the Chinese commander who slapped him hard under the city of Songjiang and most of his Chinese fled.

Otherwise, the army turned around and once again demonstrated the spirit of the Imperial Army to catch up with the Chinese and kill them.

As an adult, we don't have to make choices. We want to kill all the Chinese who dare to deceive us.

Five minutes later, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, who was standing on the bank of Suzhou River, finally made the same decision as in the past.

But at that time, he wanted to divide his troops into two groups to capture Nanjing and achieve great things, while the Japanese Army Lieutenant General at this time obviously just wanted to kill the hateful Chinese first and then talk about other things.

"Order, the 36th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division and the 1st Battalion of the Division Artillery Regiment continue to chase the Chinese ahead, the rest of the 6th Division's direct troops and the 13th Infantry Brigade, the 114th Division, and the Kunisaki Detachment follow me to Kunshan as originally planned, the 18th Division and the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade turn to the southwest to pursue the main force of the enemy retreating from Songjiang, and do not need to return after defeating the enemy, and advance to Yixing and Guangde according to the previously formulated plan." Yanagawa Heisuke's military order was quickly passed on to the entire army.

The stubborn cart of history, after being kicked off by the Tang sword, miraculously returned to the original rut.

But this time, the unlucky attribute was transferred from the top of the 6th Division to the head of the 18th Division.

Because this time they are facing not only the 20,000 troops who have just experienced the bloody battle of Songjiang, but also the 8,000-man "Gan Army" who carried them alone for seven days and nights in the past time and space.

The fierceness of the Miao people, who had a big earring hanging on their ears, did not give them nightmares, because they did not even have many opportunities to dream.

The Miao people, who lacked weapons, preferred night attacks rather than Tang Dao, and used bamboo knives.

Steel knives kill people with just one blow.

Bamboo knives kill people, and they are basically painful.

The 36th Infantry Brigade, which was ordered to pursue the advance group, was not much better.

8,000 vs. 3,000, with 12 mountain cannons, it should be a sure win.

But how can there be a sure win in this world?

The four 2s of Shuang Wang were stunned by the plane flying with wings.

What's more, the advance group did not run towards Kunshan at all. They began to make a big circle in the wilderness under the command of Tang Dao.

In two days, the advance group, which was lightly equipped compared to the Japanese army, crossed the Suzhou River three times under the guidance of a guide, playing a game of "three crossings of the Suzhou River".

The battle was not fought much, but the 36th Infantry Brigade almost ran to death.

What was even more deadly was the endless special harassment wars with the Tang swords.

Tired, let's destroy! Perhaps that was the thought of all the Japanese soldiers from Ushijima Mitsuru in the 36th Infantry Brigade during those two days.