Jinling.

Headquarters of the Japanese Invaders' Central China Dispatch Army.

"Your Mightiness."

Akira Muto came in with a telegram.

Shunroku Hata is writing furiously.

This is the report he wants to write to the base camp. It explains his expectations.

A telegram cannot reveal all your thoughts. You need to write a letter and then send someone to fly back to Tokyo.

Of course, such treatment is only available to very high-level commanders.

"What's up?"

"A telegram sent to you by the Temple Cabinet."

"Terauchi-kun?"

"Yes."

Akira Muto stepped forward and presented the telegram.

The telegram was sent to Hata Shunroku personally.

Shunroku Hata frowned.

Finally, he signaled to Akira Muto to put down the telegram.

Private telegram?

Do you want to persuade me to give up my dominance?

Don't even think about it!

Absolutely impossible!

I was about to explain my thoughts to the base camp.

The North China Expeditionary Force must not be allowed to dominate the battlefield!

The relationship between Juichi Terauchi and Shunroku Hata is actually quite bad. The former always suppresses the latter.

The two were actually born in the same year. Their birth dates differed by less than ten days, but their starting points were completely different.

Temple Shouichi was an ancient nobleman with the blessing of his family's aura. Therefore, he was promoted to the rank of Army General in 1935.

As for Shunroku Hata, who is of the same age, he is still a lieutenant general. His promotion to general is far away. It is rumored that he is being targeted by the temple.

After submitting the telegram, Muto Akira quietly exited.

I guess Shunroku Hata may not be happy.

Because Shouichi in the temple is an earl and he is rather arrogant in his behavior.

This personal letter is probably related to the dominance of the North and the South. It is probably to ask Shunroku Hata to make concessions.

Currently, the base camp is within the pass and there are two dispatched army units of the same level.

One is the North China Expeditionary Force, commander Juichi Terauchi.

One is the Central China Expeditionary Force, commander Shunroku Hata.

The two are not subordinate to each other. Both are directly commanded by the base camp. Therefore, competition is inevitable.

Juichi Terauchi hoped that Shunroku Hata would cooperate.

but……

Of course Hata Shunroku was not happy.

Currently, there are a total of twenty divisions under the Central China Expeditionary Army.

There are even more divisions than the Kwantung Army. How could Shunroku Hata be willing to play a supporting role? Even if the opponent is a count!

What about the earl? He has less than ten divisions under his command. What ability does he have to dominate the battlefield in the Central Plains?

If it was an order from the base camp, Shunroku Hata might accept it.

However, Juichi Terauchi’s private message...

wait.

a long time.

"Someone is coming!"

"Tie!"

Akira Muto opened the door and entered.

I found Juichi’s private messages in the temple almost intact.

Obviously, after Shunroku Hata read it, he carefully packaged it and put it back in its original place.

"Muto-kun, where did the Sixth Division return?"

"Reporting to your Excellency, the Sixth Division is resting in Zhenjiang. Waiting for the arrival of the domestic replenishment fleet."

"The tired division cannot fight anymore. We have to withdraw more divisions to the rear to rest. Including the 2nd, 3rd, 9th Division, etc."

"Your Mightiness……"

Akira Muto started to speak but stopped.

He didn't understand what Shunroku Hata meant for a while.

Withdrawing multiple main divisions to rest? At this time? I feel a little anxious from time to time?

At present, on the Xuzhou battlefield, armies from both sides are gathering. The Japanese army has more than 200,000 people around Xuzhou. Generally speaking, it remains strong.

Although the Sixth Division suffered heavy losses, it was only one division.

The problem is, if we take the initiative to withdraw multiple main divisions...

The pressure on the enemy will be reduced.

"Muto-kun, we are very much looking forward to news of Count Terauchi's victory. He has given us a chance to rest."

"Tie."

Mr. Muto understood immediately.

It turned out that Shunroku Hata was angry and unwilling to cooperate.

To the north, the three main divisions under the command of Shouichi in the temple began to move south along the Jinpu Railway.

It is estimated that Juichi Templeuchi felt that he could definitely occupy Xuzhou first and aspire to conquer the Central Plains.

Of course, Shunroku Hata didn't want Juichi Terauchi to go so smoothly.

The purpose of deliberately withdrawing some of the main divisions was to reduce the pressure on the Chinese army and concentrate its efforts on Juichi Terauchi.

In other words, it was directly targeted at Second Army Commander Nisio Hiszo.

Because Nishio Juzo's threat to Hata Shunroku is also very great.

The commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force, the two candidates selected by the base camp were Shunroku Hata and Hisao Nishio.

In the end, the base camp chose Shunroku Hata. Hiszo Nishio could only settle for the position of commander of the Second Army.

Because of this incident, Terauchi Juichi went back to Tokyo to question Sugiyama Gen. But in the end, nothing happened.

But the gap between the two has obviously become deeper.

Juichi Terauchi did not give up and continued to wander around, trying to push Nishio Juzo to the throne of commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force.

This, of course, made Shunroku Hata feel uneasy and that his position was unstable.

Then we definitely can't let Hisao Nishio create military exploits easily. Otherwise, wouldn't it be helping Hisao Nishio rise to the top?

"By the way, order the Thirteenth Division to continue the attack!"

"Tie!"

Akira Muto understands completely.

The commander of the 13th Division, Ogisu Tatehei, was a friend of Nishio Juzo.

Since he has a good relationship with Nishio Hiszo, let's continue fighting!

Don't think about adding casualties or anything like that for now.

We have to wait for the next batch of ammunition and so on. Or the next batch.

There are still many divisions ahead that need to be replenished. It is only natural for your Thirteenth Division to wait a little.

Don't think that you, Ogisu Rippei, are not responsible for anything that happens to the Sixth Division.

When the occasion arises, I will punish you!

In short, it is a principle——
To be continued...