On September 19th, 7:00 p.m. The Independent 100th Division was located at the original site of the 18th Army Headquarters.

"Master, Mr. Zhang, Huangchuan, was in urgent need of telegram." Cheng Jiaji had just rushed back from Liu Tianlong. As soon as he entered the door, he was blocked by Qiu Shaoyan.

"Chief of Staff Qian?" Cheng Jiaji received the telegram and asked Qian Shen where he was. Over the past few days, Cheng Jiaji has not only valued Qian Shen. It is no exaggeration to say that Qian Shen has become Cheng Jiaji's half-tied head.

"Secretary seat, Chief Qian rushed to the main peak as soon as he came back from the 753rd Highlands." A staff officer on duty replied.

Cheng Jiaji first nodded and signaled that he knew, and then he saw that Qiu Shaofang had sent the telegram himself.

"I asked someone to notify Chief of Staff Qian and ask him to rush back to the division headquarters immediately, there is something important!" After seeing this long telegram halfway, Cheng Jiaji couldn't wait to issue an order to urgently recall Qian Shen.

"Brother Wei Li, the urgent telegram that had just arrived at Commander-in-Chief Zhang. Today, I just arrived at one of the 10th Japanese Division in Huangchuan to make an appointment with a corps. It turned around and went south. The whereabouts were unknown." As soon as Qian Shen returned to the division headquarters, Cheng Jiaji pulled him into the combat room full of military maps, took out the urgent telegram from Huangchuan and handed it over.

"In this way, the road to retreat to the west is cut off is still second. The biggest threat to us is that this Japanese army is likely to turn around and occupy the mall, and then face me with the 13th Japanese division, the Japanese army, joined forces to encircle our troops in the Fujinshan Mountains. Of course, the strength of the Japanese 10th Division is not just this possibility of operation. The second choice of the Japanese was to detour to the rear of Shawo and directly attack the ship shop, but Mr. Sun and the others were almost at the ship shop. The combat troops alone followed the operation of the corps headquarters, and there were multiple divisions and thousands of direct troops of the corps headquarters. The Japanese army was also equipped with Japanese troops.

A corps defeated our army with one and a half divisions before Commander Huang arrived at the ship shop. Lieutenant General Isogaya, who suffered a great loss in the second army's tenacious defense in Taierzhuang, would not be so arrogant! As for the last one, it might be to go straight to Shawo. The Japanese army there already had two brigades, and even if the 10th Division was added, it would not be effective immediately. Moreover, after the corps headquarters stood firm in the ship shop, they would definitely send troops to support Shawo, so I think it would be the least worrying if the Japanese army was in a chess game."

Even if he hates Qian Shen the most, he must not deny that Qian Shen is a competent chief of staff. As soon as he finished reading this telegram, he went to the map to estimate the direction of the Japanese army's corps' action. And he said it very convincingly.

"Then there is only the first possibility. The Japanese army wanted to eat our unit between the mall and Fujinshan." After eating Qian Shen's analysis, Cheng Jiaji also agreed with his judgment.

"Then, our department can only pass around the mall and go to the mountains and the southwest and then move into the Xuanhuadian. The key to whether our department can stand out is whether it can cross the Jinghuang Highway." Cheng Jiaji said while drawing a marching route of about 200 kilometers on the map.

"According to the current progress of the Japanese army, when I flashed to Xuanhuadian, I don't think that Luoshan would be safe. After arriving at Xuanhuadian, my troops were already exhausted. If they persist there, they would be annihilated. If they want to have the opportunity to rest and reorganize the troops, they have to retreat to Yingcheng or even Zhongxiang in one breath." Qian Shen explained the current situation to his superiors with a cold face.

"Brother Wei Li. If you say that, it is still a small matter for our troops to retreat thousands of miles. Isn't this vigorous battle in Wuhan not far from failure? After this battle, the Japanese army can attack Wuhan from Xuanhuadian to Huayuan for hundreds of miles." Although Cheng Jiaji felt that Qian Shen was a little alarmist, he was also worried about the Japanese army's direct arrival in Wuhan, but the front of those hundreds of miles was not blocked by Cheng Jiaji's division.

"Otherwise, the Japanese troops set out from Hefei were only three and a half divisions. They were all long-term battles and could not be without losses. Most of them had suffered from the rash advance in Xuzhou, and they might not have the courage to go directly to Wuhan to become kings. Even if they went straight to Wuhan, our war zone was responsible for guarding the central corps on the north bank of the Yangtze River and the left-wing corps, they were not at the limit. The Military Commission could draw troops along the river and head north to block the Japanese army. At the same time, the two corpses of our northern foothills of the Dabie Mountains then cut off their retreats. This battle would be very lively. From the perspective of the Japanese army, it would be better to defeat our Dabie Mountains first, eliminate worries and then make progress in Wuhan safely." Qian Shen talked happily and predicted the next battle situation.

"Then send a report to the military headquarters, just say that our headquarters will withdraw from the battle tonight and plan to move to Xuanhua store first." Cheng Jiaji was a little disgusted with Qian Shen's heart saying that he had to retreat all the way to Yingcheng to stand up. He didn't think it was enough to retreat to Xuanhua store.

"Brother Wei Li. I have been working hard today during the day, how much combat power does each division have?"

After the general direction was settled, Cheng Jiaji immediately cared about the situation of his troops.

"The situation is very bad. The two infantry regiments of our division and the Independent 112 Brigade generally suffered more than one-third of the casualties, and there were not many middle and low-level officers. Our division alone killed three school-level officers in one afternoon, and three seriously injured. The company and platoon below were almost replaced. However, the 13th Division did not ask for a good idea this time. This afternoon, with the battle of Jiangjiaao, the Japanese army lost at least 2,500 more people. I estimate that the 13th Division of the Japanese army, plus its deployed troops, had no more than 17,000 attacking combat power." Speaking of the huge losses suffered by the troops, Qian Shen had always been a stern heart and heartless tone.

"Tonight, the entire army retreated from 10 o'clock, and all retreated from the Fujin Mountain Mountain area at 5 o'clock tomorrow. All the cavalry commanded by Liu Tianlong and I cut off the rear. While trying to hold back the Japanese pursuit, they would have sex with him if they had the opportunity. Anyway, the 13th Division did not have many chariots and there were very few cavalrymen at this moment. The pursuit was not to catch up with our cavalry. As long as the Japanese were not ambushed and they were not willing to fight, they would fight as much as they wanted. From now until the early morning tomorrow, we must seize the time to use some cavalry to send all the seriously injured to the mountainous areas in the southwest. During the period from 8 o'clock to 2 o'clock in the morning, the front troops still had to organize small troops to cooperate with the main cavalry to harass the Japanese in front of them uninterruptedly and violently. Brother Wei Li, do you see if there is anything else to add?" Cheng Jiaji asked him more when he saw Qian Shen's a little reluctant to speak.

Qian Shen shook his head and indicated that he had nothing to say. In fact, from Qian Shen's heart, he did not agree with Cheng Jiaji wasting his precious time on the seriously injured. But he knew that Cheng Jiaji's heart was far from as hard as he was, and it was useless to persuade him on this issue. Besides, losing the seriously injured was a very unscrupulous thing, so he didn't say anything more. As for why Cheng Jiaji led the cavalry with Liu Tianlong to cut off the rear, Qian Shen knew very well. In addition to Cheng Jiaji's own independent 100th division, there was someone who could suppress Liu Tianlong, so that the king of the former mountain could honestly lead the cavalry to fight tough battles.

"I hope God bless me in China. Tonight it will be a month-long night." Cheng Jiaji sighed to Qian Shen after watching the staff who conveyed the orders.

When he heard that he, the young "lord" who had never been taboo, even God asked for help, Qian Shen, who always regarded himself as a "teacher-mate" of Cheng Jiaji, had a faint and meaningful smile on his face.

On September 19th, at 10:30 p.m., the 13th Division of the Japanese Army.

"His division commander, Colonel Fuego, the 63rd Regiment of the 10th Division, sent a telegram saying that his corps will be able to use the support tomorrow night and will be able to occupy the mall before noon tomorrow."

When Colonel Yoshihara talked about the speed of the 63rd Regiment of the 10th Division, a hint of jealousy flashed across his face. Although this jealousy was just a flash in the pan, it was still captured by the keen Lieutenant General Ogisu. However, the Lieutenant General did not intend to blame his chief of staff for this. In fact, the 10th Division, which had lost so many cars, heavy artillery, and chariots, who had lost so many cars, heavy artillery, and chariots this year, after supplementation, can still be far higher than his division in terms of equipment, especially the mechanization of the troops. Lieutenant General Ogisu was not completely out of the question, but his identity and status were not allowed to be expressed.

"Kun Yoshihara, what do you think about the Chinese army's continuous harassment tonight?" Lieutenant General Ogisu's Lieutenant was considering his adviser while picking up a piece.

"Secretary Commander, my judgment is that tonight, the 100th Independent Division of the Chinese Army will withdraw. Therefore, I suggest that Xingye launch a full-scale attack on the Fujin Mountain front line." Colonel Yoshihara, whose unreasonable reaction was taken to see that the division intelligence department of the division, finally figured out the number of the Chinese army in front of him. After immediately retrieving intelligence from the Front Army, the leaders of the 13th Division finally had a rough understanding of their current opponents and his commander.

"Night combat has always been not the strength of the "Emperor" army. At night, attacking dangerous peaks is something that I have no confidence in at this time. At this time, the attack rashly, even if you lucky enough to win Fujin Mountain, it will be very expensive. The 13th Division now cannot afford to suffer too much casualties. Yoshihara, you are anxious, this is a taboo in using troops." After continuous setbacks since Hefei, Lieutenant General Ogisu, who was once in a state of irritability, finally calmed down after reflection, after reflection.

"I just spent three hours reading the information about Cheng Jiaji and his troops that I had dropped over for three hours, which was very inspiring. Cheng Jiaji is a new general that has emerged in the recent Chinese army. This person was his "little noble" master in a small county town in Fujian a year ago.

Since April, he and his troops defeated the "Emperor" army repeatedly, this man has a strong sense of adventure when using troops, and has no such aura that most generals of the Chinese army have. His troops have performed well in attack and defense, especially in the last stage of the battle in Xiaoba River, the brave cross-river attack brought shame to Nakajima and his 16th Division that could never be cleaned. This is a young general with vitality, and he will not be willing to be beaten only. He has a powerful cavalry unit on his hands. Although our division has many infantry, the cavalry is not much less than the other party, and his mobility is far inferior." Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Ogisu's army suddenly stopped talking.

"The division commander means not to chase too quickly, just to prevent the Chinese army from counterattacking with cavalry." Colonel Yoshihara is a chief of staff who knew to put his position at any time. After being denied by the division commander, he did not even mention the plan of the night attack.

"Yihara, you immediately send a report to Colonel Furong, Masing Peace, and asked him to use a brigade to pretend to be the main force of the corps to march towards the mall. He ordered him to command the main force of the corps to march from the mountainous areas to block the way of the 100th Independent Division of the Chinese Army. As for the actions of our division? I have a policy that before the Chinese army completely enters the mountainous areas, our division will carry out a passenger-like pursuit, just push them into the mountainous areas. After entering the mountainous areas, the cavalry of the Chinese army can no longer be carried out, and we must pounce on it like a ferocious lion.

The 61st Regiment, together, blocked the Chinese army's strong brigade in the mountains and bit it up and eaten. And now you will pass on my orders and send several brigades of troops to search and attack outside the camp. I would rather lose more troops than let the Chinese army realize that we have seen through their intentions of combat." After hearing these words from his division commander, Colonel Yoshihara bowed to Lieutenant General excitedly, and he was celebrating the "heroic" Lieutenant General Ogisu who was the first to attack the empty city of Xuzhou, who was back again.

Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen did not see the abnormalities in the reaction of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army that night. Under their command, all the work related to retreat was carried out in an orderly manner. The Chinese soldiers who were still in Fujin Mountain did not know that their marching route had been guessed by the other party's command, and they set up a death trap on their way forward.

The war is like this, and that side cannot always make perfect plans. On the contrary, that side cannot stop being one step slower than the opponent. At least this time, Lieutenant General Ogisu’s plan before the war obviously requires Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen to be more wise.

However, no one will know who will lose and who will win until the last moment. There is only one thing that is certain, that is, Cheng Jiaji and his Independent One Hundred Division will face the most tragic battle since its establishment.
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