I really came here to fight against Japan

Takahashi: “The Chinese military’s aviation forces acted as if they had planned this in advance these past two days.

In the past few days, they took off a large number of fighter jets from Enshi, Tongguan and Kenanpo before dawn.

They worked in three shifts, taking turns to harass the airport near Hankou.

Our 11th Army's air force is overwhelmed.

There is no way to support the battle in Changsha."

Chief of Staff Yamashita Fengzi murmured, "Oh, that's such a pity!

It would be great if our bomber unit could fly over and support our breakout this time."

Everyone knows that in such a narrow area and densely populated battlefield.

If the Japanese bombers could fly over, they could destroy the Nationalist army in large numbers and cause chaos.

If the 11th Army is lucky, it can destroy the heavy artillery units of the National Army in one fell swoop and reduce the pressure on the Japanese army on the battlefield.

It’s a pity that they didn’t have this opportunity. The planes in Hankou had been successfully contained by the Chinese Air Force.

This is what makes Mishima and Division Commander Takahashi most terrified.

One is that I don’t know since when China’s air force has become so powerful.

They have upgraded directly from the defensive battle in the air over the city to being able to blockade the Japanese airspace.

This change is so big that it really caught people off guard.

Come to think of it, it has been a long time since they bombed the temporary capital.

It’s not that the Japanese air force didn’t want to go. They flew a hundred planes there, but often only twenty or thirty came back.

If thirty or fifty planes fly over there and none of them can fly back, it would be a waste of time and effort.

Another point is that China's air force worked so hard to blockade and conceal the battlefield.

I'm afraid the Ninth War Zone has already set its sights on all the Japanese troops attacking Changsha this time.

They want to annihilate all three of our divisions and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade!

Only Song Wenwan, a representative of the ragtag troops, had achieved such an impressive record.

This is what the rest of the National Army, including the Central Army in the temporary capital, wanted to do but were unable to do.

Unexpectedly, they caught up with us again in today's Xiangbei battlefield.

This was the time when their military power was at its peak, and the army and navy were conquering Southeast Asia.

The common people of Japan have already begun celebrating across the country.

At this critical moment, if their 11th Army was annihilated by the Chinese army with 80,000 men...

I wonder how many senior generals will have to go through the process of committing suicide by seppuku.

Only then can the anger from the headquarters and the Japanese emperor be extinguished.

As for those ignorant people in the country, who cares about their thoughts?

Anyway, the only news they could get was how awesome the Imperial Army was.

Either they achieved some brilliant military achievements or they captured some city.

If there were ordinary people on the Japanese island who dared to question the great military achievements of the Imperial Army.

Do you really think that the tiger benches in the Japanese gendarmerie are just decorations?

Now that things have come to this, everyone has understood their situation.

It seems that the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone is preparing to kill the Japanese troops invading Xiangbei.

What they don’t know is that the reason why the Ninth War Zone acted so ruthlessly this time.

The Japanese army always falsely reported their casualties after the battles.

Instead, he exaggerated the losses of the national army, which led to a huge disaster.

It was mainly a large-scale battle, and the Japanese army was the one that was actively surrounded by the Chinese army.

The National Army suffered 40,000 casualties, but only 1,400 of your Japanese soldiers were killed?

Song Wenwan just wanted to teach the Japanese a lesson for their shameless behavior.

That's why they sent more than 80,000 elite troops to the Ninth War Zone to help.

Takahashi glanced at Mishima who was hiding away and felt that he should still consult his opinion.

"Senior, please give me some advice on the content of our next phase of operations."

Mishima has been dismissed from his post, and Takahashi can no longer call him the division commander.

Because they were both students at the same university.

Mishima is several levels higher than Takahashi, so Takahashi calls Mishima "senior".

Mishima was dismissed from his post for no apparent reason, and he originally did not want to express his opinion.

But he realized that this breakout battle involved his life and death, and he had to say some things.

Mishima: "Zhu Jun, I think we only have two options now.

One way is to break out, the other is to hold on and wait for help, but we have to wait until dark."

Takahashi was not like the others, who were secretly pouting at Mishima's words.

What he was thinking was that, in fact, everyone knew these two methods.

Since Mishima specifically said it again, he must have a deeper understanding.

"Mishima-senpai, is there anything else you haven't said?"

Mishima: "Don't even think about holding on and waiting for help. There are hundreds of thousands of nationalist troops guarding our front and rear positions.

And there is only one Yoshida detachment that can arrive in this area within a day.

It's not an easy task to rescue us with such a small number of people."

Gao Qiao frowned and said, "Is it possible that the road of holding on and waiting for help is no longer feasible?"

Mishima: "We must hold out until dark, and then have Yoshida's detachment cross the Laodao River and launch a fierce attack on the south bank of the Miluo River."

Takahashi: "Mishima-senpai's idea is that we take the opportunity to attack the defenders on the south bank from both sides and take the opportunity to cross the river."

Mishima: “We will send out a small number of infantry and artillery to attack from both sides.

Wait for the national army behind us to launch a fierce attack on us.

We will clear the front and wait for an opportunity to rush out from the flank."

"Hiss!" After hearing this, the officers present exclaimed again.

From what Mishima said, he wanted to let part of his troops and Yoshida's detachment draw fire for them.

Then, these people of theirs were waiting for an opportunity to run away? Isn't this a clear sell-out of teammates?

Takahashi expressed his confusion as to why Mishima liked to sell out his teammates so much.

Takahashi saw that some people had already started cursing Mishima, and hurried to stop them.

"Senior Mishima, since Yoshida's detachment is here, why don't we join forces with them to open up the passage?"

Mishima: "Why did the two divisions of the National Army, with more than 100,000 soldiers, just surround us but not attack us? This is obviously a tactic of surrounding a point and attacking the reinforcements.

So who is the "point" that is surrounded, and which supporting force is the Chinese army attacking?"

Takahashi said: "I was the one who was surrounded, and the reinforcements that were attacked by the National Army were the Yoshida Detachment..."

Having said this, all the Japanese generals in the tent stopped talking for no reason.

They were all surprised and looked at Mishima and Division Commander Takahashi.

It was as if they were frightened by something extremely scary.

Everyone realized at this time that they were in a desperate situation.

Now I suddenly feel that Mishima’s idea just now might be worth a try.

Takahashi asked again: "General Mishima, you just mentioned a method to us.

It means to break out after dark. What kind of strategy is this?"

Mishima smiled and said, "Please, Takahashi-kun, don't call me general anymore. After all, I have been dismissed."

Takahashi: "General Mishima, you have now been relieved of your duties as division commander.

But you are still the Lieutenant General of the Empire's Army, so it is only natural to call you General."