Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 390 Can't Expand

Hashimoto group is a moderate!
When he took over as Minister of Operations, Shimomura decided to veto his plan to attack Wuhan.

In addition, Akira Muto is his deadly enemy, and, Akira Muto's idea, has been chasing the army of the Republic of China to encircle and suppress, which has high logistical requirements for the imperial army, and the Sichuan Army is in the fifth theater.

If the Sichuan army used the raiding and harassment operations to ambush the empire's logistics and supply troops, it would definitely cause considerable losses to the frontline troops.

Moreover, Hashimoto group was very worried. He was afraid that the pursuit would turn into a war of encirclement and annihilation by the Sichuan army. He had finally become a minister, and the bench was not yet hot. Don't let people remove the stool.

Therefore, in Hashimoto's heart, he still supports the opinion of Suzuki, the chief of staff of the Second Army, to attack Xuzhou, occupy Xuzhou, a strategic location, and at the same time attack the Republic of China army in Xuzhou.

Because, siege warfare is the specialty of the imperial army, especially the army defending the city, which is still a group of local troops, and their combat effectiveness is even worse.

"Everyone!"

Hashimoto group glanced at the big guy: "In this battle, we aim to occupy Xuzhou and open up the Jinpu line!"

"Yoshi!" Suzuki led the way and Okamoto Kiyofuku, the two old devils shouted happily.

Hashimoto Group agreed with their plan!
Akira Muto looked at Hashimoto group with cold eyes: "Hashimoto group, it seems that you are no longer the same Hashimoto group as before, and now your original intention has changed."

Hashimoto group responded: "Akira Muto, I have not changed, I am still Hashimoto group."

After sneering for a while, he continued, "You didn't become a minister. You don't know that there are many things to consider, and it can't be decided by just slapping your ass."

Hearing this, Akira Muto understood that Hashimoto Group was mocking himself, and failed to become a minister after two fights.

You know, when Ishihara Wanji was a minister, Akira Muto was in the staff headquarters, and he worked longer than Hashimoto.

Akira Muto with a livid face chose not to speak anymore!
Regarding the deployment of the campaign decided by the Hashimoto group, the commander of the second army, Hisao Nishio, has nothing to say. What he cares most about is when to launch the attack.

The troops of the Second Army have been assembled, and they can go south to fight at any time!

Immediately, Hisao Nishio proposed the time of attack at the meeting, and Hisao Nishio hoped that his army would launch an attack on July 7.

However, the Commander-in-Chief of the First Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, believed that his army was tasked with detours and had a long combat distance, so it would take at least July 7 to launch an attack.

Akira Muto, as the representative of the Central China Front Army, is the farthest away from Xuzhou. The Central China Front Army needs to attack at the end of July.

The three armies quarreled over the attack time, and everyone fought for the interests of their respective armies. After all, they belonged to the same camp.

When attacking the army of the Republic of China and dividing up the interests, these old devils still wanted to stand on their own army and speak.

These are all meritorious deeds, which are related to future promotions, and cannot be given up at will, and the big guys can't give in to anyone, and their faces are red when they fight.

In the end, it was Hashimoto Group who tried his best to set the attack time on July 7, so that the First Army and Second Army, as well as the Central China Front Army, would be ready.

The Japanese army is in a meeting here!
The 22nd Army in Fuji County is also discussing.

This is because the Fifth Division and the Sakamoto Detachment mobilized by Terauchi Shouichi, as well as the detachment drawn from the Tenth Division by Rensuke Isotani, almost stopped moving towards Fuji County.

The Seya detachment also camped in a mountainous area outside Fuji County and stopped exercising.

The Japanese army didn't move, and the Sichuan army didn't know what this little devil was going to do?Therefore, the scouts also reported the situation.

"Strange!" Wang Mingzhang grinned and said, "Brother Yu, what kind of trick is this little devil doing now?"

"It moved down to a half, and it didn't move. Moreover, our harassment plan can't be carried out now."

The devils did not move, large forces gathered together, and the Sichuan army's plan to harass the Japanese army in stages also went bankrupt.

Looking at the map, Yu Hua grinned and said, "I guess, the devil must be brewing a big battle plan."

"It must be the Japanese base camp that gave the order to the ghosts of the Pingjin Front Army, or else, according to the temper of Terauchi Shouichi, he can stand still?!"

After Yu Hua finished speaking, he yelled, "Communication soldier!"

"Contact me immediately with the personnel of the Fuxing Office lurking in the enemy-occupied area, and let them investigate the movements of the Japanese troops in the Pingjin area as soon as possible."

"See if there is a devil ship arriving, recruiting troops and supplies!"

"Yes!" The messenger nodded.

Yu Hua came to the observation port and looked into the distance.

At this time, the sky in the distance was dyed golden yellow by the setting sun, and the clouds were also dyed red. The whole sky seemed to be fiery red, exuding a warm light.

He estimated the time, Wu Tianlu, Zhang Kang and others had almost arrived at the Hutou Mountain Base and Qingfeng Village.

Among the mountains, under the shining of the setting sun, a group of people came to a forked path.

The path is surrounded by tall trees and dense grass, and the mountains in the distance are shrouded in clouds and mist, as if stretching to the horizon; on both sides are steep rocks covered with moss and vines.

"Brother Sichuan Army!"

"The bifurcated path here, one leads to Qingfeng Village, and the other leads to Hutou Mountain!"

A tall man in dark homemade clothes, trouser legs rolled up high, and a pair of worn cloth shoes introduced to Zhang Kang and Wu Tianlu.

Zhang Kang looked at Liu Erdan, "Brother Erdan, how long is it until we reach Hutou Mountain and Qingfeng Village?"

Liu Erdan wiped the sweat off his forehead, and said loudly, "It's not far away!"

"It's only two hours to Qingfengzhai, and only one and a half hours to Hutou Mountain."

Hearing this, Zhang Kang took out a big ocean from his pocket, "Brother Erdan, you take this money."

Liu Erdan quickly waved his hands: "Brother Zhang Kang, aren't you a Mai Tai person?"

"Since the Sichuan Army came to Lu Province, they distributed a batch of food to our common people and helped us chop firewood and carry water. I have never seen such a good team."

"You are sincerely doing good for the common people, and you are here to fight devils. I know in my heart that I am voluntary to be your guide this time. You should take the money."

Seeing Liu Erdan's complexion was not good, Zhang Kang had no choice but to accept Dayang. Since the fellow does not accept money, next time he goes to Liu Erdan's house, he will bring more meat and eggs for Liu Erdan's parents.

"Brother Erdan, time is urgent, I will accept the money first!"

Seeing Zhang Kang put Dayang back into his pocket, Erdan Liu smiled happily: "That's right!"

"I, Liu Erdan, am not a person who has an eye for money!"

"You go along this path, be careful all the way, this road is a bit difficult to walk."

Hearing this, Zhang Kang nodded, and he looked at Wu Tianlu: "Old Wu, let's follow the plan this time and meet up at the predetermined place afterwards."

Wu Tianlu smiled and said, "Old Zhang, don't worry!"

"Going to Qingfengzhai, I will definitely do this job well. I have been around this area for a while."

After Zhang Kang instructed to be careful all the way, the two led their teams and parted ways.

(End of this chapter)