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Nanbei Lake blocking position.

Facing the late arrival of the Japanese army, Tan Zhongshu felt particularly strange.

Normally, on the first day of Li Xingyu's evacuation, he should have led his troops to evacuate to Nanbei Lake. However, he did not expect that the Sakata Brigade was like a pig-head. They did not make any move in the face of the evacuation of Li Xingyu's troops. It was not until Li Xingyu's troops rushed to Nanbei Lake and built a defensive position that the Sakata Brigade started to move as if they had just woken up.

And precisely because the Sakata Regiment did not make any movement, Tan Zhongshu gave up the idea of ​​leading the team to evacuate. It was not until the Sakata Regiment started to move that he quickly led the team to evacuate. He had walked nearly twenty miles before the Japanese army, which realized the situation late, began to pursue him.

The final result was naturally that he had already taken a nap at the blocking position of Nanbei Lake, and the Japanese army arrived late.

Faced with the extremely abnormal performance of the Japanese army, a loyal rescue army commander said:
"Sir, I always feel that the Japanese are plotting something."

Tan Zhongshu, who had received Zhang Anping's secret message, waved his hand and said, "No matter what conspiracy he plays, we can just stop him and block him. Has Li Xingyu's troops crossed the river?"

"We are still crossing. It is expected that all of them will be across by ten o'clock tonight."

The underground party had a considerable mass base along the coast of Hangzhou Bay, so they were able to prepare ships quickly. However, Hangzhou Bay was once a landing point for the Japanese army. Coupled with the brutal rule of the Japanese army, a large number of fishermen went bankrupt. Therefore, although they were able to requisition ships, the number of ships was not enough to support the crossing of thousands of people at one time.

Li Xingyu's troops started crossing the river at around eight in the morning, and all of them were able to cross the river in 14 hours, so the speed was actually not slow.

"After they finish crossing the river, we will also take turns to cross the river. The First and Second Columns of Northern Zhejiang will temporarily withdraw from the battlefield. After our troops cross the river, I will lead the First and Second Columns of Northern Zhejiang."

Upon hearing this, the commander of the North Zhejiang Command, Ma Delin, immediately stepped forward and said, "Chief of Staff Tan, I will be in charge of the command. You don't have to stay."

Tan Zhongshu waved his hand without giving any explanation:

"Ok, deal!"

When the National Army was fighting, even without the "speedy general" like Sun Paopao, it was often the case that while the soldiers at the front were still fighting desperately, the senior officers commanding the rear would run away first as a sign of "respect".

The most typical example is the Battle of Nanjing.

Therefore, under Zhang Anping's teaching and example, the Zhongjiu Army paid great attention to this aspect - even though the Zhongjiu Army had become a mature army after years of fighting, the habit of senior officers leading by example was still retained.

As Zhang Anping's direct descendant, Tan Zhongshu naturally would not break this habit.

……

When the blocking battle of Nanbei Lake broke out, the rebel army appeared at the foot of Cixi City.

At that time, there was only a small team of Japanese troops stationed in Cixi and a hundred Japanese invaders. The Japanese troops in Cixi, who had already received the telegram from Shanghai, began to blow up the military supplies in the city before the arrival of the rebel army. After the rebel army appeared at the gate of Cixi, the stationed Japanese troops left the Japanese invaders behind and ran away without hesitation.

The enemy, who had lost their master, fired two shots at the rebels, and then a serious disagreement arose. Half of them ran after the enemy, and the remaining half raised their hands and waited for the National Army to harvest them...

But the Japanese soldiers who escaped from Cixi did not escape death and were ambushed on their way to Yuyao.

It was not the rebel army that crossed the Qiantang River that blocked their way, but the New Fourth Army in eastern Zhejiang.

Historically, the East Zhejiang base developed relatively late, but it is different now. The East Zhejiang base has support from Shanghai. After the Japanese army launched the Ningshao Campaign and occupied East Zhejiang this year, the East Zhejiang base was quickly established, and its armed forces are several times stronger than in history.

The Japanese soldiers in this squadron rushed into the encirclement of the New Fourth Army, and together with the second Japanese soldier who came to seek support, they were completely wiped out by the New Fourth Army who had been waiting for them.

……

Cixi is a county town. The loss of a county town is nothing to the Japanese army, but this is eastern Zhejiang, the rear of the occupied area in eastern Zhejiang!
Obviously, this is just the beginning.

The Japanese troops on the Jinhua-Hulishui confrontation line panicked, but good fortune never comes alone. At the same time that Cixi fell, the National Army of the Third War Zone on the Jinshui line began to mobilize frequently, as if they were going to break through the Japanese defense line.

Faced with the fact that the back door was blown up and the signs that the front door was about to be breached, the Japanese troops stationed on the front line began to ask Shanghai for tactical guidance. The most reasonable way was to greet the women in Shanghai's fat family, but obviously they could not afford to provoke the general's status, so they could only remind him in the name of asking for tactical guidance:
Baka, you were the one who moved the troops stationed at the confrontation line in eastern Zhejiang. What should we do now? What should we do!
Faced with the continuous telegrams from the Japanese army in eastern Zhejiang, Doiyuan at the Shanghai Garrison Command was full of worry.

Not only Tu Feiyuan had a sad face, but the other officers also had sad faces.

An officer said frustratedly:
"Zhang Shihao, this damn bastard, chose such a disgusting timing! If the Southern Army hadn't transferred a division and a brigade from Zhejiang, how could he have been able to move freely in Zhejiang!"

While the Japanese Navy was planning the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Army was preparing a strategy to move south.

In order to move south, they specially established the Southern Army.

The Southern Army was composed of the elite of the Kwantung Army, some of the elite of the China Expeditionary Army, and some of the Taiwan Army. The withdrawal of the Kwantung Army and the Taiwan Army had no impact on Zhejiang, but the withdrawal of troops from the China Expeditionary Army naturally affected the strength of the China Expeditionary Army.

Especially in Zhejiang, the military force was already stretched thin, but when the Southern Army was established, a main division and a brigade were still transferred away.

"Imai-kun, now is not the time to talk about this—" After the acting garrison commander stopped his subordinates from complaining, he carefully asked Dobi:

"General, Iwasaki Toshihiro has called me repeatedly asking for tactical guidance. How should I respond to him?"

Tu Feiyuan said with a frustrated look:
"Four years ago in the Battle of Songhu, the Nationalist Army intended to attack, but the Imperial Army withstood the Nationalist Army's offensive with only the Marine Corps and the Overseas Chinese Guards, and easily waited for a large number of reinforcements to be sent from the mainland.

But it’s only been a few years, and facing an army like bandits, there are no soldiers to send in a hurry! ”

"Why is this so!"

This sentence made all the Japanese officers bow their heads.

In the past, a battalion would chase a division of the National Army all over the world, and a regiment would dare to think about annihilating a division of the National Army. But now, facing a group of rabble, they allow the enemy to run wild in their controlled area. It is really puzzling!

Tu Feiyuan took a deep breath:

"Tell Iwasaki Toshihiro that five regiments of the Imperial Army will soon cross the Qiantang River to help eastern Zhejiang. The sky will not fall! We must maintain the current defense line and not let the area that the Imperial Army has worked so hard to conquer fall into the hands of the National Army!"

Well, this sentence translates to:
Hold on! Hold on!
The officers glanced at the fat man secretly and thought:
There are no troops to send, so we can only let the garrison in eastern Zhejiang hold on. This is the only way.

Doiyuan's order turned into radio waves and flew to eastern Zhejiang in an instant. It was then turned into code and translated into telegram, appearing on the desk of Toshihiro Iwasaki.

Looking at this telegram, Toshihiro Iwasaki cursed in his heart.

withstand?

It's easy to say, you couldn't stop Zhang Shihao in Shanghai, and you led five regiments to block him from the front and chase him from the back, but still failed to stop him. Now Zhang Shihao has fled to eastern Zhejiang, and there are still a large number of nationalist troops sharpening their knives in front of the defense line. You want us to hold on?
Iwasaki Toshihiro was almost angry to death.

But no matter how angry he was, he had to face the situation of having no reinforcements for the time being.

The only thing he could do was to concentrate his forces to ensure the safety of the confrontation line, and at the same time strictly ordered the counties in eastern Zhejiang to hold their cities and wait for reinforcements.

Don’t ask him when the reinforcements will arrive, he doesn’t know!

But does the fat man really have no soldiers to send?

Do not!
He has troops to send!
If you look beyond this small area of ​​eastern Zhejiang, you will find that the estuary of the Yongjiang River is only 820 kilometers away from Nagasaki in a straight line!

What is this concept?
The normal speed of the navy's transport ships is 20 to 30 knots. We will calculate based on the lowest speed of 20 knots, which is 37 kilometers per hour.

The straight-line distance from Nagasaki to the mouth of the Yongjiang River is 820 kilometers, plus the detour, it is 900 kilometers, but it only takes 24 hours!

He is a fat man and cannot summon extra troops from Zhejiang, but is it difficult for him to transfer troops from his homeland at the cost of his reputation?
In fact, when it was determined that Zhang Shihao's troops were going to cross the Qiantang River to threaten eastern Zhejiang, Tu Feiyuan, after careful consideration, decided to sacrifice his reputation and transfer troops from his homeland!
Zhang Shihao has trampled on his face and dignity over and over again. He has become a laughing stock. If he does not deal with Zhang Shihao's tribe, he will not be just a laughing stock.

In this situation, the fat man had no choice but to sacrifice his reputation and transfer troops from his homeland.

But he kept it secret from the beginning to the end - as a general who came from a special agent background, Doiyuan had realized that information from his side was very easy to leak out, so in order to ensure suddenness, he had been concealing the news.

Tu Feiyuan hated Zhang Anping so much that in order to ensure that Zhang Anping's troops were completely wiped out in eastern Zhejiang, he transferred two mixed brigades from his homeland!
The two mixed brigades have completed boarding and are expected to appear at the mouth of the Yongjiang River in 27 hours. At that time, they will go upstream along the Yongjiang River and land in Yin County.

By then, there will be five regiments blocking and pursuing in the northwest direction, and two mixed brigades in the southeast direction, with a total of more than 20,000 Japanese troops, which will block Zhang Anping's troops in eastern Zhejiang!

Now is the most critical period of confidentiality. As long as we ensure that the news will not leak out, when the two mixed brigades land in Yin County, Tu Feiyuan believes that even if Zhuge Liang is alive, Zhang Anping will be powerless!
……

After Zhang Anping unexpectedly broke into eastern Zhejiang, he wanted to join forces with the troops stationed in Jinhua and Lishui of the Third War Zone to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops on the confrontation line in eastern Zhejiang.

His idea was to quickly occupy Cixi, Yuyao and Shangyu counties, cut off the Japanese army's retreat route to the north, and then use the main force of the Loyalty Rescue Army to directly attack Yin County, while the Three War Zones would attack from Tiantai and Sanmen to encircle the Japanese troops on the confrontation line in eastern Zhejiang.

Plans are good, but changes are often unexpected.

Just when Zhang Anping was dividing his troops to occupy Yuyao and Shangyu, a telegram from Jiang Sian poured over Zhang Anping like a basin of cold water.

Two brigades of Japanese troops have set out from mainland Japan and are rushing towards Yongjiang River - they are expected to land in Yinxian County in one day.

“I want to make Japanese dumplings, and the Japanese want to make my dumplings.”

Zhang Anping secretly felt lucky. If Jiang Sian had not had deep connections in the Japanese Navy and discovered this information related to the life and death of the rebels in time, he would have been in big trouble this time!

Zhang Anping put away the regret in his heart, stared at the map, and thought about how to break the deadlock.

We can't stay in eastern Zhejiang anymore. The Japanese are too hospitable. They have prepared almost a division's force to entertain us. Add to that the Japanese troops on the confrontation line in eastern Zhejiang, the troop ratio is more than 1:1. We must get out of eastern Zhejiang.

But the fat guy will definitely not let go of the fat meat at his fingertips. If his intention is exposed too early, the fat guy will definitely risk losing the city and territory to deal with him with all his strength.

Shaoxing...Hangzhou...

Looking at the two fallen cities on the map, Zhang Anping came up with an idea that was enough to drive the Japanese crazy.

After quickly turning his idea into a battle plan in his mind, Zhang Anping reviewed it several times and immediately gave the order:

"Order Li Xingyu's troops to join us at Cao'e Township immediately!"

He is going to perform a trick to replace one thing with another!
……

The rebel army still marched towards Shangyu and Yuyao counties as planned.

Compared with Cixi, which was directly abandoned by the Japanese army, Shangyu and Yuyao were not easily abandoned by the Japanese army. Even when the rebels attacked, the stationed Japanese troops gathered puppet troops and put up a stubborn resistance.

The combat effectiveness of the army attacking the two counties was very weak. After failing to break through the Japanese defense line several times, they chose to besiege, as if waiting for reinforcements.

This move made Tu Feiyuan in Shanghai overjoyed. Now there were still more than ten hours before the two brigades transferred from the mainland landed. The longer Zhang Shihao's troops stayed here, the more advantageous it would be for the final encirclement and suppression.

In order to ensure a smoother attack, he even ordered the five regiments attacking in Nanbei Lake to slow down their offensive and let Tan Zhongshu's troops of the Zhongjiu Army cross the river. Tobira had naturally no good intentions. The reason he let them go was because he needed Zhang Anping to waste his most precious time on attacking the city and go deeper into eastern Zhejiang.

With the Japanese army letting the enemy in, Madlin's troops, who were prepared for a bloody battle, completed the blocking at a small cost and successfully crossed the Qiantang River.

And Zhang Anping's performance did not disappoint Tu Feiyuan. After all of Tan Zhongshu's troops crossed the river, they indeed divided their forces and headed towards Shangyu and Yuyao, making it clear that they were going to recover the two counties.

Tu Feiyuan was secretly delighted. Even if Yuyao and Shangyu were lost, the loss to him would only be less than two squadrons. It was worth it to lock down Zhang Shihao's troops at the cost of two squadrons and buy time for the subsequent complete annihilation. "Zhang Shihao, Zhang Shihao, your vision is ultimately limited to a small area. Although I have given up this old face, your legend will be completely shattered!"

"Ah……"

This mocking laugh seemed to reach Zhang Anping's ears across a straight-line distance of 150 kilometers.

Zhang Anping held up the telescope, staring at the county town in the distance, and said with a smile:
"Fatty, you should be very proud of yourself right now."

"Five regiments crossed the river to block the direction of Shaoxing, and two brigades pressed in from the southeast, locking me in a cage and annihilating me. Tsk, I should be proud of myself!"

Xu Tian looked at Zhang Anping strangely, then looked at the county town in the distance, and asked softly: "Can we...show the momentum of the Loyal Rescue Army?"

What he asked was very strange, because Zhang Anping led the team on a forced march of more than seventy miles, and they were the "Loyal Rescue Army".

"You'll know after the battle - pass on my order, no matter the cost, take Shaoxing in the shortest possible time!"

Shaoxing!

That’s right, this is Shaoxing. The Zhongjiu Army, which was supposed to besiege Shangyu and Yuyao, appeared in Shaoxing which was about to be blockaded by the Japanese army.

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The five Japanese regiments on the other side of the Qiantang River were preparing to cross the river.

The place where they crossed the river and landed was not the Cao'e Township defense line that the Zhongjiu Army had prepared well, but they went up the Cao'e River against the confluence of the Qiantang River and the Cao'e River - they wanted to block the section from Shaoxing to the Cao'e River.

But now, Zhang Anping appeared in Shaoxing with the "Loyal Rescue Army"!
At this time, the Japanese were still requisitioning ships, but the target they wanted to block appeared in Shaoxing before them!
Following Zhang Anping's order, more than 10,000 loyal soldiers who followed him launched a violent attack on the defenseless Shaoxing.

The number of defenders in Shaoxing was larger than that in Shangyu. After all, it was closer to the confrontation line area. But it was ultimately in the rear area, and the number of defenders was not that large. Under the violent storm attack of the "Loyal Rescue Army", they only held out for less than an hour before they had to break out because many defense lines in Shaoxing County were breached.

But the more than 300 Japanese soldiers who broke through ran into a pocket that had been prepared long ago. After causing a few invisible waves, they quickly returned to calm.

With the destruction of this Japanese army, Shaoxing, which had been occupied for eight months, once again returned to the hands of the National Army.

And they are the famous Loyal Rescue Army.

……

Shanghai, Garrison Command.

When the news came that the Zhongjiu Army had appeared in Shaoxing, Tu Feiyuan was completely stunned.

He was extremely confident that he could wipe out Zhang Shihao's troops in the eastern Zhejiang area this time, and that the Zhongjiu Army, which had been a scourge to them for several years, would lose its main force completely in this encirclement and annihilation operation.

After all, in his opinion, no matter how many conspiracies and tricks Zhang Shihao had, transferring troops from Japan was definitely an unconventional move that he could not imagine.

He wants to be Sun Wukong in eastern Zhejiang, but if he is slapped by Tathagata Buddha, Zhang Shihao will be doomed!
But how did the Zhongjiu Army, which was clearly fighting in Shangyu and Yuyao, appear in Shaoxing?
Did he see through his own plan?

"No! Absolutely impossible!"

The fat guy gasped:

"He can't possibly see through my plan!"

He even concealed the truth from the Shanghai Garrison Command. In response to telegrams for help from eastern Zhejiang, he said that there were no reinforcements. How could Zhang Shihao possibly know what he had done?

"It must be a coincidence! It must be a coincidence! He wants to turn eastern Zhejiang upside down. His purpose must be to prevent our troops in Zhuji from returning to support eastern Zhejiang!"

"That must be it!"

"It's not too late! The Yamada Corps can land in Shaoxing now and will definitely force Zhang Shihao away!"

"As long as we can retake Shaoxing, my encirclement will be fine!"

The fat man has lost both face and substance, and has even lost face after having to mobilize reinforcements from his homeland. Now he is fighting a do-or-die battle. If he fails to eliminate Zhang Shihao's troops, this may be the end of him!

It’s a fight to the death, we have to fight.

He had no choice but to gamble in this way, betting that Zhang Anping could not see through his plan.

"Give orders to the Yamada Regiment to speed up the crossing of the river. We must recapture Shaoxing within nine hours! Drive the Zhongjiu Army back to Shangyu!"

……

After occupying Shaoxing, Zhang Anping did not allow the "Loyal Rescue Army" to rest for a long time. He left a team of troops to cover the rear, and the rest of the people took all the available means of transportation and headed straight for Xiaoshan County, more than 70 miles away.

To the north of Xiaoshan is the Qiantang River, and across the Qiantang River is Hangzhou County!

"Hangzhou?!"

“Hangzhou again!”

"He... is actually going to attack Hangzhou again!"

After the actions of the Zhongjiu Army were photographed by the Japanese reconnaissance plane, Doiyuan immediately realized Zhang Anping's purpose.

When the Zhongjiu Army attacked Hangzhou last time, Hangzhou still had a lot of security forces, but after the fierce battle, this force was basically crippled. Before that, Hangzhou could still count on the support of the Miyagi and Yamada regiments, but what about now?
Oh, there are also two mixed brigades of the Imperial Army, but these two brigades are dawdling in Haining. If we expect them to come back to support Hangzhou, by the time we expect them to, it will be too late!
The fat man forced himself to give the order:

"Let the Gongcheng League immediately march along the Qiantang River to Hangzhou County! If Xiaoshan cannot be saved, Hangzhou County must be saved!"

"Sakata Corps and Kawasaki Corps will land at Cao'e River as soon as possible and follow the Zhongjiu Army to advance towards Xiaoshan!"

"Yamada Corps, Matsushita Corps, cross the river and retake Shaoxing. Build a Shaoxing-Cao'e River defense line and make sure to block Zhang Shihao's troops east of Shaoxing!"

After the staff officer repeated the order and got confirmation from Doi-Yuan, he immediately went to send the message. Doi-Yuan leaned on the table and murmured softly:
"There is still hope!"

"I will use three regiments to hold back the Zhongjiu Army, and two brigades plus two regiments to deal with the Shanghai Uprising Army. That's enough, that's enough!"

"Huh, huh... Zhang Shihao, you definitely didn't expect that I still have two brigades!"

"If it weren't for these two brigades, we would have been in real trouble this time!"

……

Zhang Anping's troops crossed the river in the direction of Nanbei Lake and requisitioned many fishing boats. After crossing the river, these fishing boats basically stayed on the south bank, resulting in a shortage of boats on the north bank.

The Japanese tried their best to collect ships along the Qiantang River and the Cao'e River, but the ships they collected were not enough for all five regiments to cross the river together.

At this time, the Zhongjiu Army was going to attack Hangzhou for the second time, and the Miyagi Brigade responsible for the rescue had to take away nearly half of the ships.

As a result, the speed of crossing the river by the other four regiments was naturally extremely slow.

When the Zhongjiu Army was about to arrive in Xiaoshan County, the Sakata and Kawasaki regiments crossed the river with their entire forces - but due to transportation capacity issues, they abandoned all their artillery and crossed the river as light infantry.

After crossing the river, the two regiments quickly advanced towards Xiaoshan, and these ships began to transport the Yamada and Matsushita regiments - if it were not for blocking the defense line from Shaoxing to Cao'e River, the Sakata and Kawasaki regiments could have taken a boat along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal to support Xiaoshan.

Xiaoshan County.

After the arrival of the Zhongjiu Army, they did not launch an attack immediately. The Japanese in the city could understand why the Zhongjiu Army did not attack, so they did not think too much about it.

But in fact, the Zhongjiu Army had no intention of attacking Xiaoshan at all.

Second attack on Hangzhou?

Do not!
This is just a cover!
Zhang Anping had been waiting for news from the Japanese army. When he was sure that the two regiments of Sakata and Kawasaki that were following them were only 30 miles away from Xiaoshan, Zhang Anping led the "Loyal Rescue Army" to Zhuji without saying a word!

At the same time, the national army stationed in Zhuji also launched an attack on the Japanese army.

In other words, the national army in Zhuji must support the Zhongjiu Army.

……

"The Loyal Rescue Army is going to retreat towards Zhuji?"

After receiving the intelligence, Tu Feiyuan was stunned. Was Zhang Shihao crazy? The most capable of his men were the Zhongjiu Army. If he asked the Zhongjiu Army to evacuate to Zhuji at this time, wouldn't it mean that he was abandoning the uprising army?

"No! There is a conspiracy! There must be a conspiracy!"

Tu Feiyuan didn't believe that Zhang Anping would give up the rebel army.

So, what's the problem?
He racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out - until a telegram arrived.

The Yamada Unit was attacked!

"What's going on with Yamada? The few forces of the Shanghai Uprising Army that can fight are in Shangyu and Yuyao! The Zhongjiu Army is in Zhuji. Although Yamada's regiment has crossed the river with one and a half battalions, it can't be defeated by just three or four thousand new recruits, right?"

The Japanese officers in the command center did not understand why the Yamada Regiment asked for help, and they began to denounce it, thinking that the Yamada Regiment was making a fuss out of nothing.

But Fatty suddenly understood.

"idiot!"

"be cheated!"

"We were fooled!"

The fat boy's eyes were wide open, and he was in an indescribable madness.

"Those retreating to Zhuji are not the Loyal Rescue Army! They are not the Loyal Rescue Army, they are the rebel army, and they are the most lagging part of the rebel army!"

"The real Zhongjiu Army is in Shangyu. Launch an attack on the landing Yamada Regiment now!"

The fat guy, who had already vomited blood, was on the verge of collapse at this moment.

The Zhongjiu Army never went to Shaoxing from beginning to end!

"The Yamada Corps... is finished!" (End of this chapter)