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Emperor Guangxu said: "General, is it somewhat arbitrary to say that the real purpose of Lin Yuan's troops is to encircle and wipe out the Suzhou defenders just because Lin Yuan's troops are not short of food?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "I wonder if His Majesty the Emperor has listened to the news sent by Lin Yuan?"

Emperor Guangxu slapped the table hard, snorted coldly, and said, "The radio station was made by Lin Ni. Since it was made by Lin Ni, why should I listen to it? Not only do I not listen to it, but as long as there are radios produced by Lin Ni in the palace, I will listen to them." Throw it all out, and anyone who dares to eavesdrop or hide it will show it to the public!"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this is a bit overkill. Your intelligence gathering ability is inherently weak, and Lin Yuan's radio station just provided you with a lot of valuable information. For example, in today's war, Lin Yuan is on the radio station. made his intentions clear."

Emperor Guangxu said, "What did Lin Yuan say?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Lin Yuan said that their troops attacked Songjiang at ten o'clock in the morning, and said that their troops stopped attacking at twelve o'clock in the morning because of insufficient ammunition."

Emperor Guangxu asked, "Is there something wrong with this?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Lin Yuan has always been cautious in using troops. He will never send troops if he is not well-prepared. The ammunition will not be enough just two hours after the start of the battle. Anyone who has fought against Lin Yuan will not believe it, so Lin Yuan stopped. The attack was clearly intentional, and the purpose was to attract the defenders of Suzhou to rescue them."

Emperor Guangxu asked: "Attract the Suzhou defenders to rescue? Why does Lin Yuan insist on destroying the Suzhou defenders?"

Kodama Gentaro smiled and said: "Lin Yuan's real purpose is not to occupy more state capitals at all, but to go straight to Nanjing, and the Suzhou defenders are behind Chen Fei's troops in Jiangyin. Lin Yuan must be worried that the Suzhou defenders will copy Cut off the back route of Chen Fei's troops, that's why we need to destroy the Suzhou defenders."

Emperor Guangxu thought for a while before saying: "Then shall we give up Songjiang Mansion?"

Kodama Gentaro nodded and said, "That's all."

Emperor Guangxu sighed and said: "Beijing is lost, Zhili is lost, Shandong and Henan are lost, and now even Songjiang south of the Yangtze River can't be kept. When will this Lin Ni be wiped out?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, there is only one way to destroy Lin Yuan."

Emperor Guangxu hurriedly asked: "What way? Hurry up!"

Kodama Gentaro said: "Rely on the strength of our Great Japanese Empire, and when our troops enter China in large numbers to help you fight, you will have the possibility to wipe out Lin Ni."

Emperor Guangxu looked at Kodama Gentaro suspiciously, but said nothing. Kodama Gentaro saw Emperor Guangxu's suspicion, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, all countries in the world will stand by us!"

Emperor Guangxu nodded and said: "That's good." The more Emperor Guangxu thought about what Yugentaro said, the more he felt uncomfortable, thinking: "His words are clearly saying that I have no elite soldiers in the Qing Dynasty. There are elite soldiers!" So Emperor Guangxu said: "We still have three elite soldiers on the Huaihe defense line, should we bring them back?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "Why are these three elite soldiers brought back? They should take the initiative to attack Lin Yuan's troops in North China!"

Emperor Guangxu said: "Take the initiative to attack? Is there a chance of winning?"

Kodama Gentaro said: "I have been preparing a battle plan recently, and I can hand it over to you soon."

Emperor Guangxu repeatedly applauded, Kodama Gentaro continued: "I have gone to the British embassy, ​​and now Lin Yuan has taken away our code book. Before changing to a new code, we can only use the British radio station to contact the British embassy. , and then ask the British embassy to forward our documents."

Kodama Gentaro got up to leave after finishing speaking. Emperor Guangxu immediately issued an order to the Suzhou defenders to stick to Suzhou and not to send troops to help Songjiang. When the news arrived in Suzhou, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. He has been paying attention to the Suzhou defenders until three o'clock in the morning the next day, and the Suzhou defenders still stand still. Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What are the Suzhou defenders thinking?"

Lin Yuan stayed up all night, with the battle reports of the Eighth Division in his hands, and asked Lin Yuan to give an order to attack Songjiang. Lin Yuan looked at the map and thought in his heart: "Since the defenders in Suzhou are standing still, I will capture Songjiang and then march south , attack Jiaxing directly, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal also passes through Jiaxing, capturing Jiaxing can also cut off the canal.”

"However, Jiaxing is in Zhejiang, and Zhejiang is under the jurisdiction of Xu Yingku, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Xu Yingku is different from Liu Kunyi. Xu Yingku does have elite soldiers. Although the main force is on the front line of the Huaihe River, there will be some elite soldiers left behind. Moreover, the Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay. Yes, Jiaxing is very close to Hangzhou, will the Japanese army keep a certain amount of troops in Jiaxing?"

"What's more important is: Jiaxing and Hangzhou are close to each other, and geographically belong to the Hangjiahu Plain. If Jiaxing is lost, Hangzhou must not be defended. The Qing army and the Japanese army must know the importance of Jiaxing, so they will definitely deploy heavy troops in Jiaxing. I lack troops. Based on the information deployed, do you want to attack Jiaxing?"

Lin Yuan pondered over and over again and said to the telegraph operator: "I want to send a message to the Eighth Division." The telegraph operator immediately took out a small notebook, and Lin Yuan said: "Order your troops to attack Songjiang immediately, and attack Jiaxing immediately after Songjiang is captured." , After occupying Jiaxing, we will rely on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to organize defenses, and will not attack Hangzhou in the south. The situation of Jiaxing’s defenders is unknown. After entering Jiaxing’s peripheral villages and towns, first collect information on the defenders, report to me, and then launch an attack.”

The Eighth Division immediately ordered the 22nd Brigade and the 23rd Brigade to launch a general offensive. Under the guidance of tanks, each unit quickly entered Songjiang Fucheng. After the capture of Songjiang, the Eighth Division immediately approached Jiaxing.

Songjiang, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou areas have always been prosperous commercial places, so there is a post road built by the Qing court between Songjiang and Jiaxing. The road is so wide that four tanks can walk side by side. Lin Yuan's troops are equipped with a large number of vehicles to transport troops Therefore, although it is nearly [-] kilometers from Songjiang to Jiaxing, the troops only took one hour to reach Jiashan Town on the outskirts of Jiaxing.

According to Lin Yuan's instructions, after the Eighth Division entered Jiashan Town, it dispatched a divisional reconnaissance brigade to investigate the situation of the Qing army. The reconnaissance brigade soon found a military camp between Jiashan Town and Jiaxing Mansion. There were many people, and the reconnaissance brigade made a lightning attack, capturing one officer and forty soldiers.

After a brief interrogation by Liu Jinkui, he learned that this officer was a garrison, a middle-level officer of the Qing army. Liu Jinkui felt that this garrison was worth interrogating, so he reported it to Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan heard that the Qing army officer had been captured. He was overjoyed, so he asked Liu Jinkui to arrange a video call, and he wanted to interrogate the officer himself.

Soon everything was ready. Seeing the panicked expression on the officer's face, Lin Yuan knew that it would not be difficult to interrogate him. He felt happy for a while, so he asked, "What is your duty?"

The guard looked at Lin Yuan on the screen, and said fearfully, "I'm in charge of reporting. If Lin Shuai's troops come, we will report the news to Jiaxing Mansion."

As soon as Lin Yuan heard this, he said angrily: "You dare to lie in front of this commander, come here, push him out and kill him!"