"Your Excellency, General, the Eleventh Army attempted to break out at midnight yesterday."

Haremiya Jun, chief of staff of Japan's China Expeditionary Force, said with a sad expression:

"Unexpectedly, the Chinese were already prepared for this. The Eleventh Army was ambushed by the opponent and lost more than 20,000 imperial warriors in a few hours."

"With all their heavy weapons lost, they no longer have the strength to organize a new breakout."

"Lieutenant General Anan Weiji requested tactical guidance."

"What is their current location?" Shunroku Hata asked.

Harem Chun quickly pointed it out on the map.

"Not a single Imperial warrior broke out? How could this be?"

Harem Chun nodded helplessly.

"The Chinese used seven to eight hundred artillery pieces, and dozens of armed helicopters to assist."

"The breakout troops suffered heavy losses in the artillery fire, and the armed helicopters directly cut off the gap."

Shunroku Hata punched the map hard.

"Bagaya Road, how come the Chinese have so many new types of equipment? This is incredible."

"Could it be that they got help from aliens? Technology is advancing so fast."

When technological strength is transformed into military strength, the generation gap between the two sides will be beyond imagination.

Shunroku Hata once again realized that this was a land they could never conquer.

The decision to abandon Wuhan was made too late, and the bones of more than 200,000 warriors will be buried by the Yangtze River.

The Japan-China Expeditionary Forces Command is powerless to do anything about it.

Mainland transportation has not yet been opened up, so Army Group South cannot directly support central China through Guangzhou and other places.

Reinforcements waiting to arrive from Taiwan will have to travel through a long sea route, and landing is also a time-consuming and laborious process.

The air power was completely overwhelmed, let alone providing air support, even airdropping supplies could not be done.

The Japanese base camp is extremely anxious about this, but like Shunroku Hata, they cannot think of any effective strategy to solve the current predicament.

MacArthur took advantage of the Japanese Army's shrinkage and launched a campaign to recapture Port Moresby.

The U.S. Navy is advancing mightily towards one island after another, using leapfrog tactics to approach the Japanese mainland.

While the Chinese were intensifying their air raids on Goryeo and Japan, they were also continuously increasing their troops on the Sino-North Korean border.

Japan is already in extreme danger, and if you are not careful, you will fall into an irreversible situation.

The house leaked and it rained all night!

Shunroku Hata almost pulled out all his hair.

Harem Chun paused and continued to report:

"The Chinese people have been continuously transporting supplies to the south bank of the Yangtze River through the pontoon bridge across the Yangtze River built in Anqing, and are preparing for what they call the final battle."

"Wang Laohu's Third Army may launch a cross-river campaign at any time, but our Yangtze River defense line is incomplete and there are leaks everywhere."

Shunroku Hata's attention shifted from Jiujiang and other places to Nanjing and Shanghai.

“Where is King Tiger’s most likely place to cross the river?”

Chief of Staff Harem Chun took a step forward, pointed at the points on the map and said:

"We estimate that the upstream crossing point should be Wuhu, and the downstream crossing should be near Jiangyin."

"The hydrological conditions in these two places are relatively good, and after crossing the river, they can cooperate with the armored group army crossing the river from Beijing to attack Nanjing and Shanghai."

"Wuhu and Jiangyin?" Shunroku Hata seemed to be talking to himself.

Harem Chundao:

"With our current strength, even if we add all the Huang Xiejun troops, it will be extremely difficult to defend the entire Yangtze River."

"We can only guess in advance where the Chinese will cross the river, and concentrate our superior forces near the crossing point to attack head-on!"

Harem Chun could not guarantee that Wang Laohu would cross the river from these two places. After speaking, he looked at Hata Shunroku and waited for the general to make a decision.

Shunroku Hata subconsciously grabbed his hair again.

After circling the map for more than 10 minutes, he stopped and said:

"Deploy troops according to the staff's predictions!"

"Send a message to the base camp again, requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"

"Hiyi!"

………

At noon on the 22nd, Jiang Dong took a helicopter across the Yangtze River to Xue Yue's headquarters.

Jiangdong not only held a large number of troops, but also had a high military rank and position in the National Government that made people look up to him.

Xue Yue and others have been waiting outside the headquarters for a long time.

During last night's battle, the officers and soldiers of the German Arms Division witnessed the terrifying firepower and bird-like maneuverability of the armed helicopters.

But the light was dim at night, and many people did not see the full picture of the armed helicopter clearly.

They speculated in their minds and used their imaginations to sketch out pictures of war machines one after another.

When the armed helicopter flew over the Yangtze River and displayed the whole picture in front of everyone, waves of exclamations sounded around Xue Yue.

Putting aside the firepower of the armed helicopter, its weird shape and ability to fly are enough to amaze everyone.

At this time, Xue Yue and the surrounding officers truly understood the meaning of the words armed helicopter.

The helicopter landed steadily, and Jiangdong, wearing the uniform of a first-class Army general, jumped out of the cabin briskly.

Xue Yue and others hurriedly stepped forward to salute, but the propeller stirred the air around them and dust was everywhere, making it difficult for them to open their eyes.

Many people's military caps were blown into the air, making them a little embarrassed.

Jiang Dong covered his military cap and quickly rushed out of the airflow.

He raised his hand to interrupt everyone's greetings until he was far away from the helicopter's airflow.

Among the officers, some admired Jiang Dong extremely and had long wanted to see this first-level army general in person.

They arranged their military uniforms nervously and laughed, and it took about half a minute. Under the leadership of Xue Yue, everyone stood up and saluted.

"Chief Jiang!"

Jiang Dong smiled in return and introduced Xie Chengrui beside him.

"Thank you, sir!"

Before entering the headquarters, the officers looked at the helicopter parked not far away with its propellers stopped moving with lingering fear.

The shock slowly faded away, replaced by curiosity.

Jiangdong's style is vigorous and resolute, and he doesn't care about false etiquette.

He went straight to the battle map and said to the officers with his hands behind his back:

"Commander Xue, everyone, after last night's battle, the Japanese 11th Army has completely lost the courage to break through."

"When I came here just now, I took a look in the sky. The Japanese soldiers were digging trenches nervously. There was smoke and dust everywhere in the encirclement!"

"The Armored Group Army has a total of eight armored divisions. I asked four of them to jump downstream and cooperate with the troops on the north bank to attack Nanjing."

"I came here today to discuss with you the solution to the Japanese Eleventh Army."

"After all, only by annihilating these little devils can we go to liberate Nanjing and Shanghai without any scruples."

Four armored divisions have left, but the main force of Samurai Min's 6th Army is about to arrive in Jiujiang.

Jiangdong has enough troops on hand!

The officers looked at me and I looked at you, hesitating whether to speak or not. Finally, Xue Yue stood up and said:

"Chief Jiang, the Japanese defensive position is roughly in the shape of a circle, somewhat like a large bowl with a mouth missing."

"Except for plains and a small number of hills, the periphery of the Japanese army's positions are mostly lakes and swamps, which is not conducive to their breakout and is also troublesome for our army's large-scale attack."

"At least the commander's tanks cannot deploy calmly and can only attack along a fixed route."

"And in these directions, the Japs' defense is extremely solid."

He glanced at Jiang Dong and continued:

"Therefore, in the next battle, tanks are the sharp knives, infantry is the main force, and helicopters and fighter jets are the strongest cover!"

"The attack must be launched from both directions from the east and west at the same time, and it must be advanced step by step with the support of powerful artillery fire, so that the little devil can't even lift his head."

"Due to time constraints, the Japanese have not yet dug anti-tank trenches, which is good news for our army."

Jiangdong nodded.

"We have absolute superiority in troops and firepower. The Japanese Eleventh Army will be annihilated sooner or later. What we are considering now is how to win the battle quickly and how to reduce troop casualties."
To be continued...