In a blink of an eye, two more days passed.

The 15th Division of the Japanese Army and the five fast columns of the 17th Division are still in Xinchang and the mountainous areas of Sheng County to play hide-and-seek with the five divisions of the 10th Army of the National Army.

From time to time, the Japanese army can also seize the national army and win a few small victories.

But for some reason, Usa Mitsuru's inner uneasiness became stronger and stronger.

The reason for this is very simple. The 41st Army of the National Army and the two detachments of the Coast Defense Corps, which should have appeared on the Xinsheng battlefield, have never been seen!

At this time, Usa Miro will miss the special forces particularly.

If Yamamoto's special forces were still there, only if they had to be sent to the Xinsheng battlefield, they would definitely be able to find out the Marine Defense Corps and the 41st Army of the National Army.

Unfortunately, since the decisive failure in Shanghai, the attitude of the top Japanese troops towards the special forces has changed by 180 degrees, because they found that the special forces that spent a lot of money to build could not even deal with a single private guard in Shanghai, which was simply a shame.

In addition to the shortage of funds, the re-establishment of special forces was put on hold.

But Usa Mitsuto decided to fight for it in the end, so he took the train to Nanjing to meet with the commander-in-chief of the Chinese condemnation army, Sosuo Nishio.

After listening to Usa Mitsuru explaining his purpose, Nishio Suzuki fell into a long silence.

Nishio Suzusaki remained silent, but in fact he had already expressed his attitude in a tactful way.

But Mito Usa was not willing to give up easily, and then continued: "His Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the failure of the special forces in Shanghai is just an accident..."

However, before Usa Mitsuru finished speaking, he was interrupted by Nishio Suzuo.

"Usa Mikun, there is something you may not know yet." Nishio Suzuo waved his hand and said.

Speaking of this, Nishio Suzuo said: "A few days ago, the US government just abolished the Japan-US trade and navigation treaty. Usa Mikun, do you know what this matter means?"

"Hai." Usa Mitsuro paused slightly and said in a deep voice, "This means that the empire has lost a stable and large-scale supplier of raw materials. In the future, the empire will not only spend more energy on finding alternative suppliers, but also spend more money on exchange for raw materials such as copper, aluminum, oil, rubber and scrap steel."

Nishio Suzuo sighed and said, "The Imperial Army's military expenditure will be even more tense."

After a pause, Nishio Suzuo said again: "The military expenditure allocated by the Ministry of Finance to the Chinese Condemnation Army has been reduced by 20%. Usamikun, I know that there are many benefits to forming a special forces, but the reality is that the General Command of the Condemnation Army really can't afford so much money to re-establish a special forces."

"Hayi." Usa Mirō's face collapsed instantly.

Nishio Suzusaki said, "So, do you have anything else?"

Just as Usa Mitsuru was about to speak, Nishio Suzuo's adjutant suddenly pushed the door and walked in.

Nishio Suzuo's eyes swept over, the adjutant bowed deeply, and then said to Mitsuro Usa: "His Chief of Staff, the urgent call from the Shanghai 13th Army Command."

There is no telephone installed in the reception room, so I have to go outside to answer.

Usa Mitsuru came out to answer the phone, and Nishio Suzuo also came out.

When he came to the large office outside, Usa Mitsuru took the phone call from a serviceman: "Masaki, I am Usa Mitsururu."

Just one sentence on the other side of the phone, Usa Mitsuru's face changed.

After a while, Usa Mitsuru hung up the phone with a gloomy expression.

"Usa Mikun." Nishio Suzuo asked with concern, "What happened?"

Usa Mitsuru took a deep breath, tried his best to control his emotions, and said, "High Commander-in-Chief, Hinata Shijun just reported a situation to me, saying that the 116th Division was stubbornly resisted by the Chinese army in Songyang Prefecture!"

"Songyang?" Nishio Shouzaki couldn't help but frowned, and immediately strode to the north wall of the office.

The Battle of Zhejiang and Fujian is the biggest battle on the battlefield in China at this stage, so the headquarters of Nishio Shouzao also posted a situation map of the battlefield in Zhejiang and Fujian.

"Here." The adjutant followed and found the location of Songyang County from the map.

"Baga." Nishio Shouzuo frowned, "Why did the Shinohara Division go to Songyang Prefecture?"

Hearing this, a look of extremely bitterness appeared on Usa Mitsuru's face.

The Japanese army has always had the tradition of being below the level of the ranks. At first, it was just a staff officer with a lower level, but now, this trend has spread to high-level commanders.

This time, he did not obey the command and expanded the combat area without authorization. The brigade commander of Yamazaki Ueki, the 119th Infantry Brigade to which the 116th Division was affiliated.

This guy, because the 119th Infantry Brigade was following another brigade belonging to the 116th Division, the 130th Infantry Brigade, and did not fight in battle from Wenzhou until Lishui. So after passing Lishui, he did not continue to accompany him. Instead, he changed his plan by himself and went directly to Songyang and Suichang to detour, preparing to intercept the head of the Third War Zone of the National Army who had retreated from Jinhua.

When he first learned the news, Mitsuru Usa was of course very angry.

But after getting angry, Usa Mitsuru still agreed to the result.

The reason is very simple. Although the separate operation of the Sanzaki Brigade weakened the strength of the 116th Division, considering that there was no heavy army group of the Chinese army in southern and western Zhejiang at this time, there should be no problem in terms of safety. Moreover, the Sanzaki Brigade detours to a deeper extent, and its tactics can indeed achieve miraculous results.

In view of this, Usa Mitsunobu did not require the Misaki brigade to return.

Nishio Suzusaki quickly figured out this point and nodded immediately and said, "It is really abominable that this guy Yamazaki doesn't obey the command and changes the headquarters' combat plan without authorization. However, his roundabout action is also likely to block the head of the China Third War Zone retreating from Jinhua and Yiwu in Quzhou and Longyou areas."

"Hai." Usa Mitsuto paused slightly, "Yamazaki's action is indeed tactical, but now there is a new situation."

After a pause, he continued: "The heavy army groups in the Third Chinese War Zone are mostly concentrated in northern Zhejiang and central Zhejiang. There is only one New 33rd Division in southern Zhejiang, and there is not even a decent established troops in western Zhejiang. In view of this, it is impossible for Yamazaki Brigade to encounter tenacious resistance in Songyang County."

Nishio's pupils widened in an instant and said in a lost voice: "So what?"
Chapter completed!