"If you want to fight a long-term war, you should proceed step by step, shift positions at the right moment, conserve your troops, and resist step by step."

This was Commander Chen's similar suggestion to the headquarters again before September 2, during the Liu Xing Defense War.

Unfortunately, it was never adopted. At the same time, Chief Bai, who later served as the deputy chief of the general staff of the base camp, and the leader of the combat team, Team Leader Liu, also proposed to the headquarters in early October that "the Battle of Songhu should be stopped in due course, and Wu Fu should be informed in a timely manner."

The existing positions on the line should be moved to better attack the enemy and protect one's own combat effectiveness."

Unfortunately, the headquarters once again ignored these operational suggestions, but it was also at this time that the Chief of Operations of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters Shimomura Sada convened a meeting to mobilize troops from North China and transfer the main battlefield to Songhu.

Soon, the Japanese chief of staff reported the next battle plan to their majesty, with special emphasis on concentrating elite and heavy troops to attack the main force of the Central Army of the National Army in the Songhu battlefield, in order to quickly end the Songhu battle and force the national army to surrender completely.

As for this battle plan, their Majesty agreed to approve it without hesitation.

To this end, the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters quickly launched its 11th mobilization on the Japanese mainland since the war began. The mobilized troops included the 6th, 18th, and 114th Divisions and the Kunisaki Detachment, as well as the 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment.

The 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 1st and 2nd Reserve Infantry Regiments and other units.

In addition, there are the 8th Independent Machine Gun Brigade, the 2nd Independent Artillery Regiment, 3 Independent Engineer Regiments, and the 12th Reserve Infantry Brigade and other Japanese troops that have reorganized the battle order of the 10th Army.

Yanagawa Heisuke was the commander, and Tanabe Moritake was the chief of staff.

And when all these messages were sent to the navy,

The Admiralty was also quick, dispatching transport fleets and escort fleets to assist in landing operations.

The Japanese Navy's Military Command soon formed the newly formed 4th Fleet, which combined with the 3rd Fleet to form the Imperial Fleet, with Kiyoshi Hasegawa as commander-in-chief and still concurrently as commander of the 3rd Fleet.

At the same time, it was decided that the 4th Fleet would be responsible for the operations along the coast south of Lyg and assist the Japanese 10th Army in the landing operation of Jinshanwei.

With this increase in troops,

The elite ace troops of the Japanese army in the mainland were all gone, leaving only the 7th Guards Division, which had two permanent divisions to defend the homeland.

After this series of military deployments were carried out,

6th Division: Division Commander Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, Chief of Staff Shimono Colonel Huo,

18th Division: Division Commander Lieutenant General Ushijima Sadao, Chief of Staff Colonel Megumi Kofuji,

114th Division: Division Commander Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu, Chief of Staff Colonel Saburo Isoda,

16th Division: Division Commander, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imago, Chief of Staff, Colonel Mitsuo Nakazawa,

The Kunisaki detachment is also the brigade commander of the 9th Infantry Brigade, Major General Noboru Kunisaki.

Major General Urushiro Sumita, commander of the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, and other senior generals were also treated to a banquet by Commander Yanagawa Heisuke with a bright smile.

"Everyone! This time we set off for the Battle of China and Songhu, so it will be hard for everyone!"

"When we win the war, the glory of our 10th Army will be eye-catching!"

"When the time comes, you will definitely receive a heavy reward from His Majesty!"

"Even getting promoted and making a fortune is possible!"

"So before I leave for the battle this time, I have prepared such a small banquet to practice it well with you all!"

“It’s also for us to have a dinner together so that we can have a happy cooperation together!”

"After we leave the mainland, I'm afraid we won't be able to enjoy the local delicacies for a long time, so today everyone is going to have a good time. I have asked the kitchen side to prepare the most delicious delicacies in our empire.

All the delicacies are cooked!"

"There will also be wine, singing and dancing!"

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The slightly drunk Commander Yanagawa Heisuke raised the wine glass in his hand at the banquet and toasted to the high-ranking generals under his command.

Normally, he is not that easy to talk to.

But this is the new general under his control after his promotion. In order to enable him to achieve perfect results in this expedition and succeed in the landing operation,

He just planned to hold a banquet to entertain these arrogant generals.

Otherwise, he was worried that these people would ruin his major affairs during the Jinshanwei landing operation, and even cause unnecessary trouble to his command and operation work.

"Thank you Commander!"

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After Commander Yanagawa Heisuke finished speaking, Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe who was beside him quickly echoed.

As he agreed, the other high-ranking generals also looked at each other.

He also smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand, toasted to Commander Yanagawa Heisuke, and politely said some nice words,

So, in such a harmonious and harmonious atmosphere,

These high-ranking Japanese soldiers also began to enjoy their singing and dancing banquet.

It's just that the newly formed Fourth Fleet, which consists of the 8th, 12th, and 14th Battle Groups, the 1st and 4th Mine Teams, the 2nd Air Force, and the 1st Defense Team, is busy and exhausted.

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Especially after they discovered that their transport ships were not enough to transport the troops of the Japanese 10th Army,
Chapter completed!