The armored vehicle was very fast, and it didn't take long for Xu Wen and the others to rush back to the resting place of the main force.

Wu Yongqiang, Sun Fugui and others gathered around and asked with concern: "Brother, why have you been here for so long? Have you gained anything?"

Xu Wen said with a smile: "The division headquarters of the Japanese were killed, as well as their commander and chief of staff. They were all killed too!"

"Great!" Wu Yongqiang and Sun Fugui were pleasantly surprised.

However, Xu Wen was overjoyed and immediately told Sun Fugui: "Immediately send a message to Commander-in-Chief Tang in Nanjing to report the victory and tell him that our unit successfully attacked the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division and killed the enemy Lieutenant General's division.

There were dozens of backbone Japanese troops including Commander Nakajima Ikago.

Now the command system of the 16th Division has been paralyzed, and the entire division has fallen into a leaderless situation.

I, Zhu Ziming, decided to lead my officers and soldiers to take advantage of the situation to launch a sneak attack on the enemies of Wuxi!

Please order the garrison headquarters to order all our defensive forces in the Wuxi area to switch from defense to offense and launch an attack on the enemy in front of you.

Cooperate with our troops to attack from the front and back, and strive to defeat all the Japanese troops in the Wuxi area in one fell swoop! To ensure the security of the national defense line and buy more time to defend Nanjing!"

"Yes!" Sun Fugui immediately saluted and took the order to leave.

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Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

Chairman Chiang and others have already evacuated Nanjing, and all military commanders in the Nanjing Garrison have been transferred to Tang Shengzhi.

However, Chen Cheng took the initiative to choose to stay. He had two purposes for staying. One was to supervise and assist Tang Shengzhi in commanding the defense of Nanjing.

Second, it was also to stabilize the morale of the military, because a large part of the troops withdrawn from Shanghai were civil engineering elites developed by Chen Cheng's 11th Division.

When Xu Wen's good news arrived, Tang Shengzhi was hosting a banquet for Chen Cheng. Although the military situation on the front line was raging, big bosses like them still had to eat.

In order to respond to emergencies at any time, the banquet was held in a living room in the garrison headquarters.

Before the food was even served, a lieutenant colonel communications staff officer from the garrison headquarters rushed into the restaurant excitedly and walked quickly behind Tang Shengzhi and Chen Cheng. He didn't have time to salute and said: "General seat, Chief Chen, I just received the message from Zhu Ziming."

Good news for the department.

Forty minutes ago, they successfully attacked the headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division and killed a large number of Japanese backbones, including Lieutenant General Nakajima Imomago, the 16th Division Commander, Chief of Staff Mitsuo Nakazawa, and others!

Now the entire command system of the 16th Division has been completely destroyed!"

"What?" Whether it was Tang Shengzhi or Chen Cheng and other national army leaders present, they were all shocked and stood up spontaneously.

Tang Shengzhi stood up and turned around, snatched the telegram from the lieutenant colonel's staff, glanced at it hastily, and couldn't help but applauded: "Okay, great! Well done!"

This Zhu Ziming is simply the lucky star of our national army!"

Chen Cheng also came over to take a look, nodded repeatedly and said with joy: "Well, Zhu Ziming has repeatedly made extraordinary achievements. He is really a model for our generation of soldiers, a national hero, and the god of war against Japan!"

With that said, the two of them continued to look down, and when they saw Xu Wen asking the defenders in the Wuxi area to attack across the board, turn from defense to offense to cooperate with them in attacking the 16th Division.

Tang Shengzhi and Chen Cheng were both surprised. The two bosses looked at each other, and Tang Shengzhi asked in a low voice: "Brother Cixiu, what do you think?"

Chen Cheng put away his smile, his expression became serious and he said, "Isn't this move too risky? How many troops does our army have in Wuxi now?"

Tang Shengzhi thought for a while, but he didn't know very well, because the defeated troops continued to withdraw from Shanghai to Wuxi and other places, and reinforcements from Nanjing rushed to respond, so he didn't know the specific number of troops stationed in Wuxi.

So he turned around and asked Liu Wendao, who was the chief of staff of the Nanjing Garrison Command at the time: "Staff Liu, how many troops are there in Wuxi now?"

Staff Officer Liu immediately stepped forward and replied: "The main defensive forces in the Wuxi area now are the two battalions of our 87th Division, the main force of the 41st Division of the 2nd Army, and four regiments of the local army, including two from the Sichuan Army.

, one each for the Yunnan Army and the Guangxi Army, with a total strength of more than 8,000 people!"

"There are more than eight thousand people. In terms of strength, it is no less than the 16th Division in Wuxi, because Xu Wen's message said that the 16th Division only had two infantry regiments in Wuxi at this time, with a maximum of 5,000 people."

Luo Zhuoying, then deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison Command, analyzed and compared after listening.

Tang Shengzhi said: "We still have a slight advantage in terms of military strength. Considering the gap in combat effectiveness between the enemy and ourselves, we can still be barely equal!"

As he said that, he looked up at Chen Cheng and asked, "Brother Ci Xiu, do you think we should agree to Zhu Ziming's request? Cooperate with them to try it once?"

"Counterattack?" Chen Cheng fell into deep thought and was silent for a while before he raised his head and said: "Zhu Ziming was able to achieve repeated military exploits with such a small force and create a miracle in the history of military warfare.

It is enough to prove this person's ability. I think we can trust him once and put the 8,000 defenders in the Wuxi area to give it a try!

Even if it fails, Wuxi would have fallen two days earlier at most, and the situation would not be much worse than it is now!"

Tang Shengzhi nodded slightly after hearing this. As Chen Cheng said, even if he disagreed with Zhu Ziming's suggestion and took the initiative to attack, with the eight thousand crippled defenders in Wuxi, it would be difficult to resist the 16th Division for too long.

Instead of doing this, it is better to trust Xu Wen once. If it succeeds, the harvest will be too much.

By then, Tang Shengzhi will have become a famous general who can turn the tide in adversity.

Of course, if Xu Wen hadn't created so many miracles in succession, they wouldn't have dared to believe Xu Wen's almost crazy plan at this juncture.

Luo Zhuoying also thought it was okay to give it a try, so she didn't raise any objections.

Seeing that Chen Cheng acquiesced and no other colleagues objected, Tang Shengzhi became worried and immediately gave a stern order to the lieutenant colonel's communications staff officer: "Call Zhu Ziming back immediately and tell him that we have approved the plan and ask him to defeat the Japanese army.

To ensure that Wuxi and Nanjing are safe!"

"In addition, send a telegram to all troops on the Wuxi frontline to prepare for a counterattack! We must also maintain close contact with Zhu Ziming's headquarters! Keep abreast of the battle situation at all times."

"Yes!" The lieutenant colonel's staff member suddenly nodded and immediately took the order and left.

One of the two 87th Division battalion-level troops in the Wuxi garrison was the independent battalion led by Zhou Weiguo. Although this independent battalion included some of the troops that Xu Wen took with him.

It is nominally under the control of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, but in fact it is still under the command of the 87th Division!

After Zhou Weiguo led his troops to retreat to Wuxi, he could not bear to abandon this important town in southern Jiangsu, so he led his men to stay and formed a new defense line with other remaining troops.

Zhou Weiguo was resting with his men in the trench with their eyes closed. A burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came. Zhou Weiguo was alarmed and immediately opened his eyes. He saw Fang Shengli walking up to him quickly. He knelt down and said anxiously: "Wei

Our country has just received an order from our superiors to attack the enemy in half an hour!"

"What? Isn't the enemy attacking now? How can we counterattack at this time?" Zhou Weiguo was shocked when he heard this.
Chapter completed!