Both torpedoes hit the target accurately, and a very violent explosion occurred immediately.

Boom! Boom! Two loud noises! The thousand-ton Japanese transport ship was blown to pieces on the spot. Then it caught fire and exploded, breaking into three sections. A huge red light shot straight into the sky, reaching a height of tens of meters.

Yanagawa Heisuke and dozens of his guards and staff were all killed in the explosion and flames.

The system prompt came quickly: "Ding dong, congratulations to the host for successfully completing the task of killing the enemy chief and earning one million redemption points."

Before Xu Wen led his army to attack Changxing at night, he had 1.01 million redeemable points and spent 200,000 to replace some American equipment for the reserve group.

Later, on the way to attack Huzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, he spent 50,000 points to replenish fuel, ammunition and other supplies for the armored forces, so by the time he killed Yanagawa Heisuke, Xu Wen still had 750,000 points left.

Including the newly obtained 1 million, the total number of redemption points has been accumulated to 1.75 million.

After the successful attack, Xu Wen was overjoyed and immediately ordered the two submarines to evacuate.

After evacuating to a safe place, Xu Wen ordered the communications personnel on the submarine: "Immediately send a signal to everyone to inform everyone that our independent brigade successfully killed Yanagawa Heisuke, the commander of the Japanese 10th Army!"

Also tell the Japanese that this is the consequences of invading China!"

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With Xu Wen's fueling and arrogant propaganda, Yanagawa Heisuke's death caused an uproar among the top brass of the Japanese army. The Japanese base camp was extremely angry and sent the latest telegram to Matsui Iwane and others, demanding that they be eliminated immediately at all costs.

Independent Brigade.

In the Japanese Army Headquarters in Central China, Matsui Iwane and Chief of Staff Tsukada Kaguya were all stunned when they heard Deputy Chief of Staff Iinuma Mamoru read out the latest telegram from the base camp.

Because the base camp asked them to mobilize troops immediately to eliminate Zhu Ziming and Zhou Weiguo's independent brigade and recapture Hangzhou.

Matsui Iwane said with a heavy face: "Don't the base camp know that now is the critical moment to attack Nanjing? Now draw the troops back to counterattack Hangzhou? Chaotic command!"

Iinuma Mamoru said with a troubled expression: "Of course the base camp knows, but first there was Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko, then Hisao Tani, and then General Yanagawa Heisuke!

So far, the imperial army's main division commander, the Shanghai dispatched army, and the commander of the 10th Army have all been killed by Zhu Ziming's independent brigade!

How can the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor not be angry at such a shameful and humiliating incident?"

Tsukada Gongya nodded with a heavy face and said: "Yes, 3rd Division Commander Fujita Susumu, 6th Division Commander Hisao Tani, 16th Division Commander Nakajima Imago, Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko, Yanagawa Heisuke,

Four lieutenant generals and one prince all died on the battlefield in China.

And they all died at the hands of a Chinese army, no wonder the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor were furious!"

Matsui Iwane remained silent, but his expression turned very ugly.

After a long time, he calmed down a little and asked Tsukada and Iinuma, "You two, what do you think we should do?"

Hearing Matsui Iwane's question, Iinuma Mamoru was shocked and said, "Don't you intend to carry out the orders from the base camp, General?"

Matsui Iwane said with an indifferent expression: "The general is out, and the military orders are not obeyed! If I insist on capturing Nanjing first, and then deploy troops to encircle and suppress the Independence Brigade, what do you think will happen?"

Iinuma Mamoru and the equally surprised Tsukada Gong looked at each other, and finally Tsukada Gong answered: "General, if this is the case, even if the imperial army finally captures Nanjing and eliminates the Independence Brigade, the base camp will still pursue you.

Responsibility for disobeying military orders."

In the following words, Tsukada attack will not go into details. The implication is obvious. If he does not follow the instructions of the base camp, Matsui Iwane's military career and future may come to an end.

There are indeed many examples within Japan of subjugating subordinates and disrespecting military orders. For example, the 918 Incident was carried out by Ishihara Kanji and other young officers, together with ambitious people within the Kwantung Army, without telling the Kwantung Army headquarters at the time.

Even the commander of the Kwantung Army didn't know, let alone their base camp.

Although due to various reasons, the adventurous operation of the young faction of the Kwantung Army ultimately succeeded.

But afterwards, the real planner Ishihara Kanji was forever removed from the center of power and the front-line army, and has not been reused to this day.

Although the September 18th Incident brought huge benefits to Japan, this matter must be explained to the base camp, and someone must take the blame.

It is obvious that Ishihara Wanji is the scapegoat.

Otherwise, with Ishihara Kanji's strategic vision and commanding mind, he must be one of the most dazzling generals in the Japanese military.

Getting back to the topic, after listening to Iinuma Mamoru's words, Matsui Iwane fell silent again. It was obvious that he was also weighing the pros and cons and whether he should disobey orders.

As a subordinate of Matsui Iwane, Tsukada Gong still advised: "General, how about we make a compromise!"

Matsui Iwane, who was in a dilemma, heard this and immediately looked up at him and asked: "What's the compromise?"

"The main force of the Nationalist Government has been completely wiped out by the Imperial Army in Shanghai. Those stationed in Nanjing are all defeated generals of the Imperial Army, and their combat effectiveness is not strong!

The only independent brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness is now in Hangzhou!

The forces currently used by the imperial army to besiege Nanjing include the 9th, 11th, 13th, and 18th divisions, the Kunisaki Detachment, the Shigeto Detachment, and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade!

I believe that with only one or two divisions, the United Saki Detachment and the Chongteng Detachment, plus the cooperation of the Navy and Air Force, Nanjing can definitely be captured!

Therefore, I suggest that the excess troops can be transferred back to cooperate with the 114th, 3rd Division and other units to counterattack Hangzhou! Encircle and suppress the independent brigade! Capture Zhu Ziming alive!

In this way, we will not be disobeying the orders of the base camp, and we will not delay the strategic action of capturing Nanjing and forcing the Chinese military government to surrender."

Mamoru Iinuma said: "If we bring back two or three divisions from the front line, the strength of the troops attacking Nanjing will be greatly weakened, and the final attack time may be delayed!" Mamoru Iinuma raised his concerns.

"Furthermore, I don't know if you, Chief of Staff, have thought about it. It will take at least two days for the imperial army to withdraw the troops of the three divisions from the front line.

During this time, the Independent Brigade has enough time to escape, take the initiative to abandon Hangzhou, and move to a safe place!"

Tsukada saw that what Iinuma Mamoru said was reasonable and he could not refute it, so he bit the bullet and said to Matsui Iwane: "General, everything has advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it is the base camp and the order of His Majesty the Emperor, and on the other hand, it is the strategy of capturing Nanjing.

Plan, how to choose, General, please give me an idea!"

Matsui Iwane thought about it, but in the end he did not have the courage to risk his political future and military career by disobeying orders.

So he gave very serious instructions to Tsukada Gong and Iinuma Mamoru: "Immediately transfer the 18th Division, 9th Division, 11th Division and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade back to prepare to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade!

Order the 13th Division to continue the frontal attack, and the Kunisaki Detachment and Chongteng Detachment to quickly outflank and cooperate with the 13th Division to capture Nanjing!"

"In addition, the 3rd Division and the 114th Division were all handed over to Suematsu Shigeharu for unified command, and they were ordered to immediately approach Hangzhou to contain the Independent Brigade!

After the arrival of the above three divisions and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade, we will concentrate our forces to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade! Tell Yoshika Ryosuke and the others to move quickly and return to Hangzhou within 12 hours!"
Chapter completed!