Chapter 299

In the dead of night, black clouds obscured the moon as a dark wind swept across the land of Nanking. Ever since the old devil Prince Asaka Yasuhiko took over as commander-in-chief, the Japanese devils had begun to tighten their encirclement around the entire city of Nanking. Ignoring the northern front for a moment, Prince Asaka Yasuhiko had already deployed three full-strength divisions and one detachment to the south alone. It could be said that almost the entire Japanese 10th Army had launched an assault from the area around Lake Tai. Taking advantage of the night, the devils split into three columns, moving from three major directions in an attempt to sever the supply lines to Nanking. The furthest reaching of these, the 18th Division, was the first to be dispatched. Their primary objective was the attack on Xuancheng, intended to punch a gaping hole in the National Government’s defensive lines. Once this point was breached, the Japanese could use it as a springboard to strike directly toward Wuhu. By that time, Nanking’s only land-based supply line would be cut off at the very source.