There is a small county town called Yingshan in Hubei. A Japanese squadron was originally stationed here. However, since the massive counterattack by the Japanese troops in the Fifth War Zone last month, the defenders here have long been wiped out. Before they could wait,
After the residents in the city reported this, a regiment of anti-Japanese troops was stationed here to protect the place impenetrably.
At this moment, a middle-aged general wearing a woolen general's uniform and a calm and generous face was walking slowly in the yard. Behind him, there were a major general and several guards following him, walking into a room.
Look, it turns out that this middle-aged general is the commander of the fifth theater and the first-level general Li Zongren.
After taking a few steps, Li Zongren slowed down, turned to Xu Zuyi behind him and asked, "Yanmou, do you think we can defeat Jiujiang this time?"
As the Chief of Staff of the Fifth War Zone, Xu Zuyi naturally knew a lot about the occupation of the front line. He thought for a while and then said: "Gong De, this is hard to say. After all, the 180th Division occupies a favorable location. If we attack by force, even if
If we can capture it, there will probably be a lot of casualties."
"Yes!" Li Zongren sighed softly before smiling slightly: "Although we have two armies with a total of more than 60,000 people, which is several times more than the Japanese, the Japanese are in the city.
Shou, we are not as wealthy as Zhongxin. They have planes in the sky on call 24 hours a day, but we don’t have that condition, so we still have to think of a good way, how to avoid too many casualties in the troops, and at the same time get
Go to Jiangxi."
After listening to Li Zongren's words, Xu Zuyi rolled his eyes and remained silent. In this kind of battle involving tens of thousands of people, all strategies are empty. In the end, it still depends on strength. However, Xu Zuyi also understands Li Zongren's mood, and now attacks
The Seventh Army and the Forty-sixth Army in Jiujiang are almost all the assets of the Gui Clan. If the losses are too great, Li and Bai will be heartbroken. Although Su Rui has already discussed with Li and Bai, they will wait until Jiangxi is captured.
They will eventually unite their forces, but if they suffer too much loss in this battle, it is hard to say how much voice they will have in the army in the future.
Just when Xu Zuyi was restless, a staff officer suddenly ran over. When he came to the two of them, he panted and said: "Sir Li, Mr. Xu, there is a call from the Seventh Army. This morning, the Japanese began to leave Jiujiang one after another to the north.
We were retreating towards Anqing, and Commander Zhou Zuhuang asked us if we should pursue immediately?"
"What? The Japanese retreated?"
Li Zongren and Xu Zuyi couldn't help being surprised. After the two looked at each other, Li Zongren immediately said: "You tell Zhou Zuhuang immediately and let the 170th and 171st Divisions follow and pursue, and the 173rd Division will take over from behind.
The 180th Division cannot be allowed to retreat comfortably to Anhui. In addition, the 46th Army must be immediately telegraphed to station in Jiujiang. To eliminate the remaining Japanese forces in Jiujiang, we must stabilize the situation in Jiujiang in the shortest possible time."
Every time Li Zongren said something, the staff officer took out a small notebook and wrote down something. After a final salute, he hurried out.
Xu Zuyi found that after Li Zongren finished speaking, he became obviously relaxed and no longer as nervous as before. Xu Zuyi could understand the mood of his commander. As long as Jiujiang was captured, the rest of Nanchang would be captured.
It is only a matter of time. Now it can be said that the whole of Jiangxi has fallen into their hands. And they, who control the territory of Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi provinces and merged their forces into one, now have the strength to show their strength to the surrounding Japanese troops.
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Just when Li Zongren occupied Jiujiang, the top brass of the 113th Division in Nanchang, hundreds of kilometers away from him, also fell into panic. Lieutenant General Nakamura Tsukizo, the commander of the 113th Division, watched in his office
The map was silent in thought. Just now, the Central China Front Army Headquarters had called back. In the telegram, Juichi Terauchi ordered Nakamura Tsukizo to defend Nanchang, and specifically stated that he was not allowed to take a step back without an order from the headquarters.
This order made Nakamura Tsukizo immediately understand that the Central China Front Army was probably going to abandon them this time. However, Nakamura Tsukizo did not feel too desperate or sad. He knew the difficulties of the Front Army Headquarters. Now there is a large area in Jiangxi
The headquarters was occupied, and Nanchang had become an isolated city, and it was impossible to expect support from others. Therefore, the headquarters' abandonment of the 180th Division was a completely helpless move.
Just a few days ago, a Chinese army surrounded Nanchang. Although no large-scale battles broke out between the two sides, small-scale battles occurred one after another. The battles in the past few days made him deeply uneasy. This army
The combat effectiveness displayed really surprised him. Naturally, he had heard of the reputation of the Seventh Chinese Army. This was an army that made countless imperial soldiers gnash their teeth. It was also an army that the Japanese army hated.
He was afraid of the army, and his reputation was built on the bones of countless Japanese soldiers.
Just yesterday, when he received the news that the 92nd Division, which came for reinforcements, had been surrounded by the Chinese army on the way and was completely destroyed, he already knew the fate of himself and the 113th Division, so he made a phone call
The Chief of Staff, Colonel Anmu Gui Er, was called and ordered him to immediately dispatch more laborers and step up the construction of positions. They were bound to coexist with Nanchang. For a time, Nanchang was full of Japanese soldiers arresting young men.
In a quiet little village outside Nanchang, Lin Shiqian looked at Li Chenzhe standing upright in front of him and Wu Chengfeng who was sulking beside him. A smile could not help but leak out from the corner of his mouth, "Li Chenzhe, you kid.
Okay, I originally sent Wu Chengfeng to support you, but I didn’t expect you to finish the work yourself, not even leaving a mouthful of soup for your brothers and sisters. Isn’t it too ugly for you?”
But Li Chenzhe smiled and said: "Sir, you can't blame us. Who made the 398th Division come too slowly? We were afraid that the 92nd Division would escape, so we attacked a little harder.
I accidentally killed the 92nd Division, the military commander won't blame me, right?"
"Hey……"
Lin Shiqian was immediately annoyed by Li Chenzhe. This Li Chenzhe was indeed a college student, and he was very sharp-tongued. He turned to look at Wu Chengfeng, whose face was turning black with anger, and laughed and cursed: "Okay, you kid, don't do it either.
You got a bargain and acted well. Who doesn't know how petty you are? You are obviously afraid that the 398th Division will share your credit, and you still say it so helplessly. Let me tell you, the 398th Division went to support you but
You are rushing to Yingtan with all your strength, what you say is not kind, if you keep talking, I am afraid that Master Wu will really perform a full martial arts show with you."
After listening to Lin Shiqian's words, Li Chenzhe smiled and stopped talking.
At this time, Wu Chengfeng on the side said angrily: "Military, I finally understand, this guy is just a bitch, and as long as anything gets into his hands, even if it's just a piece of shit, he won't let it go to others."
. You don’t know that after this kid captured Yuta Nishiyama, an old devil, he was afraid that we would take away his credit, so he sent him back to Guangzhou overnight. Do you think this is too bullying? Am I, Wu Chengfeng?
Are you going to take the credit from him?"
When Wu Chengfeng said this, Li Chenzhe refused, "Hey...Old Wu, it's not kind of you to say that. It's true that I sent Nishiyama Yuta away, but your 398th Division didn't come in vain. I
Didn’t I give you half of the captured Japanese weapons?”
"Shit..." It was okay that Li Chenzhe didn't say anything. When he mentioned Wu Chengfeng, he immediately became angry, "You guys have the nerve to say this. You think I care about the rags of the Japanese. I don't even want those scraps of copper and iron as gifts.
You are the only one who took those Type 38 rifles and crooked handles and moved them into the car in piles as treasures, and you have the nerve to show them off. If you really want there are a lot of them in the warehouse in Guangzhou, you can have as many as you want."
"Ahem..." Wu Chengfeng said this, and Li Chenzhe also felt a little embarrassed. After all, the appetites of the current Seventh Group Army officers and soldiers have been fed by Su Rui. Naturally, they look down on these second-rate Japanese people.
Already.
The two were bickering here, but others were watching the fun with smiles. Li Guodong, the commander of the new second division, laughed and said: "Military seat, the 1st Armored Division has made a big profit this time, and they should be fine in the next attack on Nanchang."
Now, it’s time to let a few of our infantry divisions move in.”
Wu Chengfeng kept nodding: "Yes, that's right! We should go up next."
Li Chenfeng became anxious when he heard this: "Oh...don't worry, the battle is not over yet. Why don't you let us go? In this plain area, our armored assault power can best be used. Why don't you let us go?"
Are you on board?"
Lin Shiqian stared at him funny and said jokingly: "Well, let me ask you, how many tanks can your armored division still have that can drive? How much combat effectiveness can they exert?"
"I……"
Li Chenzhe mumbled twice and then fell silent. In the battle to annihilate the 92nd Division, the 1st Armored Division went to great lengths to surround the 92nd Division.
The tanks that broke down in the hilly areas accounted for 50% of the tanks in the entire division. After a fierce battle, the 1st Armored Division now has no more tanks that can still move.
However, Li Chenzhe still muttered: "Although most of my tanks are lying down, don't I still have two infantry regiments? Why can't I participate in the battle?"
Ignoring this guy who always wanted to eat alone, Lin Shiqian turned his head to the three division commanders beside him, "Commander Wu, Commander Liu, and Commander Li, the next battle to regain Nanchang will depend on your three divisions. I will give you five
We must capture Nanchang within 3 days, are you sure?"
Wu Chengfeng, Liu Guodong and Li Jinling all saluted and said loudly: "Sir, don't worry, I promise to complete the mission!" (To be continued...)
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