Chapter 840: Cessation of War (3)
A few days later.
Since the warships of the Devil Wing suffered a big loss, the Devil's Central China Dispatch Army has not made any major moves in the past few days.
In the previous war, the devils were so miserable that thousands of devil navies were slaughtered and so many ships were lost.
A huge fleet was almost completely annihilated, and this time, the devil was indeed scared.
The Japanese 11th Army attacked Madang and suffered several losses in a row, and Okamura Ninji naturally would not give up.
The Japanese troops that have been defeated and retreated in the past few days are resting, and the rest of the devil troops are also being deployed for training.
Okamura Ningji knew that Li Hong was not easy to mess with, and there was a security regiment guarding Madang Fortress, so I was afraid that he would die if he couldn't beat Madang for a month.
Therefore, after careful consideration, he changed the offensive strategy and reformulated the course of the attack.
Okamura Ninji is not like other devil commanders, and he retaliates against his opponent with a tendon.
Once he is defeated, he does not think about revenge immediately, but studies his opponent and waits for opportunities to find the opponent's weaknesses.
Okamura Ninji, an old fox, knew that the Madang defense line was a fast steel plate, so he did not order the troops to attack and fight for the fortress again.
Okamura Ninji estimated the strength of the security regiment, and it would take half a month to capture Madang Fortress at the earliest, and in terms of troop losses, at least two first-class divisions would be killed or wounded.
This is still Okamura Ninji's conservative estimate, and if he really attacks Madang Fortress, the cost of casualties may be even greater.
Attacking Madang Fortress with heavy troops is time-consuming and thankless, even if Madang Fortress is taken, the 11th Army of the Devil has suffered casualties of several divisions and regiments of the main force of the combat troops, what troops will the enemy use to attack Wuhan?
In the past few days, Okamura Ninji has not rested much, and has been staying at the headquarters to study the combat route.
Okamura Ninji asked the naval forces to cooperate in the operation, and the 101st Division of the Devil's Army, with the cooperation of the navy, crossed Poyang Lake from the mouth of the lake, broke through the defense line of the 25th Army of the First National Army, and captured Xingzi.
The devil changed the route of the march and attacked, marched day and night for several days in a row, bypassed the Madang defense line, and achieved good results.
After the 101st Division of the Devil's Army succeeded, it cooperated with the newly formed 106th Division in an attempt to capture De'an and capture Nanchang in order to ensure the safety of the southern side of the Japanese army advancing westward.
Okamura Ninji, an old devil, changed the offensive route and caught many national army troops off guard, so the national army troops were defeated on the battlefield and lost many towns.
The little devil gave up the offensive strategy of attacking Madang and taking Wuhan directly, and Chen Xiuping, commander of the 9th Theater, also convened a military meeting with the generals of all departments in the theater.
Originally, Chen Xiuping invited Li Hong to attend this important military meeting, but Li Hong refused the other party's invitation.
Li Hong is always wary of the old devil Gangcun, because Okamura Ningji is too cunning, and the other party has many tactics, even he can't guess it.
Therefore, defending Madang Fortress is his most important responsibility at present.
Madang must not make any mistakes, otherwise, this will be related to the comprehensive problems of millions of soldiers and civilians in the surrounding areas of Wuhan.
Although Li Hong did not go to the meeting, he also put forward his own suggestions and valuable suggestions.
Li Hong helped the 9th Theater to recapture the Madang defensive line, and a few days ago he killed the combined fleet of devils, which greatly frustrated the enemy's spirit, and these things had already spread in the 9th Theater.
The strength of the security regiment is obvious to all the generals in the theater, and most of the generals in the 9th theater will listen to the convincing force of his words.
The meeting of the 9th theater was discussed for a long time and a battle plan was drawn up to resist the Japanese attack.
Subsequently, Chen Xiuping, commander of the 9th Theater of Operations, ordered Xue Boling, commander-in-chief of the First Corps, to cooperate with Ye Zhao's 66th Army, 74th Army, 4th Army, and 29th Army to guard the pass and Mahuiling areas north of De'an.
A large-scale and grand battle between China and Japan broke out again, and the number of troops invested by both sides reached 50,000 or 60,000. ,
After a few more days, both sides continued to increase their troops to the front line, and the number of people engaged in combat reached nearly 100,000, and the Chinese army and the devils fought fiercely.
The soldiers on both sides fought for every inch of the position, and the two armies fought fiercely into a stalemate, and each side suffered heavy casualties.
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During the period when the security regiment was guarding the Madang Fortress, there were no combat missions.
Li Hong gave the officers and men the task of preparing for war, and the soldiers never left their guns and men did not leave their positions every day, and the officers and men could go into battle at any time.
Okamura Ninji has been busy with the battle on the Mahuiling side recently, and he has no energy to organize troops to attack the Madang defense line.
The devil's air force just went to Madang Fortress twice a day to reconnoiter like clocking in.
On several occasions, the devil's reconnaissance plane was shot down by the fighters of the security regiment, and the frightened devil's air force no longer dared to easily reconnoiter the security regiment from the air.
Li Hong is also very concerned about the news of the battle situation in the 9th Theater, and the headquarters of the security regiment receives a lot of information about the battle situation on the front line every day.
In less than a week of fierce fighting, tens of thousands of casualties were inflicted.
The national army stubbornly resisted the Japanese army, causing many casualties, of course, the casualties of the devils were not small, and even the commander of the 101st division of the devils was almost killed......
A large-scale and grand battle between China and Japan broke out again, and the number of troops invested by both sides reached 50,000 or 60,000. ,
After a few more days, both sides continued to increase their troops to the front line, and the number of people engaged in combat reached nearly 100,000, and the Chinese army and the devils fought fiercely.
The soldiers on both sides fought for every inch of the position, and the two armies fought fiercely into a stalemate, and each side suffered heavy casualties.
……
During the period when the security regiment was guarding the Madang Fortress, there were no combat missions.
Li Hong gave the officers and men the task of preparing for war, and the soldiers never left their guns and men did not leave their positions every day, and the officers and men could go into battle at any time.
Okamura Ninji has been busy with the battle on the Mahuiling side recently, and he has no energy to organize troops to attack the Madang defense line.
The devil's air force just went to Madang Fortress twice a day to reconnoiter like clocking in.
On several occasions, the devil's reconnaissance plane was shot down by the fighters of the security regiment, and the frightened devil's air force no longer dared to easily reconnoiter the security regiment from the air.
Li Hong is also very concerned about the news of the battle situation in the 9th Theater, and the headquarters of the security regiment receives a lot of information about the battle situation on the front line every day.
In less than a week of fierce fighting, tens of thousands of casualties were inflicted.
The national army stubbornly resisted the Japanese army, causing many casualties, of course, the casualties of the devils were not small, and even the commander of the 101st division of the devils was almost killed......
In less than a week of fierce fighting, tens of thousands of casualties were inflicted.
The national army stubbornly resisted the Japanese army, causing many casualties, of course, the casualties of the devils were not small, and even the commander of the 101st division of the devils was almost killed......
(End of chapter)