This war is not a small fight.

It's not as simple as blowing up a cannon tower and fighting a squad of devils.

It was all a big corps battle.

Head-to-head.

What they had to face was a large-scale attack by the devil's planes, tanks, and heavy artillery, as well as organized divisions, brigades, and wings.

If you are not mentally prepared, it is easy to be blinded by the fighting power of the devil.

Li Lei, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei discussed for a long time.

He told Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei to be mentally prepared.

This time to the south, their regiment, casualties will definitely be very large.

The old bald head fought for the war, but he made a bloody investment.

After communication, he allocated a lot of weapons to the three regiments that went south.

When you arrive in Hunan, just ask for the New Fourth Army directly.

That batch of weapons has already been delivered to the New Fourth Army.

Three regiments are going south.

The boss has only one request for Li Lei and the three of them, they must come back alive.

"Salute !!"

The train started slowly.

The boss looked at the train in the distance and burst into tears.

Two days later, the three regiments arrived in Nanchang.

Nanchang?

As soon as they got off the train, Li Lei and they were all blinded.

Isn't it Hunan?

How did you get to Nanchang?

What's going on?

The person who came to pick up the station was the director of a communications office of the New Fourth Army.

The director's surname is Peng.

A very real person.

He said to Li Lei and the three of them: "Because the matter is urgent, I didn't notify you in advance.

According to the latest order of this campaign, the first division of our New Fourth Army will temporarily guard Nanchang. ”

Of course, the troops defending Nanchang were not only the 1st Division, but also the troops of the 60th Army of the Central Army.

If the Japanese army wants to attack Changsha, Hunan, it will definitely attack Nanchang.

Nanchang is an important barrier in Changsha.

After taking Nanchang and attacking Changsha, there will be a springboard.

It is very necessary to deploy troops here now.

Li Lei furrowed his brows, feeling a little worried.

If Wuhan is in the hands of the Central Army, then it is possible to hold Nanchang and hold it.

But Wuhan is now lost.

If you defend Nanchang again, you basically can't keep it.

In the defense of Wuhan some time ago, the old bald head carried out the so-called strategic retreat.

Surrendered Wuhan to the Japanese army.

Saved his Whampoa descendants.

However, the loss of Wuhan made the country's determination to resist Japan drop to the point in an instant.

The entire anti-Japanese resistance was overshadowed.

Wuhan is a military powerhouse.

And heavy industry is very developed.

A lot of arsenals are there.

There are also large quantities of military supplies.

Moreover, Wuhan's traffic is north-south, and the traffic location is very important.

A large number of military and civilian supplies have to pass through Wuhan.

Once Wuhan is lost, it will have a great impact on the whole country.

A large amount of supplies all went into the hands of the Japanese army.

Originally, the old bald head learned from the old Maozi of the year and came to a scorched earth policy.

But Chen, who was in command of the Wuhan campaign at the time, did not agree.

Burn Wuhan!

If you don't have a little ruthlessness, you really can't do it.

Lao Chen didn't do this, which made the old bald head very dissatisfied.

It's been haunted.

Now the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army is located in Wuhan.

Commander Ninji Okamura was there.

Although Wuhan was defeated, his troops suffered heavy casualties.

And very tired.

There is a need for replenishment of troops, as well as a recuperation.

So from now on, although the Japanese army has been eyeing Hunan, it has not attacked because of the above reasons.

Moreover, at this moment, the Japanese base camp has also undergone certain changes in strategy.

Due to the large number of Japanese troops involved in the Chinese battlefield, it was difficult for the Japanese army to carry out the plan to move south to Southeast Asia.

Moreover, the current Japanese army is very worried about country M cutting off their sea supply lines.

They are actively working on a plan of operations against country M.

At the same time, the situation in Japan is deteriorating.

The war consumed a lot of their strategic supplies.

Although after years of hard work, Japan's economic strength has grown tremendously.

But as a resource-poor country.

They simply don't have enough stocks.

Now their supplies are obviously insufficient.

On average, the average person in Japan has less than half a kilogram of food per day.

If this continues, Japan will soon collapse.

So the members of the Japanese cabinet, on the issue of war, were very divided.

Some oppose another large-scale campaign.

That will only make things worse for Japan.

In the case of a stalemate, the Japanese troops could only stand still for the time being.

This gave Hunan time to breathe.

In the Battle of Wuhan, many troops were withdrawn to Hunan.

These troops need to rest.

Morale needs to be restored.

There are still some troops who have just arrived at the designated place, and the positions have not yet had time to be built.

If the Japanese army attacks now, the consequences will be unimaginable.

At this moment, the commander-in-chief of the Changsha Battle Tiger Boy was sitting at the headquarters and looking at the huge sand table in the war room with his brows twisted.

The sand table is huge.

Fifteen meters long and ten meters wide.

The whole area of Hunan, all of them.

It was densely filled with the plaster flags of the Japanese army and the blue sky and white sun flags of the Central Army.

He was doing a war rehearsal.

As a general who was very good at fighting, he knew very well how the Japanese army was attacking.

Attack in the middle, outflank on both sides.

The Japanese army's fighting style was very rigid.

At this time, the tiger boy is in the process of the third war deduction.

The results of the deduction are not very good.

In the case of the loss of Nanchang, it was not easy to win the Battle of Changsha.

Nanchang......

The tiger boy muttered to himself.

If Nanchang is lost, then where should the main battlefield be placed?

He had already ordered the Sixteenth Army, the first division of the New Fourth Army, to defend.

But his expectations for defense are not optimistic.

He knew very well the combat effectiveness of the 60th Army, and the combat effectiveness was also of a medium level.

The combat effectiveness of the New Fourth Army is very strong.

But alas, there is only one division of troops.

Although they transferred three more regiments with strong combat effectiveness from Shanxi.

But it's just a drop in the bucket.

Three regiments, no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, there are still too few people.

If one of the divisions of the Japanese army attacked with all its might.

Relying on the 60th Army and the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army, it could not be held at all.

Do you want to give up Nanchang?

Withdraw all the troops and strengthen the defense of Hunan?

"How is the situation of the troops garrisoning Nanchang now?" Tiger Boy asked his chief of staff.

The chief of staff of the 11th Army was a very moderate man.

Wearing glasses.

Gentle.

At first glance, it is a Confucian general.

The chief of staff pushed his glasses and said, "Commander, the troops guarding Nanchang have arrived at the scheduled time. The three Eighth Route Corps, reinforced from Shanxi, also arrived today. ”

Earlier today, he received a telegram.

It is said that the three reinforced regiments of the Eighth Route Army have reached Nanchang.

The allocated weapons have also been distributed to them.

The tiger boy said: "That Li Lei is really here? ”

The chief of staff was stunned: "Yes, Li Lei is here, and his unit is the New Third Regiment." ”

The tiger boy smiled: "This Li Lei is a powerful character!" Hopefully, this time, he won't let me down. ”

"I'm also looking forward to his performance," the chief of staff said. But to be honest, I'm not bullish. ”

The tiger boy was stunned: "Tell me, why?" ”

The chief of staff said: "Li Lei is very powerful, I don't deny this." But this is the south, not Shanxi. He was facing the most elite units of the Japanese army. They are all first-class divisions. This is not the same thing as the third-rate division of the Japanese army in Shanxi.

Moreover, he is only a regimental commander.

His troops were too few men.

To put it mildly, in this big battle, many regiment commanders will die.

A lot of the time it's filled in one by one.

Not even a splash of water.

No matter how powerful his regiment is, the Japanese army can only be annihilated in the face of the attack of a division of the Japanese army.

You and I can see this very clearly.

In this war, our 11th Army is 200,000 people.

Okamura Ninji's Eleventh Army was 90,000 men.

Two to one.

Such a ratio is very dangerous for us.

To have one, under normal circumstances, the ratio of the number of fighters between us and the Japanese army is five to one.

Five to one, it is possible to have a draw with the Japanese army.

Now it's two to one, and the intensity of the battle will be very large.

As soon as the war began, a regiment could not even last a day before it was lost. ”

That's right.

A big war like this, that's a meat grinder.

At the end of the day, if you don't have two or three divisions, it's all possible.

It is a bit whimsical to expect Li Lei's regiment to make a difference.

Outside the city of Nanchang.

Li Lei and Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei observed the terrain.

Their mission this time was to defend a high ground outside Nanchang City.

That high ground is very important.

If the high ground is occupied by the Japanese army, you can overlook Nanchang City.

When the time comes, there will be a cannon, and the entire Nanchang City will not be able to defend it at all.

The topography of this highland is not dangerous.

But location matters.

At that time, it will definitely be the key direction of the Japanese attack.

Let Li Lei and the three of them guard here, it's not easy to guard.

Li Lei observed the terrain.

Think again about the armament of your own regiment.

A little worried.

Most of the weapons allocated are light weapons.

Bullets and guns are no less.

But heavy weapons, none.

It's impossible to watch a few guns hold here.

His new third regiment brought a lot of mortars and a few infantry guns when he came, but Li Lei did not fight with the Japanese field troops.

The true strength of the Japanese army is not known.

So in his heart, he is also a little bottomless.

Li Yunlong's troops were on the left, a little behind them.

That's the second line of defense.

Chu Yunfei's independent second regiment served as a reserve.

If Li Lei and Li Yunlong's troops couldn't withstand it, Chu Yunfei's troops would rush forward.

Positional warfare......

It's not easy to fight!

Li Yunlong wrinkled his brows and said, "Li Lei, this is a typical positional battle. If we stick to this mountain, it will be too much of a loss. ”

Li Lei nodded.

When fighting positional warfare, what is fought is weaponry.

Their weapons and equipment can also be a draw when they fight against the Japanese army in Shanxi.

But in the face of the field army of the Japanese army, it is a little not enough to see.

The other side has heavy artillery and tanks.

When the time comes, there will be a bang.

Before the Japanese troops could be dispatched, their own troops were lost in half.