Hurry, accelerate forward, we must seize Shengmi Street before it gets dark tonight, and we can't let the 101st Division cross the Gan River! ”

On the Geumgang River, an army is speeding across the Geumgang River.

This is the 74th Division of the 51st Army, that is, the division commanded by Wang Yaowu.

At this time, Wang Yaowu had been promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army, and concurrently served as the commander of the 51st Division.

The 74th Army is undoubtedly one of the few well-equipped armies in the Chinese army at this time that can also fight tough battles.

Even the equipment of the 18th Army is not bad, but in terms of fighting, the 74th Army is still a little insufficient, and the 1st Army is also the same.

It is rumored that Yu Jishi, the commander of the 74th Army, will be promoted and transferred, and there are also many rumors about who will take over the post of commander of the 74th Army, but Wang Yaowu is the one with the highest voice.

However, it is not Wang Yaowu who commands the 51st Division now, but Li Tianxia, who was born in the third phase of Huangpu.

In March, before the Battle of Nanchang officially began, Wang Yaowu was hospitalized due to stomach bleeding, and the 51st Division had no one to command.

Speaking of which, Li Tianxia also has something to do with Leng Jie and others.

Because the previous commander of the 40th Division was Li Tianxia, the 40th Division was subordinate to the 29th Army at that time.

Later, the 40th Division was asked by Chen Cheng from the Third War Zone, but Li Tianxia naturally did not follow and changed positions again.

"Zhang Lingfu, you immediately lead your 153rd Brigade as the vanguard to Shengmi Street, and be sure to block the Japanese 101st Division from crossing the river."

Although Li Tianxia really wanted the troops to fly over like this, she was just thinking that they had heavy weapons on their side, and it would definitely be too late to rush over with the entire division.

At this time, Li Tianxia decided to take the lead with Zhang Lingfu's 153 Brigade.

At the beginning of the year, although the Nationalist Government introduced a new infantry division program, the 39-year infantry division with three regiments and the infantry division with two brigades and four regiments still existed.

The 74th Army did not adopt a new structure, because then there would be no placement of brigade-level officers.

"Yes, I promise to let the Japanese stay on the other side of the river honestly."

At this time, Zhang Lingfu was a major general and brigade commander, and his temper was very similar to Li Tianxia, both of whom belonged to the unruly lord who looked at the sky with his nostrils facing the sky.

There is no such thing as fighting, otherwise Li Tianxia would not have been called back to act as the commander of the 51st Division.

Previously, the Japanese army did not find any trace of the 51st Division, until the afternoon of the 8th, the Japanese reconnaissance plane found traces of Chinese troops south of Shengmi Street.

Even if the Japanese army sent aviation to block it, it still failed to stop the attack of the 51st and 57th Divisions.

After several hours of fierce fighting, the Japanese troops stationed at Shengmei Street were defeated and chose to retreat.

At this time, only part of the tank group of the Japanese troops trapped on the east bank of the Gan River successfully crossed the Gan River, and the remaining more than 10,000 Japanese troops were trapped on the east bank of the Gan River.

Shengmai Street was captured by the 51st Division, and the 57th Division appeared in Ayutthaya again, and then Okamura Ninji understood that the Chinese army did not want to eat the two divisions of the 101st Division and the 106th Division, but simply wanted to eat the 101st Division.

And there is a problem, that is, Dacheng and Shengmi Street were captured by the Chinese army, and the 106th Infantry Wing of the 113th Division stationed in Gao'an was somewhat dangerous, and it was very likely to be surrounded by Chinese troops.

After learning that Ayutthaya had been captured by the Chinese army, the 113th Wing retreated north and launched an attack on the 57th Division, recapturing Ayutthaya, Wanshou Palace and other places, and opening the retreat of the 101st Division trapped in Nanchang.

At the same time, the 147th Wing joined the offensive against the 57th Division.

On the night of the 8th, two wings of the Japanese army and the 57th Division fought fiercely for a day and night in Ayutthaya and Wanshou Palace, and both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Fortunately, the 58th Division and the 49th Army arrived in time and cooperated with the 57th Division to launch a counter-encirclement against the Japanese 111th Brigade (under the jurisdiction of the 113th Wing and the 147th Wing).

The battle line was immediately pushed north of Gao'an.

In the early morning of the 9th, with the 57th, 58th and 49th Armies blocking the Japanese reinforcements, the 51st Division began to cross the Ganjiang River and encircle the 101st Division.

At this time, the 26th and 79th Divisions of the Third Theater in Jinxian finally arrived at the Nanchang battlefield and launched an attack on the Japanese 101st Division from the flank.

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"Your Excellency, Commander! The 111th Brigade was attacked by the 105th Division and the 9th Division of the 49th Army and the 57th and 58th Divisions of the 74th Army. ”

Numata Takazo said as he looked at Okamura Ninji.

Judging by the map, an encirclement of the main forces of the 101 Division and the Tank Group has been formed.

Shengmi Street was occupied by Chinese troops, and the 101st Division and the Chariot Group were trapped under the city of Nanchang.

Around the 101st Division, the Chinese army had 6 divisions, although it was not much, but the 101st Division at this time was exhausted from a long battle, and lacked ammunition.

"Baga, is the 111 Brigade a stupid pig? I can't hold my position! Okamura Ninji scolded.

"Your Excellency, the top priority is to airlift ammunition to the 101st Division, otherwise the 101st Division, which lacks ammunition, will not be able to hold out when reinforcements arrive!"

"What are you doing in a daze? Send a message to the aviation units and let them immediately drop ammunition to the 101st Division! Okamura Ninji roared, "Urge the 16th Division and let them speed up!" ”

Seeing Okamura Ninji on the verge of madness, Numata Takarō was also a little scared.

However, the emergency progress of the situation this time is no worse than the last time Wanjialing, and this time it is even more terrifying.

Except for the one or two thousand seriously wounded of the 101st Division, which had been sent to the rear before, the rest were on the front line, and the lightly wounded were also there.

Together with the main forces of the tank group, this time there were more troops surrounded.

If the worst outcome does occur, it will be the largest loss in a single battle since the start of the war.

And according to the incomplete statistics of the 101st Division, they have killed more than 9,000 in Nanchang City, and there may be more, after all, the casualties on the Ruzi Road side cannot be counted.

The 101st Division does not belong to the A division, but the B division, that is, the pack horse division, which has no cavalry wing and only a cavalry brigade.

The full strength of the packhorse division was about 24,400 men, but there were some losses after previous battles, and the baggage wing did not always fight with the division.

In addition to these, plus the addition of a group of about 2,000 recruits, it is equivalent to less than half of the soldiers left in Nanchang City of the 101st Division, plus the remaining strength of the tank group, the total strength may only be about 15,000 people, and many are not front-line combatants.

While the Japanese army was busy reinforcing the Japanese army, Leng Jie's side had already eliminated the Japanese army entrenched in the area under its jurisdiction, and launched a counteroffensive, and had already invaded the Japanese theater on the west bank of the Fuhe River.

Of course, his side was not the main force of the counterattack, the main force was the 102nd Division, the 10th Division, the 118th Regiment and the 119th Regiment of the 40th Division, and two divisions reinforced by the 32nd Army, about 40,000 people.

With this alone, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Japanese army inside and outside Nanchang City.

Even the 101st Division, which was overwhelmed by men and horses, could not be defeated by a Chinese army with only 40,000 men and no heavy weapons.

Their purpose was only to hold back the Japanese army, and they also needed to wait for other reinforcements to come and join the siege.