In this matter, the military commander is indeed very passive, so Boss Dai of the military commander specially sent Shen Zui, who had a good personal relationship with Leng Jie, to deal with the follow-up matters.

Of course, Fei Shiyun, the nominal representative of the military command, was also reprimanded, although this matter had nothing to do with her.

On the Japanese side, the news of the failure of the operation also quickly reached the headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army in Wuhan.

Of course, the assassination of Leng Jie was just an impulsive move by Okamura Ninji to vent his personal anger, and he didn't care about it after arranging for the intelligence department to carry it out.

He doesn't think that it was because of Leng Jie that caused the Nanchang fiasco.

It was he who underestimated the enemy, and did not expect the resistance of the Chinese army to be so stubborn, which was his mistake.

So after learning that the assassination operation failed, he did not take it to heart.

For this assassination, it is naturally a good thing that it is successful, and it will not affect it if it is not successful.

What really worries him is the situation in Wuhan.

In the Battle of Nanchang, the 11th Army suffered a heavy defeat, which had a great impact on Okamura Ningji; In the end, in order to break the deadlock, he sent more than 100,000 troops, mainly the 3rd, 13th, and 16th divisions, to attack the Chinese troops in Suixian, Zaoyang and other places, but finally retreated to Zhongxiang, Yingshan and other places.

Although the losses in troops were not large, the offensive intention failed.

The failure of the two active attacks made Okamura Ninji unable to hang his face, and the situation was also unfavorable for the Japanese army.

Don't look at the Japanese occupation of Wuhan, but China's more than one million troops surrounded the Japanese 11th Army in the area along the river from Wuhan to Anqing, which was very passive.

Whether it was the Battle of Nanchang or the Battle of Suizao, it was a combat operation in which the Japanese army wanted to break the stalemate.

It's just that the results are not satisfactory.

The Battle of Suizao was okay, although it finally returned to the station, but at least a part of the Chinese army was eliminated, which can be regarded as relieving the pressure from the north.

But in the south, the pressure is high.

"Your Excellency, Commander, for this operation, I think it can be done both! At the same time as attacking Hunan, troops were sent to attack Nanchang. Numata Tazo suggested in front of the map.

"A two-pronged approach? So how many troops do we need? Have you ever thought about that? "For Nanchang, it was a thorn in Okamura's heart.

"If it's a surprise attack on Nanchang, it's enough to be in the next division." Perhaps worried that Okamura Ninji would not want to repeat the defeat of the 101st Division, Numata Takazo explained, "In the front of Hunan, we have gathered three divisions, and we also need one division in Wuning and other places to contain the Chinese army here, and the army of the Ninth Theater of China will inevitably be contained in Hunan."

At this time, we sent a surprise army to attack Nanchang, and we will definitely be able to capture Nanchang before the Chinese army reacts.

According to the intelligence department, in Nanchang, the Chinese army was defended by only one division, and its strength was weak. And the imperial army controls the Nanxun line, and it is not difficult to send troops to Nanchang. ”

"You mean the attack on Changsha is fake? Is it true to capture Nanchang? Okamura asked.

"Hey!" "The occupation of Nanchang will not only ensure the safety of the imperial army, but also cut off the road from the Ninth War Zone to the Third War Zone, and also weaken the strength of the Third War Zone, killing two birds with one stone."

On the Hunan side, it is undoubtedly best to capture Changsha, and the worst is to occupy Yueyang and advance the front line to the Miluo River. ”

At this time, the Japanese army was unable to capture Yueyang because of the previous crushing defeat at the fortress of Fuchikou, resulting in Yueyang remaining under the control of the Chinese army.

Yueyang is the gate of Hunan, and if it has been controlled by the Chinese army, the Japanese army will definitely be very passive.

For the sake of ensuring the safety of Wuhan, Yueyang must be captured.

"So we need to send five divisions? Isn't it a little too much? ”

Okamura Ninji was not worried that he would not be able to assemble so many troops, but that he was worried about logistics.

The strength of five divisions is more than 100,000, plus other troops, that is 150,000 troops, which is not a small number.

Preparing 150,000 Japanese troops for war supplies in a short period of time is really a bit troublesome for the current situation in Japan.

"Your Excellency, in the vicinity of Changsha and Nanchang, the Chinese army has a strength of 60 divisions.

If it is calculated according to the fact that one brigade fights one division of the Chinese army, four divisions are enough.

However, the First Battle of Nanchang proved that the strength of a brigade was still a little reluctant to deal with a division of the Chinese army, and with the importance of Changsha, the Chinese army would definitely be heavily defended, and the resistance it would encounter at that time would certainly not be small.

In order to avoid another defeat in the First Battle of Nanchang, we should try to avoid street fighting with the Chinese army, and instead eliminate the living forces of the Chinese army in the flat area from Yueyang to Changsha. ”

"Do you think the Chinese army will continue to fight us in the streets?" Okamura asked.

"Hey, the battle of Nanchang proved that street fighting is very beneficial to weak defenders, and I believe that the people of China will definitely adopt it." Numata has many crops hidden back to the road.

"No, no, no, you don't know about the Chinese people, the situation in Nanchang will not happen, among the commanders of the Chinese people, there are not many excellent ones, and the troops below are also uneven, we can use the factional problems of the Chinese people to make a fuss.

Of course, the purpose of this operation is still Nanchang, and on the Hunan side, it is more just to eliminate a part of the living forces of China. ”

Okamura Ninji, as a China expert, knew very well that the Nationalist Government at this time was not monolithic, and the Ninth War Zone was even more complicated.

There are descendants of the Central Army, there are also collateral departments of the Central Army, as well as local units such as the Sichuan Army, the Dian Army, and the Northeast Army, and in his view, greater results can be achieved by taking advantage of the contradictions between these troops.

"What should I do then?" Numata Tazo hesitated.

"Based on the information provided by the intelligence services about the 9th theater of operations in China, draw up a detailed battle plan and show it to me.

In addition, we will send a report to the headquarters of the dispatch force to allocate military supplies as soon as possible, and the initiative in the war must be in our hands. "Okamura Ninji also has his own opinions, of course, he will definitely find a way to get back on the field.

"Hey!" Numata has many crops and says helplessly.

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"Deputy Division Commander Leng, I see that you are recovering well like this!"

At the 40th Division station, although Leng Jie was wounded, he did not stay in the hospital for long, and after treating the wound, he returned to the army, but he could not do strenuous exercise.

Han Bin also learned the news of Leng Jie's assassination, but he couldn't come, because the Japanese bombing of Chongqing became more and more frequent, and the pilots of the Aviation Committee were becoming fewer and fewer, so Han Bin, the trump card, naturally couldn't leave at this time.

When Shen Zui came, Leng Jie was inspecting the training of the troops, which was the tactic of the three-three system. Although Yang Wenying was not optimistic about this, the tactics implemented by Leng Jie were still implemented.

From the 40 regiment commanders of the 40th Division, you can see Leng Jie's influence in the 40th Division.