Just after Leng Jie returned to the station, a lot of things happened, first Li Yunheng, the commander of Madang Fortress, in the case of the Japanese army capturing Anqing, also set up an 'anti-Japanese military and political university' for two weeks, and as a result, the Japanese Botian detachment took the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Principal Chiang thought that he could hold out for a month, but it fell in less than a week.

The loss of Madang Fortress can be said to have caused a chain reaction.

After capturing Madang Fortress, the Potian detachment and the Japanese 106th Division fought together to kill Pengze.

The south bank of the Yangtze River belongs to the newly organized defense zone of the Ninth Theater, and the commander of the theater is Chen Cheng.

After the fall of Pengze, Chen Cheng ordered Li Hansoul's 64th Army stationed at Hukou to counterattack Pengze, and after a fierce battle, the Botian detachment not only repelled the attack of the 64th Army, but also took the opportunity to capture Hukou, and the 64th Army was forced to withdraw to Jiujiang to garrison.

It was only at this time that the Chinese side realized the seriousness of the problem.

If Jiujiang is lost, it will inevitably lead to worse results.

Fortunately, after a fierce battle with the 64th Army, the Japanese Botian Detachment and the 106th Division were also exhausted and repaired at Hukou for more than ten days.

Zhang Fakui's 2nd Corps, which was in charge of the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River west of Jiujiang and the Yangtze River, began to make intense defensive arrangements.

In terms of strength, the 2nd Corps is actually not weak, with the elite of the Central Army such as the 13th Army and the 52nd Army, with a total strength of more than 200,000 troops in eight armies.

It's just that most of these troops are in Ruichang and the areas west of it, and Zhang Fakui does not have many troops near Jiujiang.

In fact, there are not many Japanese troops in Hukou at present, just the Hatian Detachment and the 106th Division.

The Hatian detachment is a Taiwanese mixed brigade, the officers are Japanese, and the soldiers are Taiwanese; The 106th Division is a type A division with a two-brigade regimental system, which is formed by the reserve of the 6th Division, and its combat effectiveness is not bad, after all, the 6th Division itself is very strong.

It stands to reason that if you defend properly, you can still hold out for a while.

However, in the early morning of July 23, the Japanese 106th Division crossed Poyang Lake on a rainy night and successfully landed at the position of the 11th Division.

With the fall of Jiujiang, the battle south of the Yangtze River fell into great passivity.

After the occupation of Jiujiang, the Japanese army divided into two routes, and the Potian detachment and the marines continued to the west to attack Ruichang; The 106th Division was in the south, attacking De'an along the Nanxun Road.

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the 6th Division attacked from Qianshan in Anhui Province to Taihu Lake under the command of Inaba Shiro, fought bloody battles all the way, successively broke through the defense lines of the 31st, 68th and 84th armies, successively captured Taihu Lake and Susong, and finally occupied Huangmei, the gateway of Guangji, after fierce street fighting on August 4.

By the end of August, the Battle of Wuhan was in full swing, and the Japanese army launched an attack on the Chinese army in three directions.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the 9th Division, the 27th Division, and the 101st Division of the Japanese Army joined the Nanxun Road operation, and the Japanese army in Jiangxi had already appeared four complete divisions, plus the Botian Detachment, with a strength of 100,000;

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the main force of the Japanese army was the 6th Division.

In addition, in the direction of Dabie Mountain, the Japanese army Prince Minoru Higashikunomiya led about 100,000 people from the 3rd, 10th, 13th, and 16th divisions of the 2nd Army to attack Wuhan from the north along the Dabie Mountain.

At this time on the Wuhan battlefield, the Japanese ground forces dispatched 9 divisions, which meant that the entire Battle of Wuhan was in full swing.

Leng Jie, located in the fortress of Fuchikou, although he was not attacked by the Japanese army, also felt that the clouds of the great war were enveloping the entire land of China on both sides of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Among these Japanese attacks, the most dazzling was definitely the 6th Division, which undertook the entire north bank attack with the strength of 1 division.

At the beginning, Leng Jie was able to inflict heavy losses on the 6th Division in Nanjing, and the field battle of the 6th Division was indeed very strong, but unfortunately the street fighting weakened the strength of the 6th Division, so Leng Jie found an opportunity, and finally suffered heavy casualties, and even the division headquarters was taken by Leng Jie.

The second is the Hatian detachment, a unit composed of Taiwanese soldiers and Japanese officers, whose combat effectiveness is also good, especially those soldiers, who are not at all soft in killing Chinese.

"We may be about to start soon, the Japanese army has occupied the county seat of Ruichang, and now it has begun to attack Guangji.

If Guangji is lost, the dock town will also be in danger. ”

Standing on the No. 1 Heights of Zhu Po Mountain, Liu Xin looked at the direction of Guangji County, full of worry.

"Guangji and Wharf Town are each other's horns, no matter which side loses, the other side is in danger, and I don't know if it can be defended." Wang Yanqing analyzed.

"The chances of holding on are very small, so it depends on how many days you can hold on." Leng Jie put down the binoculars and said lightly.

Since the position of the 108th Regiment was only ten miles away from Guangji County, the 108th Regiment could faintly hear the sound of artillery fire there.

There is no way, Guangji County was attacked by the Japanese army's three-in-one artillery fire of the sea, land and air, and the movement can be imagined.

Moreover, it was the 6th Division and the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army that attacked Guangji.

The 3rd Division was sent by the 2nd Army of the Japanese Army to reinforce the 6th Division when it saw that the losses of the 6th Division were not small.

"The military department has also adopted your suggestion and set up anti-slope positions on high ground such as Jiangjun Mountain and Doujiading, which should be able to hold out for a while." Wang Yanqing said.

"But they still put the main force in the dock town, if the Japanese army attacked on a large scale and the main force suffered heavy casualties, it would be difficult to stop the Japanese attack with only a few high ground with few troops.

In ten days at most, the Japanese army will be at the fortress of Fuchikou. From now on, the soldiers' time in the tunnel will be changed from the previous two days to four days, and they must adapt to life in the tunnel as soon as possible. Leng Jie commanded.

Wang Yanqing and Liu Xin nodded, and also understood Leng Jie's order.

After a while, the three of them left the top of the mountain and came to the tunnel on the No. 1 high ground at their feet.

Heights No. 1 is the most important position of the 108th Regiment, and it is also the highest point, in the previous two months, the soldiers of the 108th Regiment dug a total of 3 large tunnels, 10 small tunnels and more than 40 improvised anti-artillery holes.

The regimental headquarters of the 108th Regiment is located in the second large tunnel of the No. 1 Heights, which is 100 meters long and in a circular state, and the regimental headquarters radio station is also here, and communicates with the outside world through hidden antennas.

More than 50 officers and men of the regimental headquarters were stationed on the entire No. 1 Heights, as well as two infantry companies and special service companies of the 1st Battalion, plus an artillery platoon, nearly 600 people.

Heights No. 2 are two companies of the 2nd Battalion, plus an artillery platoon, nearly 400 people; On Heights 3 is two companies of the 2nd Battalion and an artillery platoon, also with nearly 400 people.

The three main positions are in the shape of a pin, with each other as horns, which is convenient for mutual support.

The No. 1 and No. 2 heights face the river, and there are two small positions in front of them; Heights No. 3 were facing south, facing the positions of the 107th Regiment, less than 3 kilometers away.

The remaining 8 heights, each of which is the strength of a company. It includes the remaining company of the three infantry battalions, plus a replenishment, baggage, reconnaissance, engineer and communications companies.

There were more than 100 people in each position, distributed in large and small tunnels.

In fact, from the perspective of a discerning person, it can be found that the position of the entire 108th Regiment is not worthy of being very tight, no matter which side the enemy attacks, it will be counterattacked by the other two sides, unless the Japanese attack from three directions at the same time.