Commander-in-chief, something is wrong! ”

Shanggao, the headquarters of the 19th Group Army, Luo Weixiong hurriedly came to Luo Zhuoying from the confidential place with a telegram.

"Weixiong, why are you in such a hurry?" Luo Zhuoying was just reading the telegram sent by Que Hanqian.

The telegram said that during the day today, March 6.

Under the cover of aircraft, the Japanese army attacked fiercely and had already captured nearly half of the neighborhood of Nanchang.

In order to hold Nanchang, Que Hanqian has already invested the 118th Regiment and the troops directly under the division, which can stabilize the situation, hoping to let the troops of the Third Theater reinforce Nanchang as soon as possible.

"The Japanese want to escape!"

Luo Weixiong hurriedly said.

"What? The Japanese are going to flee? ”

You must know the previous telegram, Que Hanqian was still saying that the Japanese army was attacking fiercely, why did it become a flight in the next second?

"How is that possible? You're not wrong, are you? Luo Zhuoying asked.

"I just got the news that the Japanese tank group and the 6th heavy artillery brigade are retreating north, and the first tank group has crossed the Fu River.

At the same time, the Japanese army in Nanchang City was accelerating to break through and had a fierce battle with our Nanchang defenders.

Nanchang sent a report that the Japanese army may be trying to escape! Luo Weixiong explained.

For fear that the other party would not believe it, he immediately handed the telegram to the other party.

Looking at the two telegrams that were less than two hours apart, but both were sent by the Nanchang Garrison Command, Luo Zhuoying didn't know who to believe.

"How is that possible? How could the Japanese army run? Luo Zhuoying was a little puzzled.

"It should be the Japanese army who noticed the movement of our army!" Luo Weixiong guessed.

Luo Weixiong was not mistaken, Okamura Ningji judged that the Chinese army was trying to encircle the 101st and 106th divisions under Nanxun Road and Nanchang City based on the information he had obtained.

If he hadn't gotten information on the movement of the Chinese army, perhaps Okamura would have gambled and chosen to send more troops and grit his teeth to capture Nanchang.

However, the Chinese army has newly invested more than a dozen divisions mainly in the 58th, 60th, and 74th armies, and it is too late to increase troops in Nanchang at this time.

Draw the 3rd Division or the 16th Division, and it will take at least five to eight days for them to arrive on the battlefield.

If you just arrive in Jiujiang from Wuhan, it will not be far, but it will take time to reach the battlefield of Nanxun Road.

In this case, Okamura Ninji didn't dare to gamble.

The situation of the 101st Division is not good now, even if it has been replenished by some new recruits, it is still exhausted by the first battle of Nanchang.

If the 101st Division was surrounded by Chinese troops at this time, it would be difficult for Okamura Ninji to guarantee whether the 101st Division would be able to withstand it.

For the sake of the entire battle situation, Okamura Ninji chose to retreat.

The hero doesn't suffer the immediate loss, Okamura Ningji admits planting, and when he is ready next time, it is not too late to find the field.

Luo Zhuoying's side immediately confirmed the authenticity of the news from Que Hanqian in Nanchang, and the result was true, the Japanese 101st Division was accelerating its retreat.

Thinking of his plan, Luo Zhuoying was a little anxious, if the Japanese army ran away, his previous plan would be in vain.

"Commander-in-chief, troops must be sent in advance, otherwise the Japanese army is very likely to escape. The 101st Division was bent on retreating, and the defenders of Nanchang couldn't hold out for long! Luo Weixiong said anxiously.

"How many troops have we assembled at the moment?" Luo Zhuoying hurriedly asked.

According to the predetermined plan, the counterattack began officially on the 10th, and there are still many troops who have not arrived at the predetermined positions.

"Two armies of the 30th Group Army are already in place, and only one army is in place in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Advance Army.

The 70th and 79th armies were on standby south of Wuning and west of Yongxiu, but the 79th Army was now short of ammunition and had not yet been replenished;

Only the new 58th and new 11th divisions of the 11th Army and the 60th Division of the 184th Army arrived at the intended location.

Among them, the new 11th Division was in Luowan, 20 kilometers northwest of Jing'an, and the new 10th and 184th divisions were in Luoshi and Shuikou, less than 20 kilometers west of Fengxin.

The 74th Army is already in position, the 58th Division is in Yifeng to the north of us, the 51st Division is in Fengcheng, and the 57th Division is in Zhangcheng.

The 32nd Army of the 3rd Theater of Operations had only two divisions in place, the 26th and 79th Divisions. The 79th Division is in Jinxian, and the 26th Division has already moved north from Fuzhou. ”

In general, only two-thirds of the current counterattacking army is in place, but the situation waits for no one, and in order to retain the Japanese 101st Division, Luo Zhuoying knew that he had to act in advance.

Luo Zhuoying's original intention was only to encircle the 101st Division of the Japanese Army, and he did not have much interest in the 106th Division, after all, the Japanese army controlled the Nanxun Line, and it was a little difficult to encircle the two divisions.

Even if it can be surrounded, it is estimated that it will be broken by the stomach.

Luo Zhuoying immediately reported the situation to Chen Cheng and the chairman of the committee, and after allowing early action, he began to arrange the action.

"Give an order to Lu Han to immediately order the new 11th Division to attack Jing'an, and the new 10th and 184th divisions to attack Fengxin; The 70th Army and the 79th Army immediately dispatched troops to the Nanxun Line to attack the Japanese army's line of communication and make a posture of cutting off the Japanese army's retreat.

The 30th Army and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Advance Army immediately launched an attack on the Japanese 6th Division, and it was necessary to contain the Japanese 6th Division.

The 49th Division of the 74th Army and the 58th Army attacked Gao'an.

The 32nd Army crossed the Ganjiang River to the north and attacked Yongxiu!

Yu Jishi was ordered to command the 51st Division and the 57th Division, day and night, to cross the Ganjiang River and the Jinjiang River north to launch an attack on Dacheng and Shengmi Street, and be sure to block the retreat of the Japanese 101st Division.

Shangguan Yunxiang gave an order to the 26th and 79th Divisions under his command to reinforce Nanchang and attack the Japanese 101st Division from the flank.

Also, tell Que Hanqian to let him lead the Nanchang defenders to counterattack on all fronts, and be sure to hold off the Japanese 101st Division, and not let it retreat easily. ”

In fact, among these commands, the most important are those two imperatives.

That is, to give orders to Yu Jishi and Que Hanqian, whether they can delay and cut off the retreat of the Japanese 101st Division is the key to this counterattack.

At 9 a.m. on 7 March, the 1st Army's new 10th, 11th, and 184th divisions took the lead in launching a counterattack, and Daxiang launched an attack on Fengxin and Jing'an, which were controlled by the Japanese army.

At 11 o'clock on March 7, the 2nd Division of the 49th Army and the 58th Division of the 74th Army also launched an attack on Gao'an.

At the same time, the 51st and 57th Divisions of the 74th Army crossed the Ganjiang River in the middle of the night yesterday and marched towards Dacheng and Shengmi Street.

Compared with these troops, the 70th Army, the 79th Army, and the two divisions of the 32nd Army attacked relatively late, and did not leave the garrison until 3 p.m.

The 30th Army and the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Border Advance Army only began to attack on 8 March.

Although for various reasons, the Chinese troops who participated in the counterattack did not counterattack at the same time, when the information reached Okamura Ninji, the latter's head suddenly became bigger.

He didn't expect the Chinese army to react so quickly.

What worried him the most was the attack on the three divisions of Fengxin and Jing'an, which was aimed at encircling the two divisions.

In addition to ordering the 106th Division to launch a counterattack and hold on, he also ordered the 101st Division to quickly withdraw from Nanchang.

At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth end of the battle, Okamura Ninji still decided to transfer reinforcements from the 16th Division.

However, Okamura Ninji did not find that the 51st and 57th Divisions of the 74th Army had left the station, and he did not know the purpose of the Chinese troops of these two divisions, otherwise Okamura Ninji would be more anxious.