When Jiujiang was recovered again, Itagaki Seishiro had just come ashore from the Hukou Wharf and joined the 23rd Infantry Brigade under the 18th Division, and of course Itagaki Seishiro would not only take Oshihara's special combat team to Jiujiang, after all, Jiujiang now has too few troops, and he has to consider not his own safety, but also the future of the six and a half divisions of the Eleventh Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

If the wolf fang is beheaded again, the consequences will be catastrophic for the Eleventh Army.

The commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, Ueno Kamefu, brought two wings, Yoki Iida and Ishisuke Takagi, to greet him, but this time the 23rd Infantry Brigade was dispatched urgently, so only two infantry wings came, and the cavalry wing, engineer wing, artillery wing, and baggage wing of the 18th Division were not dispatched.

Less than half an hour after returning to Ueno Kamefu's brigade headquarters, a communications staff officer of the 23rd Infantry Brigade came in and reported: Jiujiang has been lost again, and the chief of staff of the 11th Army, Yoshimoto Sadachi, has also been shattered!

"Nani?" Itagaki Seishiro was dumbfounded and said, "Jiujiang is lost again, and Yoshimoto-san is also broken?" ”

Behind Seishiro Itagaki was behind more than a dozen special forces such as Toshishi Oshihara and Takeo Yamagami.

That's changing too fast, isn't it? Jiujiang, which had just been recovered in the afternoon, turned out to be only half a day, and Jiujiang was lost again? Didn't Yoshimoto Sada's troops have been asked to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang, why did they still lose it? And he also put his own life into it, what is this idiot doing?

"Hello." The communications staff officer paused and handed over the folder again.

Seishiro Itagaki took the folder, opened it, and found that the telegram was from the Navy.

It turned out that after the Sichuan army reoccupied Jiujiang, it did not continue to attack the North Gate Wharf, so the North Gate Wharf was still under the control of the Marines, but the Marines launched a counterattack at about two o'clock in the morning, but they were defeated and lost a squadron, and now the strength of the North Gate Wharf is less than two squadrons.

"Yaga!" Seishiro Itagaki threw the folder on the ground, his face turning blue with anger.

Because the telegram sent by the Navy not only stated the facts, but also ridiculed the Army, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, almost pointed at Seishiro Itagaki's nose and scolded: Are your troops all rice buckets? A brigade can't hold a Jiujiang City, and it can't beat an infantry regiment of the Sichuan Army!

What kind of army is the Sichuan Army? That's a force called a chemical subforce, right?

Seishiro Itagaki is full of anger but has nowhere to vent, because Hasegawa Kiyoshi is telling the truth.

Ueno Kamefu asked, "Your Excellency Commander, do you want to gather your troops now and cross the lake overnight?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and said: "Jiujiang has been lost, no matter how anxious it is, it will not be bad for half a night, and besides, the troops have just gone through a long and rapid march, and the warriors are already tired, so let them sleep well, and wait for tomorrow dawn to gather troops and prepare to cross the lake." ”

"Hello." Ueno paused, then turned and walked away.

Seeing the figure of Ueno Kamefu go out, Oshihara Junsi said: "Your Excellency Commander, Jiujiang has been gained and lost, the Sichuan Army has occupied Jiujiang City again, but the Imperial Army has lost a great opportunity, but it's a pity. ”

What Xiaoluyuan said was that they had already drawn up a battle plan, and when the rain stopped two days later, the bomber team of the Third Flying Regiment would drop sulfur bombs and burn down the forests outside Jiujiang Station.

But now, with the loss of Jiujiang again, it is back to the previous street fighting.

Hell, the plan didn't change quickly, but it's a pity that it was a great hunt plan.

"Yes, it's a pity that such a good battle plan was stillborn." Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said, "But it's nothing, it's great to return to the original situation, as long as the 23rd Infantry Brigade crosses Poyang Lake in time, as long as Xu Rui is not given too much time to prepare, the Imperial Army will still win this battle." ”

Oshihara Toshisi said: "Your Excellency Commander, is the bomber team still going to be dispatched?" ”

"Of course it has to be dispatched." Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice, "The forest outside Jiujiang Station doesn't need to be burned, but the houses in Jiujiang City must be burned, even if you can't burn a large number of Sichuan troops hiding in the houses, you can always burn a few to death, and if you burn those houses, it will be easier to fight street battles." ”

Kokahara Toshisi's mouth shook, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Kokahara Toshisi actually wanted to say to Itagaki Seishiro that throwing sulfur bombs into Jiujiang Castle was actually a double-edged sword, and although this could burn down the houses in the city and make street fighting easier, it would also completely anger the people of Jiujiang and force them to go to the battlefield with the Sichuan army, so it is difficult to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

However, considering that it was the first time he had worked with Seishiro Itagaki that he had worked with him, he didn't know whether the newly arrived commander was a Huairou faction like Commander Okamura or an iron-blooded faction like Shouichi Terauchi, so he swallowed the words that came out of his mouth back into his stomach, and he didn't want to offend his immediate boss at the first meeting, so it would be difficult for his special operations theory to be used.

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It can't be said that Toshishi Okahara's worries are unreasonable.

It's just that Xiaoluyuan Junsi is thinking too much this time, because the situation he is worried about is impossible at all, because this will be the Sichuan army has organized the evacuation of the people of Jiujiang overnight with the assistance of the puppet army garrison brigade, this is the difference between the invaders and their own people, the invaders will not care about the lives of the people, but it is impossible for their own people to care.

The officers and men of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army actually knew that letting the people stay in the city could help them a lot, not to mention anything else, it was always okay to help build fortifications and carry the wounded, and it was not impossible for those young and middle-aged people to train a little and pick up guns to participate in the battle, that is, thousands of reserve troops!

But in the end, Zhao Baishi still listened to Xu Rui's suggestion and decided to evacuate the people.

As Xu Rui said, it is the mission of their soldiers to defend the country and protect the people, how can they sacrifice the people?

What's more, it is impossible for the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the puppet army garrison brigade to agree to their relatives staying, and if the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army has to keep the people, most of the puppet army garrison brigade will have no choice, but the detachment from morality is certain.

Taking advantage of the fact that the devil's army has not yet arrived, and has not yet completed the siege of Jiujiang, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army and the puppet army garrison brigade organized the people in the city to evacuate to the countryside outside the city overnight.

By noon the next day, the people in Jiujiang City had been evacuated.

What made the officers and men of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army feel a little relieved was that many young and middle-aged people volunteered to stay behind to help defend the city.

Zhao Baishi issued weapons to the more than 500 young and middle-aged people who volunteered to stay, and temporarily formed a militia brigade.

Then, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Sichuan Army, the Puppet Army Garrison Brigade, and the Militia Brigade began to carry military supplies from the station outside the city to the inside of the city.

Ammunition, food, clothing, medicine, etc., had to be moved back to the city.

Although there are a few motorcycles, they mainly have to be carried by manpower.

When carrying military supplies, the officers and men of the puppet army garrison brigade couldn't help but complain, because this was the third time they had carried materials, first from the station outside the city to the city, and then from the city to the outside of the city, and now they had to move from outside the city to the city, tossing people! Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army moved with them this time.

The 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army originally decided to cross Poyang Lake today, but it was foggy at dawn, and as a result, one of the three gunboats used to transport troops hit the reef, and the other two gunboats accidentally collided in the lake, and the engine was damaged, so Itagaki Seishiro had to postpone the crossing of the lake by one day.

By the evening, most of the military supplies had been moved into the city and stored in a scattered manner, and Xu Rui asked Zhao Baishi to give an order to withdraw the first battalion of the 799th Regiment, which had been holding its position southwest of Jiujiang Station.

As soon as the 799th Regiment withdrew from the first battalion, the devils on the opposite side immediately took advantage of the situation to press up, but when they chased two kilometers outside the west gate of Jiujiang, the little devils no longer advanced, but stationed on the spot and began to build fortifications.

But to be honest, the devil is really worried that the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army will sneak attack at night.

Today's Xu Rui is already famous, and he can't help but be careless.

Facts have proved that the little devil's caution is justified, and on the same night, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army sent five small troops composed of elite veterans, led by Leng Tiefeng and other five wolf teeth, to try to sneak attack the devils outside the city, but because the devils built tight fortifications, they did not achieve much success.

As soon as the morning dawned, the small units of the Sichuan army withdrew one after another.

As soon as the devils outside the city were counted, they still suffered one and a half casualties, and most of these fifty or sixty devil soldiers were killed by Leng Tiefeng and the other five wolf fangs.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of the third day, the vanguard of the 23rd Infantry Brigade finally crossed Poyang Lake and arrived outside the east gate of Jiujiang after a rapid march of two hours. (To be continued.) )