The Japanese army withdrew from Xiangfuguan, in fact, they had all abandoned Gao'an City, and now they themselves are difficult to protect, let alone care about losing their positions.

The devils who retreated from Xiangfuguan were chased and killed by the 305 regiment all the way, losing their armor and abandoning their armor, and many had to pretend to be Chinese refugees and flee in all directions.

A few days ago, Dacheng was still under the control of the 57th Division, but yesterday, in order to open up the way to escape back to Nanchang, the Japanese army used heavy artillery and heavy troops to regain this key point of transportation.

The 101st Division from Nanchang is also desperately besieging Xishan Wanshou Palace, and the 57th Division is now changing hands with the Japanese army on Xishan several times, and the two sides have entered a cruel tug-of-war.

The 51st Division took Xiangfuguan and moved the main force forward, approaching the big town, and the 58th Division also advanced to Chitu Street, hoping that the three divisions of the 74th Army would meet at Xishan and take the 101st Division of the Japanese army.

Even if you can't take a division, it is still possible to encircle and annihilate the 101st Brigade under the 101st Division, and it is also a very exciting battle.

Moreover, if the Japanese 101st Brigade or the 101st Division were severely damaged, it would also be a great benefit to the recovery of Nanchang, which would weaken the strength of the Japanese defenders in Nanchang.

The 9th Army of the 3rd Theater and other troops that attacked Nanchang head-on will be able to attack Nanchang with relative ease, and the 74th, 49th, 58th, and 60th armies west of Nanchang will be able to join forces with the 9th Army in Nanchang.

The 58th and 60th armies of the 1st Group Army of the 9th Theater could even defeat Fengxin, wave their divisions to Beishan, cut off the Nanxun line, and contain the Japanese army in the Wuning area.

Of course, all this is the ideal result, but the reality is not so, first of all, the 58th and 60th armies, in the face of the Japanese army in Fengxin, have not dared to attack, and even put on a plan to be beaten and ready to flee at any time.

The 105th Division of the 49th Army east of Gao'an had already conquered the big towns, and as long as it held on, it could annihilate the 103rd Wing that escaped from Gao'an.

However, the big city still couldn't hold on, and the 105th Division easily gave up and withdrew after the two wings of the Japanese army flanked each other, and when the 51st Division of the 74th Army, which was tired from continuous combat, arrived, the Japanese army had already occupied the big town and waited for work.

The same is true of the 3rd Army of the Third Theater, where the 6th and 79th Divisions, the 5th Reserve Division and the 10th Reserve Division of the 9th Army had already conquered the position of Shixiajie (Nanchang South), but they were delayed.

On the 7th, the Japanese army concentrated its main forces and began to counterattack, and the commander of the 79th Division of the 9th Army retreated without authorization on the night of April 8 due to excessive casualties among the troops, and was caught "in front of the army".

The 15th Regiment of the 6th Division broke through to the Xinlong Airport at dawn on May 5, and the 155th Regiment advanced to the railway station at 9 o'clock on the 5th, but both were blocked by heavy Japanese fire and counterattacks.

On May 6, the main force of the Japanese 106th Division, supported by aircraft and tanks, attacked the 9th Army on the outskirts of Nanchang and Liantang. The 9th Army was surrounded, the commander of the 6th Division was wounded, and the commander was killed.

One regiment of the 5th Reserve Division, which had infiltrated the city in civilian clothes, was forced to withdraw because there was no follow-up force to respond.

On May 9, the Military Commission issued an order to stop the attack on Nanchang. At this time, the Japanese army was also unable to counterattack due to heavy losses, and the Battle of Nanchang ended.

On Gao'an's side, the enemy who broke through and the defenders of Wanshou Palace merged into one, captured Wanshou Palace in one fell swoop, and waited for an opportunity to organize a counterattack while holding the position of Wanshou Palace.

General Luo Zhuoyin of the Ninth Theater ordered the 74th Army to attack Wanshou Palace with all its might, but due to the slow advance of the friendly forces on the left flank (58th and 60th Armies), the Japanese troops in the Fengxin area could always be freely moved, so that the 74th Army could not help but be afraid.

From the Battle of Nanchang to the counteroffensive of Nanchang, most of the Chinese troops participating in the battle could neither attack nor defend, and some of the weaker troops could not rush forward, resulting in the strong army not daring to risk advancing lightly.

Even foreign journalists can see that on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, it is always "the best troops dragged down by the worst troops."

The 74th Army is now facing this problem, and if it attacks alone, it is likely to be outflanked by the new Japanese army, not to mention that they themselves have also allocated a considerable number of troops to garrison Gao'an.

Faced with this dilemma, Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, decided to only order the 57th Division to attack Wanshou Palace, and the main forces of the 51st and 58th Divisions rushed to build fortifications in Gao'an and Xiangfuguan.

In this way, the three dogs did not continue to attack until May 9, because the threat of Fengxin in the north could not be lifted, and they could only continue to guard the same place until the end of the Battle of Nanchang.

Do you want to counterattack Nanchang? How to counterattack? In the gap between the battle, Sangou also had a little strategic opinion, but he thought about it for himself and didn't dare to say it to others.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has a firm foothold and the strength of the ninth and third theaters is abundant, as long as the strategy and tactics are in place, Nanchang can be completely recaptured.

But the problem is that Nanchang is a big city with a strategic location, and even if it is recaptured, the Japanese army will definitely not give up and will definitely find a way to fight for it.

This is the problem, after retaking Nanchang, can it still be defended? In terms of the current middle **, in terms of the combat strength of the ninth and third theaters, there is the ability to raid a large city, but it is difficult to prevent the Japanese army from constantly increasing its weight.

Nanchang is on the plain, only a few rivers have become a slight advantage in geographical advantages, there are no high mountains and mountains, for the first class without heavy weapons, it is indeed difficult to defend to the death.

Therefore, from this point of view, there is no need for Nanchang to fight back and take it back, if it can't be held, if it is recaptured, it will be hot, and it will be lost in the end.

Rather than sacrificing many innocents, it is better to preserve strength and contain and kill the living forces of the Japanese army in the lofty mountains and mountains.

But because Nanchang is a big city and one of the holy places of the national revolution, like Nanjing, Wuhan and Guangzhou, if you don't make any effort to fight it, you won't be able to explain it to the people of the whole country.

This is a political war, not a matter of consideration from a purely military point of view, so it is still necessary to fight a dozen, whether it can be achieved or not, within a certain limit, it is necessary to make an example for the common people to see.

But it is certain to fight, and it is not the way it is now, whether it is to fight in a big city or a small position, Sangou believes that there has always been a principle, that is, to cut off its supply line first.

Even if it can't be broken, it will continue to harass the other side's supply lines, just like the Japanese planes, which bomb the best transport lines every day, that's what it means.

The supply line of Nanchang is the Nanxun line, and almost all of the war materials of the Japanese army are transported from Jiujiang to Nanchang through the Nanxun line, so to fight Nanchang, we must first hit the Nanxun line.

Nanchang actually belongs to the end of the Nanxun line, and it is also a huge protrusion, and to hit the protrusion, we must hit the connecting line behind it, cut off its back road, cut off its supply, move its supply, and move its military heart.

Instead of fighting like now, the most elite 74th Army was placed in Gao'an and the main force of the Japanese army was fighting to the death, while the Japanese army could continuously supply troops and replenish troops through the Nanxun line.

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