Xiao Taohong stuck out her little tongue, and said a little unwillingly: "But uncle, did we really give up Jiujiang City like this?" That's a shame, isn't it? Moreover, without Jiujiang City, we will not be able to fight street battles with the little devils, and if we fight in the field, it will definitely be more difficult. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Not necessarily." Xu Rui said, "Have you read the loss of the horse? ”

"The little maid has read it." "It was said that there was an old man, and one day when his horse was lost, his neighbors came to comfort him and told him not to be too upset, but the old man said, 'Who knows if it's a good thing or a bad thing?' After a few days, his horses returned, and he brought back several horses of the Hu people. ”

"So." Xu Rui smiled slightly and said, "Losing Jiujiang City isn't necessarily a bad thing?" ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Rui looked around the fortifications around the station and said: "At least, the Sichuan army brothers have already built strong fortifications on the two hills in front, and we will rely on the original fortifications and dig a few trenches in the woods outside the station, and we will soon be able to build a complete chain of fortifications." ”

While speaking, a veteran of the Sichuan Army who was guarding the radio suddenly ran over and reported that a signal had come in.

Xiao Taohong hurriedly sat down in front of the radio station, put on headphones, and then transcribed the electrical signal and translated it into text according to the codebook, but it was Xue Yue's order that was forwarded from Dameishan.

Xue Yue ordered the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army to hold Jiujiang for at least five days.

"Uncle, what now?" Xiao Taohong said with a bitter face, "Jiujiang has been lost." ”

"It's okay, although Jiujiang is lost, but Jiujiang Station is still in our hands, as long as the station is not lost, even if the little devils recapture Jiujiang, it is useless, and their military supplies will not be able to be transported." Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "Immediately call back General Xue with a clear code, and say that within ten days, the devil will not want to send a bullet and a grain of rice from Jiujiang to the front line of Hunan and Jiangxi!" ”

"Clear?" Little Peach said with some hesitation, "Wouldn't this be bad?" ”

"It's okay, just use clear code." Xu Rui said categorically.

Little Peach didn't say anything more.

(Dividing Line)

At this time, the gunboats of the Japanese Navy's river defense fleet had already received Itagaki Seishiro from the Anqing wharf, and more than a dozen special forces such as Okahara Toshisi and Yamagami Takeo had also joined Itagaki Seishiro.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Xiaoluyuan Junsi snapped his feet and stood upright, and said with a pause, "The Central China Dispatch Army is directly under the Special Operations Brigade, and the captain of the brigade is ordered to report to you!" ”

The mountain warriors, Igarashi Tsui and others behind Oshihara also followed.

Itagaki Seishiro returned the salute and said with a smile: "Yo Xi, they are all the elites of the empire!" ”

"Your Excellency the Commander has been awarded." Okahara Toshisi paused again and said, "I'm ashamed of my humble position." ”

"I won't talk about the old things anymore." Itagaki Seishiro patted Oshihara's arm and said, "But in the future, let's encourage each other, all in all, we must no longer let Xu Rui do whatever he wants, we must no longer shame the Japanese Imperial Army, and we must no longer embarrass His Majesty the Emperor, okay?" ”

"Hello!" Toshimi Okahara paused again.

"Report!" A communications staff officer suddenly walked in and immediately reported, "Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Ueno has sent an urgent telegram that the 23rd Infantry Brigade has entered the mouth of the lake and is on standby!" ”

"Yo Si." Seishiro Itagaki nodded happily when he heard this.

As Xu Rui expected, Itagaki Seishiro did not plan to withdraw troops from the front line to counterattack Jiujiang, but transferred the 23rd Infantry Brigade that was originally stationed in the Third Theater of the Alert National Army in Western Zhejiang.

The 23rd Infantry Brigade and the Judi Brigade, which was heavily damaged by the Independent Regiment in Feicheng, both belonged to the 18th Division, and because the Judi Brigade suffered too heavy casualties in the Battle of Feicheng, the entire 18th Division was excluded from the first-line main attack mission in the Battle of Wuhan, and only undertook the garrison task in southern Anhui.

Before coming to China, Itagaki Seishiro had already studied the battlefield situation, thinking that as long as one infantry brigade was left, it would be enough to ensure the safety of southern Anhui, and the extra infantry brigade happened to counterattack Jiujiang, so Itagaki Seishiro was still in Japan, so he gave an order to the commander of the 18th Division, Ushijima Sadao, and ordered the 23rd Infantry Brigade to go west, cross Poyang Lake from the mouth of the lake, and attack Jiujiang from the front.

Itagaki Seishiro originally thought that it would take half a day for the 23rd Infantry Brigade to arrive, but he didn't want to arrive early, so he already had a bottom in his heart and could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yo Si." Itagaki Seishiro nodded happily and said, "There is no suspense about retaking Jiujiang this time." ”

Xiaoluyuan Junsi frowned slightly when he heard this, and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, please forgive me for being blunt, I am afraid it is too early to assert that there is no suspense in retaking Jiujiang now." ”

What Toshimi Oshihara said can be said to be very polite.

However, Seishiro Itagaki did not show displeasure.

Itagaki Seishiro asked with interest, "How can you see it?" ”

Oshihara Junsi said: "Because Xu Rui is very good at commanding street battles, the Battle of Feicheng, Xu Rui with less than 1,000 veterans of the National Army plus more than 2,000 recruits, facing the Kumamoto Division, plus the Juchi Brigade's repeated onslaught, held on for ten days, not to mention, and finally hit the Kumamoto Division with trickery, which is really daunting." ”

"That's because Shiro Inaba is too incompetent!" Itagaki Seishiro said abruptly, "I have also read the battle report of the Battle of Feicheng, and I found that Inaba made a fatal mistake, he was lucky in the early stage, and refused to invest too many troops in the general attack, but as a result, Xu Rui was given enough time to train, and when he invested enough troops to attack in the later stage, Xu Rui's troops had completed the training, and the battle would not be easy to fight. ”

Xiaoluyuan had no intention of arguing with the commander who had just arrived, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "So, dare to ask Your Excellency the commander how he plans to attack Jiujiang?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki said: "My strategy is very simple, just one word, fast! ”

"Nani? Fast?! Xiaoluhara Junsi showed a trace of confusion on his face, what kind of strategy is this?

"Yes, quick." Itagaki Seishiro said in a deep voice, "It's just to grab time, to grab Xu Rui has not yet gained a firm foothold in Jiujiang, and has not yet built a complete fortification, so he launched an attack with lightning speed, and absolutely does not engage in refueling tactics, once it starts, it will be a general attack, and Xu Rui will never be left with time to react!" ”

"Sodesnay." Oshihara Junsi understood now.

Kokahara Toshiro must admit that Itagaki Seishiro's countermeasures may be optimal, at least better than what he thought in his mind, all strategies should be better, thinking of this, Kokahara Toshiro admired Itagaki Seishiro more and more in his heart, this army courage, not only courage, but also strategy, it really deserves its reputation.

While the two were talking, another communications staff officer walked in, and said with a pause: "Report, the Marines have sent a good news, after more than four hours of hard fighting, the Nationalist Army has been defeated and left the west station of the city, and Jiujiang City has been recaptured!" ”

"Nani?!"

"Jiujiang City has been recaptured?!"

"The Marines have recaptured Jiujiang City?!"

The cabin exploded in one fell swoop, and Kokahara Junsi and a dozen special forces looked at each other.

Itagaki Seishiro couldn't help but be a little stunned, how did he say this, his emotions were already brewing, he was ready to show his skills, but Xu Rui's troops let the marines expel Jiujiang? Don't you say that Xu Rui is very powerful, doesn't it mean that Xu Rui is very good at commanding street battles? And it turned out like this?

"Watanabe-san, could you have mistranslated?" Xiaoluyuan Junsi took a step forward and said, "The marines reinforced from Madang Fortress are only half a brigade, but the national army in Jiujiang is two thousand people, and Xu Rui is in charge, but the marines are actually expelled from Jiujiang?" ”

"Hello." Watanabe paused heavily and affirmed, "The telegram is absolutely accurate." ”

Toshimi Okahara received an affirmative answer and immediately turned his gaze to Seishiro Itagaki.

"It's a surprise." Seishiro Itagaki smiled slightly, and then said, "Map." ”

Xiaoluyuan Junsi hurriedly ordered a special soldier to take out the map from his shoulder bag, spread it out on the small table, and then found Jiujiang from the map, and then found Jiujiang Station.

"Your Excellency Commander, please see, this is Jiujiang Station." Fawn said, pointing to the map.

Itagaki Seishiro's gaze immediately fell on the map, from the map, the terrain around Jiujiang Station is far from how steep it is, it can be said that it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, the only difficulty is that there are two mountains in the direction of De'an on the west side of the station, which can be regarded as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In addition, there is a large area of dense forest on the outskirts of the station.

This forest was likely to become the biggest obstacle to the Japanese attack.

Xiaoluyuan Junsi frowned and said: "Your Excellency Commander, the Sichuan army was expelled from Jiujiang City, which is of course a good thing, but the terrain of Jiujiang Station is also relatively complex, there is not only a crisscrossing river network nearby, but also a large dense forest, Xu Rui is not only good at commanding street battles, but also good at commanding jungle warfare." ”

Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said: "I have read theoretical works on jungle warfare, and I also know that jungle warfare is different from field warfare, and the main factor that determines the victory or defeat of the jungle is definitely not the number of troops, nor the quality of equipment, but depends on the combat experience of the soldiers on both sides of the battle. ”

Xiao Luyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a pause: "Your Excellency the commander is wise. ”

Itagaki Seishiro waved his hand and said: "This is a bit troublesome, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army has already repaired the fortifications outside the station, and it is because of this that Yoshimoto-san's troops will be blocked in the southwest of these two small hills, and they will not be able to advance an inch, the other side already has complete fortifications, and the strategy of rushing to attack is probably no longer applicable." (To be continued.) )