To be on the safe side, Okamura continued to let intelligence officers reconnoiter the situation around Nanchang to prevent being deceived, and all the intelligence so far showed that everything was normal.

In particular, the 74th and 18th armies, which worried Okamura Ninji, were deployed in accordance with the defensive positions in the battle plan.

Hearing this information, Okamura Ningji was completely relieved, because the 74th Army and the 18th Army were the most capable of fighting in the Ninth War Zone, as long as these two armies could not cooperate with Qi Rui's side, then it would be much easier for him to complete the purpose of this operation.

In addition, Okamura Ninji also received the news that there was only Qi Rui's lone army east of Poyang Lake, and after confirming this, he immediately ordered the attack.

The 101st, 106th, and 16th Divisions of the 11th Army of the Devils launched an attack first, the 106th Division feinted against the 8th, 72nd and 73rd armies of the Guo Army on the Xiushui line, the 101st Division feinted against the 79th Army on the Yongxiu line, and the 16th Division feint against the 32nd Army on the west bank of Poyang Lake.

After the battle started, Qi Rui in Jiushan Ridge immediately ordered to move south, this battle could not be fought in a day or two, so Qi Rui was not in a hurry at all, he wanted to let the devil army go deeper.

Okamura Ninji listened to the reports on various fronts in his office, and this time he also wanted to test the true strength of the Ninth War Zone's army.

"Commander! The Chinese army was well prepared, and their defense was tenacious! ”

"Now you're in a firefight with those troops?" Okamura Ninji asked,

"The 8th, 72nd, 73rd, 70th, 78th, 79th, and 32nd armies of China are all in battle!"

"Is the 74th Army still in Gao'an?"

"Intelligence says they're not moving!"

"What about the Eighteenth Army?"

"There is no movement for the time being!"

"It looks like they're going to execute the battle plan!" In the battle plan brought back, the 74th Army defended Gao'an to the west of Nanchang, and the 18th Army defended the line east of Nanchang to Poyang Lake.

So far, these two armies are still on standby, and the armies of the 30th and 20th armies of the Guo Army are engaged head-on.

Okamura Ningji looked at the map and asked, "Where is Qi Rui at the moment?" ”

"As soon as the battle started, Qi Rui retreated with his army!"

"Retreat? Where are you now? Okamura asked in surprise, because according to what he knew about Qi Rui, he thought that he would take the army to the lake to snipe the ships.

"It should be near Mt. Douli!"

Okamura Ningji looked at Mt. Douli on the eastern shore of Poyang Lake, but there was no way to do a landing operation there, because it was a little far away from Poyang Lake, and it was surrounded by small lakes and wetlands, and the terrain was very complicated.

"Yaga! Qi Rui is very good at finding a place! ”

"Commander! Now are we going to continue the pursuit? ”

"In this case, our convoy will not work, because judging from the map, Qi Rui walks almost all of the mountains!" Okamura Ninji said,

"This Qi Rui is very cunning, does he already know our intentions?"

"It's hard to say! Immediately give the order to the Sixth Division and let them go around behind Qi Rui by boat! The 9th Division moved towards the Nine Mountains! ”

Okamura Ninji also proceeded according to the previous plan, and if the battle was carried out according to the Ren battle plan, then the 101st and 116th divisions should now be taking the water route.

But this time, in order to eliminate Qi Rui, he put the sixth and ninth main forces in Poyang Lake.

Qi Rui and his people did not stop at Douli Mountain, but went directly to the area of Dagaoling and Goutou Mountain on the east side of Poyang Lake.

When they arrived at Da Gaoling, Liang Qing, Tang Yu, Tong Xi, Du Bov, Baili Zhengfeng, Ai Qingyan, Najiu, and Xiao Zhuge were all waiting here with their armies.

This time there was also the medical team of Zhou Shuxue and Yuko Hino, Tong Lin took the Women's Army to protect them, and now it is Han Datou and the Independent Regiment of the New Fourth Army who remain in the mountains to watch the family.

"When did you arrive?" Qi Rui saw Liang Qing and Tang Yu and asked,

"In order not to let the devils find out, we arrived last night!"

"Did you bring anything?"

"Bring them all! Hope it's enough! "Liang Qing and the others raced against time to walk at night and dared to come here, bringing all the equipment that Qi Rui needed.

"Having is better than nothing! It's better than us going to blow up a tank with a bag of explosives! Qi Rui smiled,

"That's for sure! It's a pity that Lao Lei is not here, if he is here, he may make some other kinds of mines! ”

"He'll be back soon!"

"Captain, what are we going to do next?" Tang Yu asked,

"The devil will definitely find it himself! Now we're in two ways! Qi Rui took out the map and spread it out on the ground, then pointed to the pocket mountain and said to Liang Qing: "You rushed here with the lone wolf brigade, the White Russian cavalry and the Jiulong Village!" What to do next depends on the situation of the devil, so you must make sure that the radio is unblocked! ”

This time, Qi Rui wants to fight a mobile war with the devils, and he has completely studied the terrain on the east bank of Poyang Lake, and he has already made a battle plan.

"Clear!"

"Brother Qi! Do you need me to set up some traps? Sikong Nian asked,

"I used a lot this time, you should pay attention to your own safety!" Qi Rui advised,

"Captain! What about us? Tang Yu asked,

"You guys follow me to the lake north of Poyang Town!!" Qi Rui personally reconnoitred the east bank of Poyang Lake, and the devil would definitely take the waterway to copy his own back road, so there are not many suitable locations for landing on the east bank of Poyang Lake.

Now he is going to one of them, when the devils land is a good time to attack them, Qi Rui will not miss it.

Just when Qi Rui rushed to his destination, Zhang Lingfu with the first part of the 74th Army and Huang Wei with the first part of the 18th Army had already arrived to the east of Poyang Town.

Although not all of these two armies came, almost half of the troops came, and the other half of the troops stayed in the defense area, which is why the devil intelligence officers said that they did not move.

Qi Rui received a telegram from Xue Yue and learned that the 74th Army and the 18th Army had arrived at the designated position according to the plan, so he immediately called back and asked them to rush to the area of Dagaoling to stand by.

From now on, there is no battle plan here, Zhang Lingfu and Huang Wei with the army only need to follow Qi Rui's instructions, as commanders, Zhang Lingfu and General Huang Wei also understand that they don't know the specific battle plan of the devil at all, so the next thing is to look at Qi Rui's on-site command ability.

Xue Yue sent the two most capable units of the 20th Group Army to cooperate with Qi Rui, and the purpose was also to weaken the devils to the greatest extent, which would be of great help to future operations, especially to reduce the pressure on the Ninth War Zone.

The commander of the 36th Brigade of the 6th Division, Mitsuru Ushijima, personally took his brigade and planned to land on the west side of Oguzan by boat on the orders of Okamura Ninji.

Because he got the news before, Qi Rui and his army are currently near Douli Mountain, and they can go around Qi Rui and their back when they land here, but what he never expected is that Qi Rui is already waiting at the place where he is going to land!

(End of chapter)