In the Ninth Theater Headquarters in Changsha, the staff officers and various officers were still trying to persuade Xue Yue, hoping that Chief Xue would not give an order to abandon Nanchang......

"Shut up, Chief Xue is free to consider;" Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi roared, and the chaotic headquarters quieted down,

Xue Yue hesitated and didn't make a sound. After thinking for more than ten minutes, he pointed to the map and said: "The devil's armored group has bypassed Gao'an, the 106th Division and the 6th Division have also bypassed Gao'an and marched towards Nanchang, Nanchang now only has a garrison headquarters of He Jianye, more than 8,000 people, no heavy weapons, I admire He Jianye's courage to hold it for a day, and the fall of Nanchang is a foregone conclusion; Moreover, it is only a part of the 106th Division that is entangled with the 74th Army in Gao'an, and if we don't withdraw, the devils can completely reverse in a few hours and bypass our backs from the west, and at that time, the 19th Army should be completely annihilated! Send a telegram to the chairman, and ask the chairman to decide! ”

Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Chongqing, was also paying close attention to the battle on the front line of Xiushui, and when the devils occupied Fengxin on the 23rd, under the analysis of the staff officers of the Military Commission, Chiang Kai-shek had already seen an unfavorable situation. The defense system was disrupted by the Japanese army, and the devils could break through to Nanchang at any time. I'm afraid I can't keep it.

"Chairman, Xue Yue telegram from the Ninth War Zone; Request to abandon Nanchang! Bai Chongxi took the telegram and reported,

"The Japanese want to occupy Nanchang, I know; Now he still wants to take down our Nineteenth Army together, he thinks too beautifully; He telegraphed to Xue Yue that he should ensure that the main army could get out of trouble safely, focus on attacking the living forces of the Japanese army, and not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place. For his beloved general Xue Yue, Chiang Kai-shek's telegram was very polite, hoping that Xue Yue would not be depressed by the rapid loss of Nanchang;

After receiving the telegram order from the Military Commission, on the combat sand table, Xue Yue returned to the calm appearance of a senior official, pointed to the sand table and said,

"Ordered Luo Zhuoying's 19th Army to gather the remnants of the army at the line of Lianggongdu, Songhu, Gaoyou City, Xiangfuguan, and Guxian, and the 32nd Army broke through from Lehua to the west; ordered Wu Qiwei's Ninth Army to retreat south from the east bank of the Ganjiang River and retreat to the Xiangtang line; The Tenth Army set up defensive lines on the line of Wushui and Xushui; The 8th Army and the 27th Group Army retreated to Xiushui County, and the 30th Group Army retreated to the front line of the Xinqiang River! ”

"Chief Xue, what about He Jianye in Nanchang? How to give an order? Wu Yizhi asked,

"Don't give him the order to retreat first, and wait for the 32nd Army and the 19th Army to be safe; Let him break through again! Xue Yue thought for a while and said,

"Chief Xue, you also know the situation of the Nanchang Garrison Headquarters, it is difficult to defend it for a long time! If this continues, if you don't wait for the safety of the 19th Group Army, He Jianye should die in Nanchang! Wu Yizhi said,

"It is fate for a soldier to die on the battlefield, as the commander of the garrison in Nanchang, it is his duty to defend the city! Let's do it! Xue Yue thought for a while and said,

Wanshou Palace, here is a flat land, only a few mounds occupy this flat land, Wang Qiang dug ravines all over the road to Nanchang in the middle, the trenches are criss-crossed, Wang Qiang did not order the air defense battalion to stand by in the first line of trenches, he carried four battalions with a lot of light and heavy weapons, each battalion has a machine gun company, three heavy machine guns, each company has more than nine Czech light machine guns, as for the mortars in the platoon platoon, it is directly controlled by the battalion headquarters, not only that, before leaving the city, The commander also reinforced each of their battalions with six 37mm guns; In Wang Qiang's eyes, as long as the devil comes, he can beat the devil and can't find the north!

"Battalion commander, it's not good;" A scout ran into the battalion headquarters in a panic, and Wang Qiang was still inside to arrange the order of echelon defense for several other battalion commanders!

"Slow down, what's wrong? Your dad is dead? The king roared,

"I know if my dad is dead or not, devil, devil is here!" The Scout kicked and said,

"Come on, let's come, aren't we just waiting for them here! How many people are there? What is the weapon configuration? Wang Qiang asked,

"I don't know how many people there are, they only see the overwhelming tanks, and they can't see the edge at a glance! It's less than five kilometers from us; The Scout said,

"Damn, this is the devil armored group in the commander's mouth! Wang Xuelun, to fight devil tanks, it depends on your air defense battalion; Your 20mm anti-aircraft gun and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun can hit the devil tank! All the anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft battalions on the front! Reserve 6th Battalion retreated to the second-line position to defend the left and right flanks; Reserve the 7th and 8th battalions to prepare in the third-line position! Wang Qiang ordered,

"Battalion Commander Wang, your three battalions are all veterans and are the middle force! On the front line, let's prepare the eight battalions! Li Jun said,

"This is no ordinary defensive battle, but an armored cluster against the devils; Obey orders! Wang Qiang roared,

"Signal Corps, send a report to the commander: Our unit has been attacked by the devil's armored group, and we are now making every effort to block it;" After Wang Qiang finished speaking, in addition to the command headquarters, the trenches and communication trenches on the position were full of busy soldiers, and 37mm anti-aircraft guns and 20mm anti-aircraft guns were urgently transferred to the front line......

"Commander, Wang Qiang is calling! Wanshou Palace picks up the enemy! Large-scale armored clusters of devils appear! Zeng Da reported,

"Ordered Wang Qiang to hold the front-line position, use a large number of mines, and bury them on the avenue; If only the devil's tank didn't run! Forcing the devils to fight positional warfare, without a large number of devil infantry, the devil's tanks will not be able to take advantage of positional warfare! He Jianye said,

Maeda Takao of the Ninth Independent Chariot Squadron had destroyed 9 of the 17 "94-type" light chariots under his command, but now he led more forward troops, Ishii Hiroyoshi Daisa equipped him with 12 "89-type" medium tanks, as well as 24 "94-type" vehicles, with 36 tanks, followed by a squadron of infantry, there was nowhere to stop himself before entering Nanchang; According to intelligence, the Nanchang Garrison Command has only a garrison of 8,000 people, and there are no heavy weapons at all!

"Zhongzuo, the position of the people of China is found in front, and it is stuck on the avenue of Wanshou Palace, and our armored troops have no way to detour, they must pass through here to reach the Ganjiang Bridge!" A soldier rode up to the tank on his horse and reported,

"Well, you must pass through here quickly, and you can't let the people of China blow up the Ganjiang Bridge; Such a bad thing is with our armored forces and the artillery in the back! Order: Assault the whole army! Maeda Takao ordered,

Thirty-six tanks rumbled, and the engines were turned on to their maximum power; Heading towards the Wanshou Palace, the devil infantry on the armored car behind had already jumped out of the car and ran to keep up with the footsteps of the tanks, the hateful Chinese infantry often tied grenades to attack their own tanks, although the tanks were very useful for assault, but after less than a week of fighting, they had lost more than twenty tanks! This is a big loss for Japan, which lacks steel support!