The key area of the Japanese artillery bombardment was the landing point of the 101st and 106th Divisions, and the 32nd Army and the 49th Army were defending the positions opposite; The devils were very well prepared for this attack, and the heavy artillery shells used for the artillery bombardment were constantly transferred to the position; From half past four in the afternoon until now, the shelling has been going on for an hour, the intensity of the devil's shelling has not decreased, and all the artillery is still roaring!

"Commander, Chief Xue ordered us to defend the water repair defense line, and not let the devils cross the water repair!" A staff officer took a telegram and reported,

"Order: The 1st and 2nd Artillery Regiments directly under the Group Army launched a counterattack; Reduce the pressure on the troops on the front line, if it goes on like this, the troops on the front line will almost die! Luo Zhuoying reluctantly gave the order,

The artillery regiment directly under the 19th Group Army, one regiment is a brand-new Swedish Bofors mountain gun, a total of 36 75mm mountain guns; The 2nd Artillery Regiment consisted of 27 Soviet-made 76.2mm field guns and 6 115mm howitzers;

Luo Zhuoying's order was issued, but the commander of the artillery regiment who carried it out was very helpless, the devil's artillery position was outside their maximum range, and the only ones that could barely reach the north bank of Xiushui were the Bofors Mountain Cannon and the 115mm howitzer......

The devils have not yet launched an infantry charge, and the shells falling on the north bank have attracted the attention of the devil's artillery cluster, in addition to stirring up bursts of mud!

The predecessor of Liu Duoquan's 49th Army of the Northeast Army was Zhang Xueliang's guard unit, and the equipment was still good; In this environment, a mountain artillery battalion was also preserved, although it was the old Japanese-made 75 mountain guns;

"Oh, labor and management are gone; Order the artillery position to move forward by five kilometers and give me the position of the devils! Liu Duoquan roared and issued an order,

"Order, the artillery staff immediately calculates the position of the artillery positions of the Chinese people, and the heavy artillery immediately begins to counterattack;" Sumita Yoshiro calmly gave the order,

In the counterattack of the Japanese heavy artillery, at 7 o'clock in the evening, the mountain artillery battalion of the 49th Army was completely lost in the Japanese artillery bombardment, and the artillery regiment of the 19th Army also lost half of the artillery, and did not dare to show its face again and hid!

"Order: Revision of the targets of shelling, focusing on the shelling of the vicinity of the landing point of the Imperial Army; Twenty minutes later, replace the special ammunition! "Sukita Yoshiro is faithfully carrying out orders according to Okamura Ninji's plan;

And now the 32nd, 49th, 70th, and 79th armies opposite Xiushui have lost their combat fortifications, and under the heavy artillery of the devils, there are no fortifications that can resist the intensity of this artillery bombardment; The battlefield was full of wailing!

At this time, Nanchang had fallen into darkness, the citizens were in the car, and the only light came from the garrison headquarters; Here, more than sixty division commanders and battalion commanders gathered together, waiting for He Jianye's order;

"Brethren, at half past four o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army has attacked; The devils had a huge artillery cluster, and the 19th Army of the water defense line suffered heavy casualties. The 32nd Army on the front line of Tujiabu guards the most critical position in Nanchang, and Jianxin and Niuxing are the gateways of Nanchang; Sheng Hai, your second battalion is equipped with Li Ke's second battalion, Hou Bing's third battalion, Hou Guangming's fourth battalion, Li Xiaodong's fifth battalion, and Xiao Min's seventh air defense battalion; I personally led the team and went to pick up the defense overnight! He Jianye pointed to the map and ordered,

"Yes," replied the named battalion commanders,

"Wang An's first battalion, with Hou Yuanshun's first battalion, and Li Jiayong's eight battalions stationed in Xishan; There is the last portal after the new construction and the loss of the cattle shop; ”

"Wang Qiang's third infantry battalion, with Jing Zhiping's sixth battalion, Liu Shoutu's seventh battalion, Li Jun's eighth battalion, and Wang Xuelun's first air defense battalion; Build a defensive line in the area of Wanshou Palace to prevent the devils from copying our back road from the south; ”

"Li Qiang prepared the 16th battalion to be stationed in Sanjiangkou, and Hou Shuanglin prepared the 17th battalion to be stationed in Dajiangkou; Hold our supply lines; ”

"Huang Wujun, you command all the artillery to choose an artillery position in the city, the devil's large-caliber heavy artillery has a long range and great power, don't scrap all our artillery at once; In addition, the new construction and cattle are within your shelling range, so you must support them at any time! The 88 artillery and air defense battalion pay attention to the devil's plane, don't let it go if you have the chance, and bomb the devil's plane down to me! He Jianye said with a serious face,

"Commander, rest assured!" Huang Wujun saluted and said,

"Cold, twenty-nine infantry battalions and five anti-aircraft battalions were left in the city; All in warrior state, ready to support at any time! He Jianye pointed to the sand table and said, which was densely filled with his battalion-level number;

"Brothers, the Battle of Wuhan is over, the national army has lost Wuhan, and now the headquarters of the Devil's Eleventh Army is in Wuhan, and the Devil's Eleventh Army is the devil's main mobile combat force in Central China; Now the offensive on Nanchang has begun; He Jianye walked to the side of the large map hanging on the wall, held a wooden stick in his hand, and began to point on the map;

"You see the area occupied by the devils on the Yangtze River route, from Shanghai to Wuhan, they occupy a narrow strip in the shape of a gourd. On both sides of this narrow strip of land, nearly one million troops from our army's three theaters of operations are stationed. The logistical supply of the enemy's elite 11th Army was completely dependent on shipping on the Yangtze River. Why did the devil make such a big battle to attack Nanchang, because the devil knew that if the third, ninth and sixth war zones cooperated with each other, they could completely make the devil exhausted; We can use Nanchang as a base to attack Jiujiang at any time and cut off the supply line of the devils, and the 11th Army in Wuhan will become a turtle in the urn! Nanchang is as simple as a forward base for us from time to time, it is surrounded by a rich grain-producing area, and occupying Nanchang can control the granary of northern Jiangxi, which is as important to us as the Japanese! From a strategic point of view, since Nanchang has a complete airfield and aircraft repair plant, and occupying Nanchang, Japanese planes can use the Nanchang airfield as a base to carry out continuous air raids on the southwestern hinterland; ”

Speaking of the importance of Nanchang, He Jianye looked at the group of officers below with a blank face, He Jianye gave up directly and changed the direction!

"Let's keep it simple! By occupying Nanchang, we can get rice from northern Jiangxi, and strategic resources such as copper, tungsten, and tung oil in southern Jiangxi are naturally under our control, and we can exchange these resources for guns and ammunition; If you hold this place, the wife and children of the family will have the land on which they will live, and there will be enough food to keep them from starving! The troops of the Ninth Theater can retreat, but we have no way to retreat, and behind them are our wives and children! We have to fight to the death! "When they heard about the food and the wives and children, these people finally reacted enthusiastically; It's not that desperate look anymore!

"The devils concentrated a large number of heavy artillery and three divisions of troops towards Nanchang, just to catch us off guard; Our purpose is to hold Nanchang, but the outlying strongholds cannot be given up all at once, these places are the strongholds where we drag the footsteps of the devils, we will resist step by step, knock out the sharp spirit of the devils, and force the devils to fight street battles and positional battles with us in Nanchang City and the surrounding areas; As long as we hold back the devils, the troops of the Ninth War Zone will attack from the periphery when they come to their senses, so that the devils can't take care of each other, and if they continue to fight for a long time, the devils will be dragged down by their own lengthy supply lines! Nanchang has become the death place of devils! ”

He Jianye talked about his hopes and his own plans, letting these officers know that this is not the death place of Nanchang soldiers, but the death place of devils, so that they can give full play to their combat effectiveness!