Okamura Ninji had already formulated that the purpose of this battle was not to annihilate the main force of the national army, but to occupy Nanchang; The Japanese army gave up the previous tactics of splitting and attacking together, and instead adopted the tactics of a little breakthrough to quickly blitz Nanchang.

On February 12, the Japanese 101st Division, the 106th Division and the attached artillery began to assemble in the area south of De'an, and the convoy assembled north of De'an. In the second half of the year, the 6th Division began to move towards Qixi and Wuning, the Inoue detachment began to open up the Panyang Lake waterway, and the 16th Division and the 9th Division began to feint on the left bank of the Hanshui River in Anlu, Hubei Province and the northern section of the Yuehan Road.

The Battle of Wuhan has just passed, and there are still a lot of agents left by the Chinese government in this area, although they can't break into the high-level of the devils to collect intelligence, but they can still figure out such a large-scale troop movement!

"The Japanese army is massing in large numbers, and the intention is unknown!" The radio waves composed of a few simple words reached Chongqing, and the time was already early in the morning......

"Director, there is urgent information from Jiujiang Station!" The officer on duty knocked on the door of Dai Li's residence,

On February 13, the Japanese 16th Division, with the support of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 119th Brigade of the 116th Fleet of the Japanese Navy and the 119th Brigade of Tsunetaro Ishihara, which belonged to the 116th Division, launched a full-scale attack on the Hanshui line in the Fifth Theater. Caught off guard, the 84th Army suffered heavy casualties, and on 14 February, the Japanese 16th Division crossed the Han River and occupied the area on the east bank of the Han River.

"Report, Fifth Theater Emergency Call;" Chongqing's Military Commission is headed by Bai Chongxi, who has the title of Xiao Zhuge and was still studying the movements of the Japanese army in the De'an area, when he received a telegram from the Japanese army breaking through the Han River in a blink of an eye!

"Immediately submit the commission, the east bank of the Han River is the gateway to Chongqing; 100,000 urgent! Bai Chongxi held his forehead and had a headache, although he was the head of the training department of the Military Commission and the director of the Guilin camp, responsible for the operations in the third, fourth, seventh, and ninth theaters, but the transfer of elite troops was in the hands of the old man, and the strategic significance of the east bank of the Han River was far more important than Jiangxi.

"Yichang on the east bank of the Han River was the gateway to Chongqing, and ordered Tang Enbo's 31st Army to immediately return to help; Telegram to Xue Yue of the Ninth War Zone! "Chiang Kai-shek quickly made a choice, compared to Nanchang, naturally Chongqing is more important!

The most elite 31st Group Army in the Ninth Theater was transferred back to the front line of Yichang, which suddenly made Xue Yue's confidence completely gone; It seems impossible to hold Nanchang, but it doesn't matter, they still have the third theater to rely on, and at the critical moment, the third theater can also dispatch a group army to quickly support Nanchang on the front line!

On the afternoon of February 14, the 9th Division made a feint from Yueyang to the south to attack the Xinqianghe area to contain the troops of the 9th Theater in Changsha; Anqing's 116th Division, with the 119th Brigade and the navy, suddenly launched an attack on Duchang on the east bank of Poyang Lake, and after fierce fighting, occupied Duchang on February 15.

Gu Zhutong hurriedly dispatched a group army to the north and confronted the Japanese army on the front line of Zhangjialing and Hepanyang; As for the combat order required by the Military Commission to support the Ninth Theater at any time, Gu Zhutong could no longer take care of it, so he first relieved his urgent need and then dispatched troops to prepare for support!

The 22nd Division of Tuqiao No. 1 of the Japanese army stationed in Hangzhou launched an attack on the positions of the Nationalist Army in the areas of Lingqiao, Wangjiatang, and Dongjiaqiao on the south bank of the Qiantang River from Zhoupu, Guandongsha, and Hengshanao not far southwest of Hangzhou through Dongzhou Island. Another military vessel searched for the 3rd Theater of Operations in Hangzhou Bay.

Originally, the military commission in Chongqing had prepared for the devils to attack Nanchang on a large scale, but the devils did not launch an attack on Nanchang......

On February 15th, after the devil's battle in Duchang, all preparations for the attack on Nanchang have been completed, but the rainy season in Nanchang has come ahead of schedule, and the spring rain seems to have forgotten its gentleness, and the spring rain has become a torrential rain, and it will not stop at once, completely beyond the expectations of the devils, and all the rivers and rivers in the northern Jiangxi region, such as Xiushui, Ganshui, Lushui, Jinjiang, Fuhe, etc., have skyrocketed, completely interrupting the plan of the Japanese army!

"Chief Xue, Chief Gu is calling, the Third Theater has to take into account the 119th Brigade and the 22nd Division, and the reinforcements of the originally scheduled group army cannot set off!" Wu Yizhi held the message in his hand and said,

"In other words, we can only rely on Luo Zhuoying's Nineteenth Army on the front line of water repair? What other troops do we have to move? Xue Yue asked,

Xue Yue already knew the trajectory of the devil's movement, and he was already sure that the devil's series of actions was to contain the possible support of the Ninth War Zone, and according to the devil's current offensive situation, the target could only be Nanchang;

"We now have four armies with less than 200,000 troops; Among them, Luo Zhuoying's 19th Group Army, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, is responsible for defending the Nanchang area, and the group army has a total of 4 armies under the jurisdiction of Xia Chuzhong's 79th Army, Liu Duoquan's 49th Army, Li Jue's 70th Army, and Song Kentang's 32nd Army. The 49th Army of the Northeast Army, the 70th Army of the Hunan Army, the 79th Army of the Central Army, and the 32nd Army of the Jin Army were stationed in Yongxiu, Anyi, Jing'an, and Fengxin around Nanchang, and were the main forces on the front line of Xiushui; The 30th Group Army of the Sichuan Army, under the jurisdiction of 4 armies, defends the Wuning line in the upper reaches of Xiushui, and the 27th Group Army of the Sichuan Army is currently stationed on the Wuning line, but due to the existence of the powerful 6th Division of the Japanese army on the Wuning line, the self-protection of the Sichuan Army is a problem; The Ninth Army was responsible for guarding the front line of the Xinqiang River and around Changsha; The 20th Group Army, with only one corps of the 74th Army, is currently stationed in Changsha as a theater reserve to guard against the Japanese Ninth Division on the front line of the Xinqiang River, which cannot be mobilized; As for the 1st Group Army of the Dian Army and Lu Han, although they had 3 armies, this group army was currently replenished in the Shanggao area due to the heavy casualties in the Battle of Wuhan, which is 100 kilometers away from Nanchang. The Eighth Army and the 73rd Army of the Hunan-Jiangxi-Hubei Border Region are still conducting guerrilla operations, and the Eighth Army and the 73rd Army to which they belong are still carrying out travels in the Hunan-Jiangxi-Hubei area, but their situation is not good, the soldiers have been replenished, and the weapons and ammunition have not yet been replenished! "Wu Yizhi is still very clear about the layout of all the troops in the Ninth War Zone!

"Order Li Yutang to be stationed in Wuning's Coffin Mountain, which is the fulcrum of the Wuning region, and I am afraid that it will not work to hand it over to the Sichuan army; Tell Li Yutang that the coffin mountain is lost, and I will send him to a military court! Xue Yue ordered,

"Chief Xue, what about the Nanchang area? Nanchang now has a garrison headquarters of 8,000 people on He Jianye, and there are no heavy weapons; Once the devil breaks through the water repair defense line, Nanchang can go down every day! Wu Yizhi asked worriedly,

"This rainstorm has helped us a lot, and now we can only pray that the third war zone will be free; They have four army groups, and in the face of two Japanese attacks of less than two divisions, they should still be able to send one army group to support us! Xue Yue sighed,

"Order, the 27th Army, the 30th Army, and the Nineteenth Army on the front line of repairing the water will take advantage of the rainy season to strengthen the defensive line, as long as the devils are blocked from crossing the river! The Ninth Army on the front line of the Xinqiang River was ordered to strengthen the defensive line, and the Ninth Division of the Devils resolutely could not cross the Xinqiang River; In addition, he ordered Nanchang to take advantage of the rainy season that the devil's plane bombing effect was not good, and all government agencies were evacuated, telling He Jianye that once the rainy season is over, the devil may break through the front line of water repair, so that he can be fully prepared! Hold Nanchang! Xue Yue ordered,

"Chief Xue, Xiushui and the 200,000 troops on the front line around Nanchang dare not guarantee that the devils will not break through, you let 8,000 people hold Nanchang, do you think about it again?" Wu Yizhi hesitated and asked,

"Go and deliver the order!" Xue Yue waved his hand!