After listening to Xue Yue's words, He Jianye's mind was blank; According to the 8,000-strong establishment of the garrison headquarters, it was necessary to block the siege troops of more than one division of the Japanese army, and defend the city for a month, without the replenishment of heavy weapons; If this is the case, He Jianye will inevitably doubt Xue Yue's intentions;

"My generation of soldiers, bloody battlefield, is for duty; To die for the resistance against Japan, to die as you deserve, is for glory! The humble duty must stick to Nanchang! He Jianye saluted and said,

In this case, there is no need to continue; Declined the suggestion to have lunch together, He Jianye returned directly to the hotel!

After talking to He Jianye, Xue Yue was not in the same good mood as before the conversation; He Jianye's reaction was beyond his surprise, frowning and thinking about the problem!

"What? How dare He Jianye disobey military orders? Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth War Zone, looked at Xue Yue, who was not very happy, and asked,

"If only he disobeyed the military order, I wouldn't be so worried! It seems that He Jianye is a Chinese character! Hum! A division, he actually dared to take over the task of defending Nanchang for a month! If he didn't want to be a deserter, he really had the heart to fight to the death! Xue Yue said,

"Then why are you unhappy, it's not good to have this stunned young man to guard Nanchang! Isn't that what the above would like to see? Wu Yizhi said,

"I really don't know what the Military Commission thinks? Now Wuhan is lost, Guangzhou is lost; Why do we need to stick to Nanchang? Is there still a necessary condition for Nanchang to stick to it? Although Nanchang is surrounded by mountains, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack; However, the special terrain conditions determined that this would be the second Songhu, and the Japanese army could give full play to the firepower advantage of the sea, land and air! On Panyang Lake, the devil's gunboat is an inexplicable existence! Xue Yue sighed,

"Yes! Although it is beneficial to me to cultivate the first line forever; But the front line of water repair can only rely on the flesh and blood of the soldiers to resist! The front was too long and there were not enough troops; Resulting in insufficient strategic depth. If the devil breaks through a little, it will cause the whole line to collapse! "As the chief of staff, Wu Yizhi certainly knows the current form of the war.

"My original intention was to give up Nanchang after giving a lot of kills to the devils on the front line of water repair; However, the old man is not allowed there, and the Ninth War Zone is now exhausted and lacking in ammunition; How to compete with the devil of all-round superiority? If the old man can replace all the 200,000 troops in the Ninth War Zone with the German armament and equipment of the 74th Army, I have the confidence to fight the devils in Nanchang! Xue Yue sighed and said,

"Be content! Of the equipment of a total of five divisions, we fished three divisions in the theater of operations; What is not satisfied! How will tomorrow's operational meeting be arranged? The commanders of those army groups are not easy to fool! Wu Yizhi said,

"According to the established plan, the old man's side has not yet decided on a strategy of whether to defend or withdraw! Let's set it up the way we keep it first! Xue Yue sighed and said,

In Xue Yue's heart, he didn't want to guard Nanchang; Nanchang is only one hundred and fifty kilometers away from the Jiujiang base of the devils, and from the map, the devils occupy a gourd-shaped area along the Yangtze River from Songhu to Wuhan, and the Chinese defenders can counterattack the devils from all directions; The few Chinese air forces could use Nanchang Airport as a base to attack Japanese naval ships sailing in the Yangtze River near Jiujiang, which posed a great threat to the rear supply lines of the Japanese army in Jiujiang and Wuhan. If the Japanese army wants to improve its position in central China, it must attack Nanchang and occupy it; Cutting off the communication lines from Zhejiang, Anhui, and Jiangxi to the rear through the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Road, removing the threat to the Jiujiang base and the Yangtze River waterway, and the Devil's Air Force can also occupy the Nanchang airfield to shorten the range of its strategic bombing of southern China;

For China, Nanchang is equally important, first of all, Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi Province, the intersection point of the Nanxun Railway and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, and the hub of the rear liaison line and supply line of China's Ninth and Third Theaters, and has an important strategic position. If the 11th Army of the Japanese army wants to continue to attack Changsha from Wuhan, the troops of the 3rd and 9th theaters can attack from Nanchang, pass through the mountains of Lushan in the north, and attack the Jiujiang base of the devils, so that the devils cannot take care of each other; Moreover, holding Nanchang is equivalent to holding northern Jiangxi and providing a strategic fulcrum for the entire Jiangxi;

At this particular time, Nanchang became the focus of both China and Japan; It is a pity that the weapons, ammunition and strength of the Chinese defenders are not replenished as quickly as the devils, and the troops that have just been withdrawn from the battle of Wuhan have not yet been replenished, and the devils have relied on a strong military industry system and a perfect reserve system to complete the reorganization; At this time, there will be a decisive battle around Nanchang, which is what the devil expects!

"Chief Xue, if it is arranged according to the predetermined plan; I'm afraid I can't cover it up! Our main force is assembled and repaired on the front line, Nanchang only has 8,000 people from He Jianye's garrison headquarters, and there are no heavy weapons; I'm afraid that if the plan is submitted to the Military Commission, Xiao Zhuge will see it! Is it better to transfer another division to defend the city together, so that it is easy to explain to the old man! Wu Yizhi said worriedly,

"Where am I going to conjure up troops? It would be good if the 32nd Army on the first line of Yongxiu could hold it, and as for the first line of water repair, I would not be too much to add 100,000 people! There are simply no more troops left! Xue Yue asked,

"Chief Xue, the first line of Jinxian and Dongxiang in the east of Nanchang is the third war zone; It is possible to transfer troops from the third theater to assist in defense! Wu Yizhi reminded,

"I don't have that right, you can add it in the memo, only the old man can transfer the troops of the third theater;" Xue Yue said helplessly,

Xue Yue, who was in Changsha, was difficult to decide whether to defend or withdraw, and Okamura Ningci in Wuhan was also uncomfortable; The occupation of the northern Jiangxi region centered on Nanchang and the security of the Yangtze River supply line were orders given by the Japanese military headquarters to Okamura Ninji's 11th Army during the Battle of Wuhan. It was only because the 101st Division and the 106th Division were really incompatible, and the Chinese defenders took advantage of the complex terrain around Lushan in the northern Jiangxi region and were heavily damaged. Among them, the 101st Division lost more than 70% of its troops, and the division commander Masaki Ito was wounded by a bullet in the leg. The 106th Division was even more miserable, he went deep into the Wanjialing area alone, was almost completely annihilated, and lost more than 8 percent, and even the division commander Matsuura Junrokuro was able to escape by hiding in the grass. The casualties of the 106th Division have reached 100 percent, which is equivalent to the replacement of the entire division. After such a heavy loss, the remnants of the Japanese army were simply unable to capture Nanchang, and the plan to occupy northern Jiangxi could not be realized.

Now that the Wuhan area is surrounded by Li Zongren's 5th Theater to the west, Chen Cheng's 9th Theater to the east (acting commander Xue Yue), and the 3rd Theater to the east, the Chinese defenders are ready to launch a counteroffensive to cut off shipping on the Yangtze River.

The Japanese army already has more than 1.2 million troops in China, which is the limit of the use of troops, and Japan's finances have been overwhelmed by the Japanese military department's big gamble, and its military production is still difficult to sustain despite repeated increases. The Japanese military department was already considering moving to protracted operations, relying on a few major mobile corps to launch a focused offensive; A large number of troops will be used to secure the occupied areas, loot and control the strategic resources of the occupied areas, support the attrition of the war, and realize the use of war to feed the war.

Under such circumstances, if the front-line combat units of the Japanese army fall into large-scale and long-term operations and there is such a loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be quite difficult to replenish them in the long run.