After the Japanese Eleventh Army received the order to send troops to capture Nanchang, the Ninth Theater was already preparing for war in addition to Nanchang; The troops on the front line of Xiushui and Yongxiu are still engaged in a normal confrontation with the Japanese army, and the recruits of the troops are still in training, and the lack of weapons and equipment and ammunition are problems that they urgently need to solve;

Gangcun Ningji is a China expert, and he knows very well the truth that he knows that he knows that his opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and completely rejected the attack plan proposed by the combat staff officer, because their plan was too taken for granted and completely lacked sufficient intelligence and data support;

"Tianyijun, the commander is very dissatisfied with our battle plan; It is hoped that we will make further corrections, in order to avoid the loss of combat troops; I suggest that we take a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the terrain south of Xiushui, on both sides of Poyang Lake, on the Nanxun Railway, on the highways in Qiujin, Tanxi, Wanbu and other places, and in the northern part of the Jiuling Mountains, focusing on the battlefield situation of the defenders south of Xiushui and near Nanchang, such as the construction of fortifications, the defense system, the allocation of troops, and the position of heavy weapons. Select the best river crossing points and advance routes for the attack of the Imperial Japanese Army, and provide sufficient photographs for the forced crossing of the Xiushui; and, on the basis of these circumstances, formulate plans for the bombing of aviation and artillery, and improve our operational plans, so that His Excellency the Commander can issue operational orders as soon as possible; "Chief of Staff Miyazaki said to Staff Officer Shoichi Amano,

"Hello! His Excellency Osa said very much; I immediately contact the aviation corps to prepare the best pilots for us to carry out this mission! "Amano Shoichi Nakasa immediately received the order,

From 7 to 9 February, in a short period of more than two days, the Japanese army's army aviation reconnaissance planes frequently took off to reconnoiter the front lines of Xiushui, Yongxiu, and Nanchang, and took a large number of photographs. Combined with the already perfect battle plan, it was put on Okamura Ninji's desk!

"Your Excellency, Commander, according to aerial photographs, the situation in the Nanchang area of China is now unknown; According to the information of the special high school, the Nanchang garrison command is about 8,000 people, and all the citizens of Nanchang have been evacuated, but in terms of aerial reconnaissance, there are still a large number of active people in Nanchang City, including a large number of trains entering and leaving the railway station; "Miyazaki Monday Osaku reported,

"I guess it's the supplies that the people of China are evacuating from Nanchang, so there's no need to make a fuss, as for the crowd of activities, I'm afraid it's the officials and troops of the China government; Nanchang not only has a garrison, but also a lot of police; The good news is that the garrison in Nanchang currently has no heavy weapons, only a small number of light machine guns; I'm afraid their only heavy weapon is a grenade! Another staff officer said,

"Have all the officers from all the ministries arrived?" Okamura Ninji asked,

"Report to the commander, the sixteenth division in northern Hubei has not yet arrived; Expected to arrive tomorrow morning! "The staff officer reported,

"Okay, the meeting is scheduled for tomorrow morning; As soon as the 16th Regiment and Division arrived, it began. Gangmura Ningji said,

The Japanese army had already perfected its battle plan, and when the military conference was convened, it could make final preparations before the attack; And the Ninth Theater now has no intelligence about the imminent attack of the Japanese army!

"Order: The Hanshui side of the 16th Division in Hubei launched an attack on the opposite side of the Zhina Army; The 22nd Division in Hangzhou launched an offensive on the Qiantang River to contain Gu Zhutong's troops of the Zhina; so that it cannot support Nanchang; The 6th Division, the 101st Division, the 106th Division and the 116th Division were the main attacking forces for the attack on the water defense line of the Chinese people; The 9th Division made a feint from Yueyang to the south to attack the Xinqianghe area and threaten Changsha; Anqing's 116th Division cooperated with the Navy with the 119th Brigade on the east bank of Poyang Lake to attack Duchang! The 3rd Division remained in Wuhan; The 14th Brigade was independently mixed to ensure the safety of the Jiujiang front; The 13th Division was assembled at De'an, ready to attack the Yongxiu line of the Chinese at any time; The 11th Army's chief of operations staff Miyazaki read out the battle plan aloud;

"In addition, in order to successfully break through the water repair line of the Chinese people; I ordered: The 101st Field Artillery Wing and the 106th Field Artillery Wing were transferred to the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade and commanded by the brigade commander Sumita Shoshiro (one of the geniuses of the Japanese artillery who studied at the French Military Academy); The artillery group was responsible for launching artillery strikes on the water repair line of the Chinese people; Okamura Ninji slowly gave the order,

Gangcun Ningci began to gamble, and transferred two artillery wings of the 101st Division and the 106th Division, plus the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery to form an artillery cluster, with a total of more than 170 heavy artillery, more than 160 mountain guns and field artillery to form a huge artillery cluster; Among them, there are 72 150mm howitzers, 4 150mm cannons, 16 100mm cannons, and the rest are all 105mm howitzers;

In addition to the artillery group, each division and regiment of the four infantry wings still has 56 mountain artillery field guns, two divisions and regiments up to 112 guns and 8 attached mortar squadrons (this is not counting the Japanese wings, squadrons, squads equipped with 92 infantry guns and other front-line combat artillery).

In this way, all the artillery of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army was concentrated by Okamura Ningji, with only one purpose: to break through the Xiushui defense line and occupy Nanchang! But the powerful artillery group was not the one that Okamura Ninji relied on to occupy Nanchang, what Okamura Ninji wanted was a complete Nanchang, a Nanchang that could be used as a fulcrum and a base for advancement; Instead of a ruin!

The Chinese defenders have three armies deployed on the first line of Xiushui, and there are not many troops in the second-line positions, but the distance of the rear troops is not far, and the farthest is only more than 100 kilometers.

If the cannon sound on the front line of Xiushui sounds, the various units of the national army reinforcements will immediately march to the front line. It will take some time for the Japanese army to break through the Xiushui position, and by the time they advance to the Xiushui River and Nanchang, the national army's reinforcements have been in place, so it will be a protracted battle. The last thing Okamura Ninji wanted was to turn the battle to occupy Nanchang into a protracted battle, because after a long time, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness declined, and the logistics supply could not be supplied, and the casualties would increase rapidly.

"Our purpose in this battle is to quickly occupy Nanchang and ensure that the Yangtze River supply line on the Jiujiang line is not threatened by the Zhina! Therefore, our strategy is to make a breakthrough and make a posture of encircling the defenders of China, and then quickly blitz Nanchang by armored forces to force the people of China to abandon Nanchang!" As soon as the chief of staff of operations, Miyazaki Osa, had just finished reading out the order for the formation of an artillery group, and Okamura Ninji spoke, emphasizing the goal of the battle;

"I order: A total of 135 tanks of the 5th Tank Brigade and the 9th Independent Light Tank Squadron will be combined into a tank group, under the unified command of Hiroyoshi Ishii, the commander of the 5th Tank Group. Equipped with an armored car loading infantry brigade to work together, equipped with a squadron of engineers and a squadron of logistics troops, after the breakthrough of the Xiushui defense line, cross the Xiushui to quickly blitz Nanchang! We must occupy Nanchang before the people of China react! Gangmura Ningji ordered loudly,

"Gentlemen, Wuyun is prosperous; The Empire's Ren Battle is in the hands of the Lords, please! Gangmura Ningji stood up and said,

"Hello!" All the officers bow together and receive the order!