"The Chinese army suddenly increased its troops to Xiushui, and several divisions that withdrew from Gao'an all rushed to Xiushui!" said the chief of staff.

"Reinforcements to repair the water? If Nanchang is not rescued, they will reinforce and repair the water? What is this for? On King Nianyan's brows, there was suddenly another word "Chuan".

"I really don't understand what they're doing here? Originally, there were four divisions of the 30th Group Army, plus two divisions rushed from Fengxin, if all four divisions of Gao'an also arrived here, a total of ten divisions, could it be that they counterattacked? The chief of staff said.

At this moment, another staff officer hurriedly sent a telegram, and the chief of staff took it and immediately exclaimed: "It seems that they really have this idea, the Chinese army is in the Fifth Theater in the direction of Wuchang and Hankou, and suddenly there are frequent troop movements, and there is a great tendency to advance!" ”

King Nianyan's expression was dazed, and he didn't think too much about it, so he shouted loudly: "Order, the sixth division immediately rushes to Jing'an and Fengxin to the front line, and the fourteenth mixed regiment immediately retreats to Wuning!" ”

"Hay!" One of the staff officers immediately turned and left.

"This, Your Excellency the Lieutenant General, please think again! Once the 6th Division withdraws from Wuning, will a 14th mixed regiment be able to hold it? If they really have the intention of counterattacking, are you too hasty to do so? The chief of staff said in alarm.

"Counterattack? I suspect that this is just their tactical feint, they don't have the strength to fight a counteroffensive at all now, once Nanchang is lost, and the two divisions of the imperial army copy his back road, what will they do? Besides, Qin Feng is their god of war, and it can even be said that it can be said that they have their hope, will they let this hope wither? Therefore, their purpose should be to cut off the supply lines of the 10th and 13th divisions, so as to implement a counter-encirclement of the two divisions. Otherwise, it can't be explained, the news that Qin Feng is not dead has been out for a few hours, and the fact that there is no rescue force in the direction of Gao'an has not yet appeared, the only possibility is that they want to concentrate their forces and suddenly launch an attack on Jing'an and Fengxin. "King Nian Yan said.

When King Nian Yan said this, the chief of staff was also stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that his words were not unreasonable, and then he said: "Are you saying that they will open a gap from Fengxin, rescue Qin Feng on the one hand, and cut off our supply lines on the other hand, forming a counter-encirclement of the two divisions?" But once we transfer the 6th Division, what if they really attack Wuning and counterattack? ”

King Nianyan snorted coldly and said: "You said that Qin Feng wants to relieve the siege of Nanchang, it is easier to face the two divisions of the imperial army from Gao'an, or it is easier to face the two wings from Fengxin." Besides, our focus now is on Nanchang, ensuring that the annihilation of Qin Feng is the first priority, as for Wuning, even if they have ten divisions, it is not so easy to take. Xue Yue's Dijiu Theater Divisions all withdrew from the Battle of Wuhan, and the losses of all divisions were very serious, and there was reliable information that many divisions had fought to the point that only one regiment remained, although after more than half a year of rest, with the Chinese government's current pitiful finances, how much money could it have to equip the troops and train new soldiers? Even if they can gather an army of 100,000 in a hurry, how much combat effectiveness can such an army have? What's more, Qin Feng has never been good at attacking cities, it's not that their soldiers are not brave enough, it's just that they don't have a sharp weapon for attacking the city - artillery fire, if we send naval ships to Xiushui River to assist the 14th Mixed Regiment to defend Wuning, and then give an appropriate air strike, how many chances do you think they can win? ”

"Yo Si! His Excellency the Commander's opinion made his subordinates suddenly open up, but I think this matter should still be notified to the Eleventh Army, in case they really join forces in several theaters to threaten a counteroffensive, so that the upper authorities can send reinforcements as soon as possible, and there will not be a situation like the first attack on Nanchang! ”

"Hmm!" Regarding the chief of staff's suggestion, King Nian Yan did not object, a voice came out of his throat, and he nodded slightly.

After the Battle of Xuzhou, the Chinese army suffered heavy losses and urgently needed to be reorganized, and the Japanese attack on Wuhan was blocked, and they also fell into the same predicament. During this period, the Japanese army no longer had the strength to break through and seize the city, and the Chinese army did not have the ability to recover the lost territory.

The huge military expenditure of the Japanese army invading China has become a nightmare for the Japanese government's financial resources and people's livelihood. In 1938, of Japan's estimated total budget of 10 billion yen, 8 billion yuan was used for military spending, which made the national economy and the people's livelihood extremely strained. However, the Japanese side still maintained an optimistic attitude, because Wang Zhaoming, vice president of the Kuomintang, issued a "peace declaration" in Hanoi in August 1938, which made Japan think that it had found a new way to "use China to contain China" in the way of invading China. They no longer clamored for the destruction of China for a long time, but appeared as a "Sino-Japanese friendship" and began to encroach and assimilate the Chinese in the occupied areas. An analysis of the situation in the Japanese base camp at this time held that there was no major harm in the delay in the war, and that there was no need for a large-scale offensive against the Nationalist Government, which had already been reduced to a local power, but that it should suppress the remaining anti-Japanese forces and force the Nationalist Government to surrender with a solid long-term siege posture.

Although the strategic goal of the Japanese army in the Battle of Wuhan was not achieved, all the units of the Chinese army were transferred to the flank, and the Japanese army in Central China actually only occupied a narrow strip along the Yangtze River, and this occupied area extending along the waterway from Shanghai to Wuhan was threatened by nearly one million troops between the Third Theater, the Third Theater and the Ninth Theater, and the most terrible point was the northern Jiangxi region with Nanchang as the center. Therefore, the Japanese army had to take Nanchang and ensure the offensive advantage of Wuhan.

But now Nanchang is already under siege of two divisions, and the threat of Wuhan almost does not exist, but the Chinese army has put on a counteroffensive posture again, not only King Nianyan can't understand it, but even the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Toshiroku Hata can't understand it, but he follows the stupid pig rule that if you don't bother to run away, you will be eaten by others, so as soon as he received King Nianyan's message, he immediately urgently transferred the 116th Division to Wuhan and waited to see what happened.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Qin Feng was stationed at the temporary headquarters in Nanchang. A few oil lamps illuminate the air-raid shelter with little space, and the officers of more than twenty or thirty regiments are crowded together and talk to each other, and there are few soldiers who do not smoke, and the ventilation effect of this air-raid shelter is not very good, so the smoke inside is very heavy, these big men have nothing, just a few special combat team members, coughing from time to time, but there is no dissatisfaction on their faces, and even a light smile, together with these officials, one by one does not seem to be worried about the current grim situation, and from time to time there will be light laughter, One can't help but wonder, is it not them who are surrounded, but the Japanese army?