It was precisely because of Qin Feng's suffering that Okamura Ningji was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of the well rope for ten years. Therefore, even if he saw through Qin Feng's intentions, he did not dare to rush in easily, even if he chose to attack the New Fourth Army in the north by the way, and then a division and two wings quickly withdrew to the safe direction of Huangshan.

But Qin Feng didn't expect that the biggest reason why Okamura Ningji did this was because before he was transferred, he didn't seek merit, but sought no fault, so he would retreat to the second, otherwise his casualties would only be greater.

Although Qin Feng and even Su Zong were defeated in the hands of Okamura Ningji in this battle, it was not for nothing, because of the retreat of the Japanese 140th Division, Quzhou was temporarily safe, and in terms of strategic purposes, the effect had been achieved.

The day after the war, Mr. Su's telegram came, taking all the responsibility for the battle on himself and asking Qin Feng to punish him.

Of course, Qin Feng would not be so lacking in energy, and immediately called back to analyze the reasons for the failure of this battle clearly, the responsibility was on him Qin Feng and not on Su Zong, so that he should not have any worries, not to mention that they were not without gains, at least in the vast area of Quzhou and Huangshan, because of the retreat of the 140th Division of the Japanese army, for the time being, Ren and the New Fourth Army could develop and consolidate wantonly, and it also brought a new situation to the stability of Quzhou.

In the next few days, Mr. Su once again gave full play to their advantages and mobilized more people to join in the construction of fortifications, and with the transportation of a large amount of cement and steel from the Lishui base, the permanent fortifications such as pillboxes and reinforced cement along the line also began to appear in rows on the defense line of Yingtan and Quzhou, which was hundreds of miles long.

For half a month, the Japanese army seemed to have forgotten the three cities of Quzhou, Shangrao, and Yingtan, and did not launch any military operations again, except for the occasional reconnaissance plane passing overhead, there was no other movement.

After half a month of rest, a large number of wounded soldiers have basically recovered, the troops have completed their rest, and the conscription work has also been carried out smoothly in various places, because Qin Feng is strict in governing the army, the troops basically will not harass the people, and he also takes the initiative to give the people a lot of care, such as controlling soaring prices, transferring grain to cope with the shortage of grain, etc. The three cities are also gradually on the right track under Qin Feng's governance.

Because the Japanese army has been entrenched here for many years, it has created a lot of pro-Japanese elements, and basically these pro-Japanese elements are big families and rich people in the city and the countryside, Qin Feng has no mercy on these people, and ransacked their homes, not to mention, for the rich lords and bullies in the township are all shot, and all their fields and houses are confiscated, but Qin Feng did not make the land reform movement ahead of schedule. First, his current status is not suitable for doing this, and second, the economy of the Kuomintang is still in the hands of these wealthy people, and once he implements land reform, the people of the Kuomintang will be in turmoil, causing uncontrollable panic.

In fact, there is really no way to surround the people, GCD can only quickly get the support of the people, to a large extent thanks to the land reform, the poor have land in their hands, which means that their children and grandchildren can have enough to eat, this is simply to solve their century-old livelihood, who can not support, do not support, if anyone dares to touch their rice bowl, with a hoe they will definitely fight with whom.

It is also because he has obtained a large amount of property from these big families and rich people, Qin Feng does not even need to use the old bottom of the treasury of the Lishui base, and can completely supply the deficit military expenses of the two armies, maintain the daily expenses of the city, and even give some hard-earned money to the common people in the fortifications, as well as give the refugees porridge twice a day at a fixed point, all of which have a surplus.

Because Qin Feng will never deduct military salaries, and their troops are all paid in full according to five oceans per month, and they also have enough white flour steamed buns and rice every day, coupled with Qin Feng's own reputation and strict management of the army, the recruitment office has been crowded for more than ten consecutive days, but not everyone will be so lucky to become a member of the army, those with bad deeds, too thin bodies, and even those with inflexible minds are excluded.

'''''' at the end of October 1939, Okamura Ninji was transferred back to the mainland to serve as a military senator because of several defeats, which caused strong dissatisfaction in the base camp. The new commander of the 11th Army was replaced by Lieutenant General Anami, and the chief of staff remained unchanged, still Isamu Kinoshita. In terms of the base camp, Hideki Tojo took the position ahead of schedule and served as the prime minister of Japan, and the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, General Shunroku Hata, was also transferred back to the mainland as the Minister of War.

In order to unify the command of the Japanese troops in various parts of the Chinese Guannai and cooperate with Wang Jingwei's activities in preparing for the establishment of the puppet regime, the Japanese Army Headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army was established in Nanjing, with the commander of Senior General Nishio Shouzo, to unify the command of the Japanese North China Front and all the troops in the battlefield in China's Guannai. At the same time, the Central China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army was abolished, and the 11th Army and the 13th Army were directly under the jurisdiction of the Dispatch Army Headquarters.

Because in all the previous battles, all the divisions and regiments of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army were seriously damaged, especially the permanent elite divisions like the 2nd Division, which basically only preserved their organizational structure, and strictly speaking, no longer had the combat conditions, so the Japanese base camp decided to carry out a major change of troops in Central China.

In the next two months, the Japanese army withdrew the damaged troops in Central China one by one to the mainland or North China to rest, and the 11th Army was completely replaced. It has jurisdiction over the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 13th, 34th, 39th, 40th, and 15th, 18th, and 20th Brigades of the Mixed Brigade.

The four permanent elite divisions, three B divisions, and three mixed brigades have a total strength of 230,000, not counting the nearly 100,000 puppet troops of the Wang puppet government.

The 11th Army's operational scope included Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, but it was mainly aimed at Qin Feng's troops, of which the 3rd and 4th Divisions were stationed on the line from Nanchang to De'an, the 5th Division was stationed in Jingdezhen, the 13th Division was stationed in Huangshan, and other divisions and mixed brigades were stationed in Yueyang, Wuhan, Jiujiang, and along the Yangtze River.

The commander of the 13th Army of the Japanese Army was Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada, and the chief of staff, Major General Takashi Sakai, had the 7th, 15th, 22nd, and 117th Divisions under its command, the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Brigades of the mixed brigades, and six divisions of the Imperial Allied Army, with a total strength of 230,000.

Although the Japanese army carried out such a large-scale exchange of blood in central China, it did not launch an attack on Quzhou, Shangrao, Yingtan and other places occupied by Qin Feng, so it can be said that the strategic center of the Japanese army has begun to shift, mainly focusing on the law and order in the occupied areas, and adopting a tolerant strategy against Qin Feng.