Soon Xuanyi and the others reconciled with Wang Long, and when they saw Xuanyi and the others, Wang Lung said: "Xuanyi, go and notify the cadres above the battalion level to come to the meeting." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Yes"

After a while, everyone came, and the commanders of several regiments and battalions knew the purpose of the meeting, and everyone sat there upright, waiting for the division commander to arrange the combat mission and the summary of the battle. Wang Lung, who walked into the conference room, didn't feel any strange when he saw everyone's appearance, and naturally walked to the front and took the lead in saying, "Xuanyi will report on the situation of this battle from you. ”

"In this battle, we completely annihilated the enemy's 1 mixed brigade with a total of 5,000 people, and captured less than 1,000 people, of which a squadron of devils were all killed, no prisoners, and captured the equipment and ammunition of three artillery companies, as well as the equipment of two or four heavy machine gun companies, 483 38 rifles, and more than 4,300 medium rifles. In terms of casualties, we lost a total of 612 comrades, 12 were seriously wounded, and there were very few minor injuries, less than 100 people. ”

"What's going on, how could there be such a big casualty, Xuanyi, how did you command." Hearing Xuanyi say that there were more than 700 casualties, Wang Lung asked Xuanyi loudly.

"I'm sorry, division commander, I was negligent, the continuous battles made me mutter about the combat effectiveness of the little devil, that's why I caused such a big loss, please punish me!" Xuanyi stood up and confessed his mistake to Wang Lung.

"Will punishment save the lives of more than 700 of my soldiers? I'm in a hurry for this punishment, and when we go south to meet with the headquarters organs, I'm punishing you, and now you can atone for me! Wang Lung knew that now was not the time to punish, and he also knew that there would be no casualties in a war, but what Wang Lung didn't expect was that this battle Xuan Yi and the others were ambushed, and under favorable conditions, there were such large casualties, what does this mean, it shows that the devil's combat ability is indeed very strong, and the victory in these days has made the people in the army proud.

"Division commander, this is not to blame the commander of the Xuanyi regiment, when the enemy entered our ambush circle, we began to attack, but you don't know, division commander, the little devil's marksmanship is really accurate, and all our soldiers died with headshots." Zheng Nan, the head of the third regiment, hurriedly explained.

"Okay, I know, now let's put this matter aside for the time being, let's talk about the battle situation of the 1st and 2nd regiments first." Xuanyi knew that what Zheng Nan said was true, but Wang Lung still had to punish Xuanyi, why, not to stand up, but to remind everyone that they couldn't be carried away by the victory, so they could only talk about Xuanyi's incident this time.

Xuan Er and Xuan San glanced at each other, and Xuan Er got up and said: "Division commander, I don't know how many enemies my 1st and 2nd regiments destroyed in this battle, but a total of more than 890 rifles were captured, and no other ones were captured, more than 130 people were killed, 15 people were seriously injured, and 210 people were slightly injured. ”

"Well, what's going on, your casualties are not small." Wang Lung found the troops now, Xuan Yi led the 3 regiments and the special regiment, and Xuan Er led the 1 regiment and the 2 regiments, if nothing else, the troops led by Xuan Yi were well-armed and well-equipped, and the combat effectiveness was strong, not to mention the special regiment, but there were still nearly 700 casualties.

"No, Xuanyi, have you seen the outfits of the devils, and what the troop numbers of these devils are." Wang Lung looked at Xuanyi and asked.

"Division commander, I didn't pay attention to this, but to be honest, these devils are very different from what we have met before, these devils have very good marksmanship, to say a word of praise for devils, these devils' marksmanship is almost a hundred shots, and cut these devils are good at making the fastest combat deployment according to the terrain, which we have never encountered." Xuanyi thought for a while and said.

"Well, it seems that Xuan Er, the devils you met and came out of Datong may not be the devils who were originally stationed, we are willing to meet the elite troops of the devils, and what we encounter with one shot is only the third-rate or second-rate troops of the devils, and now we are encountering the first-class troops of the devils, that is, the elite of the devils." Wang Lung analyzed.

"Division commander, you said that what we encountered was the elite of the Japanese devils, if it was the elite, then the devils only had the Kwantung Army in the northeast and a few divisions, and now these troops are not in these areas around us!" After listening to what Wang Lung said, Xuan Er also felt strange, if it was these devil elites, his own people would not have no news.

"Alright, let's put this matter down first, and then hand it over to the headquarters and our intelligence officers to investigate, now I order:

The mission this time is to rush to Liangcheng County, and I will lead the 1st and 2nd Special Regiments, artillery battalions, heavy machine gun battalions, and reconnaissance battalions to the vanguard, and set off at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning; Xuan Er led the new corps, the logistics department escorted the baggage to leave at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, and Xuan San led the third regiment to set off at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for the rear guard of the whole division, so all above the regimental level are equipped with a radio station. The order has been announced, do you have any comments? Looking at the people who shook their heads, Wang Lung walked out of the conference room.

The next day, Wang Lung got up very early and began to prepare, and asked the reconnaissance company to ride all horses to the direction of Liangcheng to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and the remaining reconnaissance battalions and reconnaissance companies of each regiment spread one kilometer around the main force to reconnoiter and advance. After Wang Lung arranged everything, 8 o'clock had arrived, so he followed the troops, bid farewell to Xuan San and others, and led the troops to set off.

The journey was very peaceful, maybe the devils were drawn to the front line, Wang Lung didn't want the baggage behind to be affected, and all the bandit militias were wiped out by Wang Lung all the way.

Of course, I have also encountered counties with garrisons, but Wang Lung didn't pay attention to them, there are not many devils in these counties, the large army is a small team, and the rest are puppet troops, put mortars, heavy machine guns, and after a few shots, these garrisons are out of the little devils, and the rest are either fleeing or surrendering, but when he meets Wang Lung, he can't run away, and those who escape from the county are either killed or captured.

Of course, Wang Lung is willing to go on like this, you must know that after attacking and advancing along the way, Wang Lung's 88th Division does not know how many good things have been captured, and it has just overloaded the logistics. As for the captives, those militias that had not been trained and could only be frightened were released after receiving a certain education, leaving only a few hundred puppet soldiers.

And as the rear guard of Xuan San is even more depressed, I thought that when I retreated, the enemy would pounce and bite myself, I was in a tense preparation for a day, but I didn't expect the Japanese puppet army to know that the communist army left, and did not send troops out to pursue, but symbolically sent a puppet army mixed into a brigade, followed Xuan San from afar, no matter what method Xuan San used, he just didn't take the bait, just followed closely like that, but just out of the boundary of Feng Town, these puppet troops went back.

But this can't be blamed on these puppet troops, the devil is now expanding his territory, most of the troops have been transferred to the front line, leaving only some troops newly transferred from the Japanese mainland, but these troops have not entered the actual battle, and after Wang Long made such a fuss, the Rao Japanese puppet army around Datong has been wiped out a lot, and now these troops have to stay to defend the county, and now Okamura Ningji has been transferred to the front line to fight, the current commander of North China is Terauchi Shouichi, and now most of the troops have been taken away by Okamura Ningji, The remaining small part is reserved for defending the city, if you send troops to pursue, then it is possible to be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and the county town may also be in danger, so Terauchi Shouichi symbolically sent a puppet army mixed brigade to follow Wang Long's department far away.

At this time, it was the time of the Battle of Nanchang, and the commander of this time was Okamura Ningji, after Okamura Ningji was transferred to the front line, he was entrusted with the important task of commanding the Battle of Nanchang.

The Battle of Nanchang refers to the battle from March 17 to May 9 in the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939) after the Battle of Wuhan, in which the Chinese army resisted the limited offensive of the Japanese invading army in Nanchang, Jiangxi.

This battle was the first major battle after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the stalemate stage. On March 17, the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), the Japanese army began to attack Wucheng, and the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Okamura Ninji, commanded 3 divisions to defeat more than 30 divisions on the right flank of the Ninth Theater commanded by Luo Zhuoying in a short period of time, and the Japanese army occupied Nanchang on March 27.

Although the Battle of Nanchang ended in failure, it made the whole world, especially the Japanese military authorities, realize that although the Japanese army occupied the three towns of Wuhan, it had failed to force the Nationalist Government to submit, nor had it been able to annihilate the main force of the Chinese army, still less had it destroyed the will of the Chinese army and people to resist the war. The Chinese army not only continued the war of resistance, but also began to carry out a campaign-wide counteroffensive.

Since the fall of Wuhan, the Nationalist Government's frontal battlefields have suffered heavy losses, but they still have the strength to fight again. At that time, the strength of the first line of the frontal front had increased to 261 infantry divisions and 50 independent brigades.

Although there have been local divisions and vacillations in China, the scandal is that on December 18, the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), Wang Jingwei, vice president and speaker of the National Political Participation Assembly, absconded from Chongqing to Hanoi and defected to the enemy. There are also more than ten people such as Chen Gongbo, Zhou Fohai, Chu Minyi, Zeng Zhongwu and other important members who have joined Wang to the enemy.

However, from the perspective of the overall situation, the anti-Japanese national united front has been formed, which is playing a tremendous role in promoting the unity of the entire Chinese nation to "fight the national disaster together." The people and patriots of the whole country are actively supporting the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and many officers and men in the army have shown high patriotic enthusiasm and actual combat spirit, and many patriotic generals have supervised the wounded troops to "serve the country."

At the same time, under the impetus of the nationwide patriotic salvation movement and under the pressure of the Japanese government to "not regard the Nationalist Government as an opponent in peace talks," "take defeat as the fundamental policy," and "bring Chiang Kai-shek down," the supreme authorities had no choice but to persist in the War of Resistance.

As early as the 27th year of the Republic of China (January 11, 1938), the Japanese government convened an imperial council to decide on the "Fundamental Plan for Handling the China Incident," formulated the "Army Operational Guidance Program," and issued the "Continental Order No. 241" in accordance with this program.

It also stipulates that the occupied areas east of the line from West Sunit, Baotou, the Yellow River, the Yellow Flood Area, Hefei, and Wuhu to Hangzhou shall be the areas of public security, and the combat area shall be confined to a narrow area between Anqing, Xinyang, Yuezhou, and Nanchang in central China, and the deployment of troops shall be limited to the minimum necessary.

On October 25 of the same year, after the Japanese army invaded and occupied Wuhan, due to the large loss of troops, the Japanese base camp put forward the future policy in order to adapt to the protracted situation of the war of aggression against China: "We should attach importance to the offensive of political strategy, cultivate and strengthen the new political power, and make the national government tend to decline and be effective." However, if the Nationalist Government in the process of being compressed is left unchecked, there will still be a major evil, and it will inevitably lead to future troubles, so it is still necessary to promote its collapse. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out a war."

At the same time, Japan divided the tasks of the Japanese troops stationed in China and ruled them by division. In fact, the Japanese 11th Army stationed in the Wuhan area became the only force to carry out a field attack on China, forming a confrontation with the main force of the Chinese Government holding the rear of the southwest in Hunan and the surrounding Jiangxi and Guangxi regions of China. In order to realize the above-mentioned strategic intentions, the Japanese government quickly mobilized and organized new corps in its own country, and gradually increased its troops to China.

In late February, the No. 1 Department of the Military Command Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, based on information from all sides, determined that the Japanese army was attempting to occupy Nanchang and put forward corresponding opinions. On 8 March, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Xue Yue, commander of the Ninth Theater: "In order to secure the line of contact between Nanchang and its rear, the Ninth Theater will immediately strike at the enemy and turn to the offensive in order to destroy the enemy's attempts. Preparations for the attack should be completed by 10 March, and the scheduled start date for the attack is 15 March. ”

He also gave instructions in principle on the guiding essentials and deployment, requiring the 19th Army to hold its current position and resist the enemy's attack across the river; The 8th and 73rd armies commanded the 8th and 73rd armies from Wuning to De'an and Ruichang and attacked the enemy's left flank; The 30th and 27th armies assembled near Wuning, and the 1st Army advanced to Xiushui and Sandu, preparing for a later battle.

On 9 and 10 March, Xue Yue sent telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek one after another, saying that the troops' training had not yet been completed, that supplies were difficult, and that preparations were not in place, and that the implementation be postponed to 24 March. Chiang replied on 13 March, stressing that "the purpose is to preemptively preempt the enemy and contain the diversion of the enemy's forces, the date of commencement of the attack cannot be later than the 24th of this month."

However, while the Chinese army was still preparing to take the offensive, the Japanese army began to attack, so the 9th theater turned to the defensive.

On the morning of the 23rd, under the cover of aircraft and artillery fire, the Japanese continued to launch a fierce attack, and continued to drop incendiary bombs and chemical bombs. The defenders suffered heavy losses and withdrew from the town of Wu on the 24th and moved back.

On March 27, the Japanese 101st Division occupied Nanchang.

On March 28, the Japanese 11th Army was ordered to ensure that the main forces of Nanchang and the 106th Division returned to occupy Fengxin and prepared to fight west of Gao'an or Fengxin.

On April 2, the Japanese army occupied the city of Goan.

The Battle of Nanchang ended.

In the Battle of Nanchang, China suffered a total of more than 52,000 casualties and more than 43,000 deaths; The total number of Japanese troops injured was more than 24,000 and more than 2,200 were killed, and the damage ratio was as high as 19:1.

Although the battle ended with the defeat of the Nationalist army and the loss of Nanchang, it broke the Japanese army's plan to defeat the main force of the Chinese army.