Xuchang, Chrysanthemum Wing Headquarters.

Taro Kikuka was anxiously pacing back and forth in the headquarters, the chariot detachment had been attacking for a long time, but there was no news yet. Just when Taro Kikuka was waiting impatiently.

A second lieutenant officer strode in with a panicked face, didn't have time to retract his feet, and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, it's not good, the tank detachment was attacked by the fighters of the Zhina Army, and more than a dozen tanks were all destroyed, and all the personnel were shattered, and no one survived!" ”

"Yaga Tooth Road! Damn the Chinese people! When Chrysanthemum Taro heard this, he immediately became angry and thundered.

At this time, another devil officer ran in with a dusty face, staggered in, and suddenly retracted his feet and said: "Your Excellency, the second and third infantry brigades and the two regiments of the Imperial Association Army were violently attacked by the Zhina fighters in their positions outside the city, and suffered heavy casualties. ”

"Yaga Tooth Road! All rice buckets are dripping work! Understand that the troops immediately counterattack! Kill all the people of China! Taro Kikuka roared a little out of control.

"Your Excellency! At present, our army has lost air supremacy, and in terms of strength, the Chinese have an advantage, and the infantry brigades have already suffered heavy casualties, and if a forced counterattack is launched, I am afraid that the situation will be even worse. One of the devil officers suddenly bowed his head and persuaded.

"Yaga!" Chrysanthemum Taro suddenly sat on the office chair behind him decadently like a deflated ball, and said with a gloomy expression: "Order all infantry brigades to resist to the death and fight to the last moment!" ”

"Hay!" The two devil soldiers bowed their heads suddenly, and then turned around and strode away.

………

Wuhan, the General Headquarters of the Southern Group of the Army.

Surrounded by Akira Muto and others, General Tada strode into the combat headquarters, and the generals of the army who were sitting on both sides of the conference table suddenly got up and looked at Tada Jun with respectful eyes.

Tada strode to the top, with Akira Muto following behind. Tada Jun waved his hand and said, "Everyone, please take a seat!" ”

"Smack!" The generals of the Yue Army present sat down together and straightened their bodies.

After sweeping everyone with cold eyes, Tada Jun said with an awe-inspiring expression: "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, my Imperial Army is facing an unprecedentedly severe situation, and the Chinese Army has launched the most fierce counteroffensive against our Imperial Army on the front of thousands of miles from east to west.

But ladies and gentlemen, the strategic retreat some time ago was just to recuperate and avoid its edge and prepare for the counterattack of my imperial army, and now I can tell you that the base camp has provided us with ammunition reserves for a while, and I say that the time has come for the imperial army to counterattack! Now, I would like to ask General Muto to announce to you the battle plan that has been studied by the Operations Staff! ”

"Hay!" Muto Akira bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took out a specific battle plan from the briefcase on his body.......

……….

Jiujiang, Wuning County in the southwest, since the Ninth Theater traced the river up the river and marched into Jiujiang, General Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater, moved the headquarters of the former enemy in the theater to Wuning County, which was only more than 150 miles away from Jiujiang in a straight line.

In the city of Wuning County, in the General Headquarters of the former enemy in the Ninth War Zone.

Not far from the communication room, General Xue Yue and the senior generals of the Ninth Theater were looking at the huge map hanging on the wall.

An operational staff officer stepped forward with a command pole, pointed to the map, and said: "At present, the forward regiment of the 74th Army has arrived in De'an County, on the outskirts of Jiujiang. In addition, the main force of the 10th Army has also arrived in Ruichang, and it is expected that the encirclement of Jiujiang will be completed this evening, and the army will be able to launch an attack early tomorrow morning! ”

"Hmm!" General Xue Yue nodded with satisfaction when he heard this: "The telegram orders the 74th Army and the 10th Army to take out the prestige of my Ninth War Zone and beat these dog-called Orientals fiercely, so that they can see how powerful the [***] people in me are!" ”

"Yes!" The combat staff officer snapped to his feet.

…………

Xuchang.

At this time, the guns in Xuchang City were loud, the artillery fire was soaring, and a team of [***] officers and soldiers shouted to break through the fire blockade of the army and rush into the city.

Not to be outdone, the devils in the city soon organized death squads to launch a counterattack against the [***] troops who entered the city, and soon the two sides collided together like two torrents of steel.

The sound of bones shattering and the strig of blades mingled.

A [***] captain company commander, with a machete in his hand, has slashed four devil soldiers in a row, and one of the devil soldiers was even cut off by his company with a gun.

The foul blood gushing out wildly suddenly splashed all over the captain's company commander, and the whole person looked like a bloody demon. made the few devil soldiers next to him who wanted to sneak attack look frightened.

At this time, a ghost soldier Cao screamed with a bayonet monster and stabbed at the captain and company commander. The captain and company commander roared: "Dog, look for death!" Before the words fell, the steel knife in his hand was quickly picked up at an incredible speed, and the heavy blade of the knife slammed into the devil's 38 guns with a "clang".

The devil soldier Cao only felt a strong force coming from the gun, almost cracking his mouth, and the steel gun in his hand almost wanted to get rid of it.

However, the Devil Army Cao was worthy of being a strong veteran, and he grabbed the steel gun in his hand with all the strength of his hands, and after retracting the steel gun, he let out a loud shout, and stabbed towards the [***] captain's face again with both guns.

"Well come, little devil! Let you taste grandpa's awesomeness! The [***] captain once again turned the steel knife in his hand, and the two of them slammed to the death!

"Qiang" and steel intersected again, and a dazzling spark was shot out in an instant, and the weapons in the hands of the two collided again, and the captain roared loudly with red eyes, like a wild beast.

Immediately, [***] Captain burst out with bruises in his arms, roared angrily, and forced the devil army Cao in front of him to retreat again and again. Obviously, the devil on the opposite side has the upper hand.

The captain was unforgiving, and the steel knife in his hand suddenly slammed upward, provoking the devil's rifle, and then the steel knife stabbed forward, and the steel knife sank into the body of the devil's army Cao.

Coming out from behind, the devil soldier Cao's face was full of unwillingness, red blood flowed out of his mouth, and after two words in his throat, he tilted his head and died.

At this time, the rest of the [***] officers and soldiers had already killed the devils who counterattacked, and the remaining devil soldiers saw that the situation was not good, so they immediately turned around and ran.

The captain, the company commander, pointed the steel knife in his hand forward and shouted, "Brothers, kill me!" Kill all these dogs! ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The roar of the officers and soldiers shook the sky, like bloodthirsty beasts, and they drove the devils towards the city.

The follow-up officers and soldiers took advantage of the situation to follow up and quickly expand the results of the battle.

Approximately! Two hours later, Captain [***] kicked open the door of Taro Kikuka's office with the commandos, and when the captain rushed in with the commandos, he saw that Taro Kikuka had committed suicide by seppuku.

……….

Wuhan, Office of General Tada.

Lieutenant General Muto Akira strode in with a solemn expression, and suddenly retracted his feet and said, "General, I received a farewell message from Tsukataro Chrysanthemum, the commander of the Xuchang Chrysanthemum Wing, five minutes ago.

Xuchang was heavily attacked by the Zhi Na people, after being outnumbered and bloody, the Zhi Na people broke through the defense line of the Chrysanthemum Wing, after a hard battle, the Chrysanthemum Wing from the Wing Captain to the ordinary soldiers all the jade shattered, no life survived! ”

"Yaga Tooth Road! This chrysanthemum Taro, why didn't he retreat? It's just a big drop of stupidity! With only one infantry wing, it is a hard fight with the people of China, rice bucket! When Tada Jun heard the news, he immediately jumped like thunder, and he was so angry that he burst into smoke.

Since the national government launched a counteroffensive, Tada Jun has not received any good news, and the news he hears every day is that either the imperial army here has been defeated or the imperial army there has been completely annihilated.

However, the good news came one after another, and the bad news seemed to be discussed, Muto Zhang lowered his head and said after Tada Jun had just finished venting: "General, there is another matter that is very urgent, the Xue Yue Division of the Chinese Army has arrived at the periphery of Jiujiang, and it is not said that it is about to launch an attack on Jiujiang. ”

"Muto-kun! Didn't I give you the command? What are you going to do? Tada Jun took a deep breath of cold air and asked indifferently.

"General Hui! The lowly post has ordered the 101st Division to rush to the aid of Jiujiang, and the 21st Division is stepping up the arrangement of fortifications on the outskirts of Wuhan, and the lowly post intends to fight the 42nd Group Army and the Ninth Theater in Wuhan! Muto replied with a respectful bow.

"Muto-kun! According to intelligence, the Ninth Theater of Operations of the China Army used more than 150,000 troops this time, and it may even be more, and the strength of the 42nd Army in the north should not be underestimated. At present, there are less than eight divisions left in our Southern Group Army, several mixed brigades and regiments, and some reserve garrison troops, with a total strength of about 200,000 troops, excluding more than 100,000 people in the Songhu area of Nanjing, with only four divisions and regiments, are you sure that you can defeat Xue Yue's troops and Zhang Mingyu's troops? Tada Jun said with a frown.

"General! Although the troops are not enough, the way to deal with Xue Yue's corps has already been thought of, and we will definitely let Xue Yue's corps temporarily lose its offensive ability in Jiujiang, so that we will have the opportunity to gather and annihilate the 42nd Group Army in the vicinity of Wuhan! Muto Akira said confidently.

"Oh?" A huge question mark popped up above Tada's head and asked, "Muto-kun, please speak up!" ”

"Hay! General, the lowly plan is very simple, that is, to use chemical weapons against the Chinese army in the ninth theater of operations! ~" Muto Zhang suddenly bowed his head and said with confidence: "Although the 42nd Group Army has a full set of protective equipment, it does not mean that all the Chinese Army is equipped with gas masks and chemical protective suits!" ”

"Yo Xi!" After hearing this, Tada Jun immediately nodded happily and said, "Muto-kun, this method is very good, I will fully support you!" If you win this battle, the first credit will be Muto-kun, you must be 1 haha! ”

"Thank you for the general's praise, I don't dare to ask for credit! To be able to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and to the Great Empire, and never give up his humble duties! Muto Akira was secretly happy in his heart, and on the surface he still pretended to be modest.

"Yo Xi!" Tada Jun nodded with satisfaction, he is still very satisfied with his subordinates, he is very good at doing things, that is, he is capable, and he does not invite credit, I am afraid that such a subordinate will like it if he is any general.

At this time, Muto Akira said again: "General, there is one more thing, please agree to it, otherwise the battle plan to defeat the 42nd Army will not be realized!" ”

"Oh! Muto-kun, please speak!! Tada Jun said with his hands in his hand.

"General! Please call the Navy's Third Fleet and ask it to send all warships that can enter the waters of the Yangtze River to swim upstream to participate in the Battle of Wuhan! Provide artillery support for our army! Muto Akira said respectfully.

"Yo Xi! No problem with this! The Third Fleet will arrive on time! Please rest assured! Tada Jun nodded.

…………

In the thirtieth year of the Republic of China, at the beginning of October, the weather in Jiangxi had begun to slowly turn cooler, and the [***] soldiers of the Ninth War Zone wore thin single clothes and marched to Jiujiang.

Among them, the 10th Army set out from Ruichang, and the 74th Army set out from De'an, and the two armies were like two big pincers advancing towards Jiujiang.

At the foot of Lushan Mountain, Wang Yaowu, commander of the 74th Army, came to the foot of Lushan Mountain with a group of staff officers and guards, looking at the ridge of Lushan Mountain, which was as high as a cloud, General Wang Yaowu said to the staff officers around him: "The former enemy headquarters is located here, telegraph to Zhang Lingfu, you can lead the 58th Division to launch an attack on the periphery of Jiujiang and sweep away the remnants of the army on the periphery of Jiujiang!" Open up the way for the follow-up not to be big! (Note that at this time, Zhang Lingfu was already the acting commander of the 58th Division, and was actually in charge of real power.) ）

"Yes!" A major staff officer snapped to his feet, then turned and strode away.

……

Jiujiang Front, in the temporary headquarters of the 58th Division.

General Zhang Lingfu summoned several brigade commanders and regiment commanders of the 58th Division and was giving lectures.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Today, our 58th Division has won the honor of being the vanguard of the counteroffensive, and on the occasion of the counterattack of the whole army, our soldiers and other soldiers should take the lead bravely, kill more Japanese bandits, and recover the great rivers and mountains of the motherland! Drive out the Japanese and defend my China! General Zhang Lingfu said sharply with an awe-inspiring expression.

"Drive out the Japanese and defend my China!"

"Drive out the Japanese and defend my China!"

"Drive out the Japanese and defend my China!"

Everyone raised their arms and roared.

General Zhang Lingfu raised his right hand and pressed it down slightly, and everyone's voices immediately stopped abruptly, looking at his commander with excitement.

Zhang Lingfu's blazing eyes swept at the people present, and immediately opened his throat and shouted: "All brigades listen to orders!" ”

"In!" Everyone straightened up and said loudly.

"The whole division, with the 153 Brigade as the vanguard, the 154 Brigade and the 152 Brigade as the two wings, and the finished glyph of the three brigades advanced to Jiujiang~! Listen, no matter how difficult it is, I will plant my [***] battle flag at the head of Jiujiang City before it falls today! Do you understand? Zhang Lingfu paused, and then shouted sharply.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

……………

Zheng County, Headquarters of the 42nd Group Army.

Xu Wen strode in with an excited expression, Zhang Mingyu had just finished reviewing the documents, stretched his waist, and seeing Xu Wen's excited face, Zhang Mingyu immediately asked, "What's wrong?" What's the good news? ”

"Total seat! There is indeed good news! Xu Wen smiled and handed the telegram in his hand to Zhang Mingyu and said: "This is the telegram that Commander Ma Li Qunma just sent back personally, ten minutes ago, the southward advance detachment successfully annihilated the Xuchang army defending the enemy and recovered Xuchang!" ”

"Really?!" Zhang Mingyu was obviously stunned, although the order he gave to Ma Liqun was to immediately bypass Xuchang and go south in the face of resistance, but he did not expect Ma Liqun to take Xuchang in such a short time, which completely exceeded his expectations.

As the so-called pioneer, it is natural to open the road in the mountains and build bridges in the rivers! Handle all difficulties and obstacles for the main force. At the same time, the vanguard force also has a task, that is, to attack the city and seize the land, or that sentence, but all the vanguard, must be elite!

"Telegraph to Ma Liqun, after the advance detachment rests for a while, immediately continue to move south, and the defense of Xuchang will be taken over by the new Zheng Chengze Division!" Zhang Mingyu said with an awe-inspiring expression,

"Yes!" Xu Wen snapped up and stood upright, and then wanted to turn around and leave.

"Wait! In addition, they went south to advance into the detachment, worthy of this sentence! "All pioneers must be elite" Zhang Mingyu stopped Xu Wendao.

"Yes!" Xu Wen snapped forward and immediately turned around and left.

Xu Wen just took two steps, turned around and walked back to Zhang Mingyu and said: "General seat, by the way, according to intelligence, the Ninth War Zone has also launched an attack on Jiujiang today!" Under the leadership of Zhang Lingfu, the forward 58th Division has defeated the devils in Jiujiang one after another! It seems that it is not far from the recovery of Jiujiang! ”

"Zhang Lingfu?" Zhang Mingyu immediately fell into contemplation when he heard this, for Zhang Lingfu, some people in later generations praised: The general is the soul of the heroic nation, especially the feat of leading the death squad to outwit Gushan, the leg was broken by the Yue Kou machine gun, and the blood was spilled on the battlefield; In the War of Resistance, he sacrificed his life and forgot to die. Seven pieces of shrapnel in his body still did not leave the line of fire. During the treatment of a leg injury in Hong Kong, he did not listen to the doctor's dissuasion and returned to the battlefield with a lame leg, how many people can compare the general with such a hero? The general once said in a letter to his brother: "In this war of resistance, for the survival of the country and the nation, the soldiers are in danger, life and death are uncertain, my family is dead, do not think that I am still alive, give the fruit to die, the parents in the hall, please support my brother, kneel the sons, hope that my brother will care." Marry your wife and let it be natural. ”

Zhang Mingyu also admires such a hero of resistance, Zhang Lingfu was born in Peking University, and he can be described as a fierce general in [***] at that time, and a hero of resistance! He participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Lanfeng, the Battle of Changsha, the Battle of Quzhou, the Battle of Changde, the Battle of Hengyang, the Battle of Shanggao, the Battle of Xiangxi and other battles, and destroyed countless enemies. In the battle of Wanjialing, he fought a bloody battle with Yuekou for five days and five nights, and cooperated with the main force to almost completely annihilate a division of Yueben, and his great contribution in the war of resistance against Yue was indelible.

(To be continued)