Han Xing knew that the 29th Group Army that Liu Zhensan was talking about was the Sichuan Army. Their equipment is poor, their training is poor, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, and if the Japanese army really hits the head of the Sichuan army, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky.

Zhang Zizhong understood Liu Zhensan's words, and his brows furrowed deeply.

Han Xing has a habit of looking at the officers and soldiers, and by the way, they also look at their equipment.

The equipment of the 180th Division can be described as varied, and they have very few heavy weapons, such as heavy artillery and infantry artillery, almost none, even heavy machine guns, and light machine guns are also limited. Even the rifles are miscellaneous, including the Soviet-made Mosin Nagan, the Japanese 38 type, the domestic old sleeve, the domestic Chinese formal, the Czech Mauser rifle, and the German Mauser rifle.

For such a rifle, it is also quite troublesome to configure bullets.

The 30-long bayonet of the 38 style is a Japanese knife style, and its length is more than half a meter long. Mosinagan is a Soviet-made four-edged bayonet that can only stab but not cut. The old domestic sleeve is an imitation of the three-zero bayonet, the middle official is a long bayonet that imitates the European style, and the Czech Mauser and the German Mauser are the original European bayonets with a long sword style.

One of the drawbacks caused by the complexity of the bayonets is the difficulty of exchange, and the loss of one is another, and there is nowhere to change it at all.

The infantry of the Northwest Army could reach about 50 or 60 rounds per person, which was far inferior to the Japanese army's 120 to 200 rounds per person. If you want to talk about the Sichuan army, it is even worse, often only 10 or even more than 20 bullets.

What's even worse is that the Fifth Theater originally lacked heavy weapons, and after the fierce battle of the Battle of Wuhan and the great retreat in the later stage of the Battle of Wuhan, a small number of heavy weapons were also lost, resulting in extremely weak heavy equipment.

Almost all the troops in the entire theater are lightly armed infantry, and the initiative to attack is basically open-minded, and when it comes to defense, there are also great difficulties, that is, the firepower is obviously insufficient.

Therefore, there is a reason why Liu Zhensan is not confident in this defensive battle.

At this time, there were already quite a few brothers from the 180th Division around Zhang Zizhong, and it seemed that everyone was already a little tired after days of fighting, and they had some perfunctory ideas. That is, even if you deal with it, you are not willing to fight to the death.

Zhang Zizhong said loudly to Liu Zhensan and Ji Xingwen, in fact, to all the brothers:

"There are only two ways for me and my brothers to follow today: the first is perfunctory, everyone is perfunctory, everything is perfunctory, I am perfunctory to the officers, and the officers are perfunctory to their subordinates. When the enemy did not come, we made perfunctory arrangements, and when the enemy came, we also resisted perfunctorily, and left after a perfunctory moment.

This kind of approach seems to be smart, but in fact it is the stupidest, it seems easy, but in fact it is more difficult, it seems to be cheap, but in fact it is more disadvantageous. Because if you don't fight today, you will still fight tomorrow, if you don't fight in front, you still have to fight if you retreat anywhere.

The end is the same end, and the sacrifice is the same sacrifice, but in vain it is ridiculed by the world. Therefore, the result of this road must be ruin, not only the country will be ruined by our hands, but even our own lives will be cut off by us, which is tantamount to suicide.

So this road is a dead end, a road of perdition.

I have lived and died with my brothers for more than ten years, and my feelings are more than flesh and blood, and my righteousness is heavier than that of my compatriots. The brethren are knowledgeable and understand righteousness, and they will never take this path. There is no doubt that we have to take another path, which is to fight.

Since we are ordered to defend this line, we are determined to fight on this line, and instead of retreating to the back or fighting, we should fight on this line with value and meaning. This time, we must fight with the enemy on this line to the end, and we will never retreat without following orders.

My brothers and I have been supported by the state for decades, and no matter how difficult it is, can we still fight? Fortunately, if we are able to stop the enemy, not only a few people, but even our entire army will inevitably enjoy supreme glory in the Republic of China, and our officers and men will always maintain a glorious position.

In the event of misfortune and the end of the fight, my brothers and I are also worthy of the country and the 40,000,000 compatriots and elders, we have not lost their support, and we are worthy of being soldiers for a lifetime. Therefore, this road is a bright and upright road, and it is the only one we should take.

Since my brothers and I participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we have suffered a lot of hardships, and now we have reached the last period, for the sake of the mountain, how can we bear to lose a loss, so the only brothers cheer up, grit their teeth, and fight this battle. In the future, we will count people and ghosts, and we will see in this battle. ”

Zhang Zizhong's words deeply touched everyone.

All the officers and men of the 180th Division on the position, as long as they can hear Zhang Zizhong's words, are listening to his voice, capturing every note of him, and in the fierce battle that is about to take place, they will follow Zhang Zizhong's orders, fight bravely, and fight to the last moment, the last person.

Zhang Zizhong encouraged all the officers and soldiers, and continued to inspect the fortifications of Changshoudian, until he personally supervised the renovation of all the fortifications of Changshoudian, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Zizhong calmed down a little before he said to Han Xing: "Commander Han, what do you think of our longevity shop position. ”

Han Xing nodded and said, "Yes, yes, compared to the long snake formation in the Nanchang Defense Battle, it is much stronger." ”

Zhang Zizhong didn't understand Han Xing's words, and hurriedly asked: "Why did Xue Yue's Nanchang defense battle become a long snake again?" ”

Han Xing smiled and said, "Commanders Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying put the main force of more than 100,000 people in Nanchang more than 100 kilometers away from the first line of Xiushui. The result is to defend, not to hold, to withdraw, and not to retreat, that is not what a long snake formation is. The position of the longevity store is different, it is like a fist, tightly clenched together, defending, defending layer by layer, attacking, and can punch out. ”

Zhang Zizhong was the commander-in-chief of the Right Wing Army, and of course he was extremely concerned about tactical issues, and asked Han Xing again: "Commander Han, this old boy Okamura Ningji, what strategies and tactics do you think he implemented in dealing with the defense of Nanchang and this campaign, can you simply deduce it?" ”

Han Xing smiled and said, "I can't talk about deduction, I can only talk about my opinion." ”

Zhang Zizhong nodded, quietly waiting for Han Xing to continue.

Han Xing said unhurriedly: "To fight Nanchang, Okamura Ningji used a blitzkrieg, a rout battle, with heavy artillery to first break through the Xiushui defense line on the periphery of the national army, and then use more than 100 tanks and armored vehicles to break through at high speed and occupy Nanchang before the arrival of the national reinforcements."

Why is this so, because Okamura Ninji thinks that the defense of the national army in Nanchang is like a walnut, only the shell is hard, the inside is soft, and there is a lot of space.

The national army concentrated its main force on the Xiushui defense line, and the other part was stationed in Nanchang, and there were no heavy troops stationed between the Xiushui defense line and Nanchang. This is because Xue Yue, commander of the National Army, believes that the current strength of the Ninth Theater is insufficient, and it is necessary to take into account Jiangxi Province and Hunan Province, of which Hunan Province is obviously much more important than Jiangxi Province, and places the main forces in Hunan, including the 74th Army.

Xue Yue estimated according to the speed of the Japanese army's advance and the intensity of the attack during the Battle of Wuhan that the Xiushui defense line could hold out for at least 3 to 4 days, so during this time, the national troops in Hunan and Zhejiang could be transferred to the Nanchang line to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

At this point, Gang is obviously a better move than Xue Yue. ”

Zhang Zizhong nodded frequently when he heard this, thinking that what Han Xing said was still reasonable. Zhang Zizhong guided Han Xing again and said, "I'm listening, and then listen to your opinion on this battle?" ”

Han Xing said unhurriedly: "The reason for fighting Nanchang like this is because the national army is scattered and there is a gap to take advantage of. Moreover, the distance from Xiushui to Nanchang is only a few dozen kilometers, and the terrain is not complicated (there are many flats in northern Jiangxi), which is convenient for the armored troops to break through in a short time.

However, the area where the Fifth Theater is located has complex terrain and many mountainous areas, and Commander-in-Chief Li Zongren relies on complex terrain to fortify in various places, so it will be quite difficult to break through from the front like Nanchang and then occupy Zaoyang in Suixian.

Moreover, even if these two places are occupied, it will not change the fact that the Fifth War Zone is threatening Wuhan, because there are still hundreds of kilometers of defense lines of the national army in the surrounding area, and it is impossible to occupy them all.

Therefore, Okamura Ninji believes that in dealing with the Fifth Theater, it is necessary to change tactics and focus on annihilating its living forces. If the main force of the Fifth Theater of Operations is annihilated, they Li Zongren himself will take the initiative to retreat and shrink the defensive line, so that the Japanese troops in the Wuhan area will be safe.

Okamura Ninji was particularly afraid of the 31st Army of the Fifth Theater, and his main contradiction was also to destroy the 31st Army, I think so, but it is not necessarily right. ”

Zhang Zizhong listened to Han Xing's words, nodded again, and thought that Han Xing's analysis was the first and most logical.

Adjutant Wu, who followed Zhang Zizhong, saw that Zhang Zizhong had almost checked the fortifications of Changshoudian and talked to Han Xing, so he urged Zhang Zizhong and said, "Commander Zhang, it's not early, let's hurry back to the Yicheng headquarters, right?" ”

Zhang Zizhong shook his head and said, "I'm not going back, you go and call the headquarters and say that I have been on the front line of Changshou Store for the past few days." ”

Adjutant Wu was anxious when he heard this, and said anxiously to Zhang Zizhong: "Commander Zhang, as the commander-in-chief of the Right Wing Army of the Fifth Theater, you should stay in the headquarters of Yicheng!" This is the front line, if something goes wrong, the lower officials really can't afford it! ”

Zhang Zizhong glanced at Han Xing again, and said to Adjutant Wu: "You ask Commander Han, is Commander Han willing to follow me back to Yicheng?" ”

After listening to Zhang Zizhong's words, Han Xing wanted to stimulate him, so he said, "Commander Zhang can go back to the Yicheng Headquarters, but I can't go there?" ”

"Why?" Zhang Zizhong asked.

Han Xing smiled and said very confidently: "I am also a small commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, that is, a division commander level, and if I die, I will die." But Commander Zhang is different, you are the commander of the right-wing group army of the Fifth Theater, and you have tens of thousands of heavy soldiers under you, but you all need your command! If something happens, the lower officials can't afford it? ”

Zhang Zizhong heard that there was obviously a thorn in Han Xing's words, so he asked, "I don't understand what you said." Why can you die in the longevity shop and I can't stay here? ”