Chapter 937: Actions Before the War

Zhao Zili's voice fell, and all the generals present couldn't help frowning, Xue Yue looked at everyone, and a helpless smile appeared on his face. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone reacted that Xue Yue had expected it a long time ago, and no one knew more about the situation in the various departments of the Ninth War Zone than Xue Yue.

The most important point is that Okamura Ningji is not a little devil who is easy to deal with, and for this Nanchang operation, Okamura Ningji has been preparing for a long time.

When the Japanese 101st and 106th Divisions and tank clusters began to move, the 16th Division under the 11th Army of the Japanese Army attacked in Hubei, and the troops of the 16th Division launched a full-scale attack on Hubei under the Third Fleet and the 116th Division of the Japanese Navy.

The Japanese troops made progress soon after the operation, and they captured a large area on the east bank of the Han River.

The 16th Division and other units of the Little Devil Regiment captured a large area on the east bank of the Han River, which was a great threat to the Chinese troops, and if the Little Devils crossed the Han River and continued to attack, then they would have to fight all the way to Chongqing, which is the eastern gateway of Chongqing.

As the eastern gateway of Chongqing, the strategic significance here is far more important than Jiangxi, even if Xue Yue saw that the little devil was going to mobilize the troops of the Ninth Theater, but Xue Yue did not dare to joke about the safety of Chongqing, after the 16th Division launched an attack, Xue Yue immediately ordered the 31st Group Army of Tang Enbo, which was relatively complete and had the strongest combat effectiveness, to go to Hubei for defense and guard the eastern gateway of Chongqing.

The 31st Group Army is the most elite unit in the Ninth Theater, and it has five corps under its command: the 13th Army, the 18th Army, the 37th Army, the 52nd Army, and the 92nd Army.

Although Xue Yue knew that the transfer of the 31st Group Army would mean that Jiangxi would have no guarantees, he had to do so.

The so-called no one is perfect, and Xue Yue has some personal character shortcomings, but I have to admit that he is a rare general in China.

In terms of military quality and command ability, Xue Yue and Okamura Ningji are on par, Okamura Ningji commands an 11th Army, and Xue Yue commands a theater with 16 armies, but in terms of troops, both China and Japan are about 200,000, but in terms of weapons and equipment, the two Ninth Theater troops are not comparable to the Japanese 11th Army.

What's more, the Japanese troops still have air and sea superiority, which means that two commanders of equal ability, one with a good deck of cards in his hand, and the other with a bad deck in his hand.

The chairman proposed to counterattack instead of defense, and this order was a complete joke in Xue Yue's opinion, because it was not only Tang Enbo's 31st Army that was pinned down by the Japanese 11th Army in the Ninth Theater, but Okamura Ninji also took action in other areas.

When the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army took action, the troops of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army took action to the east of Panyang Lake, and the troops of the 9th Division occupied the east of Panyang Lake with the cooperation of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, which forced several main forces of the 9th Theater to move east to defend against the troops of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese army contained the troops of the Ninth Theater in Hunan and Jiangxi respectively, but Okamura Ninji knew very well that in this operation against Nanchang, it would not be possible to contain the troops of the Ninth Theater alone, and the troops of the Third and Fifth Theaters could support the operation at any time, especially the troops of the Third Theater, and they could support Nanchang at any time.

For this reason, Okamura Ninji directly contacted the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters, and the Central China Dispatch Army immediately dispatched the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army stationed in the vicinity of Hangzhou to launch an operation to attack the **** troops of the Third Theater and contain the troops of the Third Theater.

Okamura Ningji's series of actions completely dispersed the troops of the Ninth Theater, and the defense force in the Nanchang area was greatly reduced.

Xue Yue was naturally not a simple commander, he had already realized what Okamura Ningji wanted to do.

This time, Xue Yue gathered the generals and officers above the army level of the Ninth Theater together, in addition to conveying the instructions of the chairman, he also prepared to face the battle.

Xue Yue has a character shortcoming, and this character shortcoming can become an advantage at some times, and Xue Yue's shortcoming is arrogance.

The chairman asked Xue Yue to counterattack in the ninth war zone, but Xue Yue would not obey this order, he gathered the generals together this time to discuss how to defend Nanchang!

"You all know the situation of your respective troops very well, and the chairman asked us to counterattack, but where is there still a counterattack force in the troops of the Ninth Theater, and the Japanese army's target is Nanchang, and this time I brought everyone together just to let you talk about how we should defend Nanchang."

After Zhao Zili's voice fell, Xue Yue stood up, he took the baton, and put it on the map in Nanchang, Jiangxi.

After hearing Xue Yue's words, the generals couldn't help but discuss softly, obviously they were shocked that Xue Yue had disobeyed the chairman's order.

However, Xue Yue is a powerful general, and the Ninth War Zone is an important war zone in Chongqing, the capital of Gongwei, and the chairman handed over the commander of this theater to Xue Yue, which naturally shows that he attaches great importance to Xue Yue.

Now these generals are all under the command of Xue Yue, even if Xue Yue disobeys the order of the chairman, they dare not disobey Xue Yue's order.

Everyone began to discuss, while Xue Yue stared at the map thoughtfully.

Sun Weiguo sat alone in the corner, no one here knew Sun Weiguo, and no one took the initiative to talk to Sun Weiguo.

After a while, Xue Yue looked towards the map Xiushui River.

Xiushui River is one of the five major rivers of Panyang Lake, after the Japanese troops captured Jiujiang, an important town in Jiangxi Province in the area north of the Xiushui River, the Xiushui River was an important natural hazard for the Chinese troops to defend against the Japanese army to attack Nanchang in the south.

After Xue Yue saw Xiushui River, he had a rough battle plan in his heart.

He glanced back at the generals sitting in the chairs, and Xue Yue's eyes couldn't help but lock on Sun Weiguo who was sitting in the corner.

Xue Yue had heard the name Sun Weiguo, and this time he held a combat meeting, Xue Yue also specially called Sun Weiguo over, he wanted to see if Sun Weiguo was really capable, especially after having a battle plan, Xue Yue needed to determine Sun Weiguo's ability.

"Do you have an idea?" Xue Yue began to ask.

Some advocated that Xue Yue obey the orders of the chairman of the committee, carry out a counterattack against the Japanese army, and take the Japanese army by surprise, some advocated that heavy troops should be assembled in Nanchang and a decisive battle with the Japanese troops in Nanchang, and some advocated that the Nanchang operation was unfavorable to the Chinese troops, and that the symbolic defense should be given up directly.

Hearing the thoughts of these generals, Xue Yue couldn't help but shake his head, and he directly said his battle plan.

Xue Yue kept moving around the map with his baton, and he detailed the battle plan he had conceived.