Chapter 941: Nanchang Defensive Battle

Xue Yue listened to Sun Weiguo's defense plan, he nodded with satisfaction, looking at the map, Xue Yue fell into silence again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

He knew very well that the only hole card he could take out at present was Sun Weiguo's new First Division, but it was obviously a bit difficult to count on the new First Division to fight against the attacking Japanese troops, and Xue Yue wanted to achieve greater results.

"The troops of the First Group Army are stationed in the Shanggao area to rest and be on standby, and the troops of the 30th Group Army are stationed in the Wuning area in the upper reaches of the Xiushui River.

"The 19th Army's 32nd Army, 49th Army, 70th Army, and 79th Army (owed to the 98th Division) deployed along the south bank of the Xiushui River to resist the Japanese troops, killing and wounding a large number of Japanese troops with position fortifications, and after the Japanese troops broke through the position, they immediately withdrew to the east and west sides, pinned down the Japanese infantry units, and cut off the Japanese retreat from the east and west sides."

"The new First Division and the 98th Division are stationed in the Nanchang area, and the two divisions are unified under the command of Wang Jiaben, the commander of the 98th Division, and the 74th Army is assembled in Changsha to stand by and serve as a reserve in the theater.

After being silent for a while, Xue Yue immediately began to give combat orders.

"Yes, Chief." The generals immediately stood up and saluted Xue Yue one after another.

The battle plan for the Nanchang area has been drawn up, and the entire battle plan is almost the same as Sun Weiguo's plan.

After the meeting, Xue Yue met with Sun Weiguo alone, and in this meeting, Xue Yue and Sun Weiguo focused on discussing the detailed deployment of the operation in Nanchang.

Xue Yue has a strong military literacy, and Sun Weiguo often only mentions it slightly, and Xue Yue can realize what Sun Weiguo wants to say.

On February 28, 1938, Xue Yue reported to the Military Commission, requesting the chairman to transfer troops from the Third Theater to fight in Jiangxi.

The chairman of the committee immediately ordered Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater of Operations, to transfer troops into Jiangxi to fight, and Gu Zhutong agreed, but the transfer of troops was not seen for a long time.

The time entered March, and the rain in Jiangxi finally stopped for a month in February, and after the rain stopped, Japanese planes continued to appear in the skies over Jiangxi to conduct reconnaissance.

At the same time, Okamura Ninji summoned the commander of the 101st Division, Lieutenant General Saito Yahei, the commander of the 106th Division, the commander of the 106th Division, and the commander of the tank cluster, Major General Kunomura Momoyo.

During the Battle of Wuhan, the troops of the 101st and 106th Divisions were ordered to attack Nanchang along the Nanxun Road, but the troops of these two divisions encountered the fierce general Xue Yue, and the Chinese troops under the command of Xue Yue inflicted heavy losses on the troops of the 101st Division and the 106th Division.

The commander of the 101st Division, Lieutenant General Ito Masaki, was wounded in the leg and was sent to Japan for recuperation after the war, so Saito Yahei took over the position of division commander, but the casualties and losses of the 101st Division have exceeded eighty, as for the 106th Division, the troops are even worse, except for the main generals of the division and regiment headquarters, the rest of the troops have almost been replaced, and even the division commander Matsuura Junrokuro is wearing makeup to avoid the search of the Chinese troops, so he picked up a small life.

The Battle of Wuhan ended in October, and after the end of the battle, Okamura began to quickly replenish the two divisions.

At present, the 101st Division and the 106th Division have been replenished, and they have also been reorganized, and their combat effectiveness has been increased.

"Considering the situation of the tank troops, the date of the attack will be March 20, and I hope that you will be able to win this battle. This time, I will strengthen the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery to fight for you, and at the same time, the 11th Brigade of the Independent Mountain Artillery and the 2nd Brigade of the Siege Heavy Artillery will also be assigned to you to fight. ”

Okamura Ninji looked at Yahei Saito, Junzaburo Matsuura, and Momoyo Kunomura, and he said with a serious expression.

The main attack of the Japanese army was the 101st Division, the 106th Division, and the tank cluster, but there were still some troops involved in the battle, and at the same time, Okamura Ninji strengthened a large number of artillery units for the main attack force.

The 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery has four field heavy artillery wings, equipped with 72 150mm howitzers and 16 100mm cannons, the 11th Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade is equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns, and the 2nd Siege Heavy Artillery Brigade is equipped with four 150mm cannons.

The number of artillery pieces of these reinforced artillery units alone exceeded 100, and the number of artillery pieces of the two divisions of the Japanese army exceeded 200.

The number of artillery pieces equipped with Sun Weiguo's two artillery regiments was only 72, which was just the establishment of two artillery wings of the Japanese army.

"Your Excellency Commander, please rest assured that we will definitely succeed in occupying Nanchang." Yahei Saito immediately stood up, he looked at Okamura Ninji and said.

"Mixi, I believe that you will definitely be able to capture Nanchang." Okamura replied with satisfaction.

During this time, Okamura Ninji personally conducted training for the troops of the 101st Division and the 106th Division, and at present, the combat effectiveness of these two units has been strengthened, and Okamura Ninji believes that they can easily capture Nanchang, not to mention that this time he also concentrated on using tank troops.

"Your Excellency Commander, the intelligence agency has sent news that there is an abnormal movement of the Jiangxi China troops, and the mysterious China troops originally stationed in Fuzhou have suddenly been stationed in Nanchang."

As soon as Okamura Ninji's voice fell, Yoshimoto Sadachi, chief of staff of the 11th Army, immediately came to Okamura Ninji to report.

Sun Weiguo's newly formed 1st Division has maintained a high degree of secrecy, and so far the Japanese army has not figured out the number of Sun Weiguo's troops.

"What exactly is the number of this unit, who is the commander, isn't there any news yet?" Okamura Ninji said with a frown.

"Your Excellency Commander, there is no news for the time being, but according to the comprehensive analysis of the intelligence agency, this force should be a joint force of all arms, they have infantry, armor and artillery, the number should be about 10,000 people, and the number of their combat vehicles is not known yet, but considering the situation in China, they will not be equipped with too many combat vehicles."

Yoshimoto Sadachi immediately replied that the little devils did not know the commander and the number of the troops, but they had a general understanding of the establishment of the new first division.

When Okamura Ninji heard this, he couldn't help frowning, he didn't understand the opponent, which made Okamura Ninji feel a little uncomfortable.

"Could it be Sun Weiguo's troops?" Kunomura Momoyo couldn't help but whisper.

As soon as Yoshimoto said that the newly formed first division was a joint combat force of all arms, Kunomura Momoyo was the first to think of Sun Weiguo.

He knew that only Sun Weiguo was capable of commanding such a force, but Kunomura Momoyo immediately shook his head, he felt that Sun Weiguo would not come to Jiangxi.

For the situation of the Eighth Route Army, Kunomura Momoyo knew about it, and he knew that the Eighth Route Army would not leave the second theater of operations.

"To find out what happened to them, you have to be fast." Okamura Ninji said in a serious tone.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Sadachi Yoshimoto replied immediately.