The 2nd Army of the Japanese Army was an elite unit of the Kwantung Army, and due to the secret agreement between Japan and Russia, the Zhang Gufeng Incident that occurred in the original history did not occur. The 2nd Army of the Japanese Army quickly entered the battle in Guannai, and the 2nd Army went all the way north, taking the lead in capturing Zhengzhou and then Xinyang, and the troops held directly to Wuhan. The commander of the 2nd Army was Dongjiu, the 13th and 16th Divisions under his command were on the left flank, and the 5th and 10th Divisions formed the right flank attack corps, and under the cover of 200 fighters and a heavy artillery brigade, they attacked Huoshan and Lu'an, the gateways of Dabie Mountain, respectively.

After nearly two months of attacking, the Japanese army broke through the first line of defense of the Central Army with difficulty. The 13th and 16th divisions of its left flank corps approached the second line of defense, Yejiaji. The Shangliu Highway at the foot of the adjacent Fujin Mountain is the choke point, and the Japanese army cannot avoid it, so they can only capture the Fujin Mountain, open up the main road, and seize the key points. It was Song Xilian's 71st Army that took up the task of defending Fujin Mountain, and the 36th and 88th Divisions of its defensive core position had already been famous in the Songhu battlefield and had strong combat effectiveness.

The Japanese 13th Division first launched a strong attack on the main position defended by the 36th Division, and the 36th Division stubbornly defended and was fruitless after fierce fighting on the 9th. Then he launched a strong attack on the 88th Division on the right flank, but was severely defeated. The attack was thwarted, with heavy casualties, and Tokyu had to give the order to temporarily stop the attack. After Shunroku Hata adopted Okamura's suggestion, he ordered Tohisa to break through the defense line from the left flank, and at the same time recruited Japanese special forces to support the operation.

In late August, four transport planes landed at Xinyang airstrip. After the plane came to a standstill, Shinobu Kui, the leader of the Japanese special operations group, got off the first transport plane. Due to the role of the special operation, the Japanese army base camp decided to form the first special forces, which were placed under the direct command of the military department. After Shinobu Kuai led the remnants back to Shanghai, the force was expanded to 300 people, including a sniper squadron, an assault squadron (all hunting German submachine guns), and a strike squadron (equipped with light machine guns, grenadiers, and light mortars).

In order to conduct mobile operations, Shinobu Kuai expanded the size of his troops and conducted a month's airborne training in Shanghai. After the soldiers of the Japanese special operations group got off the transport plane, they quickly assembled on the tarmac, and Shinobu Kui stood in front of the team to give a brief lecture, and then ordered the troops to be stationed in tents near the airport to stand by. The battle of Jiujiang cast a shadow on Kujing Shinobi's heart, and he had to admit that his command was not the opponent of the Eighth Route Army's special combat team. The Japanese military department also believes that after all, this special combat unit has not been formed long and lacks experience in special operations, so it must be trained in war.

Soon Shinobu Kukai entered the headquarters of the Japanese 2nd Army. "Report to the general, the leader of the special operations team, Shinobu Kui, came to report." Commander Higashihisa said happily, "Commander Okamura sent a telegram to send you to support the operation. Kujing-kun, it's been hard all the way! "Your Excellency, for the sake of the Imperial Holy War, it is our obligation, please assign combat missions!" "At the moment the offensive is blocked, and the defense of the Chinese army is very tenacious. By order of the military headquarters, Commander Okamura launched a large-scale feint on the Eastern Front, attracting the attention of the Shina army. ”

"Commander Okamura Ninji believes that only a breakthrough on the northern front can approach Wuhan. It is proposed to focus on the defense line on the left flank of Fujin Mountain. Defending the left flank of the defense line was the 114th Division of the Chinese Army, which was reorganized from the former Northeast Army and had weak combat effectiveness. The task of your division is to parachute behind the left flank defense line, attack the headquarters of the 114th Division in Liuzhen, and strive to defeat the headquarters of the 114th Division and ensure that we attack head-on. "Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the mission will be completed."

At the beginning of September, Dongjiu ordered the 16th Division to continue the attack on the main position of Fujin Mountain, and at the same time ordered the 5th Division to make a detour to the defense area of the 114th Division on the left flank of Fujin Mountain. After the completion of the military deployment, the Japanese army launched an indiscriminate bombardment of Liu Zhen, and four transport planes made a surprise parachute landing behind Liu Zhen during the mixed period. In a mountain col before dusk, the Japanese special combat teams were concentrated one after another, and at this time, the 114th Division did not notice it at all. After counting the number of people, Shinobu Kui announced the combat mission of landing behind enemy lines.

The airborne landing site is about 10 kilometers from Yanagizhen, and the team leader Jun Kukai decides to wait for it to get dark and act. First of all, he sent a reconnaissance team to find out the situation in Liuzhen, and at the same time reported to the military headquarters of the 2nd Army in Xinyang, which had successfully landed in the rear of Liuzhen. Tohisa received a telegram from Shinobu Kukai and ordered Shinobu Kukai and the 5th Division to attack at the same time at 8 o'clock that night, breaking through the left flank defense line defended by the 114th Division in one fell swoop. That night, Commander Dongjiu ordered the 13th Division, the 16th Division, to continue to launch a strong attack on the main position of Fujin Mountain.

In addition, Tokyu ordered the 10th Division to maintain an offensive posture against the 17th Army on the western flank, making it impossible for it to provide effective support to the Fujin Hill position. Liuzhen is a small station of the Pinghan Railway, because the left flank of Fujin Mountain is very dangerous, and the west side of the left flank is the defense of the 17th Army, so Song Xilian is not worried about the left flank. On the contrary, the Japanese army's fierce attack on the main position defended by the 36th Division made him feel pressure. At present, the 36th Division has suffered heavy casualties, and Song Xilian has been fully put into reserve.

Artillery roared ahead, and the flames of explosions often lit up the sky. On the south side of Liuzhen, Shinobu Kujing listened to the report of the reconnaissance team: "The enemy army is not aware of anything, and according to the reconnaissance, there is only one garrison regiment at the headquarters of the enemy's 114th Division. The military headquarters ordered the northern and southern fronts to officially launch an attack at 8 p.m., understand? "Got it!" Several squadron leaders replied. "At 8 o'clock, the artillery bombardment of the 5th Division is the signal for action, remember our task to knock out the command organ of the 114th Division and ensure a frontal breakthrough of the 5th Division!"

The 114th Division was reorganized from a mixed brigade of the former Northeast Army, and was officially assigned to Song Xilian's 71st Army on the eve of the Battle of Wuhan. Although the 114th Division is not at the same level as the 36th Division and the 88th Division, the weapons and equipment of the 114th Division are much stronger than those of other miscellaneous armies. At this time, the commander of the 114th Division was learning about the Japanese attack on the main position. Suddenly, frontal Japanese shelling began. "Report to the division commander, report to the forward troops, the Japanese army suddenly carried out artillery bombardment."

"Ordered the forward troops to enter combat readiness, and the Japanese attack on the main position was frustrated. Tell the forward troops that there is nothing to fear when the Japanese launch a night attack. "At this moment, a dense burst of gunfire and explosions of light mortars suddenly rang out on the south side." What's going on, why is there a gun on the south side?" At this time, an officer ran in in a panic to report that the Japanese army had attacked on the south side. The commander of the 114th Division believed that it was a small group of Japanese troops infiltrating and ordered the guard regiment to destroy this group of Japanese troops.

But half an hour later, the fierce gunfire did not stop, but became more and more intense. The guard regiment was simply unable to block the attack of the Japanese special combat team, and by the time the commander of the 114th Division came to his senses, it was too late. The Japanese special forces attacked sharply and soon approached the division headquarters. An hour later, the headquarters of the 114th Division was destroyed, and the commander of the 114th Division led all the generals of the division headquarters to fight until the last moment, and all the officers and men of the division were killed.

In the 71st Military Headquarters, all the generals looked at the army commander Song Xilian worriedly. "Report to the military seat, lost contact with the headquarters of the 114th Division.!" "Order all brigades of the 114th Division to hold their positions and not take a step back! Report to the Wuhan Command immediately! "Song Xilian didn't expect that a small force of the Japanese army was so strong that the 114th Division Guard Regiment couldn't stop it." Military seat, there is no news from the headquarters of the 114th Division, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck! The chief of staff was shocked.

Although the 114th Division was leaderless and fell into a situation of fighting for itself, all units stubbornly defended and were tragic and tragic. The Central Army troops fought defensively, usually without reinforcements, and could only fight to the end until they received the order to retreat, or they were killed or captured. The 114 officers and men stubbornly defended it, which the Japanese army did not expect. Many positions ran out of ammunition, and the officers and men engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, and they fought until the evening of the next day, when the remnants of the 114th Division dispersed and retreated, and it can be said that the 114th Division no longer existed. Due to the desperate defense of the 114th Division, it gained time to preset a blocking position in the south.

However, due to the breakthrough of the Fujin Mountain defense line on the northern front, the battle situation fell into a complete passivity, and the north and south lines began to retreat and implement continuous blockade. The defeat of the Wuhan war is a foregone conclusion and irreversible.

In late September, at the headquarters of the 3rd Corps of the Eighth Route Army in Jiujiang, everyone was in a heavy mood. In fact, Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that this ending was inevitable. The result he hoped for was how to destroy the Japanese army in large numbers, but history returned to the original point, and the only difference was that the Japanese army did not achieve its military goals in Jiangnan.

"Chief of the General Staff, Xue Yue's headquarters has retreated to the west of Qingshan, and the northern line has withdrawn to the Macheng line. However, using the core defense line of Wuhan can still give it a go, I don't know if Lao Jiang can make up his mind. Su Yu analyzed the battle situation. Ouyang Jian knew that at this time, Lao Jiang already had the idea of giving up Wuhan, but he couldn't find a reason. Ouyang Jian shook his head and said: "Lao Jiang withdrew the elite troops and did not enter the core defense line of Wuhan, this move is self-evident. ”

Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that when the three divisions of the Japanese army landed in Guangzhou, and quickly captured Guangzhou, cut off the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, and cut off the only channel for external aid to China, Lao Jiang also had an excuse to retreat. The next battle entered a tragic stage, Lao Chiang ordered all troops to hold on and not to retreat, and the tragic battle began to be staged. Since the Japanese army broke through the northern defensive line, Lao Chiang began to implement the tactics of desperate attrition. Although the Japanese army approached Wuhan step by step from the east and north lines, the Japanese army had to pay a high price in casualties for every step forward.

Ouyang Jian knew that the Japanese army was moving to Guangzhou in order to launch a large-scale attack on the core defense line of Wuhan, and it was difficult to bear huge losses. The Japanese army poured all the strength of the whole country into launching the Battle of Wuhan, and its consumption of military materials also entered a bottleneck. Ouyang Jian knew better in his heart that the Battle of Wuhan had completely shattered the Japanese army's dream of quickly occupying China, and he had to change his strategy slowly, which was a positive side. Due to the changes in Soviet Russia, the Japanese army reduced the pressure in the north and greatly increased its combat capability. Ouyang Jian didn't dare to intervene in the battle anymore because he didn't know what the result would be if he continued to change the battle situation.

After all, the Japanese army is so strong now, assuming that the Japanese army continues to increase troops in Wuhan alone, and if Lao Chiang loses his determination to resist, the consequences will be unimaginable. To this end, Ouyang Jian ordered Peng Dehuai and Lin to launch large-scale guerrilla operations to promote the development of the Japanese army according to the original trajectory. In addition, the Central Committee ordered the First Division of the Shaanxi-Gansu Eighth Route Army to use brigades as units to advance to enemy-occupied areas and establish anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines.