9.123 The North and the South should fight

After receiving Sun Lianzhong's order, Song Xilian immediately took the 71st Army to the Shihe area to prepare to block the Japanese army across the river. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but when he arrived at the side of the Shi River, Song Xilian found that this Shi River, which looks majestic on the map, is not only not wide, but also the river is not very deep, and the plan to use the Shi River to block the Japanese army is obviously wishful thinking!

In order to find a favorable preset battlefield, Song Xilian personally took several division commanders to the Yejiaji area to reconnoiter the terrain. At this time, the 13th Division, which was in a hurry to cross the Shi River, had already advanced to the bank of the Shi River, 10 kilometers away, and had exchanged fire with the avant-garde troops of the 71st Army! The situation is critical!

Fortunately, Song Xilian had a great harvest this time, and he finally discovered a feng shui treasure land that reversed the strength of the army-Fujin Mountain.

Located on the west bank of the Shi River, Fujin Mountain is shaped like a fan and is close to the south side of the highway. The 71st Army occupied this hill, which could not only control the road from a high position to kill and injure the Japanese troops, but also retreat directly to the rear of the mall when the situation was unfavorable. When Song Xilian led people to climb Fujin Mountain and took a closer look with a telescope, his heart was even happier.

Originally, this Fujin Mountain started from the waist, and the ridges went straight down to the ground and up to the top of the mountain. From the top of the mountain, you can see Yejiaji, Shihe and the nearby open area. In this defense, the movement and supply of the Japanese army can be clearly seen, but the Japanese cannot see the situation of the defenders on the mountain. Song Xilian immediately made a decision and deployed the 36th and 88th divisions at Fujin Mountain. The 36th Division is on the left and the 88th Division is on the right. Then send the subordinate Zhong Song 61st Division to defend the beginning in the north. In this way, the 71st Army soon built a defensive line at the Dabie Pass. As long as they can stay on this gorge for 10 or 8 days, the 5th Theater will be able to gain valuable time for adjustment and deployment, and the days to come will be better.

He first left the 36th Division and the 88th Division to step up the construction of fortifications, and then took the adjutant and chief of staff to the 3rd Corps Corps Headquarters in the mall to report to Sun Lianzhong, Song Xilian believed in his own vision, and he believed that Sun Lianzhong, who was good at fighting defensive battles, would definitely not let go of this natural position.

Song Xilian's thoughts were quickly confirmed, and after listening to Song Xilian's report, Sun Lianzhong repeatedly checked the terrain of Fujin Mountain on the map, and finally turned around with a happy face and said:

"Commander Song, the terrain of Fujin Mountain is excellent, which is not convenient for the large-scale deployment of the Japanese army. You go back and hurry up and deploy. As long as you can hold your position, all actions of your troops can be determined by themselves. I'll just remind you of one thing. It is necessary to reserve a certain amount of reserve forces to maintain the stability of the defense. If your unit can hold the Dizhou Division on top of Fujin Mountain for 10 days, I will give you a reward and ask for merit. ”

Song Xilian heard that the "steel head" Sun Lianzhong also had the same opinion as him, and he was immediately more confident! After making a military order to Sun Lianzhong, he led the people back to the front line of Fujin Mountain.

With the 71st Army anchoring the Dabie Pass, the enemy situation in front of him was finally alleviated to a certain extent, but the situation was far from the point where Sun Lianzhong could sit back and relax. After thinking about it, Sun Lianzhong still felt that Song Xilian's 1 army had to deal with the two divisions of the East Jiuer Palace, and the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. If the Fujin Mountain and Gushi lines can't withstand it, then the defensive battle of the 3rd Corps in the Mall area will also come to an end. Therefore, if you want to defend the mall, you must invest more troops on the front line of Fujin Mountain.

After figuring out the key, Sun Lianzhong changed the deployment again. On the one hand, he ordered the 30th Army in the south of Tian Zhennan to move quickly eastward, deploy defenses behind Song Xilian's flank, and be ready to support the defenders of Fujin Mountain at any time. He also urgently transferred Chen Dingxun's Sichuan army into the mall area and urgently built fortifications. At the same time, he Sun Lianzhong issued an order to Yu Xuezhong and Feng Zhi'an, who were trapped behind enemy lines near Huoshan and Lu'an, asking them to turn westward as much as possible and strive to be incorporated into the corps at Shangcheng. If it is really impossible to return, we will do our best to attack the reserves and logistical supply lines of the Japanese army's rear, and strive to attract the Japanese army to send troops back to help, so as to reduce the pressure on the frontal defense line of the 71st Army.

So far, he has done everything that Sun Lianzhong can do, and all the troops he can use have been used without reservation. In terms of arranging troops, he is worthy of "Xiao Zhuge ", and he can only look at the soldiers in front below......

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On the morning of September 4, the Japanese 101st Division began to land ashore, and the battle situation in Jiujiang deteriorated further! In the early morning of September 5, Xingzi fell, and the central group of the 2nd Corps was attacked by the enemy, and the situation in the prominent Jiujiang position was also deteriorating day by day. Jiujiang Market was also turned into a sea of fire in the frequent bombing by Japanese aircraft.

At this point, Zhang Fakui has completed the first stage of the retreat plan, and the people of Jiujiang City have already been evacuated by him, and now only a division of Sun Tongxuan's group is left to guard the city wall in Jiujiang.

According to Zhang Fakui's plan, Shi Tongran's 22nd Division left the main force in Xicheng and stubbornly held the retreat. In order to gain enough time, Zhang Fakui also scavenged all the mines in the warehouse of the 2nd Corps, and strengthened them all to the 22nd Division at the same time, and buried them in the east city close to the Japanese army by the engineer battalion.

After doing this, Zhang Fakui began to complain to the headquarters of the commander of the 9th Theater, and he told Chen Cixiu on the phone that the 2nd Army Corps had only two ways to go at present: either fight with all its strength and fight a decisive battle with the two divisions of the Japanese army, or retreat to the second position and resist one by one. In his thoughts, the wisest thing was to withdraw to the second position as soon as possible, so as not to repeat the battle of Songhu.

Chen Cixiu rejected Zhang Fakui's proposal without even thinking about it, and the highest authorities had already made it very clear in the telegram sent that Jiujiang must be defended, that is to say, the highest authorities want Zhang Fakui to take the first road, and it is best to break all the jade!

"Commander Zhang! I'm repeating! The meaning of the commission is to keep Jiujiang! You see, before the phone call between me and you is over, the telegram from Wuhan has come again! Chen Cixiu's voice on the other end of the phone was smoking, but Zhang Fakui in the headquarters of the 2nd Corps was full of lightheartedness. Huang Haoran's inference has all become a reality in the battle in the past few days, Tang Enbo, Li Yannian and others not only did not stop Zhang Fakui's negative actions, but also actively cooperated, after Zhang Fakui's several requests to withdraw to the second line of rest were rejected by Chen Cixiu, Tang Enbo even openly shouted that not allowing the 2nd Army to retreat was a political conspiracy of the "civil engineering department"! Chen Cixiu wants to eradicate political enemies by the hands of the Japanese!

It can be seen from this that the generals of the 2nd Corps can no longer sit still! These people with great prospects are unwilling to coexist with Jiujiang no matter what. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )