There was no consensus on the proposal to strengthen the defense in the Gutang direction, and if this direction was strengthened, the other directions would inevitably weaken, and besides, this proposal was just Xu Ming's personal opinion, who knows what the Japanese thought.

In the end, Zhang Fakui only asked the 128th Division and the 2nd Pre-Division to strengthen the vigilance in this direction and make contact with the defending Pre-11th Division. Xu Ming eventually accepted the division of labor, putting him in charge of logistics, including the transfer of supplies and military supplies.

Xu Ming is good at strategy and good fighting, but he does logistics things, but Xu Ming did not shirk and accepted Zhang Fakui's commission without hesitation.

Not long after Xu Minggang met his residence, he suddenly received a report that Li Yutang, the commander of the 8th Army, had come to see him.

Xu Ming hurriedly went out to greet him, welcomed him into the house, and after the orderly served fragrant tea, Xu Ming waved him to retreat.

Xu Ming saw that Li Yutang was full of worries and asked, "Commander Li, why are you so sullen." ”

Li Yutang smiled bitterly: "It's not a myth that you will meet Deputy Commander Xu. ”

"It's just nonsense, Commander Li doesn't have to take it seriously."

Li Yutang shook his head, "This is not nonsense, I have always admired your judgment very much." ”

Xu Ming thought that this was just Li Yutang's kind words, and the two were only meeting for the first time today.

Li Yutang continued: "When Wang Zuomin came to Hubei Province from Huaining, he passed by me, and when he talked about you, he was very convinced of you. ”

Xu Ming said with a smile: "Brother Zuomin is this character, he only has the advantages of others in his eyes, in fact, I can't think of a way to do a lot of things, so I go to him." In terms of ability and level, Samin is much stronger than me. ”

Li Yutang thought that this was just Xu Ming's self-effacing words, and said: "If the Japanese army really attacks Gutang on a large scale, you can see how to deal with it." ”

"Choose favorable terrain around it to build field fortifications, and assemble powerful troops to counterattack at any time, test the artillery fire and communication of each unit before the war, and destroy the fighters when they are found."

Li Yutang smiled bitterly, "Qianli, you're right, but I can't do it." For example, in the case of fortifications, there must be materials, but the current transportation can barely fill the stomachs of the brothers, and the materials are all in the temporary barracks, and they cannot be transported here; My 3rd Division is better, the 15th Division is temporarily under my command, and the other 2 divisions were only established at the end of last year. Qianli, you are a meat eater who doesn't know the suffering of people who eat chaff, those two divisions haven't even paid their salaries until now, the guns are all in tatters, and there are only 6 heavy machine guns in 1 division, so why do you have to test what artillery coordination. ”

Xu Ming was speechless, his 26th Army had been greatly cared for since he was born, and the captured Type 38 rifles and mountain artillery were given to others in piles, and at the same time, most of the ** equipment did not even meet the standards of Western countries during the First World War.

Xu Ming said with deep feelings: "Our biggest problem is not that there are loopholes in logistics or Gutang, but that our combat effectiveness is too poor, do we need 100,000 people to defend Jiujiang, a big place?" Can 50,000 people do it? What about 10,000 people? But why do 100,000 people feel that it is not enough, it is because our 100,000 people are not a whole, and they are still full of a large number of soldiers who have just walked out of the countryside and can't even put their guns. ”

The two vented, their mood was slightly better, and they took the opportunity to win over the relationship between the two parties. Li Yutang said: "Qianli, if you are the commander-in-chief, how do you plan to deploy it." ”

Xu Ming snorted, "I don't defend like this at all, I don't let go of a division along the Yangtze River, put a regiment in Jiujiang, leave 1 division to prepare in Shilipu, put 1 division along Poyang Lake and fight and retreat, Xingzi put another one to prevent the devil from cutting off the Nanxun line, what do you want them to do with the 2nd Division, 11th Division and 128th Division?" Let them all get out, they have the number of 3 divisions, can they be used as 3 divisions? It's not that the roads are too bad, they can go and repair the roads, and if they have more, I think the crops in the rice fields can still be harvested. The rest of the troops, all gathered in the nearby mountains and near the main roads, forcing the devils to attack, and became an anti-guest trend. ”

Li Yutang smacked his tongue and said, "Qianli, you are fighting to the death." ”

Xu Ming said: "In fact, the battle should be fought like this, the little devils have always bullied the weak and feared the hard, let's fight to the death, they also have a headache." ”

"Commander-in-Chief Zhang will not fight according to this method, he put the Fourth Army in Mahuiling and Huang Laoliu, I am afraid that he does not want to defend Jiujiang."

Xu Ming nodded, Zhang Fakui didn't want to guard Jiujiang, he already knew, he said helplessly: "Since you don't guard Jiujiang, it's not impossible, but the deployment will be changed, why put so many troops on the front line, in the end, can the troops be withdrawn?" If it falls, its own people will crush the front of their own people. ”

"This is to deal with the chairman."

"Hey, the chairman and the commander-in-chief..." Xu Ming couldn't say it again, he was actually dissatisfied with Lao Chiang's request for Zhang Fakui to listen to his orders, and to fight a war either by listening to the front-line generals, or by changing to someone you are satisfied with, how can there be any reason not to believe that there are constraints, but he did not dare to say that he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek in front of the first phase of Whampoa, and it was not a matter to complain about Zhang Fakui behind people's backs.

Li Yutang naturally took over the topic and said, "Qianli, if you become this commander-in-chief, I will listen to you." ”

Speaking of which, I realized that everything Li Yutang said before was foreshadowing, and he was probably under Chiang Kai-shek's secret order, otherwise, with Li Yutang's qualifications and identity, why would he listen to Xu Ming. Thinking of this, Xu Ming felt bitter in his heart, Lao Jiang had already arranged everything, and he couldn't quit easily.

After Li Yutang finished speaking, he also said goodbye and left, and sure enough, as Xu Ming guessed, in another Huangpu Phase I, Wang Jingjiu followed closely and also ran over, pulling a lot of things, and finally said the same thing as Li Yutang.

Sending Wang Jingjiu away, Xu Ming felt that the matter was very serious, the generals were not in harmony, it had been a taboo for soldiers since ancient times, and he was sandwiched between Lao Jiang and Zhang Fakui, don't end up making people inside and out. He looked at the time, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening, but he was still ready to go to Zhang Fakui.

Just about to leave, the orderly said: "Deputy commander, do you want to leave after eating?" ”

Xu Ming then remembered that he had talked to these two and forgot about eating, and he asked, "You didn't eat either." ”

"Yes, but we're not hungry."

"Nonsense, it's all this time, let's eat together."

"Vice... Deputy commander, this is not good, this..."The orderly was panicked, so anxious that he couldn't speak,

Xu Ming glared at him, "What I'm talking about is an order, let's eat together, I'm not a nobleman." ”

After eating, when I arrived at Zhang Fakui's residence, it was already 11 o'clock at night, and Zhang Fakui heard that Xu Ming was still visiting at this time, and his face showed a surprised expression.

What Xu Ming said was naturally what he thought was the battle plan, and Lao Jiang's request to stick to Jiujiang.

Zhang Fakui yawned, "Ah, Qianli, what you said is very right, it is really a clever plan, I think about it, well, I know what the chairman means, you call back to the chairman, please rest assured, I will defend Jiujiang well." ”

Words are not speculative, 5 minutes later, Xu Ming said goodbye and withdrew, he came here, not to suggest and discuss, but to inform, do things by yourself, with a clear conscience.

After Xu Ming left, Li Hansoul and Ou Zhen came out from behind, and Ou Zhen said: "Sure enough, the commander-in-chief expected it, he Xu Ming will come at night." ”

"Well, young people are refreshing when they speak, unlike us who are verbose, all aspects must be considered, they should finish talking to Li Yaojie and Wang Youping."

Li Hansoul said: "One army, two minds, how can we fight in the future?" ”

Zhang Fakui sighed, "Our Kuomintang is like this, our own people fight our own people, everything above has to be divided, hey, it would be great if the first prime minister was still here, everyone is powerful, why worry about not winning the War of Resistance!" Why worry that China is not rich and strong! ”

Xu Ming is distressed, Zhang Fakui is also distressed, in fact, Lao Jiang is also very distressed, everyone thinks about things according to their own starting point, but there may not be a winner for those who are distressed.

In this world, there is another person who is also distressed.

This is Ninji Okamura.

used the strength to eat milk, deceived and deceived him, sang and laughed, and escaped from Zhou Xiangyang's hands. After going back, he immediately turned his headquarters back to Pengze, such a beautiful place as Shizhong Mountain, he was disgusted when he looked at it.

Regarding the attack on Jiujiang, he held an operational meeting in Pengze and with the commanders of various divisions and relevant staff members on the front. The meeting produced two opinions, represented by the 9th Division and the 106th Division, which advocated a strong attack on the opponent in order to give full play to the firepower of the sea and air; The Hatada detachment advocated a sneak attack, and the two sides argued directly at the meeting.

"Surprise will be a great gain, the Chinese army has always been loose and lax, slow to react, is a cavity creature, my Botian detachment has achieved great success in Madang is proof of this." Shigeichi Harata still sticks to his point.

"Hata-kun, have you forgotten the lesson of the horse nest?" Ryosuke Yoshizumi said unceremoniously.

The Battle of Anqing was defeated, and some people in Japan attributed the main reason to the Hatian detachment, "If the Hatian detachment is not a horse nest to play what early morning sneak attack, if the 6th Division and the 6th Division attack Jixian Pass, if the Hatian detachment...".

When it comes to his sore feet, Hakuda is still very ashamed, there is no if in the military, and the battle of the horse nest is probably a shame that he will not be able to get rid of in his life.

It was Okamura Ninji who relieved him, "There is no need to talk about the previous things, Hata-kun, I already understand what you mean." If your troops are the main force, are you sure of success? ”

"Thank you for your trust, Commander, I can guarantee that this battle will be successful!"