Replacing Zhang Fakui, Xu Ming felt extremely tricky.

Zhang Fakui is not easy to mess with, he is very famous, as early as the Northern Expedition, he is the army commander, or known as the commander of the "Iron Army", almost single-handedly defeated the three towns of Wuhan, and later has been holding important positions in the Guangdong army, now if you make a selection of China's top ten generals, Zhang Fakui must be elected with a high vote.

Zhang Fakui is not only a famous general, but also a famous general with strong opinions, in popular terms, he just doesn't listen to the words of the leader, in fact, the entire Guangdong army generals like Zhang Fakui, Xue Yue, and Yu Hanmou are like this, which is the characteristic of the generals of the Guangdong army.

The reason for this is related to the history of the Guangdong army, and the Guangdong army cannot be regarded as a warlord. As early as the Great Revolution, Mr. Zhongshan made a group of seeds from the warlords in order to protect the law, which was the earliest Guangdong army, and at that time, the Whampoa Military Academy had not yet appeared, so the Guangdong army has always regarded itself as Mr. Zhongshan's believers and the old-school Kuomintang.

At the beginning, Chen Jiongming betrayed the revolution, Xue Yue led the guards to rescue Mr. Zhongshan and his wife desperately, the Cantonese faction was very old, they didn't even listen to Lao Jiang's words, not to mention that he was a young man, thinking of this, Xu Ming felt a very headache.

At night, Xu Ming and other officers stayed in the officer's dormitory in the camp, the Nanchang camp is not small, but the building layout inside is very simple, the officer's dormitory inside is actually a small room with a bed on the shelf, and there are 2 people in a room. Xu Ming knew that this was to ask them to maintain their revolutionary nature, but without a strong supervision and evaluation system, these were just superficial work.

Xu Ming was about to visit the rest of the generals when he suddenly rubbed his eyes and saw a familiar figure.

"Brother Samin, are you there too?" When Xu Ming saw Wang Yaowu, he felt that the world was so small.

This meeting can only be attended by the commanders of all armies, Wang Yaowu is the division commander, and he is not qualified to attend the meeting, Xu Ming thought about it for a while, and knew the purpose of Wang Yaowu's visit.

"Congratulations, Commander Wang!" Xu Ming shouted, and took Wang Yaowu's hand again, "Haha, I'm going out to have a treat." ”

Wang Yaowu was also very happy in his heart, but there was a faint smile on his face, "It should be Xiao Xu that you have a treat, just now I heard from Chief Yu that dozens of military commanders, you are alone in the scenery." ”

"That's because you, Commander Wang, aren't here, otherwise, it's you, hey," Xu Ming looked at no one next to him, "What did the chairman say to you?" ”

Wang Yaowu said with a smile: "Look at you like this, how do you look like a military commander, you really look like a Xu Xian." The two walked into Xu Ming's dormitory, and Wang Yaowu told him some things about meeting Lao Jiang this time.

After the victory of Anqing, it was natural to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, Wang Yaowu performed prominently in the battle, Lao Jiang wanted to promote him to the commander of the 74th Army, and Yu Jishi was transferred to another post. This time I spent more than one hour meeting with Lao Jiang, and the content was very in-depth, starting from the various wars in which Wang Yaowu participated one by one, to the suggestions on the war situation and the political situation.

Wang Yaowu selectively said the irrelevant things in the audience, and said, "I heard that you are going to serve as the deputy commander of the First Corps of the Ninth Theater. ”

When Xu Ming heard this, he had a headache, scratched his head and said, "Hey, this deputy commander is not good, the chairman is also... Hey" He didn't say anything, Lao Jiang asked him to secretly replace Zhang Fakui at the appropriate time, this is a top secret, and he can't say it.

Wang Yaowu smiled and said in a low voice: "Do you want you to supervise Commander-in-Chief Zhang and take over at the right time." ”

Xu Ming was shocked, stood up and asked, "How do you know?" ”

Wang Yaowu smiled meaningfully, "Xiao Xu, this matter can't be hidden, you are now the commander of the army, you have made great contributions one after another, transferred to the First Corps, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the army under your jurisdiction, which is equivalent to derogatory, and you can know this matter as soon as you guess." ”

Xu Ming sat down helplessly, "You can analyze it just from the change of position, and Zhang Fakui probably knows it." ”

Wang Yaowu nodded.

"Can you give me an idea?"

"This... Think about it. ”

The two of them have been working for a long time, there is no way to think about it, this matter cannot be solved by the power of strategy, Zhang Fakui is such a famous general, knowing that your brother is replacing him, how can he be preferential and tolerant? Even if you can take over his position in the end, the commander of the 4 armies under your command, can you command it? Like the 4th Army, it has always been Zhang Fakui's subordinate soldiers, except for Zhang Fakui himself, there is no second person in the world who can command it.

In the end, Xu Ming had no choice but to say helplessly: "There is no way, I will act with my conscience, Zhang Fakui does not wait to see me, it is not my problem, the order is also given by the chairman, and I do not intend to seize power, the merits and demerits should be commented on by future generations." ”

Xu Ming's military order to serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the First Corps of the Jiujiang Theater was quickly issued, and Zhang Fakui was a veteran of the battlefield, so he naturally knew the twists and turns in it.

He threw the general order on the table and sneered: "What is the deputy commander-in-chief, he (referring to Lao Jiang) is not worried about me, why not let this Xu Ming be the commander-in-chief, I think he is very capable, bullying Lao Tzu!" ”

Next to him was Xue Yue, he and Zhang Fakui were both nervous because of the war in the Jiujiang Theater and did not participate in the Nanchang Military Conference, he saw Zhang Fakui so angry, and quipped: "Congratulations to Brother Xianghua, another fierce general has been added to the account!" ”

"You, Boling, I'm so angry, you're still talking cool things, and you let me give it to you, I see if you still laugh or not."

"Xiang Hua, just kidding, as long as you fight the battle of Jiujiang, the old man will have nothing to say."

"To put it lightly, how to fight, you have to listen to his remote control! Can this place in Jiujiang withstand the three-dimensional attack of small Japanese warships and planes? The troops are dead here, what is the difference between the battle of Songhu and the battle of Songhu. ”

Seeing Zhang Fakui talking about the Jiujiang battle situation, Xue Yue asked suspiciously: "Xiang Hua, didn't you change the battle plan?" Don't fight with little devils in Jiujiang. ”

Zhang Fakui said angrily: "How can the old man listen, what is the strategic place of Jiujiang, and it should not be taken lightly, so Shanghai is not a strategic place?" What about Nanjing? What about Xuzhou? Since it's so important, why did you call us here if you sent a few Central Army troops to get shells? ”

After saying this, Zhang Fakui felt that his words were like fearing the enemy and avoiding war, and added: "I'm not afraid of death, our brothers have been taught by Mr. Zhongshan for many years, and it is naturally incumbent on us to resist the war, but this is not the way to fight, knowing that the Japanese devils have strong sea and air firepower, and they still have to defend there." ”

Xue Yue also felt the same way, "In battle, I am most afraid of blind command, throughout the ages, I don't know how many generals have lost here, Xiang Hua, you have to be careful." ”

"What is careful, I Zhang Xianghua can do what I want, just have a clear conscience!"

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On August 14, both China and Japan made careful arrangements for the upcoming Jiujiang War.

On the Japanese side, the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army issued an order for the Central China operation in Nanjing, and so far, the Japanese army's scheduled combat units have completed the transformation of their subordinate relationships, and the assembly location, march route, and operational boundaries have been clarified. Among them, the 106th Division, the 101st Division, the 9th Division and the supplemented Botian Detachment were used for the Jiangnan battlefield, and the 116th Division of the 27th Division was assembling on the front line of Tongling, Wuhu. At the same time, the Japanese Third Fleet was also repairing its equipment, stockpiling artillery shells, and preparing to cooperate with the army for a large-scale attack.

On the Chinese side, on August 14, the Military Commission issued a combat order, with Xue Yue's 2nd Corps, the Jiangxi Security Regiment and the 46th Army, deployed from Tochishi to Xingzi (excluding Xingzi) to serve as a vigilance. with the 60th military control placed in Dongxiang Jinxian; The 66th military control was placed in Nanchang; The 46th military control was placed in Yongxiu De'an; Liao Shiqiao, commander of the Poyang Lake garrison, served as the Hunan guard.

Zhang Fakui's 2nd Corps, with the 25th Army, the 8th Army, and the 64th Army, was directly equipped between the Jiujiang River in Xingzi, Gutang, and Jiujiang; Li Yannian's 2nd Army was deployed in Tianjia Town; The 54th Army Huo Kuizhang was equipped at the wharf Fuchikou; Wu Qiwei of the 9th Group Army was equipped between Huang Lao and Liuma Huiling; The Third Army (lacking the 55th Army) was placed in Ruichangyang Xinjian.

Tang Enbo's 31st Army assembled at Fengcheng Qingjiang; Wang Lingji's 30th Army assembled at Gao'an; Guan Linzheng's 32nd Army Corps assembled at Puqi, Xianning.

Shang Zhen's 20th Group Army built fortifications to the east in Nanchang for thousands of years; Yu Jishi's 74th Army built fortifications to the north between Tongcheng and Xiangcheng Lingji; The 197th Division garrisoned Changsha; The Wuhan garrison strengthened its fortifications.

Xu Ming's 26th Army was a strategic reserve army, which was used as a reserve in the Changsha area.

In order to prepare for the Battle of Nanxun, the Chinese side invested 20 armies and more than 50 divisions, which can be described as elite, and the Japanese army also took out as much field troops as possible, preparing to fight it here