Xu Ming was looking at the report, the sun was already shining, and the rolling heat wave was coming from outside, Xu Ming was flipping through the book while fanning his face with a fan, just like that, sweat droplets continued to roll down from it.

Fortunately, the progress on the report made him satisfied, the transportation in various places has been basically opened, and the materials of the temporary military station are also being transferred to the various departments in an orderly manner.

Just give him another three days and all the problems here will be dealt with.

A communications soldier came over to report, "Deputy Commander, Commander-in-Chief calling, asking you to go back?" ”

Xu Ming's heart instantly felt a little bad, could it be that the Japanese army attacked? He walked out of the grass hut and wanted to hear if there was any cannon sound in the east, but Mopan Mountain was dozens of kilometers away from Poyang Lake, and he couldn't hear the slightest sound.

Zhang Fakui's headquarters is located in Yazuilong, which was originally the villa of Xiong Shihui, chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Government, and the traffic and environment are very good, but when Xu Ming arrived on horseback, from the expressions and sporadic words of the people entering and leaving, Xu Ming knew that the battle had begun.

Hu Xiang, an operational staff officer, came over to report on the battle situation, "... In the early morning of last night, the Japanese army landed in the mountains of Gutang and was discovered by the Zhang Wenmei battalion of the commander of Li (Li Yutang), who organized a counterattack and contacted the division headquarters on the other, but the communication was cut off until 4 o'clock in the morning, and the contact was not made until 4 o'clock in the morning, but it was interrupted again soon after. Commander-in-Chief Zhang ordered the 128th Division of Division Commander Gu to reinforce it, and a regiment of Commander Li and Division Commander Zhao (Zhao Dingchang) also personally led troops to rush to support, and found that the Japanese army had occupied the position in front of the cliff, and the Japanese army was no less than a few thousand, under the cover of a large number of warships and aircraft, counterattacking our army.

Xu Ming's face showed an extremely heavy expression, the Japanese army hit the ** squadron by surprise this time, the Japanese army was defeated in the middle of the night sneak attack in the middle of the night, and the Japanese army at that time took the early morning attack and succeeded in one fell swoop. The fact that the first thing is correct makes the first-class generals on the front line think that the Japanese army must still take a sneak attack in the early morning, but they didn't expect to be beaten by the devil by inertia.

Walking into Zhang Fakui's command room, he heard a roar with a Cantonese accent: "... Fuck it, a division, he can't hold it for half a day, does he Zhao Dingchang want to be the second Xue Weiying! … Don't let me say how many warships and planes there are devils, let me tell you, Commander Li, if Wu Shuling is lost again, I will recognize you, and the military law will not recognize you! ”

As soon as he finished yelling at Li Yutang, he took another microphone, "What about Senior Commander Gu, where is his 128th Division?" What, can't be contacted? *&%¥#, let the herald run to Lao Tzu and tell him Gu Jiaqi that the top of the tower must be resisted..."

……

Xu Ming stood for a long time, no one paid attention to him, everyone was busy, Xu Ming was like an outsider, he simply found a stool to sit down, picked up a civilian map and looked at it, covering up his embarrassment.

Fortunately, Zhang Fakui finally finished the call and saw Xu Ming coming back, "Qianli, are you here?" Hey, the devil really attacked in Gutang, what do you think? ”

Reason told him not to raise any opinions, he heard the phone call just now, Zhang Fakui had already made arrangements, and then putting forward opinions in public at this time was not only useless, but also unpopular.

But feelings tell him that something must be said.

He said as tactfully as possible: "Commander-in-chief, Gutang may be the main direction of attack of the Japanese army, is it not to transfer the Fourth Army over?" ”

Zhang Fakui lost his temper just now, and his tone had not yet changed, and he said loudly: "No, the Japanese army has begun to attack Jiujiang and Wuxia, and the Fourth Army is a reserve army in the theater, so it should not be taken lightly." After saying this, he thought that the person in front of him was not his subordinate, but a famous general known as "Xiaobaiqi", and explained in a slow tone: "There are 5 divisions there, and half of our troops are there, if we can't withstand it, we can't send the 4th Army." In that case, the main force will be formed, and once our army is defeated, not to mention Jiujiang, the entire Ninth Theater will be shaken. ”

Xu Ming lamented in his heart, there are 5 divisions, but the belly of the 3 divisions is there, which is a drag, and the Japanese army has rested for more than a week, this time it is definitely a heavy punch, and the 5 divisions that claim to be half of the strength may not be able to stop it.

"Then, Commander-in-Chief, I want to go to the front." Xu Ming felt that it was not a matter here.

"No need, I'll go to the front line, I'm more familiar with the situation there, Qianli, you report the battle situation here to the theater and the chairman, and also, you transfer the headquarters to the Mahuiling Railway Station, and if there are any instructions from above in the future, you can contact me again."

Xu Ming had a bad premonition in his heart, this kind of approach, Zhang Fakui set up an intermediate link for himself out of thin air, how could there be a commander-in-chief and the above contact and someone else to turn, he wanted to dissuade him, but finally did not say it.

Zhang Fakui grabbed the military hat on the wall and hurriedly walked out of the headquarters.

When Zhang Fakui rode to the front line, he knew that the battle situation was extremely serious, and the Japanese side had invested almost all of its navy, dozens of warships, hundreds of artillery pieces, and shells poured like hail into the position of the squadron.

"Commander-in-chief, be careful," an adjutant heard a sharp sound of breaking the air and hurriedly pressed Zhang Fakui down.

The shells fell less than 50 meters from Zhang Fakui, fortunately, no one was injured, but everyone was blown up to dust.

The more they got to the front, the denser the shells became, almost to the point where they couldn't open their eyes, Zhang Fakui's entourage and guards had already suffered more than 10 casualties, and his hat didn't know where it flew.

Li Yutang was taken aback when he saw Zhang Fakui arrive in person, "Commander-in-chief, why are you here, it's too dangerous here." ”

Zhang Fakui took a sip and spit out the sand in his mouth, "good guy, I almost couldn't come along the way, so many cannons and planes!" What is the situation at the front? ”

"Commander-in-chief, it's not good, in more than half a day, I have already suffered casualties of 5 regiment commanders, and countless cadres below the battalion commander..."

Just as Li Yutang was reporting on the military situation, a herald dismounted and came over and reported loudly, "Commander-in-chief, the Military Commission is in an emergency." ”

Zhang Fakui looked at this telegram with disdain, this was an order for him to concentrate his main force, take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold, and quickly annihilate it. He snorted, "The foothold is not stable, and it will be annihilated quickly, hum, it is another copy of the Battle of Songhu." ”

After a while, another communications soldier covered in blood came over and handed him a military order from the theater, "Order Li Jue's 70th Army, Wang Jingjiu, the headquarters of the 8th Army of the 190th Division of the 25th Army, to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army, and the 4th Army must arrive at the front line of Tading Mountain before the early morning of the next day to support and prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy." ”

Zhang Fakui was angry when he saw this telegram, and he didn't care that Li Yutang's Huangpu issue was here, "Lao Tzu came here, I'm afraid that someone will send me this kind of telegram, grandma's, Lao Tzu is a three-year-old child?" I need someone to teach me how to fight! He (Chiang Kai-shek) didn't worry about Lao Tzu, let Xu Ming be the commander-in-chief, why bother to give such an order. ”

Li Yutang was caught in the middle, extremely embarrassed, his face was blue and purple.

However, although Zhang Fakui was scolding his mother in his mouth, he still came up with a set of offensive methods and personally organized an attack.

At dawn on August 24, the 70th Army and the 190th Division launched the first attack, the 19th Division of the 70th Army attacked Tading Mountain, the 128th Division attacked Puquan Mountain northwest of Tading Mountain, and the 190th Division attacked the east side of Tading Mountain to ensure the flank security of the entire attacking force.

The battle was extremely tragic, the squadron launched wave after wave of charges like the position that the Japanese had just occupied, and the Japanese army, under the cover of naval artillery and aviation, turned the squadron's position into a sea of fire, and then constantly counterattacked. The high temperature of more than 40 degrees, but the soldiers on both sides are fighting to the death, one time, it is the Japanese army's Japanese flag erected, and one while, China's blue sky and white sun flag fluttering, the two sides repeatedly fight over the position, Puquan Mountain and Tading Mountain, everywhere are shrapnel and the remains of the dead soldiers, and the dry mountains are also blackened by the blood of soldiers on both sides.

The squadron still achieved certain results, that night, Tading Mountain finally succeeded, Puquan Mountain also got in hand, but the Japanese army immediately counterattacked, Zhang Fakui received a battle report, a strong Japanese army appeared on the east side of Tading Mountain, the 190th Division was under strong pressure, and the defense line was in a state of inadequacy.

Moreover, Zhang Fakui got information that it was not the Japanese Botian Detachment that attacked the 190th Division, but the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, which was famous for its fierceness, and there was no doubt that the Japanese army had increased its troops.

The orders of the theater and the military commission also came from the left and right, asking him to immediately lead the troops to launch a large-scale counterattack and completely wipe out these "unstable" Japanese troops...

Zhang Fakui looked at these military orders, and he didn't even have the strength to scold people.

Early the next morning, the Japanese army began a large-scale attack, and the Puquan Mountain and Tading Mountain, which the squadron had taken great difficulty to occupy, were completely lost under the three-dimensional attack of the Japanese artillery and sea and air firepower.

The first to be defeated was the 128th Division, this division is not bad, it turned out to be Chen Quzhen's troops in Xiangxi, which was sorted out by Gu Jiaqi, and in the Battle of Songhu, the 128th Division performed very bravely. But the problem is that the 128th Division has wiped out its foundation in Shanghai, and now the supplementary troops are to collect the natives of Xiangxi (in fact, it is to absorb the bandits of Xiangxi), and they have not been rectified.

The rout of this army also impulsed the position of the 19th Division, and the squadrons of the 3 divisions not only failed to attack, but even lost their defensive positions.

On August 26, the tide of the battle was completely reversed, the Japanese Botian detachment and the 9th division all went ashore, and the Japanese soldiers were divided into two routes, and the southern road was dominated by the Botian detachment, attacking in the direction of Jiujiang; The northern route was dominated by the 9th Division, attacking and advancing in the direction of De'an