Xu Ming was reminded by Hu Lian's words, and he said excitedly: "You are here to be top secret, I want to implement a deception plan, Chief of Staff Zhang, you will personally arrange it later: don't let Deputy Commander Wan come, let him stay in Changsha, show up all day long, and leave a thousand heavy soldiers, in short, to show that our 26th Army is still in Changsha; In addition, let the 26th Army set up a fake radio station in Changsha, and I will send a telegram to the Military Commission to make a false communication; Also, find a few newspapers and put some false news. ”

Military deception has existed since ancient times, and there have been many examples of warfare in ancient Chinese history, but it is a pity that since the Anti-Japanese War, the squadron has not carried out similar acts, and Xu Ming intends to break through here today.

"But as soon as we engage the Japanese army, won't we be exposed? The equipment, clothing markings of our 26th Army, and maybe there are still prisoners. Someone worried.

Xu Ming laughed: "You are analyzing from the perspective of knowing all the facts, and no matter how well the Japanese army's intelligence work is, it is impossible to reach the level of yours." Everyone wants to see what he wants to see, well, this sentence is a bit awkward, that is, anyone has a preconceived notion, when the Japanese army thought that we (the 26th Army) did not move, even if the prisoners rebelled, it is likely that the Japanese generals would not believe it! What's more, our troops could have changed some equipment, changed the markings on their clothes to the 4th Army, and were making some records of the Fourth Army to send to the Japanese army. ”

Zhang Shaofang stood up and replied, "Okay, commander-in-chief, leave this matter to me, I guarantee that after the battle starts, the devils can't figure out who we are?" ”

Xu Ming smiled: "This is not enough, if the devils lose, they don't know who the opponent is!" ”

Although the headquarters of Mahuiling is built in grass, the command room is still quite spacious, and there is a big sand table in the middle, which is marked with symbols representing the Japanese army and **, and next to the sand table, two eight immortal tables are put together to form a conference table.

The Japanese army has occupied the Yangtze River area near Jiujiang and the shore of Poyang Lake, and the Chinese side is obviously on the defensive, among them, the line from Jinguanqiao to Mahuiling was originally the railway line from De'an to Jiujiang, and now the sand table is full of blue sky and white sun flags representing the first team, indicating that this is the key area of the squadron's defense.

Xu Ming was holding a baton in front of the sand table, and beside him were Li Jue, commander of the 70th Army, Li Hansoul, commander of the 64th Army, Li Yutang of the 8th Army, Wang Jingjiu of the 25th Army, and relevant division commanders and chief of staff.

Xu Ming just gave a brief introduction to the overall situation of friend and foe, then put down the baton and sat back at the conference table with the generals.

"We have seen the current situation, although the Japanese army has suspended the offensive, but when they have rested, the offensive will definitely be very fierce, this time we use the gap of the pause to discuss the future direction of operations. Our army has always had no coordination in operations, but from today onwards, I hope that even if coordination and cooperation cannot be achieved in terms of tactics, then we must have this awareness in the direction. ”

As soon as Xu Ming finished speaking, Li Jue said loudly: "Commander-in-Chief Xu is right, we were defeated on this a few days ago, friendly troops are fighting, our army is watching, or our army is fighting, friendly troops are watching." At the beginning, we had 6 divisions on the front line of Puquan Mountain, but we never cooperated, but we were stunned by the devils to break through, this time no matter what, we must cooperate with each other, I suggest that in future operations, the adjacent troops must send strong personnel to communicate with each other, so as to make the operation easier. ”

Li Jue's suggestion was not entirely in line with Xu Ming, but also from the lessons of the last battle, and all the generals had suffered losses and agreed with this suggestion.

Xu Ming saw that Li Jue was falling towards him, Li Yutang and Wang Jingjiu had already communicated earlier, and knew that he had been able to control the entire corps, so he continued: "The biggest problem of our army now is that there are not enough troops, but also too many troops. ”

"Not enough troops? Too many troops? Hearing this contradictory remark, all the officers showed puzzled expressions.

Xu Ming simply stood up, faced everyone, and explained: "There are too many troops, because there are 13 divisions here, and the number of troops is insufficient, because our 10 divisions have not had mobile troops from before to now. ”

"The commander-in-chief means to draw a unit as a mobile force."

"Yes, Commander Wang Jingjiu, I want to use your 25th Army as a mobile unit of the entire corps, ready to be put into all directions, is there any problem?"

Wang Jingjiu stood up and said to Xu Ming: "Bohao is willing to follow the military order." ”

"The second thing is to strengthen logistics, brother, I was entrusted by Commander-in-Chief Zhang (Zhang Fakui) a few days ago to be in charge of logistics, and I know how big the problem is, and past combat examples have also shown that all troops that do not do well in logistics will definitely not be able to fight well, and logistics will definitely be able to guarantee the victory of our army. Now, I have decided that each corps will draw a division, and this division will be responsible for the transfer of the wounded and the transportation of supplies to the troops. ”

"If every army has drawn out one division, wouldn't it be necessary to draw five divisions to engage in logistics? Isn't it too much. ”

The surrounding division commanders and chiefs of staff all showed incomprehensible and suspicious expressions, and some of them began to discuss, although several army commanders did not speak, but judging from the expressions on their faces, it is estimated that they may not agree.

Xu Ming knew that this was a conflict between two operational concepts, and that almost all of China's generals at that time had not experienced the baptism of modern warfare, and their experience came from the warlord melee war, like the concept of logistics, most of the generals were not impressed, and they were very lacking in the setting of the organization to the corresponding arrangements during the operation.

Xu Ming looked at everyone, and the room fell silent, and said, "It's to draw out 4 divisions, and the 26th Army doesn't need to be withdrawn." At present, there are quite a few wounds and illnesses in every unit, and if these are not properly resettled, this will greatly hurt the morale of our army, and in addition, the replenishment of food and ammunition has also become a problem; in addition, such as building bridges and paving roads, and maintaining law and order in the rear, these can be completely handed over to the logistics division, and although the troops in the front are reduced by a small half, their combat effectiveness will only increase. ”

Li Jue echoed: "The commander-in-chief is right, unless we can destroy the devil in a short time, otherwise, even if our army and the devil fight a protracted war, we will not be able to bear the shortage of food and bullets." ”

"Commander-in-chief, is the logistics of each army responsible for each individual, or is it managed in a unified manner?" Li Yutang asked.

"Logistics must be managed in a unified manner, and I am responsible for it, with unified allocation of resources, unified arrangement of progress, and the implementation of the logistics division sends people to report to me every day."

After saying a lot of things that seemed to have nothing to do with the operation, Xu Ming then started the most important topic, the plan for the next stage of the operation.

"What do you think, please let me know."

Wang Jingjiu: "Jiujiang was lost so quickly, the chairman must be very disappointed, I suggest taking the initiative to attack Jiujiang."

Li Yutang said: "Commander Wang is right, Jiujiang is so important, if you don't listen to the orders of the commission, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain." ”

Li Hansoul: "The Japanese army is strong, our army is newly defeated, although the 26th Army comes to reinforce, but once the counteroffensive fails, the consequences are unimaginable. ”

Li Jue said: "Whether it is offensive or defensive, I listen to Commander-in-Chief Xu." ”

These answers were all expected by Xu Ming, Li Yutang and Wang Jingjiu were standard Whampoa families, and naturally regarded Lao Jiang's words as holy decrees, and Li Hansoul considered it from the actual situation he understood, of course, he himself was also a relatively calm character, and Li Jue seemed to be the only one who obeyed Xu Ming's orders.

Xu Ming picked up the baton again and pointed to the Jinguan Bridge to the front line of Huang Laoliu, "Commander Li Hansoul, this area is the support point of our army, once lost, the Battle of Jiujiang will be a complete failure, please hold on." ”

Li Hansoul stood up and said, "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, as long as I survive, the position will never be lost!" ”

Xu Ming pointed to the mountain on the right side of Jinguan Bridge again, and then turned to Li Jue and said: "Commander Li Jue, as the right flank of the 64th Army, you must defend in depth and be ready to support the 64th Army at any time. ”

"Yes!"

"The rest of the 25th Army, the 26th Army, and the 8th Army are preparing to carry out a counterattack, but the focus of the counterattack is not Jiujiang, but Yaque Mountain and Majiatan on the south side of the Jiujiang River. Jiujiang was attacked, the Japanese army will come to the rescue, and the main force of our army's attack force is all set up in ambush near Yaque Mountain. The 107th Division was in the area of Zengjialong, Baojiawu, Baziling, northeast of Yaque Mountain, and immediately after the battle began, it was inserted into the rear of the Japanese army to divide the contact between the Japanese troops before and after; The 108th Division, concealed in the Baishijian area of Majiatan, waited for the enemy, and after the battle began, acted as a frontal blockade to cut off the southward escape route of the Japanese army, and should use a part to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army in the southwest direction at any time in the area on the north side of Shamao Mountain. The new 18th Division, located near the mountains such as Daobeiling in Daganwo, served as the main frontal attack, and the 25th Army Commander Wang Jingjiu, your 52nd Division and the new 18th Division, together with the new 18th Division, were put into the attack from the west; Commander Li Yutang, your 3rd and 15th Divisions, please insert into the line of Quanshan between Yaque Mountain and Tading Mountain, and take on the task of blocking the Japanese army in the southeast. ”

After Xu Ming finished speaking, Wang Jingjiu asked suspiciously: "Commander-in-chief, the chairman means to recover Jiujiang, your battle plan does not seem to be to counterattack Jiujiang City, if the Japanese army in Jiujiang is prepared, I am afraid it will be difficult to attack again." ”

Xu Ming said with a smile, "What Commander Wang said is extremely right, my plan is indeed not to recover Jiujiang, but to use Jiujiang as bait to consume the strength of the Japanese army. At present, I am not clear about the deployment of the Japanese army's troops, and they rashly counterattacked Jiujiang, first, the Japanese army can guess our actions and will deploy them in a targeted manner, and second, the enemy is dark and we are clear, and simply attacking the fortifications is by no means what our army is good at. As for the chairman, I'll report it, so don't worry. ”

Next, the various troops discussed the specific operational details and mutual contact, Xu Ming looked at the time, and said the last sentence: "The battle of Jiujiang is a key part of the Battle of Wuhan, the honor of personal life and death, the rise and fall of the nation, all in this battle, please work hard." ”

"Yes!"