Wuhan, Luojia Mountain.

The personnel in the attendant room of the Military Commission did not dare to breathe, and they walked with caution, and everyone's faces had a serious look.

Although China boasted of a great victory and sent more than 1,000 North Korean laborers to Wuhan to be led around the streets of Wuhan with ropes, people in the top echelons of the Kuomintang military and government knew that the battle was not only lost, but also a great defeat.

"3 armies, 5 divisions, 5 days, lost more than 30,000 people, and lost the important town of De'an, Nanxun, so that the Japanese army could concentrate on attacking Jiujiang." Chiang Kai-shek said this, raising his voice, "What's going on!" This is the negligence and slackness of the generals participating in the war, who have no will to fight, and will collapse at the first touch! This time, I will punish him severely, Li Hansoul, Li Yutang, and Ou Zhen will all be removed from their posts and investigated, and Xue Yue will be relieved of his military position! ”

Old Jiang Tie's face was blue, and he wanted a violent parent to be furious, and at the bottom, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Qian Dajun, Lin Wei, these Kuomintang members were scolded by their parents like children, and they sat in a precarious position, and a normal military meeting was turned into a briefing by Lao Jiang.

"Luo Zhuoying, Nanxun, what do you think?" Lao Jiang turned his attention to the new deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs Luo Zhuoying, since the victory in Anqing, Luo Zhuoying has risen all the way and has been known as a famous general, and Lao Jiang often asks him many military questions.

Luo Zhuoying quickly stood up, "Chairman, I think the Nanxun Theater," after saying these words a little slowly, Luo Zhuoying had already thought of the follow-up wording, "The southern section of Nanxun, there is a water repair that can be defended, and it is difficult for the Japanese army to cross, and on the Jiujiang side, there is Xu Ming, which can be guaranteed." ”

Lao Jiang originally wanted Luo Zhuoying to replace Xue Yue as the commander of the 2nd Corps, but after hearing this, he reacted that after the loss of De'an, the Japanese army showed no signs of advancing southward, but drew troops north to Jiujiang, and the operation near De'an had lost its combat significance, and it was unnecessary to remove the commander of the corps.

Lao Jiang waved his hand, "Okay, let Xue Boling make meritorious service for his crimes, and the other army commanders will not be punished, You Qing, how long do you think Jiujiang can hold on?" ”

Luo Zhuoying, who asked privately for 10 days, now asked publicly at the meeting, and Luo Zhuoying knew how to answer: "Report to the chairman, the 26th Army has always been good at defending and has never failed, Jiujiang can be held for at least a month." ”

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand lightly, motioned for Luo Zhuoying to sit down, turned his head to Chen Cheng and asked, "Chen Cheng, what do you see?" ”

Chen Cheng immediately stood up, put on a straight posture, and said: "Chairman of the Committee, according to reliable information, the Japanese army has dispatched two field heavy artillery brigades and regiments, a siege heavy artillery wing, about 300 light and heavy artillery pieces of all kinds, about 100,000 infantry divisions and regiments, and a large number of naval ships and air forces and other troops. His subordinates believed that after Xue Boling had reorganized his troops, he could counterattack De'an and transfer Wang Yaowu's 74th Army to supplement his combat strength; The 18th Army assembled on the Ruiwu Line and responded to Jiujiang at any time. ”

Seeing that the commander-in-chief of the 9th Theater and the Wuhan garrison had lost confidence in Jiujiang, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand violently, motioned for Chen Cheng to sit down, and muttered in an inaudible voice: "It's good to be able to hold on to half a moon." ”

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Jiujiang, Mopan Mountain, Headquarters of the 1st Corps.

Xu Ming stayed in the command headquarters, and at the end of the day, nothing was done, because on this day, he received three telegrams and two phone calls from the theater and the Military Commission.

Now he knows the difficulty of doing things under Lao Jiang, he Xu Ming can be regarded as the first general at present, just like that, Lao Jiang is still not at ease, a phone call on the left, a telegram on the right, he finished, Chen Cheng came again, Chen Cheng was finished, and Qian Dajun made another call.

"Commander-in-chief, telephone", staff officer Cheng Ziyuan hurried over and whispered in Xu Ming's ear.

Xu Ming sighed, and when he saw the posture of Staff Officer Cheng's speech, he knew who the caller was.

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"Report to the principal, the morale of our army is now high, and there will be no problem in holding it for a month... It is impossible for the Japanese army to be 100,000, at most 30,000, and it is a tired division, and now our army is not attacking enough, and the defense is more than enough... Japanese marines? Ah, principal, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese marines is very poor, it is composed of the timid, sick and disabled of the Japanese army, etc., and the more we come, the smoother our army will be... The soldiers have clothes, 2 sets of clothes for each of them..."

A full hour and a half passed before Xu Ming put down the phone, shook his sore arm, found a chair, and lay down.

Hu Lian laughed and teased, "Commander-in-chief, the chairman really cares about you. ”

Xu Ming's eyelids rolled, "Wait for you to become the commander one day, the old man is like this, see if you are annoyed." ”

Hu Lian didn't joke anymore, but asked in a low voice: "Boss, can Jiujiang really keep a month?" ”

Xu Ming looked at Hu Lian, the generals who had just won the victory had lost confidence in the Jiujiang defensive battle, which was a very serious problem.

Miaozhi Town, Provincial No. 3 Middle School, under the auditorium, sat hundreds of officers above the company commander, neatly and neatly, sitting like students.

There were no electric lights, only the kerosene lamps on the table were faintly flashing blue, imprinting the faces of the officers around them, with calmness and confidence as well as the wildness of longing to make achievements.

Xu Ming walked in front of each officer, looked at their expressions, and felt an inexplicable steadiness in his heart.

This is a group of the best officers in China, capable, fearless, and completely obedient to his orders, which is a more valuable asset than the Yuming Group that he has just sold.

After walking around, Xu Ming walked up to the rostrum and asked loudly: "Who won the battle of Wuhu?" ”

"26th Army!"

"Who won the two battles of Mingguang?"

"26th Army!"

"Who won the battle of Anqing?"

"26th Army!"

"Who won the battle of Jiujiang that just ended?"

"26th Army!"

"In the second battle of Jiujiang, who will win?"

"26th Army!"

The voice of the answer grew louder and louder, and a wisp of dust was shaken down.

Xu Ming put the fingers of both hands on the table, his eyes circled around everyone, and the expression on his face was serious and determined.

"Now, the leaders are watching us from the rear, the people are watching us from the rear, and the fathers and villagers of our hometown are watching us from the rear, invincible, can the 26th Army, which has never been defeated, hold Jiujiang and win in this most important battle?

"Yes!" The sound of an explosion sounded again.

"From today onwards, the 26th Army will implement the law of joint sitting of revolutionary soldiers. If the regiment commander or below flees and disobeys the military order, the military law will be enforced, and the regimental commander and above shall report to the Military Commission for sanctions. ”

"You run away, I kill you, I run away, all the officers and soldiers have the right to shoot me, tonight, the whole army, all leave a suicide note, Jiujiang, is the grave of us!"

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Hukou, the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, at the same time that Xu Ming held a mobilization meeting, Okamura Ninji also convened the commanders of the attacking troops to discuss the attack on Jiujiang.

Chief of Staff Miyamoto Sadaichi did not stand in his seat, but held a baton in front of the military sand table and pointed to Jiujiang Road, "Since the incident, the imperial army has conquered everything, but now we have met the best famous general, the strongest troops, and the strongest fortifications in Jiujiang, which is no less than a tough battle at Lushunkou!" Please be ready for a hard battle! ”

The Battle of Arthur Pass, which lasted four months, saw more than 130,000 Japanese troops and 60,000 casualties, which was the most stubborn resistance encountered by the Japanese army since its modernization.

The commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, took a step forward and said unconvinced, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, Jiujiang will never be Lushunkou, I have exchanged opinions with other division commanders, we will capture Jiujiang in three days!" ”

Miyazaki was about to speak, but Okamura Ninji saw it, stopped him, and said to Junrokuro Matsuura: "Matsuura-kun, I am very happy about your martial bravery, but I want to remind you and everyone here that Jiujiang is Luodian even if it is not Lushunkou." ”

Matsuura bowed, "Thank you, Commander, for the reminder." ”

"In this battle of Jiujiang, our army invested 3 and a half divisions, of which the 106th Division and the 101st Division served as the main attack, the 9th Division and the 18th Brigade were responsible for the first-line defense of Minshan, and the 27th Division was used as a reserve. In addition, our army has mobilized more than 250 artillery pieces of various types and more than 50 warships, and the aviation units will cooperate with them, and the time for the attack is temporarily 30 September. ”

"Matsuura-kun's 106th Division, responsible for attacking Mopan Mountain. The 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the 113th Wing of Tanaka Shengdao were deployed in Tangjiawuxia, Wuchen and other places on the south side of Mopan Mountain, and the 2nd Brigade and the 4th Brigade were deployed on the left side of the 1st Brigade and the 2nd Brigade, with 2 field artillery brigades and 1 engineer squadron; Yoshio Harada's 147th Wing, deployed west of Mopan Mountain, commanded the 124th Brigade, and its field artillery..."