Okamura Ninji's face was like a layer of frost, and his eyes were cold and scary, looking at Masanobu Tsuji opposite.

Miyazaki said sarcastically on Monday: "Staff Officer Tsuji, you are here to invite me to Jiujiang for sightseeing, and complete the task one day in advance, congratulations!" Congratulate! ”

Ordinary people are depressed when they lose the battle, but Masanobu Tsuji is a talented man with a great saber and a master of sabers, so he said with a serious expression: "Chief Miyazaki, I now know why the Imperial Army has been repeatedly frustrated and lacks guidance in all aspects. I have decided to write a pamphlet to guide the conduct of the Imperial Army. ”

"Oh, Staff Officer Tsuji is not the flower of the imperial kingdom! What is the name of this booklet? ”

"If you read it, you will win."

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In late September, the Japanese attack on Wuhan began to intensify, and on September 17, the Japanese 3rd Division and the 10th Division attacked Gwangju and attacked Huangchuan Luoshan along the Huai River, in an attempt to return to the Pinghan line from the north. The two units of Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army and Zhao Dengyu's 96th Army relied on the mountains of Huangchuan to block step by step, and the Japanese army advanced 500 meters during the day and 200 meters back at night.

On the same day, the Japanese army launched an attack on the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, and after the 16th Division captured Huoshan, together with the 11th Division from Hefei, the target was pointed at Mall, where the headquarters of the commander of the 5th Theater of Operations of China was located.

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, after the Japanese 2nd Division captured Susong, it began the attack on Huangmei, and Bai Chongxi, the commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, prepared 20 divisions of Chinese troops for them.

On all fronts in Jiangbei, the Japanese army invested 5 divisions, but the eyes of the whole of China and Japan were focused on Nanxun, because everyone knew that an unprecedented battle was going to be launched there.

On September 21, the Battle of Nanxun officially began, and the Japanese 9th Division and the 1st Marine Corps began the attack on Jiujiang.

Xu Ming was in the underground command room, listening to staff officer Liu Ziyuan's report on the current battle situation.

“… More than 30 warships of the Japanese navy began to shell Jiujiang in the early hours of the morning, and mine-sweeping teams were dispatched to forcibly use machine guns to sweep mines, and more than 30 planes strafed and bombed Jiujiang City. At noon, the Japanese warships concentrated on the smoke, lowered dozens of small boats, and forcibly landed on our four piers... According to the battle report on the Mopanshan front, the Maruyama Brigade of the Japanese Army, with more than 10 guns, began at dawn to attack our defenders at Longwangling in the east. At 10 o'clock in the morning, Japanese troops were spotted in the direction of Octagonal Mountain on the west side, the number of which is unknown, and under the cover of aircraft, a large number of smoke was released in front of our army's position, and they took advantage of the gap to drill ...

Liu Ziyuan's report was very detailed, and the communication on each position was very perfect, Xu Ming was able to understand all the battle situations. The three-dimensional attack of the Japanese army on land, sea and air seemed to be violent, but Xu Ming always felt that the Japanese army was bluffing.

But how to prove this, Xu Ming had no idea for a while, he had already judged that the Japanese army would feint here, but once the judgment was wrong, the consequences would be catastrophic.

"How's the situation going with Commander-in-Chief Xue?"

Liu Ziyuan said: "Two hours ago, I and the adjutant over there informed each other of the battle situation, and the enemy situation was also discovered over there, but the offensive did not start, and the number and intention of the Japanese army were not clear. ”

Xu Ming nodded appreciatively, "Very good, Xiao Liu, you go and send a telegram again, tell Chief Xue and copy the report to the Theater Command and the Military Commission, I still suspect that that there is the main direction of the Japanese army's attack, and the reason for the judgment is that the Japanese army's attack in front of our army's position is very scattered, and not enough heavy artillery has been found." ”

Liu Ziyuan repeated the content of Xu Ming's confession, then saluted and turned to leave, Xu Ming instructed another staff officer: "Staff Officer Du, inform the division commanders and the commander of the Wang Corps to hold a meeting here." ”

Soon, Hu Lian and Xie Jinyuan arrived together, Xu Ming chatted with them for a while, and the new 37th Army Regiment Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 52nd Division Leng Xin and the commander of the 190th Division Liang Huasheng also arrived on horseback.

Xu Ming saw that they were sweating, and said apologetically: "Commander Wang, I'm sorry to let you come from afar." ”

Wang Jingjiu put down his hat, took the cold towel given by the orderly, wiped it on his face, and smiled, "Refreshing!" It's all out of sight when I say this, it's an extraordinary time, and I have to work hard, let alone sweat a little. ”

Xu Ming didn't talk nonsense, and after everyone took their seats, he went straight to the point, "Last time we judged that the Japanese army was a feint. I plan to take the initiative to attack the Japanese at dawn tomorrow, and you will see if you have any opinions.

Among the three people, Xie Jinyuan was already a fan of Xu Ming, and Hu Lian would not object to Xu Ming's opinion, and several people focused their eyes on Wang Jingjiu.

"Boss, how many troops should we send to fight back?"

"Since it is an offensive, it is definitely necessary to play the loopholes and operational intentions of the Japanese army, and it is not possible to do it with fewer troops, except for the construction of engineers and a regiment of guard troops, the 26th Army will all be dispatched."

This plan, if others say it, it will definitely cause controversy, at least Wang Jingjiu does not agree, his troops have been fighting in Jiujiang for half a month, very tired, casualties are also very large, just to the vicinity of Minshan to rest.

However, Xu Ming said that Wang Jingjiu would not refuse, and his legion commander also followed Xu Ming in a sense. He stood up and said, "Now that the commander has made up his mind, my troops are all dispatched, and the 52nd and 190th divisions will be able to attack tomorrow morning, except for the baggage personnel."

"Good!" Xu Ming was overjoyed, the 25th Army entered the battle, and he had more than 10,000 troops on his hands. He said excitedly:

"I have three requirements for this attack. First, fast, fast marching, fast operation, fast transfer, this operation is not about attacking mountains and seizing land, but about using swift means to break the main force of the Japanese army; During the battle, the communications troops must do whatever it takes to ensure that orders are issued from top to bottom, and neighboring combat units must dispatch capable personnel to each other for joint operations. Third, the division commander and below all went to the front line to participate in the battle, the battalion commander must participate in the line of fire, and I and the commander of the Wang Corps will also go to the front to supervise the battle. ”

After saying this, Xu Ming walked to the sand table, picked up the baton, and talked about the battle plan he had been thinking about for a long time.

"In this operation, two methods were adopted: frontal attack and flank and rear outflanking and detour, with the frontal attack being a feint attack and the roundabout side attack being the main attack. At dawn tomorrow, the 107th Division will first launch a frontal attack on the enemy at Mopan Mountain, in which the 641st Regiment will attack the enemy at Longwangling, the 642nd Regiment will attack Bajiao Mountain, the 643rd Regiment will serve as a reserve, and the artillery and special forces will attack at the same time, so it is necessary to draw the enemy's attention. The 108th Division, carrying 7 days of food and ammunition, set off from the southeast of Shilipu and interspersed with the rear of the Japanese army in a roundabout way, and the newly formed 18th Division, from the northeast of Miaozhi, made a detour to the Japanese flank and rear. The two divisions must meet on the Meishan line, and a small number of enemies will be defeated on the way, and there is no need to respond to the battle when encountering a large group of enemy troops, and they must be dragged by a small force, and they must rush to Meishan before tomorrow evening to take the logistics base of the Japanese army, during which the command will be in charge of the division commander Hu Lian. The 190th and 52nd Divisions of the 190th Division arrived at the southeast side of Bajiao Mountain in the afternoon to block the road for the Japanese army's southward retreat, and the commander of the regiment Li was responsible for the command during this period. ”

Xu Ming's plan was extremely risky, the enemy in front of him had not been annihilated, and even the enemy's strength was not clear, so he went to the enemy's rear to carry out a detour, if the Japanese army was the main force to attack, the roundabout 108th Division and the newly formed 18th Division would inevitably fall into a dangerous situation.

Leng Xin, commander of the 52nd Division, was in the first phase of Whampoa, and he had always been cautious in operations, so he carefully put forward his opinion, "General Seat, if the battle situation on the front line is unfavorable, are there any countermeasures?" ”

Wang Jingjiu frowned, the risk taken by the 26th Army in this operation was extremely great, and the risk of his own 25th Army was relatively small, it was obviously inappropriate for Leng Xin to say this. He stood up and said to Leng Xin: "If this attack is unsuccessful, then Chengren, there is no way back, tonight all the participating troops of the 25th Army, cadres above the company commander wrote a suicide note, delayed the military aircraft, cowered, below the regiment commander, implement the revolutionary soldier sitting law." ”

Wang Jingjiu said this, and he was also playing a drum in his heart, and now there is a view circulating within ** that if you follow Xu Ming to fight, the result will definitely be promoted, but the process must also be worrying, but now there is no other way to think about it except to accompany Xu Ming to play with his life.

Xu Ming said: "I myself don't like to take risks (Speaking of which, everyone thinks, if you don't like adventure, no one in the world likes adventures.) ）”

Xu Ming continued: "But the current situation does not allow us to be cautious. If we wait for the exact news to come, maybe the battle situation has collapsed, and the situation will not be chosen. ”

Xu Ming made a long-distance detour with two main divisions, creating a new mode of squadron operations, but Xu Ming did not expect that his opponent, Okamura Ningji, also used a new set of tactics.

Of course, Okamura Ninji didn't expect Xu Ming's opponent to make such a fierce move, and the night before the big battle, both sides were worried and scared, but they were full of anticipation