Ouyang Jian looked at the military map and said, "The forced landing of the Japanese army in Zhangjiagang is very unexpected, and it is obvious that it is to implement the plan to capture Nanjing. I concluded that the 112th Division could not hold Jiangyin. If the Japanese army takes the Jiangyin fortress, its warships will drive straight in, and the Jiangyin-Wuxi defense line will also collapse in an instant. "Although history has shifted, it seems to have returned to the original point, which makes Ouyang Jian very depressed." Chief of the General Staff, I don't understand that the Jiangyin fortress is so important, why not increase troops in the fortress? Su Yu asked.

Ouyang Jian was speechless, I'm afraid the reasons for this are very complicated, and some situations are inconvenient to say. "The Japanese army fought repeatedly and suffered heavy losses, maybe the Ministry of Defense miscalculated!" Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan analyzed. "How can this be reasonable, the military experts of the Ministry of Defense are eating dry food, and such an important strategic point cannot be seen?" Su Yu said angrily. "Comrades! It is useless to complain about the heavens and the people, and we must be prepared for the fall of Nanjing. Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that the battle situation was still developing irreversibly according to the original history.

As soon as the smoke of the Battle of Songhu fell, Matsui Shigen immediately began to draw up the campaign deployment for attacking Nanjing in accordance with the intention of the base camp. He ordered the battered 10th Army to temporarily rest on the Songjiang line, and at the same time ordered all units to prepare for an advance in the direction of Nanjing. During this period, there was an accident, because at the beginning of the war, the Japanese marines suffered heavy losses and heavy losses, and the commander of the Japanese 3rd Fleet, Hasegawa, was bent on revenge. Seeing that the situation on the Songhu battlefield was clear, he ordered the marines to assemble, and decided to launch a landing operation at Zhangjiagang without authorization, and pointed his sword at the Jiangyin fortress.

The Japanese Navy has always been at odds with the Army, and Hasegawa did not inform Matsui Ishone in advance. Due to the Xingta Blockade, the Japanese 10th Army did not advance quickly in the direction of Nanjing, and compared with the original history, the Japanese attack was delayed for 10 days. While the Japanese troops were preparing, the commander of the 3rd Fleet, Naval Commander Hasegawa, commanded the fleet to swim up the Yangtze River and suddenly launched a landing operation at Zhangjiagang on November 25. 5,000 Japanese marines fought bravely to take the lead, quickly captured Zhangjiagang, and then advanced to the Jiangyin fortress.

The 112th Division of the defenders of Jiangyin Fortress stubbornly defended and fought brutally for 3 days. In the absence of reinforcements, the 112th Division suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat, and the Japanese marines captured the Jiangyin fortress on November 30, and the Japanese fleet entered along the river. The situation on the battlefield immediately changed in favor of the Japanese side, and on December 1, the Japanese base camp issued an order to attack Nanjing. On December 5, the 10th Army was vengeful, took the lead in breaking through the defensive line on the front line of Wuxi, and killed in the direction of Nanjing.

With the continuous arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the strength of the Japanese army in the Songhu area has reached 400,000. In view of the temporary delay in the 15th and 16th divisions of the Eighth Route Army in Hangzhou, coupled with the heavy troops of the Nationalist Army, the Japanese army defended the first line of Hangzhou Bay with three divisions, and the rest of the Japanese troops all participated in the attack on Nanjing. Due to the butterfly effect of the Hingta blockade operation, and the positive effect it had on the defensive line, the Japanese army advanced slowly. The 10th Army on the left broke through the Wuxi defensive line, and the Japanese troops on the right also took the opportunity to break through the defensive line.

In the headquarters of the Third Corps in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, the atmosphere was very tense and dreary, and it was very uncomfortable to see the Japanese army advancing step by step. Seeing Ouyang Jian's solemn expression, political commissar Luo Ronghuan said: "Chief of General Staff, the Jiujiang Prefectural Committee has made preparations in accordance with the deployment of the central government, and all those who enter Jiangxi for refuge will be properly arranged, and all factories and businesses that have retreated, if they want to gain a foothold in Jiangxi, they will all be taken care of and provided with all-round services." Ouyang Jian nodded, Jiangxi can only do this at present.

"Report, Wang Yizhe, commander of the 67th Army, called, and the headquarters resolutely did not retreat, and was determined to live and die with the position." An operational staff officer made an urgent report. Ouyang Jian's expression showed helplessness when he heard this, he wanted to save the 67th Army, but to no avail. The next day, bad news came that the 67th Army was wiped out after a day and a night of bloody battles, and the army commander Wang Yizhe was martyred. Ouyang Jian heard that Yang Tian sighed, the original history Wang Yizhe should have been killed by his subordinates after the Xi'an Incident, and the 67th Army should be wiped out in Songjiang City, is this a historical inevitability?

In the evening, Ouyang Jian dragged his tired body back home, his wife Mei Fang put the food from the canteen on the table, and saw that Ouyang Jian was depressed and worried: "Ouyang, the battle situation is not good, everyone is in a bad mood, you as the chief officer, you should pay attention to your body." Ouyang Jian said: "The national disaster is at the head, the enemy is at present, how can you make my mood better, but you can rest assured that I will not be decadent." "Report! Just intercepted a telegram from the Japanese army! Captain Xie asked me to pass it on to you! A staff member in the translation room outside the door reported.

When Mei Fang opened the door and took the telegram to check, Ouyang Jian asked, "Do you need to decipher every telegram in your decipherment detachment?" Mei Fang smiled bitterly and said: "Recently, the Japanese army has frequently changed passwords, so I can only do it myself." Soon Mei Fang picked up the pen and began to calculate, seeing his wife's preoccupied appearance, Ouyang Jian was inconvenient to disturb. After about an hour, Mei Fang let out a sigh of relief and seemed to have completed a task.

Mei Fang raised her head and saw her husband's confused expression and smiled: "The Japanese army is probably aware of our decipherment ability, and now they all use garbled code to send reports, but I have mastered the rules of the Japanese army's reporting." The telegram showed that the Japanese army had transferred four more divisions from the northeast and had now arrived in Shanghai. Ouyang Jian took the telegram and checked it and secretly wondered in his heart: The Japanese base camp has requisitioned and transferred 4 divisions of the Kwantung Army, which means that 8 divisions of the Kwantung Army have appeared in the Songhu battlefield, and it seems that the Japanese army's intentions are very obvious.

There is no doubt that the super combat effectiveness displayed by the Eighth Route Army in the Xingta blockade operation has aroused the great attention of the Japanese base camp, and the next battle plan for the Japanese army to capture Jiangxi is also on the agenda. In addition, according to intelligence, the Japanese army has requisitioned 10 Kwantung Army divisions to fight in North China, which is directly related to the great changes in the west, and the butterfly effect has begun to appear, which is what Ouyang Jian is looking forward to.

As the saying goes, there must be advantages and disadvantages, and since the Communist Party got rid of the Comintern ahead of schedule in Jiangxi, there is no doubt that Soviet Russia's attitude toward China will certainly change. The large-scale requisition of troops by the Japanese army from the Kwantung Army was similar to that of the outbreak of the Pacific War. This shows that Soviet Russia and Japan must have reached a secret agreement in advance, but it was not made public. At the beginning of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Soviet Russia's military assistance to the Nationalist Government may have died, that is to say, the scene of Soviet Russia sending secret air forces into China to participate in the war is gone.

Ouyang Jian decided that in view of the above unfavorable situation, it should be reported to the central government immediately. With the success of the Xingta blockade operation, Ouyang Jian's attack ability against the Japanese army has risen from a perceptual understanding to a rational understanding, so he has a firm mind about holding Jiangxi. Now Ouyang Jian must focus on the commanding heights of the overall situation, give priority to giving play to the role of Jiangxi's ordnance enterprises, and carry out large-scale assistance to the national army, and then form the idea of a game of chess for the whole country. Thinking of this, Ouyang Jian immediately put pen to write a letter to **, so that the Military Commission could prepare early.

"Ouyang, what's the daze, look at the food is cold, let's eat!" Mei Fang glared at her husband in disgust. Ouyang Jian seemed to wake up from his contemplation and said with a smile: "Wife, you are really my sweetheart!" "The words are vulgar, and the wife is so ugly, you can't say dear!" "I think it's still the affectionate title of wife, which is a Chinese affectionate name." "I can really quibble, the elegant title should be the insider, madam!" "I'm sorry, I'm not a literati, I'm a soldier!" "But you are a literate soldier!" The ridicule between husband and wife seems to dilute the depressing atmosphere.

On December 28, the day of the fall of Nanjing, the atmosphere in the Military Commission of the Wuhan Nationalist Government was solemn, and everyone was cautious. Due to Ouyang Jian's butterfly effect, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing 15 days later than the original history. The Japanese army captured Nanjing half a month late, which had a huge impact on Nanjing. On the positive side, Nanjing's major colleges and universities, government agencies, including important factories, were evacuated, and half of the students from colleges and universities entered Jiangxi, which was also the result that Ouyang Jian expected.

"Report, the defenders of Nanjing have all withdrawn, and all departments are currently moving in!" Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin reported. At this time, Lao Jiang was silent, in fact, he was very remorseful, why did he not put the Eighth Route Army into the Songhu battlefield in the first place. Xingta blocked the operation, and the combat effectiveness of the two divisions of the Eighth Route Army made him envious, jealous and hateful. What he regretted was that if he had agreed to Ouyang Jian's request and let the Eighth Route Army fight on the Songhu battlefield, it would not only consume the strength of the Eighth Route Army, but also strike hard at the Japanese army, and the outcome of the Songhu battlefield would not have been so erosive.

Such a situation was not expected by Lao Jiang, and it was too late to regret it. As for why Lao Chiang did not put heavy troops into the defense line of Nanjing, it was precisely because of Jiangxi. He believed that the super combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army in Xingta was enough to make the Japanese army fearful. What's more, the Japanese army will definitely launch a large-scale attack on Jiangxi with all its strength in the next step, so that Lao Chiang can take a big breath. Of course, he can't say these things to his subordinates.

At this time, Dai Li, the head of the spies, walked in and said: "President, according to your orders, we have obtained the detailed information of the 15th and 16th divisions of the Eighth Route Army, and this is the photo taken!" Lao Jiang took the photo and checked it, and the photo showed the image of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wearing steel helmets and neat and mighty military uniforms. No wonder the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is so strong, its light weapons and equipment have surpassed the German armament division, if the Eighth Route Army in Jiangxi is in this state, it is undoubtedly good news! Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin said happily.

At this time, Lao Jiang Ke didn't have that good mood and asked: "What does your intelligence department do to eat, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army in Jiangxi have developed to such an extent, and the intelligence department actually knows nothing." The flying thunder cannon of the Eighth Route Army is an earthen cannon, but the effect is very good. The bazooka of the Eighth Route Army is the nemesis of the Japanese army's armored combat vehicles, but in which country was the bazooka purchased, you have been confused about such important information, and the national government has raised a bunch of waste! ”

Lao Jiang suddenly became nameless, leaving Dai Li stunned, and the others didn't know what to do. He Yingqin, the commander of the army, said: "President, we were negligent to the Eighth Route Army, and we did not expect that the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army would reach this level in just a few years. But it's okay to do this, the Eighth Route Army resists in Jiangxi, and our situation will be better. Old Jiang was in a good mood when he heard this, and said: "Order the troops defending Jiujiang to retreat to Wuhan!" ”