Xu Ming saw that the officers were confused, and he didn't sell it, so he said directly: "I judge that the Japanese army will land from the east of Anqing with a strong force. ”

Everyone present took a breath of cold air, Xu Ming's judgment has always been accurate, Zhang Shaofang said worriedly: "If the Japanese army attacks from Jixian Pass in the north, and then attacks from the east, Anqing will be in danger." ”

This said to everyone's heart, in the history of the attack on Anqing, there was no from the east, but the powerful navy of the Japanese army can fully guarantee this, although the east is full of swamps and mountains, but it is by no means as difficult to pass as Dalong Mountain and Baizi Mountain.

Xie Jinyuan was a little puzzled, he saw this when he first came to Anqing, and suggested that Xu Ming consider setting up defenses in the area of Mawo and Laofeng, but Xu Ming refused impatiently at the time, but today he said such a thing, obviously Xu Ming has been playing a big game of chess, he asked casually.

"Division, which army might be the enemy coming from the east?"

"The Japanese Hatada detachment, the commander Hatada Shigeichi, the officers are from Kyushu, the soldiers are from Taiwan, and they have jurisdiction over 2 infantry wings, 1 mountain artillery wing and attached transport, navy and other units."

"Do you know the opponent's attack number and troops?" Xie Jinyuan was secretly surprised, but there was even more surprise, Xu Ming said like a predictor: "The Japanese army will use a surprise attack, in the early morning of the rainy night, most likely from June 10th to 15th, the location of Mawo Town, 2-3 days before the landing, will use the dark night river surface in Zongyang Datong to break through the artillery blockade line of our army, and earlier will carry out mine clearance in the upper reaches of Anqing." ”

Everyone was stunned, these words were too godly, they had reached the level of "god stick", these people have been on the battlefield for a long time, and they have never encountered such a clear judgment of the enemy's situation and the time and place of the enemy's attack, unless the enemy's commander Po Tian is a Chinese spy, think about it.

Zhao Ren stammered, "Master, this... Is this judgment reliable? ”

Xu Ming sighed in his heart, he knew that others didn't believe it, but he had to say a reason to convince his subordinates, fortunately, he could extrapolate from the results.

"After the end of the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese Chongteng Detachment (the predecessor of the Potian Detachment) has been conducting landing warfare and mountain warfare drills in Taiwan, which is the reason for my judgment of the enemy's strength and number; Their commander, Shigeichi Hata, was very adventurous, and this was my reason for judging that they would make a surprise attack; They would carry out a sneak attack before the Inaba Division arrived in Anqing to take out its unexpected effect, which was the reason for the timing of their sneak attack; Before coming, the Japanese fleet may use the cover of night or rain and fog to pass through the Zongyang River, which is the reason for the warning. ”

"What do you mean, Master..."Xu Ming's prestige has risen from reverence to worship among the people in the room, and others don't want to think about it, so they just rely on this division commander.

"Before the devil forms a flank attack, concentrate all the main forces and annihilate them all the way!" Xu Ming's face was blue and exposed, and his expression was indescribably fierce.

Based on Xu Ming's judgment, the troops were adjusted, and it was the Inaba Division that was ready to show that everything was ready to deal with, and the people continued to overhaul fortifications in the main position and forward positions of Jixianguan, such as Ma'anshan, Yuexingshan, and Dingjiashan, with great fanfare, and prepared to deceive the opponent; The main force of the troops drove to the area of the Shitang River, imitated the enemy's landing, and conducted a week-long targeted training; Officers at all levels of the unit secretly carried out position reconnaissance on the Matang line, and the artillery measured all kinds of data, and in order to cover up the operation, they used an obvious section to measure the water level on the Yangtze River line south of Anqing and build fortifications .......

Anqing came with 2 old friends, Robert? Capa and Anna. Romon was a well-known war photojournalist who was filming the anti-Japanese propaganda film "Forty Thousand People", and the latter had considerable influence in British and even Western journalism.

Robert happily carried the camera equipment to Jixian Pass to take pictures, of course, Xu Ming also told him that all the photos taken must be reviewed, and others can know that this is the fortification measures of Jixian Pass, but they must not know what fortification measures are in Jixian Pass, and everything must be considered from the perspective of confidentiality. Robert agreed to Xu Ming's reasonable request without hesitation.

Anna. Luo Meng directly interviewed Xu Ming.

"I'm very happy to meet the general again, after separating from Mingguang, your complexion seems to be much better."

Xu Ming laughed, "After winning the battle, my complexion is naturally good." ”

"Then I wish you good health all the time." Anna laughed too.

"Your Excellency, what do you think of the prospects for this campaign?" Female reporters get to the point.

"There is no doubt that our army will win."

"But the 6th Division of the Japanese Army that came this time is known as the most elite unit in Japan."

"We Chinese eat meat and want to eat those energetic animals, and the 6th Division can fully meet our needs."

"It is said that the number of opponents is nearly 30,000, which is twice the number of your troops!" The female reporter kindly reminded the general in front of her.

"Ah, then we're going to have to shoot 2 shots each." Xu Ming spread out his hand and said "helplessly".

Anna. Romon leaned back with a smile, "General, you have such a good sense of humor! ”

Xu Ming pointed to the majestic Jixian Pass and said confidently: "Please Miss Anna tell all the people who care about and love China that Jixian Pass will definitely become the burial place of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army!" Xu Ming once again "inadvertently" proposed the 6th Division and Jixian Pass.

"Did the telegram send?" Xu Ming asked Zhou Haoran, the commander of the communications battalion.

"It's already been sent," Zhou Haoran straightened.

This was an important aspect of the "Fish Banquet Operation", in order to convince the Japanese army that the focus and focus of their deployment was on Jixian Pass, north of Anqing, Xu Ming sent a telegram with clear code and simple low-level passwords to express his confidence in the defense of Anqing. These telegrams did not involve military secrets, but they gave the impression that Xu Ming intended to fight the enemy north of Anqing.

Everything was being prepared secretly and nervously, Xu Ming was not as confident as he had shown in front of him, others did not know the strong combat effectiveness of the Botian detachment, he knew. If it is said that the fall of Anqing in half a day in history was due to Yang Sen's improper deployment, then in the Battle of Madang, excluding the mistakes of the commander Li Yunheng and the timidity of Xue Weiying, the commander of the 167th Division, the squadron also invested several armies, including most of the most elite 18th Army, but it still fell one after another in Madang, Pengze, Hukou and other important places.

In the Battle of Jiujiang, China's three armies actually lost the important town of Jiujiang within three days, so angry that Lao Jiang scolded the commander Zhang Fakui, almost tried him martial, and finally dismissed him from his post in disguise, which became the biggest shame in Zhang Fakui's life.

The opponent is a very strong force, the "fish banquet plan" is very risky, Xu Ming does not want to take risks, but he does not avoid it, if the opponent uses unreasonable hands, the best response is to use more ruthless tricks, the war can not have absolute certainty, once the target is selected, either he is defeated, or the enemy has no return!

*******

Zhenjiang, the secret anchorage of the Botian detachment, all the soldiers were confined to a valley, and a tight blockade and guard were set up on the perimeter.

It has entered the rainy season in southern China, and both sides of the Yangtze River are rainy on both sides of the Yangtze River in June, and finally came out of the sun once, and immediately the four great gods of rain, thunder and wind power killed them, and the sun god was invincible at a glance, and quickly slipped away.

A crooked tent, several soldiers stripped naked, only a crotch cloth on the whole body, digging a drainage ditch, although the terrain is higher here, but the rain still poured into the camp last night, now if you don't hurry up to drain the water during the day, it will be a tragedy at night, last night even the kettle floated up...

Wing Commander Nakajima Yoshinakasa, commander of the Mountain Artillery Wing, walked over, saw the brigade commander who was inspecting, and stretched out his hand to hand over a telegram.

This is an enemy information report, and the 3rd Division took Zhengyangguan and Shouxian on June 4 and 5, respectively. On the 6th, the 6th Division approached Shucheng.

The peripheral battle of the Battle of Anqing has begun, due to the destruction of all the roads by the squadron and the heavy rain, the Japanese army moved slowly, but in this way, the Japanese army still occupied Shucheng yesterday, that is, on June 8, and searched and advanced in the direction of Tongcheng.

In the face of the grim situation, in order to prevent the front-line troops from retreating without authorization, the Military Commission ordered Xu Yuanquan's troops to "deploy Tongcheng and Shucheng with the main force to assist Yang Sen's troops in blocking the enemy." And Yang Sensu "cooperated with the 107th Division to fight a decisive battle with the enemy in the north of Anqing, and when it was unavoidable, he would secure the Qianshan and Taihu Mountains." The order required Xu Yuanquan and Yang Sen to fight together, but Xu Yuanquan didn't want to do this at all, he received a military order to go to Shucheng Tongcheng a week ago, and the main force of his army, Lu'an, was only 60 miles away from Shucheng in a straight line. But under the pretext of a flash flood, the march was extremely slow, and by the 8th, Shucheng had already fallen, and his troops had only gone less than half the way!

Lao Jiang's stern telegram and Li Pinxian's whispered plea could not change the enemy-fearing mentality of some generals, and the Japanese army quickly approached Tongcheng, and Anqing faced a great threat.

The 6th Division operated so smoothly that the Japanese intelligence agency found out that the squadron had deployed 6-8 divisions on the periphery of Anqing, but it was completely unable to stop the advance of the Inaba Division.

The Inaba Division was like a bamboo, but his Hatada detachment was waiting in the rain and mud.

"Order the commanders of the troops, prepare for a meeting." Shigeichi Harata said to the herald.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, Commander Gangcun's suggestion is to wait for friendly forces to reach the north of Anqing before landing." Wing Commander Sato asked Osa, hearing that the troops were going to be mobilized immediately and preparing for the Anqing operation, raised objections.

Another wing commander also said, "The commander of the Inaba Division has called several times, hoping that his troops will attack Jixian Pass and attract the main force of the Shina Army, and then our army will conduct a surprise attack." ”

Habata Shigeichi was extremely dissatisfied, the two subordinates were too cautious, once the Inaba Division took Tongcheng, and the Anqing defenders fled without a fight, all the credit would be Inaba Shiro's. Then what is he still busy with, he doesn't think that the opponent still has the confidence to stick to it in the face of a pinch, which is very different from his consistent understanding of the Chinese **.

"You're right, but I remind you that surprise and determination are more important!"

On the night of the 8th, dozens of ships were moored at the Zhenjiang wharf, and neatly lined up soldiers walked into the cabin.