At Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, General Shunroku Hata, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Dispatch Force in China who was temporarily staying here because of heavy snow, finished his afternoon nap and was about to leave the office after getting dressed up, when Lieutenant General Harem Jun, chief of the General Staff, walked in with a dark and cold color.

"Yours, all out of the woods!" He waved at the staff lieutenants.

When they were gone, Reincarnation brought the door to the door, then bowed slightly to Shunroku Hatata, handed him a telegram and said, "Your Excellency, the 11th Army is calling, please take a look." ”

Infected by his look and demeanor, Shunroku Hata realized that this telegram must have delivered bad information, frowned slightly, opened the folder and took a closer look. After a few seconds, he raised his head, threw the folder on the table, and shouted: "Hachige, this kind of thing can happen, Okamura Ninji, Okamura Ninji-" Hata-Shunroku wanted to scold Okamura Ninji for being a pig, but when he thought that the harem Jun who had just arrived was not too close to him, he couldn't help himself.

"Your Excellency, Commander Okamura requested that the 5th Army give priority to attacking the Shangrao Yingtan Line, what do you think?"

Shunroku Hata looked at the map behind him and asked him: "If the South China Front takes the initiative in southern Fujian, and the 5th Army mainly attacks the Eagle Line, what will happen to northern Fujian?" ”

"But if we don't save them, I'm afraid—"

"Harem-kun, you should know the plans of the Lu Dao base camp. The reason why the 2nd Army did not join this campaign was to keep an eye on Li Zongren and Yang Sen's troops. The Xuebing Army had a total of three allies, Zhang Zizhong's Northwest Army, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Gui Army, and Yang Sen's Sichuan Army. To a certain extent, these four warlord forces are in unison. I almost forgot that there is also Fu Zuoyi in the northwest, who has recently gotten very close to Zhang Zizhong and that Guo Da and Huang Haifu. If we want to kill the Cadet with a single stick, we must prevent his allies from launching a counterattack from elsewhere. The base camp originally counted on Wang Jingwei and his Nanjing Nationalist Government, but as you can see, so far, Wang Jingwei has not even been able to establish his own guard force, and the safety of his henchmen still depends on our imperial army. Speaking of this, Hata Junliu shook his head a little helplessly: "The Imperial Allied Army in North China has formed a certain climate at present, but their leaders have been frightened by the hoeing and rape of the Xuebing Army during this time, and they are as timid as rats and don't even dare to come out of the strongholds-Speaking of which, the Imperial Army also has forty divisions in China, but the Kwantung Army is absolutely immobile, and the North China Front Army and the 21st Army (dragged in the northwest region by Fu Zuoyi's Northwest Army and Guo Da and Huang Haifu's troops) cannot move, so they can only rely on the 1st Army, The 2nd Army, the 5th Army, the 11th Army and the South China Front Army - the 11th Army must be saved, otherwise, even if a breakthrough is made in southern and northern Fujian, and the Scholar Army still has the depth of Guangxi, Ouyang Yun still has the capital to give us a go. The most important thing is that once the Xuebing Army and the Ninth War Zone of the Chongqing Government in China are connected, the Chongqing Government will have no reason to stay out of the matter. It seems that Wuhan can only be abandoned. ”

Nishio Shouzo's 2nd Army paid a huge price in order to take the three towns of Wuhan, and the corps's five divisions and two mixed brigades took five months, and after paying more than 20,000 casualties, it entered Hankou in November last year. And just when Ouyang Yun and Okamura Ningji were fighting in Nanchang, Nishio Shouzo entangled the forces of the two divisions, plus the Yangtze River fleet, and was besieging Yichang.

If it weren't for Yamamoto Fifty-six who moved the base camp of the Japanese army and decided to solve the student army once and for all, then the places where the fierce battles are still raging at this moment should be in Changsha and Yichang.

"Your Excellency, Wuhan has given up for the time being, and it can still fight back, but if the Xuebing Army is allowed to continue to grow, it will become a big trouble for the empire."

"Nishio-kun's 2nd Army entered Jiangxi, don't let Okamura know about this matter first. Harem-kun, have you seriously analyzed the battle report submitted by the 11th Army? Am I dissatisfied with Okamura's command? If you analyze it carefully, you will find that they have fallen into the trap set by the Cadet Army step by step. I estimate that the territory of Jiangxi is now full of the eyeliner of the Scholar Army-the guerrilla units of the Scholar Army have extremely strong penetration, and there are also heavy troops in the southwest of Zhejiang, and they have infiltrated and opened up a base area. In Jiangxi, the imperial army did not exist until the middle of this year, and the guerrillas of the Xuebing Army must have developed a lot of underground armed forces in the local area - Okamura may be too eager to take revenge, the time and place are favorable, and the people do not occupy these three things, so he actually dares to divide his troops to attack - Harem Jun, the matter of the 2nd Army's entry into Jiangxi is up to you. Remember, we must urge the 11th Army to use all its strength to fight to the death with the Cadet Army, otherwise, they may not be able to drag the 2nd Army into the battlefield! ”

"Hay, Your Excellency, I know what to do!" Harem Jun bent down and nodded in reply, and then retreated.

Toshiroku Hatatakeshi sent him away, looked at the Nanchang logo on the map, and sneered: "Okamura Ningji, you finally bowed your head!" ”

After the 3rd, 8th, and 18th Divisions met in Xinjian County at about 3:30 p.m., the commanders of the 1st Brigade of the 3rd and 18th Divisions asked Bai Tassel and Menquery to fight, and they were eager to capture Lionmen immediately, so as to cooperate with the 2nd Division to encircle and annihilate the 11th Army West Route Army led by Okamura Ningji.

After Ouyang Yun weighed it, he asked the Eighth Division to dispatch a brigade of heavy artillery to cooperate with the Eighteenth Division's 52nd Brigade to capture the Lion Gate before dark. He then ordered the rest of the troops to build a defensive line on the spot and prepare to meet the invading 11th and 112th Divisions. Later, he called Qian Guangming and asked the Ninth Division to prepare for the attack, and immediately marched to Nanchang as soon as it got dark.

The reason why it was necessary to capture the Lion Gate was that Ouyang Yun was worried that the Second Division would be besieged by the 11th Army's Western Route Army. And as long as he captures the pass of Lion Gate, he can send troops to reinforce Gao'an at any time. In this way, even if Okamura Ninji decided to give up a corner and go all out to besiege the Second Division, he had to worry that the main force of the Western Route Army might be surrounded by the Xuebing Army. And if he wants to keep troops to snipe, with the existence of the heavy artillery unit of the Eighth Division, how large should the old devil leave behind? As for why to let the Ninth Master take action after dark, this is completely bullying the Japanese with short legs.

At that time, although the Japanese 11th Division was only about 40 kilometers away from Nanchang, with their marching speed, the main force of the division did not want to rush to Nanchang in two or three hours. The 112th Division is still nearly 60 kilometers away from Nanchang at this time, and the department's mobility ability is even worse than that of the 11th Division.

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