With excellent military skills, the remnants of the 19th Brigade easily subdued the bandits of Qinglongzhai, and also found a place to settle in Qinglongzhai, as for the skirmish that just ended, the remnants of Xu 19 and the 19th Brigade didn't pay attention to it at all, but they only destroyed two squads, what is there to make a fuss about?

Although the strength of the 19th Brigade this time is only seven, which is the least number of troops invested in the previous battles, after all, there are more than 100 bandits to help, right? Coupled with the relatively favorable terrain, Little Japan never expected to encounter such an elite small army as the 19th Brigade here, and it was reasonable to lose the battle.

Moreover, the remnants of the 19th Brigade clearly felt that there was still a gap between the Japanese soldiers who came to attack Qinglongzhai and the main division on the frontal front, and this is indeed the case, this time it was the Longkou County Gendarmerie that came to attack Qinglongzhai, which was mainly composed of soldiers and ronins in the township, and its combat effectiveness was uneven, and it was several grades worse than the main division.

Therefore, although the 100th bandits in Qinglongzhai were so shocked that their jaws were about to drop, and they were so happy when they cleaned up the battlefield, just like a child's New Year's Day, they almost set off a few firecrackers, but the remnants of the 19th Brigade didn't take this victory seriously at all, compared with countless wars and vicious battles in the past, this battle was really nothing.

However, the fact that the remnants of the 19th Brigade do not care does not mean that others do not care either.

The news that the three squads sent by the Longkou County Gendarmerie to suppress Qinglongzhai made two people destroy quickly spread, and caused an uproar among the shili of all roads in Longkou, after all, the battlefield behind the enemy line is the battlefield behind the enemy, and the front line is different, the front line is often a dozen divisions, hundreds of divisions of the battle, at the end of the day, the casualties have to be counted in thousands.

However, in the rear, it is a rare large-scale battle to have hundreds of Japanese troops participate in a battle, and if the Japanese army suffers more than ten or twenty casualties, it will be enough to attract the attention of the Japanese side, so the 19th Brigade destroyed two squads at a time, which is tantamount to an unprecedented earthquake for the Japanese military police stationed in Longkou County

When the news reached Wuhan, even Okamura Ningji was alarmed, and the old devil of Okamura performed badly in the battles of De'an and Jiujiang, because of his military adventure, he almost wiped out the entire 10th Pei Regiment, and although more than 500 people from the division headquarters of the 10th Pei Regiment of Zuihou escaped, more than 15,000 officers and soldiers interspersed with the past were all wiped out by the national army.

For this matter, Okamura Ninji even recalled him to Tokyo, and he took a few political lessons.

However, Okamura is Okamura after all, and his ability and qualifications are there, although the bureaucrats in the Japanese army base camp are dissatisfied with him, it is impossible to really get rid of him, and due to the needs of the new war situation, the 33rd and 34th divisions have also been transferred to the battle sequence of the llll, so that the strength of the lllls has reached an unprecedented seven divisions.

After Okamura returned to Wuhan, he began to intensively plan the Battle of Nanchang.

After the Battle of Wuhan last year, the Nationalist army took the initiative to abandon De'an and retreat to the Nanchang line, although at this time the Japanese base camp must have adjusted its general strategic policy and shifted from military offensive to political inducement, but Okamura Ningji was not reconciled, and the fiasco of Wanjialing had become a thorn in his heart, and he could not admit that he would lose to a Chinese, and he urgently needed a hearty victory to correct his name.

At the same time, he told the Japanese army base camp that Okamura was still the same Okamura.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Okamura Ninji bucked the trend and decided to launch the Battle of Nanchang.

Of course, when he stated his reasons to the base camp, Okamura Ninji would never say this, and the reason on the table was that after the Japanese army captured Wuhan, the Fifth and Ninth Theaters of the Nationalist Army had more than one million troops in northern Hubei and southern Jiangxi, posing an extremely serious threat to the Yangtze River waterway, so it was necessary to expand the depth of defense on both sides of the Yangtze River.

In fact, this is a nonsense to deceive children, at this time the national army's defense is still weak, how can there be spare strength to launch a counterattack?

However, at this time, Ishihara Wanji had been transferred from the head of the base camp operations section to the chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, and because of the disagreement with Isoya Ryosuke, he took off his military uniform and was admitted to the hospital in anger, and the people who controlled the base camp were mediocre people, Okamura Ninji deliberately said that the situation was very serious, and these bureaucrats believed it, and agreed to Okamura's statement with a stroke of the pen.

As a result, the only war materials began to be transported from all directions to the Jiujiang and De'an fronts.

At present, the Battle of Nanchang is still in the preparatory stage, with the continuous deepening of the war, the weakness of small Japan's lack of resources and weak finances has gradually become obvious, the most direct manifestation is that the Japanese army wants to launch a large-scale battle again, and the preparation time required is becoming longer and longer, when the Battle of Songhu was at the beginning, Little Japan was able to urgently mobilize three permanent divisions from China into the Chinese battlefield in ten days, but now, it may not be able to mobilize three B divisions in three months.

The preparations for the Battle of Nanchang were not very smooth, and Okamura Ningji's mood can be imagined, so when he saw in the daily military newspaper that the Longkou County Gendarmerie had lost two squads, he was immediately furious, and immediately asked the chief of staff, Yoshimoto Sadachi, to call the brigade commander Fujido Takahide, who was independently mixed into the L4th Brigade, to the front headquarters.

The headquarters of the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade is stationed in Jiujiang, responsible for the guard on the south bank of the Yangtze River from Jiujiang to Wuhu, and the guard on the north bank of the Yangtze River is responsible for the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Luzhou (Hefei).

"Fujido-san, please tell me, what's going on?" Okamura Ninji put the battle report in front of Fujitang's eyes, and the eyes hiding behind the glasses revealed a cold look that made people's hearts palpitate, after the defeat of Wanjialing, Okamura Ninji's temper became not very good, and the staff officers of the headquarters were usually trembling.

Fujitang Gao Ying couldn't answer, he was actually wondering, why did such a thing happen in Longkou County?

Longkou is located in southern Anhui, close to the national army, public security has always been uneasy, there are quite a few bandits in the territory against the imperial army, but every time it is a small fight, at most it will lose more than three or five people, but this time, one guy has lost two squads, Fujitang Gaoying still does not know, what happened in Longkou County?

Could it be that the national army has returned to Longkou County? Or the New Fourth Army?

Seeing Fujido Gao Yingmu's appearance, Okamura Ningji was angry, but the old devil still had some qi cultivation kung fu after all, he restrained his emotions well, and said in a relaxed tone as much as possible: "Fujido San, I don't know if you have calculated, how many Chinese towns have the imperial army occupied now?" ”

Fujido Gao Ying was speechless, how did he know this.

Okamura Ninji sighed and said in a heavy tone: "Fujido-san, I have carefully calculated, including Manchuria, the imperial army has now occupied more than 1,500 county seats, more than 1,500 county seats, what a huge number?" The entire empire is less than fifty counties, Fujido-san, do you know what that means? ”

Fujido stammered, his mind clearly unable to keep up with Okamura's rhythm.

Okamura Ninji didn't expect Fujido to have the same vision as him, and sighed: "There are more than 1,500 county seats, which means that the imperial army must send more than 1,500 garrison troops, and if each county is the same as Longkou County, it will lose two infantry squads every day, adding up to more than 3,000 squads, what a terrifying number?" ”

Fujido Gaoying was really taken aback by this number, although this number is actually quite exaggerated, each county loses two infantry squads a day, which is absolutely impossible, but even if each county loses ten people a day, more than a thousand counties add up to an extremely terrifying number.

Okamura Ninji said earnestly: "So, Fujido-san, the work of public security and rectification must be paid close attention." ”

"Hai" Fujido Takaei's expression became more serious than ever, and he bowed heavily to Okamura Ninji.

Seeing that Fujido Takaei had realized the seriousness of the problem, Okamura Ninji was also slightly relieved, and immediately stepped forward to pat Fujido Takaei on the shoulder and said, "Fujido-san, please." ”