The distance from Yugan to Nanchang was about 70 kilometers, and the Xuejiu Brigade ran at a speed of about 35 yards, and it only took two hours to appear in Maqiu Town, which was only five or six kilometers away from Nanchang. At this time, almost all the towns and villages around Nanchang were destroyed by the war, and many landmarks were covered by heavy snow, so when the scouts who opened the road appeared in front of the ruins of Maqiu Town, they didn't know where the road had gone.

There were originally more than 300 households and nearly 500 houses in Maqiu Town, but now it has become a ruin, and there are only a dozen intact houses. The two scouts were lucky, because one of the bungalows was still lit in one of the remaining buildings.

The lights were lit up by a family surnamed Xu, whose man had been killed by a Japanese plane during the day, and now only orphans and widows remain.

At this time, the mother was trying to take advantage of the darkness to find something to eat, when suddenly there was a rumbling engine roar in the east. She was taken aback, and was about to run back, when a light shone through, and then a voice shouted: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, we are a student army." ”

The woman froze. A two-wheeled motorcycle drove over and stopped beside her, and in the dazzling light, two cadets came down one after another, and one of them walked towards her and said to her: "Sister-in-law, we are a cadet army, and we are here to fight devils." Where is this and how far is it from Nanchang? ”

The woman was a soldier who knew the Dao, and she plucked up her courage and said: "This is Maqiu Town, and the past three kilometers is Nanchang City." Sir, you, can you give me something to eat? There is no food at home, and the baby is crying with hunger! ”

The two students were startled at first, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, without saying a word, they each took out a piece of dry food from their bodies and handed it over, and one of them said, "Sister-in-law, you take this first." When this battle is over, our men will bring you food. Sister-in-law, is Nanchang County going this way? ”

After taking the grain, the woman's tears fell: "Thank you. Yes, are you guys going to hit the Japanese there? ”

"Have you seen them?"

"There are a lot of cars going to the city, I've seen them from afar."

"Sister-in-law, thank you, this information is very important to us!"

The two scouts did not stop for the slightest, and immediately returned the same way, and blocked the large force about two kilometers from the town of Macu. Qian Guangming received the report, and his eyes lit up. Since it is a surprise attack, the sooner the enemy army is discovered, the better. Originally, in order to ensure the effect of the surprise attack, a large number of reconnaissance troops had to be released before the attack to determine the location of the enemy troops, but now, they can directly push it over.

"Chen Shaobing!"

"Here!"

"Later, your department will leave a regiment to garrison Maqiu, so that the brothers will be on guard! Stay connected at any time! ”

"Yes!"

"The others pushed me straight. Zhang Cheng! ”

"Yes!"

"You brigade first, tell the brothers, don't be stingy with flares, it's hard to build! Remember, prioritize enemy vehicles! ”

"Yes!"

Qian Guangming gave an order, and the Ninth Division immediately took two tank regiments as the vanguard and killed the city of Nanchang with lightning speed.

At that time, the 11th Division and the 112th Division had just completed their rendezor in the southern suburbs of Nanchang County, and Munetake Yamamuro and Yamada Joji got together, first exchanging information, and then discussing the combat mission assigned by Okamura Ninji, so it was decided that the troops would be divided into four routes, of which the Nanchang Castle to Dongxin section would be the main attack, and the other road would make a detour to Toyama and launch a sneak attack from there.

Sotake Yamamuro: "We will attract the attention of the Shina people with the frontal three-way and create a sneak attack opportunity for Toyama to do so along the way. No matter how big the frontal casualties were, as long as Toyama could successfully infiltrate and destroy the headquarters of the Shina people, then the battle would be won. If we can kill or capture Ouyang Yun alive, then it will be worth it for us to fight it all! ”

Yamada Joji agreed: "If you really want to kill Ouyang Yun, not to mention filling in all of our Eastern Route Army, it is cost-effective to fill in the Western Route Army." Just one point, what about the artillery of the China? Your Excellency the Commander has asked us to be especially vigilant against the artillery of the Chinese people, we lack a sufficient number of heavy artillery, which is a problem! ”

"That can only rely on the cavalry troops, Yamashiro-kun, how about we use the cavalry forces together? Let them make a detour to Nanxinxiang to cross the river from there, and then wait for the artillery of China to be exposed, and then make a surprise attack! ”

"That's a good idea, so let's do it!"

"Roar! Let's get started! ”

Munetake Yamamuro and Joji Yamada merged the headquarters of the two divisions, and then issued orders in the name of the joint command, and the combat tasks were quickly assigned. In just five minutes, the cavalry units of the two divisions first gathered together and rode their horses in the direction of Nanchang Castle under the unified command of the commander of the 11th Cavalry Wing, Isamu Tanabe, and then, Yamada Joji personally led the 113th Wing to Toyama Township. As soon as Yamada Joji led his troops to leave, Yamamuro Sotake raised his command knife and said to the dozen or so junior officers gathered around him: "Gentlemen, let's go too!" ”

"Hay!" The officers were responding loudly, and suddenly a flare rose from the northwest direction, and then the gunfire was loud, everyone was stunned, and Yamamuro Sotake scolded: "Eight grids, what is Sato doing?" ”

Sato is the wing commander of the 11th Tank Wing under the 11th Division. Yamamuro thought he had attacked without receiving an order, but he didn't know that they had been attacked by the Academy.

The offensive of the Ninth Division was sudden and fierce, and as the scouts in front fired a flare to send out an attack signal, the 317th Heavy Tank Regiment rushed forward with lightning speed under the command of the regiment commander Yang Jianfeng. Behind Sato were about 20 Type 97 cavalry armored vehicles and a large group of infantry. The Type 97 cavalry armored vehicle is one of the best armored vehicles in the Japanese army at present. The armor thickness of this type of armored vehicle has reached 12 mm, far exceeding the 6 mm of its predecessors, and it is equipped with a 37 mm combat defense gun, which has considerable anti-combat vehicle capabilities, which can be said to be both offensive and defensive. Sato arranged this type of tank in the rear of the array, originally wanted to use its superior mobility to complete the assault at a critical time, but he did not expect that the Cadet Army would kill from behind, and his arrangement was just to fulfill the prestige of the "Mandrill" tank - there was no suspense in the battle, the caliber of the tank gun of the "Mandrill" tank reached 108 mm, and a cannon passed, not to mention being hit, as long as it was next to each other, the Japanese army's Type 97 cavalry armored vehicle was blown over or the cover was lifted. The battle lasted less than 10 minutes, and 11 armored vehicles were routed, and the commander of the tank group had no choice but to give the order to retreat.

The rear column collapsed at the first touch, and the chariot troops and infantry in the middle column were not opponents, so they could only flee westward.

The troops behind were chaotic and collapsed, and even though Sato knew that he was invincible, he could only command the tank troops to meet the attack. As expected, the latest model of the Type 99 tank, which has been repeatedly improved by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the most prestigious military enterprise in the empire, is still as powerless as a baby facing an adult when facing the "Mandrill" heavy tank of the Cadet Army. With only one face, the four Type 99 vehicles turned into a pile of scrap metal, and two of them were paralyzed there, while Sato shook his head frequently, he knew that if he continued to fight, the whole army would be annihilated, so he had to lead the troops to flee south along the east bank of the Gan River. All of a sudden, Nanchang City was given up.