At this time, the Battle of Nanchang was also in full swing.

With the successive arrival of several subsequent divisions and regiments of the Commander Army, the passive situation of the Japanese army in the previous stage has been greatly alleviated, and the Nationalist army's attempt to recover Nanchang has also come to naught, and Xue Yue, deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater of the Nationalist Army, even had a dispute with Chairman Chiang on whether to recover Nanchang.

Due to the extremely fierce offensive of the national army in the previous stage, especially the 74th Army, which had just been equipped with Soviet-style equipment, it showed super combat effectiveness on the battlefield, advancing from Fengxin and Dacheng to the Xishan Wanshou Palace outside Nanchang City

At that time, if it were not for Yu Jishi's timidity, fearing that the 74th Army would be too lonely and would be surrounded by the Japanese army, and if it were not for the fact that Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 74th Army at that time, happened to be recuperating in Ji'an, the 74th Army might have already recovered Nanchang, and the Battle of Nanchang would have ended with the victory of the national army.

It's a pity that history has no ifs, because of Yu Jishi's cowardice, the national army lost an excellent fighter.

However, the dazzling performance of the 19th Army, especially the 74th Army, in the first stage gave Commander Chiang the illusion that the combat effectiveness of the Nationalist Army had been greatly strengthened after some of the Soviet-style equipment had been replaced, while the combat effectiveness of Little Japan had seriously declined after experiencing continuous attrition in the Battle of Wuhan.

It was on the basis of this judgment that Chairman Chiang resolutely made up his mind to recover Nanchang

Chairman Chiang stubbornly held that since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war, the Nationalist army has been retreating, retreating, and retreating, and that it is time for a major counterattack and to recover one or two major cities.

After a normal period of time, Chairman Chiang's brain began to heat up again.

As a front-line commander, Xue Yue was more aware of the practical difficulties of the national army, and the practical difficulty of the national army was the lack of heavy weapons to attack fortified positions, and another difficulty was that the logistics support of the national army was also very problematic, and the light weapons aided by the Soviet Union were very useful, but the problem was that the consumption was also large

After more than a month of continuous offensive operations, the 30 or so main divisions participating in the offensive have basically exhausted the veterans of the division, and the ammunition supply carried by the army has basically been exhausted.

Xue Yue was one of the few high-ranking generals in the Nationalist Army who dared to resist Chairman Chiang's edict head-on, and this time Xue Yue also insisted on his own opinion, and was supported by his direct boss, Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp

Such a result is undoubtedly unfavorable for Okamura Ninji.

After the subsequent main divisions were in place one after another, Okamura Ninji even looked forward to the national army taking the initiative to attack.

This is because the consumption of offensive operations is obviously greater than that of anti-unloading operations, and once the Nationalist army attacks, once the offensive is unfavorable, it is very easy for the Japanese army to seize the opportunity to counterattack; with the current situation of the Chinese and Japanese armies, once the Nationalist army is defeated, the main force of the 30 divisions on the Nanchang battlefield will most likely be completely annihilated by the Japanese army.

If this is the case, this will be the only large-scale annihilation battle fought by the Japanese army since the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, which is enough to wash away the shame left by Okamura Ninji on the De'an battlefield.

It's a pity that people don't fulfill God's wish, and Xue Yue, a difficult old opponent, once again ruined Okamura Ningji's good deeds.

Therefore, Okamura Ningci's mood is very bad these days, because the situation of the Battle of Nanchang is evolving towards the situation of the Battle of De'an, and the war is likely to fall into a stalemate again, Xue Yue, a nasty and difficult opponent, is like kraft candy, if you want to shake it off, you can't get rid of it, you can't fight it if you want to, not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

Therefore, when Okamura Ninji heard that the dragon mouth was lost, it was understandable that he was in a bad mood.

Longkou is just a remote and small county, and from a military point of view, it is nothing to give up, but if you look at it from a different angle and from a political point of view, the conclusion is completely different.

This is because, so far, as long as it has been occupied by the Japanese army, there is no precedent for re-spitting out, not even an inch, but Longkou County has set a very bad precedent, from the overall level of the impact may not be great, after all, it is only a small county, but for the public security situation in southern Anhui, the impact is very great.

Because this means that none of the more than a dozen county towns in southern Anhui is absolutely safe.

"Your Excellency Commander, I request that the brigade headquarters be moved to Longkou." Fujido Gaoying hung his head and said in a muffled voice.

"Nani, move the brigade headquarters to Longkou County? Just such a small remote county? Fujido-san, don't you think it's a bit of a fuss? Okamura Ninji frowned deeply, although he was in a bad mood now, he didn't spill his anger on Fujido Gaoying's head, in the final analysis, the loss of the dragon's mouth had nothing to do with Fujido Gaoying.

"Is there really no valuable information about this anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui?" Okamura Ninji was also puzzled by the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, which appeared almost overnight, what kind of army is this? Was it a small group of guerrilla units sent by the Nationalist army to the Japanese-occupied areas, or was it a guerrilla force led by the Communist Party? Or is Yu Crisp just a gang of bandits?

Fujido Takaei raised his head, looked at Okamura Ninji with a bitter expression, and said, "I disappointed Your Excellency the Commander."

"Then forget it, Longkou will give up for the time being." Okamura Ningji sighed, now is the critical juncture of the Battle of Nanchang, all the combat readiness resources of the Army must give priority to the Nanchang front, in order to ensure the final victory of the Battle of Nanchang, it is not unacceptable to temporarily shrink in the remaining directions.

Fujitang Gao Ying said: "Your Excellency Commander, really give up Longkou?" ”

"So be it." Okamura Ninji waved his hand depressedly and chased away the guest.

"Hello." Fujido Takaei bowed heavily and walked away.

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"Captain, captain...... Wang Laohu, commander of the L battalion of the Qingyang County Guerrilla Corps, ran to Liang Daring and gasped, "I can't stand it, the brothers can't stand it, let's withdraw quickly." ”

Liang Daring gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Tell the brothers, hold on for another hour, no, half an hour"

Wang Laohu's face immediately fell, and he complained bitterly: "Captain, still insisting?" The casualties are too great. ”

Liang Daring was also a little hesitant, from the middle of last night to the present, little Japan is like crazy, launching a decisive charge again and again, there is a great deal of Jiashi, who will open up the Qinglong Highway at all costs, and the three lines of defense built by the Qingyang County Guerrilla Corps in Yanyi, Jiujianlang, and Ao have all been broken through.

Liang Daring then built a fourth line of defense in the Pingshui Temple, and now he is almost unable to withstand it.

What is particularly unfavorable is that the sky is about to dawn, and as soon as the day is bright, the mortars and grenadiers of the little Japan will immediately hit the positions of the guerrillas as if they have long eyes, and Liang Daring has witnessed the confrontation between the little Japanese and the Sichuan army at close range, and the mortars and grenadiers of the little Japanese are really not vegetarians.

Shu Tongwen also said: "Captain Liang, why don't you withdraw?" ”

From yesterday to now, the guerrillas have dragged little Japan for half the night, and no matter what will happen on the Longkou side, the guerrillas can be regarded as worthy of friendly forces.

Liang Daring was even more hesitant.

Seeing that the eastern sky was lighting up little by little, Liang Daring finally made up his mind to withdraw.

However, just as Liang was about to give the order, the most unexpected situation happened, the little Japan, which was launching a fierce attack on the guerrilla position, actually retreated first, and did not stop after withdrawing from the battle, several infantry squads spread out in battle formation, alternately covering the direction of the comings and goings.

"Hey, little Japan is giving up?" Shu Tongwen said in surprise.

"It's weird, this doesn't make sense, it's obviously the upper hand, how can you say that you will withdraw? Don't be some kind of conspiracy that little Japan is playing, right? Wang Laohu was also confused.

Liang Daring slapped his thigh and shouted: "Damn, there must be an accident in Longkou County, and it is not conducive to the change of Little Japan, the Little Japan in Qingyang County will go over, and the situation will not be restored, otherwise, Little Japan will never withdraw so easily."

"Something happened in Longkou County?" Wang Laohu said blankly, "What's the change?" ”

"You ask me?" Liang boldly glared at Wang Laohu, pointed to his nose, and said angrily, "Who the hell am I asking?" ”

After that, Liang Daring called the eldest son of the guard over again and instructed him: "Eldest son, you take two people to Longkou to see what is going on over there, damn it, Lao Tzu fought a vicious battle here for most of the night, but you have to make this matter clear, don't Zuihou can't figure out who is fighting for." ”