The Sixth Division of the School adopts this unconventional style of play. The picture is to seize the relatively scattered distribution of the Japanese army in Yingtan, cut and surround it at the beginning of the battle, and prepare for the next annihilation.

The Japanese were too confident to believe that the Chinese army would take the initiative to attack, and as a result, once the center was breached, the original defensive advantage now became a disadvantage in strength. Thanks to Mizuhara Yoshishige's quick response, the 22nd Brigade was recalled to Yingtan in time, otherwise, the current situation is that all three brigades are surrounded.

There is still a battle to be fought against the actions of the Sixth Division, and the Fifth Division led by Li Hansoul personally went from Pucheng to Guangfeng, but he didn't see a single devil along the way. The commander of the Japanese army in Guangrao was the chief of staff of the 8th Mixed Independent Brigade Ida Mori Lin Nakasa, and the Japanese army in Guangrao had two brigades, the 34th and 35th independent brigades. When the Fifth Division of Xuewu came out of Pucheng, the devils of these two brigades were collectively shooting targets at a shooting range outside Guangrao City, and all the garrison work on the periphery was handed over to the puppet army.

The puppet army is very good at oppressing the common people, and when they start fighting, they immediately become rabbits. The puppet army ran too fast, although more than half of a security regiment was captured, but a small half ran into Guangrao City, so that Ida Shenglin got the alarm and immediately pulled the troops back into Guangrao City, so it was impossible for the Fifth Division to fight quickly.

Li Hansoul was not in a hurry, and got in touch with the Jibu Brigade of the Third Army, and learned that the brigade had entered Yushan Town, cutting off the connection between Yushan and Changshan, so he led his troops to surround Guangrao and prepare to wait for an opportunity to annihilate this Japanese army.

The South China Front Army had a newly incorporated mixed independent brigade in the Guangrao and Yingtan areas, and the Cadet Corps had invested two and a half divisions at a time, showing a posture of wanting to eat all the 8th mixed independent brigades. The importance of Yingtan and Guangrao to the situation in South China is self-evident, Matsui Ishi was thinking about increasing his troops in the area, but before he could move, the Xuebing Army launched such a fierce offensive. And once Yingtan and Guangrao are lost, then if you want to attack Fujian, you can only launch an offensive from Zhejiang and the sea. And to involve the Navy in the war, this is what the senior officials of the Ministry of War do not want to see.

At about 11 o'clock in the afternoon, the fortifications of the 9th Division in Qingyuan County were bombed by the 2nd Air Division. According to the original plan, the air attack on Qingyuan should have been completed by the 3rd Air Division at Fuzhou Airport, but the division suffered heavy losses in the skies over Ningbo, and Tie Linfei did not dare to damage the remaining Air Fortress and Xue-1 fighters, so he had to let the 2nd Air Division do the work on his behalf.

At the same time, within the boundaries of Jiangshan City, the Third Army and the 13th Division finally started fighting.

After the Jibu Brigade and the Xuebu Division of the Third Army and the Xueqi Division entered the territory of Zhejiang through the Fengling Pass under the unified leadership of Deputy Army Commander Mo Xide, the troops of the Erbadu Town were divided into two routes, and the Jibu Brigade marched to Yushan through Shidu Village under the leadership of the brigade commander Zhang Laishun. And the Seventh Division went straight to Xiakou Town. There is only one squadron of devils in Xiakou Town, and the devils in this department know that they can't fight against the large army of the student army, so they occupy the only school corner in the town and resist stubbornly. After the vanguard of the Seventh Division surrounded the school, considering that there were still teachers and staff inside, they did not choose to attack, leaving some people to watch the devils of the department, and the others bypassed and directly reconnoitred and advanced to Changtai Town.

When Matsui called Suzuki Shimono, he was leading the engineering team to rescue the surviving artillery at the artillery position. The 13th Artillery Wing suffered heavy losses in this round of air raids, and only one of the heavy guns of the two brigades ended up intact. Suzuki Shimono received an order from Matsui Ishone, fearing that the artillery would not be enough to cause passivity, so he concentrated the artillery belonging to the four infantry wings, and in this way put together another artillery wing. Immediately, he took the 58th Wing, the 104th Wing and this miscellaneous artillery wing to support Jiangshan County.

Originally, there were two brigades of Japanese troops stationed in Jiangshan County, but because they had to carry out defensive tasks in various places, there was actually only one brigade left in Jiangshan County.

As soon as Suzuki Shimono and his troops felt the country, they received a telegram from Taka Yamamoto, the commander of the garrison of Yushan Town, saying that a large army of Shina had been found in Danan Town and asked for support.

Previously, the Japanese army in Jiangshan County had received a telegram from Xiakou Town, because the telegram also claimed to have encountered a large army of China, which made Suzuki Shimono difficult. At this moment, how desperate he was to get air intelligence support - in his heart, he took it for granted that one of the two Chinese armies was absolutely bluffing.

Just as he was thinking about something, ......the roar of the plane's engine sounded in the southwest sky, and he looked up and saw a small black dot flying closer and closer, and he knew that this was the reconnaissance plane of the Zhina, and the feeling in his heart was even more wretched.

The commander of the 58th Wing, Yusaku Kimura, saw his hesitation, and leaned in and said: "Your Excellency, I think the best choice for our army at present is to leave the two brigades and artillery units to defend the country, and then the main force will go to Tanshi to see if there is a chance to go around to the southwest of Yushan from the direction of Qunli to encircle and annihilate the enemy forces attacking Yushan." Regardless of whether the people of China feinted to attack Yushan or not, as long as we hold Yushan, we will be able to threaten and attack the rear flank of the Guangrao Zhina army. At that time, if the 65th Wing and the 116th Wing are dispatched, they will be able to form an encirclement of the Chinese army attacking Jiangshan......"

Suzuki Shimono looked at the map and said after a while, "Go and call Matsushita Castle Ertai." ”

"Hello!"

Matsushita Castle No. 2 is the commander of the defenders of Jiangshan County. After he was brought over, Suzuki Shimono asked, "Matsushita-kun, have the people who built the fortifications disbanded?" ”

"Not yet, in order to prevent them from making trouble, I have already locked them up in Barracks No. 2."

"If I remember correctly, the Jiangshan Munitions Depot just arrived with a batch of winter clothes, right?"

"Yes. These winter clothes were supposed to be sent to the 8th Mixed Independent Brigade, but the people who didn't make it called came. It seems that it will not be able to be sent over until the attack of the repulsors is defeated. ”

Suzuki Shimono looked at Matsushita Castle Ertai, and suddenly said sternly: "Matsushita-kun, I want to give you a glorious task, are you sure to complete it?" ”

"Hello!" Matsushita instinctively stood up straight and bowed his head in reply.

"Dress all the men in our uniforms, equip them with the guns they have captured, and remember that bayonets and bullets are not allowed to them. Then, you can press them back and forth in Jiangshan County! ”

Matsushita was confused, he originally thought that the glorious order was to order himself to be glorious, but now it sounded like there was no need to go out of the city, so there was no danger at all.

Kimura Xiong and the others heard the mystery, and several devil junior officers bowed respectfully and praised: "Your Excellency Commander, it's really wonderful!" ”

Suzuki Shimono was a little proud, he looked at Kimura and said, "Kimura Daisa, this is thanks to your advice. Whether this plan will work or not, the defense of Jiangshan County is very important, I need a reliable person to command here, Kimura Daisa, this task will be handed over to you! ”

Kimura was thrilled - the more difficult the task, the greater the merit he could get, and this was exactly what he hoped for, and he replied without hesitation: "Your Excellency, I promise to complete the mission!" ”

"The people of China have air supremacy, so the flexibility of artillery must be guaranteed. Kimura, get ready to hold out for three days! In three days, I will lead a large army to punch the people from behind, and then it will be time for you to make a meritorious deed! ”

"Hello! The Imperial Army will win! ”

In the combat plan of the Xuebing Army, whether or not to capture Jiangshan and Yushan was secondary, and the attack on these two places was actually aimed at creating a favorable atmosphere for the Second Army to annihilate the enemy.

The frequent sorties of reconnaissance planes basically grasped the whereabouts of the Japanese in a timely manner, and this information was sent to the front-line commanders through radio waves, and they could choose whether to really fight or maintain coercion according to the actual situation.

"The Japanese have seen the intentions of our army!" Upon learning of the massive build-up of Japanese troops in Jiangshan, and immediately half of them went to Yushan, Mohid came to the above conclusion.

Gui Mingxun, the commander of the Seventh Division, pointed to the map and said: "The Japanese want to divide their troops into Yushan, so we will fight them back!" ”

Mohid nodded: "Fight!" ”

The reconnaissance plane flew over Jiangshan City again, but this time it was tasked with providing coordinate guidance for the artillery regiment of the Seventh Division.

As soon as the reconnaissance plane appeared, Kimura Xiong immediately ordered the artillery to hide, and then he personally led a large group of devils and drove out of Jiangshan Castle in a mighty way.

Suzuki Shimono's order to Kimura Yuo was to hold on to the country for three days, and Kimura Yu doubted the determination of the school army to capture the country from beginning to end, so he was very suspicious that the enemy army that appeared outside Shimen Town was only a suspicious army. "If the Shina are just bluffing, then we will fight back fiercely, and if the Shina are a large army, then we will take the Shimen defenders back," he explained to his subordinates as he went out of the city to meet the battle.

Shimen is only about twenty kilometers away from Jiangshan, and with such a short distance, Suzuki Shimono has the confidence to go back and forth calmly.

The pilot of the reconnaissance plane saw the queue of more than a thousand devils, and he immediately reported it to Mohid by radio. Mohid asked about the number of enemy troops in Jiangshan County, and immediately concluded that these devils were here to test it. He then said to Gui Mingxun: "The Japanese don't seem to know the scale of our army, so it's okay, you lead the 19th Brigade to feint to attack Shimen, and I will take the 20th Brigade around Changtai to try to eat this devil under the nose of the little devil." ”

"Good. Be careful, Commander! ”

"Let's act!"

The 21st Brigade, led by the brigade commander Chen Erbing, first hid in the nearby mountains and forests, while the 19th Brigade dispatched a regiment to launch an attack on Shimen. In order to make the Japanese unclear about their own strength and weaponry, Gui Mingxun did not send a tank, but only asked the pioneer regiment to prepare fire with mortars.

The mortar fire of "clang" sounded, and the devils of a squad in the south of Shimen Town immediately retreated into the town. Then the two sides began mortar fire. Dozens of mortar shells were fired from each side, and after the vanguard regiment tore two holes in the fortifications south of the town, they immediately launched a ground attack.

The battle began.