Around one o'clock in the morning, the big town finally quieted down again. It only took about five minutes for them to embark on the road to Akata Town with nine captured military trucks and nearly 300 Japanese prisoners. About a quarter of an hour after they left, Inoue Tianmei gasped twice, smelled the thick smell of blood in the air, and immediately heard a Japanese scream in his ears, his face changed, a fishy smell rolled up from his stomach, and he couldn't help but vomit anymore. This meal was so good that he vomited until his whole body was sore, and even the stomach mucosa was vomited, and then he stopped. "No, I have to send a telegram to the division headquarters immediately to report this information to them. The reason why the people of China sniped at the Lion Gate was not to prevent our army from attacking Nanchang at all, but to encircle our army! The Zhina troops just now should have gone to the direction of Fengxin County, the Zhina people are so ambitious, do they want to annihilate our army? As soon as he thought of this, Inoue was so anxious that he sat down on the ground and immediately turned on the transmitter.

At this moment, not long after the battle of the Lion Gate ended, Gan Shigetaro was personally starting the reorganization of the troops in the 33rd Light and Heavy Infantry Wing, when suddenly the little nuggets came over with more than a dozen gendarmes, and he asked the soldiers around him loudly: "Where is the division commander?" Did you see the division commander? ”

Gan Qi heard the shout, greeted him, and asked, "Chief of Staff, what happened?" ”

Little Nuggets City glanced at the middle- and low-level officers around him, and the latter and his party immediately avoided it in good spirits. He pulled the suspicious Gan Qi to a place away from the lights, and said to him in a low voice: "Your Excellency, I have just received a telegram from Second Lieutenant Inoue Tianmei, the communications staff officer of the 213th Wing, and he reports that the 213th Wing has been ambushed by the Cadet Army in a big town, and the whole army has been exhausted. ”

"What?" Gan Qi was shocked, "How can there be a student army in Dacheng?" ”

Inoue said that it was probably from Gao'an, and he reported that although this student army only had about one regiment, it had a very high degree of mechanization. And the means were extremely ruthless, the 213 Wing was caught off guard and was sneak attacked, most of them were captured, and after the Cadet Army captured them, they actually carried out a massacre on the spot! ”

"Eight grids!" Gan Qi gasped, shocked. If there is a student army behind them, it will mean that they may be surrounded at any time - this is the real reason why the student army is guarding the lion gate, right? Thinking about it this way, I was a little aware that there would be great resistance to attacking the Lion Gate, but I heard Xiao Di say: "Your Excellency, I have carefully analyzed it, and I think this student army should not be a real student army?" ”

These words were a bit tongue-twisting, which made Gan Qi, who had just become conscious, confused again, and he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Your Excellency, do you remember the Zhongtong spy who was captured by us?"

"Is that the one named Zhang Mingjun?"

"Yes, from him, we have received valuable information. In view of the fact that Xue Yue and Ouyang Yun had personal contacts, the one in Chongqing did not trust Xue Yue very much, so he did not let him command the entire Ninth War Zone for a long time. Later, I analyzed and investigated this piece of information, and found that Xue Yue's troops really had about one division of troops equipped with the standard equipment of the Cadet Army. Your Excellency, is it possible that the defenders of Nanchang could not support it and asked Xue Yue for help, but the latter did not dare to disobey Chongqing's order, so he came out like this? The 74th Army under the command of Xue Yue once completely annihilated our 17th Division in Pengze, and the combat effectiveness of this division is quite considerable. ”

Gan Qi groaned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Excellency, I think this is an opportunity for us to take care of."

"Oh?"

"The Nanchang Scholar Army asked Xue Yue to help, just to let us divide our troops to defend the back road, or send troops to build a new county to reserve a way out. Inoue said that if the student soldiers went to Xinjian County, then we would divide a part of our troops to go out of the county, creating the illusion that we were going to divide our troops to Xinjian County, but in fact, they were asked to force their way across the Dianqian Reservoir five kilometers northwest of the Lion Gate, and then go around behind the Lion Gate to flank them. What do you think? ”

Gan Qi groaned and said, "What if it is a real student army that appears in the big city? ”

"Then this must be the vanguard of the large army of the Scholar Army, so we have no other way but to break through from the Lion Gate."

"Did you send someone to investigate the hydrological condition of the reservoir in front of the store?"

"They have already asked the shallow well to investigate, the narrowest part of the reservoir is only more than 200 meters, because it is winter, so the water flow is very gentle. There are quite a few large trees on the west bank of the reservoir, which can be cut down to make rafts. Using a raft to cross the river, it is estimated that it will only take about half an hour to transport a brigade over. Your Excellency, if you agree, I will be in charge of this brigade. ”

"Let's do it. However, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking up from behind, in the direction of Oshiro, I decided to send Kentaro Watanabe's cavalry wing over. Even if the Scholar Army that appeared in the direction of Ayutthaya was pretending to be the 74th Army, they actually dared to slaughter prisoners of war, and it was hard to guarantee that they would not pretend to attack us from behind. ”

"Your Excellency is wise, in this way, it will be foolproof!" After Xiao Di finished speaking, he prepared to go to the 214th Wing to select the team that would smuggle the Qiandian Reservoir. Gan Yu shouted to him and ordered: "Let the communications team get in touch with the headquarters immediately, and be sure to ask for the support of the air force." The reason why we are now in a passive position is because of the lack of battlefield intelligence. Just tell Commander Yamamoto that even one or two reconnaissance planes are very necessary for us. ”

"Hay!"

At half past three o'clock in the morning, when Xiao Diqin led a large group of devils to the west bank of the Qiandian Reservoir, Gan Feng asked the 214 Wing to launch a gambling night attack on the Lion Gate.

Even if there is a very reasonable analysis of Xiao Di, Gan Yu is still very concerned about the information sent back by Inoue Tianmei. At about three o'clock, after finally selecting the combatable soldiers in the logistics troops and reorganizing the two brigades, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and then suddenly thought that to solve this crisis, in fact, he only needed to take the lion gate together, so he asked the co-captain of the 214th Wing, Ken Sato, to launch a gambling attack.

Ken Sato personally led a large group of devils, and did not make any pre-battle fire preparations, and went to the top of the mountain in the dark. Gan Qian gambled that the defenders would be careless and negligent in their defenses, but how could such a thing happen to the cadets? Seeing that the sneak attack had turned into a strong attack, Gan Qi was unwilling to fight a war of attrition, so he decisively ordered a retreat, and began to wait wholeheartedly for the good news of Xiaodu.

Up and down the Lion Gate, the attacking and defending sides tacitly confronted each other again, and at this time, in the far east, the dawn had already appeared on the sea.