Section 71 Arrangement of the Departments

After the previous "Battle of Changsha", the 19th Group Army under his command not only successfully recovered Gao'an, Xiangfuguan, Dacheng and other places, but also even Fengxin, which was originally occupied by the Japanese 106th Division, was also included in the defense line of the 9th Theater of Operations. Because behind the first line of defense, Gao'an, the original key point, has been completely destroyed after a series of many pulls, and there is no danger to defend at all.

Decisive battle! Luo Zhuoying commanded the 19th Group Army and fought countless tough battles with the Japanese over the years, not to mention the 33rd and 34th divisions and regiments, but the 3rd and 6th divisions and other most elite units of the Japanese army. Without thinking about it at all, he gave the order for a decisive battle. The plan was reported to the theater headquarters, and Chief Xue also agreed to the plan for the decisive battle for the first time, no matter whether the Japanese army is the main attack or a feint, and whether northern Jiangxi is a containment battlefield or the main attack battlefield of the Japanese army, since the devils have come in, they must be resolutely killed.

At the same time, the independent regiment also received the information that the front-line war began, and the stone immediately summoned a group of fierce generals under his command to come and obey the order, for more than a year, the independent regiment in Yifeng is not only to fight the local tyrants to divide the land, open up the wasteland for planting, and expand breeding, all of this is just the foundation for the stone to train a strong army, and in the case of these foundations are firmly laid, in the case of a large type of meat and sufficient supply of grain and grass, people do not need to consider the problem of food, clothing and nutrition. I also put all my mind on training.

One by one, the originally lean soldiers developed a full body of muscles, and one by one the thin bodies became burly, coupled with their murderous and fierce aura, it was intimidating. The most important thing is that after more than a year of quiet life and recuperation, the psychological and physical fatigue has also disappeared, and one by one the dragons and tigers have risen violently, and now they have heard the battle on the front line in vain, and they have not the slightest fear at all, but a voice of active fighting, wishing to go to the front now.

The excited expressions of the veterans also infected the newly recruited soldiers in the regiment. In fact, these soldiers are not without combat experience, the stone has always advocated the actual combat for the training of soldiers, after the completion of the basic training of these soldiers, the stone also specially arranged for Liu Taiping to take these recruits to the mountains outside Yifeng to suppress the bandits to fight, on the one hand, let them see blood, from these bandits to learn some combat experience, on the other hand, it is also to stabilize the place to collect some grain and grass as a reward. However, fighting bandits in the mountains and fighting devils are completely two different concepts, mainly because the notoriety of devils in recent years is really scary.

However, looking at these veterans who have fought with devils for an unknown number of battles, their faces are full of excitement, and their hearts have gradually settled down, and they can't help but think of the bloody battles that the veterans have talked about, thinking of the mythical story of the regiment commander who is invincible and invincible, gradually, their blood is also boiling. Indeed, what is there to worry about fighting with such a regimental commander?

The soldiers in the regiment were full of confidence, but Shi remained calm at this time, and he only regarded it as a very calm thing for the upcoming battle. Yifeng's various combat preparations had been made a long time ago, and as long as the combat order from the military headquarters came down, they could quickly start and rush to the battlefield in the shortest possible time.

Just when they were preparing to discuss the battle situation here, Lin Xiufeng, the regimental attaché, and Wu Zihuai, the chief of staff, finally rushed back in time, and they went to Shanggao to discuss the matter of exchanging grain with the 51st Division on the order of Shi, and finally completed the matter before the big war came. Shishi's expectations for them are not high, and he also knows the situation of the 51st Division, with people like Li Tianxia, what oil and water can they have? If you really mix well, you won't even have enough food. However, Lin Xiufeng then told him a good news, although he didn't get enough money and materials back, but he didn't find nothing, he cooperated with Wu Zihuai or ruthlessly searched the warehouse of the 51st Division, and found a lot of good things from it, first of all, two Meiji 41-year 75mm mountain guns, which were trophies taken from the devil and have been thrown in the warehouse by the 51st Division.

75mm caliber artillery shells, in fact, there are still in the national army, but limited by the low production capacity of the domestic military industry, whether it is the gun body or artillery shells, basically rely on imports, so that in the southeast coastal area is completely controlled by the Japanese army, the source of artillery shells is almost cut off, such a unit like the 51st Division, naturally can not get a batch supply of artillery shells, just a few shells, what can be used?

Lin Xiufeng and Wu Zihuai naturally pulled these things back unceremoniously, including some anti-infantry mines, anti-tank*, grenadiers, etc., most of which were captured from the devils, and the things were very miscellaneous and not organized. For these things, where did Li Tianxia get the mind to get them? He was too busy playing with women to take care of these things. These discarded things can be exchanged for food, and he can't ask for them, so he agrees without even thinking about them. However, even so, the 51st Division still had a large gap in food, and in the end it could only borrow part of it on credit from the Independent Regiment and repay it later.

Listening to their report, Shi also nodded with satisfaction, although the amount of grain reserves has been greatly reduced, but just like Chief of Staff Chen said, the 51st Division, as their old troops, can't watch these Pao Ze brothers go hungry, especially when his former boss Zhou Zhidao has come forward, he will suffer a little loss.

After listening to this, Shi put his mind on the current battle situation, the devil has now occupied the front line of Fengxin and Xiangfuguan, and is advancing towards the front line of Gao'an, judging from the current situation, I am afraid that the big battle is about to begin. This was the first battle after they left the 51st Division, and it was also the first battle after their expansion, the number of troops has increased, and the conditions have improved.

On March 16, Chen Yu, chief of staff of the military department, personally rushed to Yifeng to supervise the battle, and when he saw a busy scene everywhere, and he could see excited and active soldiers and people everywhere, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Yifeng's people's morale was available, and the soldiers of the independent regiment were available.

However, in the face of the invitation of Shi and others, he could only shake his head, according to the order of Shangfeng, the departments will be stationed in the second line of defense and the Japanese army for a decisive battle, as the main force in the middle of the road, the 74th Army naturally has to undertake extremely heavy defensive tasks, the preliminary arrangement of the military seat is that the 51st Division will be stationed on the Ducheng line on the south bank of the Jinjiang River, and the 57th Division will be stationed in Guanqiao Town and Sixi Town, relying on Sixi to meet the Japanese army going south, as for the 58th Division, it will be stationed in the area of Stone Street, holding the Jinjiang River, and the two sides will respond to the defense line of the 51st Division and the 57th Division. In the event of an accident, reinforcements will be provided in a timely manner.

As for the independent regiment, it will still be stationed in Yifeng, and after the battlefield situation is clear, the direction of the attack will be determined according to the order.

As the strategic reserve of the entire 74th Army and as the most elite unit of the whole army, it is natural that they should throw themselves into the battle at the most intense and important juncture of the battle to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese army. It's just that everyone in the independent regiment who heard the news shook their heads and sighed one by one, obviously quite dissatisfied with this situation. It's no wonder that in the past, once there was a battle, every time they charged at the front, but this time they could only watch from behind, and this kind of gap was naturally unacceptable for a while. However, Shangguan has already spoken, where do they have the right to change, they can only passively accept this fact, and it is not until this time that they really understand the concept of independent regiment, which is completely different from before.

After arranging the independent regiment and calming the emotions of Shi and the others, Chief of Staff Chen hurriedly returned to Wanzai, the war had begun, and he didn't have time to stay here longer. The three divisions were about to be attacked by the enemy, and if possible, he had to go to the front line to command the battle. As soon as the war starts, time is not enough for everyone.

On March 17, after crossing Ayutthaya, the Japanese army continued to approach in the direction of the upper heights, and the Japanese forward troops engaged the 51st and 57th Divisions head-on. In particular, the appearance of enemy troops on the south bank of the Jinjiang River gradually made the situation of the entire battlefield clear. Fortunately, Wang Yaowu had the foresight to deploy the 51st Division on the front line of Ducheng to defend against the enemy, otherwise if the Japanese army was allowed to act on the south bank of the Jinjiang River, I am afraid that Shanggao would not be in a flanking attack for a long time. The 51st Division, which arrived in advance, had already set up a solid position near independence, and fortified it layer by layer in the areas of Jigongling, Daling, and Jiepu around Ducheng, and after the Japanese troops crossing the river advanced to this area, they were immediately attacked head-on by the officers and men of the 51st Division, and after the vanguard was defeated, they had to stop their advance.

This part of the Japanese troops crossing the river was the 20th mixed brigade that came from Shanghai to fill the vacancy in northern Jiangxi after the transfer of the 33rd Division, and this independent mixed brigade was only formed in Shanghai in December last year, and after a little training, it was transferred to the Nanchang front line and incorporated into the 11th Army sequence. However, the new brigade commander, Naozo Ikeda, was in high spirits and wanted to make a big show here, but when he heard that there was an enemy position in front of him, he not only did not flinch, but instead directed his troops to launch a strong attack.