Section 11 Impasse

However, this approach of severely reprimanding Yu Jishi, everyone can not agree even more, the 74th Army has fought almost all the major battles in Central China since Songhu, repeatedly made military exploits, killed countless enemies, and its strong performance can be said to be the best in the whole army, if this kind of army is still reprimanded, I am afraid that it will chill the hearts of the soldiers, so that the already passive situation is more and more embarrassing, and the morale of the soldiers is depressed, who can stop the pace of the Japanese invaders?

However, the battle of counterattacking Gao'an has turned into a battle of encirclement and annihilation, and all aspects must be rearranged, and the cumbersomeness in it cannot be explained clearly in one sentence or two. For example, if you want to encircle and annihilate a division of the Japanese army, you must at least draw three to five times the number of troops to besiege it, and at this moment, what is the total number of troops around Nanchang? Another point to consider is that Fengxin is too close to Nanchang, and the main force of the Japanese army will be able to get in touch with Fengxin's 106th Division as long as it captures Dacheng, and all bets will be placed on whether or not Dacheng can be held.

As for replacing the original parallel offensive with one side of the strong attack and one side of the containment, this is a secondary matter. However, the things mentioned by Yu Jishi in the report are also realistic, when the 49th Army was almost defeated, the 74th Army had to face almost two divisions of the enemy, and the pressure was so great that it was conceivable, and it was already extremely amazing to be able to achieve such results under such circumstances. After vetoing Yu Jishi's idea of encircling and annihilating the Fengxin Japanese army, in order to allow the 74th Army to attack Xishan freely and open up the passage to Nanchang, Luo Zhuoying, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the 9th Theater, deliberately transferred the 139th Division from the 32nd Army to Gao'an and Fengxin to connect the defense, so that the 74th Army could concentrate on attacking Xishan.

Speaking of which, Yu Jishi is also very helpless at this time, he has been promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the 19th Army at this moment, as Luo Zhuoying's deputy, the 49th Army and the 74th Army are under his command, but after all, he has just been promoted, and the old man who commanded the 74th Army is okay, and it is more difficult to command the 49th Army, but this army is nominally under his command, and he is also responsible for the defeat outside the city when he is ordered. After Luo Zhuoying took the initiative to solve the problem of troops for him, he could only urge Wang Yaowu on the front line of Dacheng to let them launch a strong attack on Xishan, and if the situation was suitable, he was ready to transfer the 58th Division to the front line at any time to give them support.

Wang Yaowu understood what the military commander meant, knowing that the military commander was also forced to have no choice but to behave, otherwise, how could they follow Shangfeng to explain? But in this kind of situation where the back road may be copied at any time, how can they move forward with peace of mind? After thinking about this for a while, Wang Yaowu asked the 153rd Brigade to send the 305th Regiment to the front line to reinforce the 306th Regiment.

Where did the 101st Division in Xishan know the doorway to this? Seeing that the enemy army continued to increase its troops, they couldn't help but be surprised, and at the same time, they were also more and more eager to ask for help from Nanchang and nearby friendly forces, especially the Fengxin 106th Division, if they could send troops to take Dacheng, not only the troops of the 102nd Brigade could return, but Xishan also had a peripheral barrier here, so it would naturally be impregnable.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the 3rd Theater of the Nationalist Army along the line of Poyang Lake, the Japanese defenders of Nanchang were also very distressed, and the menacing enemy army made it difficult for them to deploy their troops. Fortunately, the combat strength of the 3rd Division is far from being as unbearable as that of the 101st Division and the 106th Division, otherwise, it is really difficult to say whether Nanchang can support it here. In this operation, the national army obviously learned the lessons of the past, brought the huge superiority of troops into full play, and concentrated the superior forces to make breakthroughs in key areas. In the face of Saito's constant requests for help, Okamura Ninji's answer was only one sentence, that is, "Wait for help!" ”

Fortunately, the 106th Division couldn't help but panic in the face of more and more enemy troops around it, they obviously strengthened the attack on Dacheng, so that Wang Yaowu also found an excuse to postpone the attack, and then he directly transferred the 306th Regiment back to Dacheng in case of accidents.

Soon after, just when everyone's attention was drawn to the front line of Aeshiro, the Japanese troops on the front line of Bongshin launched a fierce attack on the direction of Goan. The 139th Division of the 32nd Army, which had just been transferred here to assist the 74th Army, was caught off guard, although the officers and men of the 139th Division fought to the death and would rather die than retreat, but after the war, after the battle, only in this battle, an infantry regiment of the 139th Division stationed on the front line was almost exhausted, and its strength was immediately greatly reduced.

After Yu Jishi received the news, he immediately negotiated with Luo Zhuoying urgently, in order to prevent the loss of Gao'an's results, he had no choice but to let the 139th Division move to Xiangfu Town, and let the 57th Division re-guard the northwest direction. It's just that after the 57th Division was transferred back to the original defense area, the 74th Army also completely lost the idea of reinforcing Dacheng, and this situation also made the commanders of the Ninth War Zone very embarrassed. Compared with the 74th Army, the combat strength of the other troops under the account is really overwhelmed, let alone taking the initiative to attack, and even the defense cannot be held, this gap is too big.

Compared with other units of the 74th Army and even the entire Ninth Theater, the 302nd Regiment resting south of Dacheng at this moment can be regarded as relaxed and comfortable.

At this time, the Japanese army seemed to have understood that the defense of Ayutthaya was tenacious, and there was no possibility of capturing it in a short period of time, so the main direction of attack had been placed in the direction of Gao'an. In this way, the Japanese air force also diverted the target of the bombing, and poured all the shells on the positions of the 57th Division. The attack in the direction of Xishan was heavy and rainy, and the two regiments of the 153rd Brigade took turns to attack, as if they were training, which seemed to be lively, but in fact, the casualties between each other were not large.

"Tuanzao, I heard that Chief Xue has ordered the First Army to attack Fengxin from the west, maybe it won't be long before it will be our turn to go into battle." Lin Xiufeng, the deputy head of the regiment on the side, held a military intelligence report in his hand and said excitedly.

At this time, all the officers of the 302nd Regiment gathered, and under a stout tree, they drank the tea brewed by Cheng Yong, chatting and laughing. However, because they knew that the division commander was in Dacheng, they were all dressed appropriately at the moment, their military uniforms were neat, and the stars on their collars were shining, which also looked extraordinary. Because there was no war, they were a little uncomfortable with the sudden idleness, and it was impossible to take a holiday in this situation, and the only thing they could do was to get together to discuss the military situation and talk about the world.

"Why, the regiment has just rested for two days, and then it wants to fight again?" Liu Wenfeng asked with a chuckle on the side. Although Lin Xiufeng was their commander when he was there, Liu Wenfeng was quite critical of him, perhaps because of the incident between Hu Qu and the two at the beginning, which was somewhat implicated with Lin Xiufeng, so they couldn't mind. Hearing Lin Xiufeng speak at this time, Liu Wenfeng couldn't help but sarcastically.

Lin Xiufeng seemed to be accustomed to his expression, and still said with a smile: "Naturally, I want to fight, fight behind the regiment, every battle is a big victory, every battle has capture, Lin just can't kill the devil with his own hands, but watching the brothers in the regiment kill the enemy, my heart is also happy." ”

Liu Wenfeng pouted and said: "People will die in battle, and what is there to show off about the military exploits that the brothers have exchanged for their lives?" ”

Lin Xiufeng was greatly embarrassed when he heard this, and at this time, Shi Shi said: "Brother Wu, in your opinion, will there be any changes in this battle next?" ”

Wu Zihuai coughed lightly, and looked at Lin Xiufeng with some sympathy, compared to this unpopular regimental deputy, he felt that since he came to the 302nd regiment, he was finally freed from the previous environment of struggling to survive in the cracks, there was no gangs and factions in the 302nd regiment, and there was no intrigue, which made him worry a lot. Only Lin Xiufeng seems to have always had some gaps with these people for other reasons, but these are not something he can manage. "In my opinion, this battle should end here." Wu Zihuai said unhurriedly.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be interested, and Liu Taiping shouted: "Chief of Staff, your conclusion is too arbitrary, right?" ”

The people of the 302nd Regiment have long been accustomed to Liu Taiping's way of speaking, and they expect to say something nice from his mouth, that is an incredible thing, and Wu Zihuai, an old oilman, will naturally not be angry because of this, but just smiled faintly: "Does Staff Officer Liu know the origin of this First Group Army?" ”

Liu Taiping immediately stopped, he is a small staff officer, and it is already very good to understand the various units of his army, so where does he have the heart to pay attention to other troops other than his headquarters?

Wu Zihuai seemed to know that he couldn't answer, so he continued: "At present, the First Army is expanded from the 60th Army, mainly the Dian Army, all French-style equipment, and it is extremely brave in battle. The main offensive battle of Taierzhuang was fought by Gao Yinkui, who was currently acting commander-in-chief of the First Group Army, and he was still the commander of the 183rd Division at that time. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but take a deep breath, they all heard about Taierzhuang's victory, but it was a pity that they couldn't participate in such a big battle, I didn't expect that in the ninth war zone, there was such a strong army, they were still lonely and unheard of.

Hearing this, Shi Shi couldn't help but become more and more strange and asked, "In that case, why did Brother Wu say that this battle has been finalized and there is no longer any change?" ”