Section 60 Deadly Moves

"Woo ......" bursts of roaring sound filled the heavens and the earth, with an incomparably sharp roar that shook everyone's hearts. The sound of the explosion was heard immediately, and waves of fire mixed with soaring dust flooded the area for more than ten miles, and the overwhelming bombardment made people suffocate as if the end of the world was coming.

I don't know how long it hid in the sea of fire, but when the enemy planes hovering in the sky threw out the shells in the engine compartment and turned around and disappeared into the distance, there was a slight change in the dead silence of the position. A head with a steel helmet on his head came out of the "dirt", he shook his head gently, and the dust on the steel helmet immediately slid down like a waterfall, and the soldier who escaped death immediately spat out a mouth full of dirt and let out a low curse.

It seems to be complaining about the madness of the Japanese army, and it seems to be mocking the timidity of the Japanese army, which does not dare to send infantry up, and is more still venting its inner dissatisfaction, and wonders where the air force is at this time?

In an ordinary small village more than ten miles away from the forward position of Wushimen, the incessant staff officers and the constant ringing of the telephone reported the situation of all the front-line departments to the headquarters in a timely and accurate manner.

Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the First Corps of the Ninth Theater, stood in front of a wall, looking intently at the huge map hanging on the wall, several clear red arrows marked the direction of the Japanese attack, and Wuhan, an important town in the northwest of the map, was wrapped in colorful lines, which looked particularly heavy.

Beside Xue Yue, more than a dozen generals stood solemnly, some with gray hair, some in their prime, they either looked at the map, or their eyes wandered back and forth between Xue Yue and the map, one by one they looked very cautious, except for the ringing of the telephone and telegram from time to time in the next room, the large number of people did not make any abnormal noise.

"Alas!" Sighing, Xue Yue opened his mouth to break the silence here, he shook his head, looked at the map and sighed: "The Japanese invaders arranged the airport in Anqing, less than three hundred miles away from our army, and it is almost here, so it is bombed indiscriminately by enemy planes day and night, not only the loss of personnel is serious, but the fortifications are even more difficult to form, and it is really not easy to hold the defense line on the south bank." ”

The officers looked at each other, not daring to talk at will, they naturally knew the reason for Xue Yue's sigh, however, no one had a way to solve this problem, the Japanese army's air superiority and artillery superiority were too great, from Songhu to De'an, they had been trying to find a way, but there had been no way, in the face of this absolute strength gap, all tactics seemed a little pale.

"Yifeng, have the supplies from the direction of De'an arrived in time?" After sighing, Xue Yue suddenly changed the subject and asked.

"Headquarters, Commander Wang (Wang Jingjiu, commander-in-chief of the 37th Army Corps) sent someone to rush over in the early morning, and successfully avoided the blockade of the Japanese fighters. Zhao Ziyi, chief of the Operations Section, obviously has an extremely good understanding of the situation in various departments, and now he is answering very accurately.

Xue Yue nodded lightly, and then said solemnly: "Wumenshi is already the last line of defense here, and then there is De'an, the people within a radius of a hundred miles are concentrated in the city, once the Japanese soldiers come to the city, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, so they are ashamed of their trust in the officials and the expectations of the people, and they will be spurned." ”

A group of officers immediately responded: "Rest assured, we will fight to the death and resist the Japanese from being outside the battle." ”

"Although there were losses in the positions of Jiujiang and Jinguanqiao in the past, the main force of the 11th Army of the Japanese invaders was dragged to the line of Jiujiang and deviated from the direction of Wuhan, which has won enough time for the defense line on the north bank. Xue Yue turned around, although his figure was thin, his eyes were full of light, making him look amazing.

Chen Anbao, commander of the 29th Army directly under the jurisdiction of the First Corps, suddenly said at this time: "General seat, now that the defense line has shrunk, all departments have been in place, the general seat is still back to the De'an headquarters to sit in command, the front line is chaotic, and the layout in all aspects is too simple, which is not only not conducive to the transmission of orders, but also very dangerous, and the general seat is the lives of more than 100,000 soldiers of the First Corps, which is related to the overall situation of the entire War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and must not be careless." ”

Xue Yue frowned slightly, and couldn't help but say: "Only when you are on the front line can you grasp the battle situation on the front line at the first time, and can you calmly make arrangements. ”

"Brother Boling, there are two commanders on the front line, Wu (Wu Qiwei, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Group Army) and Li (Li Hansoul, commander-in-chief of the 29th Army Corps), the defense line must be foolproof, the defense line of our army is now compact, no matter where the Japanese army attacks, it is a monolith, in this situation, it is the matter of grain and grass supply that is the most important, Brother Boling is in De'an to control the overall situation, and he is personally responsible for the deployment of supplies for various departments, which is undoubtedly the most suitable." Yu Jishi also lost no time in speaking and persuading.

Xue Yue pondered for a moment, obviously taking Yu Jishi's opinion quite seriously. According to rumors, Yu Jishi is the nephew of the commission, but there is no exact information to confirm it, but he has been a guard by the side of the commissioner for a long time, and there is nothing wrong with it, just by virtue of this relationship, Yu Jishi is very different from others, which is also the reason why Xue Yue attaches great importance to his opinion.

Just as there was a brief silence on their side, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, which made everyone look stunned, and immediately realized that something important had happened. Sure enough, just as they turned their heads to look at the door, an operational staff officer walked quickly with a folder, shouted a report at the door, and after a hurried salute, he quickly walked in front of Zhao Ziyi, the chief of the operations section, and handed over the folder to him.

Zhao Ziyi quickly swept the document in the puzzled eyes of everyone, his face was a little dignified and curious like them, but when he read the words on it clearly, he immediately lost his composure, and his face changed greatly and said: "General seat, Minshan has changed." Zhao Ziyi's originally loud voice suddenly became very sharp and extremely harsh at this moment, as if someone had suddenly pinched his throat, which made people feel creepy.

But what made everyone even more confused was that what was there in Minshan that was worth making such a fuss about?

During the military discussion that day, they had heard about the situation in Minshan, and knew that there was a brigade of the 74th Army stationed in Minshan, and they heard that the young regiment commander was very brave, and only one regiment guarded the position, and he blocked a wing of Japanese troops in the jungle without half a step, plus there was another regiment behind him to cover, logically speaking, there should be no major problems. After listening to some of the ideas of Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, he just smiled mysteriously and didn't explain too much.

Xue Yue's face, which had always had a warm smile, suddenly became serious, he and Yu Jishi glanced at each other, although the two of them looked serious, but each saw a hint of surprise from each other's eyes, but the scheming of the two of them was too deep, and the expression of this emotion was re-hidden by them in an instant, and there was no trace of it.

"Read" Xue Yue no longer hesitated, immediately looked at Zhao Ziyi again, and said loudly.

"At three o'clock in the morning, signs of the activities of the Japanese army were found in the northwest direction of Minshan, and according to the scouts, there were large Japanese troops passing on the road from Jiujiang to Ruichang." Zhao Ziyi coughed lightly to relieve his voice that had changed because of excitement, and regained his composure and said.

"Can you find out the specific direction of the Japanese army?" Yu Jishi asked first.

"Not for the time being, the Japanese army not only blocked the surroundings with cavalry, but the sentinels even went deep into the mountains, and now the Minshan trail has been lost, it is very difficult to enter Minshan, and the situation is too specific to be a little difficult to do, which is also the reason why the news has not come until now, and it is really not easy for the brothers on the front line." Zhao Ziyi replied immediately.

"The battle on the Nanxun line is in full swing, and there are only two possibilities for the main force of the Japanese invaders to move in the direction of Ruichang at this time, one is to change the direction of the attack, go up the river and turn to attack Yangxin and other places, return to their main attack direction, and cooperate with the enemy on the north bank to attack Wuhan, and the other is to set up a suspicious formation, just to attack De'an's flank by surprise, once De'an is taken, the main force of our first corps will be surrounded in the Wushimen area, and it will be difficult to fly." Yu Jishi said with a serious face.

The other officers couldn't help but gasp, at this time they had already heard the general situation, the 74th Army actually unknowingly let go of the Minshan Trail? This is clearly to let the Japanese army attack on horseback, and such a risky move by the general seat line is really much beyond everyone's expectations, you know, this is a bad thing that will wipe out the whole army.

"Then Brother Liangzhen, where do you think the Japanese are targeting?" Xue Yue asked with a serious expression, not seeming to be in a hurry to make a judgment.

"Dean!" Yu Jishi replied without hesitation, and then he continued: "No matter where the goal of the Japanese invaders is, the general seat should immediately lead the army back to defend De'an, Wushi Henge is stationed with the Ninth Army and the 29th Army Corps, and there is no big problem in a short time, if the defense line is tight, it is not too late to draw troops from the front line of De'an to reinforce it, but now the defense of De'an is weak, the variables are too big, one step is wrong, all efforts will be ruined, even if the main direction of the Japanese army is the Yangxin area, my main force will return to defend De'an, and it can also contain the Ruichang line, It can be said that it can be attacked, and it can be defended when retreating. ”