On August 11, the 11th Division, as the vanguard of the 18th Army, arrived at Jiaoqiao Town in the northern suburbs of Nanchang and on the north bank of the Ganjiang River.

The 11th Division, which arrived at Jiaoqiao, did not repair at the request of the division commander Peng Shan, and immediately ordered the 31st Brigade to advance to the line of Lehua and Qiaoshe to build fortifications, the 33rd Brigade to build fortifications on the line of Jiaoqiao Town and Port, and the division headquarters and directly subordinate troops to build fortifications in Yingshang and the northern suburbs.

"Herald, rush to Lehua immediately, and let Feng Ye come to see me immediately."

Mei Chunhua stepped on the war horse and loudly ordered the cavalry messenger to set off.

The speed of the devil's attack on Madang Fortress, the capture of Pengze, and Hukou made him nervous, and he no longer believed that Li Hansoul could hold Jiujiang for long, and he did not use the defense of the squadron, so he had to arrange the defense line as soon as possible, and he could not let the devil reach Nanchang in one go.

Three days was enough time for Feng Ye to find out all the terrain of this line, and after Feng Ye personally surveyed all the terrain, Feng Ye did a full night's homework in the simple carriage and horse shop, and when the brigade herald arrived, Feng Ye was sleeping.

"Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander......"

Feng Yi, who was asleep, was woken up by Wang Ning in a trance.

"What's wrong?"

Feng Yi opened his red and swollen eyes and asked.

"Two hours ago, the brigade commander had already set off from Jiaoqiao, and the herald of the brigade headquarters was just outside the door."

Wang Ning pointed to the outside of the big car shop and reminded Feng Yi.

"Oh, bring me a basin of water."

Feng Yi struggled to his feet, putting on his equipment.

"Fluttering ......"

Sticking his head into the basin full of cold water, Feng Yi cleared his dizzy mind, let the water droplets drip from his face, and strode out.

"Battalion Commander Feng, the brigade commander asked you to meet him immediately; Please! ”

The herald's order was very concise, he looked at Feng Yi's appearance, and didn't say anything, he just hoped that the young officer had finished his business.

"Where's the brigade commander?"

Facing the herald who was much lower in rank than himself, Feng Ye politely returned the salute and asked the brother who came to give the order.

"I'm on my way here, come with me!"

The herald pointed to the avenue, and the officer in front of him obviously hadn't slept well lately, and his tired appearance was very obvious.

"Okay."

Feng patted his pocket, which contained the map and the homework he had done.

Feng Ye didn't have horses, and of course the herald's horses wouldn't give him away, and after the two of them walked out of the town slowly, the herald signaled Feng Ye to continue walking along the avenue, and he had to go first to report the situation to the brigade commander.

When Feng Yi saw the brigade of men and horses coming towards him, it was already half an hour later, and the 31st Brigade was fully deployed, and it was impossible to be fast, after all, there were so many heavy supplies to carry.

Feng Yi did not move forward, but waited on the side of the road for Mei Chun to come.

"Brigadier Commander!"

When Mei Chunhua rode over, Feng Ye snapped and saluted on the side of the road.

"It's hard work, let's go with the troops! Let's talk about it when we get to the place. ”

Mei Chunhua did not dismount, pointed in the direction of Lehua with a horsewhip, and motioned for Feng Ye to follow the large army.

"Yes!"

Feng Yi was stunned for a moment, since he was going to Lehua, why did he let himself come over? However, the brigade commander has an order, and he can only carry it out.

Thousands of troops could not enter the town like the battalion directly under them, and in fact they did not need to enter the town, and in the east of the town, the local government had temporarily built a simple barracks for them, which were not large, but enough for the logistics troops of the 31st Brigade to be stationed.

The placement of the troops is naturally arranged by the grassroots officers, Mei Chunhua did not drag the mud and water, held a meeting of the regiment commander, the staff officer was nervously arranging the map and the sand table, Feng Yi was also busy on the sand table, because he had to mark the information he got on the sand table, he couldn't always take a small book to read it!

"Hoo ......"

Mei Chunhua, Long Zuocai, and Yin Zuogan had already arrived in the humble house, and the three officers were smoking together, watching the staff officers and Feng Yi busy.

"Feng Yi, are you ready? Let's talk about it! ”

As Mei Chunhua stepped on the cigarette butt still on the ground, Feng Yi raised his head, took a wooden stick, and began to hand in his homework, which was not only homework, but also Mei Chunhua's assessment of him.

"The area from Lehua to Qiaoshe, most of them belong to the plain area, and there is no steep terrain to use, but this area is conducive to the penetration of devil infantry; Among them, in the area of Huangjiadun and Hongjiashan, it is close to the avenue and is the only way for the devils to attack......"

Pointing to the sand table, Feng Ye began his own performance, he did not say how he was going to defend, but simply introduced his own information and his analysis of the devil's offensive line.

"Yes, it seems that you haven't slept here these days, but you've done a lot of homework; Then how do you think we should defend, now that Jiujiang has been taken by the devils. ”

Mei Chunhua asked Feng Ye to continue, but the smile on his face indicated that he was already very satisfied.

"According to the order, the troops of the eleventh division walked in this area; Behind us are the troops of the Eighteenth Army and the Ninth Theater; The condition of all units of the 31st Brigade is not very good, and when the strength of the troops is limited, I suggest that we carry out a support point defense, let go of the interspersed troops of the devils, and carry out a planned and prepared blocking battle......"

In this era, defense is like this, either it is a defense on all fronts, or it can only defend important positions; This is the current situation in China, if you want to fight with the devil and attack and defend, you can only ask for your own hardship.

"Well, I see what you mean."

Mei Chunhua nodded, Feng Ye didn't say what he thought, but everything pointed to two places, which were the two points that must be held on this line of defense, one was the line from Huangjiadun to Hongjiashan, and the other was the line of Yaofang and Yungai west of Qiaoshe; As for the defense of the Ganjiang River near Qiaoshe, it is not something that one of their brigades can defend, and the devils can choose the landing site at will on the edge of the Ganjiang River, and if they put their main forces on preventing the devils from landing, I am afraid that it will be the 31st Brigade that will be surrounded and annihilated by then.

"Commander Long, your regiment will build a position on the front line of Yaofang and Yungai."

"Commander Yin, the 62nd Regiment is sticking to the line of Huangjiadun and Hongjiashan; The brigade headquarters is set up in Lehua, and the troops directly under the brigade will solve the small group of Japanese troops flowing into the defense line......"

"Commander Long, Commander Yin, presumably Battalion Commander Feng still has a lot of information about these two places, you can continue to communicate after you go down, but there is one point, before dark today, you must arrive at the defense line and start building a position......

"Feng Yi, you will take over the security work of the brigade headquarters from today, and you can take advantage of these few days to train your recruits well."

After Mei Chunhua gave the order, he announced the end of the meeting.

"Brigade commander, where are the recruits? When will it be given to me? ”

Feng Ye didn't hear anything else, he knew that he finally had a supplement, and the hard days of half a company serving as a battalion were finally coming to an end.

In fact, not only the directly subordinate battalions were supplemented, but also the 61st and 62nd regiments, the two security regiments in Nanchang were supplemented to the 11th Division, and the 31st Brigade was assigned to one regiment, but there were not many people, only more than 1,000 people.

"It will come tomorrow, and you will be given two hundred people in the battalion at that time, but the guns and ammunition will not be replenished until the supplies arrive, you can train the troops first......"

Mei Chunhua did not explain, but the chief of staff explained beside him that this is the job that the chief of staff is responsible for.