.Lieutenant General Gangcun thought for a long time, but finally lost all his thoughts.

What Lieutenant General Rangang Village never expected was that when the Japanese army planned to attack various troops in Nanchang, and had not yet launched a positional movement towards the battle, the Chinese army actually took the lead with "boldness".

On December 24, the acting commander-in-chief nicknamed "Tiger Cy" in the Ninth War Zone issued an order to attack the Japanese army in front of him after more than a month of planning.

On the same day, the Chinese army, the 70th Army and the 72nd Army attacked De'an, the 74th, 78th, 18th, 20th, and 73rd Army pointed directly at Jiujiang, and on the front line, the Chinese army launched five armies, sixteen divisions and hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers on the front line alone.

The Chinese army's offensive was very fierce. The front lines of the 11th Army of the Japanese army caught off guard complained. The 116th Division of the Japanese army stationed in De'an was trapped in De'an. Just looking at the besieged Japanese army, under the besieged of more than 30,000 Chinese troops, sent two telegrams asking the division to provide combat guidance within one day, we can see how in a daze the situation of this Japanese army was.

On the Jiujiang side, the Kumamoto corps, the Sixth Division, which was called a powerful brigade in the Japanese army, was far from recovering its energy that was injured in the battle of Tianjia Town. Faced with the siege of the five main forces in the Ninth War Zone, Lieutenant General Tani Suzuo, who had always advocated attacking, attacking, and attacking again, this time it was also awesome. Tani Suzuo ordered all the troops who could still retreat from the outpost stronghold to retreat back to Jiujiang City, and sent snow-filled telegrams to Wuhan, Nanjing, and Tokyo. The frequency of power generation density broke the historical record of the Japanese Sixth Division requesting combat guidance, so that after sending these telegrams for help, Tani Suzuo laughed at himself as the most timid division commander in the history of the Sixth Division.

For a time, the 11th Japanese Army headquarters in Wuchang became the target of public criticism. The troops below were eager to ask for reinforcements, air support, and requested airdrop bombs. The Tokyo Base Camp and the Central China Expeditionary Force Command in Nanjing asked the 11th Army headquarters to come up with ways to quickly stabilize the situation, but at the same time they were already yelling that if the return was not good, the relevant personnel of the 11th Army and the local government would be held accountable.

Under such circumstances, Gangcun knew that the Chinese army's intention to attack might not be to take over De'an and Jiujiang, but was more likely to be just to mobilize troops and strengthen fortifications for the defense and war in Nanchang, but he had to draw troops from various troops to Jiujiang and De'an to deploy. Gangcun knew that he was deceived, but he wanted to increase troops to these two places. In addition to the huge pressure from top to bottom within the Japanese army to him and the 11th Army headquarters, it was also because Jiujiang and De'an, the outposts on the south bank of the Yangtze River of the 11th Army, were of great importance to the next step of combat, and the Japanese army could not afford to lose these two places.

On December 26, the 9th Japanese Division all advanced from its original garrison to Jiujiang. The main force of the 106th Japanese Division, the 27th Division, and one unit of the 101st Division, were ordered to travel to De'an urgently. Behind the Japanese troops in these two divisions, other troops under the 11th Japanese Division were also ready to move. For a moment, the Chinese and Japanese armies were on the land on the south bank of the middle section of the Yangtze River. The two focus points around Jiujiang and De'an seemed to be fighting a battle to determine the fate of Jiangxi.

December 27, Nanchang.

"Haoran. Look at the next move of the acting commander?" Lieutenant General Huang was in a good mood today. No wonder everyone understood that the longer the Chinese army supported the outside world of Nanchang, the fortifications in Nanchang could be more solid, let alone the current situation is that the seven armies in this theater are launching a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese army.

"Brother Peimin, what I said will disappoint you. I guess our army's offensive will be at most two days. The acting commander will take advantage of the fact that there are not many troops on the front line and order all seven armies on the attack line to withdraw back to Wuning, Yongxiu, and Wucheng, and rely on the terrain of that area to prepare for large-scale position defense battles.

"What you mean is that the acting commander-in-chief just wanted to drag the village to launch an attack this time. Then he is not afraid that the Japanese army will go straight to Nanchang?" Lieutenant General Huang is also a smart man. He did not turn around because he was too excited before. After all, this battle was in full swing. China's first large-scale military counterattack since the Sino-Japanese War started on July 7th. Lieutenant General Huang could not help but feel excited. Now, after Cheng Jiaji's point, Lieutenant General Huang immediately understood. However, Lieutenant General Huang still had some questions about Cheng Jiaji's judgment. After all, retreating troops in front of the formation is also a taboo in military strategists. Will the Acting Commander-in-chief understand this?

"The Japanese army has just captured Wuchang. After the war, the army needs to be repaired for a relatively long period. This is common sense for military strategists. Our army is much more convenient to replenish troops than the Japanese army. It has not yet fully recovered, not to mention that the Japanese soldiers have to come from the country. Besides, the Japanese army's technical weapons and ammunition are also consumed a lot in the battle in Wuhan. If they do not live any more months, they will not have time to replenish them. In the current situation where these conditions are not met, if the Gangcun Ningji general was stunned, he rushed to the front line.

The 70,000 to 80,000 Japanese troops may not have the strength to defeat the defense line of Wuning, Yongxiu and Wucheng, which was operated with heavy troops for a month or two. If it is a stalemate, or the number of troops is gradually increased, it will not be very good for the 11th Japanese Army, which is already too wide and has insufficient troops. If this happens, I will be able to use two wings to threaten the three towns of Wuhan and force him to retreat. At that time, the participating troops in the 9th War Zone will take advantage of the situation to pursue the Japanese army. Although our three-pronged laid-off village may not be unable to defend Wuhan, at least

A big defeat must be fought. I think this smart man in Gang Village will not do this bad thing." Cheng Jiaji said this time, his whole body was filled with confidence. This confidence originated from his understanding of the life style of the Japanese "strong general" in history. Cheng Jiaji, who was also half a military enthusiast in the 21st century, knew that Gang Village always had surprises when commanding operations in specific orders, but in tactical guidance, this military genius, one of the top Japanese army, was an absolute conservative, before every major strategic action

Gangcun always strives to be safe as much as possible. For example, the Chinese army has set up positions in a hurry to attack the prevailing force in the area with heavy troops to defend, so it will never do such things that are too uncertain. Not to mention, the nine armies in the Chinese army (49th Army and 32nd Army have always served as defensive tasks on the front line of Wuning, Yongxiu, and Wucheng.) are not muddy. Even Gangcun wants to take a risk and has a chance of success. Later, Cheng Jiaji guessed that there is a high possibility of attacking the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Facts prove that Cheng Jiaji's judgment on how the situation will develop is accurate. Before several Japanese reinforcements arrived, all the attacking troops of the seven Chinese army received orders to retreat to Wuning, Yongxiu and Wucheng on the front line.

After the Japanese army was in De'an and Jiujiang was greatly strengthened, they did not make any plans to take advantage of the situation to kill Nanchang. They stayed one of the reinforcements in these two places to strengthen the defensive forces of De'an and Jiujiang, so as not to let the Chinese army conduct troops to force Jiangbei. In vain, the main force of the Japanese army returned to the original garrison in shame.

To the expectations of all military observers of all sizes, this fierce decisive battle in the Yangtze River ended with thunder and heavy rain. The total force used by China and Japan this time reached more than 300,000, and the casualties of the two armies combined were less than 10,000. This battle was not so much a battle, but rather a mutual test of China and Japan after the Wuhan Battle. It was just that the initiative of this test was not the Japanese army that advanced all the way, but the three towns of Wuchang that were abandoned and were rumored by international "friends" as the Chinese army that had lost its combat effectiveness.

After this war, both Chinese and Japanese armies were actively preparing for war. The 11th Japanese Army not only completed the replenishment of its troops, but also asked for reinforcements from multiple divisions from the Tokyo Base Camp, which made the current strength of the 11th Japanese Army more than before the start of the Wuhan Campaign.

About ten percent.

The commander of the Ninth War Zone would not wait when the war was about to come. On the contrary, the acting commander's preparations were much greater than that of Gangmura Yan, and he even pointed to this battle and removed the word "Proverb" on his head.

From the end of December, the acting commander asked Chongqing for the field troops that were built into the army, including aircraft and cannons, food and ammunition supplies, engineering soldiers, and surface ships. He didn't want anything that could be used in the battle below. Moreover, this new general had a very big appetite. He needed five troops at the same time as the troops opened his mouth, and there were also conditions. He didn't want any new troops who had only joined the army after the Wuhan meeting. He didn't see any big battles. It's better to say anything else, but this unit and the cannons are missing there, which has caused a problem for the "old man". Will he give it? Not to mention that the Military Commission does not have many aircraft and cannons in his hands. The five soldiers, mainly veterans, are at the moment, and he goes there for the Guangdong people who are so angry that they are.

If you don't give it, it won't work. Nanchang is the key battlefield that determines the next direction of the entire battle situation. If the Nanchang Battle is over, the impact will be too great. After two days of sitting in the wax, General Chen, who was found by the Supreme Commander, threw the recruitment report from the Ninth War Zone and threw the matter on General Chen's face.

The capable and experienced General Chen of course knew the subtext of the "old man" doing this. This was to let himself go to various war zones to understand the situation first, and then he would weigh the pros and cons. This job was not easy to handle. The more soldiers he was under the general, the better. It was so easy to pry out the troops under his command? The commander and commander of the war zone had no background. But General Chen knew in his heart that this job was difficult to handle and he had to handle it. First, this was something assigned by the supreme authorities, and second, if Nanchang really collapsed, his capital would also be greatly lost.

General Chen is not a vegetarian. He used a roundabout tactic very cleverly, and asked someone to go to various war zones under the banner of the Political Department to touch it. Then a list of transferable troops prepared by General Chen was released. Now, the commanders of the small warlord who had done enough superficial skills in front of the Political Department were stunned. Seventy or eighty percent of the veterans from their troops came, but they had praised them before but did not dare to say it clearly, so they could only admit that they were unlucky.)

In the end, the "old man" personally came forward to negotiate with the "bosses in various war zones, and then according to the list, he dug out four complete armies and some teams with no combat effectiveness. As for whether they meet the conditions of the Ninth War Zone, it depends on their opinion. Anyway, at this time, under the pressing of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, the acting commander and commander of the Ninth War Zone had long been no longer so picky. Not to mention the regular army, even he had to be in the security regiment. After this tossing, by mid-February 102, the total strength of the Ninth War Zone in the area expected to be the Battle of Nanchang reached 15 armies and 4th Brigades of the Second Division, and the total strength of the 340,000 troops was nearly 100,000 more than a month ago. The defense capabilities of Nanchang and other places were also greatly improved during this period of continuous construction.

What made Cheng Jiaji laugh the most was that he had been stationed near Luoyang as a garrison and focused on promoting the Oxygen cause. Because there were many veterans (basically, he did not participate in any major battles, and others were exhausted. In comparison, he had few veterans!) He was led to the south by the War Zone as a seed unit.

"I don't know how happy I am in Luoyang. I produce "black gold" in Shangluo Mountain,! You guys have a lot of benefits! You have to be honest, you have to be innovative and come up with a major battle plan. Now, the best thing is that our family has to tie the capital to Nanxun line..."

Since the 16th Army was transferred to Xiangcheng near Nanchang, in order to provide supplies to the 16th Army, Xia Weimin ran to Nanchang City every few days. As soon as he entered the city, the best place for him to settle in the independent 100th Division. Cheng Jiaji naturally had to be complained about by his elder brother-in-law who lost his way to wealth. This elder brother-in-law who said a few words to him, and Cheng Jiaji only listened attentively.

"Teacher. The military headquarters asked you to go there." Just as Cheng Jiaji sighed secretly that he was about to be poisoned for more than half an hour, a call from Lieutenant General Huang rescued him from Xia Weimin.

"Haoran, look at this." Lt. Huang handed a telegram to Cheng Jiaji with a solemn expression.

The content of this telegram was as expected by Cheng Jiaji, who had a premonition, and the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on the Chinese army gathering area centered on Nanchang.

On February 25, 1939, the Nanchang Battle officially broke out.
Chapter completed!