(PS: The battle of Wuhan is a bit chaotic, so let's repeat the route first.)

The 9th and 5th Theaters are responsible for the north and south of the Yangtze River. Commander of the 9th Theater of Operations: Acting Commander Xue Yue; Acting Commander of the 5th Theater Bai Chongxi. Chen Cheng, the former commander of the 9th Theater, also served as the commander of the Wuhan garrison; Li Zongren, the former commander of the 5th theater, was hospitalized.

The attack route of the 11th Army of the Japanese Southern Front: Anqing, Madang, Pengze, Hukou, Jiujiang, Jinguanqiao, Xingzi...... The 2nd Army of the Japanese Northern Front was still in Hefei, Anhui. ）

Time takes up a few days ago.

The victory at the Jinguanqiao greatly encouraged the whole people and the whole army, and the people strengthened their determination to resist Japan, and Japanese imperialism was not invincible.

However, Xue Yue, as the commander of the whole army, kept a very cool head, and they did not revel in the victory in front of them.

Xue Yue knew that the Japanese army's frontal attack on the Nanxun Line was frustrated, and Okamura Ningji would not give up. The dozen or so divisions of the Chinese defenders on the Nanxun line were his henchmen, and the frontal attack was blocked, and he would certainly do everything possible to seek a new breakthrough.

Xue Yue looked at the tall and upright mountains on the Nanxun Line, and a warm current quietly surged in the depths of his heart, and the pleasure of a professional soldier killing the enemy arose.

After years of experience in killing and conquest, and the inspiration brought by the Battle of Jinguanqiao, Xue Yue saw that there were infinite mysteries hidden in the depths of the mountains with towering peaks and peaks. He thanked God for giving him such a good side of the battlefield full of spirit, the rolling mountains, the lush dense forests, the treacherous peaks and dense rivers and lakes in the folds of the mountains, which allowed him to hide his troops and deploy them, and at the same time to dissipate the advantages of buffering the fierce offensive of the Japanese army and modern weapons.

So Xue Yue once again strictly ordered: All units deployed at all dangerous passes of the Nanxun Line must be ready for battle, and there must be no slackness, otherwise military law will be engaged!

Contrary to Xue Yue's relaxed and excited mood, at this moment, Okamura Ninji was in a heavy mood, and the 106th Division of Matsuura was defeated in Jinguanqiao, and he knew that he had encountered a strong and powerful opponent. To Okamura's chagrin, Okamura Ninji didn't know anything about his opponent Xue Yue, and as soon as this cold Chinese general fought him, he made him lose face in front of his immediate boss, General Shunroku Hata, and the Japanese base camp.

Jin Guanqiao was defeated, and Shunroku Hata called from Nanjing many times, and reprimanded him for his incompetence in command. The words of Shunroku Hata were very ugly, and when General Hata scolded him, he even carried the old Chinese saying: one general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted......

After the occupation of Jiujiang, in order to facilitate command, Okamura Ninji moved his headquarters of the 11th Army to the Jiujiang Normal School on the outskirts of Jiujiang.

Late that night, Okamura Ninji paced around his command post with a gloomy face, and the Jinguan Bridge was blocked for more than ten days, which was a great shame for him. According to his temper, he can only relieve his hatred by removing Matsuura.

How was this battle fought? After more than ten days of tossing, all the aircraft and artillery were used, not only did he not advance half a step, but he also lost more than 8,000 people, and he lost all the face of the imperial army!

However, if a division commander is to be removed, Okamura Ninji does not have this power, and the division commander of the Japanese army is appointed by the military department with the approval of the emperor, and the removal must also go through this set of procedures. What's more, although his position is one level higher than Matsuura, his military rank is the same, they are all lieutenant generals, not to mention that he can't be removed, even if he speaks to him, he has to be polite.

Therefore, as soon as the 106th Division was defeated, he personally went to offer condolences, and also arranged for comfort women to go to comfort in order to boost the morale of the division. But Okamura's heart is very angry.

At this time, Okamura completely lost the arrogance at the beginning of the battle.

Just ten days ago, his army was so majestic and unstoppable. Three days to capture the "dangerous world" Madao Fortress, the famous Northern Expedition general Zhang Fakui, who beat Sun Chuanfang to the ground, led an army of 100,000 troops to defend Jiujiang City, under his attack, it was so vulnerable, and it was only three days to take Jiujiang!

But at present, this Chinese general named Xue Yue seems to have applied a fixed body method, so that his army will not move for more than ten days......

A kind of anxiety and loss that he had never felt before haunted Okamura Ninji, he paced to the window, looking at the Lushan Mountain to the south, and the beautiful scenery of Lushan jumped into his eyes at a glance, but looking at it, he couldn't help but shudder.

At this moment, in the eyes of Okamura Ningji, this famous mountain at home and abroad has lost its former beauty. The rolling and towering peaks seem to contain infinite killing opportunities; The confusing and erratic wisps of thick fog are so mysterious and intimidating.

An ominous premonition grew in the depths of Okamura's heart......

The Jinguan Bridge was frustrated, and the battlefield of the frontal attack on the Nanxun Line had become a stalemate. This stalemate was exactly what the Chinese army dreamed of, but it was a terrible nightmare for Okamura Ninji, who wanted to take Wuhan quickly.

Okamura was anxious to break this deadlock, but for a while he could not find the gap or opportunity to break this deadlock.

Just when Okamura Ninji was at a loss, his 11th Army Operations Division Chief, Miyazaki, walked in softly on Monday and reported to him a piece of news that excited him.

Miyazaki on Monday: "Report that the 101st Division led by Vice Admiral Masaki Ito, under the cover of the navy, has crossed Poyang Lake and is forcibly landing in Xingzi. Lieutenant General Masaki Ito just called and asked for instructions on the next offensive line. ”

Hearing this news, Okamura Ninji immediately came to his senses, and the arrival of the 101st Division was like charcoal in the snow. Okamura hurriedly walked to the map and stared intently at the map.

Xingzi is in the northeast of De'an, if Ito's 101st Division attacks De'an from Xingzi in a roundabout way, this is a brilliant move to kill two birds with one stone: first, it can break the stalemate of attacking the Nanxun line from the front of Jinguanqiao to relieve the 106th Division of Songura; Second, the rear road of Xue Yue's First Corps can be directly copied, so that it cannot take care of each other.

This trick can be described as a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle!

If this move can be successful, the positions painstakingly managed by more than 10 divisions of Xue Yue's First Corps will be loosened on the entire line, and in the end they can only abandon their positions and move westward. In this way, it is obviously better than Ito's 101st Division directly solving the difficulties of Matsuura's 106th Division!

"Yo Xi ~ 101 Division came too timely."

Okamura Ninjikubu's gloom dissipated for a moment, he was worthy of being a battle-hardened commander, and with the appearance of Ito's 101st Division, almost in an instant, a perfect battle plan was formed in his mind.

As a result, Okamura quickly reported his plan to the Nanjing headquarters.

General Shunroku Hata also appreciated this plan, and he called from Nanjing and asked Okamura to seize this favorable opportunity to quickly increase the offensive force on the Nanxun line, boldly seize the fighters, and break the current deadlock.

The 101st Ito Division was a special division formed in Tokyo after the outbreak of the Japanese army's full-scale war of aggression against China in 1937, and all the soldiers were retired veterans from Tokyo. The division has four infantry wings, in addition to four wings of cavalry, artillery, baggage troops, and engineers, totaling more than 20,000 people.

However, Okamura Ningji's wishful thinking, Xue Yue had already seen through the opportunity.

As early as the beginning of the war, Xue Yue led his generals to inspect the terrain and landforms around the Nanxun Line in detail, and then made careful arrangements for the defense of the De (An) Xing (Zi) Highway.

In order to prevent Okamura Ningji from copying the back road of the First Corps and then detouring to De'an, Xue Yue had already set up two troops in ambush here more than a month ago between the mountains and mountains on both sides of the Dexing Highway, and he set up two troops here: one was Wang Jingjiu's 25th Army and the other was Ye Zhao's 66th Army.

Pass Street is the northeast gateway of Tak'an, and its strategic location is very important.

If the Ito 101st Division wants to make a detour to De'an, it must first take Pass Street; And if you want to take Pass Street, you must first take East and West Guling.

The east and west lonely ridges are tightly choked by the throat of the pass street, and the enemy is bound to attack, and we are bound to defend. For a time, the east and west ridges became the focus of contention between the enemy and us. Defending the positions of Guling in the east and west were the 52nd and 190th divisions of Wang Jingjiu's 25th Army.

(PS: The Battle of Xingzi is one of the main battlefields of the "Battle of Northern Jiangxi".) The Chinese army invested troops of 3 armies and 6 divisions: Leng Xin's 52nd Division and Liang Huasheng's 190th Division of Wang Jingjiu's 25th Army; Tan Di's 159th Division and Hua Zhenzhong's 160th Division of Ye Zhao's 66th Army; Chen Anbao's 29th Army's self-concurrent 79th Division and Li Tianxia's 40th Division).

The Japanese army was the 101st Division: the 149th Infantry Wing, the 101st Wing, and the 157th Wing were the mainstays, and the land, sea and air forces coordinated to fight a major battle along the Dexing Line between Matsu Mountain and Qingshi Bridge in Xingzi County. ）

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