The Botian Detachment and the 106th Division, which landed at multiple points, relied on their three-dimensional sea, land, and air offensives to rapidly expand and extend to the in-depth zone, and expanded their results to attack Jiujiang, which was in danger.

Now Zhang Fakui is once again in a dilemma, and the 4th Army, which he started, is intact. The 4th Army is the main force of the 2nd Corps, and it is also Zhang Fakui's last trump card, which can also be said to be his last political capital.

Now the other defenders of the 2nd Corps are making every effort to block the attack, but the strength is insufficient, the fortified forces along the whole line are quite scattered, and the weapons and equipment are inferior to the Japanese army, they cannot resist the fierce offensive of the Japanese army.

"Commander, the front-line forces are too scattered to hold. Let's make a decision early. ”

At the headquarters, the chief of staff has asked Zhang Fakui to make a choice for the third time, whether to defend or abandon.

At this time, a telegram from Chairman Chiang followed, which told Zhang Fakui to dispatch the 4th Army to defend Jiujiang, and Zhang Fakui was completely forced to a dead end.

At this time, he was extremely soberly aware that Jiujiang could not be defended no matter what. Maybe Shao Fei is right, fuck politics, and preserve the strength to destroy the enemy's living force is the king.

But not long after, Chen Cheng sent another urgent telegram, also ordering the 2nd Army to dispatch the 4th Army to defend Jiujiang.

At this time, there were only two paths in front of Zhang Fakui: either desperately fighting to the death with the enemy, or retreating to the second-line position to resist one by one.

Fight to the death with the enemy, and the odds of victory are extremely low. Even if it can hold it now, the Japanese army will continue to increase its troops, and Jiujiang is completely covered by enemy guns. After defeating the troops, Jiujiang has to be lost!

The two sides weighed each other, instead of desperately losing all the troops and then losing Jiujiang, it was better to rationally withdraw to the second-line positions and resist one by one. If you continue to fight like this, it will be another remake of Songhu will fight to the death!

Zhang Fakui made a choice in the contradiction: abandon Jiujiang.

"In 12 years, Okamura Ninji was beaten all over the ground by me looking for teeth, but now I have been beaten and I don't even have room to fight back."

"Commander, this is not what it used to be, the Japanese army is not Sun Chuanfang."

Zhang Fakui got up from his seat, walked to the window with his back to the chief of staff, and said: "Jiujiang, which is regarded as an important city in the defense of the river, has followed in the footsteps of Anqing and Madang in just three days. ”

The staff officer heard Zhang Fakui's helplessness and unwillingness, and said softly: "Commander-in-chief, we have done our best. ”

Zhang Fakui sighed and said, "Pass the order to go down and take the east-west line of Huang Laomen as the second line of defensive positions, so that when the situation is unfavorable, we can resist one by one." ”

"Commander......

This is disobedience and will go to court-martial. The chief of staff wanted to dissuade him again, but Zhang Fakui waved his hand and said, "Withdraw!" It's a big thing, Lao Tzu is on top! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Fakui's face turned blue, and he took off his general's collar badge and said, "Go to Wuhan and prepare for a military court." ”

Zhang Fakui was filled with resentment when the battle reached this point, if it weren't for the chairman of the committee who inserted a rod sideways, if he hadn't vetoed his military deployment indiscriminately, how could the Second Corps have fallen to this point!

Zhang Fakui, commander of the Second Corps, gave the order to retreat from Jiujiang. The Second Corps took the initiative to abandon Jiujiang, retreated on all fronts, and moved to Niutoushan, Jinguanqiao, Shilishan and other positions......

The defenders withdrew from Jiujiang City, and the citizens immediately realized that the national army was going to abandon Jiujiang, and the whole city was completely chaotic. The people took their valuables with their families and fled out of the city. The city gate was crowded for a while, and there were tramples.

"Slow down, the devil hasn't come yet, pay attention to order!"

At each gate, there was a company of troops in charge of leaving the city, and occasionally soldiers stepped forward to help the people with children and the elderly, so as not to be trampled by others.

Shao Fei led a battalion to Ximen to join the ranks of maintaining order, and now there was only this thing they could do. There are devils in the east, wars in the south, and the Yangtze River in the north, so the West Gate is the only way for the people to survive, and it is also the most crowded and chaotic.

Zhu Zi looked at these fleeing people at the city gate, and said helplessly: "This scene seems familiar." ”

Xiaodao smiled bitterly: "I have only been a soldier for two years, guarding Taiyuan, Nanjing, Teng County, Taierzhuang, Yuwang Mountain, and Jiujiang, how do I feel that I have been a soldier for a lifetime." I wondered why there was a word for 'keep'. ”

The pillar slapped the knife and said, "When your child is born, tell him about your heroic deeds." ”

Xiucai immediately sarcastically said: "It's a romantic affair." ”

The rest of the team laughed. At this time, Shao Fei walked over, pointed at them and said, "Why are you standing stupidly?" Don't go and help yet. ”

Xiaodao smiled: "Big brother, we are special forces, we should do special things, not to maintain order among the people." Even if you run to kill a devil little lieutenant, it's fine. ”

Xiaodao's words seemed to inspire Shao Fei, and then he turned to look at the mountains and mountains in the east, and pointed at Xiaodao: "Okay, you wait." ”

After speaking, Shao Fei turned around and left to go to the headquarters that had not yet evacuated Jiujiang.

When I came to the headquarters, the people in the headquarters had already begun to pack up the documents and prepare for the evacuation, while Zhang Fakui and the chief of staff were in another room to discuss the retreat.

"Report!"

Shao Fei walked in and found that Zhang Fakui had taken off the general's collar badge, so he asked, "General, what do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Fakui was already disheartened at this time, and said with a smile: "I'm ready to go to a military court." ”

Now that the two of them are not as angry as before, Shao Fei said calmly: "Retreat is the right choice, the commander finally reined in the precipice and did not pull the main 4th Army out to accompany the burial." ”

"But ......"

Shao Fei hesitated, and the chief of staff asked, "But what, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

Shao Fei said: "I think the general should be fine, and he can't go to the military court." ”

Zhang Fakui asked, "How can you see it?" I have here the order of the chairman of the committee and the Ninth War Zone to let the 4th Army defend Jiujiang to the death, and now Jiujiang has been broken on the 3rd, and the crime of disobeying the order and abusing power for personal gain cannot be escaped. ”

Shao Fei thought for a moment and said, "I am a soldier and don't understand politics, but I understand people's hearts." I have experienced all three battles, the nature of Jiujiang is different from Anqing and Madang, in fact, it is Li Yunheng who should be killed the most, but he may escape because Xue Weiying is the scapegoat. But the nature of the general is different, after all, he has blocked it with all his might. And precisely because there is the Fourth Army, the chairman does not dare to take the general, and asks who can command the Fourth Army. ”

"Hehe, then I'll borrow your auspicious words." As he spoke, Zhang Fakui asked, "What's the matter with coming to me?" ”

Shao Fei asked, "Is there a sniper rifle?" ”

"Hehe" The chief of staff smiled and said, "I have a huge legion and nothing to do, what do you want it to do?" ”

Shao Fei replied: "Go and kill more than half of the devil's brigade." ”

Zhang Fakui was shocked and said, "You're playing." ”

Shao Fei was very serious and said, "I seem to be joking. The special combat team mainly focuses on melee combat and sneak attacks, so I never thought about sniper combat, and I didn't have a good sniper rifle. But this time I have a geographical advantage, and I want to go on a killing spree. ”

The chief of staff knew something about sniper warfare and said, "Sniper warfare? Are you referring to shooting the enemy's important targets with sharpshooters, such as commanders, machine gunners, and the like? ”

Shao Fei said: "There are also soldiers. Now you don't pay attention to war, and you don't even understand the importance of sniper warfare. If you have a sniper company and a regiment to defend the current Jiujiang City, you can defend it for at least 5 days. Fighting street battles and street battles, those planes, artillery, and warships of the Japanese army are useless. ”

Zhang Fakui suddenly became excited, and said, "I will give you the best sniper rifle, but I hope to bring Chu Yunfan, can I bring it?" ”

Shao Fei somewhat understood what Zhang Fakui meant, he wanted to form a sniper company, or even a sniper battalion, because sniper warfare was the best weapon to defend the city.

The staff officer personally took Shao Fei to the quartermaster office to find the best sniper rifle Kar98k Mauser rifle to be issued to Falcon.

(End of chapter)