Shao Fei led the team south and continued to fight. Okamura Ningji's defensive attack target was the second line of defense arranged by Zhang Fakui.

Zhang Kuikui was actually very wise to abandon Jiujiang and retreat the main force to the second line. The three armies can take advantage of the favorable terrain to greatly deplete the enemy's vital forces, which is better than being bombarded by artillery in the Baoyu area.

On the march, Shao Fei became interested and asked, "Have you had fun in the past three days?"

Xiucai replied: "We're all okay, but the knife is miserable, serving his daughter-in-law like a dog."

Xiaodao immediately retorted: "You know a fart, this is happiness, understand?!" I'm not like some people who drove their daughter-in-law back to Shanxi. ”

"Who?"

The pillar pushed the knife, his face was not good-looking, and the pillar said to Shao Fei: "Squad leader, you should know about our detachment."

Shao Fei's face suddenly became gloomy, his previous interest was gone, and he only replied in a low voice: "Got it."

In May, the Yanbei detachment and the Deng Hua detachment were combined to form the fourth column, and then went north to open up the eastern Hebei base area, approaching Rehe. How could the Japanese army sit idly by, because there was a direct impact on the interests of Manchuria, as well as the north-south passage.

The Fourth Column was bound to suffer heavy losses, but the Shuangfei Brigade did not go north together and stayed in the base area to contain the Japanese troops in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

At this time, a noun came to Shao Fei's mind, "Thousands of miles of my no man's land".

The purpose of the Japanese army's tragic creation of a thousand-mile no-man's land was to curb the development of the Eighth Route Army.

Zhuzi saw Shao Fei's 180-degree change in mood, so he asked, "Squad leader, what's wrong with you?"

Shao Fei replied thoughtfully: "I'm fine."

This may be the last battle for Shao Fei with the special combat team, and after the battle of Wuhan, they must part ways. Shao Fei wants to return to his former comrades-in-arms and fight side by side with them.

Shao Fei can't bring his own special combat team there, because this force does not belong to him. And now the priority is the battle in front of us, and as for parting, we will wait until the battle is over.

At the headquarters of the Japanese army in Jiujiang, Okamura Ninji frowned. He was a general with a long-term strategic vision.

After occupying Jiujiang, Okamura Ningji did not rush to devote all his forces to the west and drive straight into Wuhan to attack Wuhan, but ordered the Sixth Division to advance along the west and attack Susong, Huangmei, Tianjiazhen fortresses and other places. Then came to Jiujiang to assemble.

and other main forces after gathering Jiujiang. Divide the troops from the Jiujiang River to the south, capture De'an and Nanchang, create a situation of attacking Changsha in the west, and then cut off the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, implement a strategic encirclement of Wuhan, and at the same time cut off the retreat route of the Chinese defenders to the south, completely shaking the will of the Chinese defenders.

Okamura Ninji didn't want to drive straight into Wuhan to attack Wuhan, he even dreamed about it. In more than a month, the Second Army attacked the city like a bamboo, and captured Anqing, Madao, Pengze, Hukou, and Jiujiang.

Okamura Ninji once boasted to the base camp that in another month, the military flag of the Imperial Japanese Army will be planted on the head of Wuhan!

However, when Okamura Ningji occupied Jiujiang and learned that the 1st Corps of Xue Yue in the Ninth Theater of the Chinese Army had a total of 16 divisions deployed in the lofty mountains and mountains of the Nanxun Line, he couldn't help but gasp. If these Chinese defenders, hidden deep in the mountains, were ignored, they would at any time concentrate their superior forces to attack the left flank of the Japanese army, and cut off the Japanese troops who were advancing along the west of the Jiangxi for a long time, so that the Japanese could not take care of each other. Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji shuddered......

Based on this, Okamura Ningji's top priority after occupying Jiujiang was to clear the periphery of Jiujiang and then eliminate the Chinese defenders Xue Yue on the Nanxun Road.

It seems that the Haikou he boasted of cannot be fulfilled, and it is inevitable that he will lose face. What annoyed Okamura the most was that his main force, the 6th Division, was besieged in the Taihu Lake area by the Gui Army and Li Pinxian's two armies, and the national army was still among the soldiers, and Bai Chongxi wanted to encircle and annihilate the 6th Division.

Now it is located on the first line of Niutou Mountain, Jinguanqiao and Shili Mountain, and is equipped with the Chinese defenders Ou Zhen's Fourth Army, Li Jue's 70th Army, and Li Hansoul's 64th Army. These three armies were retained by Zhang Fakui's disobedience and are now commanded by Xue Yue. Now Okamura Ninji can only entrust the task of attacking these three places to the 106th Division.

"Report, General Matsuura asks for a meeting."

"Invite him in."

Okamura hurriedly stood up from his office chair and personally greeted Junrokuro Matsuura, the commander of the 106th Division.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Junrokuro Matsuura walked into the office, greeted with confidence with his chest, and gave a solemn military salute.

Okamura patted Matsuura as a sign of condolence, and said with concern: "Hard work, come!" ”

Immediately, Okamura Ninji took Matsuura to the sand table in the Jiujiang area. The sand table was uneven, and small flags from both sides were planted in various places, Okamura asked: "I handed over this main attack to your 106th Division, and in the future, don't say that I favor the Hatada detachment." ”

Junrokuro Matsuura bowed his head and said, "Yes!" ”

Okamura asked, "How do you fight a war?" ”

Junrokuro Matsuura thinks about it, and of course the persimmon picks the soft pinch. After a while, Junrokuro Matsuura pulled out the chess pieces of the Jinguan Bridge, where Li Jue's Seventy Army was deployed.

Okamura asked, "Why did you choose Kim Kan Bridge first?" ”

Matsuura replied: "Ou Zhen's Fourth Army and Li Hansoul's Sixty-fourth Army are both brave and good Guangdong troops, and Xue Yue's Eighth Army that rushed to reinforce Li Yutang is also very strong in combat effectiveness, and only Li Jue's 70th Army is weak in combat effectiveness. ”

(The soldiers of the 70th Army are all from Hunan)

Weak first and then strong, this is a common way of fighting wars. Only then did Okamura fully realize the difference between the 106th Division and the Hatada Detachment. The 106th Division likes to be step-by-step and decent; And the Hatian detachment is good at taking it by surprise and attacking it unprepared. This time, the two units once again responded to the correct sentence: the character of the commander-in-chief determines the character of the troops.

Okamura Ninji still agreed to Matsuura's plan and attacked Jinguan Bridge first.

The 106th Division, under the orders of Okamura Ninji and under the leadership of the division commander Junrokuro Matsuura, moved south along the Nanxun Railway, and the target they chose to attack was the defense of the 19th Division of Li Jue's 70th Army.

And at the command of the Potian detachment. The main attack task was handed over to the 106th Division, and Harata Shigeichi was not angry when he learned about it, but felt lucky.

The adjutant on the side didn't know why, and asked, "General, the main attack mission was snatched away by the 106th Division of Matsuura, why aren't you angry?" ”

"Hehe" Ha Tian Chong smiled and said: "If the Bo Tian detachment is changed to fight Jinguan Bridge, our nearly 10,000 people will really not be enough for the 70th Army to eat." ”

"Why does the general say that, of the three local armies, the 70th Army is the weakest, and one division is enough."

The adjutant still didn't understand that one army of the national army could not stop a division at all, unless four armies went up together.

Shigeichi Hauda shook his head and said, "You're just as stupid as Matsuura. The strength of the troops depends not only on the quality and equipment of the soldiers, but also on the ability of the commanders! Li Jue, the commander of the 70th Army, once studied in the Soviet Union, and he was a fierce general. It seems that the 106th Division is going to suffer. ”

"I see."

Hakuda breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: "Our Commander Okamura is really far-sighted, he knows that our Hatachi detachment may not be the opponent of the 70th Army, so he sent a division. Ironically, Matsuura was still complacent. ”

Shigeichi Harata seems to have seen everything, but the truth is exactly what he thinks. On the 25th, Jiujiang was lost, and the three armies were ordered by Zhang Fakui to retreat to the second-line defensive position.

General Li Jue did not dare to slack off at the Jinguan Bridge with the 70th Army, and rushed to build fortifications overnight. And his fortifications are so ingenious that they will surely surprise the 106th Division. And this ingenious fortification was also destined to make the 106th Division called Matsuura suffer a lot.

Junrokuro Matsuura has always wanted to find soft persimmons to pinch, but in the end he still chose the wrong persimmon.

(End of chapter)