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Chapter 538: Battle in the Mountains of Northern Jiangxi (2)

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    The one who blocked the Songpu Division was Li Jue's 70th Army. However, although the 70th Army at this time had a corps-level establishment, it actually only had one division. Among them, the 128th Division was dismissed by the Military Commission because it lost Jiujiang.  The designation was revoked, and Army Commander Li Jue was demoted from lieutenant general to major general due to the previous poor combat performance of his 128th Division.

    Major General, this is definitely the only one in the army, that is, Chiang Kai-shek saw that Li Jue performed well in the Battle of Songhu, so he gave him a chance to make atonement.

    Li Jue was deeply aware of this. On the Wuhan battlefield, the remaining troops of their 70th Army repeatedly charged forward and made meritorious deeds.

    In fact, in the face of the Japanese attack this time, although the 70th Army was under great pressure, it did not have the strength to fight back at all, not to mention that it could always break out if it could not defeat it.

    The area in northern Jiangxi has high mountains and dense forests, and the little devils are not familiar with the terrain. It is easy to get rid of their pursuit. There is no need to be chased and beaten by the Japanese army.

    The reason for this situation was entirely due to the order of the First Corps Headquarters. The Corps Commander Xue Yue asked them to adopt the tactics of fighting and retreating, and always maintained a non-committal posture with the Japanese army.

    This was also a decision jointly made by Li Guoyao and Xue Yue. When the Japanese army went south, they must have wanted to give the national army on the De'an front line a black tiger punch. Therefore, before the war, Li Guoyao and Xue Yue conducted on-the-spot terrain surveys in the northern Jiangxi area. They  I found that south of Lushan Mountain, which is east of Nanxun Road, there are high mountains and lofty mountains, with mountains connected to mountains and lush trees.

    So the two of them thought about setting up a Bagua formation here to lure the enemy here to fight.

    "But how to get the little devil into this Bagua array was a troublesome matter, so Li Guoyao proposed to lure the enemy deeper, so Li Jue's troops were put to use.

    Just when Li Jue's headquarters and the Songpu Division were going around in the mountains of northern Jiangxi, Xue Yue made a prompt decision and mobilized other troops to prepare to encircle and annihilate the Songpu Division.

    Soon, under the command of Xue Yue, Ou Zhen's Fourth Army, Li Yutang's Eighth Army and other troops were quickly transferred to the northern Jiangxi area. A large net was slowly opening, waiting for the little Japs to enter the net.

    Five days later, the main force of the 106th Division entered the Wanjialing, Bixi Street, Laohujian, and Shibaoshan areas. The roundabout and deep attack targets were almost at hand, but the smooth good luck along the way to Songpu could be regarded as coming to an end.

    In the Baiyun Mountain area, the Chinese Army's left wing guard was the 4th Army that had just withdrawn from the Jinguanqiao line.

    In the Battle of Jinguanqiao, the 4th Army commanded by Ou Zhen suffered from the Japanese army's detour.  If it were not for the cover of the 74th Army and the desperate fight of the 4th Army, the 4th Army would almost not be able to withdraw.

    Ou Zhen has been very sensitive to his flank since then.  Search teams were dispatched from a long distance, and covering troops were deployed from a close distance, always guarding their flanks.

    Because of the confidentiality, only Li Guoyao and Xue Yue knew about this combat plan. Even the commanders of each army did not know it. They could only act according to the orders of the Corps Headquarters, including Ou Zhen, commander of the Fourth Army.

    The search team's report caught Ou Zhen's attention. When he learned that a large number of Japanese soldiers were found in front of him, he was frightened into a cold sweat at first, but when the situation was found out, it made him nervous.  Excited again.

    After reporting to the First Corps Headquarters, Xue Yue immediately ordered the Urban Army to decisively order the entire army to turn around and deploy their defenses, blocking the intruding enemy from the side.

    The highly alert 4th Army responded quickly and changed its eastward defense into a westward attack, immediately blocking the Songpu Division's retreat from the rear.

    Seeing that the little Jaap had rushed in, Xue Yue was overjoyed and immediately ordered other troops to follow him. He wanted to eat the 106th Division in one fell swoop.

    However, given that the situation on the northern front is not very good, and at this time they have to mobilize more than a dozen divisions to completely annihilate the Matsuura Division, Xue Yue feels that he must report the situation to the Ninth War Zone Commander's Headquarters.

    After receiving Xue Yue¡¯s report, the commander of the Ninth War Zone, Chen Cheng, was shocked!

    Chen Cheng always thought that after the Japanese army recaptured Jiujiang, its next goal was to counterattack Jiujiang, but he did not expect that Okamura Neiji would do such a thing.

    Although the little devil's move is very risky, his intention is very clear, that is, to send the main force directly around the back of Da'an, and then wipe out all the Chinese troops on the southern front.

    After reading the telegram, Chen Cheng immediately said to Luo Zhuoying, deputy commander of the Ninth Theater Command and commander of the Wuhan garrison: "This guy Okamura has a big appetite and wants to include more than 20 of my divisions. I think he is crazy.  You dare to send the 106th Division alone into our army. Do you really think that our millions of national troops are just decorations?"

    Chen Cheng knows that XueYue Young was energetic and courageous. When the battlefields in Wuhan were in full swing, he decided to annihilate the entire Japanese 106th Division. This was a huge military adventure.

    We must know that it is not an easy task to completely annihilate such a field division. In the Battle of Lanfeng a few months ago, the first theater mobilized more than a dozen divisions and nearly 200,000 people. After paying huge sacrifices, they  The 14th Infantry Division was severely damaged, and was finally escaped by Doihara.

    Although the combat effectiveness of the 106th Division is not as good as that of Doihara, it is not weak, especially in terms of military strength, which is no less than that of the 14th Division.

    So once this battle is approved by the Military Commission, at least a dozen divisions will have to be mobilized, which is likely to affect the battle on the northern front.

    But Chen Cheng weighed the pros and cons and decided to side with Xue Yue.  He knew Xue Yue, and since he, Xue Boling, had made up his mind, he must be quite confident.

    Secondly, Zhang Fakui fought a good counterattack on the northern front, but the First Corps made no achievements. This is obviously not what Chen Cheng wants to see.

    The most important thing is that Chen Cheng himself is not an arbitrary person. He respects the opinions of his subordinates very much and has the courage to take responsibility for failures.

    It should be admitted that this is an excellent quality of Chen Cheng as a general. With this alone, he has won the trust of his subordinates many times.

    "As for the decision of the First Corps and the Ninth War Zone, the Wuhan Military Commission and our Chairman Chiang are also very supportive.

    Although the deepest impression left by Chiang Kai-shek on people is that he was passively defensive and did not think about offense.  From a strategic perspective, it is regrettable that he was too focused on defense.

    But in terms of tactics, he was even more active in advocating attacks than most senior Kuomintang generals. This can be clearly seen from the frequent telegrams exchanged between Chiang Kai-shek and his subordinates. However, most of his attacks ended in failure, which was in vain.  No way!

    ¡°Subsequently, under the instructions of Lao Jiang, Chen Cheng immediately called the First Corps headquarters and asked them to immediately mobilize troops to cut off the Japanese army¡¯s retreat and annihilate them all!

    Xue Yuefei was a timid mediocre general. After receiving the order from the Military Commission, he began to take special "care" for the Songpu Division, which was alone in the depths.

    He urgently sent a telegram to the 4th and 70th armies and the 187th and 139th divisions in Nanxun and De'an to surround the Japanese army in Wanjialing from the east and cut off their possible retreat.  At the same time, the New 13th Division, the New 15th Division, the 91st, 142nd, 60th and Preliminary 6th Divisions on the Ruiwu Line were attacked to encircle the western half of Wanjialing.

    More than 100,000 Chinese troops from 12 divisions flew to Wanjialing, surrounding more than 20,000 people from the Songpu Division in 10 square kilometers of mountains.

    Soon, the Songpu division failed to make a sneak attack and fell into a desperate situation surrounded by enemies.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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