Invincible from the sword

Chapter 203 Zhang Lei, You Are So Fierce

As soon as Zhang Lei entered the conference room of the ninth war zone, he saw a large group of national army commanders.

It made him a little nervous.

In the middle of the position is Tiger Zai, the highest officer of the Ninth War Zone.

Tiger Cub is tall and big.

A look of determination.

Zhang Lei's eyes are a bit straight, this tiger cub looks a bit like Zhang Fengyi.

Seeing Zhang Lei approaching, Hu Zai was also taken aback for a moment.

This Zhang Lei is a little too young, right?
Judging by Zhang Lei's appearance, he is only in his twenties.

Already the head of the Eighth Route Army?
Tiger Boy knows the Eighth Route Army well.

After the cooperation between the two armies, a large number of generals in the Eighth Route Army were demoted due to staffing problems.

In the former Eighth Route Army, not to mention the 20-year-old regiment commander, even the 20-year-old division commander.

But now, those who can be regimental commanders in the Eighth Route Army had to be at least brigade commanders in the past.

Zhang Lei is already the commander of the Eighth Route Army at such a young age. It seems that Zhang Lei is very important in the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Lei saluted Tiger Boy: "Report to Chief Xue, Zhang Lei, the temporary regiment commander of the Eighth Route Army, is here to report."

Tiger Cub nodded: "The battle is imminent, so I won't say much.

Since your army sent you here, you are superior to others.

What do you think of the Japanese attack on Hunan this time? "

This is obviously a test.

Tiger cubs don't tolerate sand in their eyes.

This time, he also came with the heart of death.

When he first arrived in Changsha, the army was dispirited and morale was low.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he directly shot a fleeing division commander in front of everyone.

Let everyone's spirits shake.

Tiger Boy asked Zhang Lei to talk about his views this time, and he also wanted to see how many brushes Zhang Lei has?

If Zhang Lei can't do it, Tiger Boy will directly use Zhang Lei as a general leader.

After all, it is a war.

To be honest, this kind of battle can kill several regiment leaders in a day.

If Zhang Lei is indeed capable, Tiger Boy is ready to let Zhang Lei's troops defend some important places.

Everyone in the meeting room was taken aback.

They knew exactly who Tiger Cub was.

Such an arrogant person actually wants to listen to Zhang Lei's opinion on this battle.

It's so weird.

This tiger cub doesn't even listen to little Zhuge's opinion.

Everyone looked at Zhang Lei, wanting to see what was different about this young man.

It can actually make Tiger Cub take a high look.

Zhang Lei took a deep breath.

If this is the case, then I will not be polite.

There was no map in the meeting room, so Chief of Staff Wu took everyone to the war room.

The war room in the ninth war zone is very large.

On the floor in the middle, there is a huge sand table 20 meters long and [-] meters wide.

On the sand table, there are many arrival plaster flags and blue sky and white sun flags.

The situation of the enemy and ourselves is very clear.

On the wall of the war room, there is also a huge map.

Zhang Lei looked a little confused.

The war room in the Ninth War Zone is much more impressive than the regiment headquarters of his temporary regiment.

Zhang Lei was not polite, he picked up the long stick next to him and began to explain his thoughts: "The No. 11 Japanese Army has six divisions and 10 people.

The commander is Ningji Okamura, a famous general from the island nation.

This person is good at large-scale battles and is a famous general in the island country.

Graduated from Japan Army University.

Insidious and cunning.

But likewise, Okamura Ningji's command tactics are also very rigid.

Judging from all the battles commanded by Neiji Okamura, his most common offensive method is to break through in the middle and outflank on both sides.

This is the most commonly used offensive strategy in the Japanese army.

Very backward, but also very effective.

According to my analysis, Ningji Okamura will place the main force of his No.11 Army in Linxiang and Yueyang.

Go south along the railway, attacking Linxiang and Yueyang all the way, and then Chen Bing on the north bank of Xinqiang River.

From Xinqianghe, attack Changsha.

At the same time, in the Tongcheng and Maishi areas, carry out outflanking.

In order to cut off our army's retreat, I estimate that Okamura Ningji will attack Nanchang first before attacking Changsha.

Nanchang is the east gateway of Changsha.

After taking Nanchang, the No. 11 Japanese Army can go directly westward, and together with his troops in Linxiang and Yueyang, surround the main force of our army. "

Zhang Lei's words brightened Tiger Boy's eyes.

It actually coincided with my own thoughts.

As the supreme commander of the Ninth War Zone, Tiger Boy is very cautious about this battle.

He carefully studied Okamura Ningji, the commander of the No.11 Army of the Japanese Army.

This time Okamura Ningji led an army of [-] to attack Hunan, which put a lot of pressure on the old man Yamashiro.

If Hunan was occupied by the Japanese army, there would be almost no retreat for the mountain city.

At that time, the capital can only be moved again.

But move the capital.

For such a big matter, if it is not a last resort, the old man in Shancheng would not do it.

It has been moved from Jinling to Shancheng.

If they move again, not to mention that other people do not agree, even the old man in Shancheng himself will not agree.

The impact is too great.

Now the whole world is skeptical of the old man in Shancheng's ability to resist the war.

If the capital is moved again, the old man in Shancheng will become the laughing stock of the whole world.

This is absolutely not allowed.

Moreover, after the Battle of Wuhan, the offensive capabilities of the Japanese army have reached the end of their strength.

If the national army can't hold on at this time and loses Hunan, it will have a great impact on the morale of the entire national army.

As one of the most capable generals under the old man in Shancheng, Tiger Boy is under a lot of pressure.

In private, he got a lot of information about Neiji Okamura through Dai Chunfeng, who was in command of the military.

After careful analysis, Tiger Boy felt that this time Okamura Ning's attack will still adopt the tactics of breaking through the middle and outflanking the two wings.

This tactic is mediocre, but it works.

Since the battle of Songhu, the Japanese army has tried this tactic repeatedly.

Every time the national army fought against the Japanese army, they could fight vigorously in the early stage.

Although the casualties were not small, the progress of the Japanese army was very slow.

But as long as the flanks of the national army are broken through, the entire national army will quickly collapse.

It's almost become a rule.

The most fundamental reason is that the commanders in the national army lack confidence.

As soon as the Japanese army copied their own retreat, the commander of the national army immediately panicked.

As a result, at the end of the battle, the national army's troops often suffered major defeats.

The defeat is like a mountain.

Tiger Boy has a deep understanding of this sentence.

In order to designate this operation, Hu Zai carefully considered, and finally decided on the strategy to deal with the Japanese army.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lei, a group leader, had the same ideas as him.

Even his chief of staff did not have this kind of combat vision.

The others looked skeptical.

I feel that Zhang Lei is a bit exaggerated.

You, the head of the regiment, have just been here for less than a day, and you have analyzed Neiji Okamura's tactics?
Why don't you say that you want to do the locust of the island country!

Even Chief of Staff Wu didn't believe it.

In such a big battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops, he, the Chief of Staff of the Ninth War Zone, was not sure how the Japanese army would attack.

Regarding the Japanese army's combat plan, the military command has no definite information until now.

So we can only judge by past experience.

But Neiji Okamura is insidious and cunning, nicknamed: Island Country Idiot.

For such a Japanese commander, the battle plan must be very insidious.

Zhang Lei directly said that Ningji Okamura would adopt a three-way attack, and Chief of Staff Wu felt a little unlikely.

Tiger Boy nodded slowly: "Zhang Lei, you, the head of the regiment, surprised me.

No wonder the old man in Shancheng made an exception and issued a commendation order to you. It seems that you really have real materials. "

Tiger Boy's expression turned positive: "The purpose of the No. 11 Japanese Army's attack on Hunan is to occupy Changsha.

I put the main battlefield of this battle with the Japanese army in northern Hunan.

Using the Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River, and Liuyang River as barriers, fortified layer by layer, consuming the vital strength of the Japanese army.

Therefore, the Luo Command of the No.19 Group Army, which I defended in Nanchang, should retreat to the Gao'an line after inflicting effective damage to the enemy in Nanchang, and use the terrain to fortify layer by layer.

Stop the invading enemy from northern Jiangxi.

No.20 Seventh Army Yang Commander's Headquarters set up defenses on the front line of Tongcheng to block the attacking enemy in southern Hubei.

The No.15 Group Army Guan Commander Headquarters, and Commander Li's Eighth Army, are blocking the frontal enemy in northern Hunan. "

When Tiger Boy said this, everyone was shocked.

Judging from the deployment of Tiger Boy's troops, it is obvious that Nanchang has been abandoned.

Is this a bit inappropriate?
Commander Guan, Commander of the No.15 Group Army, said suspiciously: "Sir, Nanchang is located in an important place, why don't we fight the enemy to the death in Nanchang?"

This sentence is the question of most people present.

Just now Zhang Lei also said that Nanchang is the gateway to Changsha.

If Nanchang is occupied by the Japanese army, the Japanese army will encircle the entire Hunan.

At that time, if the battle goes wrong, the troops in the ninth theater will easily collapse.

Tiger Boy glanced at Zhang Lei: "Head Zhang, what do you think about this problem?"

Zhang Lei was taken aback for a moment.

Don't you know all about it?

What do you ask me for?
Tiger Boy's deployment of troops just now obviously gave up Nanchang on his own initiative.

This shows that Tiger Boy also knows in his heart that it is very difficult to defend Nanchang.

Zhang Lei said: "Because Nanchang is an important place, it cannot be defended.

As far as our current battlefield situation is concerned, the north-south railway is blocked, and the Yangtze River shipping has become the lifeline of the Japanese army.

Therefore, this time the No.11 Japanese army will definitely spare no effort to capture Nanchang.

But now the strength of our ninth war zone is still unable to compete with the entire Japanese army.

If we want to keep Nanchang, there must be a prerequisite, that is, Wuhan or Jinling, one of which is in our hands.

The last time General Tiger Cub defended Nanchang and won the victory in Wanjialing, it was because Wuhan was still in our hands.

But this time it was different.

We want to defend Nanchang, and the Japanese army will definitely attack with all their nests.It will cause huge losses to our ninth war zone.

Therefore, the main battlefield we chose is in northern Hunan. "

Zhang Lei's words made everyone present gasp.

This Zhang Lei is so coquettish!
(End of this chapter)