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Chapter 185
Okamura, the commander of the Japanese dispatched army who presided over the mainland offensive, also understood this point.

As the commander of the Japanese army in charge of the overall offensive, standing in front of the map, he understands his situation better than anyone else.

At this moment, this battle line stretching more than 800 kilometers is really too long, but he has no choice. If he wants to defeat the center of Chongqing, which is now shrunk in the mountains, he must go deep into the city step by step.

Once this front line is cut off, they will end up ignoring each other, and the 30 troops stationed in Wuhan will be in trouble.

What's more, in the Wuhan battle that I presided over, although I finally got Wuhan, a heavy city along the river, as I wished, what I got when I captured it was an empty city. The main force of the national army inside and outside Wuhan was not wiped out. He is sneaking into the mountains and forests and can wait for an opportunity to attack at any time.

These days, supplies vehicles transported by land to Wuhan City often encounter accidents on roads outside the city, which is a clear example.

Worse yet.

Taking the section of the Yangtze River in Wuhan as the boundary, to the north of the river is the Fifth War Zone led by Chinese general Li Delin, and to the south of the river is the Ninth War Zone led by Xue Boling, who caused his subordinates to stumble in Wanjialing.

The armies led by the two are like a pair of big pliers, pinching the 30 troops I stationed in Wuhan all the time. Live in the pincer attack of the two major theaters.

It is necessary to expand the living space of the Japanese troops stationed in Wuhan City!

This is what Okamura has been thinking about since he took down Wuhan City, but after the Battle of Wuhan at that time, he did not have extra troops and equipment to launch a new offensive.

Now that the country has approved its own further actions, the source of troops and ammunition are being dispatched, and two people, Nishio Hiszo and Itagaki Seishiro, have been sent to assist him, and he can start the "New Year" he is planning after the soldiers are assembled. Offensive!"

Thinking of this, Okamura's folded arms clenched into fists. He is very confident about the next Chinese New Year offensive, because he has deduced it many times in his brain. The only thing that cannot be quantified is that the current national army can still explode. What a resistance.

As for the specific attack target, Okamura in front of the map set his sights on Nanchang City, which is [-] kilometers away from Wuhan City.

The city is located at the intersection of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi and Nanxun railways, limited to Nanxun, the Poyang Lake area on the right is the third war zone of China, and the left is the nine war zone.

The city was the juncture of the two theaters of war in China.

Then capturing the city of Nanchang by yourself will have two major benefits:
One can expand the security range of the 30 Japanese troops stationed in Wuhan, and the two cities echo each other.

Second, it can block the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, making it impossible for the three and nine theaters of China to respond to each other, and build bunkers along the railway line to separate them and cage them.

In the light of the night, the corner of Okamura's mouth curled into a scheming arc.Leaning back on the chair, he looked at the firecrackers set off in the sky outside the window, let them go as much as they want, and let those Chinese people have a safe year, hum.

After the Spring Festival, Li Chong continued to train the army according to the daily training plan issued by the regiment headquarters.

Everything looks calm, but high-level decision-making has already begun to operate.

Information Section of Chongqing Military Control Bureau.

One after another precious news from the hidden front gathers here.

"Xiao Zuo, gather up the information and hand it over to the director."

"Yes!" Zuo Yuliang returned to his desk with a pile of intelligence newspapers in his arms, and compiled the information on them.

"On March [-]st, the Japanese army assembled in..."

"On March [-], Japanese naval ships went up the river"

After graduating from the military academy, Zuo Yuliang started working here, and the news he comes into contact with every day is all these shocking news. He is mainly responsible for sorting out military information. No wonder these small posts are full of genuine people.

Judging from the collected information, Zuo Yuliang felt that a big battle was coming.But which one is the target of the Japanese army needs to be analyzed in combination with various intelligence.

But this is not his job, and of course he is not qualified to do this job now.

After the information was collected, it was sent to the staff of the Supreme Council of National Defense in a timely manner according to the procedures. The think tank thought about various possibilities in their brains, and finally believed that the attack target of the Japanese army was probably Nanchang!

After the idea was discussed at the Military Commission, it was considered very likely.

So, on March [-], the Military Commission sent an order telegram to the Ninth Theater Command:

". In order to ensure the communication between Nanchang and its rear, the Ninth War Zone decided to preempt the enemy and take an offensive to destroy the enemy's attempt. The preparation for the attack should be completed before the tenth. The scheduled start date of the attack is NO.15."

The overall meaning is that the Ninth War Zone should strike first!

After getting the order, Xue Boling attached great importance to it, and immediately ordered Luo Ciwei, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater, to prepare for the battle.

After Luo Ciwei got the order, he saw that the troops below were still scattered for training, and it would take some time to mobilize for war after tidying up, so he filed a report to apply for an extension.

Li Chong, who was far away in the countryside of Chenjiahe, was naturally unaware of these movements from the upper echelons, not to mention that Li Chong was just a battalion, even the [-]th Brigade didn't know about it, that is to say, the division headquarters got some wind.

But the opportunity is equal to both sides. If you don't seize it, it doesn't mean that the enemy will let it go, especially if the opponent is Okamura, who has been planning for a long time.

While the national army was still slowly gathering, Okamura, who was holding a heavy army, was already standing in the combat command room.

The heads of the Japanese divisions who participated in the New Year Offensive in Nanchang sat on chairs facing each other.

After talking about the importance of this battle, Okamura put down his command pole, stood in front of the main seat, and glanced at the crowd below.

"Order!"

"Pa-ta." The people below stood up in unison.

"As for the attack on the left, the Murai Detachment of the 116th Division cooperated with the Marine Corps to attack Wucheng from the south of Poyang Lake!"

"Hi!" The Japanese officer who was named bowed his head heavily.

On the map, this left attack route is just along the tributary of Poyang Lake, the Marine Corps can go directly down the river to Wucheng, and the surface gunboat can provide artillery support.

"For the attack on the middle road, use the 101st and 106th divisions as the main force to attack Xujiabu with the cooperation of planes and tanks. After the 32nd China Army stationed in Nanchang divides its troops to rush to help, you forcefully cross Xiushui and divide into two groups. The 106th division Go straight down to Anyi and cut Fengxin to the right, then outflank Nanchang City from the left. The 101st Division first goes straight down to capture Shengmi Street!"

"Hi! Hi!" The two division heads who called the roll also nodded heavily.

"In terms of attacking from the right, the Sixth Division is attacking from Ruoxi to Wuning, aiming at the 8th Army and 73rd Army stationed here."

Okamura was methodical and gave every combat order very clearly.

(End of this chapter)