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Chapter 335 To keep or to abandon
Nanchang City, the telecommunications room next to Ogamo's office.

Originally, all the radio stations here were tuned to the accompanying radio station of the imperial army participating in the encirclement and suppression in Meiling, and the devil's communication soldiers also focused on contacting Meilinnei, Anyi County, and Fengxin County radio stations, but in an instant, the south side of Nanchang City Calls poured in from multiple strongholds and from copper and iron smelters.

Especially the copper and iron smelter on the bank of the Ganjiang River is usually stationed by a small group of devils and a team of imperial association troops. Jing Jiamo dispatched all the mortars and shells of the whole regiment to the first company, and carried out continuous bombardment of the copper and iron smelter. With violent bombardment, and with the help of artillery fire, a company of soldiers charged the factory. At this moment, the defenders inside were under great defensive pressure. The calls were made to Nanchang City one after another until the phone line was cut. moment.

"Baga! Road! Is the Chongqing army declaring war on our city of Nanchang!"

Ohgamo slapped the desk, like a violent lion being irritated. The copper and iron smelter on the bank of the Gan River must not be lost. Its existence is related to the supply of weapons for the garrison, and it is also an important bullet for the entire 11th Army. As well as one of the raw material supply facilities for rifle production, the copper and iron raw materials produced here will be used to make bullet casings and some guns.

Amakasu Shigetaro, who saw the telegram, was also full of disbelief, but after thinking for a while, he said, "It should be impossible. It is absolutely impossible for the Ninth War Zone of China to launch an attack on Nanchang City at the moment."

It stands to reason that the Chongqing Army here is absolutely determined not to launch a war against Nanchang City. Now General Okamura, the commander of the 11th Army in charge of fighting the entire East China region, is already preparing to launch an attack on Changsha. All the Chongqing government's focus is on the city of Changsha at this moment, how could it suddenly launch an attack on Nanchang City.

This truth was also understood by Da He Mao after thinking about it. The Chongqing army around Nanchang City used this to prevent him from mobilizing troops to carry out a thorough encirclement and suppression campaign against Meiling in one go.

These hateful Chongqing troops have fulfilled their wish, and now they really can't mobilize troops to Meiling.

After a while, another radio station in three strongholds sent telegrams.

There is also a call from the main stronghold with a telephone line, saying that a small Chongqing army broke through a stronghold on the east side that was empty in only 10 minutes, and everything inside was looted. The fire covered and burned the outside and the inside was black. The reason why this stronghold is empty is because many strongholds on the east side are garrisoned by the Nantian Brigade. The news is that the soldiers of the imperial army who escaped from this stronghold ran fast and escaped with their lives. We informed you to the main base.

Ohgamo and Amakasu Shigetaro held the telegrams in their hands and roughly counted them. At this moment, there were as many as seven places where the gunshots sounded. It was too late for the air team to go out to put out the fire.

Amakasu Shigetaro immediately walked to the phone, and the phone was dialed to the place where he was training troops to prepare for the war. He decided to use this part of his power to quickly extinguish the flames of war on the southeast sides of Nanchang City. meddle.

Ogamo, who could no longer mobilize troops from various strongholds outside the city, ordered the messengers to send a report to the Nantian Battalion and Araki Eto in Meiling at this moment, ordering the troops in Meiling to ignore the situation around Nanchang and advance to the main peak of Meiling wholeheartedly. Carry out a thorough encirclement and suppression of the Chongqing Army in Meiling!The two county towns of Anyi and Fengxin must be cautiously prepared. The gates of the bunkers in the strongholds where the troops were transferred were immediately closed and the gates were kept on guard at all times.

Hearing that some strongholds around Nanchang City were under attack, Jiang Teng and Araki immediately issued a war alert order for the entire county. He closed his gun and stood up, looking serious.

There are guns firing in front, and there are jitters in the back.

The sudden ignited situation around Nanchang City made the situation in the entire surrounding area of ​​Nanchang suddenly heated up. The burning situation was felt by the confidential room of the theater headquarters 350 kilometers away, separated by mountains and rivers.

The confidential room of the theater command is on the left half of the headquarters building. After walking through a long corridor and turning a corner, there is the war room. Opposite the war room is the main conference room.

Every time the main meeting room is opened, it means that a big battle is coming. At this moment, the door is closed and the guards are standing guard in the main meeting room. Every seat is filled with military-level figures.

Just as Amakasu Shigetaro and Ogamo thought, at this moment the Ninth Theater Command's focus is entirely on Changsha City.

In the headquarters of the Ninth War Zone, a group of military-level commanders sat in front of long desks, and the atmosphere was filled with the smell of gunpowder. At this moment, the commander-level core commanders of the Ninth War Zone were arguing over whether to defend or abandon Changsha. endlessly.

The Japanese’s intention to attack Changsha has not been concealed, but as to whether Changsha should defend or abandon it, the senior military officers sitting in the Ninth War Zone have different opinions. The main station is deadlocked, and even Chongqing has not made a decision. .

On the left side of the long desk, a general from Sanxiang jumped up, "Humph, I firmly disagree with giving up Changsha! To give up resistance is to surrender. My generation is the second Qin Hui, and will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history by future generations. !"

Li Yutang, the commander of the Eighth Army, folded his arms on his chest and said, "You can't say that, we are not giving up, but retreating strategically, first retreating to Hengyang, and rebuilding the Xuelin with the help of the criss-crossing mountains and rivers there. Commander’s Boling line of defense. Just like Wuhan, preserve the strength of the war zone and fight again in the future, and now the devils under Okamura are fighting hard, and sticking to Changsha is repeating the tragedies of Songhu and Nanjing!”

"I agree with Commander Li!" A square-faced man in the seat on the right said angrily, his weight was very heavy, and his words made Xue Boling, the commander of the war zone sitting in the upper seat, even raise his eyebrows.

The one who spoke was Guan Linzheng, Commander-in-Chief of the No.15 Group Army. After arriving in Wuhan, he now commands the six armies of the 15th Group Army to sit in northern Hunan and is dispatched by Xue Boling to deal with the next situation where Okamura attacks Changsha.

Guan Linzheng continued, "This kind of doomed resistance will not save Changsha. The loss of Nanchang City once again shows that we currently lack the strength to defend the city. Facing the devil's heavy howitzers, tanks, armored vehicles and aircraft, our soldiers have nothing to lose. The Hanyang made can't fight at all. The correct way is to retreat to the Hengyang area as Commander Li said, and lure the enemy to go deep, so as to take advantage of the favorable terrain of Hengshan to make Okamura's tank and armor units unable to play a role."

"Wars are not just about force, but the economic strength of a country. Now the Japanese have occupied many high-quality economic cities along the coast and along the river of the Republic of China. This makes the economy of the Republic of China very serious. The poverty and weakness in the late Qing Dynasty increased The current situation is even worse, from a military and economic point of view, we are temporarily unable to compete with the vigorous 11th Army in Changsha City, so I agree to temporarily abandon Changsha and retreat to Hengyang."

(End of this chapter)