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Half an hour later, Xue Yue, who was far away in Tonggu, also received the news. [△网.]
When the news came, Xue Yuezheng was convening a meeting with senior counselors from the Corps Headquarters. Although Gao'an County had been captured, the remaining Japs entrenched in Gao'an County had not been completely eliminated. Moreover, the Japs from Shanggao, Zhangshu and Xinyu were heading towards Gao'an is moving closer. At present, it seems that the Japanese have not admitted defeat and are still thinking of counterattack.
However, this was also expected by Xue Yue. Although the 27th Division stationed on the Hunan-Jiangxi Highway is not a permanent division, it is also one of the second batch of ten expanded ad hoc divisions, and it took a relatively long time to enter the Chinese battlefield. Early on, he has rich actual combat experience and quite strong combat effectiveness. The division leader Honma Masaharu is also a ruthless character.
Therefore, Xue Yue plans to have fun with Masaharu Honma in Gao'an.
When the defense line of the 27th Division was relatively complete before, Xue Yue did not dare to act rashly, but now that the 27th Division has been cut in half by the First Corps, Xue Yue is no longer afraid of the old devil like Honma Masaharu, Xue Yue I just wanted to have a showdown with this famous old devil.
However, the meeting had just begun when Wuhan sent six urgent telegrams in succession.
After reading the telegram, Xue Yue's eyebrows immediately tightened. Xue Yue had long expected that the Japs would not act according to the script they wrote, but the Japs' reaction was completely beyond his expectation.
Xue Yue originally thought that even if the Japs refused to mobilize their forces to rescue Jiujiang, at least the Third Division, the 101st Division and the 27th Division would never participate in the attack on Wuhan again, but now, The Third Division and the 101st Division not only participated in the offensive operations against Wuhan, but their attack lines were more vicious than previously known!
Originally, according to the secret theft by the Fuxing Society, the 3rd and 101st Divisions should have cooperated with the 106th Division and the Botian Detachment to jointly attack Wuhan from the south bank of the Yangtze River. But now, the 3rd and 101st Divisions However, the regiment abandoned Wuhan and marched directly towards Huarong to outflank them. This was to catch more than one million Nationalist troops gathered on the battlefield in Wuhan. Seishiro Itagaki, an old devil, had such a big appetite that he was not afraid to hold on to it. !
Seeing Xue Yue's expression was different, Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the First Corps, asked in a low voice: "Chief, what's going on?"
Xue Yue handed the telegram to Wu Yizhi without saying a word. Wu Yizhi immediately exclaimed after reading the telegram.
"What? The Japanese 3rd and 101st Divisions are striding towards Huarong?!" Wu Yizhi's face changed drastically, and even his hands holding the telegram began to tremble uncontrollably, "How could this happen? Why? Would something like this happen? How dare the Japanese do this? How dare Seishiro Itagaki do this?"
"Itagaki Seishiro!" Xue Yue said with a sharp look, "I forgot that at the Xinkou battlefield, he defeated Yan Laoxi and Wei Lihuang's thirty-one divisions with half of his division!" He paused for a moment. , and said, "However, Wuhan is not Xinkou, and I, Xue Yue, am not Wei Lihuang, and I am not Yan Laoxi."
After a while, the dozen or so senior officials present at the meeting circulated all the telegrams, and they exploded.
Xue Yue waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go to the war room with me and have a war game!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Yue walked to the war room next door, followed by Wu Yizhi and a dozen staff officers.
It was too late to improvise a sandbox, so the war game could only be conducted on the map.
Half an hour later, the senior staff officer of the First Corps had already marked the enemy and enemy situation of the Chinese and Japanese armies on the map, but only four huge arrows were visible, like four ferocious centipedes, coming from four different directions. He rushed towards Wuhan with his teeth and claws open, and two blue arrows pointed straight at the side and back of Wuhan, Huarong!
Wu Yizhi stared at the map and said to Xue Yue: "Chief Commander, I must admit that this old devil Itagaki Seishiro is ruthless. He doesn't leave any room at all. He is basically gambling with us! In the current situation, if our army wins, then It’s a total win, but if you lose, it will definitely be a big loss!”
"Just bet." Xue Yue said calmly, "It's still unclear who will win!"
Wu Yizhi's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he whispered: "Mr. Sir, this is a humble position and you must not be impulsive..."
"Okay, Chief of Staff, don't talk any more." Xue Yue waved his hand to stop Wu Yizhi, then turned to the dozen or so senior staff members standing beside him and said, "The first subject is, with the existing troops on the Huarong front line, whether Can it block the attacks of the Third Division and the 101st Division? If not, how many days can it be defended at most?"
Xue Yue gave the subjects, and a dozen senior staff members from the headquarters immediately divided into two groups and began to deduce.
The result of the deduction is that Huarong's existing troops cannot stop the attack of the 3rd and 101st Divisions at all, and if they can persist for up to five days, Jingzhou will fall after five days!
"Five days?" Xue Yue frowned and said, "What if the Changde and Yueyang garrison were transferred up?"
A senior counselor replied: "If the four armies stationed in Changde and Yueyang can be transferred to the front line of Huarong, they can hold it for at least more than half a month. However, sir, I am afraid that the headquarters will not agree to move Changde and Yueyang to the front line. The defenders on the Yueyang front line are transferred to the Huarong front line, especially Yueyang, which is the southern gate of Wuhan! Once the Yueyang defenders are transferred to Huarong, and the Japs turn around and take Yueyang, the southern gate of Wuhan will be opened!"
Wu Yizhi echoed: "Yes, sir, the garrison in Yueyang cannot be moved, and there are not many garrison in Changde. Even if they are mobilized, it will be a drop in the bucket and will not help the matter. So I thought that I should give up the next move immediately." Phase offensive, quickly return to the battlefield in Hunan, threatening the 3rd and 101st Divisions behind them!"
Wu Yizhi's idea is very simple. The little devils are going to fight for their lives, so let's not be like them. We should quickly withdraw the main force of the First Corps to Hunan and threaten the backs of the Third Division and the 101st Division. This way, the Japanese army's third The division and the 101st Division could only retreat and huddle up to protect themselves.
Most importantly, there is enough time.
In four or five days, the main force of the First Corps will be able to return to Hunan.
"It's too late." Xue Yue shook his head and said, "Chief of Staff, it's now, even if we return to Hunan, the Little Japanese's 3rd Division and 101st Division will never shrink back to where they were. What's more, now that the troops have all deployed and are completely entangled with the 27th Division, they can't withdraw even if they want to."
Wu Yizhi immediately fell silent, because what Xue Yue said was indeed a big problem.
Xue Yue then said to the staff: "The second subject, with the current situation, can we defeat or even completely annihilate the Japanese 27th Division? If so, how many days will it take at most?"
Xue Yue gave the second war game subject, and the staff of the headquarters became busy again.
This time the deduction was even longer, and it took more than an hour before the results were finally obtained.
"Commander!" A major general's senior staff officer reported, "After deduction, we all agree that with the current situation, it will be difficult for our Corps to completely annihilate the 27th Division of the Japanese Army, but it will be difficult to defeat the 27th Division. There is no problem at all, and it will definitely not take more than five days. Within five days, our corps will be able to defeat the Japanese army! It’s just..."
"Just what?" Xue Yue frowned, "Don't be hesitant, say what you have to say."
"Yes." Major General Gao Shen stood at attention and continued, "But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Jiujiang must not be lost within five days! If Jiujiang is lost before the 27th Division is defeated, , then the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Jiujiang will arrive quickly, and our army's goal will be defeated."
"I know." Xue Yue nodded heavily, "It's also five days, right?"
"Yes, five days!" Major General Gao Shen nodded heavily and added, "Judging from the results of the war game, the Japanese army will be able to capture Jingzhou City in five days at most, and our army will also defeat the 27th Division. But , As for how many days it will take at least, it’s impossible to say with certainty because there are too many uncertain factors.”
After all, war is not an exercise, and there are many factors that cannot be calculated on paper.
"Then we can only leave it to God to judge." Xue Yue punched the wall hard and said, "If the Japanese capture Jingzhou first, then the Battle of Wuhan will be a huge defeat. But if we first Defeat the 27th Division, then the Japs will lose the Battle of Wuhan, I'm betting on this!"
Listening to what Xue Yue said, Wu Yizhi felt his heart pounding.
With such a big bet, Wu Yizhi felt like he was almost out of breath.
Wu Yizhi murmured twice, intending to say something, but no sound came out.
"Chief of Staff!" Xue Yue turned around and ordered Wu Yizhi, "Call the headquarters immediately and ask the headquarters to immediately dispatch half of the defenders from Changde and Yueyang to reinforce Huarong. We must defend Huarong no matter what, for at least ten days! "
"Ah?" Wu Yizhi asked in confusion, "Maintain, wasn't the war game just five days?"
"Only ten days." Xue Yue said without any doubt, "Telegram to the headquarters to hold Huarong for at least ten days!"
Xue Yue knows his colleagues very well. If you ask him to stay for five days, he will definitely give you a half discount. He will only stay for three days, not even one more day. If you ask them to stay for ten days, they will give you a half discount for exactly five days.
After a slight pause, Xue Yue added: "Also, I will send a telegram to the 799th Regiment of the 133rd Division to defend Jiujiang for at least five days no matter what!"
"Ah?" Wu Yizhi became more and more puzzled, "The main seat, isn't it ten days?"
"Yes, not ten days, just say five days." Xue Yue smiled and said, "There is no need to beat the drum hard. For Xu Rui, there is no need to deal with the empty ones. If you say five days, he will definitely keep it for five days!" Mobile phone users please visit m.read for a better reading experience.