Li Fengming had a close relationship with Gao Jiu. The two had led the coalition forces to fight in the Henan direction. They also disapproved of Xue Dongsheng. He knew why Gao Jiu was leaving, so he quickly dissuaded him: "Master Jiu, please go first

Don't leave in a hurry, we can discuss anything. Just wait a moment."

After speaking, he said to Deputy Commander Zhang: "Sir! Please take a step to speak."

Then the two came to a lounge in the war room, and Li Fengming said: "Sir! Do you know why Mr. Gao left? It was because of Xue Dongsheng. Xue Dongsheng was narrow-minded and had a problem with Mr. Gao last time.

With him around, it will definitely be difficult to work together in this battle, and it may be difficult to win the battle."

Deputy Commander Zhang knew the Ninth War Zone very well, and he said: "I have already considered what you said. Isn't the reason why we are here just to coordinate the command?

I have discussed this matter with the Commander-in-Chief, and the Commander-in-Chief has given Xue Dongsheng a death order, and he must obey my command. With me here, he will not dare to be cunning."

Li Fengming suddenly realized it and said: "Sir! It turns out you have already considered it. That's great. I will go and communicate with Mr. Gao about this matter."

Deputy Commander Zhang didn't want to expose the complex situation inside the Ninth Theater in front of Gao Jiu, nor did he want to tell Gao Jiu directly. He said, "This is best. It's convenient for you to talk, and try to persuade Mr. Gao to stay."

Back in the war room, Li Fengming quietly called Gao Jiu aside and told him what Deputy Commander Zhang had said.

Although Gao Jiu still felt uneasy, when it came to this matter, he couldn't refuse.

At noon, the 20th Corps held a reception banquet. At the banquet, Deputy Commander Zhang said: "We will have a rest in the afternoon and everyone will consider the battle plan. We will summarize it tomorrow morning."

In the afternoon, Li Fengming came to Gao Jiu's room. He and Gao Jiu first discussed the outline of a plan, and then discussed it accordingly.

Gao Jiu said: "The Japanese army's sequence from east to west is the 3rd Division, the 11th Division and the 6th Division. I led the 20th Corps to attack the Japanese 3rd Division and 11th Division, and the 21st

The Corps is responsible for fighting the Japanese 6th Division."

Li Fengming saw that Gao Jiu had to use the five divisions of the 20th Corps of the Sichuan Army with backward equipment to face the two permanent divisions of the Japanese Army, the 3rd Division and the 11th Division alone, and let those with well-equipped equipment also include many beautiful weapons.

Equipped with 2 of the 11 divisions of the Central Army

The 1st Corps only dealt with the Japanese 6th Division, which was really hard to understand. In his plan, this was the other way around. He wanted to use the troops of the Central Army as the main force, and let the 20th Corps

The 3rd Division responsible for containing the Japanese army.

He said worriedly: "Master Jiu, isn't this kind of battle plan inappropriate in terms of troop deployment?"

Gao Jiu asked: "Do you think Xue Dongsheng's 21st Corps can eat the Japanese 6th Division?"

Li Fengming thought about it seriously and said: "I'm afraid it's impossible to kill the Japanese 6th Division. But there should be no problem in forcing them to retreat."

Gao Jiu shook his head and said, "Has Xue Dongsheng ever had a record of killing a Japanese brigade before?"

Li Fengming said: "Although it didn't exist before, now the 21st Corps has been equipped with a lot of beautiful weapons and equipment, and its strength has indeed been strengthened. There should be no problem this time."

Gao Jiu shook his head and said: "The war is not about weapons and equipment, but the morale of the army. For every soldier, there is a nest of generals. I dare to conclude that with Xue Dongsheng's urine, not only will they be unable to fight

The 6th Division that retreated from the Japanese army will definitely be defeated when they face the enemy's attack."

Li Fengming believed that Gao Jiu's words made sense, but he still didn't believe that the 150,000 men of the 21st Corps could not deal with the Japanese 6th Division. In the past, when the weapons and equipment of the 21st Corps had not been replaced, they still withstood it.

We resisted the Japanese attack and held our position. Now our strength has been greatly enhanced, so there should be no problem.

Li Fengming said: "Jiuye, why are you doing this? The Sichuan Army only has five divisions and their equipment is backward. If you let them deal with the Japanese 3rd Division, why do you need to put such a huge pressure on yourself?"

Gao Jiu said: "If you want to win this battle, you can only follow my plan. Otherwise, I will withdraw from this battle."

Li Fengming was still very convinced of Gao Jiu, and he said: "Okay then, I will report your plan to Deputy Commander Zhang."

After listening to Li Fengming's report, Deputy Commander Zhang felt incredible and even thought Gao Jiu was a bit arrogant. However, over the years, Gao Jiu had never lost a battle. There must be a reason for his decision. Deputy Commander Zhang decided to come to him personally.

Gao Jiu, figure out his intentions.

Accompanied by Li Fengming, Deputy Commander Zhang came to Gao Jiu's residence.

The three people gathered around the map of the war zone and listened to Gao Jiu describe his battle plan in detail.

After hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhang still believed that there was a problem with Gao Jiu's troop deployment. He still hoped that the 21st Corps would deal with the Japanese 11th Division and 6th Division.

Gao Jiu sighed and said: "In that case, I will be responsible for commanding the 20th Corps to attack the Japanese 3rd Division. After the battle begins, I hope you can go to the 21st Corps in person to take charge, and hope that they can follow the battle plan

implement."

Deputy Commander Zhang believed that the 21st Corps was the main force in this battle, and of course he wanted to go there to take command on the spot. He agreed with Gao Jiu's opinion.

Gao Jiu also made a request, requesting that the guard regiment of the Ninth Theater District, which he fought alongside last time, be transferred to him as a reserve force.

Deputy Commander Zhang agreed without hesitation.

Soon after, under the chairmanship of Deputy Commander Zhang, a joint meeting of the 20th Corps and the 21st Corps was held in Yichang City, at which the campaign plan formulated by Li Fengming was announced.

When Xue Dongsheng heard that he was asked to deal with the 11th and 6th permanent divisions of the Japanese army, he questioned it on the spot and believed that such a deployment of troops was unreasonable. He requested that additional troops be sent to contain the 6th division of the Japanese army.

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Deputy Commander Zhang was very angry and said: "The 20th Corps only has 5 infantry divisions. Their equipment is backward and they have to face the Japanese 3rd Division. Your 21st Corps has 11 divisions with 150,000 troops.

, well-equipped, why is it unreasonable to face two Japanese divisions?"

Xue Dongsheng said: "Although the troops have been equipped with beautiful weapons, only a part of the troops have been re-equipped, and the training time of the re-equipped troops is too short. They have not yet mastered this batch of equipment proficiently. Facing the two sides of the Japanese army,

The main division is really in too much trouble."

Deputy Commander Zhang remembered that Gao Jiu originally planned to use the Sichuan Army's five divisions to deal with the two Japanese master regiments. Now Xue Dongsheng really did not dare to face the two Japanese master regiments. He became even more angry. He said: "This

I have already reported the combat plan to the commander-in-chief and obtained approval from the Military Commission. If anyone dares to disobey orders, military law will be dealt with."

After the combat meeting, the deputy commander and chief of staff of the 20th Corps who attended the meeting returned to the headquarters of the 20th Corps and told Gao Jiu what happened at the meeting.

Gao Jiu saw that it was exactly what he had guessed, and he said: "In this case, our troop deployment needs to be adjusted."

After the new combat plan was formulated, Li Fengming came to the headquarters of the 20th Corps to check the 20th Corps' combat plan.

When he saw Gao Jiu's battle plan, he still didn't quite understand it.

He pointed at Qingsong Ridge and said: "Jiuye, this is the junction of the 20th Corps and the 21st Corps. You put a division of troops here, and it is so far back. Why is that?"

Gao Jiu said: "I am not at ease with Xue Dongsheng. I am very worried about being betrayed by him, so I must guard this place to prevent the Japanese army from outflanking."

Li Fengming also knew Xue Dongsheng very well. Although he thought that this situation would not happen in this battle, he understood Gao Jiu's caution. So he didn't say anything and promised not to report the situation here to Deputy Commander Zhang.

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In the battle plan against the Japanese 3rd Division, Gao Jiu planned to use one division to first attack Jingmen County, which was occupied by the 27th Regiment of the Japanese 3rd Division, and mobilize the main force of the Japanese army to come for reinforcements.

Destroy one Japanese army and make next plans based on the progress of the battle.

After formulating the battle plan, Gao Jiu began a series of preparations.

Gao Jiu first called the big boss of the military command and asked his subordinates to provide information about the Japanese 3rd Division and the 11th Division.

Zhang Quan received Gao Jiu's telegram and immediately led 400 members of the Taohuashan Special Forces Squadron and Du Shengxi's fire team to Yichang, carrying a large number of Type 92 infantry guns, mortars and anti-aircraft guns. Gao Jiu had already called the Aviation Commission.

, let them send a transport plane to Taohuashan to transport them.

In order to prevent gaps in Taohuashan after the main force left, Gao Jiu sent a telegram to the Southwest Shandong Military Division and asked Jiang Xiaomei to send a regiment of the independent brigade to temporarily garrison Taohuashan.

Next, he sent a telegram to Yokota Makoto.

After receiving the telegram, Makoto Yokota immediately sent his adjutant to the Japanese Sixth Air Force stationed in Zhongxiang.

At the airport, the chief of staff of the Japanese Sixth Air Force secretly received Makoto Yokota's adjutant.

The adjutant said: "Did you send planes to bomb a factory outside Chongqing on September 13th?"

Due to the lack of supplies, the Japanese Air Force did not have a large reserve of aerial bombs. The Air Force did not go out for bombing every day, so the Chief of Staff had some impressions of the bombing operation on September 13. He asked: "Is this happening? What's wrong?

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The adjutant said worriedly: "Chief of Staff, you are in trouble! When you were bombing, Gao Jiu's wife happened to go to that factory and was bombed."

"What? Such a thing could happen?" The chief of staff was really shocked. Gao Jiu's Taohuashan Special Forces Team is very elusive. If Gao Jiu catches his eye, the Sixth Air Force will not be able to survive.

The chief of staff asked hurriedly: "Is Gaojiu's woman okay?"

The adjutant said: "The driver of her car was killed and the car hit a stone on the roadside. Although she is fine, she has been pregnant for several months and almost lost her baby."

"It's okay. I hope everything is fine." The chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief.

The adjutant said: "Chief of Staff, I'm afraid you don't know that this is Gao Jiu's first child. Gao Jiu loves his wife very much and attaches great importance to this child. He lost his temper over this matter.

He said he was going to cause trouble for you."

Although the chief of staff was worried, he knew that since Makoto Yokota's adjutant had arrived, it meant that there was room for improvement.

He asked: "What did Mr. Gao tell your commander?"

The adjutant said: "Thanks to the mediation between our commander and Gao Jiu, Mr. Gao agreed to this matter after he put in all the good words for you and spent a lot of money. As long as you agree to him one condition, he will not

Looking for trouble for you."

The chief of staff asked: "What conditions?"

The adjutant said: "Mr. Gao said that the commander of the 20th Corps of the Chinese Army and Sichuan Army is his good friend. From today on, as long as you don't bomb the troops of the 20th Corps, this matter will be written off."

The chief of staff was originally worried that Gao Jiu would put forward some harsh conditions, but he did not expect that the conditions would be so easy. He immediately said: "We will definitely comply with this matter. Go back and tell your commander, if Mr. Gao takes any action in the future, please inform him in advance

Give us a shout."

The chief of staff readily agreed to Gao Jiu's conditions, not only because he was afraid of Gao Jiu, but also because Gao Jiu was now their big benefactor. Through Makoto Yokota, they got a lot of benefits from Gao Jiu, and now everyone

They are so fat that they don't want to lose this way of making money.
To be continued...