After receiving the telegram from Okamura Yasuji, the division commander of the 10th Basil Regiment of the Little Japan, Junroro Matsuura, boarded a light cruiser from the Jiujiang Front, and rushed back to the Nanjing No. 1 Army Command from the Jiujiang Front.

When Matsuura Junroro walked into Okamura's office, Okamura was watching carefully on the map with a magnifying glass.

"Your Excellency Commander" Junroro Matsuura stood at attention. Okamura Yasuji turned around and quickly placed the magnifying glass in his hand on the desk, then came forward to take Junroro Matsuura affectionately, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Not hard work." Junroro Matsuura followed Okamura to the big map and said suddenly, "It is an honor for being able to contribute to the holy war of the Great Japanese Empire and to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

"Yoxi, Matsuura Sang is really worthy of being a model for the imperial soldiers." Okamura Yanji praised him without any nutrition, and even got to the point, "Matsuura Sang, you know the current situation of Jiujiang. Because the main force of my No. 1 Army was unable to break through the Nanxun defense line of the China Army, the subsequent capture of Nanchang and the subsequent plan to cut off the Guanghan Railway was completely unimplemented. At present, it has seriously affected the progress of the Wuhan Battle. Although the base camp did not say anything about this, as the Imperial Army, you and I should be ashamed of this, what do you think Matsuura Sang?"

"Hayi." Junjiro Matsuura bowed heavily and said in shame, "Our division was unable to break through the Nanxun defense line of the Chinese army, which affected the entire Wuhan battle. Huyi was deeply ashamed." After pausing for a moment, Junjiro Matsuura said in confidence, "But Commander, after a month of rest, our division has completely recovered its combat effectiveness and will soon launch an attack on the Chinese army on the front of the Nanxun Line. This time, Huyi will definitely not disappoint the Commander again, let alone disappoint the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor."

"Yoxi, Matsuura Sang has this determination, I am deeply pleased." Okamura Yanji patted Matsuura's shoulder intimately, and then he immediately said, "But Matsuura Sang, your division will no longer have to attack the Chinese army from the Nanxun Line, this time I will give you a new combat mission to the 10th Pei Regiment."

"New combat mission?" Junroro Matsuura was stunned when he heard this.

"Matsuura Sang, come and see." Okamura Nishi turned around and picked up the bamboo pole, pointed to the big map and said, "Today during the day, I took the Aviation Corps' reconnaissance plane to Jiujiang. I conducted field surveys over the De'an battlefield. It turned out that there was a gap of more than ten kilometers wide between the two defense lines of the Nanxun Line in the Ruiwu Road of the Chinese Army."

Junroro Matsuura's eyes lit up and he said in a lost voice: "The gap is more than ten kilometers wide?"

Okamura Yanji nodded happily and continued, "This gives the imperial army an opportunity to take advantage of it. If your division can penetrate through this gap, capture Mahuiling in one fell swoop, or even directly capture De'an, it will be able to completely cut off the logistics supply line of the Chinese army. Then the Chinese army on the front of Ruiwu Road and Nanxun Line will inevitably be shaken."

Junroro Matsuura held his feet attentively and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Commander, my division will definitely complete the task."

"Matsuura Sang, please don't worry, listen to me first." Okamura Nishi smiled and said, "After observing at a low altitude, I found that the terrain in that area is very complex, with high mountains and dense forests and dense rivers and lakes blocking. Heavy equipment is probably difficult to pass through, so your division must throw away all the supplies and drive out lightly."

"It's no problem." Matsuura said in a deep voice, "Even if there are no artillery, my division can still fight."

"Yoxi." Okamura Yasuji nodded, and said, "In addition to heavy equipment not being able to pass, large troops in complex mountainous areas may not be able to be deployed either. Therefore, I suggest that you divide the troops of the 10th Pei Regiment into five columns, each infantry corps is one column, and the division directly under the division is a one column. The five columns advance in unison to support each other, which can not only reduce the impact of the terrain on the march, but also support each other once the Chinese army is encountered."

"Hai." Junroro Matsuura did not feel unhappy because Okamura Nishiji inquire about the specific combat plan of the 10th Pei Regiment. Okamura Nishi's reputation was not given for free. Including Junroro Matsuura, a considerable number of senior Japanese generals highly praised Okamura Nishiji, and even took pride in being guided by Okamura Nishiji.

Although Okamura Yanji's performance in the De'an battlefield was not outstanding, at least it was much inferior to his appearance when he was in Manchuria, Matsuura Junroro thought that this had nothing to do with Okamura Yanji's ability, because the bureaucrats in the base camp launched a wrong war at the wrong time and at the wrong place.

It was precisely because of the bureaucrats' decisions from the base camp that more than 100,000 Japanese troops in the De'an battlefield not only had to face the national army that was ready for battle, but also had to face the sultry and humid environment, and the endless biting of mosquitoes and flies. The Japanese army can be said to be fighting several enemies at the same time, so it was difficult to open up the situation.

But now, the weather has turned colder, and the number of mosquitoes and flies that have caused the Japanese army to suffer has decreased a lot, a large number of sick officers and soldiers are recovering one after another, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has basically been restored. Now that the Japanese army only needs to face one enemy of the national army, the chances of victory will naturally increase greatly. At least this is what Matsuura Junroro thinks.

Okamura Yasuji gave a few more instructions and sent Matsuura away.

(Split Line)

Recently, the battlefield in De'an has been relatively quiet in Jiujiang, and the senior leaders of the 1st Corps Command have rarely had a break.

At this time, more than a dozen senior leaders from the Corps Command were gathered in front of the big map to discuss the battle situation on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

In theory, the Dabie Mountains do not have the road conditions for heavy troops to be launched, so the Japanese army should not have invested heavily in the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains. Bai Chongxi, the acting commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, also made the judgment so, so the main force of the Fifth War Zone was transferred to the north bank of the Yangtze River to strictly prevent the Japanese army from attacking Wuhan along the north bank of the Yangtze River.

But in the end, the commander of the Japanese Army, Higashikuagu Nihiko, gave Bai Chongxi a "surprise". The old Japanese unexpectedly chose the mountainous area on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains as the main attack direction, and this time it directly hit the weak point of the National Army, because at that time, there was only Sun Lianzhong's 3rd Corps on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

During the Battle of Wuhan, the National Army formed a total of four corpses, namely the Xue Yue's L Corps and the Zhang Fakui's Corps. These two corpses were on the south bank of the Yangtze River, affiliated to the ninth war zone of Chen Cheng, and the Sun Lianzhong's 3rd Corps and Li Pinxian's 4th Corps were on the north bank of the Yangtze River, belonging to the fifth war zone of Bai Chongxi.

There are four corpses, including Xue Yue's 1st Corps, with the largest one, and ten armies, as well as powerful armies such as the Fourth Army, the Eighteenth Army, the Twenty-Ninth Army and the Seventy-Fourth Army.

Sun Lianzhong's 3rd Corps had only five armies, and Cao Fulin's 55th Army was transferred to the 4th Corps by Bai Chongxi, so Sun Lianzhong actually had only four armies, and Tian Zhennan's 30th Army and Feng Anbang's 42nd Army were crippled in the Battle of Taierzhuang. The Taierzhuang victory was exchanged for the lives of the officers and soldiers of these two armies.

It is conceivable how anxious Bai Chongxi would be when the main force of the Japanese Army suddenly appeared on the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

Fortunately, in the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, there is also the iron army of the 71st Army of Song Xilian. In the battle of Fujin Mountain, the 71st Army was in a turbulent battle and the mountains and rivers changed color. The two main divisions of Little Japan launched a series of attacks on the positions of the 71st Army, but they were unable to advance.

Seven days later, the 71st Army successfully completed the task of blocking the enemy and evacuated from Fujin Mountain. After returning to the rear, Chen Ruihe, the commander of the 36th Division, was named one point, and only four hundred people under him should be defeated.

Even the senior leaders of the 1st Corps were talking about the 71st Army and couldn't help but feel respectful.
Chapter completed!