After the Sakamoto Detachment and Oikawa Detachment split, Sakamoto immediately led his headquarters to set off from Andong, and arrived at the palm of his hand that afternoon, and then stationed in the palm of his hand.

Considering that Zhong Yi had a special force that was very good at beheading combat, and even the division commander Imamura died at the hands of this special force, Sakamoto Shun personally deployed the alert for Zhanqi Town. In addition to changing the command three times a day, he even set up multiple secret sentries to strictly prevent the beheading of the special force.

After arranging the warning of the palm, Sakamoto immediately summoned his staff to discuss the next offensive battle.

In a moment, Takeshi Sakurada, the former chief of staff of the 5th Division, Tatsumi Kata, the captain of the 21st Infantry Regiment, the captain of the 42nd Infantry Regiment, Tsukichi Sakata, the captain of the 5th Infantry Regiment, Kazuo Sugimoto, the captain of the 5th Infantry Regiment, and Takaji Wada, the captain of the 5th Infantry Regiment, went to the detachment headquarters one after another.

At this time, Shun Sakamoto had already prepared the map.

Waving to Takeshi Sakurada and others, he surrounded the map, and then Sakamoto pointed to the map and said, "Please look, this is the topographic map of Kowloon Lake Valley."

"Since Jiulong Lake is only connected to Hangzhou Bay, the ships cannot be navigated, and it is probably impossible to cross Jiulong Lake with the help of naval ships, so they can only attack from both sides of Jiulong Lake."

"The problem now is to detour from the outside or from the inside?"

"You guys say, which side do you think you should go roundabout from?"

"Captain of the detachment, Huoyi thought he should go around from the outside." As soon as he finished speaking, Takeshi Sakurada said, "Because the terrain on the outside is relatively wide, so it is easy to unfold."

Tatsumi Katano said: "Hiji agrees with Sakurada's opinion. The terrain on the outside is wide, which is conducive to the heavy equipment of the Imperial Army, especially the formation of the chariot troops. On the other hand, the terrain on the inside is narrow, and there are many hills nearby. The Chinese army only needs to guard the hills along the way to block the Imperial Army's way."

As soon as Katano finished speaking, Tsuna Sakata Tsuichi shook his head and said, "Although the terrain outside Kowloon Lake is relatively wide, which is conducive to the development of the Imperial Army, you can look back? Didn't you find any problems?"

Upon hearing Sakata Sochi's words, a look of admiration appeared on Sakamoto's face.

Tadashi Katano said in surprise: "From the way? Are there any problems?"

As he spoke, Tatsuno Tashimi looked at the outside of Kowloon Lake.

As soon as he saw that Tadashi Katano's face changed suddenly because he found that behind the outside of Jiulong Lake was a river like a spider web!

...

At the same time, three kilometers south of Jiulong Lake, there is a small village called Xue Family.

Cao Guolin's fifth regiment has arrived and launched, and the regiment headquarters is located in Xuejia Village.

Zhong Yi had also arrived at Xuejia Village and met with Cao Guolin and several battalion commanders and battalion vice-presidents.

Cao Guolin was just a patrolman, had never received formal military academy education, nor had he participated in real wars. It can be said that he had no command experience at all.

Previously, Zhong Yi appointed Cao Guolin as the leader of the Fifth Regiment, because one was because there was no suitable candidate, and the other was to balance and give Cao Ziying some support.

But now that the war is imminent, Cao Guolin is useless.

But at this time, the substitution of people at the last battle is likely to damage the spirit of the officers and soldiers. In addition, this battle is crucial to the entire Yinjiang defense battle, so Zhong Yi decided to stay for the on-site command in person.

Anyway, there is nothing to worry about in the rest of the directions.

Cao Guolin had no objection to Zhong Yi's decision.

To be honest, Cao Guolin was feeling guilty, and he was about to ask Zhong Yi to replace him. Now that Zhong Yi keeps him alone, his heart fell to the ground.

Opening the map, Zhong Yi pointed to the map and said, "There is no big river channel in Jiulong Lake, and the Japanese navy cannot enter, so the Japanese can only walk around from both sides. However, there is a spider-web-like river channel outside Jiulong Lake, so the Japanese cannot choose the outside. The only thing they can walk is the inside, which is our focus of defense."

Cao Guolin and the three battalion commanders had no reaction, and they couldn't understand.

But the three deputy battalion commanders nodded repeatedly, and they understood.

These three deputy battalion commanders are all from youth training classes. They are not only educated, but also have considerable military theoretical knowledge.

Zhong Yi said again: "So, I decided to leave one battalion outside, and the remaining two battalions and guards are placed on the left."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yi's eyes fell on the three battalions again and said in a deep voice: "Battleman Commander Tang, your 1st battalion will go outside, Battalion Commander Qin, Battalion Commander Lin and Company Commander Wang, you are responsible for the defense on the inside."

"Yes!" Several battalion company-level officers stood attentively.

...

In Zhangqi Town, Sakamoto Detachment Command.

Sakamoto Shun: "Sakada Jun is right. Although the terrain outside Kowloon Lake is wide, the river is crisscrossing, and the Engineers' Regiment lacks enough bridge equipment, so this road cannot work, so you can only go inside."

After saying this, he said: "Although the terrain on the inside is a little narrower, it is still okay to spread one or two infantry squadrons. The only thing that makes people worry is that there are about five or six small hills along the way. If you want to break through the defense line, these five or six small hills must be taken down."

...

In Xuejia Village, the Fifth Regiment of the Coastal Defense Corps.

Zhong Yi said: "Now let's talk about the specific defense deployment."

Several battalion commanders, battalion deputy and guard company commander Wang Tingshuo immediately surrounded the map.

Zhong Yi drew a few small circles on the map with a pencil and said, "The focus of defense is six hills, from north to south, Jiulong Mountain, Pingfeng Mountain, Wanzhang Mountain, Weituo Mountain, Shibeng Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain."

After saying this, he said: "The six infantry companies of your two battalions are guarding one mountain, and there is a guard company as a reserve team. I only have one requirement for you, and each mountain needs to be guarded for at least one day."

"Hold for one day?" Hearing this, several battalion commanders from militia seemed relaxed, but several deputy battalions from youth training classes had a solemn expression. Because during the youth training class, their instructors had talked to them about the battle in Xinkou more than once, so they knew how powerful the Fifth Division was. It is easy to imagine how difficult it was to defend a mountain with a company's strength for a whole day.

Looking around, Zhong Yi said again: "A day is up, you can retreat and rest, but if it is not one day, even if the whole company is fighting, I will be nailed to the position. I will never take a step back!"

"Yes!" Several battalion commanders, battalion deputy and Wang Tingshuo stood at attention together.

Zhong Yi continued, "So now, should you choose yourself or be assigned by me?"

As soon as Zhong Yi finished speaking, Qin Dingyong, the commander of the first battalion from the Camel Vanguard, couldn't wait to say: "Go to the seat, let the three hills in front be handed over to our second battalion!"
Chapter completed!