Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

687 The Japanese were scared away?

"With the same military strength, we may not be able to defend northern Jiangxi or the city of Nanchang."

As Itagaki Seishirō spoke, his eyes were fixed on the location of northern Jiangxi on the map, with a look of worry.

Originally, the battle between the 11th Army commanded by Anami Weiji and the hundreds of thousands of nationalist troops commanded by Xue Yue in western Hunan was difficult to resolve.

The Japs' advantage there isn't that great.

At this time, if a major problem arises in northern Jiangxi, a strategic location.

The more than 200,000 people of the 11th Army on the front line in western Hunan are likely to suffer a major defeat.

This is the only large-scale force that the Japanese can mobilize in the country at this time.

Although, there were more than one million Japanese devils in China at that time.

However, because the occupied territory was too large and troops had to be deployed everywhere, more than one million people were simply not enough.

There are only a handful of troops that can be withdrawn to continue the attack.

Especially at this time, the 11th Army on the Changsha front is the main offensive force of the Japanese.

If anything happens to this Japanese army, the Japanese will basically lose their offensive power within China from then on.

This is something that the Japanese high-ranking officials would never allow to happen.

As soon as Itagaki Seishirō finished speaking, the old devil Nishio Hisazo shouted, "Northern Jiangxi must not be lost.

Send a telegram to the 102nd Division, telling them to stop the attack of the Chinese 89th Army at any cost.

If necessary, the areas around Nanchang can be abandoned.

Defend Nanchang City to the death."

“Order the 45th Division stationed in Hangzhou to move south immediately, showing signs of an attack on southern Zhejiang.

The tactic of "encircling Wei to save Zhao" is not only used by the Chinese. "

The old devil, Hisazo Nishio, was also quite decisive.

A solution was quickly found.

Soon, the order from the Japanese headquarters was conveyed to the Japanese 102nd Division stationed in northern Jiangxi.

In fact, before the order from the old devil Nishio Hisazo was issued.

The Japanese 102nd Division stationed in northern Jiangxi already knew that the 89th Army was approaching.

Therefore, without waiting for the order from the Japanese headquarters, the commander of the Japanese 102nd Division, Yosuke Shimayama, decisively ordered the abandonment of the two counties near southern Zhejiang.

They withdrew their forces to the vicinity of Nanchang and, relying on the strong fortifications they had built around it, prepared for defensive operations.

It is rare for the Japanese to voluntarily abandon their posts and retreat to defend.

In the past, the Japanese always took the initiative to attack in the country.

Even a small group of Japanese dared to chase and kill a battalion of Nationalist troops. The arrogance of the Japanese was commonplace.

It was only 41 years at this time, and the territory occupied by the Japanese in the international arena had reached an unprecedented scale.

This was also the time when the Japs were most arrogant.

Therefore, when some Japanese troops on the front line in northern Jiangxi heard that they were asked to retreat voluntarily, they were unwilling to do so at first.

However, when these Japanese commanders heard that it was the troops commanded by Ye Qingshan who were attacking.

The eyes of these Japanese commanders suddenly became clear.

He then silently chose to obey the command of the headquarters and led his troops to abandon the defense line and retreat.

It’s just because, at this moment, Ye Qingshan is like a nemesis among the Japanese devils, very weird.

Since the Battle of Shanghai, too many famous Japanese generals and troops have been defeated by Ye Qingshan.

Many Japanese generals were still unwilling to accept the defeat, but after repeated painful lessons, they learned their lesson.

People like Matsui Iwane are considered very powerful among the high-ranking Japanese generals.

As a result, when Matsui Iwane commanded the Japanese to fight against other national troops, he was invincible and won victory again and again.

As a result, after meeting Ye Qingshan, he encountered setbacks again and again.

This is very weird.

Not only the old Japanese like Matsui Iwane, but other senior Japanese generals are basically the same.

So was Shojiro Iida and so was Tomoyuki Yamashita.

It's okay once, but it happens every time.

That doesn't make sense.

Therefore, at this moment, Ye Qingshan is regarded as a curse among the senior Japanese generals.

Everyone hopes to break this curse, but everyone is also afraid of this curse in their hearts.

Therefore, this time, when the Japanese 102nd Division faced the attack from the 89th Army, their division commander chose a safe and conservative approach and did not dare to continue to be arrogant.

But unfortunately, the Japanese don’t know this yet.

The one who led the attack on northern Jiangxi this time was not Ye Qingshan, but Xiao Shanling.

On the 89th, when the first batch of soldiers from the th Army entered the front line and the area originally occupied by the Japanese, they attacked forward cautiously.

Soon, they discovered that there was not a single Japanese soldier left in the town that had been occupied by the Japanese.

"Huh? Weird, where are the devils occupying this place?"

A battalion commander who was ordered to attack was also stunned when he saw the empty town where there was not a single Japanese soldier to be seen.

"This is... the devil ran away?"

The deputy battalion commander next to him was also confused and said something casually.

This immediately awakened the battalion commander who was in a daze, and he burst into laughter: "Haha, my deputy battalion commander.

You are right, the devils must have been scared away by us."

"Quick, report this good news to the leader.

Let’s say our battalion captured Xulin Town, and the Japanese fled upon hearing the news, without losing a single person.”

Before long, the news was reported to Xiao Shanling's command center.

Many staff officers in the command center were also stunned after hearing this.

"Haha, the devils will be scared away one day."

Many officers laughed heartily, feeling relieved.

Xiao Shanling was also surprised and couldn't help but laugh: "Ah, our commander is still more famous.

In the past, the Japanese here had many battles with our 89th Army.

But they didn't retreat on their own initiative.

As a result, now that our commander is back, we can attack again.

They actually retreated on their own initiative.

It’s really…”

Xiao Shanling smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Let the frontline troops speed up the attack, take advantage of the Japanese's cowardice, and kill all the way to Nanchang City."

Xiao Shanling also planned to strike while the iron was hot and speed up the offensive.

Since the Japanese commander has decided to abandon the outer defense line and withdraw his troops,

That means the Japanese commander's strategy to deal with their attack this time was defensive.

As a result, Xiao Shanling also decided to make his command tactics more sharp, learning from Ye Qingshan and imitating Ye Qingshan's command style.

This would make it easier for the Japanese commander to misunderstand that it was Ye Qingshan himself who commanded the army to attack northern Jiangxi.

Better cover Ye Qingshan's actions.

Just like that, in the next two days, the eight regiments commanded by Xiao Shanling fought their way westward and encountered almost no resistance from the Japanese.

They reached Yingtan and approached Nanchang.

It was not until this time that the Japs' resistance finally became fierce.

On the other side, a Japanese division heading south from Hangzhou also began to move south.

They soon entered the defense zone of Ye Qingshan's 89th Army. Fortunately, over the past year or so, the 89th Army had built a solid defense line in the mountains south of Hangzhou.

Even if a Japanese division attacked, it would not be able to move south quickly.