When Xu Shijiu walked into the division headquarters, Feng Shengfazheng and deputy division commander He Lingxiao, Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren, Fang Riying, and Zhu Qi surrounded the sand table to discuss the battle situation. Seeing Xu Shijiu coming in, Feng Shengfa quickly waved to him to the sand table, and then said to Yang Shaoren: "Chief of Staff, continue."

Yang Shaoren smiled at Xu Shijiu and continued, "Secretary, I think the outer eight-character defense line deployed by the commander-in-chief along the Nanxun Line and Ruiwu Road is still very powerful. When the Japanese attack the left side, they will reach the right side, and when the right side, they will arrive at the left side, and when the middle side, they will arrive at both left and right sides. It can be said that they can't take care of their heads and heads. Although they dare not say that they are iron walls, they are not far apart."

Fang Riying and Zhu Qi nodded repeatedly. Deputy Commander He Lingxiao suddenly looked at Xu Shijiu and said, "Ajiu, your eyes have always been vicious. What are your opinions this time?"

Xu Shijiu looked at Feng Shengfa with his eyes, and Feng Shengfa nodded with a smile.

Xu Shijiu didn't mean anything polite, and said loudly: "The outer horoscope placed by Commander-in-Chief Xue is back to the back of the left side, with a vast depth. The right side is based on the natural danger of Lushan, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There seems to be a gap in the middle of the eight characters, but it is actually a pocket left for the little Japanese. If the little Japanese really wants to get in, it is to keep it in the way, and there is no return, and there is no death or life."

Feng Shengfa, He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren did not answer the questions. They have seen these things. They believe that Xu Shijiu will definitely have the following in the future.

"But..." Sure enough, Xu Shijiu Yufeng continued to say, "Commander General Xue's right side, which is a little thinner. Ou Zhen's 4th Army, Li Yutang's 8th Army and Li Jue's 70th Army are arranged in stairs along the western foot of Mount Lu. They can indeed increase the depth of defense, but lack side-rear protection."

Yang Shaoren frowned and retorted: "There is a natural danger in Lushan behind the right side. Could it be that the Japanese can still cross Lushan to attack the 4th Army, the 8th Army and the 70th Army behind it?"

The entire Lushan Mountain runs northeast-southwest, and the Nan (Chang)xun Railway passes through the northwest foot of Lushan Mountain. From the map, the 4th Army, the 8th Army and the 70th Army unfold along the Nanxun Line. Behind it is the natural danger of Lushan Mountain, so there is no need to worry that the little Japanese will climb over Lushan and attack behind them.

Xu Shijiu did not refute, and used a bamboo pole to draw an arc on the sand table, deep into Poyang Lake from Jiujiang, and penetrated straight to Xingzi County north of Lushan Mountain. He then drew a big cross and finally said in a deep voice: "The usual trick of the little Japanese is that once the front is blocked, it will detour on the flanks, and this time will probably be no exception. Once the offensive from the front of the Nanxun Line is blocked, the little Japanese will definitely use the same trick to detour behind me again, and Xingzi County will be the first choice for the little Japanese."

"Why is Xingzi County? Not De'an?" Yang Shaoren picked up the bamboo pole and drew another arc, went deep into Poyang Lake from Jiujiang to De'an, and then said, "The Japanese army can go directly to De'an City by taking the Poyang Lake waterway. By occupying De'an, they can directly cut off the Nanxun Line. Why did the little Japanese want to hold De'an to take Xingzi?"

Xu Shijiu said: "De'an is an important center that controls the Nanxun Line, and is also the key to the throat behind my 1st Corps. Therefore, there will inevitably be heavy troops to garrison. If the Japanese army directly attacks De'an, the war may be in a stalemate. At that time, not only will the Kuomintang army on the front of the Nanxun Line not be shaken, but the Japanese army on the side attacks De'an may be surrounded by the Kuomintang army in De'an in turn."

After pausing, Xu Shijiu continued: "It's different to attack Xingzi County on the side. Xingzi County is on the back of Mount Lu. Once the Japanese army captures Xingzi, they can directly capture Mahuiling through Wenquan Town. Once Mahuiling is lost, the 41st, 8th and 40th Army units on the front of the Nanxun Line will definitely be shaken."

"It makes sense." Feng Shengfa nodded, "Xingzi is indeed the weakness of my 1st Corps."

Yang Shaoren did not have an intent dispute with Xu Shijiu, and immediately proposed to Feng Shengfa: "It is better to call Commander-in-Chief Xue immediately and strengthen the defensive power of Xingzi County as soon as possible."

Xu Shijiu continued: "Teacher, you'd better give Commander-in-Chief Xue another suggestion, gather all the artillery of the armies and divisions of the 1st Corps, and deploy them uniformly on the commanding heights of each peak of Lushan Mountain, as well as heavy machine guns. It is best to establish heavy machine gun positions on each mountain that controls and chains the Nanxun Line. With the help of the terrain, you will definitely be able to kill and injure the Japanese army in large quantities."

Feng Shengfa thought for a while and said flatly: "I'll go to De'an now and propose to Commander-in-Chief Xue in person."

In fact, before Feng Shengfa's proposal was made, Xue Yue had already discovered Xingzi's defense weakness.

Although Xue Yue's 1st Corps had more than 20 divisions of ten armies and nearly 300,000 officers and soldiers, Chairman Chiang adopted a one-sided resistance strategy and emphasized that he would not give in and fight for an inch of land. This forced the national army to set up defenses everywhere and dispose of soldiers everywhere. As a result, 300,000 people from the 1st Corps went to Jiujiang and De'an area and disappeared.

Since the Japanese are the attacking side, the choice is much greater. Before the battle begins, it is very difficult to judge when and in which direction will the Japanese attack be launched. However, there are certain rules to follow. With rich experience, Xue Yue still judged that the Japanese army will inevitably attack Jiujiang on the other side of the lake in the next step after capturing Hukou.

The reason is simple and sufficient. The area north of the Yangtze River to south of the Dabie Mountains is too narrow. At most, one division will be deployed. The main force of the Japanese army cannot be deployed. Moreover, if we attack Wuhan along this line, the Kuomintang army can use the mountains and ridges of the Dabie Mountains to launch endless harassment on the Japanese army's logistics supply line, and the Japanese army will be exhausted.

Therefore, the little Japanese must have crossed Poyang Lake and continued to attack Wuhan along the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The back of Jiujiang is the Yangtze River and the abdomen is the surface of Poyang Lake. The Japanese army can quickly gather and mobilize troops with the help of the navy, and have powerful fire support from naval artillery, so Jiujiang is absolutely unable to defend it. Xue Yue proposed to the Wuhan Commander-in-Chief, and the Commander-in-Chief eventually agreed to Xue Yue's request.

After occupying Jiujiang, the Japanese will face two different choices. One is to continue to attack northwest along the south bank of the Yangtze River and go straight to Wuhan; the other is to take Nanchang along the Nanxun Line, then go west to Xinyu, Yichun, and rush to Changsha to make a strategic detour, cut off the Guanghan Railway in one fell swoop, and cooperate with the Japanese army in Jiangbei to encircle the main force of the National Army in Dahuguang.

As the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps, Xue Yue did not need to worry about the first situation, because if the Japanese army continued to go west along the Yangtze River, they would enter the Zhangfakui's Corps defense zone. Xue Yue had to consider the second situation. Once the Japanese army marched south along the Nanxun Line, how should his 1st Corps hold back the offensive of the Japanese.

Xue Yue is still confident about the front positions on the front line of Shahe, Jinguan Bridge, and Huang Laomen. The only thing he is worried about is the weakness of the entire defense system behind the L's Corps, especially Xingzi on the back of Mount Lu, which is the weakness of the entire defense system. Xue Yue is hesitating whether to transfer the 74th Army or the army to Xingzi to strengthen defense.

"Report." The adjutant suddenly came in to report, "Fifteenth Division Feng Shengcheng asked for a visit."

"Feng Shengfa? He came just right." Xue Yue made up his mind and Xingzi had to stop defending. It seemed a bit extravagant to transfer the 74th Army up. It was just right to transfer the 58th Division. He immediately ordered the adjutant, "Please come in."

In fact, Xue Yue had another consideration to transfer the 58th Division to guard Xingzi, and he wanted to take the opportunity to unify the military order.

There are many factions within the National Army, including He Yingqin, Chen Cheng’s civil engineering, the smaller ones include Hu Zongnan, Tang Enbo, and Zhang Zhizhong’s security team. Chairman Jiang often plays with checks and balances in order to make balances, which eventually leads to the intricacies of all forces, making it difficult for military orders to be truly unified.

The memory left to Xue Yue by the defeat in the Lanfeng Battle is so unforgettable that he never wants to repeat the same mistake.

Therefore, before the war, Xue Yue first had to solve the problem of military order unification. Xue Yue knew very well that his background and entrustedness were always a problem, because he was from Guangdong, and Chairman Jiang was famous for hating Guangdong's entrusted generals. Xue Yue was able to become the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps because Chairman Jiang could not find anyone else.

Xue Yue had reason to worry that Gui Yongqing would appear in the Jiujiang-De'an Battle.

Xue Yue knew better that several army commanders of the L Corps, the commander of the 1st Corps, and more than a dozen commanders might not look at him at the right time. When the war was at the critical moment and the troops needed to block the gun hole to make sacrifices, these commanders, commanders or commanders were likely to refuse to execute the orders, so Xue Yue wanted to kill a chicken for the group of monkeys to see.

The chicken that Xue Yue chose was Yu Jishi, which was a chicken that was even more difficult than a monkey.

Xue Yue wanted to split the 74th Army and transferred Feng Shengfa's 58th Division to Shou Xingzi. Yu Jishi, who had been promoted to the commander of the 36th Army, was of course unhappy. The 58th Division was Yu Jishi's starting lineup. Yu Jishi always regarded the 58th Division as his private land, so how could Xue Yue get involved? But the 58th Division was nominally affiliated with the 1st Corps. Yu Jishi dared not disobey orders, so he used his clan uncle Yu Feipeng to pass the path of Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, and asked Chen Cheng to put pressure on Xue Yue.

Chen Cheng knew that Yu Jishi was a popular man in Jiang Yue, so he mentioned it to Xue Yue.
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