The war is imminent, and for the Japanese Central China Front Army, it is crucial to figure out the direction of the attack of the Guo Army. The Japanese army's troops are not abundant, and only by figuring out the main attack direction of the enemy can we effectively defend.

Ying Zuozhenao believes that as long as you keep a close eye on Gao Jiu's movements, you can judge the main attack direction of the Guo army's upcoming offensive battle.

Ying Zuo Zhenao came to the front line in person. He brought a large number of backbone personnel from the Special High School Course and asked them to go to the towns around the front line to collect information about Gao Jiu.

He also specially ordered the remaining Japanese intelligence personnel around Chongqing to pay close attention to the movements at the East Gate of Chongqing, because most of the main forces in the Chongqing city of Guojun went to the front line to reinforce, and most of them had to set off from the East Gate of Chongqing.

Now that the Japanese intelligence personnel lurking in the rear are too small, they cannot focus on all the troops of the Guo Army. If they can focus on the troops from Chongqing, they can roughly judge the direction of the main force of the Guo Army.

After analysis, Hata Shunroku and Kagesaki Satsuaki believed that the national army launched an attack in the direction of Yichang or Zhencheng, so Kagesaki's intelligence personnel also focused their main attention in these two directions.

Kaedao Satoshi accepts telegrams from various front lines every day, and analyzes and judges based on the transfer of military troops they have.

At the beginning, he was also confused. First, part of the guo army troops from Chongqing drove to Yichang and part of them heading towards Zhencheng. The number was not much different, and the news from other regions was not much different.

The guo army troops in the eastern part of Chongqing headed to Yichang and the western part of Chongqing headed to Zhencheng, and the number of troops was similar.

If we judge based on the information in front of us, it is roughly the possibility that the Guo army will launch an attack on the Japanese army from both directions at the same time.

However, Ying Zuo Zhenao believes that this is not reasonable, because the guo army is not rich in strength and launching an attack in both directions at the same time will probably not be able to form an advantage in force, and it is difficult for the battle to make greater progress.

Based on experience, Kaedao Shiaki believed that there must be some conspiracy hidden in the military.

In this case, Gao Jiu's movements are more worthy of attention. It can be said that he is the weather vane of this battle.

That morning, Japanese spies came from Chongqing to a message that they saw the Taohuashan guerrillas wearing black uniforms heading to Yichang.

After obtaining this information, Takasaki immediately ordered the Japanese intelligence organizations along the way from Chongqing to Zhencheng to pay close attention to the movements of the guo army, especially the Taohuashan guerrillas.

As a result, people kept reporting on the road, saying that they saw a certain place and saw the Guo army get off the car for dinner, among which there were people from the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

Even more exciting news came. Someone saw the generals of the Guo army surrounded by a young man wearing a black Peach Blossom Mountain guerrilla uniform. Judging from his appearance, he looked very much like the demon Gao Jiu.

As if he had found a treasure, Ying Zuo Zhenao immediately ordered the area where Gao Jiu's military convoy was to pass. The intelligence organization strengthened surveillance and focused on Gao Jiu's movements.

As a result, the convoy where Gao Jiu was actually entered the Zhencheng area.

Kagesaki Shiaki accepted the lesson from last time this time. He did not report to Hata Shunruo, but asked his subordinates to continue staring until he was sure that Gao Jiu had entered the command of the 9th Corps of the Guo Army in the direction of Zhencheng, and then he reported to Hata Shunruo.

After receiving the report, Hata Shunrok did not relax and did not dare to transfer the main force to Zhencheng.

He said to Ying Zuo Zhenzhao: "Gao Jiu is too cunning and must prevent him from playing any tricks."

According to various intelligence analysis, Ying Zuo Zhenzhao, the biggest possibility of the army is to launch an attack in the direction of Zhencheng, because it is restricted by the Yangtze River in the direction of Yichang. Even if the army launches an attack, it will be greatly restricted from the terrain. The territory of Zhencheng is vast, which is conducive to the army launching an offensive.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao can basically confirm that the main attack direction of the guo army is in the direction of Zhencheng.

After hearing what Hata Shunruo said, Kyosaki became suspicious. He was afraid that he would fall into Gao Jiu's trap again this time, so that he would not be able to survive in the Central China Front Army.

Not long after, the Japanese army in Zhencheng was attacked by small groups of troops from the Guo army. Judging from their combat methods, they looked very similar to those of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas.

Ying Zuo Zhenao once again strengthened his confidence and believed that the direction of the guo army to launch an attack was Zhencheng.

When he was about to report to Shinji Hata, he suddenly received another report saying that military vehicles were driving towards Yichang at night in Zhencheng.

Those military vehicles were wearing tarpaulins and there was no way to see what was inside.

The sudden change in situations made Akasaki Kanezaki confused.

He could only order his subordinates to spread the spies from Zhencheng to Yichang to monitor the mobilization of the guo army.

On that day, he got two more news, one was that someone saw a group of generals surrounded Gao Jiu for dinner in a hotel outside the headquarters of the Ninth Corps of the Guo Army.

Now Ying Zuo Zhenzhao can be sure that Gao Jiu is in Zhencheng.

The convoy of the guo army was still very confused when he headed towards Yichang.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao felt that this matter was a bit unreasonable. Gao Jiu was a very smart person. Didn’t he know that the Japanese army would keep a close eye on his movements? Why did he appear in the direction of Zhencheng publicly? What was the convoy of that guo army transported?

The second news was that the guo army convoy from Zhencheng drove into the Yichang area. While they were passing by the town to rest, the Japanese spies risked their lives to come to the nearby area and finally saw that the trucks were full of guo soldiers.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao felt something was wrong. He guessed that it was very likely that Gao Jiu deliberately showed up in the direction of Zhencheng to attract the attention of the Japanese army and to send the main force to Yichang.

Not long after, another news came, saying that many military vehicles had come out of Yichang, and those vehicles were also soldiers of the Guo army, and the direction of their convoy was actually the direction of Zhencheng.

This incident once again confused Ying Zuozhenzhao. He really couldn't figure out what the guojun was going to do?

After all, Ying Zuozhenzhao is a smart man. First of all, he thinks that Gao Jiu is an extremely cunning person. He must consider it from the most complicated direction. He thinks that Gao Jiu exposed his whereabouts in Zhencheng, which shows that he is likely to be concealing his intentions and is likely to be attacking the west. Guo     The real attack direction of the army should be in the direction of Yichang. Once he had this idea, he began to make up for this matter. He believes that although the Yichang direction is blocked by the Yangtze River and the development of the military's battle is relatively small, the Guo army rarely launches large-scale offensive battles, and they do not have such a big ambitions. They are closer to the depth of the Japanese military controlled area, and can achieve results within a certain range in the direction of Yichang, which is more in line with the usual practices of the generals of the army. Thinking of this, it is reasonable for Gao Jiu to repair the plank road, secretly cross Chencang, and transfer the main force to the direction of Yichang.

Since this idea came into being, Ying Zuo Zhenao thought he had seen through Gao Jiu's conspiracy. He was a little excited and immediately ordered his spies to figure out the situation of the guo army convoy coming out from Yichang.

Finally, he got a news that the convoy of the guo army that came out of Yichang was indeed filled with guo army soldiers on the first and last trucks, but on the vehicles in the middle, each of them was just near the tailgate, and there were several guo army soldiers sitting inside, and it was empty.

Ying Zuo Zhenzhao suddenly realized that Gao Jiu was trying to trick the Japanese army into making a wrong judgment on the direction of the attack. Sure enough, he adopted the method of building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly.

Ying Zuo Zhenao is a cautious person. He did not make the final judgment in a hurry. He also wanted to use other evidence to support it.

Not long after, he received information from the Yichang direction, and the military troops purchased a large amount of grain, and the amount purchased far exceeded the original size of the Yichang direction army.

Not only that, Japanese spies also discovered that a lot of transport planes had landed at the Yichang Airport and unloaded a large number of weapons and ammunition from it.

This is enough to prove that there will be a large number of troops increasing in Yichang.

Kagesaki finally figured out the main attack direction of the guo army, so he reported the information to Shinroku Hata.

Based on the information provided by Kagesaki Satoshi, Hata Shunrok believed that his analysis was reasonable, so he made up his mind to start transferring the main force of the Japanese army to Yichang.

From the direction of Yichang and Zhencheng, there are still a large number of convoys to move back and forth every day. What Ying Zuo Zhenzhao didn't know is that the contents in the convoy had completely changed.

The convoys originally headed from Zhencheng to Yichang were loaded with soldiers, but now there are only the first and last cars on the car. They are still like this, with empty cars on the vehicles in the middle. However, the convoys from Yichang were loaded with soldiers from Guochang.

In the headquarters of the Ninth Corps, Gao Jiu, Deputy Commander Zhang and others received a telegram from the Military Control Commission, saying that the main force of the Japanese army was gathering in the direction of Yichang. Deputy Commander Zhang smiled and said, "Mr. Gao, the Japanese are still fooled by you after all. Haha!"

It turned out that the government was preparing to fight a large-scale offensive battle this time, and wanted to expand the actual control area of ​​the army. The territory of Yichang was relatively narrow, which restricted the in-depth development of the Japanese-occupied area. Gao Jiu believed that the Japanese would definitely think of this, so the focus of their defense would be placed on the Zhencheng direction.

To launch a large-scale offensive battle, the assembly of troops is a big problem. It is difficult to avoid the eyes and ears of the Japanese by mobilizing so many people.

If the Japanese army get accurate information about the launch of a large-scale battle in the direction of Zhencheng, they mobilize the main force to the direction of Zhencheng, it will be difficult for the army to make major progress and will cause major casualties. Therefore, we must find a way to make the Japanese army make a wrong judgment and transfer the main force to the direction of Yichang.

Therefore, Gao Jiu decided to take advantage of the suspicious mentality of the Japanese army and acted like he was trying to attack the west. As a result, his real goal was to attack the west, and he sent a large number of troops from the direction of Yichang to Zhencheng under the eyes of the Japanese.

After half a month of preparation, the guo army troops gathered in Zhencheng have reached the scale of two corpses, seven corpses and 31 divisions.

During the process of the troops' mobilization, in order to cover up the eyes, large-scale equipment such as artillery were not carried.

But this is not difficult for Gao Jiu. Before this, he had organized a large number of technicians to guide the troops to dismantle heavy equipment such as artillery, and airlift at night before the war started, and then reassembled it in the direction of Zhencheng.

Everything is ready, but there are still major problems in front of Gao Jiu, which is the morale of the guo army.

The main reason why the military forces are weak in combat is that their equipment and training are backward, but that the generals of the military have their own ulterior motives when fighting and want to preserve their strength. Therefore, they are unwilling to contribute their efforts during combat, and they are even more unable to cooperate with each other.

It's okay to say that the situation is going well. Once the situation is unfavorable, everyone will be willing to retreat. Therefore, even though the army has the advantage of military strength and even the firepower is also superior, they still cannot defeat the Japanese.

Gao Jiu decided to take measures this time and must solve this problem.

The key to solving the problem is to solve the worries of the generals of the army.

According to Gao Jiu's request, the Jun Committee issued an order to the participating troops. In this battle in the Zhencheng direction, no matter how many troops the participating troops lost or even became a commander, the government will make full replenishment, and based on their performance on the battlefield, the proportion of replenishment will be increased.

The commander and commander of the Ninth War Zone even said that as long as the generals of the guo army do not fear the enemy and avoid war, and the troops will show bravery on the battlefield, the more people they lose, the more supplements they will be given, and they will even expand them.

This basically dispelled the idea of ​​the generals of the guo army to preserve their strength.

In addition, the government has also formulated strict battlefield discipline, and this time it is a real thing. The battlefield discipline stipulates that on the battlefield, if there is a situation where the strength is preserved, the superior commander will implement battlefield discipline on the spot to the subordinate officers and shoot them on the spot without asking for instructions. If there is a situation where the enemy is afraid of the enemy and the enemy is not rescued in danger, the same battlefield discipline will be implemented.

In order to implement this point, the government specially authorized the Military Control Commission to supervise the implementation. They dispatched a Military Control Commission special team at the command center of each regiment level or above, and they have the right to implement battlefield discipline on behalf of the Junction Committee to the generals of the military.
Chapter completed!