In early April, the Military Commission of the National Government ordered Luo Zhuoying to unify the command of one unit of the Third War Zone and the Ninth War Zone to a total of about ten divisions to counterattack Nanchang.

The policy formulated is: "First use the main force to attack the enemy along Nanxun, and indeed cut off the enemy's liaison, and then use one to directly attack Nanchang."

On April 21, the counterattack began: the 184th Division and the newly formed 10th Division of the Luhan Army in the Ninth War Zone launched an attack on the Fengxin Japanese army; the main force of the 11th Division monitored the Japanese army in Jing'an, and one of them advanced towards Tanxi.

On the 23rd, the 32nd Army of Shangguan Yunxiang of the Third War Zone sent the 16th Division, the 79th Division, the Fifth Division and the 10th Division to cross the Fu River and attacked towards Nanchang. On the 24th, the Japanese army retreated to Fengxin.

The main force of the Yu Ji Shi Army attacked the Japanese army near Gao'an; the Yu Ji Shi Army and Liu Duoquan army each crossed the Jinjiang River north to attack the Japanese army in the area of ​​Dacheng and Shengmi Street.

By the 26th, the 32nd Army recovered Ban Street, southeastern city of Nanchang and approached Nanchang.

Yu Ji Shijun and Liu Duoquan's army recovered Gao'an, Dacheng and Shengmi Street, and once attacked Niuxing. The Japanese army retreated to the northeast of Gao'an.

Since then, the troops in the Ninth War Zone have difficulty in progress and are unable to cut off the Nanxun Line.

On the 27th, the Japanese Saito Division received support from the Marine Corps and launched a counterattack.

Shangguan Yunxiang's army was blocked from attacking and sent the 26th Division to join the battle.

On May 5, the airport and Nanchang Railway Station on the east side of Nanchang were captured.

On the 7th, the Japanese army in Nanchang and the Zhongjing Division, which came to reinforce, continued to fight back with the cooperation of the aviation force. Shangguan Yunxiang's army suffered heavy casualties, and Lieutenant General Chen Anbao, the commander of the 29th Army, died for the country and his attack was frustrated.

On the 9th, Chairman Jiang ordered the Chinese army to stop counterattacking and the Battle of Nanchang ended.

On March 17, 1939, the Japanese army began to attack Wucheng. Lieutenant General Okamura Nishiji commanded three divisions and defeated the 30th divisions of the right wing of the Ninth War Zone commanded by Luo Zhuoying in a short period of time. The Japanese army occupied Nanchang on March 27.

The Battle of Nanchang took a month and a half and finally ended with the defeat of the Chinese army.

This battle was the first war since the Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate stage. More than 50,000 Japanese troops were wiped out, and nearly 100,000 Chinese troops were injured and killed or killed.

Although the Battle of Nanchang ended in failure, it made the whole world, especially the Japanese military authorities, realize that although the Japanese army occupied the three towns of Wuhan, it neither forced the National Government to surrender nor attacked the main force of the Chinese army, nor destroyed the will of the vast military and civilians in China.

On May 11, 1939, the 24th National Guard of Mongolian Army wades from the west bank of Shanxi to the area east of the Halaha River for grazing.

A squad of soldiers from the 3rd Company of the pseudo Xing'an Garrison Cavalry Station in the Taolagai Post of Xilin immediately fired a gun and rushed the Mongolian horse herds and horse herds back to the west coast.

More than 50 cavalrymen at the 7th border post of the Mongolian Army captured the Puppet Manchukuo Xilin Taolagai Post in the disputed area, officially kicking off the Battle of Nomenhan.

In April 1939, after occupying Nanchang, in order to eliminate the threat from the Chinese army in southern Henan to Wuhan, Okamura Yasuji began to deploy the Suizao Battle, attempting to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Fifth War Zone in the northeastern area of ​​Zaoyang, Suizao County, Hubei.

In late April, when Chairman Chiang heard that the Japanese army was assembled troops in northern Hubei, he immediately sent Li Zongren to prepare for the fight and ordered the First War Zone, the Third War Zone and the Ninth War Zone to provide support.

Both sides are deployed and ready, and a life-and-death battle is about to begin!

At the end of April, Yamada Yozo, the new commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force, approved Okamura's combat plan. Immediately, Okamura issued an attack order to the various divisions in Jiangbei.

At dawn on May 1, the Japanese army divided the troops into two groups, including the Third, Thirteenth, 16th Division, the Second, Fourth Brigade of the Cavalry, etc., and attacked Sui County and Zaoyang areas. The Suizhou Battle officially began.

Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth War Zone in China, organized his troops into two left and right armies and the Jiang defense army to defend and launch a counterattack.

In this battle, the Chinese army had a great advantage in terms of military strength and could cooperate in coordination, but the use of military strength was not flexible and was once in a passive situation.

After the bloody battle between the soldiers of the army and fiercely fought until May 23, the troops of the Fifth War Zone successively recovered Zaoyang and Sui County. The Japanese army retreated to Zhongxiang, Yingshan, and restored the pre-war situation, and the battle was declared over.

The Kuomintang army killed 13,000 enemy troops and more than 5,000 Japanese corpses, of which Zhang Zizhong's right-wing corps annihilated more than 4,500 Japanese troops.

The Fifth War Zone also made a major sacrifice of 25,000 yuan, shattering the Japanese conspiracy to advance westward and consolidate the barriers in western Hubei. The Japanese army ultimately failed to achieve the predetermined strategic goal.

On May 26, the Charlotte freighter departing from New York Harbor finally arrived at Qingdao Pier.

In addition to 800 Ford cars, oil, steel and other commodity supplies, more than 50 overseas Chinese compatriots arrived on the same boat, including Xia Houcheng, Shi Lanxin, Zhou Ping, and Hu Yaodong.

Thanks to the influence of giants such as Ford, Carnegie Steel, the US government specially informed the Japanese government that it opened a commercial route between the United States and Qingdao.

Therefore, although the Charlotte freighter, which was hung with the American flag, hired a large number of American seamen, was very jealous and coveted by Japan, it was smooth sailing along the way. The Japanese Navy did not dare to stop or interrogate him when he saw it.

Although it took a while and I walked for more than 50 days, it was worth it to be able to open this good route.

"I finally got to the place!"

"I almost got suffocated!"

"I finally got through it!"

"Get off the boat quickly and get some air!"

After arriving at Qingdao Port, the Charlotte freighter broke down and stopped on the shore. Passengers walked up to the dock from the deck one after another, and some seafarers also got off the boat and went ashore for some air conditioning.

"Brothers, I'm ready to work!"

"Quick! Move carefully!"

The port loading and unloading team, who had been waiting for a long time, began to enter the site to prepare for the delivery.

"Dad, mom, Zhou Ma, Liang Qiao, Su Xian, I'm here!"

Xia Yu waved at the crowd excitedly, then ran over happily.

"Master, look, Xiaoyu is there!"

"Hurry, let mom take a closer look!"

"Good daughter! We have ruined our thoughts over the past year!"

Xia Houcheng, Shi Lanxin, and Zhou Ping's faces were filled with joy and kindness. She stared at Xia Yu with wide eyes and looked left and right, and she loved it so much.

"Wow, Xiaoyu hasn't seen you for a year, and you are getting more and more beautiful as you grow older! I envy you so much, now you are a famous heroine!"

"Xiaoyu, we finally saw it again. I'm so happy! Do you know how much hardship we suffered along the way? I almost fainted!"

"Hehe, I'm very happy that you can come! I promise that the bitterness you have suffered is worth the money. I'll take you to see this new world that you can't imagine!"

"Hehe, then we'll wait and see!"

Liang Qiao and Su Xian’s two best friends were also extremely excited. They hugged Xia Yu and said endless words to each other. It was indeed a drama of three women.
Chapter completed!