Ji Wudi's five infantry regiments, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and one aviation squadron at Shanggao Airport were all in place.

Her aviation squadron included a fighter squadron, a bomber squadron, and a ground attack aircraft squadron.

Lin Fan had put a lot of effort into training the reserve force, and he wasn't idle either at this time.

Li Zhongren, Commander of the Fifth War Area, was planning a major counter-offensive: the Fifth War Area was preparing to launch a counter-attack against the Japanese devils in the Suizhou and Zaoyang area.

In order to maximize the chances of achieving the desired goal of this counter-attack, he specifically issued an order to the Special Operations Brigade: send at least three regiments to cooperate with the Fifth War Area.

Lin Fan was arranging the troops in Jurong. This time, he planned to use the general reserve force again, transferring three infantry regiments to cross the river again for combat.

Gui Wen, the commander of the First Regiment of the reserve force in Shanggao, ordered his twelve companies to investigate the surrounding situation thoroughly on the first day of their arrival at the airport.

After all five infantry regiments arrived at Shanggao Airport, Ji Wudi told them about the request from Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division of the National Revolutionary Army, for assistance in launching a counter-offensive against the Japanese devils.

He requested that each company from the Second to Fifth Regiments send out reconnaissance platoons to scout the Gao'an area, familiarize themselves with the roads and waterways, and plan in advance for the bridges needed during the march.

He requested that the anti-aircraft artillery regiment send out reconnaissance platoons to scout along the main roads. When Ji Wudi prepared to counter-attack, the anti-aircraft artillery regiment would send four 88mm anti-aircraft guns and four 20mm anti-aircraft cannons to join in.

At this time, the special passes issued by the 51st Division had already been delivered. Regiment Commander Gui Wen raised an objection: the First Reserve Regiment requested to participate in the counter-offensive operation against Gao'an.

Ji Wudi asked, "If you all leave, what will happen to Shanggao Airport?"

Shanggao Airport was the base for several regiments and could not be lost. Everyone present knew this when they heard Ji Wudi's question.

They all looked at Gui Wen, and the regimental commander could only smile awkwardly, "Captain Ji! I understand. The First Regiment will definitely guard our home. Everyone, go and fight the Japanese devils with peace of mind."

Only then was Ji Wudi relieved, "Shanggao Airport is not a safe haven either. Once the Japanese devils discover that there is frequent aircraft activity here, they will definitely try to destroy the airport.

The First Regiment must be careful and establish a tight defense line on the surrounding hills, preventing small groups of Japanese devils from infiltrating."

"Yes!"

Ji Wudi continued to urge, "When setting up defenses on the hills, you should not only monitor the mountain paths, but also pay attention to the cliffs and steep slopes that ordinary people cannot climb.

These places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we often overlook them. In fact, as long as there are one or two rock climbing experts in the team, they can easily bring a small team up.

Therefore, when setting up defenses, there must be no loopholes."

"Yes!"

"The First Regiment's mission to protect the airport is not a rest, but a need to strengthen training. Just now I mentioned climbing cliffs and descending steep slopes, and you need to organize training in these areas specifically."

"Yes!"

Regiment Commander Gui heard that his regiment was going to strengthen training in this area specifically, and he immediately became happy.

All of their regimental commanders knew that the general reserve force and the special operations battalion had authorized positions, but had not yet been formed.

The reason was that Captain Ji believed that there were no suitable soldiers and would rather have none than compromise. It seemed that she now wanted to train the First Regiment as a special operations battalion.

The other regiments did not envy the First Regiment's training, as they were going to the battlefield.

Going to the battlefield, going into actual combat, and training the soldiers' combat effectiveness through fighting the Japanese devils.

This was what the regimental commanders liked to do most. Now, all the officers in the regiments were combat elites that Lin Fan had transferred back from various combat regiments.

Every regimental commander and company commander was a battle-hardened platoon or company level commander. They had rich combat experience and were brave in battle.

In Lin Fan's words: a lion leading a flock of sheep, that is a flock of lions.

After Ji Wudi arranged the most urgent tasks, the regiments immediately began to take action.

Second Regiment Commander Shi Junxia, who used to be the first company commander of the Second Regiment, returned to his regiment and immediately gathered all twelve of his company commanders to arrange tasks.

His regiment's first company commander, Jing Liquan, first platoon leader, Li Cai, second platoon leader, Zhong Youcai, third platoon leader, Li Youde, and second company commander, He Yi, platoon leader Yan Song.

These were all from the same regiment before, and the first company commander and the others were all old subordinates from before. Shi Junxia's task arrangement was very simple: go to Gao'an to scout the roads.

Also, scout all the roads in the large market towns in front of Gao'an. Not only scout the main roads, but also find more small roads.

In particular, consider the characteristics of our troops' actions and note all the places where we need to repair roads and build bridges.

This would make it easier to prepare after returning.

The Special Operations Brigade's march had its own characteristics: especially when attacking fixed targets by surprise, they could always suddenly appear from places that the enemy would never expect.

They always caught them off guard, and this was all thanks to the fact that they could always find a way to appear from places that the Japanese devils thought were impossible.

Now, Regimental Commander Shi Junxia reiterated this point once again, to give full play to their strengths.

Company Commander Jing Liquan used to be a reconnaissance platoon leader, and this time he still wanted to personally lead the reconnaissance platoon out.

Shi Junxia glared, "You are a company commander now, with your own position and responsibilities. You must have confidence in your soldiers and let them do it."

In fact, Shi Junxia's first company reconnaissance platoon leader was the reconnaissance squad leader of the previous team.

Li Cai quickly stated, "Report to the company commander! The reconnaissance platoon will definitely complete the mission."

The reconnaissance platoons were sent out from each company in the four regiments, and for a time, the National Revolutionary Army's troops were reporting everywhere: "Soldiers from the Special Operations Brigade with special passes have appeared at the road junctions."

The ordinary soldiers of the National Revolutionary Army had a very good impression of the Special Operations Brigade: most of the wounded brothers in the Nanchang battle were treated by the Special Operations Brigade.

This alone was enough to make them grateful to these people. Checking their documents and reporting to the superiors were all their responsibilities.

What the National Revolutionary Army soldiers at the various checkpoints were very envious of was that these Special Operations Brigade soldiers were all holding submachine guns.

A fifty-man team even had a radio. Not only that, their team also had three light machine guns and one mortar, and their firepower was stronger than that of a company of the National Revolutionary Army.

A fifty-man team was about the same size as some companies. Some companies in the National Revolutionary Army could have one hundred and sixty or seventy people, while others only had eighty or so.

A team like the Special Operations Brigade's reconnaissance platoon could completely crush a company of the National Revolutionary Army.

Regiment Commander Gui's task was to protect the airport, and his regiment would send out companies to train around the airport every day to familiarize themselves with the roads.

These were all traditions passed down from the Special Operations Brigade. Beside the airport, Ji Wudi was building a training ground according to the special forces training ground schematic diagram given by Lin Fan.

The War of Resistance was a long process, but Ji Wudi didn't want to wait even a day longer. She was going to start special forces training in Shanggao.

The first step was to have a training ground, and her request was easily agreed upon with the local authorities.

It had to be said that having a hospital at the airport made it easier to get along with the local authorities. Ji Wudi simply opened the field hospital to the local ordinary people.

At this time, the three regiments were hidden in the mountains and forests. Kanda Masatane, the colonel and commander of the 45th Regiment of the 36th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 6th Division, who was stationed in Gao'an, was inspecting the front line in Gao'an.

They had received intelligence that the Ninth War Area was mobilizing troops to prepare for a counter-offensive against Nanchang.

Colonel Kanda Masatane had come here to inspect the work.

The Japanese devils were clear that this would be the first key point to be contested by both sides. In order to strengthen the strength here, Colonel Kanda Masatane did not come alone.

He had temporarily added a battalion of Japanese devils to Gao'an, so there were two infantry battalions performing defensive duties in Gao'an.

The sudden reinforcement of Gao'an by the Japanese devils caught the 51st Division somewhat off guard. Wang Yaowu had planned to launch an attack on the 21st, but the Japanese devils had suddenly doubled their forces on the 20th.

The troops participating in the counter-offensive were all ready, and they were going to attack in just over ten hours. What should they do?