The 3rd Theater Commander's Department.

Commander-in-chief Chen Cixiu and a group of senior officers couldn't help but be taken aback when they received Yang Jing's telegram from Songjiang asking for help.

"I didn't expect Yang Jing's prediction to be so accurate, the Japanese army really increased its troops, and it landed from Hangzhou Bay. If it weren't for Yang Jing's immortal military exploits in Baoshan and his irresolvable blood feud with the Japanese, I even doubt that he had colluded with the Japanese army, otherwise how could he have predicted today so long in advance! ”

Chen Cixiu looked shocked and slammed the telegram in his hand on the desk in front of him.

Luo Youqing also frowned, and said: "According to Yang Jing's report, the Japanese army has gathered at least 100,000 troops, and we have only deployed three regiments in the area of Hangzhou Bay. This is still because of Yang Jing's reminder, and two more regiments were dispatched.

However, with this amount of troops, it is impossible to block the combined firepower of the Japanese army's land, sea and air forces.

It only takes even one round of attacks for this little force to be wiped out.

In other words, from the moment Yang Jing sent a telegram asking for help, the Japanese army may have seized the beachhead in Hangzhou Bay and was advancing towards the rear of our army, the Songjiang area, and the current situation is not optimistic for our army! ”

Zhang Xianghua, commander of the 8th Group Army, said: "The situation is not only very unoptimistic, it is simply life-threatening!"

I had already suggested to the chairman that the battle of Songhu should not be fought again, but he did not listen at all.

Now that the Japanese army has landed in Hangzhou Bay, the intention is already obvious, that is, to retreat, cut off the retreat of our army, and annihilate our army in the Songhu area!

Now, the situation has reached an extremely critical time, if we cannot make correct arrangements in time, the hundreds of thousands of troops of our army on the Songhu battlefield may be eaten by the Japanese army in one fell swoop!

This is more than half of the elite of the party-state, and once the goal of the Japanese army is achieved, then we are really not far from the death of the country. ”

Everyone was like water, because they knew that Zhang Xianghua was by no means alarmist, but expounding a fact.

At this moment, a communications staff officer suddenly hurriedly broke into the office from outside, came to the commander-in-chief Chen Cixiu with a very solemn expression, and bowed his head to report to him: "The 373rd Regiment of the 63rd Division sent an urgent telegram from Jinshanwei in Hangzhou Bay, saying that the Japanese army was attacking with heavy troops, and the defenders suffered extremely heavy casualties under the combined fire of the Japanese navy, army, and air force.

The situation of the Cash Mountain Guard is extremely critical, and it may be captured by the Japanese army at any time! Please send reinforcements to the Commander's Department as soon as possible! ”

With the telegram sent by Yang Jing in front, the emergency telegram of the 373rd Regiment of the 63rd Division was completely expected by Chen Cixiu and others.

Therefore, everyone's faces were heavy, and they bowed their heads and were silent.

After a while, Luo Youqing took the lead in speaking: "Commander-in-chief, the loss of the current Jinshan Guard is a foregone conclusion, and we can only pin our hopes on the Tiger Camp in Songjiang.

I hope that they will be able to create another miracle in Baoshan and buy enough time for the withdrawal of our army's large troops.

However, what we need to do now is to immediately ask the chairman of the committee for permission to withdraw from the Songhu battlefield. ”

Chen Cixiu's face was like frost, his eyes looked around everyone with complicated eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "So far, it can only be like this." We immediately sent a joint telegram to the chairman of the committee, asking the chairman to agree to our evacuation from the Songhu battlefield in order to preserve our strength and wait for the opportunity to continue to fight against the Japanese invaders! ”

"Good!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

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"Mun Xi pi! How so? After receiving the telegram sent by Chen Cixiu and others, the chairman of the Nanjing Command immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

The Japanese army's 100,000 troops landed in Hangzhou Bay, and if one was not handled carelessly, the hundreds of thousands of elites of the Central Army on the Songhu battlefield would be dumplings by them.

And at that time, he will be the chairman of the committee.

Because the chairman of the committee knew very well that if he did not have the hundreds of thousands of central troops under his command as the capital and became the commander of the light pole, the troops in other places might not be able to obey his command.

Without a unified government to coordinate the overall situation, it is only a matter of time before the resistance forces across China will become scattered and will be defeated by the Japanese army one by one.

At that time, China may not be far from extinction.

Therefore, at this time, the chairman of the committee was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, fidgeting, and finally pacing back and forth impatiently in the office.

After a while, the chairman looked up at Wang Shihe and asked, "Shihe, how many troops does our army have stationed in Songjiang?" ”

Wang Shihe hurriedly replied: "Commission, have you forgotten that Yang Jing's Tiger Camp is now stationed in Songjiang, as well as the local security team, and the strength is probably less than 3,000 people."

Moreover, as early as half a month ago, Yang Jing had predicted that the Japanese army was very likely to increase its troops and land in the area of Hangzhou Bay, but it did not attract attention at the beginning. ”

The chairman of the committee slapped his head at this time, first with a look of annoyance, and then with joy: "Fortunately, there is a tiger camp!" However, with their small strength, it may be difficult to resist the 100,000 troops of the Japanese army.

Therefore, you immediately send a telegram and order him to quickly dispatch capable troops to Songjiang to rush to the aid of the Huben camp! At the same time, immediately organize all units of our Songhu Theater to prepare for evacuation! ”

After saying this, the chairman of the committee instructed with a little regret and apology: "In addition, in my name, I will send a telegram to the Huben camp, telling Yang Jing that the safety of the party and the state and the survival of the nation are all in Songjiang, so he must not despise it, and must defend Songjiang at all costs to cover the withdrawal of the main force of our army!"

Let's just say, it's me Jiang ** for the sake of my family, the country, the world, and the 40,000 Li people in China, please ask him! ”

Half a month ago, the chairman of the committee agreed that Yang Jing would lead the Huben camp to move to Songjiang, but in fact, he had the intention of caring for him.

It's just that who would have thought that the battle situation is changing rapidly, and Songjiang City, which was still in the safe rear yesterday, has become a strategic desperate situation in the blink of an eye.

And for the sake of the overall situation, the chairman had to give up Yang Jing, which made him feel a little reluctant and ashamed.

"Yes!"

The stakes were so high that Wang Shihe didn't dare to delay in the slightest, and after writing them down one by one, he immediately turned around and took the order.

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