Jiang Haoran's words silenced a room of people, everyone knew who was responsible for the situation in front of them, but no one felt that this was a mistake, compared with the Japanese army and the Yan'an army, the Yan'an army was more like a flood of beasts, and it was undoubtedly a wise decision to destroy them by the hands of the Japanese army.

As for the consequences it will bring to China's war of resistance, I believe everyone in the room knows it, but they all think it is worth it. It's just that they didn't expect that this would bring trouble or even disaster to the expeditionary force, so they didn't know how to answer Jiang Haoran's question.

"Since you think that the recovery of Wuhan is not an easy thing, then why do you propose to recover Wuhan at this time?"

In the end, it was the chairman of the committee who broke the silence, and he wanted to destroy it, but it must not be at the expense of the expeditionary force, and if the Yunnan-Burma highway could not be opened, the domestic situation could not be reversed.

Jiang Haoran sighed, made a helpless expression, and said, "Isn't there no way for me?" As soon as I heard that the Japanese army had thrown four more divisions into Burma, I immediately rushed back, and if I could not put a little pressure on the Japanese army at home, I did not know how many Japanese troops my expeditionary force would have to face in two months. ”

The chairman said: "Then what do you think are the chances of recovering Wuhan?" ”

"Then it depends on who will fight?"

"What if it's up to you?"

Jiang Haoran rubbed his chin with his hand, pondered for a few seconds, and replied affirmatively: "Eighty percent!" ”

"Eighty?" A bright color flashed in the chairman's eyes, although it was fleeting, but he was still keenly caught by Jiang Haoran, the recovery of Wuhan is of great significance to the chairman, Jiang Haoran is especially clear about this, and immediately struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Moreover, your goal can still be achieved, just let them earn a good reputation." ”

"Ah 616161616161 do you mean 616161616161" Chairman Chairman's pupils contracted sharply, and his excited expression was already overflowing, "Tell me, tell me about your preliminary plan." ”

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, picked up the command pole again, drew a circle in the area of Huangshan and Jingdezhen on the map, and said: "Our 40th Group Army quickly surrounded Huangshan with two divisions and a hurricane column, and the New Fourth Army went straight to Pengze. At the same time, in the Nanchang direction, two divisions went to the De'an front and launched an attack on De'an, with our 40th Army as the assist. ”

Jiang Haoran said, with a wave of the command pole, he drew a line in the area of Yueyang, Tongcheng, and Xiushui, and said: "On the front of Wuhan, at least nine divisions of the three group armies will attack Yueyang, Tongcheng, and Xiushui at the same time, and advance in unison, tearing apart the Japanese defense line at all costs, and attacking as the main attack. ”

Jiang Haoran waved his command pole and went to the direction north of Wuhan, and continued: "Here, Degong's Fifth Theater also gathered troops to attack Jingzhou, Suizhou, and Xinyang at the same time, but the focus is not on Jingzhou and Suizhou, but in Xinyang, Jingzhou and Suizhou can feint with a small number of troops, but Xinyang must gather superior forces to quickly attack, and it must be within three days, the success or failure of this battle depends on whether the Fifth Theater can take Xinyang as scheduled, cut off the Pinghan Railway, and go north to prevent Japanese reinforcements, to the south to block the Japanese retreat in Wuhan 616161616161"

"Wait, Brother Ziqian!" General Li, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, stood up and interrupted Jiang Haoran's words, saying: "If I want the Fifth Theater to suddenly start an incident, it may not be difficult to defeat Xinyang in a short period of time, but Xinyang used to be Zhumadian and Xuchang, and there were many Japanese troops on the entire defense line of the Pinghan Railway, and the geographical location of Xinyang is so important. ”

Faced with General Li's fierce questioning, Jiang Haoran smiled strangely and asked, "Duke De, I heard that the main force of the Eighth Route Army has moved to the area of Pingdingshan?" ”

Admiral Li was stunned for a moment, obviously not knowing why Jiang Haoran suddenly asked this, but he still replied briskly: "Yes, according to reliable information, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army and is currently operating in this area. ”

"Do you know how many of them there are?"

"The details are not very clear, but their range of activities is very large, from Luoyang to Pingdingshan to Wugang, Nanyang periphery have their figures, the preliminary estimate is that there are two divisions, more than 20,000 troops, some time ago the Japanese army has suppressed them on a large scale, Zhumadian and Xuchang troops have been dispatched, but I heard that there is no advantage."

Jiang Haoran nodded, thought for a while, glanced at the chairman of the committee, from his calm expression, it was not difficult to see that the chairman of the committee had long been aware of all this, but he probably never dreamed that the number of the Eighth Route Army far exceeded the information he had obtained, and the number reached more than 100,000. The chairman of the committee has always dreamed of wiping out the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army with the help of the Japanese army, or rushing to the north of the Yellow River, which is not difficult to see from the incident in southern Anhui, if he knew that the strength of the Eighth Route Army was so large at this time, I am afraid that he would not agree to Jiang Haoran's next plan.

Jiang Haoran said slowly: "In my opinion, we can hand over the task of fighting Zhumadian and blocking the enemy to the Eighth Route Army to relieve Duke De's worries." ”

The command headquarters was in an uproar, and General Li suddenly stung like a bee, and said sharply: "What, hand over the back of our army to the Eighth Route Army, what are you kidding, can those mud-legged men take down Zhumadian and stop the reinforcements of the Japanese army?" Ridiculous, simply ridiculous, I firmly disagree with this plan! ”

As soon as General Li's voice fell, the chairman of the committee also said: "Yes, Haoran, this plan will not work, even if your plan is successful, after the war, the Eighth Route Army will take advantage of the situation to enter northern Anhui, and connect with the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, and they will not be able to drive them away in the future, and they will be able to firmly gain a foothold on both sides of the Yangtze River." ”

Jiang Haoran had long thought that it would be this ending, of course, there was a way to deal with it, he first answered General Li's question, the Eighth Route Army has been fighting with the Japanese army behind enemy lines for a long time, and has rich combat experience, although the equipment is poor, but they are tactically flexible, especially good at railway raids, the famous battle of 100 regiments, the first stage of the Zhengtai Road raid is a typical case, and they fought very successfully. Moreover, since they have the ability to jump out of the enemy's encirclement and crush the enemy's encirclement, it shows that their strength is far from being as fragile as imagined, and they are fully capable of taking down Zhumadian and blocking the enemy's reinforcements, of course, provided that they are willing to contribute.