Chen Chen didn't understand what Jiang Haoran said in his words, sighed and said, "Let's go to the headquarters and talk about it."

In fact, the news of this victory has already spread like wings to most of China, and even well-informed European and American countries have known that the Chinese people are jubilant, and needless to say, international public opinion has also undergone great changes

Walking into the headquarters, although the stars were shining in the room, the atmosphere was very depressing, and the chairman's face was very ugly, Jiang Haoran realized that the survival of a division was not enough for the chairman to be like this, and he was afraid that something bigger would happen

"Take a look at these two telegrams, one is from the Military Command Bureau, and the other is from Xue Yue," although the chairman's tone was very calm, Jiang Haoran saw a trace of throbbing in his eyes

The telegram from the Military Command Bureau was to the effect that yesterday they had intercepted a telegram from the Japanese Eleventh Army, and Okamura Ninji asked Shunroku Hata to increase his troops again, and they wanted to expand the campaign and take advantage of the opportunity to seize Changsha

Xue Yue's telegram directly explained this result, the Japanese army did not follow Jiang Haoran's bold assumptions and stopped at Matian Pass; an hour earlier, the Japanese Second Division suddenly launched a fierce attack on our First Group Army, with the intention of attacking Changsha, and the two divisions of the First Group Army could not stop the first line of defense at all, and the enemy had already broken the first line of defense, and there were no reinforcements in the rear, so they could quickly arrive, so please ask the chairman to decide

Xue Yue's meaning was obvious, and now only the 19th Group Army could solve the crisis of the First Army Group, and at the very least, the original two divisions of the First Army had to be transferred back

Because the chairman of the 331 base was the commander-in-chief, Xue Yue certainly did not dare to withdraw the garrison force in the rear of Zhuzhou without his consent

Seeing Jiang Haoran's eyes, he left the telegram, and the chairman said: "In order to solve the urgent need, I have ordered the two divisions of the First Group to rush back to reinforce them, and now the question is Haoran, do you think the Japanese army will really attack Changsha?"

"No," Jiang Haoran replied with certainty

Chen Chen echoed: "I also agree with Haoran's opinion, the frontal enemy has suffered such a large number of casualties in the battle in front of him, and it is good to ensure the integrity of the organization, how can it be possible to launch such a large-scale battle again."

Jiang Haoran smiled bitterly and told everyone, the smoke clouds laid by the Japanese army on the front line, the elite of the Japanese army may not have suffered much loss, and it is very likely that Youxian has been besieged by the Japanese army, and the special operations division has rushed to the rescue, what he is thinking about is not the strength of the Japanese army, but the way the Japanese army is attacking is not right and the time is wrong

Hearing Jiang Haoran say that Youxian County was besieged, Chairman of the Committee, Chief Chen, and Chief Bai glanced at each other, and they all understood that this was the consequence of their transfer back to the special operations division, but they all chose to lower their eyes, and no one wanted to mention this matter anymore

Jiang Haoran saw these words in his eyes but did not stop speaking

If the Japanese army really wants to attack Changsha, it is meaningless to march all the way, if they put Yueyang's 33rd Division and the 34th Division in the Tongshan area into the battlefield, they may be able to bluff people in momentum, but if they want to attack Changsha, they will definitely not set the time of the attack at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, this time will lack suddenness, they can't fight for three or four hours, it will be dark, they can open a gap at most, but leave us time to adjust the strength of the whole night, the devil will not be so stupid, the only possibility is to take advantage of our temporary confusion, transfer the troops of the southern front to the northern front to support Changsha, but they took the opportunity to wave their troops and go straight to the rear of the 331 base

Jiang Haoran also asserted that at this time, the Japanese army in Liling must have begun to diverge, all the way to Youxian, all the way to Liuyang, and then attacked the 331 base from both flanks

Everyone nodded in agreement with Jiang Haoran's opinion, but Bai Chongxi picked up the baton from the table, turned to the large military map on the wall, and said at the same time: "Brother Ziqian, I have always admired your military talents, and I think that you are indeed more than one and a half stars better than me, but this time I think you may have a heart, It's all about the 331 base, and you don't have time to think about it, or the base affects your judgment, so you didn't see the situation of the whole war clearly, and now if the Japanese army attacks Changsha, it may have more advantages than the 331 base, and the strategic significance goes without saying, once Changsha falls, the 331 base will be self-defeating."

Bai Chongxi waved his baton and drew a semicircle between Yueyang, Tongshan, and Liuyang, and continued: "On the entire defense line, I don't want to say whether the Japanese army can tear apart the defense line of Yueyang and Tongshan, just say that the periphery of Liuyang, now the Japanese army is holding the two heights of Laohuling and Matianao, as long as it advances more than ten kilometers forward, cutting off the Zhuchang Highway, in front of it is Dayu Mountain, on the shape of the shì has already divided the forces of Zhuzhou and Changsha, if the troops of the two places want to support each other, they can only bypass the Dayu Mountain, these dozens of kilometers of mountain roads, mobility has been lost, if the Japanese army will move all the forces of Liling to Liuyang, 100,000 troops stormed the defense line of our First Group Army, try to ask how long our First Army 50,000 soldiers can hold on, and our reinforcements have been blocked by the Japanese army in Zhuzhou, either from the Zhuchang Highway to force through Guò, or bypass DayuI am afraid that when the reinforcements arrive, the Japanese army is already standing outside Changsha City, and at this time, the Japanese troops in Tongshan and Yueyang will go hand in hand again, but I am afraid that it will be unstoppable."

As soon as Bai Chongxi's words fell, the command headquarters was in an uproar, more than half of the people agreed with his statement, obviously his words were more convincing, once the Japanese army was really as Jiang Haoran said, and did not break the bones, the 331 base at this time was undoubtedly a bone that they couldn't gnaw at all, why not retreat to the next best - to fight Changsha

"I don't think it's possible that the Japanese army is still fighting Youxian, if their strategic goal is Changsha, is it necessary for him to divide his troops to attack this division in Youxian, and it is clear that he still covets the 331 base and is ready to outflank him," Chen Chen stood up and said

"Hehe, Brother Xiu, don't forget, there is also a remnant of the Japanese Ninth Division in front of Youxian, maybe the Japanese army did have the intention of outflanking on both flanks, this Ninth Division is to sweep away the New Fourth Army and the 75th Division of our army on Jinggang Mountain, in order to ensure the safety of their rear, but now you see, if the Japanese army withdraws from Liling, the Ninth Division will advance and cannot retreat, and it will not be completely trapped here, so the Japanese army must defeat Youxian and rescue the Ninth Division."

Bai Chongxi's words made Chen Chen speechless, in terms of military talent, Chen Chen was indeed inferior to Bai Chongxi, so he had to look at Jiang Haoran

But Jiang Haoran's eyes were empty, as if he didn't care about what they said at all, Chen Chen had no choice but to knock on the table unhappily, Jiang Haoran looked at everyone as if he had just woken up from a dream

To tell the truth, Bai Chongxi's words gave Jiang Haoran a great shock, he even thought that the Japanese army was really going to fight Changsha, his stubbornness was just because he knew this period of history, and in another ten days, the Japanese army would have a big battle with the Soviet army on the Manchurian-Mongolian border, and now it should have entered a state of preparation, can the Japanese army still divide its troops to attack Changsha at this time, although the fight against Changsha and the 331 base are both fighting, but the time, troops and materials consumed are far from the same level, can the Japanese army still afford to consume it

But he couldn't tell if the pattern of the war would change because of his arrival, and he couldn't see what Okamura Ninji's true intentions were