According to Jiang Haoran's plan, at three o'clock tonight, the new second division and the new sixth division should launch an attack on Yangxin, Tiger tanks and helicopters were dispatched, Jiang Haoran did not intend to give the Japanese army any chance to resist at all, and directly annihilated Yangxin's Japanese army to advance to Wuhan overnight, and only by letting the Japanese army hurry to the rear to be unstable can the Japanese army be forced to abandon Wuhan. 『』『』

But at this time, the time has almost reached an hour, and there is no news in the direction of Yangxin. It stands to reason that although the troops attacking the city in front of the city only have a rapid mobile brigade, the most advanced weapons of the 40th Army are equipped with them, and this will also be good news, after all, the Japanese army is only one brigade, and under this attack formation, it is not enough to see at all.

Finally, a staff officer hurriedly came in and reported that the vanguard of the new second division had fully occupied Yangxin, but Yangxin was already an empty city, and there was no little devil.

"What, not a little devil?" Jiang Haoran jumped up from his seat and exclaimed.

A room full of people suddenly looked at each other, and their faces were full of surprise.

After a long time, Zhang Dabiao waved his fist and scolded hatefully: "Wipe the damn, carefully arranged such a big battle, I originally thought that I could eat the little devil's independent mixed into the 18th Brigade, who knew that he let him escape, alas!" ”

Liu He also said: "General seat, is it that after the Japanese army found out that we were preparing to attack Yangxin, they knew that they could not resist, so they simply withdrew their troops, I mean, they are ready to abandon Wuhan." “

Jiang Haoran was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head decisively and said: "Impossible, Anan Weiji has not admitted defeat so easily, this battle has not started yet, Anan Weiji doesn't know how strong my attack is in Yangxin, how can I retreat without a fight?" It's not like the style of the Japanese army, something else must have happened? Chief of Staff, immediately send a telegram to the Changsha General Headquarters to ask them if the situation there has also changed, and send another telegram to General Stilwell to see if the United States has adopted my plan and is preparing to make a surprise attack on Singapore. ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it!" Liu He said and strode towards the telecommunications room.

As soon as Liu He went out, a staff officer hurriedly walked in, and the Changsha General Headquarters had already sent a telegram informing them that the Japanese troops on the southwestern front line were showing signs of retreat, and at the same time, they were also informed that the troops of the First Theater of Shaanxi would cross the Yellow River tonight, and that the forward troops would arrive in Xinyang tomorrow, and that in three days, all the troops would arrive at the Xinyang line.

Immediately, Liu He also brought back news from the telecommunications room, but it was basically of little value, and Stilwell did not know whether Mi Jun had adopted Jiang Haoran's plan.

But at this point, Jiang Haoran was almost certain that the Japanese army was preparing to abandon Wuhan and escape. And the fundamental reason that prompted the Japanese army to make this decision is that the United States has begun to enter the battle of surprise attack on Singapore, as for Stilwell does not know, it is completely considered by the United States from the perspective of security, since it is a surprise attack, of course, the fewer people who know, the better.

It is not difficult to confirm this result exactly, you only need to wait until dawn, and the reconnaissance plane will fly over the East China Sea and make it clear at a glance, but Jiang Haoran can't wait, and is waiting to order the new Second Division and the New Sixth Division to advance at full speed and stage a good show of beating the water dogs.

Jiang Haoran immediately frowned, when did the little devil become so kind-hearted, he was ready to retreat, according to the usual practice, he didn't have to burn and loot everywhere, looted Wuhan, and pressed the gun, what labor can't be recruited, what grain can't be grabbed, can you spend money, spend time, and go to the village to ask for a big bolt?

However, Ye Kai has a little knowledge, he thinks that the little devils should still consider the troops, there are not many little devils in the city, they have to be busy withdrawing and returning to be busy carrying all kinds of materials, where is there spare time to burn and loot, not to mention, who is not hiding the things in the people's homes, digging three feet into the ground to rob is afraid that it will take more time, with Zhuang Dazhuan to do this matter, it can play a double effect with half the effort for the Japanese army.

This theory is also tenable, however, Jiang Haoran has a deeper consideration, Kinoshita Yong's style is a bit of Okamura Ninji's style, and the theory of Huairou policy and Greater East Asia co-prosperity has been promoted to the extreme, and the fundamental reason for this is probably still to have any illusions about Wuhan, the Japanese army has been operating in Wuhan for nearly two years, and has basically restored the prosperity of Wuhan, can they be willing to hand over a complete Wuhan to the Nationalist Government? Obviously, they couldn't have been so kind. Do not burn or kill, maintain the original prosperity of Wuhan, and maintain the image of the Japanese army in the eyes of the people of Wuhan? This qiē shows that the Japanese army is still planning to return to Wuhan.

And the fundamental reason for Jiang Haoran to affirm the existence of this factor is the 1,000 tons of rice. Wuhan is stationed in a Japanese army, such a large unit, no matter how much 20 days of reserve rations must be available, plus the Japanese army urgently transported a batch from the Yangtze River before the war, their rations within ten days are no problem at all, but now they are preparing to retreat, why do they still go to great lengths to collect so much rice?

1,000 tons is not a small amount, a little saving is enough for 300,000 troops to eat for ten days, and if the Japanese army retreats, as long as they cross the Yangtze River, they can jump out of the Wuhan battlefield within three days, why are they carrying so much food?

"Map of the north bank of the Yangtze River!", Jiang Haoran howled, and a staff officer hurriedly took out a map and spread it out on Jiang Haoran's desk.

Jiang Haoran stared at the map for a few seconds, then picked up a pencil and drew a large circle between the north bank of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Jingzhou, Suizhou, Xinyang, and Lu'an, and said in a deep voice: "The Japanese army is ready to concentrate all its forces in this area to fight us to the death. ”

"Ah, this can't be, hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated in this square inch, waiting for our planes to bomb indiscriminately?" Liu He exclaimed.

"Unless the Japanese army has strong reinforcements, the Japanese army is tantamount to killing themselves by doing so!" Zhang Dabiao said.

"Yes, Brother Siyuan is right, the reason why the Japanese army is doing this must be that there must be strong reinforcements, and the reinforcements are probably already on the way, if my guess is right, they are ready to enter from Lu'an. After the reinforcements arrived, the 11th Army cooperated with the reinforcements entered by Lu'an, the 35th Division and the 36th Division in the direction of Xuchang, and the Third Route Army carried out counter-encirclement of our Fifth Theater troops and the troops of the Eighth Route Army, and quickly defeated and ate them, and then the 11th Army counterattacked the south bank of Wuhan, and the rest of the troops advanced along the north bank of the Yangtze River in the direction of Yueyang and Changde, and the troops in Guangzhou attacked Shaoguan. From Chenzhou into Hunan, a larger encirclement was formed to threaten Changsha. ”