Dai Li bowed down and replied: "Degong, you can rest assured, the forward troops of the First War Zone will definitely arrive in Xinyang early tomorrow morning, and the follow-up troops have all crossed the Yellow River, and they can go to the front line of Xinyang in two days at the latest. ”

Admiral Li nodded, didn't say anything more, and made a gesture of invitation to Admiral He in the direction of the sand table.

Admiral He smiled heartily, and seemed to understand why Admiral Li shirked for various reasons and delayed launching a general attack on Jinzhai for a long time, but it is no wonder that there are too many things that the party-state has deceived and concealed.

The conversation between the three of them made the chairman of the committee, Chen Chen, and Xue Yue all look sideways, and they all looked suddenly realized, but they all just glanced at each other, and didn't say anything more, everyone knew it.

The chairman of the committee had something more concerned about, and as soon as the two left, he asked Dai Li urgently: "Yunong, where is the Eighth Route Army now?" What's new? ”

Dai Li said: "After the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army showed its self-confidence, it went all the way east along the Huai River, after more than ten days of concealment, the day before yesterday they had already passed the solid beginning, and now they should be close to Lu'an, and there is no new movement in the other, it seems that there are not many guerrilla troops left in the eastern Anhui area, and there are no large-scale operations." ”

The chairman nodded, looked at Xue Yue again, and said, "Boling, are you sure that the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army can't defeat Lu'an?" ”

Xue Yue hesitated for a moment and said, "If Yunong's intelligence is not wrong, the Eighth Route Army will only have one 115th Division to go to Lu'an, I'm sure!" Because Lu'an is an important transportation artery for the Japanese army, the last way out for hundreds of thousands of troops, the Japanese army must be heavily guarded, and once Lu'an is attacked, the reinforcements from Jinzhai in front, Huoshan and Hefei in the rear must flock to it, even if the Eighth Route Army can take Lu'an, it is impossible to hold it, as long as they can't hold it, then Lu'an is equivalent to fighting in vain, they consumed a large number of Japanese troops, which is equivalent to making a wedding dress for us, the enemy's rear is unstable, Jinzhai is bound to be in chaos, and the situation of self-destruction may occur, Jinzhai has been acquired, the troops of the Fifth Theater are pressed against the border, and Liu'an is ours. ”

In terms of command ability alone, Xue Yue was undoubtedly an authority in the command at this time, and his words were convincing, once again confirming that Dai Li's news was correct, and the chairman seemed to be re-released, and there was no suspense about recovering Wuhan.

At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Wuchang Wharf on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Lieutenant General Anami, commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, stood on a small steamer, looking at the Wuchang city area with continuous explosions and flames, and tears flowed down his face.

** It came too quickly and suddenly, so they had to blow up all the supplies and important facilities in the city that they could not take away, and lead the troops to flee in a hurry.

But there was no chaotic scene that the chairman wanted to see, the Japanese army's naval strength was incomparable, there were countless transport ships of all kinds, and the air force was already a fictitious at this time, and there was no naval threat on the Yangtze River, and the retreat plan formulated by the Japanese army was also very organized, except for the 39th Division to resist on the periphery, the rest crossed the river by boat in an orderly manner. So, what the chairman wanted to see did not happen.

Moreover, there was another very important reason for the rapid retreat of the Japanese army.

In 1906, the Pinghan Railway was opened to traffic, in 1936, the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was completed and opened to traffic, starting from Huangsha, Guangzhou, and finally arrived at Wuchang Xujiapeng after 44 hours, here is the Yuehan Wharf, and across the river is the Pinghan Railway Line.

In order to complete the docking of the two lines and realize the north-south passage, in 1937, the national government spent a huge amount of money to build a wharf for trains to cross the river in Xujiapeng, hoping to complete the docking of the two lines between Guangdong and Hanzhou and Jinghan with the help of several large ferries, running through the entire north-south artery. (In fact, train ferries are no longer precedent here, as early as 1933, Nanjing's train ferries were opened, successfully connecting the Shanghai-Nanjing and Tianjin-Pudong lines.) ）

However, with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this plan was put on hold, and the two ferries originally planned to be imported from Britain did not arrive as scheduled, but after the Japanese occupied Wuhan, two ferries with rails were built on the existing ferry terminal to realize the docking of the two railways.

With these two giant ships, one trip can transport 3,000 tons of materials, basically two hours can return to the voyage, a day, just ten trips is not a problem, if you don't get on the train, specially loaded personnel, two ships can reach more than 20,000 in one trip.

It was precisely because of the unfavorable situation in the front that the Japanese army began to stop transporting supplies yesterday and did its best to ensure that the soldiers crossed the river, so up to now, all the troops in Wuchang City have basically crossed the river, and even the puppet army has not been left behind.

"Ananjun, let's go, if you don't leave, I'm afraid that the army will be killed by the river?" Kinoshita withdrew his gaze from the direction of Wuchang and looked at Anan Yuji.

The important facilities that detonated had been detonated, the city was filled with thick smoke and flames, and the fierce gunfire was getting closer and closer, Anan Weiji also knew that the 39th Division could not hold out for long, closed his eyes in pain, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said, "Let's go, order the 39th Division to retreat." He walked briskly to the cabin and never looked back.

At Xujiapeng Wharf, the two train ferries of the Japanese army "Wuhan" and "Nanjing" were quietly moored at the wharf, perhaps following the local customs, and the Japanese army actually completely Chinese elements in the naming of the ships.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers on the barge stood in two columns on the left and right sides of the rails with guns on their backs, and there were some technicians on the rails, carrying yellow cloth bags and holding hammers.

On the river beach, the steel frame and stone stone that connect the ferry boats are arranged in groups, and the track used is determined by the rise and fall of the river. The rails were erected on the stone pile, and the ferry boat was docked on the steel frame in front of the stone pier, and several soldiers on the boat waved small white flags in their hands and were directing the steel rails on the ship to dock with the rails on the stone pile.

Immediately, a train slowly drove up, stopped at Xujiapeng Wharf, and a locomotive on the shore pushed a few wagons, slowly but precisely along the rails into the barge, two round trips, and the last ten wagons drove smoothly into the barge.

The second half of the barge still left a large area, and the Japanese army ordered the laborers on the shore to board the ship, lay wooden planks on the steel rails, and then the burlap bags were carried onto the ship by the laborers and placed neatly on the wooden boards