As soon as Macheng was lost, Luo Tian and Yingshan had lost their flank protection, and there was no point in holding on any longer, and then, Kinoshita Yong also issued a retreat order to the 40th Division, ordering them to use the cover of night to move closer to Jinzhai at full speed, and build a defensive line on the periphery of Jinzhai as the last stronghold.

By this time, the Japanese army plus the Imperial Allied Army, the strength of the troops in Jinzhai has been close to 100,000, plus the evacuation of the expatriates from Wuhan, Shunmin, the mountain town of Jinzhai has been overcrowded, if the 40th Division and the Japanese army in the direction of Macheng also retreated, the number will reach a terrifying more than 200,000, fortunately, the Japanese army took advantage of the unique geographical environment of Jinzhai to set up three lines of defense on the periphery, and the battlefield is still some distance away from the city, otherwise a shell smashed in, it was enough for the Japanese army to drink a pot.

However, it is always not possible to gather so many troops and personnel here, it is not conducive to the deployment of troops in wartime, and it is easy to cause congestion when retreating. Therefore, Kinoshita immediately decided to evacuate the non-combatants, drive them out of the city, and march in the direction of Lu'an.

Kinoshita Yong still stubbornly believes that the Eleventh Army can at least jump out of the battlefield, after all, Lu'an only has one division of the Eighth Route Army, and the defenders in the Hefei direction have gathered two wings, and they will be able to arrive outside Lu'an early tomorrow morning, and then cooperate with the independent mixed 18th Brigade to attack the defenders of a division of the Eighth Route Army with a strength close to one division.

But he did not expect at all that the New Fourth Army set out from Wangjiang, through Qianshan and Yuexi directly into the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, after nearly ten days of long-distance raids, at this moment has begun to enter Lu'an City, the vanguard has even advanced in the direction of Hefei, they will set up ambushes along the road, specifically to deal with the Japanese reinforcements, Kinoshita Yong's expectation of the Japanese troops of the two wings of Hefei can not reach Lu'an City at all.

In the following time, the Japanese puppet army retreating from the direction of Wuhan poured into Jinzhai City like a flood that burst the embankment, although Kinoshita Yong had the foresight to drive the non-combatants out of the city, but Jinzhai was just a mountain town in the end, how could it not accommodate more than 200,000 troops, and nearly 100,000 routs poured in, once the narrow city gate was crowded, and the dense Japanese puppet army on a highway was crowded together, locust-like, and there was no end in sight.

In the evening, this situation has not been alleviated, but there was a sudden sound of gunfire from behind, and the puppet army howled in a panic ** The chasing soldiers arrived, and the guide zhì rout army rushed forward with all its might, the mountain road was rugged and steep, there were cliffs everywhere, and there were not a few people who fell off the cliffs, and more were directly pushed into the flesh.

The Japanese army is known as the strongest willpower of the troops, even if it retreats, it will never panic, and there will never be a situation of rout, but there are exceptions to everything, the Japanese army is wrong in not mixing and matching with the puppet army to retreat, the puppet army is a unit made of sand, and the best thing is to escape.

Fear is a more terrible infectious disease than the plague, it is contagious, once infected, no matter what army and what soldiers, there will be no cure, people are afraid of death, in the face of survival, everyone is equal, everyone is not far behind.

It was this terrible "plague" that led the Japanese army to a complete rout, and they fled to Jinzhai regardless of it.

The first to break through the Japanese army was the new second division of the 40th Group Army, which fought with the Japanese army for several years, and never thought that the Japanese army would have this side of Yin Donglai, at this moment was really ecstatic, and decisively ordered the soldiers to charge with all their strength, not paying attention to any formation and tactics at all, and shooting at the enemy with AK47, and the bullets that roared out ruthlessly harvested the lives of the Japanese puppet soldiers.

The result can be imagined that the soldiers who had always been strong were killed by the officers and men of the new Second Division, and the entire road up the mountain was suddenly piled up like a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.

Fortunately, the mountain road is narrow and steep, and the tank cannot drive up, otherwise the scene will be even more tragic.

Kinoshita Yong originally thought that Jinzhai was located in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, occupying a geographical advantage, and the imperial army could resist for a while, at least to buy a certain amount of time for the forward troops to open the gate of Lu'an, but he never thought that the situation would become so bad all of a sudden.

At this moment, he really became an ant on a hot pot, and he was so anxious that Anan Weiji, who had already relieved his breath, had no idea at all at this moment.

Several telegrams were sent out in succession, and Anan Yuki and Kinoshita Isamu ordered the 40th Division and the 15th Mixed Brigade to prevent ** from going up the mountain no matter what, and blockaded them at the foot of Dabie Mountain, but the results received were almost the same, the division commander could no longer find the brigade commander, the brigade commander could no longer find the wing commander, and the wing commander could not find his captain, and the troops were completely scattered, and they could not organize an effective defense at all.

Forced by the danger of the form, Anan Weiji and Kinoshita Isamu finally decided that Kinoshita Isamu would organize elite soldiers and strong generals and personally lead the team to Lu'an for reinforcements, and only by opening the door of Lu'an, the Eleventh Army would have a way to live.

As for Jinzhai, it was guarded by Anan Weiji himself to clean up the mess.

But what Kinoshita didn't expect was that before he reached the boundary of Lu'an, there was a farewell message from Anan Weiji from the rear, ** The 40th Group Army drove the helicopter into Jinzhai City, and cluster rocket launchers, missiles, machine guns, and machine guns bombed and strafed in turn, and in less than half an hour, the garrison of Jinzhai collapsed, and the armies of all walks of life marched together and entered the city in an instant.

After sending the telegram, Anan committed suicide by disembowelment, and the 11th Army of the Japanese Army was finished.

Before that, he had already learned that the New Fourth Army had entered Lu'an City, and the 18th Independent Mixed Brigade in front of him could not open the gate of Lu'an at all, and they had no hope of retreating.

Under these circumstances, Kinoshita resolutely ordered the team to advance rapidly to the northeast and flee eastward along the Huai River.

Thanks to Kinoshita's alertness, he did not hesitate at the critical moment, and ran wildly with a brigade of more than 1,000 people day and night, and really let them pass through the blockade line of the first war zone on the Huai River and successfully escaped to North China, but it was also half a month later.

At this point, the Battle of Wuhan was over, the entire 11th Army of the Japanese Army in Wuhan, except for the 3rd Division, jumped out of the battlefield with all its tails, and the other divisions died and surrendered, and they died and disappeared, as for the 18th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army that attacked Lu'an, it was also completely annihilated by the troops that followed up with it, and was completely annihilated under the attack of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.