There is a folk proverb: no Hunan can not be an army, no Hu can not be a business; The army composed of Hunan people in this era was brave and not afraid of death; They have a strong local atmosphere.

Changsha people are hospitable, and the streets are full of the smell of stinky tofu, which makes He Jianye a little uncomfortable; He Jianye walked down the street and talked to the locals, perhaps because Changsha people like to eat chili peppers, they sound more rushed, and the straightforward way of answering is a little exaggerated, and it is easy to feel that they like to brag about it.

"Commander He, wait!" Behind He Jianye, an officer chased frantically, shouting;

He Jianye stopped and turned his head to look at the officer; At this time, there were too many high-ranking officers in Changsha City, and his colonel commander was really inconspicuous;

"Commander He, Chief of Staff Wu asked me to inform you; Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the Ninth Theater Command; Chief Xue wants to see you! The officer took out his ID and handed it to He Jianye, conveying the order of the theater command;

"Got it, Captain! I'll be on time! He Jianye said,

The Ninth Theater Command in Changsha was heavily defended, and He Jianye was brought in after showing his documents;

"Sir He, please wait first; Chief Xue will come over later! ”

In a small reception room, a staff officer served tea to He Jianye and left; The theater headquarters is not something that He Jianye can turn around, all areas are heavily guarded, and without passes and corresponding identities, even division commanders and army commanders cannot enter and exit casually; As for Xue Yue, a celebrity in history, He Jianye has never seen it until now, easy-going? Stern? Traditional? Humor? These words kept drifting through his mind, but they were all denied by He Jianye; Shaking his head, he took a sip of the tea in front of him; Wait with peace of mind!

"Chief Xue has arrived!"

The shouts of the guards came from the door, and a middle-aged general who entered the reception room with an old-fashioned face walked into the door, no need to think about it, it must be Xue Yue!

"Commander Xue, He Jianye was ordered to report on his work! Please instruct! He Jianye stood up, tidied up his clothes, and stood up and saluted;

"You may be seated! I called you here today to talk about it first; The formal military meeting will not begin until tomorrow, and you will be there then; The admiral who came in returned the salute and asked He Jianye to sit down;

Xue Yue looked at He Jianye and felt very satisfied; This young officer has been thriving on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in recent years and has made a lot of achievements, but because of problems within the Central Army, the road to promotion is not smooth! However, this young officer deserved to be an outstanding graduate of Whampoa, dressed neatly, not humble or silent, and there was not the slightest dissatisfaction on his face!

"According to the situation on the battlefield! The next move of the Japanese army is most likely to be Nanchang! You are the commander of the garrison of Nanchang, for the defense of Nanchang! What do you think? Xue Yue sat down and asked directly,

Originally, He Jianye thought that Xue Yue notified him in advance to come over to beat him, but he didn't expect the commander of this theater to come up and directly ask about the defense of Nanchang!

"Now the troops of the Ninth War Zone are in a state of confrontation with the devils on the front line of Yongxiu and Xiushui, Nanchang is surrounded by mountains, as long as the Yongxiu and Xiushui line are not broken through by the devils, they will be as stable as Mount Tai! As for the small force that slipped in from the gap in the defense line, my Nanchang Garrison Command can completely solve it! Please rest assured, Chief Xue! He Jianye thought for a while and said,

"I asked Li Yutang, your unit was formed with the wounded soldiers of the original 16th Regiment and hundreds of remnants; From the formation to the present, all the equipment and recruits are solved by yourself, as the commander of the theater of operations, I feel guilty! If you have any requests, you can put them forward in person now, and I, Xue Yue, will try my best to meet you! Veterans, junior officers, and rifles have a little for you! Of course, these veterans are soldiers who have participated in at least one major battle in the four army groups, and they may not be comparable to your original veterans; The machine guns are now unable to replenish you for the time being, and all the armies on the front line are having difficulty replenishing them; The rifle is also made in Hanyang, and there can't be too many bullets! But these are already what I have tried my best to fight for you, and the purpose is one: to get your troops back to combat effectiveness quickly; According to the order of the Military Commission, Nanchang, can not be given up! Xue Yue continued with a gloomy face,

"Is the officer a Whampoa graduate?" He Jianye asked excitedly, He Jianye didn't care much about veterans and rifles, so he wanted to order Huangpu graduates to supplement grassroots officers, and there was still a gap between the officers he trained and the Huangpu graduates;

Xue Yue glanced at He Jianye with his eyes, and said angrily: "Do you still want Huangpu Sheng?" Where am I going to get it for you? Squad and platoon leaders are drawn from various units, and there are only a few dozen. ”

"Sir, these people were finally drawn from the various armies! I estimate that there are not many good seedlings in it, in this era, those army commanders and division commanders who have good seedlings will not let them go, you should return them to them! The combat effectiveness of our department, when it comes to the battlefield, will still be the 16th Regiment that cannot be defeated or dragged down; "Without Huangpu Sheng, He Jianye doesn't want to owe Xue Yue this big favor! Shaking his head and refusing,

"Oh! I don't know what to do! You don't want it yourself! But I heard that this kid of yours has a hand in military training, so I'll wait for your unit to surprise me in Nanchang! Xue Yue said,

"Sir, you have a lot of opportunities, you can't come to me and talk about this! What's the point to talk about all at once! He Jianye asked,

"There are too many places that need to be defended on the front line of repairing water, and the Japanese Eleventh Army has 100,000 people, and with the help of artillery, aircraft, tanks and even poison gas, it is impossible to hold the whole line! It will take time for our troops to be mobilized, and how long can you hold in Nanchang without support? Xue Yue asked,

"Sir, it depends on how many troops the devil comes; If it's a wing, I'm confident that I'll hold it completely; in the case of a brigade, a maximum of twenty days; in the case of a division, a maximum of ten days; If you exceed one division, three days is the limit! He Jianye thought for a while and said,

"Once the Japanese army breaks through the defensive line, at least one division will come to the city of Nanchang; There is too little time, what can you do to keep it for a few more days, just mention! Xue Yue said,

"Street fighting! Only street fighting! He Jianye was silent after speaking,

There are a large number of cultural relics and historic sites in Nanchang, as well as a large number of citizens, once they fight with devils in the city, cultural relics and historic sites will definitely not be saved, and the fate of the citizens of Nanchang will probably be the same as the citizens of Nanjing, all of them will become the object of the devil's anger!

"The lives are ruined, the country will not exist, what is the use of those cultural relics and monuments? Is it left to the Japanese devils, but the citizens need to think about it, and I will report to the Military Commission if the citizens of Nanchang are evacuated; Let the Jiangxi Provincial Government fully cooperate with you; But you have to promise that you will hold on to Nanchang for a month, so that the tide of battle can be reversed! ”

Xue Yue was a pure soldier, and he did not hesitate at all in the preservation of cultural relics and monuments in Nanchang; Even if Nanchang is beaten into a ruin, it is the scorched earth anti-war ideology of the executive committee! It's just that Xiong Shihui needs an order from the Military Commission, and his order may not be carried out happily by Xiong Shihui!