Wuhan has fallen!

After the defenders decided to evacuate, the entire theater centered on Wuhan, all the defensive troops, and more than a million troops had begun to retreat on the whole front!

This retreat, because the generals of all sides were tightly grasping and guarding, so there was no chaos, all the troops of all sides were withdrawing in an orderly manner, although the Japanese pursued, but did not bring great damage to the evacuated troops, but under the mutual cover of the evacuated troops, it brought some huge casualties to the Japanese pursuing troops.

Seeing that the pursuit was fruitless, the Japanese abandoned their retreating troops and began to occupy various important cities in various fortresses.

On October 24, the Japanese army captured Huangpi, on the 26th, the Japanese army occupied Wuchang and Hankou, and on the 27th, captured Hanyang...... Wuhan is completely lost!

The battle of Wuhan has lasted more than four months, and it is finally over!

In the battle to defend Wuhan, from the capture of Anqing by the Japanese army to the loss of Wuhan, it lasted four and a half months, killing and wounding nearly 40,000 enemies.

Although he failed, the significance is very significant!

Not only did it win a great victory in this battle, it greatly consumed the Japanese army's vital strength, broke the Japanese army's delusional plan to force the defenders to submit and end the war as soon as possible, and became a very important turning point in the War of Resistance against Japan.

After more than four months of fierce fighting, the defenders' air force was greatly depleted, the navy was basically wiped out, and Wuhan was eventually occupied by the Japanese army, but because the defenders did not fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army from the strategic perspective of a protracted war of resistance, they retreated from the Wuhan area and preserved their vital strength.

Most of the main forces of the defenders are still there, but the Japanese army has been greatly weakened in this battle!

Although there were only more than 40,000 Japanese soldiers killed and wounded, the mental blow to the Japanese soldiers was very huge!

Especially in the battle of Wanjialing, several armies of the defenders surrounded the three divisions of the Japanese army, forcing the other side to flee in embarrassment, and even more than 13,000 people of the 106th Division were beaten and only less than 1,500 people fled in embarrassment.

In addition, there are at least 100,000 Japanese troops who have lost their combat capability due to non-combat attrition caused by climate and war, and they are unable to fight and have lost their combat capability.

In addition, because of the victory of Wanjialing, the country has made a big limelight in the world, dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, and won more support for the country in the world!

What's more, the purpose of the Japanese army in launching the Battle of Wuhan was to strike at the living forces of our army and do the final decisive battle, but their war purpose was not achieved, and this more than four months of time won precious time for the rear, and some precious equipment and personnel were successfully transferred to the southwest region, laying a solid foundation for long-term persistence in the War of Resistance in the future!

And with the end of the Battle of Wuhan as a symbol, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression began to enter a stage of strategic stalemate.

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After the Battle of Wuhan, both China and Japan were much quieter for the next period of time.

Large-scale battles are basically gone, but in some areas, the intensity of the fighting continues to heat up as time goes by.

However, it basically doesn't affect the big picture anymore!

But the more this happens, the more grim the moment comes!

With the Japanese army's desire to quickly eliminate the living forces of our army was not achieved, and the Japanese army broke out in the previous battles of Xuzhou and Wuhan because of the strong resistance of the defenders, it also made the Japanese army re-examine the fighting strength of the defenders!

This forced the Japanese army to begin to face up to the combat capabilities of the defenders!

And after the end of these two battles, the Japanese army conducted in-depth research, and finally the cabinet took the lead, and Emperor Hirohito made a decision: not to carry out a strategic offensive, but to maintain the status quo for the purpose of doing limited offensives, but not to easily launch a large-scale battle, so that recruits can practice actual combat, but not to fight the enemy.

Because after they faced up to the combat capabilities of the defenders, the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army did not want to believe it, but they still had to admit a reality.

With the development of time, the defenders' awareness of the war of resistance is gradually strengthening, and their will to resist is gradually recovering, and all this comes from the fact that the Japanese army on the mainland has hatred for them because of the brutality of the means, and then when the troops surrendered on the battlefield, they are already very good!

Because they know that even if they surrender, they will not survive at all! Even if it survives, it is better to live pigs and dogs!

In such a situation, instead of surrendering to the Japanese army and being pointed at the backbone and scolded for 10,000 years, it is better to fight with the Japanese army on the battlefield! Anyway, it's right and right, it's better to die on the battlefield, and it's glorious to die!

When the Japanese army faced up to this problem, Okamura Ninji, a guy who claimed to be a master of China, wrote a report and submitted it to Emperor Hirohito.

In this report, Okamura Ninji used his own secret visit as an example to deeply analyze the attitude of the Republic of China towards them, and finally came to a conclusion that if you want to gradually break down the other party's will to resist, if you can't quickly eliminate it, you must change your view of the people of the Republic of China!

Indiscriminate killings must be stopped!

Although this report was taken seriously by Emperor Hirohito, in the army, many Japanese generals scoffed at it and simply disdained it.

Emperor Hirohito also knew that it would be difficult for them to change their minds, so he had no choice but to order the Kwantung Army and various armies not to engage in a crucial decisive battle with the defenders without authorization.

There were countless casualties in the Battle of Xuzhou, another 100,000 in the Battle of Wuhan, and 100,000 non-combat attrition, even the Japanese army could not bear such damage!

In their opinion, the opponent's combat effectiveness is continuing to rise, if they start a rash battle, they can no longer crush the defenders, but may in a certain battle, once there is a mistake, it will lead to a total loss!

It even leads to their inability to continue from now on!

The Japanese army can't afford to gamble, and they can't afford to lose!

So...... It can only cut off the possibility of launching a large-scale battle!

Maintaining stability is the first priority!

Under such circumstances, the Japanese army gradually fell silent.

At the same time, the defenders are gradually silent, both sides are **** wounds, and at the same time secretly accumulate strength, peeking at each other's weaknesses, once they find that the other party has a fatal weakness, they will launch a fatal blow!

They are all waiting!

Wait for a great opportunity!

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(End of chapter)