The most important thing in Wuhan is all kinds of demonstrations, and all kinds of people have taken to the streets under the organization of enthusiastic youth, holding high the banner of resisting Japan and saving the country, and carrying out huge demonstrations......

"Expelle the Japanese invaders and return my rivers and mountains!"

"Save your compatriots, pay for your blood debts!"

"Resist to the death and defend the country!"

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All kinds of calls for salvation came and went in the three towns of Wuhan, and the enthusiastic young people raised their arms and shouted, calling on the people of the whole country to join the action of resisting the Japanese invasion.

Merchants generously donated money and materials to help the government raise various materials, and factory owners began to take the initiative to produce all kinds of military supplies, such as military uniforms, shoes, hats, etc., and the wave of resistance continued to rise throughout the country.

Since the "7.7" incident, the Chinese soldiers have struggled to stop the frantic advance of the Japanese army at a heavy cost of millions of casualties, whether it is the troops withdrawn from the front line or the troops that are about to go to the front line, there are relatives and friends who died because of the unscrupulous killing of the Japanese invaders in the attack.......

Every newly recruited soldier was repeatedly told not to be afraid of death, not to be a deserter, no one could run away when the Japanese came to fight; Let these newly recruited soldiers hold their breath in their hearts, eager to immediately fight a bloody battle with the Japanese army, wash away the shame of the national army brothers losing their cities and lands, as for the scene of rivers of blood, these recruits have not seen it...... The so-called fearlessness of the ignorant probably refers to these hot-blooded young people who entered the army with enthusiasm.

He Jianye understood that these enthusiastic young people were the hope of the country's future, and it was naturally impossible for them to be cannon fodder on the front line......

"Commander, are you too cruel to these recruits? That's twice as much training as we used to! Lenzaki asked, looking at the miserable recruits who were being trained,

"Sweat more in peacetime, shed less blood in wartime. Their muscles and reflexes must be trained to a certain extent, to what extent? When they hear an order or the sound of artillery or gunfire on the battlefield, what should they do subconsciously? In this way, you can greatly avoid the fearless casualties caused by panicking and running around on the battlefield. Keep practicing! Who can't stand it and can allow them to go to other units, at least our 16th Regiment will not send these recruits who don't know anything to the battlefield in a hurry, and soldiers who must go through the most brutal training can go to the battlefield and face the Japanese devils. He Jianye gritted his teeth and said,

"Captain, but in this case, we may not be able to supply enough meat! To keep them going, they need a lot of meat to supplement their nutrition! Lenzaki said,

"Hehe, you forgot that this is there? On the edge of the Yangtze River, what is in the river? He Jianye reminded,

"Ahh Fish, you say? Then arrange for the other troops to take turns fishing? Lenzaki asked,

"No, let the reconnaissance company and the transportation company be responsible for fishing, and other veteran units participate in the training together, and from the beginning of the training, I found that many veterans are now lazy and lazy......" He Jianye ordered,

On the night of June 11, the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), the Botian detachment marched west from Wuhu and attacked Anqing on a rainy night.

Chiang Kai-shek was furious and called Yang Sen, "Abandon the famous city and laugh at the friendly countries". asked him to counterattack Anqing, Yang Sen called back, and the 26th Group Army could not withstand the attack of the Japanese Sixth Division, exposing his flank, and he had to withdraw from Anqing as a last resort.

Chiang Kai-shek and the Military Commission understood that this was the aftermath of the Battle of Xuzhou, and that the non-Central Army was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's harsh treatment of local warlords and indulged in the Central Army of their own descendants; In the Battle of Xuzhou, Han Fuyu, chairman of Shandong Province, deputy commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, and commander-in-chief of the Third Army, was shot by Chiang Kai-shek on the charge of fleeing from the battle. Gui Yongqing led the 27th Army to retreat against the order and lost Lanfeng; The unauthorized retreat of these two armies directly led to the bankruptcy of the plan to annihilate the Japanese 106th Division in the Battle of Lanfeng.

"It seems that just killing one Long Muhan is not enough!" Chiang Kai-shek sat in his office, holding a littering thing from Janssen's return call......

In late June 1938, the Military Commission of the National Military Government issued an order: due to Huang Jie's ineffective combat in the Battle of Xuzhou, he was removed from the post of commander of the Eighth Army, and the number of the Eighth Army was cancelled; The commander of the 27th Army, Gui Yongqing, was removed from his post and investigated. And preach to all the troops of the national army to shock the morale of the army.

After the number of the Eighth Army was revoked, the list of meritorious officers and soldiers in the Battle of Xuzhou finally arrived at the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the lower-level officers and soldiers could say that it was a small problem of promotion, but when it came to Li Yutang, the commander of the Third Division, in view of the fact that the Third Division had completely completed the tasks assigned by the theater on the battlefield of Xuzhou, in the context of the failure of the Battle of Xuzhou, its meritorious deeds were particularly conspicuous......

"The 3rd Division, the 2nd Reserve Division (Division Commander Chen Mingren) and the 11th Reserve Division (Division Commander Zhao Dingchang) were combined into the 8th Army. Li Yutang served as the commander. The meritorious personnel of the Third Division were adjusted as follows: The division commander was promoted from Zhao Xitian, the former commander of the Eighth Brigade, Hu Yunshan, the former commander of the Ninth Brigade, the deputy division commander, and Chen Zhiyin, the chief of staff; The commander of the 8th Brigade was promoted from Zhou Qingxiang, the former commander of the 18th Regiment, and the commander of the 9th Brigade was promoted from He Jianye, the former commander of the 16th Regiment......."

Chongqing accompanied the capital, the chairman of the committee office in the public room, and the director of the Army Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs read the list of promotions that were rushed out overnight, and after reading it, he retreated to the side and stood aside.

"I think that's good! The Eighth Army can't just collapse, so it's a good idea to let Li Yutang be the commander of the Eighth Army and reorganize the Eighth Army. Chiang Kai-shek smiled rarely,

"What do you guys think?" Chiang Kai-shek looked at the people of the Military Commission and asked,

"Chairman of the committee, the rest of the people are okay, basically the qualifications and military exploits are enough; It's just that He Jianye, the commander of the 16th Regiment, a graduate of the ninth phase of Huangpu, became a major general and brigade commander at a young age and entered the ranks of generals, is it not safe? He Yingqin took the initiative to put forward his opinion,

"Well, the qualifications are a bit shallow. I think it can be adjusted in this way, and the rank of colonel will be the acting commander of the ninth brigade; If there are more military merits, a formal appointment and promotion of major generals can be carried out. Li Zongren, the commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, had long paid attention to this young officer who was defending half of the Japanese detachment with a regiment on the battlefield in Xuzhou, and said good things at this time,

"Commission, my subordinates have information about Commander He and want to report it separately." Seeing that He Jianye's promotion is a bit unstoppable, He Yingqin, as the Minister of Military Affairs, is also He Jianye's father-in-law, and the other theater commanders have a good image of this kid, Dai Li, director of the Military Command Bureau, is afraid that if He Jianye has already defected to the enemy, he will be promoted at this time, and he will be miserable as an intelligence person......

"Huh? What's the situation? Can't say it here? Chiang Kai-shek was a little unhappy, but his absolute trust in Dai Li still made Chiang Kai-shek get up and go to the lounge next to him.