Chen Qingzhi said: "In case this order is really given by that person, after I go to Yucheng, you must take care of the troops to prevent being overshadowed, if there is really no way to avoid it, I will allow you to fire directly, and I will bear whatever happens!" Remember, the troops are the most important, and our independent brigade must not have an accident! You get the idea! ”

"Yes! Please rest assured, I will not let the Independent Brigade suffer any harm! Fang Xiaodong's face turned pale and said in a deep voice.

After speaking, there was a look of hesitation on his face, and he said comfortingly: "Brigade, I'll take care of you here in the Independent Brigade, but ...... But you also have to arrange for some people to protect you, otherwise...... After all, it is Yucheng, there is such a long way in the middle, and the place of life is not familiar, if you encounter some things, there is no one around to help, it is always a little inconvenient! ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll take Huzi and the special operations team with me when I leave!" Chen Qingzhi nodded and said, after speaking, he smiled again: "You don't have to worry, after all, it is in Yucheng, even the chairman is there, even if there is something, the other party will not be able to go too far, otherwise once Chairman Jiang is alarmed, no one will be able to eat and walk around!" ”

"Hmm!"

Hearing this, Fang Xiaodong nodded.

After the independent brigade was settled in Changsha, Chen Qingzhi set off for Yucheng with Huzi and a special combat team of 20 people.

Although they are called special operations groups at the moment, in Chen Qingzhi's opinion, they are of no use at all now.

It has only been training for more than a month, and he has not even been on the battlefield, and his experience is almost zero.

Chen Qingzhi's status is low, he can't make a special plane, and if he takes more than 20 people to make a passenger plane together, it seems a little too high-profile, so Chen Qingzhi has to take them all the way to the train.

And just when Chen Qingzhi took them to Yucheng, the Battle of Wuhan at this time had already kicked off.

It is not appropriate to say that it is the prelude.

Strictly speaking, the Battle of Wuhan was already in full swing when the Battle of Xuzhou was still in full swing!

During that time, when the Japanese army attacked Xuzhou, it often sent fighters to Wuhan to bomb, especially on February 18, when the Japanese army attacked Wuhan for the first time, the defenders of Wuhan under the leadership of Chief Chen Cheng took to the air and launched an air battle with the Japanese planes that flew in.

And this air battle is known as the 218 air battle.

On April 29, in order to celebrate the birthday of the little devil Emperor Hirohito, the RB army aviation carried out a large-scale bombing of Wuhan, and Wuhan had already understood the purpose of the little devil so it strengthened its vigilance, in this prepared air battle, the Wuhan air force brazenly met the enemy, shot down 24 Japanese fighters, and only lost 12 fighters.

The heroic air force soldiers, with their fearless actions, smashed the plan of the Japanese army aviation, making their celebration of Emperor Hirohito's birthday a joke!

This defeat made the Japanese army aviation very angry, but it was also a little more cautious, and it should not be rampant as before.

It's just that they flew in every day to bomb, dropped a few aerial bombs, and blew up some houses, but the people have become numb to the little devil's fighter plane.

Every time the Japanese fighter planes came, when the alarm sounded, no matter what they were doing, all the people would run towards the nearest air-raid shelter in an orderly manner.

There is some order in the chaos.

Such days lasted until May, especially after the fall of Xuzhou, when the RB finally stopped this boring behavior and began to prepare for a large-scale invasion of Hankou in a premeditated and planned way to attack Wuhan, intending to destroy the living forces of our army and completely force the surrender of Yucheng.

However, in the face of the strong pressure of the Japanese army, our army was not frightened, but was actively preparing for war, and under the instructions issued by Chairman Chiang, troops were transferred from all over the country, and the general attack gathered more than 1 million troops around Wuhan, and even more than 200 warplanes and more than 40 ships to defend Wuhan.

In addition, a forward defense line was also set up in the Henan Province area to block the pace of the local Japanese army's attack, but because the Japanese army pursued the retreating defenders in Xuzhou, the Japanese army stormed the Henan Province area, resulting in the loss of several defensive lines one after another.

Although the flooding of the river stopped the Japanese invasion of Wuhan, it also caused at least 500,000 or even more than 900,000 people to be drowned by the river, and countless cities and villages in North China were empty.

But it's all worth it!

At least in terms of Chongqing, and even in Wuhan, it is worth it!

Located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Wuhan was the second largest city in the entire Republic of China at that time, with a population of more than two million!

Because it is located at the junction of the Yangtze River and the Han River, the whole city is divided into three parts, namely Nanchang, Hankou and Hanyang.

Wuchang was the headquarters of various government agencies, Hankou was a gathering place of commerce, and Hanyang was an important industrial town, and when the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was completed, it was an important transportation artery, and it was also an important hub for sending aid supplies from southern ports to the interior.

After the Japanese army occupied Nanjing last year, although the political axe moved the capital to Chongqing, the political axe organ and military headquarters were in Wuhan, and Wuhan in fact had become the domestic conquest, military, economic and wartime capital at that time, and all the forces of the whole country were gathered in Wuhan to surround it, which also made the Japanese army make some wrong judgments.

think that they only need to take Wuhan, so that the command of the Republic of China can be paralyzed and stop resisting! No matter how bad it is, it can lead to the split of the Republic of China and fall into a situation of fighting for itself.

But no matter which situation it is, as long as Wuhan is taken, it is a very good situation for the Japanese army!

Of course, if the little devil wants to take Wuhan, it is naturally not so easy!

On June 11, with the support of the Japanese army through the navy, after landing and capturing Anqing, on both sides of the Yangtze River, the defenders of various divisions had already made separate responses. The fierce battle was also in an instant...... It's fired!

Of course, that's all for later.

At this time in Yucheng, the group came to the city.

There were about twenty people in this group, all of them were dusty, although they were all wearing the simplest casual clothes, but the momentum on their bodies made many pedestrians around them subconsciously avoid it, and they didn't dare to walk with them.