There was silence in Headquarters.

Li Zongren and all the staff officers fell into silence, and no one came out to speak for a while.

It wasn't until he was silent for a long time that Li Zongren broke the silence with a voice, and he said in a deep voice: "In the current situation, I'm afraid I can only send troops to help!" ”

Li Zongren looked at the sand table, pondered for a moment, and then said: "If Fujin Mountain is not guaranteed, I'm afraid the mall will be difficult to defend, instead of being passively stationed, it is better to directly transfer the 2nd Corps over and defend Fujin Mountain together!" The 2nd Corps is the closest unit to the 71st Army, and if we go to reinforce it, it won't take long, this is the only way we can do it! ”

Hearing this, several officers nodded and said in a deep voice: "That's all it takes!" ”

Hearing that his order was passed, Li Zongren immediately issued an order: "Pass my order, immediately send a telegram to the 2nd Corps, ordering them to immediately rush to the area of Fujin Mountain to reinforce the 71st Army, in addition, telegraph to the 71st Army, let them hold on to Fujin Mountain and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!" ”

"Yes!"

Hearing this, the officer immediately stood up and saluted, and then turned to the dispatcher to send a telegram.

"Alas~" Seeing the telegram being sent, Li Zongren's face showed a sad look, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Although the order had been issued, for some reason, Li Zongren felt a sudden burst in his heart, and his eyebrows were constantly stirring, as if something was beyond his expectations!

In this case, Li Zongren's heart is also very bottomless, he can't do anything at the moment, he can only do his best to obey the destiny of heaven and wait for the moment when the situation is clear!

Shaking his head and dispelling the messy thoughts in his heart, Li Zongren settled down, and then continued to bury his head in analyzing the situation and specifying the battle plan!

……

After receiving Li Zongren's telegram order, the 2nd Corps stationed in the mall immediately rushed to mobilize troops and horses to reinforce the area around Fujin Mountain, but at this time, the 10th Division of the Japanese Army on the North Road broke through the defense line of the defending 51st Army at this time, and quickly captured Lu'an.

In the face of such a combat intention of the Japanese 10th Division, the defending 27th Army and the 59th Army gathered in the Yellow River area to build defensive positions, preparing to start a decisive battle with the Japanese army here.

However, the firepower of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army is indeed not what it should be, although the 10th Division has been disabled by Chen Qingzhi before, after they have been cultivated, they have replenished many elite soldiers, and their combat effectiveness has been further improved.

Under the command of the new division commander Yoshio Shinozuka, the 10th Division broke out with good combat effectiveness, and in the face of the 27th Army and its 59th Army, the 10th Division was like a bamboo, and in a short period of time, it was defeated, and then successfully crossed the Yellow River.

Subsequently, the 10th Division successively broke through the 17th Army Corps and the 45th Army of the defenders, and successfully captured Lushan and went all the way to the west, with the operational intention of penetrating the entire line of the defenders' positions in one fell swoop!

Fortunately, at this time, the defenders stationed in the Xinyang area fought back, broke up the offensive momentum of the Japanese Fourth Division, and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army, causing the 10th Division to suffer a lot of losses, and had no choice but to retreat to Lushan.

But the 10th Division did not stop there, and he asked for reinforcements from the 2nd Army above, intending to make a comeback.

In order to support the 10th Division, the 2nd Army of the Japanese Army sent the 3rd Division to Lushan, intending to support the 10th Division and coordinate the attack on the faith area!

It can be said that the war situation has reached the most critical moment for a while!

With the precarious Fujin Mountain and the Xinyang area in danger, the entire theater north of the Yangtze River fell into disadvantage in an instant, and the situation continued to deteriorate further as time went by.

……

Changsha, where the Independent Regiment is stationed

Chen Qingzhi has been paying attention to the recent situation of the Battle of Wuhan, and when he learned about the battle situation in the area where the Fifth War Zone was stationed, he already knew that the defenders were afraid that they would be planted this time!

Li Zongren's command could not be said to be bad, but due to the large strength of the Japanese army and the fact that his troops were not used at all, as a result, the theater north of the Yangtze River and in the Dabie Mountains area fell into a state of erosion.

Although Fujin Mountain is still defending to the death, and the Xinyang area is also fighting fiercely, Chen Qingzhi knows that they will not be able to hold on for long at all!

According to Chen Qing's memories of his previous life, there is not much difference in the Battle of Wuhan at all, although there may be some changes in a local battle, but the overall is still exactly the same!

"The battle is difficult, and the situation is unbearable!" Chen Qingzhi put down the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.

He knew that the next battle situation was definitely not what the defenders wanted to see!

Sure enough, just as Chen Qingzhi thought, the result of the next battle was really passive.

In the area north of the Yangtze River, the Japanese finally broke through the defensive line of the defenders at the end of September, broke through the fortress of Tianjiazhen, and then continued to advance non-stop, approaching Hankou!

On the southern road in the area of Dabie Mountain, the Japanese captured the mall in mid-September, forcing the defenders to retreat to the area south of the mall, relying on the Dabie Mountain to continue the battle with the enemy.

On the North Road, the Japanese 2nd Army used the reinforcements of the 3rd Division to attack Xinyang in coordination with the 10th Division, and returned to the Xintang area at the end of September, and then quickly captured the Liulin Station of the Pinghan Railway.

At this time, in addition to the direction of Wanjialing, the Japanese army had already marched towards Wuhan in three directions!

The Battle of Wuhan is also at the most critical moment!

Although in this battle, the positions of various units were lost one after another, it was not without a blow to the Japanese army.

Earlier, in order to defend Wuhan, the theater was redivided, and a new strategic defense deployment was formulated, focusing the defense on the periphery of Wuhan.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan in early June, the defenders have waged a series of heroic defensive operations with the Japanese army, causing the enemy to pay a heavy price on the way forward.

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties in the attack and defense of the Tianjiazhen fortress, and on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in the Matouzhen fortress, the defenders fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army for 8 days and nights, giving the Japanese army a large number of casualties.

In the fortress of Fuchikou, the defenders fought with the Japanese army for nearly 10 days, repelled the Japanese attack many times, and in the end, the Japanese army that could not break through actually used biological and chemical weapons to release poison gas to the defenders, so that countless soldiers were blocked by poison gas, and the Japanese army occupied the position.

At the same time, the defenders took advantage of the steep terrain of Dabie Mountain to skillfully block the Japanese army and fought fiercely for more than one month, causing the Japanese army to pay a very painful price before it was able to break through.

In addition, in the Xinyang area, the defenders also continued to block the Japanese army, and it was not enough to destroy the enemy!

It can be said that although various positions were lost one after another, it also delayed the Japanese army's offensive time, and won very valuable time for the most critical battle in Wuhan in the future!