After dinner, under the protection of Chen Cheng's guards, Han Yunhua drove to the Xishan military camp where the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were temporarily stationed. Since they had just arrived in Wuhan, the vast majority of the fighters were alert and wary of the Kuomintang.

After entering the barracks, Han Yunhua found that most of the soldiers had not yet fallen asleep, and they were all armed together. Han Yunhua asked Jiang Yunshan, the commander of the 1st Assault Brigade and 1st Regiment who came over: "What's going on, the soldiers haven't rested so late, I don't know if we will have to train tomorrow?" ”

Jiang Yunshan smiled bitterly: "Commander, the soldiers don't dare to sleep, firstly, you haven't come back yet, the soldiers are afraid that you will have an accident, on the other hand, the soldiers are still not at ease with the Kuomintang, and they are afraid that Chiang Kai-shek will send troops to give us a surprise attack, so they are not willing to sleep." ”

Han Yunhua knew that this was a tradition of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and it was also one of the results of Han Yunhua's training, and he was vigilant against everything around him, including friendly troops. However, Han Yunhua knew that Chiang Kai-shek would not attack the Inner Mongolia Military Region at this time, and although Chiang Kai-shek had done a lot of things that were disapproved by the world, he would not be able to do anything against Han Yunhua at the moment, otherwise he would not even be able to deal with the troubles within the Kuomintang, which was not a mistake that a far-sighted strategist and politician should make.

As a soldier of later generations, Han Yunhua knew Chiang Kai-shek better, although people jokingly called Chiang Kai-shek "peanuts", and joked that Chiang Kai-shek's strategic and tactical command level was only suitable for being an infantry battalion commander. However, Han Yunhua knew that Chiang Kai-shek's strength was not to command soldiers to fight, and what he was most praised by the world was his political sense and vision, as well as his political skills. If Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are a sharp sword out of the sheath, and Yan Xishan is an old man who is obscure, then Chiang Kai-shek is a wise man who looks at the world with a smile and is good at observing current affairs and strategizing.

Therefore, Han Yunhua concluded that for the sake of the defense of Wuhan and the long-term existence and development of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek would not only do stupid things that would make enemies happy and relatives hurt, but would also treat the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region with courtesy to a certain extent, and there would be no shortage of ammunition and food supplies. In this way, the Nationalist Government can show the Chinese people its "broad and broad" mind, and at the same time, it is also a signal to the troops within the Kuomintang, that is, I, Jiang, can even accept the ** troops of the sworn enemy, and your miscellaneous army is no problem, as long as you fight bravely and kill the enemy, I, Jiang, will not treat you badly.

Han Yunhua had a plan in his heart, so he said to Jiang Yunshan: "Spruce, you go down and explain, just say that I am tired and I am going to rest, tonight except for the necessary patrol sentry on duty, all the soldiers must return to the barracks to rest as soon as possible, tomorrow morning all the troops will carry 30 kilometers of weight-bearing off-road, and those who are unqualified will be sent to Baotou Steel to work as workers after they go back." ”

Jiang Yunshan knew that the commander was making the soldiers let go of the knots in their hearts in disguise, and the commanders of his dignified military regions dared to sleep peacefully here, what concerns did they have? However, thinking of the 30-kilometer weight-bearing off-road, Jiang Spruce was a little worried. He was seriously wounded in the Battle of Zhangbei, and although his life was saved, one arm was missing, and he is now a one-armed general. Due to the limited conditions, so until now Jiang Spruce's body has not fully recovered, the body is still a little weak, although commanding the troops to fight and responsible for the daily training of the troops does not have much to do with it, but such as 30 kilometers of weight-bearing cross-country military training subjects are not something he can complete as a one-armed officer, the last time a 10-kilometer weight-bearing cross-country almost tired him down, this time he will never be able to complete the 30-kilometer journey. However, the Inner Mongolia Military Region has such a rigid rule that the commanders of all units must participate in the daily training and play a leading and exemplary role.

However, Han Yunhua also knew about Jiang Spruce, so when he was leaving, Han Yunhua advised: "Spruce, if your body can't bear it, don't participate in tomorrow's training." Remember that the body is the best capital, and you must take care of your body during the war. ”

"Yes, Spruce remembers."

There was nothing to do all night, and when the soldiers saw that the commander had fallen asleep peacefully, they all knew that there should be nothing wrong, so they all fell asleep one after another. At 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Chen Cheng sent someone to invite Han Yunhua to attend the combat meeting and issue combat tasks for all units. ,

The Wuhan Garrison Headquarters is now busy, with operational staff officers coming in and out, and everyone has solemn expressions. When Han Yunhua came to the headquarters, an adjutant came over and said, "Is it Chief Han?" Commander Chen asked me to wait for you here, and let me take you to the conference room as soon as you come to the headquarters. ”

"Lead the way ahead" Han Yunhua did not entangle with this adjutant, as soon as he entered the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters, Han Yunhua found that the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and it seemed that something big had happened.

Walking into the conference room, Han Yunhua found that the entire conference room was full of people, although most of them did not know Han Yunhua, but the rank of the Kuomintang Han Yunhua would not admit his mistake, a general, seventeen lieutenant generals, and thirty-two major generals, it can be said that they are star-studded. In addition to Chen Cheng, Han Yunhua also saw famous generals such as Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying, and Han Yunhua found that it seemed that the people who participated in this military meeting were all officers from the civil engineering department, like Wang Yaowu and others were not there, I don't know why.

In terms of military rank, Han Yunhua is still only a small major general, and in terms of official position, he is only a brigade commander, and the smallest and most inferior in the conference room is also a major general division commander, although it is only a two-brigade and four-regiment B division, but it is stronger than the independent 77th Brigade, which has only three regiments on the surface.

Of course, this only refers to the strength of Han Yunhua's department on the surface, in fact, the real strength of Han Yunhua's department is far more than these three regiments, this matter Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Cheng and others are all well aware, but they just tacitly know. Otherwise, no matter how powerful his command ability Han Yunhua was, it would be impossible for him to make more than 100,000 people return with three regiments.

Even if Han Yunhua is now bringing more troops to Wuhan, there is far more than one brigade, although Han Yunhua is under the name of the independent 77th brigade, but when Chen Cheng went to the Wuhan railway station to pick up the station yesterday, he found that the number of troops led by Han Yunhua is really quite a lot, although it is not sure how many people there are, but from a distance it will not be less than 10,000 people. With a brigade of more than 10,000 people, who would believe it, even if the brigade under Hu Zongnan's department, which is known as the first brigade in the world, is only capable of reaching 10,000 people, but you must know that it is the elite of the chairman's descendants, and only Hu Zongnan's troops have that treatment.

No one knows more about the troops within the Kuomintang than Chen Cheng, who is a senior member of the national government who wears many hats, and has been leading troops to fight all his life. The most effective units in the Kuomintang army were undoubtedly Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, followed by the Jin Sui Army and the Gui Army, which were relatively strong among the local factions, followed by the local miscellaneous units such as the Northwest Army, the Sichuan Army, and the Yunnan Army, and the Kuomintang local security regiments, guerrilla brigades, and guerrilla detachments with the worst combat effectiveness. Chen Cheng knew that most of the local miscellaneous troops now have only six or seven thousand people in one division, and the better ones are only ** thousand, and even the infantry division of the Central Army, which is the most closely related to the Kuomintang, is only a little more than 10,000. Therefore, although the troops brought by Han Yunhua verbally claim that there is only one brigade, the actual establishment is probably not less than one division, plus Han Yunhua's achievements and merits, so although he is the only ** officer in the conference room, no one dares to underestimate this ** general.

After Han Yunhua sat down, Chen Cheng got up and said, "It's all here, then let's start, now I'll tell you about the current battle situation on the front line." The Japanese 16th Division, moving south from the Shucheng area of Anhui Province, captured Qianshan on September 18, strengthening the offensive of the Potian detachment and stabilizing the rear of the Potian detachment. Now that Anqing has been lost, Madang, Hukou and other places have become outposts in Wuhan. The night before, the main force of the Japanese Botian detachment rushed to Madang Fortress and carried out a tentative attack on Madang Fortress with the cooperation of aircraft artillery and more than 30 warships, but it was repulsed by our defenders, and the Hatian detachment lost a small part of its strength. However, yesterday the large warships urgently transferred by the Japanese army from Shanghai had already arrived at the perimeter of Madang Fortress, and the huge cannons on the warships posed a serious threat to the fortifications of Madang Fortress. Last night the Botian detachment carried out another onslaught on the Madang Fortress, although it was still repulsed by our army, but our army suffered heavy losses, almost all of the defenders' reinforced regiment was killed, and an infantry brigade that went to support also suffered heavy losses, and now the Wuhan Garrison Command urgently convened a meeting to support the Madang Fortress. ”

As soon as Chen Cheng finished speaking, Han Yunhua got up and asked: "Chief Chen, we have never retreated since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, although most of our troops are fighting behind enemy lines, there are not many examples of confrontation with devils head-on, so the Party Central Committee decided to send our troops south to support the Nationalist Government, so I think our troops can be used as a force to support Madang Fortress, and I also hope that Chief Chen will consider it." ”

Xue Yue, who is currently the commander of the First Corps of the Ninth Theater, stood up and said: "Sir, I think that Commander Han is a guest from afar after all, and it is a little inappropriate to let Commander Han's troops go up in the first battle, so it is just about to be used on the blade." Besides, as far as I know, Commander Han's troops are particularly good at long-distance raids, so I think this battle should be supported by my 1st Corps, and fight with the devils in Madang Fortress, I don't know what the commander wants? ”

Chen Cheng also felt that it was really inappropriate to use the first army in the first battle, no matter what, Han Yunhua's department was the first army after all, and special attention should be paid to using it, if there was any accident, it would be really difficult to explain if there was no suitable reason.