Lushan, inside the General Headquarters of the Ninth Theater of Operations.

The generals gathered in star-studded, the commanders of the various group armies, and the commanders of all armies were all ordered to rush over, and the commander of the 58th Division, Major General Zhang Lingfu, was also impressively listed, and a piece of white silk was wrapped around his left arm.

After everyone arrived, General Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater of Operations, stood up with a solemn expression, and after his eyes swept over every general present, he reached out and picked up two telegrams from the table, and said to everyone: "Colleagues, there are two telegrams here, one is sent from Yucheng, and the other is sent by Commander Zhang Mingyu of the 42nd Group Army, you can all take a look!" ”

Everyone hesitantly took the telegram and circulated it one by one, with different expressions. There was shock and panic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all clear about the current situation, Yue Kou has gathered 200,000 troops, swept across the Indochina Peninsula in such a short period of time, and is currently making every effort to attack Burma, with the obvious intention of cutting off the lifeline of our resistance - the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and then threatening the southwest of our rear of the War of Resistance!" Xue Yue said indifferently.

"General Seat, you just give an order, General Zhang Mingyu is right, there is no regret about dying for the country and the people, we can't be left behind in the Ninth War Zone, we should immediately move westward to attack Wuhan with the 42nd Group Army, and after taking Wuhan, we should immediately ask the committee to go to Burma!" Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 58th Division, stood up and said indignantly.

"However, at present, there are still thousands of officers and soldiers in various departments of our army who have not fully recovered their combat effectiveness due to the plague virus, are they slowing down, waiting for the troops to recover their combat strength or waiting for reinforcements to arrive before advancing to Wuhan!" Fang Xianjue, the commander of the Tenth Army, suggested.

"No, the current situation in Burma brooks no delay, and the counteroffensive in Central China has reached the last critical juncture, so our party [***] people should perform their duties as soldiers and immediately launch an attack on the Yue Army, so as to quickly and effectively encircle and annihilate the enemy in Wuhan with the 42nd Group Army, recover the three towns of Wuhan as soon as possible, and stabilize the situation in Central China!" Wang Yaowu, commander of the 74th Army, immediately stood up and retorted.

"That's right! What the military seat said is right, we should carry forward the spirit of Whampoa, bravely kill the enemy, and restore our rivers and mountains! Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 58th Division, stood up and said with an awe-inspiring expression: "General, I am willing to lead the 58th Division as the vanguard and launch an attack on Yuekou!" ”

"Good! Now I order..."General Xue Yue stood up with a solemn expression and said: "I order, the 74th Army immediately crosses the river and advances along the north bank of the Yangtze River to Guangji County (now Wuxue City), and the 10th Army advances along the south bank of the Yangtze River!" Your two armies must be closely linked and march together. ”

"Yes!" Everyone suddenly got up and agreed.

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Lishan County (now Dawu County), Pingwu Town, fierce battles were extremely fierce.

The bombers of the 42nd Group Army, escorted by fighter planes, began to bomb the defense line of the Yuejun Army in Pingwu Town.

On the position of the Second Brigade not far from the outskirts of Pingwu Town, thousands of officers and men of the Second Brigade were ready to go, and each officer and soldier had a grim expression and stared into the distance with a steel gun in his hand.

At the front of the queue, Ren Hui, the commander of the Second Brigade, put the steel knife in his hand upside down with a cold expression, rolled up his sleeves slowly with both hands, and looked at the position of the army in front of him, which had fallen into a sea of fire.

Ren Hui's eyes showed a hint of joy, at this time, the bomber group had completed the bombing, and the fighter in charge of escorting the escort also shook its wings and escorted the bomber to start returning after strafing the already fragmented devil position.

Seeing this, Ren Hui stretched out his right hand and slowly pulled out the ghost-headed steel knife that was inserted in the ground, turned around with an indifferent expression and said coldly: "The second brigade listens to the order, all bayonets!" Get ready to attack! ”

"Click... Click! The click of a bayonet on a gun rang out incessantly.

At this time, Ren Hui violently raised the ghost-headed steel knife in his hand and roared: "Kill... Kill...! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

Thousands of officers and soldiers suddenly roared in unison with hoarse exhaustion, and followed Ren Hui to jump out of the bunker and shout to kill the Chaoyue army position.

At the same time, Ling Tianbao led the 2nd Division and 1st Brigade to also launch an attack on Lishan County, and for a while, the entire Lishan County was full of fire, and the sound of killing was deafening.

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Xiaogan, said to be in the general headquarters of the former enemy of the army.

Akira Muto paced back and forth in the headquarters with anxious hands behind his back, and the sound of the radio in the telecommunications room next door was ticking.

At this time, Muto Zhang was very worried about the defense line in front of Lishan County, and originally Muto Zhang arranged two divisions and several reading infantry brigades in Lishan County, with a total strength of about 50,000 people.

However, this morning I just got a bad news, Guangshui is in an emergency, although there is a field infantry wing in Guangshui Muto Zhang, plus two Imperial Cooperative Army divisions, the total strength is also about 20,000 people, but Muto Akira is not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Cooperative Army.

It is still his own field infantry wing that can really play a role, and now that Guangshui is in an emergency, it means that the field wing deployed by himself will not be able to support it.

Therefore, not long ago, Muto Zhang hurriedly transferred two infantry wings, that is, an infantry brigade, from Lishan County to aid Guangshui, so that the Imperial Army in Lishan County was at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

That's why Muto Zhang was so anxious, originally the army in the Wuhan area had five infantry field divisions and several mixed brigades, with a strength of more than 100,000 people, excluding the 101st Division defending Jiujiang, there were still more than 90,000 people left, and Muto Zhang originally wanted to gather all these more than 90,000 people around Lishan County, resist and consume the main force of the 42nd Group Army layer by layer, and immediately switch to a counteroffensive when the time is ripe.

However, it was learned from intelligence that a unit of the 42nd Group Army had divided its troops to the west to Xiangfan, which forced Muto Zhang to divide his troops into a division to rush to the aid of Xiangfan, because Xiangfan was the northwest gate of Wuhan, and if Xiangfan was lost, the consequences would be unbelievable.

Coupled with the necessary troops left behind in Wuhan, Muto Zhang's real strength was less than 40,000 troops, and the fiasco of the 58th Division's Yuzelang Brigade caused Muto Zhang's department, which was already insufficient to be overstretched.

At this time, Muto Zhang had already defeated or even eliminated the 42nd Group Army in front of him, and he only hoped that he could lead the tens of thousands of imperial army warriors under his command to hold out until the Southern Army won the victory in Burma and attack the southwest of China.

At that time, it was the time for him Muto Akira to counterattack.

However, the bad news is still inopportune, just when Muto Zhang just stopped and was about to drink a cup of tea, there was a rush of footsteps outside, Muto Zhang suddenly looked up and saw a young officer walking in with a nervous expression, snapping his feet and standing upright: "General, the 156th Wing of Pingwu Town sent an urgent telegram, they were bombed by the Chinese fighters frantically, and suffered heavy losses, the main force of the Chinese army took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, at this time they were insisting, but the Chinese people were attacking rapidly, Junosa Koizumi asks for urgent tactical guidance! ”

"Yaga Yalu!" Muto Zhang was furious when he heard this, and slapped the devil Shaozuo in front of him to the ground, and roared angrily: "Stupid pigs, a group of rice buckets, there are more than 8,000 imperial warriors stationed in Pingwu Town, and there is also a field artillery wing, which is well-equipped, why can't even the people of Zhi resist an attack in a day?" Was Jun Koizumi's head kicked by a donkey? ”

"General, please calm your anger! The people on the opposite side of the country were not only strong in combat, but also their commander was cunning and great, in the first few attacks, quietly wrote down the direction of the artillery positions of the imperial army, and then called the air force to bomb them, the warriors were caught off guard, and the field artillery wing was destroyed by the people of China at the beginning of the war.

More than 2,000 artillery and baggage soldiers, together with dozens of large and small caliber artillery, were all shattered! Then the devil Shaozuo quickly got up and bowed his head suddenly.

"Yaga! Stupid pig command, didn't I already say before the war that the artillery positions should be constantly changed? Why not do it? Muto Akira roared angrily.

"General, the offensive of the people of China is very fast, almost a non-stop crazy attack, and the artillery has to provide fire support for the infantry constantly, so there is no time to transfer...."

Lieutenant General Muto Zhang roared: "Enough, immediately order the Pingwu defenders, retreat to the county seat of Lishan, and defend the city!" ”

"General! Lishan County also called just now to say that they were attacked by the Chinese army, but they were still able to hold on! The devil Shaozuo bowed his head sharply.

Because the devil Shaozo didn't dare to raise his head, he didn't dare to look at Muto Zhang's eyes that could kill people, at this time, Muto Zhang was close to going berserk, and the green tendons on his forehead were bursting, if it wasn't for the special period when it was the time to use people, Muto Zhang would definitely draw a knife and cut Shaozo in front of him to calm his anger at this time.

Seeing that Muto Zhang did not have a seizure, the devil Shaozo raised his head slightly, but after meeting Muto Zhang's indifferent gaze, he immediately lowered his head again.

After a long time, Muto Zhang took two deep breaths, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Shaozuo: "Order the Pingwu infantry brigades to retreat to Lishan County, Lishan County must not be lost, and the whole army should fight to the death!" Lishan County must not lose again, otherwise all commanders at or above the level of brigade commander will be dealt with by military law. ”

"Hay!" The devil Shaozuo suddenly bowed his head again, and immediately turned around and wanted to leave quickly.

"Wait!" Muto stopped with a wave of his hand.

"General! What other instructions do you have? The devil Shaozuo suddenly stopped his figure, turned around and asked.

"Send a telegram to Xiangfan's 21st Division, and ask them to withdraw to Wuhan immediately and cooperate with the Wuhan Imperial Army to prepare for the Wuhan defensive battle!" Muto Akira had a weak voice, and his expression seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

"General....!" Officer Shaozo was just about to say something, but he saw that Muto Akira had already waved his hand and motioned for him to go out.

"Hay!" After the devil Shaozuo bowed his head suddenly, he immediately turned around and walked away quickly.

(To be continued)