Wuhan Luojia Mountain.

"Look at it, what is Xu Ming's opinion?"

Hearing Lao Chiang say this, He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs, Chen Cheng, Wuhan Garrison and Commander-in-Chief of the Ninth Theater, Luo Zhuoying, Vice Director of the Military Command Department, Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Orders, and Qian Dajun, Director of the Aviation Committee, began to circulate a telegram.

There is also a foreigner with an eagle nose and blue eyes, who is none other than Chennault, the chief counsel of the Air Force.

"Chairman: In 1587, I successfully attacked Tokyo, Japan, which is likely to be a turning point in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Japan, which has always despised our country and regarded its own territorial defenses as impregnable, will certainly lose its mind when it is attacked by our air forces. 1. It is likely that the Japanese army will use the air units used to bomb Jiujiang, Huangchuan, Huangmei, Guangji, Fujinshan and other fronts to attack Wuhan in retaliation. Second, in order to eliminate the threat of our air force, the Japanese army is very likely to launch the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi with the goal of capturing Quzhou Airport, and the Japanese army is short of troops, and it is very likely that the 5th Division, the 18th Division, which was originally used for the Guangzhou Campaign, plus several units of the Kwantung Army, will be used in Zhejiang. Position Xu Ming. ”

He Yingqin said: "Whether it is the bombing of Wuhan or the attack on Zhejiang, it is a painless move for me, are they all brainless people in Japan?" ”

Logically speaking, He Yingqin's view is right, although Wuhan is the de facto capital of China and barely counted as China's industrial base, it is an extremely clumsy combat strategy to bring the planes from the front line to bomb Wuhan at the critical moment of the fierce front; The attack on Zhejiang is even more inconceivable, and the air raid on Tokyo is a leak that has been drilled into the lax air defense of the Japanese mainland, and it is difficult to have a second chance, and there is not much point in attacking Quzhou.

Luo Zhuoying has always supported Xu Ming, saying: "Xu Ming has always studied Japan deeply, and his previous predictions are accurate, so I think we need to be prepared." ”

Qian Dajun knew Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts from Lao Chiang taking out this telegram, and the commanders and commanders of the front did not know how many telegrams they had sent requests, and which of them had been put to the top level of the Military Commission for discussion, he cleared his throat and said: "I also think of this way, the Japanese are extremely face-conscious, and if their nest is attacked, they are very likely to carry out unprecedented retaliation against Wuhan, Wuhan's air defense must be strengthened, and there can be Chennault's advisers to formulate air defense strategies." With regard to Zhejiang, various units such as Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian should be assembled to deal with the Japanese attack. ”

Everyone expressed their opinions one by one, except for He Yingqin, everyone agreed with Xu Ming, the reason for the approval was very simple, Xu Ming never missed the prediction of the enemy, not to mention that the tendency of a certain **oss was already obvious, otherwise, Chennault was a foreigner, how could He De participate in a meeting of this level.

Lao Jiang pretended to pay attention to listening to other people's opinions and said: "Since everyone has this opinion, I also agree, so let's do it, Qian Dajun Chennault, please formulate an air defense plan for Wuhan immediately; With Gu Zhutong as the commander-in-chief of the Third Theater and Zhang Fakui as the deputy commander, he ordered the troops from all over the country to immediately rush to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line to prepare for the battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi. ”

Chennault had not yet shaken the excitement, two years ago he was a retired captain, and now he was a member of the high-level military council and commanded a decisive aerial battle in front of the eyes of the world.

Seeing Qian Dajun standing up and Chiang Kai-shek looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly stood up and said confidently in stiff Chinese: "Please rest assured, Chairman of the Committee, I am going to draw up a 'Ruibo' plan, and all the Japanese planes that will be attacked in the future will be torn apart!" ”

Joint Conference of the 11th Army of the Second Army of the Japanese Army in Anqing.

The commander-in-chief of the Central China Dispatch Army, the commander-in-chief of the Wuhan Battle, the six generals of Yanjun and a cadre of people were worried.

Suzuki Zhuoer Shaozo has just introduced the situation of the various battlefields of the Battle of Wuhan, and it is not going well. The 3rd Division and the 10th Division attacking Huangchuan were blocked by the famous generals Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu, and the two elite field divisions were actually blocked by the two local armies of China, and after fighting for half a month, the Japanese army was still lingering on the front line of Luoshan. There was also information that China's Hu Zongnan Army was assembled on the front line of Xinyang, ready to respond at any time.

The Japanese army attacking the northern foot of Dabie Mountain encountered great trouble, in Fujin Mountain is Song Xilian's 71st Army, which is China's last German armament division, the original 88th Division, 87th Division, 36th Division and the 46th Division composed of the teaching corps, 4 German armament divisions with Fujin Mountain as the center, strictly defended, the Japanese 16th Division's attack was frustrated again and again, after the 11th Division was reinforced, the battle situation still did not progress.

The attack of the 2nd Division attacking along the north bank of the Yangtze River has come to a complete halt, the soldiers have just come to the scorching heat of Jiangnan from the cold northeast, a large number of soldiers have been reduced due to illness, and supplies have not been guaranteed, and there are still more than 20 Chinese divisions around, and the 2nd Division has been transferred to the defense!

Jiujiang, let's not talk about it, it's annoying to say it.

These are not the most depressing things for these old devils, what is depressing is the order just sent by the General Staff Headquarters to the Central China Dispatch Army.

Bomb Wuhan with all your strength and launch the Zhejiang Campaign!

The chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army, Shozo Kawabe, broke the silence of the venue with an angry tone, "The people from the provincial department don't know what they think? Now the various battlefields of the Dabie Mountains and the Yangtze River are in urgent need of air support, but they have to be thrown into the bombing of Wuhan, and it is not better to occupy Wuhan than to blow it up! ”

Major General Sadaichi Miyamoto, chief of staff of the 11th Army, excitedly stood up and echoed: "What is there to fight in Zhejiang? The essence of Zhejiang, lies in the line of Hangzhou Bay, which has fallen into the hands of the empire, like Quzhou and Wenzhou, there are no resources, no ports, and what else is there except for an airport! 3 more field divisions will be assembled!

We want 2-3 field divisions, and General Yan's request is not heeded in the slightest, but we want to put valuable troops into the mountainous areas of Zhejiang. 3 elite divisions, invested in Xinyang, can cut off the Pinghan line; Investing in Fujin Mountain can open up Dabie Mountain; Throwing into Jiujiang can completely wipe out the vicious Xu Ming Corps; Investing in Guangzhou can cut off the Guangdong-Hankou line and prevent Britain and the United States from aiding China; Even if these three divisions do nothing and stay in the rear, it is better than launching the Battle of Zhejiang, at least they can maintain law and order, and they will not consume the already tense strategic materials. ”

The two chiefs of staff were not only personal opinions, but also represented the thoughts of all the Japanese high-ranking Japanese troops in the entire Wuhan battle, but the Hashimoto group of the base camp combat squad only said a simple sentence, and everyone lost their temper.

"The majesty of the empire must be maintained! Your Majesty's safety must be guaranteed! ”

Everyone was silent again.

In the end, Yan Junliu stood up, "This is approved by His Majesty, and we will implement it immediately!" ”

After the meeting, Yan Junliu and Okamura Ninji still did not leave.

Gangcun said: "I really didn't expect that the empire would be mobilized by a few small planes. ”

Yan Shunroku looked at Okamura Ninji, "When the Imperial Army bombs the enemy's capital, I should think that one day I will be revenged. ”

"But the best revenge is to take Wuhan, not to go to the mountains of Zhejiang."

"Okamura-kun? Do you think it's wrong to launch the Battle of Zhejiang?"

Okamura Ninji nodded, he had a good relationship with him, so there was no need to lie.

Yan Junliu looked at Okamura Ningji's eyes and said slowly: "The battle of Zhejiang was a mistake, but a correct mistake!" ”

Okamura Ninji muttered, "Right wrong? ”

"The war is not only the fighting of soldiers on the front line, but also the support of the people in the rear, and the incident has come, and the empire has spent more than 7 billion huge military spending, of which more than 5 billion is raised by the donations of our people and the purchase of national bonds. The bombs dropped on Tokyo destroyed the morale of the people, and the empire had to take countermeasures against it.

This war will not end in a short time, and even if it has just begun, I don't know how many 7 billion military spending and how many 5 billion donations.

Gangcun-kun, the mistake was not to launch the Battle of Zhejiang, but to launch the Battle of Wuhan! ”

Yan Junliu's tone was indescribably sad.

Perhaps for Japan, launching the Battle of Zhejiang and the bombing of Wuhan were controversial events, and for China, it was perhaps a rare respite.

But for the citizens of the three towns of Wuhan, since October 10, the sky over Wuhan has been covered with war clouds.

On October 10, the Chinese National Government's Double Tenth Festival, more than 200 Japanese fighters took off from various airports in Taiyuan, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhu and Shanghai, divided into five routes, and covered the sky of Wuhan with an overwhelming posture according to the predetermined plan.

The Wuhan Air Battle of unprecedented scale broke out!

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