[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1182: Shocking Changes (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

As soon as this news broke out, the whole country was in an uproar, and the morale of the troops on the front line was also unstable. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoAt first, people across the country thought that this was the Japanese army's words, including Ma Zheng.

But what happened next made Ma Zheng feel that things were not good, although the Nationalist Government vigorously denied it, but Lao Jiang himself did not come out to refute the rumors. All the orders were conveyed by He Yingqin, and the words also mentioned the news that the president was attacked and injured.

Ma Zheng almost had a feeling of suffocation, even if Lao Jiang was lucky not to die this time. I'm afraid that the injury will definitely not be light, otherwise Lao Jiang's character will definitely not allow the little devil to spread rumors so shamelessly. Now that the veteran can't avoid it, there is a great possibility of encountering accidents.

Thinking of the serious consequences of Lao Jiang's accident, Ma Zheng shuddered.

If it is left a few years later or a few years ago, Ma Zheng of Lao Jiang himself does not care too much. But now Lao Chiang is the actual leader of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and his mission is heavy.

Leaders are not something anyone can dare to be, and no one can be. Leaders are called leaders because they are difficult to replace, such as Roosevelt in the United States, Churchill in the United Kingdom, Stalin in the Soviet Union, or Chiang Lao.

If Lao Chiang really encounters an accident, it will be a disaster for the whole of China. As far as China at this time is concerned, if Lao Chiang dies, then the Kuomintang will not have a figure who can coordinate the entire party.

Then the various warlords in the Kuomintang will immediately become a mess, and a large-scale civil war for power will surely break out between the warlords, and the results of the war of resistance for more than seven years will collapse in an instant.

It is estimated that the United States will not interrupt its war assistance to China because of this, after all, the United States still needs China to hold back most of Japan's main forces at this time. However, in Ma Zheng's view, the United States will 100% use this opportunity to use aid as a bargaining chip among various warlords to gain the greatest guarantee for its control of China during or after the war.

Conversely, the warlords who did not seek American assistance sought cooperation with Japan, and Japan was absolutely happy to help them. But the conditions are certainly indispensable.

In fact, the current situation is very similar to that of seven years ago, although the truth of the matter is still unclear, but one thing is certain, that is, the fate of the whole of China has once again changed because of this bald head.

At the time of the Xi'an Incident, there were still people who advocated killing Chiang, but they still did not do so, in addition to the fact that the unclear conditions of the situation in China at that time did not allow it, there was another factor, that is, the joint pressure of the United States and the Soviet Union.

As everyone knows, for a long time, the Kuomintang had three major forces: the pro-American faction of Chiang, the pro-Japanese faction of He Yingqin and others, and Zhang Xueliang and other generals who advocated joining forces with the Communist Party to resist Japan.

He Yingqin was forced to the south by Lao Chiang during the Xi'an Incident, and the generals under him who were responsible for contacting the He forces were directly responsible to Chiang, and if Lao Chiang died, his subordinate power system would collapse immediately, which gave He Yingqin a reason to rule the Kuomintang.

In this way, the Japanese army will have a great preemptive right and offensive opportunity in South China and West China, and even if it loses in the Pacific Theater, southwest China will become the greatest guarantee for the Japanese army, which is also what the US military does not want to see, so the US military reporters in China immediately came forward to deal with it after learning of the Xi'an Incident, hoping that Zhang Yang and the Chinese Communists would let Lao Chiang go, and promised that Lao Chiang would definitely choose the anti-Japanese line, so there was a peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident.

Now, once again, the fate of China has deviated from the course of history because of the life and death of Lao Chiang, and no one can guess what the outcome will be.

Ma Zheng didn't dare to imagine what a terrible situation China would be after the death of Lao Jiang, whether it was a warlord scuffle, or being broken by the Japanese army one by one, Ma Zheng knew that either would cause a catastrophe to China, a suffering country.

The plurality of history, any one element is the key to change, and cannot be ignored.

At this time, the biggest power in China was not the Yan'an side, nor the Kuomintang, but those Japanese who were armed with butcher knives, so the death of Lao Jiang was undoubtedly a good opportunity for these Japanese invaders. Therefore, there is also a possibility that He Yingqin or Wang Jingwei will take Jiang's place.

The Central Committee convened an emergency meeting to discuss possible scenarios. In the end, the Central Committee believed that if the life and safety of the veteran were mortally threatened, then the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would probably be terminated as a result, and the anti-Japanese national united front would not be able to sustain itself for a long time.

In addition, the Kuomintang would split into several factions, and the civil war would become more and more intense. In the end, the Eighth Route Army could not resist the fierce Japanese offensive on its own, and more land, resources, and people would fall to the ravages of Japan. The most terrifying thing is that the previous results will fall apart in an instant.

Now the happiest person is Okamura Ninji and others, after receiving a telegram from Matsuda Mototada. Okamura Ninji immediately gave the order to the troops on the Wuhan front line to counterattack, and at the same time, the 200,000 troops secretly transported to the Chinese battlefield also sailed directly to Wuhan under the escort of a large number of Japanese warships.

As the Nationalist government was mired in civil strife for power, the command of the troops at the front was disorganized, and experienced senior commanders were transferred to Chongqing, leaving the front line leaderless.

The Japanese army was obviously well prepared, especially the hundreds of thousands of troops under the jurisdiction of the Eleventh Army went on a rampage, and soon crushed the headquarters of the Ninth Theater on the outskirts of Wuhan, and then dozens of millions of troops rushed towards Hunan.

In just a few days, the Japanese front troops occupied the northern Hunan region, and then Changsha fell, and the whole territory of Hunan was in an emergency.

Immediately after the Japanese army besieged Hengyang, Fang Xianjue's troops resisted bravely, and finally blocked the Japanese army's front in the periphery of Hengyang.

But even so, the Nationalist Government was still in a very unfavorable situation, first of all, the Japanese army suddenly divided its troops from the Hengyang front and continued to attack Hengyang all the way, and the other way was to go north along the Yangtze River and take Yichang.

A few days later, Yichang fell, and the Japanese army approached Chongqing, and the Nationalist government was shaken.

On July 25, the Nationalist Government announced that Lao Chiang's official residence had been bombed by the Japanese army and that he had died of his wounds.

Immediately afterwards, He Yingqin temporarily acted as the president of the Kuomintang and organized troops to counterattack, but the effect was not good.

Many troops disobeyed He Yingqin's orders, resulting in an extreme deterioration of the situation on the entire battlefield and the loss of a large area of land in a short period of time.

On the southern front, two divisions of the Japanese army entered Xiangxi after capturing Hengyang, and the vast majority of the Kuomintang troops in Hunan were some miscellaneous cards, and only a few infantry divisions of the Kuomintang Central Army had combat effectiveness. Soon, the Japanese army also achieved unprecedented results in Xiangxi, sweeping the Chinese defenders in Hunan with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

However, at the same time as the Japanese army was frantically attacking, the Nationalist Government fell into a civil strife for power, although He Yingqin's voice was very high, but there were many elders who had great opinions on He Yingqin as the president of the Kuomintang, and Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren also had the intention of that position, and began to fight for He Yingqin in all aspects.

On July 29, the Japanese army entered the range of Chongqing, and the entire Nationalist Government was shaken again, and He Yingqin urgently ordered the organs and units to go to Chengdu immediately, and began to arrange for the defense of Chongqing.

Just when the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on the Nationalist Government, Ma Zheng also woke up from a dream and immediately ordered the troops in preparation to immediately launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Shandong, Henan and other places.

In addition to Yang Chengwu and Huang Sicheng's subordinates, Ma Zheng also mobilized six field armies from various military regions to participate in the attack. He wanted to exert the greatest pressure on the Japanese army in North China and force it to return to North China.

However, the Japanese army obviously guessed that Ma Zheng was likely to intervene sideways, so under the command of Genbo, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops launched a full-scale battle in northern Jiangsu and Ma Zheng's headquarters.

The Japanese army obviously knew Ma Zheng's intentions, so they fought very tenaciously, although Ma Zheng's offensive was very fierce, but still could not break through the Japanese defense line.

Of course, the losses of the Japanese army were also very large, and the telegrams of the casualties of the troops flew like snowflakes on the desk of Lieutenant General Nemoto.

But in order to contain Ma Zheng's department, Genbo also fought hard, no matter how heart-wrenching the telegram sent from the front line, he only had one sentence: "If you lose your position, all the officers will be seppuku on the spot!" ”

Under such a strong order, neither the Japanese army nor the puppet army dared to retreat at will, and the war became the most tragic war of attrition.