"My opinion here in Xuzhou is to accept it when it is good, but of course it is not Xuzhou that is handed over to the Japanese invaders, the main force in the theater should immediately move closer to the vicinity of Wuhan, we can't deal with the Japanese invaders, so we will definitely suffer, no matter from the army's weaponry and training and combat morale and will, etc., we still have no capital to confront the Japanese invaders head-on, only to lengthen the Japanese army's battle line, increase their logistics supply time and cost, space for time, Keep the Great Southwest, so that we can have hope of defeating the Japanese invaders! As soon as Chief Chen saw that Lao Jiang had asked for his opinion, he took this opportunity to tell all the thoughts he had been thinking about for so many days.

"Lao Chen, you have a point, but if you give up Xuzhou, you always feel ashamed of the people there, it's a good way to stretch the front of the Japanese invaders, but if the Japanese invaders rely on the occupied cities, step by step, and feed the war with war, then wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to deal with?" Lao Jiang had such doubts.

Chief Chen secretly thought in his heart: "Shame on the people? Nanjing is already very sorry for the 300,000 ordinary people who were slaughtered by devils, don't pretend to be a gesture, if you really think about the people, you should have retreated to the people in Nanjing in advance, so that there would not be the kind of tragic situation where the whole city was slaughtered. ”

But Chief Chen understands that this is just what he thinks in his heart, and he really wants to say it, that old Jiang is not so angry that he is like thunder, and he probably has no good fruit to eat, and that Han Fuyu in Shandong is this fate, although he has the support of Mr. Song behind him, but it is estimated that there will be no chance to make a comeback and gallop on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in the future.

"Chairman of the committee, if the Japanese invaders are to fight step by step and feed the war with war, then we will unite with all the patriotic anti-Japanese armed forces and use guerrilla warfare to attack and disturb the devils, so that they will not be able to feed the war with war, won't we be able to solve the problem?" Chief Chen originally wanted to say that he would unite with the New Fourth Army, which had already been established in the Jiangnan area, to fight guerrillas, but he could not figure out what Lao Chiang's attitude was towards the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, so he did not say it explicitly.

"This method is good, you can consider it, now we will cooperate in the war of resistance, in this case, then Lao Chen, let me ask you another question, if all the main forces in the direction of Xuzhou are retreated to the vicinity of Wuhan, then what are our chances of winning the upcoming battle of Wuhan?" It was only at this moment that Lao Jiang said the main purpose of his coming to Chief Chen this time, which shows that his scheming is far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Chief Chen was slightly stunned, and then nodded with a stern expression: "Chairman of the Committee, with all due respect, even if the hundreds of thousands of main forces in the Xuzhou Theater are all withdrawn, our victory rate in the Battle of Wuhan is not very large, but we can contain more than half of the main forces of the Japanese army invading China here in the Wuhan Theater, reduce the pressure on other anti-Japanese battlefields, and at the same time curb the Japanese invaders from continuing to launch a new offensive momentum in our southwest, which will be beneficial to the future anti-Japanese situation!" ”

Lao Jiang was speechless when he heard this, and fell silent, and Mr. Song saw that he was about to be cold, so he hurriedly spoke: "Lao Chen, why don't you come out, help the chairman of the committee preside over the battle of Wuhan, transfer your old subordinate over, and see how he is fighting here in Wuhan?" ”

Before Chief Chen could speak, Lao Jiang had already nodded: "Yes, I came today to discuss this matter with Lao Chen, since Han Fei can make such a record in Xuzhou, he can also play the same record in Wuhan." ”

Chief Chen secretly complained bitterly, this old Song proposed to ask Han Fei to take on the heavy responsibility of the battle of Wuhan at this moment, didn't this roast Han Fei and himself on the fire? As soon as he is old, even if he loses the battle of Wuhan this time, it is a big deal to be pushed to the end by Lao Jiang, but Han Fei is young, don't ruin his future and life because of this.

But when I think about it, as a soldier, if I don't stand up and take responsibility at the time of this national crisis, it is a bit too unusual, if we all think like this, then who else will defend this difficult country, the Buddha said: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" Shouldn't we have such a responsibility?

Lao Jiang saw Chief Chen's doubts, and hurriedly said: "Of course, we won't let him command the entire Wuhan Battle, just let him defend a few of the fortresses, Lao Chen, you don't have to worry, the scale of the Wuhan Battle is far more than the Battle of Xuzhou, because Wuhan is not only the key point to defend the capital of the southwest, but also the thoroughfare of the nine provinces, and it must not be easily abandoned." ”

It turned out that this was the case, Chief Chen relieved himself, he was a little wrong to blame Mr. Song just now, I'm really embarrassed, it's no problem to let Han Fei come to guard the Jiangfang fortress near Wuhan, didn't they do it with devils on the Jiangyin Fort before?

"Okay, this is no problem, I am willing to persuade Han Fei to come to Wuhan, and at the same time, I will also persuade Lao Li in the Xuzhou War Zone to retreat, and I am willing to obey the chairman's arrangement!" Chief Chen agreed to Lao Chiang's request.

"Okay, this is very good, Lao Chen, you deserve to be the father of our party-state, Gao Feng Liangjie, you have brought a good start to your subordinates!" Lao Jiang waited for Chief Chen's words, he understood that as long as Lao Chen came out, Lao Li in the Xuzhou War Zone would probably listen to his opinion, which was much better than sending a telegram to order them, those were all princes and officials who were in charge of one side, and they always did it against themselves before, but this time they stood on a front after the Japanese invasion, sometimes the order may not work, but let their trusted old friends say it, and the effect is much better.

In fact, this time Lao Jiang agreed that the main force on the Xuzhou side should withdraw to defend Wuhan, it was not his original intention, he originally wanted to take the opportunity to weaken the strength of Chief Li and Chief Bai in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Gui Department has been fighting with him for so many years, this time it is just taking advantage of this opportunity to use this quick knife of the Japanese to weaken the strength of the Gui Department, just to get rid of his heart thorn, how can he not do a good thing that kills two birds with one stone?

But then the situation changed, the composition and proportion of those armies near the Xuzhou theater changed, a large number of the main forces of the Central Army were added, and several main forces under his command were placed there.