"Huh?" Shouichi Terauchi changed his voice slightly, "Tens of thousands of armed men? ”

"Hello." Sasaki bowed his head suddenly, and then said without hesitation, "However, Kasai Mizo added another sentence at the end of the telegram, and this news has not yet been finally verified. ”

The word "unverified" means that it may be a false information.

Shouichi shook his head and said: "There is an old Chinese saying, it is better to believe what you have than to believe what you don't have!" ”

After saying this, Terauchi Shouichi said again: "In the past few days, has the aviation regiment made any discoveries?" ”

"Your Excellency General, are you worried about Yue Weihan's Baoshan Brigade?" Sasaki shook his head and replied, "According to the report of the reconnaissance aircraft brigade of the aviation regiment, the Baoshan Brigade has been resting in Qinghe County in the past few days, and there has been no abnormal movement, and no suspicious signs have been found within two hundred miles of Qinghe County. ”

Terauchi Shouichi shook his head again and said in a deep voice: "The Chinese have always been cunning and most like trickery, compared to other Chinese generals, Yue Weihan is especially cunning, not to mention that this is the territory of the Chinese, the Chinese [***] team can get the cover of the local people, it is difficult to find them, therefore, the aerial reconnaissance of the aviation cannot explain anything!" ”

"Hello." Sasaki bowed his head abruptly and said, "Your Excellency the General is wise and respectable. ”

Shouichi Terauchi waved his hand and said, "Order, the 4th Brigade of Reading Power will be mixed into two infantry brigades to be stationed in Shimen!" The 20th Division immediately changed its marching route and diverted to Shimen! He then telegraphed to the base camp to requisition and transfer reserve troops from Korea and Taiwan as soon as possible, and reorganize the 8th Brigade in Xinjing (Shenyang). ”

"Hello." Sasaki bowed his head abruptly and took the order.

Kankan walked to the door, Sasaki suddenly turned back and said, "Your Excellency General, there will be two special trains arriving at Shimen Station tonight, and they are loaded with weapons and ammunition, you see...... Is it necessary to postpone the southbound journey? ”

"No, no." Terauchi Shouichi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "The front-line war is tight, the consumption of weapons and ammunition is huge, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th heavy artillery brigades in the field are now out of ammunition and must be replenished as soon as possible, so these two special trains must not be delayed for a moment, and they must go south as scheduled!" ”

After saying this, Terauchi Shouichi said again: "Telegram Fujii Sueyoshi again, in the recent period, the 11th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Group must strengthen the security of the Pinghan Railway as much as possible, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Hello." Sasaki bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

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The battlefield in southern Hebei is cloudy, but the land of Jingchu and Sanxiang has already presented a post-apocalyptic scene!

The anxious cries of men, the sad cries of women, and the helpless wails of children are interwoven into one of the most tragic movements in history, which is staged on both sides of the Yangtze River in Haohan.

A ferry boat can dock at the port, and the surging crowd suddenly swept in.

"Child, let the woman and the child get on board first!" The police officers in charge of maintaining order fought hard to block the surging crowd, but they were quickly dispersed, and the thunderous sheriff had to pull out his pistol and shoot twice into the sky, barely able to suppress the surging crowd.

In Changsha, Hunan, the crowd of refugees has blocked the city gate.

The two carriages were crowded in the hole in the city gate, refusing to give in to each other, and the coachman had even fought a lot.

Standing on the city wall and looking down, the streets of the city were crowded with people, as if the ant colony had moved, and everyone's faces were full of anxiety, helplessness, confusion, and despair......

In the past few days, the news of the defeat of [***] and the imminent fall of Jingchu and Sanxiang has spread all over the streets and alleys, and all the big families in the city who have a little family background have rolled up their fines, brought their luggage, hired a big car, and prepared to go to the countryside to temporarily avoid the limelight, and some are even ready to flee to Yunnan, Guizhou or Sichuan with their families.

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Wuhan Xingying, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

"Boom!" Chairman Jiang angrily pushed the teacup on the table to the floor, and suddenly made a muffled sound, but the quality of the teacup was very good, and it was not broken.

"Commission, if you don't release the news as soon as possible to refute the rumors, I'm afraid it will cause a big panic in the whole country!"

It was Song Ziwen, vice president of the Executive Yuan, who was also the eldest brother of Chairman Jiang, who was only vice president in name, but in fact held the power of the Executive Yuan, and Wang Jingwei was just a puppet.

Mrs. Jiang next to her wiped her tears and said gloomily: "The people in Songhu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang finally escaped here, but within a few days, they had to pick up their children and daughters, support the old and the young, and continue to flee to Sichuan and Yunnan, and I don't know how many people will starve to death along the way." ”

"Take a seat." Admiral He also said, "There are even worse." ”

"What?" Chairman Jiang said with a dark face: "There is worse news!?" ”

General He nodded, and said stubbornly: "There has also been panic in the army, just this morning, the 19th and 22nd Group Armies stationed in Ruyang and Jiaxian have seen the phenomenon of whole battalions and even entire regiments fleeing, although Luo Zhuoying and Deng Xihou tried their best to suppress them, but the situation has not calmed down, but has expanded!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Dai Li, director of the Military Command Bureau, suddenly walked in with a gloomy face.

Seeing that there were still Song Ziwen, Mrs. Jiang and Admiral He in the office, Dai Li suddenly wanted to speak and stopped.

"Rain farmer." Chairman Jiang said with a dark face, "If there is anything, just say it, don't worry that I can't bear it!" ”

"Yes." Dai Li's compliments should be, and he immediately bowed down and reported: "Commission, the commander of the Central China Front Army, Shunroku Hata is holding a press conference in the Shanghai Concession and claiming that ......"

Chairman Jiang frowned and said unhappily: "What do you claim?" ”

Dai Li took a breath and said boldly: "Toshiroku Hata claims that he can occupy Wuhan within half a month, and force the national government to surrender on his knees, and realize the common prosperity of Greater East Asia!" ”

"Niang Xi......" Chairman Jiang scolded in anger.

Immediately, Chairman Chiang realized that his wife was present, so he immediately swallowed the last word "horse" back into his stomach and said to General He: "Respectfully, you go and make arrangements to hold a press conference at the General Staff Headquarters in the afternoon, and I must invite all the international friends and media reporters who can be invited to me, and I will also attend." ”

"Yes, let's arrange it." Admiral He stood upright and immediately took the order.

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Shanghai, known as the Concession.

General Toshiroku Hatata, commander of the Central China Front, was holding a news conference at the Great East Asia Hotel.

The hotel lobby was crowded, and Shunroku Hata was standing on the rostrum and talking: "...... To sum up, the Imperial Army has won a solid victory, and within half a month it will be able to seize Wuhan and dissolve Wuhan's non-governmental political axe, and next, the Imperial Army will send advisers to assist the Chinese people in forming a new political axe, so as to achieve common prosperity in Greater East Asia. ”

Suddenly there was a whisper in the hall.

The British and French reporters mourned, but the German and Italian reporters rejoiced.

At this time, the European continent is already full of war clouds, and the German Third Reich has already shown its fangs to the surrounding countries, and now the only suspense is, when will the Third Reich act? Therefore, the victory of the Yue army on the battlefield of Wuhan particularly tugged at the heartstrings of the Western powers!

Shunroku Hata said again: "The war briefing has been completed, now I invite you to ask questions." ”

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In the afternoon of the same day, the Nationalist Political Axe also held a press conference in Wuhan.

Chairman Chiang personally briefed the reporters on the frontline and then invited reporters to ask questions.

A foreigner quickly got up and asked: "Mr. Jiang, I just came from the Hankou wharf, the situation there is shocking and even more painful, I want to ask Mr. Jiang, did the political axe expect that the battle of Wuhan would be lost?" If anything, why not evacuate citizens in advance? ”

After listening to the translator's translation, Chairman Jiang was immediately angry.

After a long silence, Chairman Jiang forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest and replied: "I want to correct one point, the battle of Wuhan is not over yet, and this battle is far from the time to determine the winner and loser!" As for the disturbance at the Hankou wharf, this is only a part of the people who do not know the truth who have listened to the rumors and bewitched by the spy of this book, and I have already sent someone to report the rumors and issue a public announcement to clarify the facts, and I believe that this disturbance will be able to subside in the near future. ”

"Scratch?" Another Western reporter got up and said directly in Chinese, "Mr. Jiang, as far as I know, this is by no means a disturbance, but a large-scale refugee migration, I just came from Changsha yesterday, and along the way I found that thousands of people are helping the old and the young, picking up children and daughters to flee in the direction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, what is your explanation for this?" ”

"Explain?" Chairman Jiang said coldly, "What you see is only a partial fact, not a general phenomenon, the situation in the whole country is generally stable, and the people of the country are always full of confidence in the political axe and the army, and the political axe and the army will never disappoint the expectations and trust of the people, and we will definitely win this war." ”

Another Western reporter asked: "Mr. Jiang, the commander of the Central China Front Army, Shunroku Hata held a press conference in Shanghai this morning, claiming that the elite 'Tiger Division' has been completely wiped out. ”

"Rumors, this is all rumors!" Chairman Jiang replied with a dark face and a stiff tone, "The Tiger Ben Division is a first-class elite of [***], and his combat effectiveness is not even below the Baoshan Brigade, so how can he be completely annihilated by the Yue Army?" However, it is true that the army mobilized two elite divisions to besiege the 'Tiger Division', and the 'Tiger Division' did lose two battalions, but it was by no means the entire army! ”

Another Western reporter said: "Mr. Chiang, how do you feel about Shunroku Hata threatening to seize Wuhan in half a month and force the national government to surrender?" ”

"Foolish dreams." Chairman Jiang said coldly, "First of all, Wuhan will never fall, never!" Secondly, even if Wuhan really falls, the national political axe will never surrender, even if the whole of China falls, the national political axe will still not surrender, and the Chinese nation can be defeated, but it will never be conquered! ”

(To be continued)