Zhengzhou, the front-line command post of the Central China Front.

While Yue Weihan was busy reorganizing the New Sixth Army, the focus of the offensive of the Yue Army also made a major adjustment.

The sixth general of Toshibatake put down the folder in his hand, and after a moment of silence, he turned his gaze to Major General Teng Tian Zhi next to him and asked, "Teng Tian-kun, is this the battle plan you drew up?" ”

"Hello." Teng Tianzhi suddenly retracted his feet and straightened up, and bowed his head heavily.

Hata Junroku immediately got up, began to pace back and forth in the office with his hands behind his back, and whispered to himself as he paced: "Give up the heavy siege of Xue Yue's corps, and instead concentrate on attacking the Jianghan defense line of the Zhina Army with all your strength, and at the same time urgently assemble the 3rd, 104th, and 108th divisions stationed in Shanghai and Jiangsu, and go up the Yangtze River with the cooperation of the navy, will you attack Wuhan?" ”

"Hello." Teng Tianzhi bowed his head again and said, "I think this is the most appropriate countermeasure at the moment. ”

"But ......," Shunroku Hata muttered, "if we concentrate all our efforts to attack the Jianghan defense line, then Xue Yue's corps is likely to take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement, this is the elite of the Zhina army, if they succeed in breaking through and retreating to Sichuan and Yungui, it will pose a serious threat to the next plan of the imperial army!" ”

Teng Tian Zhi said: "Your Excellency General, frankly speaking, after the 20th Division suffered a heavy defeat at Niangzi Pass, the fighters of the Xue Yue Corps have been lost, and if the imperial army continues to concentrate on besieging the Xue Yue Corps, the result can only be a failure at both ends, and in the end, it will be impossible to annihilate the Xue Yue Corps, nor can it destroy the Jianghan defense line of the Zhi Na Army." ”

Hata Junliu was silent, he had to admit that Xue Yue's corps was indeed a hard bone, and it was almost impossible to break this hard bone within ten days, and after ten days, the eighteen divisions of the Central China Front Army would fall into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food, and if the food was gone, they could still be plundered by the army, but the ammunition was gone, and the soldiers could not be allowed to fight with the Chinese with bayonets, right?

Teng Tian Zhi said again: "Your Excellency, in my opinion, the strategic significance of occupying as much of the territory of China as possible and compressing the living space of the people of China as much as possible is far better than the annihilation of one or two branches of China, which has a large population, and even if the imperial army annihilates fifty divisions, it can also reorganize hundreds of divisions in the blink of an eye!" ”

"But ......," Tengda Tomochi said, "If the imperial army can occupy the territory of China as much as possible and compress the living space of the people of China as much as possible, then the tax and military resources of the political axe of China will be greatly reduced, and the lasting resistance of the political axe and the recovery ability of its army will also be greatly weakened!" ”

"Moreover, the national strength and industrial base of the Great Empire are far superior to those of the Chinese political axe, and in less than two years, the empire will recover its vitality and regain the ability to launch a large-scale attack, and after the territory of the Chinese political axe has been greatly reduced, it may not be able to recover within two years, and at that time, the imperial army will be able to completely defeat them without much effort."

"But ......" Shunroku Hata said with some worries, "The Pinghan Line, the Jinpu Line and the Longhai Line are not possible to be reopened in a short period of time. If the ammunition can't be delivered, will the Chinese army make dumplings in turn? ”

"So......" Teng Tianzhi said awe-inspiringly, "it is also necessary to urgently transfer the 3rd, 104th, and 108th divisions stationed in Shanghai and Jiangsu to trace the Yangtze River, and at present, the operational focus of the Zhina Army is all on the Jianghan defense line, according to the report of the special high class, the defense on both sides of the Yangtze River is extremely empty, and the Jiujiang fortress that guards the Yangtze River is even a battalion of garrison!" ”

"As long as the 3rd, 104th, and 108th divisions can quickly open up the Yangtze River waterway, the main force of the front army will no longer have to worry about logistics support, let alone be turned around by the Chinese army to make dumplings." Teng Tianzhi said this, and said, "In this way, the imperial army can quickly occupy the Huguang granary, which will greatly weaken the ability of the political axe of China to resist the war for a long time." ”

"Command." Shunroku Hata made up his mind and said in a deep voice, "The 5th, 9th, and 10th divisions continue to exert pressure on Xue Yue's corps, and the remaining nine divisions will immediately take the train to the south and join the southward cluster to attack the Zhinajiang and Han defense lines, and in addition, the 3rd, 104th, and 108th divisions will immediately march west along the Yangtze River and attack Wuhan!" ”

"Hello." Teng Tianzhi bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order and left.

…………

The next day, at noon, Wuhan.

Seeing that the Battle of Wuhan was about to be won, and the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in the whole country was also very good, Chairman Chiang was really happy for several hours, but the good times were always so short, only a dozen hours later, the battle situation on the front line had taken a sharp turn!

By the time Chairman Chiang arrived, the air in the war room was so oppressive that it was about to suffocate.

"What's going on?" As soon as the people entered the war room, Chairman Jiang asked with a blushing face, "Didn't Luo Zhuoying say last night that the defense line of the 19th Group Army was impregnable?" Why did it only take more than ten hours for the Yue army to break through the defensive line? Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on? Are the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the 19th Group Army all straw puppets? ”

Admiral He sighed and said helplessly: "Bench, the army on the other side has suddenly increased its troops!" ”

"Reinforcements?" Chairman Jiang's eyes suddenly widened, and he said in disbelief, "Isn't the strength of the Yue army already used to the limit?" Twelve divisions besieged Xue Yue, six divisions went south to attack Wuhan, and the remaining two divisions went north. ”

Admiral He said with a bitter face: "The details have to wait for the Military Statistics Bureau to verify, but the army in front of Xiaogan has indeed increased its troops, and the increased troops are not a few, at least they are all above five divisions!" Originally, there were only two divisions in the direction of Xiaogan, and the 19th Group Army could still encourage support, but now it has suddenly increased its troops by more than five divisions, so ......"

"What? Reinforcement of more than five divisions? Chairman Jiang was shocked when he heard this.

What is the concept of five field divisions? It's a force of despair of might!

I think that in the second stage of the Battle of Songhu, the Yue Army relied on five field divisions and regiments to fight a stalemate with more than 50 divisions of [***], and the more than 50 divisions of [***] at that time were all well-equipped Central Army, and there were more than a dozen German divisions! The [***] troops gathered on the battlefield in Wuhan now can't be compared with the troops at that time!

"Dai Li! What about Dai Li!? Chairman Jiang was shocked by the white sweat, and immediately turned around and roared, "What does the Military Statistics Bureau do to eat, the army secretly sent more than five divisions from the rear, and there was no news at all in advance!" What is the use of spending so much money every year on the national political axe and raising so many idlers? It's better to send branches to each person and go to the front line! ”

General Li really couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Commission, I am afraid that these five divisions are not newly transferred from the rear, but should be drawn from the troops besieging Xue Yue's corps. ”

"Can't you?" Chen Cheng said disapprerovingly, "The army is still trying to seize the two lakes? At present, the Pinghan line has been cut off by the Baoshan Division, and the Jinpu line and Longhai line are not possible to open up in a short time. Aren't they afraid of running out of ammunition and food and falling into a desperate situation, aren't they afraid of being dumpled by our army? “

Admiral Li strode to the large map hanging on the wall and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, although the three major strategic communication lines of the Pinghan Line, the Jinpu Line, and the Longhai Line have been cut off, these are not the only logistics support lines for the Chinese army to choose. ”

"Yangtze River Waterway!" Deputy Chief Bai glanced at Chairman Jiang and said coldly.

Chairman Jiang's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, and the cruel reality gave him a heavy slap in the face again!

As a matter of fact, as early as the beginning of the Battle of Wuhan, General Li proposed to strengthen the defense of the Yangtze River and guard against the surprise attack of the Chinese army from opening up the Yangtze River channel and attacking Wuhan, but Chairman Chiang arbitrarily believed that the four major heavy army groups of the Chinese army had already gathered on the Henan battlefield, so he transferred all the main forces on both sides of the Yangtze River to the Wuhan battlefield.

As a matter of fact, this is also Chairman Chiang's consistent command style.

Chairman Jiang's style is, to put it bluntly, a Chinese-style headache doctor and foot pain doctor.

When the army attacked the east, Chairman Chiang threw all his troops into the east, and as a result, halfway through the battle, the army sent a small force back to the west.

During the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou, Chairman Chiang made such low-level mistakes.

I didn't expect that now, Chairman Jiang has made the same mistake again!

During the Battle of Songhu, due to Chairman Chiang's "excellent command", what should have been a protracted battle of half a catty and eight taels was a protracted battle, but the army was defeated and defeated! During the Battle of Xuzhou, more than 100 divisions of the main force were almost dumplings by the army, but fortunately, Yue Weihan at that time was still able to speak in front of Chairman Chiang, and he was stunned to turn things around.

But now, Yue Weihan is far away in southern Hebei, but he can't help Chairman Jiang.

Then again, even though Yue Weihan is now in Wuhan, Chairman Jiang is afraid that it will be impossible for him to listen to his persuasion anymore, because in Chairman Jiang's heart, Yue Weihan has become a dangerous person like Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Yan Xishan and others, and he is much younger and more dangerous than these people above!

"No, it can't be." Chairman Jiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said coldly, "The operational focus of the Chinese army is Wuhan, and it is impossible for them to divide their forces to attack the areas on both sides of the Yangtze River, and moreover, the Yangtze River is patrolled by the five major fleets of the Navy, and the large-tonnage warships of the Chinese Navy cannot enter the Yangtze River waterway, and it is simply impossible for the Japanese Army to trace the Yangtze River." ”

Admiral Li was silent, although the navy still has dozens of ships, but without the cover of the air force, how long can these dozens of ships hold out under the blow of the bomber group of the army?

(To be continued)