Nishio Shouzo was not having a good time at this time. Although Xue Yue in Changsha followed the instructions of Lao Chiang and stopped the military operation, the pressure on the Wuchang direction was greatly reduced. However, Li Zongren and Yang Sen frequently launched counteroffensives from Yichang and Jingzhou, and at present, they have captured Qianjiang and Tianmen, and are attacking Xiantao. Externally, Li Zongren and Yang Sen spoke in unison, saying that it was the guerrilla column under his command that took the initiative to attack the Japanese army, and did not belong to the regular army. But the more this is the case, the more indignant Nishio Shouzo feels. In his words in reply to a reporter accompanying the army: Have you ever seen a guerrilla unit that uses Weiqing-style assault rifles and tanks and heavy artillery to help in battle?

Even Chu Tiange's guerrilla troops did not have tanks and heavy artillery to help in the battle. Yang Sen was reluctant to give Ouyang Yun the heavy weapons and equipment sponsored by him to the first and second guerrilla columns of the Sichuan Army under his command. In this way, well, Rao is the 5th Division of the Japanese Army is also a well-known domestic force, and he was stunned that he couldn't take advantage of it in the battle. The battle in Jiangbei was hot, and the first and second guerrilla columns of the Sichuan Army often ignored the orders of the upper peak and went out to fight without authorization, and Li Zongren and Yang Sen sent telegrams and notices to warn and refute them, but then, when the guerrilla troops withdrew from the recovered cities and continued to move forward, their main forces followed quietly, quickly restored order in the recovered towns, and overhauled civil engineering and built fortifications. After such a story was staged several times in a row, not to mention Nishio Shouzao, even Xue Yue also saw that Li Zongren and Yang Sen deliberately ignored Lao Jiang's strict orders and changed their ways to cheer Ouyang Yun.

When Vice Chairman General Feng Yuxiang issued a telegram requesting the troops under the jurisdiction of all factions across the country to seize the opportunity of the main Japanese army's hoarding in South China to launch a large-scale counterattack, and also suggested that the troops from the former Northwest Army form a new command group of the Northwest Army, Xue Yue finally could not sit still. He quietly called Chen Cheng, pointing out, "What a good opportunity this is", and analyzed the current battle situation for Chen Cheng, pointing out that several armed forces that are carrying out a large-scale counteroffensive are all involved in the student army...... Under his alarmism, Chen Cheng finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he sent a telegram to Lao Jiang, asking for an immediate counterattack.

Lao Chiang did not think about seizing the opportunity to counterattack, but out of the guidance of the idea of "fighting outside must first secure the interior", he thought that the best time for counterattack was when both the student army and the Japanese army were defeated. Therefore, when the Japanese extended an olive branch to him and expressed their willingness to help him exterminate the local armed forces of the Cadet Army, he would tacitly cooperate with him and let the major theaters stop military operations and wait for the best opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese army. The old general Feng Yuxiang ascended to the heights in Chongqing, which triggered a new round of anti-Japanese war petitions, and coincided with the fact that ***, Fu Zuoyi (Guo Da and Huang Haifu were the promoters), as well as Li Zongren and Yang Sen, achieved large and small counteroffensive victories on many fronts. He felt that Chen Cheng's worries were not unreasonable, but it seemed that it would be too cheap to study the army if he rushed into the overall counteroffensive, so after he issued the order for the counteroffensive of the whole army, he sent a special telegram to Chen Cheng, asking him to personally take charge of the counteroffensive in Hunan and Jiangxi.

After Chen Cheng arrived in Changsha, he immediately summoned Xue Yue to discuss the matter in detail and asked him for advice: whether to push it over directly, or to transfer the Guangdong-Jiangxi line, and then give the student army and the Japanese army troops in the Nanchang area a pot of stew.

He didn't know that Xue Yue and Ouyang Yun had an alliance. Moreover, Xue Yue was forced by Lao Jiang's strict order this time to fail to help the student army, and he was ashamed in his heart. Xue Yue was already trying to find a way to help the Xuebing Army repair the relationship with the Xuebing Army, but how could he still be willing to help the abuse in this matter? Taken aback by his words, Xue Yue's mind raced and asked Chen Cheng, "Chief Chen, is it impossible?" No matter how you say it, the Cadet Army is an anti-Japanese army, and the chairman of the committee is here, so I am afraid that it will cause an uproar in public opinion. ”

Chen Cheng actually didn't approve of Lao Jiang's decision, but as Lao Jiang's confidant, he had no other way than to implement it if he couldn't persuade Lao Jiang to change his mind. With a sigh, he replied, "It's not for you and me to worry about these things, we just have to carry them out." ”

"Chief Chen, there is no problem with execution, but we must also have that ability!"

Chen Cheng was surprised and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Xue Yue sighed and said, "Chief Chen, you probably don't know the Dao yet. The Cadet Army has long since flown to the former Wuxia Amon. In the Battle of Nanchang, they had only nine divisions and one brigade, while the 11th Army had five divisions and two independent brigades. Sir, do you know the battle loss ratio between the two sides so far? ”

Of course, Chen Cheng knew what he said, otherwise he wouldn't dare to move this thought, so he asked, "What?" Questions, right? ”

"Big problem!" Xue Yue said, and asked one of his staff officers to get a newspaper and hand it to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng swept it hastily, stood up, glared at him and asked, "What is written on this is true?" ”

Xue Yue smiled bitterly: "Of course! ”

Chen Cheng glanced at the numbers in the newspaper again, couldn't help but gasp, and said: "The Cadet Army has suffered more than 15,000 casualties, but the 11th Army has suffered more than 150,000 casualties. I don't believe in the battle damage of one to ten! ”

Xue Yue: "I didn't believe it at first, so I sent a telegram to Ouyang Yun to inquire about it. You know Lu Dao, Ouyang Yun doesn't like to talk around, do you know how Ouyang Yun replied to me? ”

"Speak!"

He said that the preparations were not sufficient, and the air force could not participate in the war, otherwise, it should be possible to destroy the eastern and western armies of the 11th Army in one battle. Chief Chen, if you still don't believe me, you can ask them—" Xue Yue said, whispering a few words to one of his adjutants. Soon, his adjutant walked in with a couple of foreign correspondents. It was those American, Soviet, and British reporters who actually appeared here after these foreign reporters left Ouyang Yun's general headquarters without permission.

Xue Yue: "These foreign journalists have personally experienced those battles, you can verify it with them." ”

Chen Cheng's English is good, and he asked several foreign reporters in English, and after receiving a positive answer, he couldn't help but be stunned. Later, when he came back to his senses, he said to Xue Yue: "Incredible, the Japanese said that the casualties on both sides were about the same, I was amazed, I didn't expect——"

Xue Yue sent away the foreign reporters and said to Chen Cheng: "Chief Chen, the rise of the Xuebing Army is unstoppable, I think that even if it is just for the sake of our brothers, we should also consider the relationship with the Xuebing Army." This time, the Japanese concentrated five or six hundred thousand infantry, and concentrated three aircraft carrier fleets to attack the academy army, which looked like they were determined to win, but you also saw that in the battle of Nanchang alone, the Japanese lost so many troops. I don't think the Japanese can really defeat the Cadet Army. Since the Cadet Army will definitely win, we will help them if there is anything that is not going well. If it's to fulfill the chairman's order, Sir Chen, I have an idea-"

(Old poison: It is estimated that there will be five chapters today, try your best)