"We must not let the army specialize in the front, the Japanese army in North China and the Japanese army in East China have suffered setbacks one after another, especially the Yangtze River has been cut off by ****, and the Japanese army in Wuhan is already isolated and helpless, this is where the heroes of our Central Army come into play! I am determined to assemble the Fifth and Ninth Theaters and launch the Second Battle of Wuhan to deal a blow to the Japanese army, promote the prestige of our army, and strengthen our momentum! ”

At this time, Chang Kaishen finally couldn't hold back, although he also wanted to find out what kind of powerful weapons CPC had obtained, but the successive CPC military operations in Anhui and North China hit the Japanese army hard, making the whole country hotly discussed, whether the CPC army would become a big savior of China to save the crisis. Of course, there are also those who are willing to come out and step on their bald heads, and follow the CPC to say that some KMT is not resistant, or the war of resistance is unfavorable, plus things like curves to save the country are shaken out, which makes Chang Kaishen even more passive.

At a time when the Japanese army suffered a heavy setback, the choice was obviously the best choice for the Japanese. Although the Japanese army stationed in Wuhan also had the military strength of several divisions and regiments, and some puppet troops were fighting for the tiger, it was obvious that the New Fourth Army had cut off the Yangtze River route, and it was difficult for the Japanese army to reach from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Japanese army in South China wanted to support Wuhan, so it had to break through Hunan, which was guarded by Xue Yue, and the Japanese army in Changsha could not attack repeatedly, and it was not enough to support the Japanese army in Hubei. In addition, the Japanese army in the Central Plains operation was also pinned down by the Jing army, and the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale counterattack operation, which had already set off a storm in the Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan border areas, and the Japanese army in North China had even destroyed its headquarters, and the Japanese Central Plains forces would definitely step up their support for North China in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from forming greater damage to the occupied areas.

In such a situation, the Japanese army in Wuhan could not receive any outside aid at all, and became a lone army inland. It doesn't get any better than that! Chang Kaishen was determined to take advantage of this opportunity to take Wuhan, an important city that was once the capital of the Nationalist Government and the starting point of the Republican Revolution.

For Chang Kaishen's idea, the bigwigs within the Central Army expressed their support, but at this time, Zhang Zhizhong put forward another suggestion: "The New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army were able to defeat the Japanese army repeatedly and achieve great results, all relying on that mysterious weapon, in order to ask our Central Army to win a battle, did you also order the New Fourth Army to transfer that powerful weapon to Wuhan to assist our Central Army against the Japanese army?" ”

Zhang Zhizhong's suggestion was actually purely kind, but it caused all kinds of white eyes from the bigwigs of the Central Army present. Chen Cheng even said bluntly: "What kind of 'wheel king' of the New Fourth Army is invited to help in the war?" When the time comes, will Wuhan be returned to our Central Army or to its New Fourth Army? ”

This was said extremely harshly, and Zhang Zhizhong immediately did not dare to say more. If it weren't for the fact that he was Chang Kaishen's confidant, I am afraid that many of the suggestions he mentioned would have been used by Chang Kaishen to punish and shoot him. In Zhang Zhizhong's view, whether the New Fourth Army took Wuhan or the Central Army took Wuhan, it was the Chinese who recovered Wuhan. With the help of the Wheel King, the battle in Wuhan will definitely be much easier, which means that the Central Army can pay less price and sacrifice fewer soldiers, which is undoubtedly a good thing.

But the contradictions between the KC are also deep-rooted, Zhang Zhizhong does not want the CPC to finally pull the KMT down, and he will not hesitate to deal with the CPC, but at this time it is the current situation of the external enemy, and all kinds of internal disputes cause futile attrition, which is a disaster for the country and the nation.

After Chang Kaishen's military meeting, the Central Army, which was not very agile, still rumbled and spun, and during the first Battle of Wuhan, Chang Kaishen mobilized 1.1 million troops against a total of 250,000 people from 9 divisions of the Japanese army. Of course, calculating the size of the national army could not directly derive the combat effectiveness, and when it was more than four times that of the Japanese army, the battle was still lost, and the Nationalist government had to move the capital to Chongqing.

Taking into account the current situation of the Japanese army and Chongqing's own situation, Chang Kaishen did not send a huge lineup of 120 divisions again, but mobilized a total of 500,000 troops from several group armies. In order to seek victory in this battle, Chang Kaishen can be said to have done his best and did not leave a hand at all, and at the same time, he also urged the Gui family and other internal warlords to also show their greatest strength to support him in this battle.

After two months of preparation by the Central Army, this battle was finally launched in the summer, Chang Kaishen mobilized the forces of the Central Army from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Hunan and other two directions, attacking with both fists, wanting to rely on the strength advantage of his own national army to smash the Yellow Dragon, making it difficult for the Japanese army to defend against.

But in fact, as a well-known "map military strategist", Chang Kaishen, who was evaluated by Bai Chongxi as "can only bring one platoon of soldiers", did analyze the disadvantages of the Japanese army strategically, but did not take the disadvantages of the Guofu army into account at all. Coupled with his nonsense, the national government army, which is not very strong in itself, still attacked separately, and the armies of the various warlords still had different intentions, which was finally reflected on the battlefield, which was quite a big trouble.

At the beginning of the battle, the progress of the Guofu Army was relatively smooth, and the main force of the Central Army attacking from Chongqing was advancing all the way, while the Japanese army also took the initiative to withdraw from some peripheral areas in order to temporarily avoid the edge, so that the Guofu Army could take over. It was the recovery of such inconspicuous areas that made Chang Kaishen excited, constantly urging the "Central Daily" and other media to write articles praising virtue and introducing the movements of the national army, making it look like Wuhan was close at hand and could be taken back by the national army at any time.

"The Guofu army did not spend a single shot, 13 counties in a row, the Japanese army panicked, Wuhan is in sight!" Under Chang Kaishen's deliberate instigation, such a wind blew everywhere, and such a wind did not make the Japanese army look down, but made the Guofu army on the front become arrogant and complacent, it seems that the New Fourth Army can fight devils, and they can also fight.

In the end, when the Guofu army reached the periphery of Wuhan, the Japanese army finally stopped retreating. The 9th Division and the 106th Division of the Japanese Army fought out from the flank, directly cutting off the Guofu Army that was too long in the front, and more than 100,000 Guofu troops who were advancing in the vanguard were directly encircled, and the whole army was annihilated.

The Kuomintang Army from Hunan, on the other hand, made little progress, but was more like a show, and after trying to fight a few limited battles with the Japanese army, after the defeat of the Central Army on the Western Front, it also terminated its combat operations against Wuhan indefinitely.

In this way, a general battle of 500,000 people planned by Chang Kaishen to besiege Wuhan ended with the loss of the Central Army, and after this battle, Chang Kaishen's reputation plummeted!