"Salute" looked at the people all over the mountains, Luhan wanted to do something, but he started from it. [m] There were so many people that they were all over the mountains, and it was a long time before Lu Han roared loudly with red eyes.

All the officers and men of the entire 60th Army, after hearing Lu Han's order, all straightened up and looked at the people solemnly. At this moment, they instantly understood what they were fighting so desperately for.

Suddenly, they understood what they had done with their hard training and the unwavering defense of their brothers on the ground. They remembered what the Wehrmacht instructors who taught them had told them.

"Wearing military uniforms, the words of killing the enemy and serving the country are a little crepe, then I will be more straightforward," the chief instructor of the Wehrmacht who trained them said to them in his final lecture: "We people eat the food saved by the common people and wear the clothes given by the common people, and what we have to do is to protect them."

"We, the We-Wehrmacht, have always had only one word for the enemy: to kill the demons and monsters who want to take advantage of us, or to take advantage of us, and our mission is to send these scum to hell before they cause trouble for the people."

They listened and didn't know what it meant. I don't know why I did this, but when these people called them benefactors, these men from central Yunnan suddenly felt a rush of blood from their chests to their heads.

It makes them all hot, and the hottest thing is their eye sockets.

Looking at this scene, the soldiers of the 60th Army only had two words in their hearts: those soldiers who died in Wuchang City, and those comrades-in-arms who sacrificed in order to break the encirclement. They're worth it

"What does the Red Deer Yelang Air Force do for food? What does the Intelligence Service eat? Why is there no news at all? These damn horse manures, can't they do anything but consume the resources of the Empire?" King Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace had already entered Wuchang City at this time.

The city of Wuchang has been reduced to ruins by the non-stop attack of the Japanese army, even the original city government. The only thing that is still intact is the bomb shelter.

And for the safety of King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, he was also arranged to take refuge in the air-raid shelter.

"Your Royal Highness, the air force has done its best. There are more than thirty Imperial warriors, who have been shattered in battle against the Wehrmacht Air Force. These are testaments to their courage・・・・・・"

When King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace heard this, his face finally looked better. "The air team did a good job, if it weren't for their desperate fighting, we would have taken Wuchang City."

"But because of the Wehrmacht's air force, we had to abandon the pursuit of those Chinese troops. Someone has to be held accountable for this. ”

King Hatohiko of the Asahika Palace was also not polite, and said in a deep voice to everyone: "Capture Wuchang City and kill Jiang Zhongzheng." But we also have a strategic objective of crushing the Chinese forces. But this task was not accomplished......"

After He Yingqin withdrew from Wuchang, he did not hesitate to call Xue Yue, Tang Enbo and other departments. Let them immediately collect their troops and rendezvous, and then march around the city of Wuchang to Chongqing.

The current Chongqing defense is empty, and the Japanese army has reached Wuchang City, which is not far from Chongqing at all. The threat is too great.

What's more, now that Jiang Zhongzheng is dead, the life and death of Jiang Dagongzi are unknown. No matter how great the Song family and the Chen family are, it is difficult to resist the persecution of the various factions.

He Yingqin's idea of having a gun in hand and speaking loudly is very simple, now all the Whampoa departments must return to Chongqing with troops. At the very least, the Whampoa faction should be able to grab a few positions in the new government in order to ensure the interests of the Whampoa faction itself.

He Yingqin did not hide this, he directly made it clear to Tang Enbo and Xue Yue. There was no objection between the two, and after He Yingqin withdrew from Wuchang City, the two immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack.

Subsequently, after repairing for several hours, Xue Yue's troops forcibly marched across Wuchang City to join Tang Enbo's troops.

Subsequently, the two sides drove directly to Chongqing.

However, the Japanese troops were forced to abandon the pursuit due to continuous attacks by the Wehrmacht Air Force. The Wehrmacht's 200-odd warplanes were divided into four waves, each with 52 planes.

Four waves of fighters continued to bomb and strafe the Japanese army, causing the Japanese army to advance and retreat. Without air superiority, it is simply difficult for ground forces to carry out pursuit missions.

Therefore, the 60th Army and Hu Zongnan and other troops were able to smoothly leave the battlefield.

And now, the entire city of Wuchang has returned to calm. In other words, the entire Wuchang City is obviously dead. Almost all the residents of the city fled the war.

The entire city had already been reduced to ruins by Japanese artillery fire and bombardment. Except for the Japanese army itself constantly clearing the rubble, there was not even a single ghost in the empty city.

Hydropower has long been cut off, and some backup generators are barely generating electricity for a few points. The rest, just piles of bonfires. The Japanese camped around the campfire, looking at the devastation and listening to the wails of the wounded soldiers.

"Tell Kagesa that I need him to give me an explanation why we haven't received any information about this," Hatohiko said angrily to his lieutenant.

"Hail"

At this time, the North Stable. Tu Qianjun listened to the call back from the 60th Army and Xi'an in his headquarters.

“… ・・・Under the cover of the Air Force Friendly Headquarters, our unit has now completely withdrawn from Wuchang City. Since the Battle of Xianning, our troops have sacrificed 14,752 soldiers. Twenty-one thousand three hundred wounded

“… ・・・The people of Wuchang City asked if our troops could withdraw to Chengdu with the army. I didn't dare to be good at my job, so I sent an urgent telegram to the headquarters to ask the headquarters for instructions......"

It turned out that this telegram was sent by Lu Han asking for help, and after Lu Han had finished saluting the people of Wuchang City, he encountered a new problem: these people no longer trusted Chongqing, and Chongqing's act of abandoning them so easily was really chilling.

In contrast, they trusted the soldiers of the 60th Army, who had resisted the Japanese army for a day and a night. Not only did these soldiers not harass them now, but they also organized the young and strong to maintain order.

At the same time, he took out his small rations and distributed them into a large pot of porridge to supply these people.

The people are not stupid, and whoever treats them well can feel it. Therefore, someone nominated a few old people as representatives to find Lu Han to inquire, and after learning that the 60th Army was going to withdraw to Chengdu, the delegates began to ask Lu Han to accompany the army.

Lu Han can't be the master of this, just now the little chairman Chen Cheng found him. He said it with a smile, and the meaning was straightforward: There are a lot of young people among these people, and our Central Army is now short of manpower. You can't take these people with you

Chen Cheng didn't dare to embarrass the 60th Army, if it were other troops, Chen Cheng would have said nothing, and he would have brought people with machine guns to force them to "merge" into the Central Army.

The Central Army often does this, and the troops that have basically been crippled will try their best to incorporate those veterans into their own troops. Swallowing other people's troops, this kind of thing is often done by the Central Army.

But now that the Wehrmacht has made it clear that the carriages and horses will protect the 60th Army, Chen Cheng does not dare to poke this hornet's nest. Who knows what kind of madness that Siberian tiger will make, this is a person who even the Japanese scare him for

Chen Cheng asked himself if he couldn't afford to offend, because he didn't embarrass the 60th Army. But looking at those who withdrew from Wuchang City to Qingzhuang, Chen Cheng thought about including these people in his own army. These people have experienced the war, no matter how much they are better than the newly captured strong men, right?

"Call back to Commander Lu, I have received their situation. I went to coordinate with the Central Army and asked them to take people who were willing to go with them to Chengdu. Tu Qianjun said with a smile: "Those people in Chongqing only have this ability."

"Commander, this is a telegram from the Air Force. Shall I read it to you?" The adjutant smiled and said to Tu Qianjun, who saw Tu Qianjun nodded. The lieutenant unfolded the telegram and read.

“…… Our troops encountered Japanese fighters in the sky over Wuchang, but our troops defeated the Japanese army in just over ten minutes......"

Tu Qianjun couldn't help laughing when he heard this telegram, this was the Air Force asking him for merit, but when he saw him, he said loudly to the adjutant, "Don't read it, tell them, this battle collective second-class merit is counted separately."

"Yes," the adjutant replied loudly, and then saw Tu Qianjun wave his hand and give a military salute and go down to send a report.

The Battle of Wuchang finally came to an end, but in the huge Soviet Union, an invisible war was going on slowly and firmly. Since the beginning of the famine, Stalin and Trotsky have ceased fighting.

They began to gather strength to deal with the famine in their own region.

"Sir, we need to see Stalin's sincerity. If there is no good faith, this negotiation, even if it is signed, is nothing more than waste paper that can be torn up at any time. Trotsky in the Kremlin addressed the three intermediaries in front of him.

"I need to see Stalin come to the Kremlin in person, otherwise I think we have to negotiate this one."

The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Trotsky's request was too difficult. How could Stalin, as the leader of one side, personally get into danger?

Besides, these people are Stalin's sworn enemies, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides have different hatreds, and there are many people in the Kremlin who were raided by Stalin.

"President Trotsky, your request is a bit excessive・・・・・・ "The American envoy Rupert was the first to speak, and he said it with such bitterness. There was really no way, Trotsky's request was too difficult.

"My suggestion is that you and Chairman Stalin can create a neutral zone on the border. And then there are negotiations. This is acceptable for both parties・・・・・・"

"No, Mr. Rupert, you don't know how much Stalin hurt us, and if he doesn't come to the Kremlin in person to apologize to the victims, then there will be no peace between us and him."

Trotsky interrupted Rupert's words with such categorical certainty, only to see him say in a deep voice to Rupert: "Stalin himself came to the Kremlin, and this is a prerequisite for peace between us." His apology is the key to our peace."

Rupert and the British envoy Peters and the French envoy Césère, seeing Trotsky's resolute remarks, knew in their hearts that there was no room for manoeuvre.

He could only sigh and leave and go down to send a telegram to Stalin.

Within a little more than half an hour, Stalin received a call from Rupert. But the agitation caused by this was enormous.

"No, I don't agree with Comrade Stalin's danger" Chuikov is now Stalin's right-hand man, and in several battles with Trotsky he showed great talent.

Eventually, he became the commander of an army group on the recommendation of Blyukhel.

"Comrade Stalin is our core, and it is extremely dangerous that a problem will cause the collapse of our entire army, and I do not want Comrade Stalin to take such a risk"

"I agree with Comrade Chuikov," Mikhail . Ivanovich. Kalinin said in a deep voice to Stalin: "In the current situation, Comrade Stalin should not easily get involved, once you have a personal problem, this will lead to the collapse of our entire front, I hope you can think about it clearly."

This Mikhail. Ivanovich. Kalin, who was not a simple figure, was absolutely inseparable from Stalin's ability to gather strength to support himself until now.

After the formal establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922, Kalinin became Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. After the reorganization of the Supreme Soviet, Kalinin became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a position he held until his death in 1946.

It can be said that Kalinin was no less prestigious than Lenin in the Soviets as a whole. This can be seen from the fact that many people in the entire Soviet Union called Kalinin "the kind grandfather Kalinin".

It was with his support that Stalin was able to gather the majority of his men against Trotsky's troops. If this were not the case, I am afraid that most of the Soviet army would have chosen to defect.

"Comrade Kalinin, I know that this creates a lot of risks." But Stalin said in a deep voice to Kalinin and the crowd: "But I must take this risk, the present Soviet cannot fight like this again."

"Famine has already begun to hit our people, and if we continue to debate these issues, we will only face more deaths. This is what I don't want to see, and that's what Comrade Lenin doesn't want to see."

As he spoke, Stalin took a deep breath and said to Kalinin: "I am very grateful to Comrade Kalinin for his support and concern for me, and if there is really a problem during this visit, then I hope that you can take over my position as general secretary." Bring everyone to continue to seek peace......"

Kalinin wanted to say something, but looking at Stalin's face, he finally sighed and said nothing.

"Comrade Blyukhel, if any problems arise, I hope you will be able to assist Comrade Kalinin in continuing my unfinished work. This is very much, we need peace, the Soviets need peace."

Blyukhel nodded silently, but then said: "You can leave this matter to Comrade Chuikov to do." I'm sure he'll do better than I do. And I'd like to go to Moscow with you. ”

Everyone was shocked when this remark came out, but Blyukhel did not wait for Stalin to say anything before he said in a deep voice: "As a commander, it is my duty and responsibility to protect my superiors. Comrades, please understand this......"

A little more than an hour later, Rupert and the British envoy Peters and the French envoy Cézer returned to the Kremlin in a hurry to see Trotsky.

Trotsky was amazed at their arrival. But they were received anyway.

"Chairman Trotsky, Chairman Stalin has promised to come to Moscow to negotiate with you." But Rupert said in a solemn voice to Trotsky: "But I want you to be able to guarantee his personal safety." Because this is also the commitment of our Britain, France and the United States to Chairman Stalin......"

Trotsky's face changed when he heard Rupert's words, and at last he could only let out a long sigh.

He somewhat understood why he could not compete with Stalin. If nothing else, Stalin's courage is not something he can have. How could it be possible to come to the negotiations at such a huge risk in his own position in Stalin's place?

In its current form, even if there is no negotiation, the two sides can only be on the street. But Stalin was able to make up his mind to come and negotiate among his own Syrians, and the courage of this was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In post-World War II China, a similar situation occurred. Someone with a high-ranking person went to a group of enemies in person, seeking a peaceful negotiation. However, he did not return home in the end, which eventually led to a civil war that lasted for several years.

The results of that civil war can be seen. A certain figure who was favored by the whole world, and even by Stalin, lost the war with absolute superiority.

"Tell Stalin that we will guarantee his personal safety. Whether this negotiation is successful or not, I will absolutely guarantee his personal safety. ”

Trotsky was already a little disheartened by this time, and he knew that his sunset was coming. Although behind him stood Germany. But now relations between Germany and him have gradually drifted apart.

As the war progressed, the loss of a large amount of assets caused great discontent among Trotsky's insiders. At first they swallowed their anger, but then the German wanton angered them.

Relations between the two sides were bogged down, and the Germans thought that Trotsky had something to do with them as a radical unwillingness to ease relations. Moreover, Germany now has a lot of resources at its disposal, so it doesn't have to worry too much for a while.

The two sides came down like this, and this was one of the reasons why Trotsky did not drive the British and French away, although he did not give them a good face.

Trotsky was not a fool, he knew that it was indispensable to win the weapons of war, food, etc. If these three countries are completely offended, then once they need help from others in the future, they may not stand idly by. ()