In the Wuhan camp, Chairman Chiang, accompanied by Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, slowly walked out of the office.

The Japanese army on the North Road was still confronting Sun Lianzhong and Hu Zongnan in the Xinyang area, the main force of the East Jiu Gong Twist Yan Army was wounded in the battle of Fujin Mountain, and Song Xilian's 71st Army fought the most singing and weeping large-scale defensive battle in the eight-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Fujin Mountain.

The Japanese army on the South Road was even more blocked by Xue Yue near the Ruiwu Road and the Nanxun Line, and until now the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan was still trapped in the Wanjialing Mountains by Xue Yue's Corps, and Chairman Chiang hoped that he could usher in a big victory before leaving Wuhan, but now it seems that this willingness is about to fail.

Because the small Japanese Dipei Regiment attacking along the narrow strip from the north bank of the Yangtze River to the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains had already reached Wuxue, while the more than 100 main divisions of the Nationalist Army had been placed by Chairman Chiang in the vast periphery of Henan, Hubei, and Jiangxi, and there was no heavy army group to rely on from Wuxue to Wuhan, the loss of Wuhan was inevitable.

Chairman Chiang actually did not have much affection for Wuhan, because Wang Jingwei had formed another government in Wuhan, and Chairman Chiang even had some faint dislike for Wuhan in his heart, but when it came time to give up Wuhan, Chairman Chiang inevitably felt an inexplicable sadness and desolation in his heart.

After the full-scale outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, first North China, then East China, then the hinterland of the Central Plains, and now it is finally the turn of Wuhan, the geographical heart of China.

Seeing Chairman Chiang stand in the corridor in a daze for a long time after walking out of the office, and the chief of the guard, Wang Shihe, did not urge, he could understand Chairman Chiang's mood at this time, after giving up Nanjing, and now he was going to give up Wuhan, as the supreme leader of the Nationalist Government, of course his mood would not be relaxed.

"Darling, let's go." Song Meiling walked up and draped a black tweed coat over Chairman Jiang.

Chairman Jiang sighed gloomily, turned his head through the corridor and then walked towards the gate, just out of the gate, a cold wind whistled over, Chairman Jiang shivered, and subconsciously tightened the placket of his coat, at this time the three black cars had already stopped outside the camp gate, Wang Shihe ran over and opened the back door of the car in the middle.

Before getting into the car, Chairman Jiang turned his head again and looked at the blue sky and white sun logo on the gate of the camp and was silent for a long time.

I don't know how long it took, a long whistle suddenly came from a distance, Chairman Jiang, who was immersed in strange thoughts, finally woke up, and then turned around and sat in the car, Wang Shihe quickly closed the rear door, and then opened the front door and got on the co-pilot of the car.

However, before Chairman Chiang's motorcade arrived at the Wuchang wharf, a sedan came speeding from behind, intercepting Chairman Chiang's car, and it was Bai Chongxi who got out of the car, and Chairman Chiang had already handed over Wuhan to Bai Chongxi before he decided to leave, with the aim of being able to consume the Gui army in Wuhan.

Of course, Chairman Chiang still has vague illusions in his heart, hoping that Bai Chongxi can follow Li Zongren's example and give the Chinese people another great victory and a surprise under the premise that everyone does not look at Haode.

"Jiansheng, is there any good news?"

Chairman Jiang rolled down the window, looked at Bai Chongxi and asked casually.

Bai Chongxi wiped the sweat on his forehead and said, "Commission, there is really good news, great news."

"Oh?" When Chairman Jiang heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and asked through the car window, "Great news?" What's the news? ”

Bai Chongxi salivaed, sorted out his emotions again, and then said: "Wanjialing, I just received the De'an battle report, Xue Yue's corps has achieved an unprecedented victory in Wanjialing, killing more than 12,000 enemies, capturing more than 1,000 people, seizing countless light and heavy weapons, ordnance and materials, and only a few hundred people from the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan broke through. ”

"Huh?" Chairman Jiang suddenly became excited, "Wanjialing's victory? ”

Xue Yue's corps surrounded the small Japanese 10th Pei Regiment in the Wanjialing Mountains, and Chairman Chiang knew about this, and Xue Yue had also asked the Military Commission for instructions, but later the attack of the L Corps was very unsmooth, and there was no progress in the onslaught for three consecutive days, and Chairman Chiang's heart also faded and he no longer had any hope.

Chairman Jiang never expected that in just two days, the battle situation in Wanjialing would be completely reversed

"The battle report, bring it to me and take a look." Chairman Jiang was not calm, turned around and got out of the car to ask Bai Chongxi for the battle report, Bai Chongxi hurriedly returned to the car to find a document bag, and then turned out a telegram from it and handed it to Chairman Jiang.

Putting down the telegram, Chairman Chiang turned his head and instructed Wang Shihe: "Go back, go back to the camp." ”

Wang Shihe was stunned, a little embarrassed: "Bench, Wuhan is no longer safe." ”

"Little Japan has just passed through Wuxue, and it hasn't arrived in Wuhan so soon." Chairman Chiang waved his hand disapprovingly, and then ordered in an unquestioning tone, "Go back immediately, I will immediately convene a press conference to invite all journalists from all countries in Han to attend, and I will personally announce this great news to them and to the whole country." ”

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The Yangtze River Bureau of the Communist Party of China is also nervously packing up at the moment.

Wang Ming, secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau, has already left and returned to Yan'an to prepare his political report, and in more than half a month, the CCP will hold an enlarged meeting of the Politburo to comprehensively discuss the Sino-Japanese war and the policy to be adopted.

Wang Ming came back with the "holy decree" of the Comintern to seize power, and of course he would not miss this opportunity.

So at present, the affairs of the Yangtze River Bureau are actually presided over by Zhou Enlai, but in fact, there is nothing to deal with, but there are a large number of confidential documents that need to be destroyed because they cannot be taken away, Zhou Enlai will take a few staff members to burn the documents, and when Zhao Wenzhao, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency in Wuhan, walked in, it was like a fire.

"Vice Chairman Zhou, what are you doing...... Are you going to evacuate Wuhan today? ”

"Yes, Chairman Jiang is gone, and we should almost leave."

"Vice Chairman Zhou, you may not know that Chairman Jiang is back again."

"Oh, Chairman Chiang is back again? Is this weishenme? Zhou Enlai was a little anxious when he heard it, the CCP actually supported the decision of the Nationalist Government to abandon Wuhan, which is also a valuable lesson summed up by the Communist Party in the ten-year civil war. If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost.

Now that Chairman Chiang is back, could it be that the decision has changed again?

What people don't know is that at that time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party were really cooperating, and it was by no means a face-to-face discord; after Wang Ching-wei absconded from Vietnam, a crooked wind suddenly blew in the domestic public opinion circles to save the country.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Route Army led by the CCP were still very weak, and they could not give much support to the Nationalist Government militarily, but in terms of political public opinion, the energy of the CCP was not at all under the Nationalist Government.

If you want to continue the great cause of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, you can't do it without the army, and if you want to save the army, Wuhan has to give up, so Zhou Enlai is a little anxious

Fortunately, Zhao Wenzhao immediately dispelled Zhou Enlai's doubts.

Zhao Wenzhao said: "Vice Chairman Zhou, the reason why Chairman Jiang temporarily decided to stay in Wuhan for another day is to hold a press conference to announce a major good news to all walks of life. ”

"Oh, great news?" Zhou Enlai said, "What good news? ”

Zhao Wenzhao said: "General Xue Yue's L Corps achieved an unprecedented victory in Wanjialing, killing more than 12,000 enemies and capturing more than 1,000 people, and the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan was almost completely annihilated except for the division commander Junrokuro Matsuura and a few senior officers who fled, which was the most important victory since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War."

"Is it true that the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan was almost completely wiped out?" Zhou Enlai also felt sincerely happy, and immediately instructed Zhao Wenzhao, "Xiao Zhao, this news Xinhua News Agency should also follow up in time, at present, the surrender Shili headed by Wang Jingwei is secretly planning to set up a puppet government, China's War of Resistance has entered the most difficult stage, you Xinhua News Agency must focus on propaganda, must build up momentum, and encourage the whole country military and people to resist the war to the end." ”

"Vice Chairman Zhou, rest assured, I will go over to attend the press conference later, first understand the actual situation, and then write a war newsletter when I get back, so that this extraordinarily good news can spread all over the country as soon as possible." Zhao Wenzhao came here this time to actually solicit the attitude of the CPC leadership towards this Wanjialing victory, and Zhao Wenzhao was sincerely happy to see Zhou Enlai's statement.

Zhao Wenzhao was instructed to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Zhou Enlai, and then took out a letter and said: "Xiao Zhao, this is a letter just sent by the comrades of the Southeast Branch, hoping that we will pass it on to a captain of the 58th Division of the National Army. ”

Zhao Wenzhao took the envelope and saw that it was written with the words Xu 19, the captain of the 19th Independent Brigade of the 58th Division of the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, with beautiful handwriting, obviously from a woman's hand, and put it in the briefcase without thinking much about it, and then took off his top hat and bowed slightly to Zhou Enlai, and turned around to say goodbye.