Rewind to a few hours ago, when the Japanese army was first discovered.

The news soon reached De'an, to the headquarters of the L Corps.

When Xue Yue strode into the war room, it was already busy with a pot of porridge, and the communications staff officers shuttled back and forth between the war room and the communication room, constantly reporting the latest battle situation, and several combat staff officers gathered in front of the sand table and planted small flags representing the Japanese army or the national army in the designated direction according to the battle reports they had just received.

Seeing Xue Yue come in, Chief of Staff Wu Yizhi and several group army commanders and commanders all greeted him.

Xue Yue didn't talk nonsense, and asked Wu Yizhi while walking towards the big map: "Chief of Staff, what is the situation?" Why did Little Japan suddenly emerge from the vicinity of Longtou Ridge and Yunju Mountain? ”

Wu Yizhi followed Xue Yue to the big map and said: "General, in the morning, the 70th Army reported that the Japanese army on the other side of the Shahe River suddenly lost its trace, and traces of men and horses left by the small Japanese brigade were also found near Guniuyuan, so the Japanese troops who suddenly appeared on the front line of Longtouling and Yunju Mountain are likely to be the main force of the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan. ”

"What did you say?" Xue Yue's face immediately fell, "The main force of the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan? A field division of small Japan has at least 30,000 people, and even if it has been reduced in previous operations, it will never be less than 20,000 people. ”

Wu Qiwei, commander of the Ninth Group Army, said: "General, I was wondering just now, but now I seem to understand that the outer Bazi defense line set up by our corps along the Ruiwu Road and Nanxun Line originally left a gap in the middle, and this gap was not wide enough, and it was difficult for small Japan to intersperse detours from it, but it was ......."

Shang Zhen, commander of the Twentieth Group Army, said: "However, in the previous tug-of-war with the small Japanese division, the two armies on my left flank moved forward one after another, and inadvertently widened the gap in the middle, and the result also gave the small Japan an opportunity to take advantage of, but what puzzled the humble position was that since the little Japan had been interspersed with the past from the gap, Weishenme neither flanked Mahuiling nor attacked De'an directly, but ran to Longtouling, is there any other attempt in this?" ”

As he spoke, Shang Zhen's gaze moved down from Longtouling and Yunju Mountain, and finally fell on Nanchang.

Wu Yizhi's heart jumped, and he lost his voice: "Could it be ...... The 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan wants to attack Nanchang directly? ”

"It can't be." Wu Qiwei shook his head categorically and said, "If little Japan doesn't take the road, it is bound to not be able to carry heavy equipment, and it is impossible to carry too much provisions. ”

Xue Yue said impatiently: "Lao Tzu doesn't care what the intentions of the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan are, since he got into our stomachs this time, then we have nothing to be polite to, Chief of Staff, except for the front-line armies, all the other troops that can be mobilized are transferred, and Lao Tzu eats this 10 Pei Regiment."

After a pause, Xue Yue specially advised: "Let Yu Jishi's 36th Army also participate in the battle"

Wu Yizhi's heart jumped, and he asked in a low voice: "General seat, do you want to ask for instructions on the Theater Commander's Department and the Command Department?" ”

Although Xue Yue was very tired of Chairman Jiang's consistent remote command style, such a large combat operation, and still taking the initiative to attack, if he didn't talk to the theater commander's department and the command, it was indeed unreasonable, so he nodded immediately and said: "This is your duty, chief of staff, you can arrange it." ”

(Dividing Line)

When the news reached Wuhan, Chairman Chiang was preoccupied with the trivial matter of relocation.

Xue Yue fought well in Jiujiang and Sun Lianzhong at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, and the two major heavy army groups of the small Japanese First Army and the First Army were all making slow progress, and there was still no sign of a breakthrough in a short period of time.

The national army is always like this when it fights, and it often performs miracles when it should not resist and should not win, but when it should have withstood and should have won, it always suffered defeats, for example, Madang Fortress, which could have been held for several months, and was finally lost in less than a few days, such as the Battle of Taierzhuang, which should not have been won, but in the end it was won.

The Battle of Wuhan was still like this, there were no problems with the north and south flanks, and the problem was in the strongest middle lane.

The small Japanese soldiers attacked Wuhan in three ways, the first army of the East Kuer Palace on the north road, and the first army of Okamura Ningji on the south road, all of which were heavy clusters with more than four divisions, and only the Japanese army that attacked west along the north bank of the Yangtze River and the southern foot of the Dabie Mountain had only one division, and this division was the first Pei regiment of Inaba Shiro.

Originally, in the entire operation of the Japanese army base camp, the Inaba Division belonged to the partial division that contained the national army, and the Japanese army base camp did not place too high expectations on the Inaba Division, but in the actual battle, this Inaba Division fought vigorously, and smashed the fortress of Tianjiazhen with the strength of a division.

As soon as the fortress of Tianjiazhen was lost, the door of Wuhan was opened.

Right now, Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi is grabbing troops everywhere to plug the leak, but the decline of Li Pinxian's 4th Corps has become a success, no matter how clever Xiao Zhuge is, it is impossible to plug this dilapidated house that leaks on all sides, and it is inevitable that the soldiers of the Little Japanese Dipei Regiment will come to the city of Wuhan, that is, it will be a matter of three or five days.

At the beginning of the Battle of Wuhan, Lao Jiang said that the Battle of Wuhan would never repeat the mistake of the Battle of Nanjing, and proposed to fight Wuhan instead of Wuhan, which means that he would fight a decisive battle with Little Japan around Wuhan, but he would never concentrate his forces to defend Wuhan.

After the tragic defeat of Songhu and the brutal defeat of Nanjing, Lao Chiang finally learned a lesson, and he finally understood that the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression could never care about the gains and losses of one city and one pond, and the strategic general policy he advocated before was actually fundamentally wrong.

However, it is not too late to change course, after all, China has a vast territory and vast depth, and even if it loses Northeast China, North China, and East China, the Nationalist Government still has the capital to confront Little Japan.

But calm to calm, it is not so easy to really give up Wuhan.

First of all, so many government agencies have to be evacuated, secondly, so many factories and schools need to be relocated, again so many materials and equipment need to be transferred, and Zuihou and tens of millions of refugees who have fled from North and East China also need to be transferred.

Therefore, when Chen Cheng told Chairman Chiang that Xue Yue planned to eat the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan, which was deep in the lone army, Chairman Chiang immediately lifted his spirits, although it had been decided long ago to abandon Wuhan, but this would inevitably dampen the confidence and morale of the military and people of the whole country in the War of Resistance Against Japan, and if a major victory could be achieved at this time and a main division of Little Japan could be eaten, it would not only offset the negative impact of the loss of Wuhan, but also greatly boost the morale and confidence of the military and people throughout the country in winning the War of Resistance.

"Did Boling say how sure he is?" Chairman Chiang stood in front of the big map in two steps.

At this time, Chairman Jiang was even glad in his heart, fortunately, he did not force Xue Yue to withdraw Yu Jishi's 36th Army Corps, and he was even more glad that Xue Yue withstood his own pressure at that time and detained the 36th Army Corps in De'an.

Chen Cheng didn't dare to speak for Xue Yue, and said softly: "Boling's determination this time is very great. ”

"Well, I know, I know." Chairman Jiang nodded his head and said thoughtfully, "The battle of Lanfeng was lost, I did say a few heavy words at that time, Boling is angry in my heart, I know, you let Boling fight hard, don't have any worries, he can make decisions on the front line, and he doesn't need to ask me for everything." ”

Chen Cheng nodded again and again, and complimented him with a few words of wisdom.

Chairman Jiang said: "If Boling has any needs, whether it is the transfer of troops or materials, we must try to meet them, but there is one, be sure to eat this 10 Pei regiment for me."