July 15, 1939, 4 p.m.

Chongqing.

The sky was a little overcast, and the rolling dark clouds were like wild horses out of bounds, and they were overwhelmed by the black sideburns. At this time, there was not a trace of wind, and occasionally a few muffled thunders were faintly heard, breaking the silence of summer.

"Boom~~~!"

Suddenly, a flash of light slammed through the sky, followed by a loud rumbling sound, like a giant roaring and roaring, so earth-shattering.

In an instant, the rain poured down!

Chongqing camp.

Office of the Chairman.

"Headmaster, the position east of Hanshui is all lost!"

At this moment, Chairman Jiang closed his eyes tightly, his body couldn't help shaking, and the muscles on his face were twitching constantly.

Standing in front of Chairman Chiang, Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau was also pale and wet, unable to tell whether it was rain or sweat.

"Principal, Principal~~~!"

Boss Dai tried to shout a few times, but Chairman Jiang still didn't react at all, and his eyes were still tightly closed.

After a long time, Chairman Chiang suddenly took the case.

"Niang Xipi, Li Zongren's 35th Division of the 5th Theater of Operations, hundreds of thousands of elite national troops, can't defeat tens of thousands of Japanese troops, it's just a waste!"

"All the positions east of Hanshui have been lost, and the gateway to Hunan has been opened, what does this mean?"

"This means that Xiao Ri ~ Ben is in the area north of the Yangtze River, and he has no worries, and he can mobilize heavy troops at any time to enter Hunan."

"Once the big granary of Hunan is lost, the entire anti-Japanese situation in China will completely fall into a cold period, and at that time, will I let millions of national~ soldiers go hungry to fight against the Japanese invaders?"

At this moment, the anger in Chairman Jiang's heart was completely ignited.

Boss Dai, who was standing in front of the office desk, lowered his head very low, and his face became more and more pale.

Chairman Jiang said angrily: "Wuhan will be fought and Wuhan will be lost; ”

"Battle of Nanchang, lost Nanchang;"

"In a single battle of Suizao, although our army recovered Zaoyang and Suixian and repelled the Japanese attack, our army suffered 100,000 casualties of the elite of the national army."

"Now because of his incompetence of Li Zongren, all the positions east of Hanshui have been lost, which is undoubtedly worse, once the Japanese army enters Hunan, where do we still have elite soldiers to resist the Japanese attack?"

100,000 elite national troops died on the battlefield, how could Chairman Chiang not be heartbroken and troublesome?

Alas!

After the Battle of Wuhan, the situation of the entire Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, although it entered the stage of stalemate in the War of Resistance, was still dominated by the Japanese army.

Our Chinese army is at an absolute disadvantage.

The Japanese army that occupied Wuhan was the 11th Army led by Okamura Ninji, with no more than 150,000 soldiers.

But!

Just these 150,000 Japanese troops, in the four provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui, contained more than 100 divisions of the Chinese ~ army and nearly one million national ~ army elites.

Okamura Ninji's 11th Army can be called the first elite of the Japanese army, and it is the most capable army in the Japanese army!

After the Battle of Wuhan and the first Battle of Changsha, the number of divisions and regiments under the jurisdiction of the Japanese 11th Army remained at 7 divisions.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of each division and regiment, the total strength of its 150,000 troops alone is simply appalling!

Now the gateway to Hunan is open;

The positions east of Hanshui were lost on all fronts!

These two points alone will make China's anti-Japanese war situation enter an extremely grim situation again!

If you are not careful, the whole Hunan is in danger of capsizing!

If Hunan is lost, then this will inevitably cause an incomparably painful blow to the entire Chinese War of Resistance, far more severe than the loss of the three towns of Guangzhou and Wuhan!

"Headmaster, now that the situation has deteriorated to this point, wouldn't it be worse if you are angry again?"

Boss Dai said respectfully: "The student suggested that the generals of our army should be summoned immediately to discuss good strategies and see if there is any room for recovery." ”

"Hmm!"

Hearing this, Chairman Jiang nodded heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Yunong, you immediately let Ci Xiu, Jing Zhi, Shoushan, Jiansheng, and Mo San come to my office immediately. ”

"Yes, Headmaster!" Dai Boss should drink.

Not long after, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Hu Zongnan, Bai Chongxi, and Gu Zhutong rushed to the camp in Chongqing to discuss major strategies with Chairman Chiang.

The meeting lasted for several hours, and finally everyone came to a conclusion.

A terrible conclusion.

"The battle of Hunan cannot be avoided!"

Moreover, in less than a month, a shocking war is bound to occur in Hunan!

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At 11 p.m. that day.

Guantao County.

The war room of the dragon head detachment.

Ouyang was busy with a day's work, so tired that he was sleepy and tired, but he was still very happy in his heart.

After more than 1 month, the leading detachment finally regained its strong strength again, and it was more than a step stronger than before.

The main force of the Longtou detachment, two battalions and five brigades, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people.

If we add the county brigades, district squads, and guerrillas in each county, then the strength of the troops will increase by more than 1,000 people.

The number of troops has reached a peak, and according to the results of the investigation a few days ago, the newly recruited soldiers, under the hard training and uninterrupted fighting, have grown into qualified soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, although they dare not say that they are elite divisions, but compared with the general team, Ouyang is not afraid at all!

Compared with the gratifying growth of military strength, what excites Ouyang the most is the gradual strengthening of industrial construction.

The arsenal of the leading detachment has completed the recovery and reloading of bullets, and at the same time, it can also produce a new batch of bullets every day;

And grenades, grenades, conventional mines and other military strike weapons, has also made great progress, although the number of production is not much, but with the continuous development of arsenals, power plants, steel plants and other industries, Ouyang can already foresee, in the near future, the military strength of the leading detachment will be on a higher level.

At this moment, Ouyang had an impulse.

"One more Battle of Handan!"

But that's just a matter of thinking.

Now the Handan area, where the leading detachment is located, has a relatively safe environment, which can be said to be unique, and this is a good time to save strength.

In recent days, Ouyang's mood has never been better.

It can be described as a double harvest of career and love!

"Today is July 15th, and there are only a few days left before the 24th heat."

July 24th!

Ouyang was looking forward to its arrival.

Because this day is the day when Ouyang and Ye Cunxin get married.

How could Ouyang not be excited?

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Another 3 days passed.

The timeline came to July 18, 1939, at 3 p.m.

Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The scorching heat of summer can't help but make the problems in the entire headquarters war room rise a few degrees, and the commander-in-chief Zhu Lao, the deputy commander-in-chief Peng Lao, and the deputy director of the Political Department Lu Dingyi, their faces are extremely solemn.

The atmosphere in the entire war room was also particularly depressing.

After a long time, the deputy commander-in-chief, Mr. Peng, broke the silence rashly, "I don't agree with Lao Jiang's appointment anyway. ”

"Where Hunan is now, in the near future, it will be a huge grave full of countless dead bodies. His party-state has more than a million people and can't solve the problem, so let's send a few thousand people to solve the problem? ”

"It's a joke!"

"From North China to Hunan, during the period to pass through several provinces, not to mention the arduous journey, there will be no shortage of little devils alone. If the situation is good, when the team arrives in Hunan, it will definitely lose most of its troops, so what is the use of the battle situation at that time? ”

Mr. Peng said angrily: "If the situation is not good, our thousands of soldiers will be wiped out!" I resolutely oppose this kind of irresponsible, irresponsible order, which does not consider the real situation and makes fun of the lives of my soldiers of the Eighth Route Army! ”

Hearing this, Mr. Zhu and Lu Dingyi also nodded with a wry smile.

"Humph!"

Mr. Peng snorted coldly and said, "He Ouyang is going to get married in a few days, how can you let me open this mouth now?" In last year's defense of Wuchang and Guangzhou, how much he Ouyang and the 512 Brigade paid, we don't know, and now he wants to transfer Ouyang to Hunan by name, what is his old Jiang going to do? What exactly does he want to do? Don't you know it? ”

After finishing speaking, Mr. Peng got up angrily and left the war room.

The third update.