The army captured Shimen, and Weng Zhaoyuan could only lead the 26th Army to retreat south, first to Jinju. However, Jinju was also unsafe, with the 14th and 20th Divisions in hot pursuit, the 10th and 109th Divisions to the east, and the 5th Division to Seokmun to the west.

So Weng Zhaoyuan in Jinzhou and the 208th Division after the peace, and then continued to retreat all the way, in Hengshui and other places with Song Zheyuan's First Army after peace, tens of thousands of troops continued to retreat south, but Han Fuyu in Shandong was not allowed to enter, Weng Zhaoyuan and other troops could only go south to prepare to withdraw into Henan for a temporary rest.

After Jin Zhao learned the news of the loss of Shimen, he was stunned for a long time, but he did not get as angry as Weng Zhaoyuan. just sighed with a gloomy face and said, "After a big turn, history still returns to its original trajectory!" Naturally, others would not understand what Jin Zhao meant, and Jin Zhao would not explain.

"I think it's better to withdraw the 26th Army directly to Nanjing, it just so happens that we don't have enough troops to defend Nanjing!" Wen Yingxing spoke.

Jin Zhao shook his head and said, "Can't you see Lao Jiang's intentions, he just wants us to fight with the little devils in Nanjing!" If we can fight the little devil, it's okay, the problem is that we can't fight the little devil at all! "It's not that Jin Zhao has the ambition of others, the war potential of the little devil is still quite huge, and the little devil can easily expand the army by millions, or even millions! Jin Zhao clearly remembers that in the late stage of World War II, the army expanded to several million troops, from 17 divisions to hundreds of divisions. Can you do it yourself? With Fujian's war potential, Jin Zhao can barely expand his army by one million now. However, in the long run, the gains outweigh the losses. At present, Fujian is still mainly based on development, and if the development is delayed because of the war, it can only be pulled farther and farther away by the little devils, and it is the Fujian army that will fail in the end. And once the Min army is defeated, history will develop like the original time and space, and Jin Zhao's efforts in the past few years will be completely in vain. Jin Zhao absolutely does not want to see the original history repeat itself again, and to change history, Jin Zhao can only be patient for the time being and concentrate on development.

"What does the general seat mean to give up Nanjing? I'm afraid that's not good! Nanjing is the capital after all, and if we abandon Nanjing, it will be very unfavorable to us politically! Wen Yingxing hurriedly persuaded.

A sneer leaked from the corner of Jin Zhao's mouth, "This is exactly what my principal wants to see!" I have to say that Lao Jiang's methods are really clever! Thinking of these Jin Zhao is very depressed, for a period of time, Lao Jiang has mentioned in public more than once, [***] will not give up Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of [***] soldiers will live and die with Nanjing, swear to defend Nanjing Yunyun, said that the army dares to invade Nanjing again, and he will be called to have no return to Yunyun. When Lao Jiang said these words, he looked full of confidence, as if he was the reincarnation of the god of war and was invincible! Let Jin Zhao grit his teeth when he saw it! Nima! It was Lao Tzu who commanded the defense of Nanjing, and it was Lao Tzu's Fujian army who guarded Nanjing! You don't have a backache when you stand and talk here, let Lao Tzu give you a hard time!

Wen Yingxing sighed helplessly and said, "Now we are already riding a tiger and it is difficult to stop, and we may not be able to hold it!" If they do not abide by it, they will inevitably be criticized by the people of the whole country. ”

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "We have been in the limelight too much recently, and Lao Jiang can't see it, so he will deal with us so deliberately!" If we can carry this black cauldron that has lost the capital, maybe Lao Jiang will not be so jealous of us! ”

"Do you really want to give up Nanjing?" Wen Yingxing asked in surprise.

Jin Zhao nodded slightly, "Do you still remember the conversation with Jiang Fangzhen when I was in Fuzhou, now the enemy is strong and I am weak, it is unrealistic to want to quickly defeat Yueben, only when Yueben is dragged into a long-term war, can the shortcomings of the little devil be exposed, and our advantages can be brought into full play." ”

"Protracted war?" Wen Yingxing suddenly thought of this word and blurted out.

"Not bad! It's a protracted war! Moreover, from a military point of view, there was no need for Nanjing to hold on at all. Rather than die with the army in Nanjing, it is better to give Nanjing to Yueben. With the continuous development of the war, this weakness of the army will be completely exposed, and when that time comes, it will be the time for us to launch a large-scale counteroffensive. And we can also use this time to concentrate on development, and the final victory is still ours! When Jin Zhao said this, his heart was full of helplessness and bitterness. This is the difference between a weak country and a strong country, if Huaxia is as strong as Lao Mei, how can it be so endurance and humiliation, and directly fight all the way over, and it can be destroyed directly. However, the current Huaxia is still very weak, even weaker than the original one, and in this case, it can only choose such a strategy helplessly.

Seeing a trace of helplessness and sorrow flashing on Jin Zhao's face, Wen Yingxing couldn't help but ask, "Boss!" Are we just giving up Nanjing to the little devils? It can be seen that Wen Yingxing was a little unwilling in his heart at this time.

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "I'm not Liu Zhi, it's not so easy for the little devil to want Nanjing, you have to exchange your blood and your life!" Speaking of this, Jin Zhao's tone became extremely firm, and a thick murderous aura was revealed.

Wen Yingxing nodded lightly and didn't speak, then Jin Zhao continued, "Okay! Let's do this in Nanjing, anyway, the little devils haven't started attacking yet, and we have enough time to prepare. It's just that the situation in North China is now urgent! ”

Just as Jin Zhao said, the situation in North China has reached a point where there is no room for delay, and after the army captured Shimen, it immediately divided its troops into two routes, and the 10th and 14th divisions moved south along the Pinghan Railway, successively capturing Xingtai, Handan, and other places, and the vanguard even reached Henan.

The 5th and 20th Divisions turned around and marched westward, attacking Niangzi Pass along the Zhengtai Railway. At the same time, reinforcements from three divisions of the army had rushed to North China, of which the 26th Division reinforced Hideki Tojo on the Xinkou front, the 108th Division went south along the Jinpu Road, and the 110th Division went south along the Pinghan Railway to support the front line.

The situation in North China can be said to have taken a sharp turn for the worse in an instant, and Weng Zhaoyuan's 26th Group Army, Sun Lianzhong, Song Zheyuan and other troops retreated until the area of Anyang in Hannan to stabilize their position. The Fujian army suffered relatively small losses due to strict military discipline, but it also lost more than 4,000 people along the way, and lost a large number of weapons and equipment, which can be described as embarrassing.

Weng Zhaoyuan was filled with grief and indignation, and directly sent a telegram to Jin Zhao, requesting his resignation from the post of commander-in-chief of the 26th Group Army, and asking Jin Zhao to send another merit to lead the 26th Group Army. Jin Zhao naturally refused, and personally sent a telegram, and Haosheng appeased Weng Zhaoyuan, so that Weng Zhaoyuan dispelled this idea.

After appeasing Weng Zhaoyuan, Jin Zhao hurriedly ordered Fujian to mobilize supplies to the north as soon as possible to replenish the losses of the 26th Group Army.

On the one hand, Hideki Tojo launched a fierce attack on our army's defense line at Xinkou, and on the other hand, Seishiro Itagaki led the 5th Division and the 20th Division to storm the line of Niangzi Pass, in an attempt to attack Shanxi from the east. But at this time, Jin Zhao could no longer take care of North China, because the Central China Dispatch Army also launched a new offensive against Nanjing.

The commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, openly shouted that within a month, the army would definitely occupy Nanjing and encircle and annihilate the main force of the Fujian army under the city of Nanjing!

It was not for nothing that Shunroku Hata was so confident, at this time, the Central China Dispatch Army assembled the 3rd Division, the 6th Division (reconstruction), the 9th Division, the 11th Division, the 13th Division (reconstruction), the 16th Division (reconstruction), the 17th Division (reconstruction), the 18th Division, the 22nd Division, the 101st Division, the 106th Division, and the 114th Division, a total of 12 divisions and regiments, with a total strength of nearly 350,000 troops, and launched an attack on Nanjing in two ways.

The northern route led the newly formed 11th Army by Gangcun Ningci, commanding the 3rd Division, 9th Division, 11th Division, 13th Division, 22nd Division, 116th Division and other divisions, attacking westward along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway from Suzhou.

The newly formed 13th Army led by Tada Jun commanded the 6th Division, 16th Division, 17th Division, 18th Division, 101st Division, and 11th Division of the Southern Route Army, attacking in the direction of Huzhou, in an attempt to capture the rear road of the Nanjing defenders from the south.

"It seems that Shunroku Hata is an old devil who wants to fall from wherever he wants, so he can get up from where! This kind of strategy and tactics are exactly the same as those of Matsui Ishine before. Jin Zhao looked at the sand table in front of him and said with a smile.

"Yes! However, this time the strength of the little devil is much stronger, and with the experience of the previous time, the little devil will become more cautious. Wen Yingxing said with a frown.

"Our biggest problem now is that we have a serious shortage of troops, now we only have 150,000 troops, but the army has more than 300,000, more than twice as many as ours! And we have to defend such a large area, and if this little force is scattered, we can't even see a single figure. Jin Zhao said with a wry smile.

"Another point is that a considerable part of these 150,000 people are recruits who have just been replenished, and although the strength of the troops has been replenished, it is difficult to say whether the combat effectiveness of the troops has been improved!" Wen Yingxing shook his head and said.

"That's nothing! After all, the little devils' troops are also newly built, and most of them are also newly replenished recruits, and the little devils don't have any advantage in this regard. Jin Zhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not complain to each other here, no matter how difficult this battle is, we must fight!" Our ultimate goal is not to keep Nanjing, but to annihilate as much as possible the living forces of the Yue army. (To be continued.) )