On May 8, 1941, General Li Yunlong, deputy commander of the Sixth Theater of the National Revolutionary Army and commander of the newly formed First Army, led his troops into the urban area of Wuhan.

On the same day, the Supreme High Command issued the latest briefing, Hubei Province was divided into two, the north of the Yangtze River was assigned to the Sixth Theater, and the south of the Yangtze River was assigned to the Ninth Theater, and the headquarters of the commanders of the two theaters were placed in Wuhan, the capital of the two theaters.

That's right, in fact, when the Ninth War Zone occupied the south bank of Wuhan, the highest authorities made a radio speech, announcing that the government would "return the capital to Wuhan", if it was impossible to recover the north bank, then he would also go to Wuhan and face the Japanese artillery fire with the national army, of course, this possibility is not great, because the Japanese 11th Army on the other side of the river had no artillery in its hands at that time, a total of 11 75 guns, in addition to 8 38 guns, and three Shanghai-made Krupp.

In the first half month of the 11th Army's complete withdrawal from Wuhan, the military commanders in the city had already begun semi-public activities, and even arrested those hidden traitors and Japanese spies in front of the Japanese military police. Several hundred Union-made A-19 122-mm cannons have been installed on the fortresses in Madang and other places.

According to intelligence, the Huaxia Navy is seeking to obtain coastal artillery with a caliber of more than 300 mm, and once they obtain it, it will be impossible for the Japanese Navy to break through the Wuhan defensive ring from the water in the future.

In order to return the capital to Wuhan, the highest authorities in the first time after the resumption of traffic in the mountain city, they used the kind to repay the huge arrears owed to Wang Yue, in addition, also sold a large number of gems and Chinese medicinal materials to Wang Yue, in exchange for a huge sum of 50 million silver dollars, specifically used to support the cost of returning the capital to Wuhan, it is said that the fat man also slapped the table, but it was useless, the victory in front of the supreme authorities also emboldened, and actually appointed the great uncle as the chairman of the capital committee, specifically to manage the capital funds.

This is not the most slap in the face, the most slap in the face is that under the management of the great uncle, after the return of the capital, the 50 million first year version of the silver dollar not only did not fall but also became 120 million silver dollars, in addition, the great uncle also took this opportunity to redeem more than 100 million silver dollars of maturing treasury bonds in kind, so that the value of the fiat currency rose by 20% in a short period of time, if it was not for Mrs. Kong to block the highest authority, it is estimated that the finance minister has been replaced at this time.

In fact, even if there is no big country, the value of the fiat currency will rise sharply, Hubei Province is the richest province in central China, the market for the circulation of currency is very huge, plus a large number of counterfeit currency is driven out of the dividends, the economic environment of the national government can be said to have been improved in an instant.

However, it's not all good things, the disgusting toad still came out unexpectedly, just when the new army took over the city defense, the commercial representative of country F actually stopped Li Yunlong's car, threatening that the government of the Republic of China must respect the spirit of the treaty and restore the F concession in Hankou, if Xie Jinyuan hadn't stopped Li Yunlong in time, it is estimated that Lao Li would have really shot that guy, but even so, those few people from country F were still thrown into the Yangtze River by General Zhang Zhonglin, of course, Just to sober them up and not really want to kill.

After the F people left, several reporters from the Times came out again, strongly demanding an exclusive interview with Li Yunlong, and after being refused, they even sarcastically ridiculed Li Yunlong as a butcher who used chemical weapons, and even took out a lot of battlefield photos obtained from special channels, don't say it, it was really miserable, haha.

Under these circumstances, Xie Jinyuan took the initiative to stand up and held a press conference at the Hankou Grand Theater, reiterating that the former commander-in-chief of the enemy in Wushan was himself, and that the use of chemical weapons was the unanimous decision of him, Zhang Zhonglin, and Qiu Qingquan, and that there were no chemical weapons of the Nationalist government, and the chemical weapons they used were the remnants of the Japanese army captured in Fengjie, because China could neither produce chemical weapons nor have a stockpile of chemical weapons.

This is the first time that the top brass of the new army admitted the use of chemical weapons after the Battle of Wushan, and the strange thing is that except for a few Western reporters, including the Japanese reporters on the scene, no one showed any special dissatisfaction, they were more concerned about what kind of chemical weapons were used in the Battle of Wushan, and killed the small 200,000 Japanese puppet troops at one time, it is simply too terrifying, it is said that after the war, none of the spies who tried to break into that area came back alive.

Chemical weapons can not only be used to kill people, but also strategic deterrence, right? Didn't you see the Chinese bomber group go to Japan and shake it around, the Japanese are much more honest? Not to mention that the bombing of cities continues, but to say that the front-line troops use less chemicals, okay?

As for saying that the chemical weapons were captured by the 11th Army, you can just say that the Japanese are poor and sour, and they can carry so many chemical weapons to the front? Tens of thousands of 120mm caliber chemical shells manufactured by the alliance have made comrades of steel check the chemical weapons of the Far East garrison, right?

However, these were just small episodes, and as soon as the New First Army took complete control of Wuhan's urban defenses, the supreme authorities and Comrade Hu Bicheng came to Wuhan on a Junker transport plane, and neither the supreme authorities nor Comrade Hu Bicheng left Wuhan until the Nationalist Government began its work in Wuhan.

While greatly boosting the morale of the people, this move also improved the country's image and swept away some undeserved rumors of a civil war.

On June 1, 1941, Chairman Lin of the Nationalist Government announced in Wuhan that the government would return the capital to Wuhan, and at the same time announced that the government had drawn up a detailed and feasible plan for a major counteroffensive, and that in the foreseeable future, the government would definitely return the capital to Jinling, and wait for the end of the Jinling puppet government and the Japanese reactionary government to perish.

At the military parade that followed, the government displayed not only its powerful armored units, artillery units, and air force units, but also a Japanese Peace Army of more than 10,000 troops.

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