About half an hour later, Liu Yuanlin, Shi Zude and Zhou Zi arrived one after another.

All three of them had frightened expressions on their faces, clearly frightened by the explosion just now.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhong Yi said bitterly: "Everyone, before starting the meeting, let me tell you a very bad news, the devil has just carried out suicide bombing on our railway station, Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain Fortress, and the three fortresses have not been able to withstand it, and they have all been blown up by the little devils!" ”

"Huh? All blown up? ”

Tuesday's face was as earthy as he heard this.

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude also looked at each other.

The biggest reliance on the defense of Wuhan is the fortress of Hankou Railway Station and the fortresses of Guishan and Snake Mountain.

Can Hankow still hold on?

Can Wuhan still hold on?

Liu Yuanlin and Shi Zude suddenly felt that their eyes were gloomy!

However, the scare is not over.

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "It should be noted that it is not only the three fortresses of the railway station, Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain that have been destroyed, but also the heavy artillery group of the Turtle Mountain Fortress and the Snake Mountain Fortress have also been destroyed, which means that in the next battle, we will no longer be able to get artillery support from Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain!" ”

Zhu Liangcheng continued: "That is to say, from now on, we will only be able to withstand the blows of the devil's artillery fire, and we will not be able to use artillery fire to fight back!" The next defensive battle of Hankou and even the entire defense of Wuhan returned to the previous battle of Songhu and even the defense of Nanjing! ”

"There is still a difference!" Zhong Yi said, "The Battle of Hankou and even the entire Battle of Wuhan are different from the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing are outright passive defenses, and there is no prior planning for how the war should be fought after the defensive battle, but the Battle of Wuhan is not!" ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "The defense of Wuhan has a summary of the defense of Jianghan!" ”

Liu Yuanlin said: "Ziren, the cornerstone of the Jianghan defense outline is the Hankou Railway Station and the Guishan and Snake Mountain fortresses, but now that these three fortresses have all been destroyed, can this defense outline still be implemented in place?" ”

Shi Zude also said: "Yes, if the three fortresses are intact, we have full confidence to hold on for at least a year, but now that there are no three fortresses, how long can we hold on?" Half? Or three months? ”

"Three months?" Liu Yuanlin smiled bitterly, "I think it's enough for a month!" ”

Shi Zude said again: "If you can only hold it for a month, the main force of the Fifth Theater will not be able to recover its combat effectiveness at all, and if you force a counteroffensive, I am afraid that there is no threat, and I am still worried about ......."

Liu Yuanlin and Zhu Liangcheng's expressions froze, they knew what Shi Zude was worried about.

Erzi had the same worries, and said directly: "I have the same worries as Brother Zude, when the time comes, the Fifth War Zone and even the General Headquarters are likely to give up the counterattack!" Then we will be completely outcasts! ”

Liu Yuanlin hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Ziren, otherwise we should retreat, right?" ”

"Yes, retreat!" Shi Zude echoed, "While the devil navy has not yet arrived, the Han River and the Yangtze River channel are still in our hands, quickly cross the river and retreat to Hanyang and Wuchang, and then confront the devils across the Han River and the Yangtze River, as long as the devil navy does not break through the fortress of Tianjiazhen, we still have a chance to hold the two towns of Hanyang and Wuchang!" ”

Zhong Yi didn't say anything, turned his head and asked Zhu Liangcheng: "Old Zhu, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhu Liangcheng thought for a while and said: "From personal feelings, I am very reluctant to give up Hankou, I really want to fight to the death with the little devil in Hankou, but from a rational point of view, it is wise to give up Hankou and retreat to Hanyang and Wuchang, because this can preserve the vitality as much as possible!" ”

After Zhu Liangcheng finished speaking, Liu Yuanlin, Shi Zude and Erzi's eyes brushed towards Zhong Yi.

Although Zhu Liangcheng is the nominal commander-in-chief of the Hankou Defense Zone, Liu Shi and the others know very well that Zhong Yi is the actual commander who really takes the idea!

……

Almost at the same time, in the Chongqing Command.

When Principal Chang hurriedly walked into the battle hall, he saw Chen Shi, He Yingpei, Bai Chongbei, Xu Yongsheng and other senior generals all looking solemn, standing silently in front of the sand table.

Only a group of high-ranking staff members were busy on the sand table with wooden poles and war games.

Obviously, this group of senior staff officers was conducting a war game on the sand table.

Seeing Principal Chang walking in briskly accompanied by Lin Wei, the senior generals and senior staff in the hall turned around in unison and saluted Principal Chang.

Principal Chang returned the salute, and then walked quickly to the simulated sand table.

What is deduced on the sand table is the offensive and defensive operations of the three towns of Wuhan!

Judging from the sand table, the situation of the national army can be described as quite unfavorable!

Without superfluous nonsense, Principal Chang asked bluntly, "What is your conclusion?" ”

Chen Shi immediately said: "Principal, I have already said that the battle in Hankou is only hanging, and Brother Jiansheng and Brother Weizhang still didn't believe it at that time, but what about now?" ”

After a pause in this, Chen Shi clapped his hands again and continued: "As a result, this little devil of Dongjiu Gong Tsuruhiko gave us a suicide bombing with his backhand, and at the cost of three 96-type land attack planes, he blew up the Hankou Railway Station, Guishan and Snake Mountain Fortress that we relied on as a dry city!" ”

Principal Chang asked in a deep voice, "Are the three fortresses sure to be destroyed?" ”

Principal Chang learned the lessons of the Battle of Nanjing, and while entrusting Zhong Yi with the command of the Battle of Wuhan, he also left the Wuhan Station of the Military Command in the Three Towns of Wuhan, nominally to assist the Wuhan Garrison Commander to deal with the infiltration of devil spies, but in fact he also had the task of secretly transmitting news to Chongqing!

Because President Chang doesn't want the situation in Nanjing to happen again!

During the defense of Nanjing, Principal Chang wanted to get in touch with Zhong Yi many times, but he was never able to get in touch! So this time he learned his lesson and was prepared!

Before coming to the headquarters, Principal Chang had already received news from the military commander that the Hankou Railway Station, Guishan and Snake Mountain Fortresses had been bombed, and that the three fortresses were likely to have been completely destroyed!

But the news of the military commander has not been confirmed after all, so there is still a trace of luck in Principal Chang's heart, but this luck of Principal Chang was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.

"Yes, Headmaster!" Liu Sheng sighed lightly, and continued, "Just now, the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters has sent a telegram, detailing the extent of damage and losses to the fortresses of Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain, and Hankou Railway Station!" The devil's bombing caused damage to the structures of three fortresses, in addition, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers were killed, and hundreds were seriously injured! ”