Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko is under tremendous pressure!

But in comparison, the pressure on the national army is even greater!

As soon as the sky was dark, Chen Jing'an, commander of the 1st Garrison Brigade, Liu Futing, commander of the 2nd Brigade, Pan Zihe, commander of the 3rd Brigade, and Zhou Mengxiong, commander of the 4th Brigade, came to the headquarters of the new 38th Division.

These four brigade commanders all came to Sun Liren to complain.

"Brother Fumin, leave some seeds for our brigade!"

"Brother Fumin, for the sake of the party and the state, let's pull my brother a hand!"

"Brother Fumin, Hanyang City is really unstoppable, retreat to Turtle Mountain!"

Looking at Chen Jing'an, Liu Futing, Pan Zihe and Zhou Mengxiong, who were excited, Sun Liren was also a little shaken.

In the past four days, the casualties of several brigades in the Hanyang Defense Area have been too great! It's almost one out of ten!

Before the general attack of the devils, there were still more than 20,000 people in their Hanyang defense area, but now, with their new 38th division and four garrison brigades, there are only more than 5,000 people left when they are full!

And most of these 5,000 people were wounded!

With only these more than 5,000 remnants, it is really difficult to hold the city of Hanyang!

Maybe the next wave of Japanese attacks will cause the entire Hanyang defense area to collapse!

At this time, it is a good choice to give up Hanyang and retreat to Gusan!

Although the Turtle Mountain Fortress has been destroyed, there are still a large number of fortifications on the mountain!

With these fortifications, they still have a chance to hold out for another day or two, and in this way, they will also be able to hold out until the counterattack of the main forces of the five theaters, and the effect should be the same.

At that moment, Sun Liren grabbed the phone and wanted to call the headquarters of the Dragon King Temple in Hankou.

"Ziren, I'm Sun Liren." Sun Liren said bitterly, "The casualties of the troops are too great, and if you hold on to the city, it is likely that you won't be able to hold out for too long, can you retreat to the Turtle Mountain Fortress?" ”

"No way!" Zhong Yi on the other end of the phone categorically vetoed, "If the city can't be defended, you don't want to be delusional about being able to defend Turtle Mountain!" In street battles, the devil's artillery and aviation basically can't play a role, but in positional warfare, the devil's artillery and aviation can exert the greatest power! ”

"Okay." Sun Lidao, "I see." ”

Sun Liren hung up the phone, and Chen Jingan and the other four brigade commanders immediately looked at it with expectation.

Sun Liren shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Ziren said, Hanyang can't give up, even if he fights to the last pawn, he must not give up lightly, you better hurry back!" ”

Chen Jing'an, Liu Futing and others suddenly looked miserable when they heard this.

"That's it, it's a big deal to put these hundred or ten catties in Hanyang!"

"Yes, although success is uncertain, Chengren is determined!"

"Brother Fumin, don't say goodbye, I hope you and my classmates will see you again!"

"Fellow students, the little brother will go first, let's see you in the next life!"

After saying that, Chen Jingan and the other four brigade commanders went away, leaving Sun Liren standing alone, standing alone! It wasn't until an explosion sounded outside that Sun Liren was pulled back to reality!

In the next moment, Sun Liren pulled out his pistol with his backhand.

yelled: "Guard class, follow me!" ”

……

Hankou Dragon King Temple.

Zhu Liangcheng said: "Ziren, what kind of character Fumin is, you should know very well that if it is not a last resort, he will definitely not come to complain to you!" ”

Zhong Yi's brows became more and more frowned.

After thinking about it, Zhong Yi finally picked up the phone and said, "Pick up Guishan for me!" ”

After a while, the phone was connected, and Zhong Yi said again: "Is it the commander of the tank battalion?" ”

Ding Yan's tank battalion is in Guishan, and until now, Zhong Yi has not used the tank battalion.

"Report to the seat, I'm Ding Yan!" Ding Yan's voice immediately came from the other end of the phone, "What are the instructions for the counselor?" ”

Zhong Yi said in a deep voice: "Pay close attention to the battle situation in Hanyang, and once you find that the new 38th Division and various garrison brigades have signs of defeat, immediately provide fire support!" ”

"Yes!" Ding Yan agreed without hesitation.

Hanging up the phone, Zhu Liangcheng said: "Ziren, are you really determined to use the tank battalion?" ”

After a pause, Zhu Liangcheng said again: "In street battles, tanks are easily destroyed!" ”

"I knew it was a fool's decision to send a tank battalion to participate in street fighting." Zhong Yi shook his head and sighed, "But, what can be done? If Hanyang is lost, if Wuhan is lost, the plans we made before the war will be completely in vain, and there will be no way to talk about a counteroffensive, so what's the use of keeping tank battalions? ”

"That's right." Zhu Liangcheng said abruptly, "If Wuhan is finally lost, then we will keep the tank battalion, but we will just send loot to the old devil of the East Kurenomiya Tsusahiko!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "The defense of Wuhan has entered the last moment, not only the tank battalion no longer needs to be kept, but the last remaining 5,000 large-caliber shells in the Wuchang warehouse no longer need to be hidden, let the logistics department transport them overnight!" Can you hold Hankou, all pointing to these more than 5,000 shells! ”

……

At the same time, in the Chongqing High Command.

A huge map has been spread out, and three huge red arrows have been marked on the map by the combat staff officer.

The first arrow starts from Tongshan County on the border of Hubei and Jiangxi, and points north to Wuhan, and the tail of the arrow reads First Corps and one hundred and five kilometers!

The second arrow starts from Macheng in eastern Hubei and points straight to Wuhan to the west, and at the end of this arrow is marked the Third Corps and 90 kilometers!

The third arrow starts from Tongcheng and Suixian in northern Hubei and points south to Wuhan, and at the end of this arrow marks the Fourth Corps and one hundred and fifty kilometers!

Liu Sheng pointed to the map and said: "Principal, as of two hours ago, the main forces of the 1st, 3rd and 4th Corps, which were originally scheduled to participate in the counteroffensive, have begun to encircle in the direction of Wuhan!" Among them, the Second Group Army of the Third Corps in Macheng, eastern Hubei Province, is the closest, and it is expected that it will arrive on the outskirts of Hankou in two days! ”

"It's too slow, it's too slow!" Principal Chang frowned and said, "From Macheng to Hankou, isn't it more than 90 kilometers?" The rapid march will arrive in a day and night, and you tell Sun Lianzhong to speed up the march of the Second Army, and in any case to reach the eastern outskirts of Hankou by tomorrow evening! Do whatever it takes! ”

"Yes!" Liu Sheng said respectfully, "Call the Second Army!" ”

Seeing Liu Sheng's figure go out, Principal Chang's eyes fell on the map again.

After staring at the map for a long time, Principal Chang said faintly: "The defense of Wuhan has reached the last moment, now it depends on whether the troops of the Wuhan garrison can hold out until tomorrow evening!" As long as they can hold out until tomorrow evening, until the arrival of the Second Army, we will usher in an unprecedented victory! ”

After a pause, Principal Chang said again: "Turn on the radio, I want to listen to the voice of Jiang Han!" ”

"Yes!" Lin Wei, the director of the attendant room, responded respectfully and stepped forward to turn on the radio on the table.