Time passed, and soon came to the end of June 1938.

At this time, the Japanese army on the northern front, that is, the second army of the Central China Front, finally repelled the resistance of nearly 500,000 troops in the fifth theater after nearly three months of fierce attack, occupied almost all of Henan and most of Anhui, and advanced to the line of Xiaogan, Macheng, and Huangpi north of Wuhan.

The rumbling sound of artillery from the direction of Huangpi can already be heard in the city of Wuhan.

Although the troops of the Fifth Theater have improved their tactics and no longer make senseless sacrifices in one city and one place, in order to delay and consume the Japanese army as much as possible, the Third and Fourth Corps of the Fifth Theater still paid huge sacrifices, with nearly 500,000 troops suffering casualties of at least 100,000 people!

Among them, fifty or sixty thousand were killed!

In contrast, the advance of the Japanese army on the southern front was much slower.

This is also thanks to the cooperation of Zhong Yi and Zhang Lingfu!

As a time-traveler, Zhong Yi knew the whole process of the Battle of Wuhan in the original time and space.

Although the battle situation in this time and space has changed very much, the Japanese army's tactical thinking is still traceable, so Zhong Yi boldly imagined that the 11th Army in this time and space would still have the idea of making a big detour to the south and outflanking Changsha? If the main forces of the Ninth Theater really made the illusion of retreating southward, would the Eleventh Army be fooled?

Zhong Yi told Zhang Lingfu, who had been promoted to chief of staff of the Ninth Theater Command, about his idea.

Zhang Lingfu attached great importance to Zhong Yi's idea, and immediately reported it to General Xue Yue, deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater, commander-in-chief of the front line and commander-in-chief of the First Corps.

Xue Yue also attached great importance to Zhong Yi's idea.

Therefore, when the main force of Okamura Ningji's Eleventh Army advanced to the vicinity of Jiujiang, the main force of Xue Yue's First Corps did not retreat to Wuhan along the south bank of the Yangtze River as originally planned, but retreated along the Nanxun line in the direction of De'an.

After Okamura Ninji got the news, he actually took a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the movements of the national army!

In order to achieve the strategic goal of concentrating the main forces of the Nationalist Army near Wuhan and finally forcing the Chinese government to surrender, Okamura Ninji urgently transferred the 101st Division to land at Xingzi at Poyang Lake in an attempt to cut off the retreat route of the First Corps to the south.

After a little temptation, the 1st Corps retreated westward to Wuning and Xiushui.

Okamura Ningji did not give up, and immediately bit Xue Yue's ass and chased down, and this pair of fateful opponents started a desperate fight in the mountains at the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces!

Entangled until the end of June, the main force of the Japanese army was still unable to cross the Wuning and Xiushui lines, and even let the national army counterattack at Wanjialing, the 106th Division, which was alone in depth, was almost wiped out, and the Botian Detachment and the 6th Division, which advanced along the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, also made slow progress.

This is the general situation of the Battle of Wuhan in this time and space.

The north and south tongs of the little devil are like a pair of crabs, pinched from the north and south, and the north tongs have been clamped near Wuhan, but the south tongs are still in Tianjia Town, Fuchi, Wuning, and Xiushui.

……

At the same time, the retreat from Wuhan was already going on more or less well.

As early as a month ago, dignitaries from the party, government, military, police, business, and academic circles had already left Wuhan for Chongqing.

Now it is the students, women and children who are evacuating, but the factory workers and the workers who are participating in the renovation of the fortress and private houses are not allowed to leave!

Zhong Yi didn't plan to let these people leave!

They are needed in the future defense of Wuhan!

……

At Wuchang Wharf, Zhong Yi was looking out through the window of the communication vehicle.

I saw tens of thousands of college students crowded on the large and small docks, unwilling to leave for a long time!

In the previous three months, the university students of various colleges and universities in Wuhan played a great role, while they personally participated in the construction of the fortress project, and at the same time organized various propaganda activities, mobilized the people in Wuhan to participate in the construction of the three fortresses spontaneously, and saved a lot of money for the garrison headquarters!

The saved money helped Zhong Yi buy a lot of supplies!

But, now, the time has come when these college students must leave!

As a traverser, no one knows the value of these college students better than Zhong Yi!

The value of these college students is not to fight with devils on the battlefield, but to use their wisdom and knowledge to build the country after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War!

Therefore, these students must not be easily sacrificed in the defense of Wuhan!

On the large and small wharves in Wuchang, four large river boats and more than a dozen small steamers have already been prepared, which is enough to send away tens of thousands of college students who are still stranded in Wuhan at one time!

But the university students were so emotional that they gathered on the dock and refused to get on the boat.

Tuesday, the chief of the police corps, who is responsible for maintaining order, is already sweating profusely.

Seeing the communication vehicle of the communication office driving out of the Pinghu Gate, Tuesday's eyes suddenly lit up.

Tuesday Zi trotted to the front of the communication car, and said to Zhong Yi through the half-open window: "Counselor, let some college students crowd on the dock, and refuse to leave, the lowly duty is to say that the saliva is dry, but they just don't want to go, this is really too dangerous, in case the devil's bomber comes over at this time, it will be terrible......"

Before the words fell, a piercing air defense siren suddenly sounded in front of him: "Woo woo woo ......"

Hearing the alarm, the tens of thousands of students gathered on the dock suddenly rioted slightly.

Feng Yuxiang, who was sitting next to Zhong Yi, immediately became angry and scolded: "Erzi, you crow's mouth!" ”

Tuesday Zi also slapped his mouth again and again, while blaming himself: "Look at my broken mouth, I deserve to die!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "Okay, with the Soviet Air Force aiding China, the devil bombers will not have a chance to drop bombs!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen Il-15 and Il-16 fighters had already skimmed over the pier and roared towards the eastern sky in a four-plane formation.

The students on the dock immediately cheered like a tsunami, and their expressions became more and more excited.

Young students always yearn to fight in the sky like eagles, so they admire pilots very much.

But Zhong Yi could no longer let the students gather on the dock, and waved his hand to signal the communication office to drive the prepared communication vehicle over and stop at the entrance of the dock.

Zhong Yi got into the communication car and said through the tweeter on the car: "Students, I am Zhong Yi!" ”

Hearing Zhong Yi's voice, the students gathered at the dock suddenly became in a commotion, and hundreds of students who were relatively close to the entrance of the pier flocked to it.

The policemen who maintained order resisted desperately and barely stopped.

"Students, don't squeeze!" Zhong Yi was also startled and shouted, "Don't squeeze, keep quiet!" ”

The students who were desperately squeezing towards the entrance stopped one after another, and the originally noisy dock became silent.

(End of chapter)