Principal Chang's expression moved slightly, he originally thought that Zhong Yi would hide all the unfavorable news from him like he did in Nanjing, but he didn't expect it to be reported in the end!

At that time, Principal Chang said, "What does structural injury mean?" ”

Liu Sheng explained: "The so-called structural damage means that the structure of the three fortresses has been completely destroyed and no longer has the initial strength, for example, it can withstand the bombardment of one-ton aerial bombs at the beginning, but now, even the bombardment of the Japanese army's 105mm caliber field howitzers cannot withstand it!" ”

Principal Chang frowned and said, "Doesn't this mean that these three fortresses are no longer considered barriers?" ”

"Yes, these three fortresses can no longer be used as defensive barriers!" Liu Sheng sighed.

After a pause, Liu Sheng continued: "The crux of the problem is not that the structure of the three fortresses was damaged, but that the artillery groups of the Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain fortresses were also destroyed!" ”

"yes!" Bai Chongbei nodded and said, "Without artillery support, this is the biggest trouble!" ”

Chen Shi then said: "Principal, the long-range heavy firepower of these three fortresses, Turtle Mountain, and Snake Mountain is the cornerstone of the defense of the entire Jianghan Defense Outline, and now without these three strong fortresses as defensive support, then the entire Jianghan Defense Outline will become a castle in the air, and it can no longer be implemented!" ”

Principal Chang's gaze fell on the sand table and asked, "You just performed a war game?" ”

Chen Shi knew what Principal Chang wanted, and replied: "Yes, just now the senior staff of the General Headquarters has already conducted a war game deduction on the Hankou defensive operation, and the results are very not optimistic!" ”

Principal Chang: "Why is it not optimistic?" ”

Chen Shi said: "According to the results of the deduction, Hankow can be held for a month at most, and at least it may even be declared lost within a week!" ”

"A week?" Principal Chang's face suddenly became gloomy.

According to the Jianghan defense outline formulated by Zhong Yi, even if it is besieged from all sides by more than a dozen divisions and hundreds of thousands of troops of the Japanese army, it will be able to hold it for at least half a year, and wait until the main forces of the Fifth and Ninth Theaters complete their rest and turn to the counteroffensive!

But now, Chen Shi told them that Hankow would probably fall within a week!

Liu Sheng said: "Brother Ci Xiu's words are a bit excessive, last year's Battle of Songhu, Yao Ziqing's battalion faced the Japanese army's infantry wing plus dozens of warships' ship-borne firepower, and held out for a week, now Hankou has four brigades of defenders, it is not as good as Yao Ziqing's battalion!" ”

Chen Shi retorted: "There were more than a dozen elite divisions in the defense of Nanjing, and they finally held it for a few days? ”

Liu Sheng was immediately speechless, because the Battle of Nanjing lasted only 12 days from December 1, when the Japanese soldiers approached the city, to December 13, when the Nationalist army was defeated on a large scale!

In the end, if Zhong Yi hadn't turned the tide, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

Chen Shi turned to Principal Chang again and said: "Principal, the situation in Wuhan is now very obvious, with the destruction of the three fortresses of Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain and Hankou Railway Station, the entire Jianghan Defense Outline has lost its support, then the battle plan of the entire Wuhan Battle has become a mirror!" ”

After a pause, Chen Shi said again: "Therefore, I think that there is no need to continue the Jianghan defense outline, the ten brigades guarding Wuhan can evacuate Wuhan, and Xue Yue's first corps no longer needs to be entangled with the Japanese army on the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, and can also withdraw from the battle!" ”

President Chang said: "Is the situation in Wuhan really bad to this extent? ”

"I think so!" Chen Shi nodded and said, "If the Battle of Wuhan continues to be fought like this, it is impossible to gain anything other than the waste of valuable troops!" Inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese Second Army or the Eleventh Army has become wishful thinking, and now we should lower our requirements! ”

As soon as the words fell, Bai Chongbei said: "I object!" ”

The eyes of President Chang and a group of senior generals and senior staff members turned to Bai Chongbei one after another.

Bai Chongbei cleared his throat and said loudly: "Although the Hankou Railway Station, Guishan, and Snake Mountain Fortresses have been destroyed, the situation in Wuhan is not so bad that it must be abandoned immediately!" In any case, the town of Hankou is still under the control of our army, not to mention the towns of Hanyang and Wuchang! ”

"This is only temporary!" Chen Shi said, "With the destruction of the long-range artillery fire of the fortress of Hankou Railway Station and the fortresses of Guishan and Snake Mountain, the Japanese army will soon launch a fierce attack on Hankou Town, you know, at this time, the Japanese army gathered outside Hankou City has four divisions and a large number of artillery, Brother Jiansheng should not think that only the four brigades of Zhu Liangcheng, Liu Yuanlin, Shi Zude and Erzi can hold Hankou, right?" ”

"Why can't you hold it?" Bai Chong said sadly, "If you don't fight, you dare to assert that you can't hold it?" ”

Chen Shi said: "You also saw the war game deduction just now, Brother Jiansheng, what happened in the end?" ”

"That's just a war game! Actual combat and wargaming are completely different things! Bai Chongbei said, "What's more, even if it is a war game deduction, it is only a deduction that Zhong Yi did not participate in!" ”

Chen Shi said: "Brother Jiansheng, do you mean that if Zhong Yi participated, the result of the wargame deduction would be different?" ”

"Maybe, maybe not, but what's the matter?" Bai Chongbei turned his gaze to Principal Chang again, and said, "Headmaster, I think that Hankou must not give up easily!" ”

After a pause, Bai Chongbei said again: "The Battle of Wuhan can't be easily given up!" ”

"I fully agree with Brother Jiansheng's opinion." Liu Sheng echoed, "Headmaster, even if Hankou is finally lost, even if it only lasts for less than half a month, it doesn't matter!" ”

"It's okay?" Chen Shi said, "What do you mean by that? ”

"It's simple." Liu Sheng said in a deep voice, "Until now, the Japanese Navy's inland river fleet has not crossed the Tianjiazhen fortress by half a step, and until now, the Han River and even the Wuhan section of the Yangtze River are still under the control of our army, so even if the Japanese army captures Hankou, our army can still retreat to Hanyang and Wuchang to confront the Japanese army across the river!" ”

Hearing this, Principal Chang's expression suddenly moved slightly, yes, you can still confront each other across the river!

Chen Shi also frowned, yes, why did you forget about Jiang Fang's stubble?

But at this time, a senior staff member walked into the hall quickly with a folder, walked in front of Bai Chongbei, opened the folder, took out a telegram and handed it over.

Bai Chongbei took the telegram and opened it again.

Just by glancing at it, Bai Chongbei's face changed!

Not only did his face change, but the senior generals and senior staff officers present even noticed that Bai Chongbei's hands holding the telegram were trembling slightly.