Xue Yue became angry when he heard this, and said, "Zhang Lingfu, which side are you on?" ”

After a pause, Xue Yue continued: "Don't forget that your current identity is the director of the Staff Office of the Ninth War Zone Commander's Department, don't sit crooked!" ”

Zhang Lingfu stopped talking.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come to the command post of the Dragon King Temple.

It's just that Zhong Yi was not seen in the command post.

When I asked, I found out that Zhong Yi went to Houhu in the eastern suburbs.

At that moment, the two of them boarded Xue Yue's jeep again and went straight to Houhu in the eastern suburbs of Hankou.

A quarter of an hour later, the jeep drove to Houhu, Xue Yue and Zhang Lingfu looked out through the car window, and what appeared in front of them was a continuous cemetery!

But I saw that the wilderness of Houhu Lake was already covered with rows and rows of long earthen pits.

Xue Yue and Zhang Lingfu estimated that there were at least 50,000 pits in their field of vision!

At the edge of each of the long pits was a body wrapped in a white shroud, but the shriveled shape of the wrap showed that many of the bodies were highly decomposed.

The air is filled with an incomparably rich stench of corpses!

But the solemn atmosphere of the scene made the two completely ignore the smell of corpses in the air.

Zhang Lingfu also noticed that in the lower right corner of the cemetery used to bury the fallen soldiers, there is a super large pit, and there are many corpses piled up on the side of the big pit!

This is the corpse of a devil!

No Shroud, though!

The corpses of devils are stacked layer by layer, stacked like a hill!

When Xue Yue and Zhang Lingfu saw this scene, they couldn't help but look awe-inspiring!

Just this scene in front of me is enough to prove the tragedy of the defense of Wuhan!

Xue Yue muttered: "I originally thought that even if the defense of Wuhan was more tragic than the defense of Hunan and Jiangxi, it would be limited, but now it seems that it is wrong!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Lingfu said, "The battle to defend the Hunan and Jiangxi borders was also very tragic, but the battlefield was scattered in the vast mountainous areas of the two counties, so the personnel and firepower were relatively scattered, but the defense of Wuhan was concentrated in the narrow urban area, and the personnel and firepower were more concentrated!" In terms of tragedy, it must be better than the battle to defend the Hunan and Jiangxi borders! ”

As the two spoke, there was a sound of footsteps.

When he looked back, he saw a large group of officers walking briskly.

Walking in the forefront was a general, obviously Feng Yuxiang, the commander-in-chief of the Wuhan garrison.

Following Feng Yuxiang was Zhong Yi, as well as Sun Liren and Zhu Liangcheng, senior generals.

After a period of greetings, Zhang Lingfu took the initiative to talk to Feng Yuxiang, and Xue Yue naturally found Zhong Yi!

Xue Yue pointed to the rows and rows of curtain graves in the wilderness, and said in a deep voice: "Ziren, these are all soldiers who died in the defense of Wuhan? ”

"It's only part of it." Zhong Yi said with a gloomy expression, "There are still many soldiers who can't even put together a complete finger bone, and if they have names, they will strive to erect a tomb for them, and some of them will not even have their names left, so they can only get a joint burial tomb." ”

Xue Yue said: "It can only be like this." ”

Immediately after, Xue Yue went straight to the point.

"Ziren, I am a straight person, and I never beat around the bush when I talk and do things." Xue Yue said, "So, I'll have something to say later!" ”

Zhong Yi said: "Commander-in-Chief Xue, please speak." ”

Xue Yue said: "I want to borrow a cannon from you!" ”

"No problem!" Zhong Yi nodded and said, "What caliber do you want, and how many doors?" ”

"Uh......" Zhong Yi's answer caught Xue Yue a little off guard, he came to the door to borrow a gun, shouldn't Zhong Yi's first reaction be to refuse or prevaricate repeatedly?

How can there be such a painful response?

This is completely different from the commander of the national army in Xue Yue's impression!

Doesn't Zhong Yi know that this kind of borrowing, after borrowing, he basically doesn't pay it back!

Seeing Xue Yue stunned there, Zhong Yi asked rhetorically, "Commander-in-Chief Xue, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Uh, nothing." Xue Yue woke up like a dream, and then said, "What caliber do you have, and how many doors do you have?" ”

Zhong Yi wrenched his fingers and began to calculate: "There are 24 M1918 155mm caliber field howitzers, but they are seriously damaged and still need to be repaired; There are 178 Japanese 150mm caliber field howitzers, but these howitzers are more seriously damaged and have basically no repair value; There were 108 Japanese 75mm field howitzers and 36 75mm mountain guns, but these guns were also seriously damaged and basically could not be repaired. ”

Xue Yue's face immediately darkened, it seemed that he had completely misunderstood Zhong Yi!

Co-author Zhong Yi is not easy to talk at all, but simply pretending to be generous!

At that moment, Xue Yue said with a dark face: "Isn't there a good cannon?" ”

"Yes, but only 33!" Zhong Yi said, "There are 33 Japanese-style 105mm caliber field howitzers that are in good condition, but there are no shells, so I'm afraid it's useless." ”

"You don't have to worry about the shells." Xue Yue was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "It's good to have a cannon, it's good to have a cannon!" ”

Xue Yue really didn't worry about 105mm caliber shells, if it was a 150mm caliber or 155mm caliber shell, it would be troublesome, but 105mm caliber and 75mm caliber shells were not a problem for him, and the arsenal that moved to Chongqing could not make cannons, but artillery shells could still be made.

"The cannon is hidden in the underground fortifications of the Turtle Mountain Fortress." Zhong Yi said, "You just go back and let Zhong Lin pull it!" ”

Xue Yue had been listening with his ears sideways, but when he heard that there was suddenly no follow-up here, he asked in surprise, "It's over?" ”

"It's over." Zhong Yi was also surprised, "Is there still a problem with Commander-in-Chief Xue?" You don't even want to borrow artillery, do you? ”

Zhong Yi didn't mind lending the cannon to Xue Yue, even if he knew that he would borrow it or not, he wouldn't mind, anyway, it was useless to leave these cannons in his hands for the time being, but Xue Yue couldn't fight Xiaogan without artillery!

But let Zhong Yi lend all the artillery, but he didn't want to!

Because the 367 brigade now has no artillery left!

There are only a few tinder left, and you can't borrow them easily!

Fortunately, Xue Yue didn't mean this, and said at the moment: "No, the artillery doesn't need it." ”

After a pause, Xue Yue asked in a low voice, "Ziren, you don't have any quid pro quo?" ”

Dare to love Xue Yue waited for Zhong Yi to propose conditions to him, but Zhong Yi didn't mention it, which surprised him.

"Swap?" Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Commander-in-Chief Xue is talking about borrowing, what kind of exchange?" ”

Zhong Yi was so frank and unrestrained, but it made Xue Yue a little embarrassed, and he said at the moment: "Okay, this batch of cannons is borrowed by me Xue Yue, and when the battle of Xiaogan is over, I will definitely return it in full, and if there is damage, I will definitely find a way to compensate you with other equipment!" ”

Zhong Yi smiled and did not speak.

Xue Yue asked in a low voice: "By the way, Ziren, do you still have tanks in the Wuhan garrison?" ”

Zhong Yi smiled and said, "Commander-in-Chief Xue, it's too late for you to start, just half an hour ago, the headquarters had already ordered our tank battalion to be built into a 200th division." ”