In Chongqing, the High Command.

The good news from the Xiaogan front line came back one after another!

"Report, the 42nd Army of the Second Army has broken through the defense line of Zhuji Town of the Japanese Army!"

"Report, the 48th Army under the 11th Group Army has broken through the Japanese army's Xinpu Town defense line!"

"Report, the 51st Division of the 74th Army has broken through to Xiaogan County and is fighting with the Japanese army in the streets!"

"Report, the 42nd Army has broken through to Xiaogan County!"

"Report, the 48th Army has broken through to Xiaogan County!"

"Report, the Japanese army in Xiaogan City has been completely defeated!"

But it's not all good news, about half an hour ago, news suddenly came from the front line, saying that there were only tens of thousands of wounded left in Xiaogan County, and the main force of the Second Army of the devil had disappeared!

Principal Chang was anxious after hearing this, and immediately ordered the Xiaogan front-line command to step up the search!

At this moment, President Chang and a senior general of the General Headquarters were anxiously waiting for news from the front!

The Battle of Wuhan has been fought to this point, which is an unprecedented victory for the national army, and it stands to reason that Principal Chang should be satisfied, but as the so-called Long Wangshu, under the premise of determining that the Japanese Second Army has been defeated, Principal Chang began to desire to completely annihilate the Japanese Second Army!

Because from a strategic level, the significance of defeating and annihilating the Second Army is completely different!

The Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing until now, the Chinese and Japanese armies have staged several major battles, and the reason why the national army has always been able to hold on to every major defeat is because every major defeat is only a rout, and it has not been completely annihilated by the Japanese army!

Therefore, the degree of damage to the morale of the army is not the same as total annihilation!

That's why Principal Chang is so anxious to know the whereabouts of the Second Army now!

Seeing that Principal Chang was in such a hurry, Liu Sheng persuaded: "The principal actually doesn't need to be in a hurry, because the Second Army of the Japanese Army has given up maneuvering along the road, their speed will never be fast, and in order to hide their whereabouts, they must march in the dark, so they will go out of thirty or fifty miles at most in one night!" ”

After a pause, Liu Sheng said again: "In other words, the second army is still in the encirclement of our army!" ”

Principal Chang waved his hand and said: "Having said that, but I haven't found the whereabouts of the Second Army of the Japanese Army for a moment, I don't dare to let go of my heart for a moment, no, I still have to send another telegram to Xue Yue, asking him to send more troops and expand the search range, and we must find the whereabouts of the Second Army as soon as possible to avoid accidents!" ”

The accident that Principal Chang said was to let the Second Army slip away.

However, as soon as the words fell, a major staff officer hurried over.

Seeing this major staff officer, including Principal Chang, everyone came over to look at it.

"Chief!" The staff officer of the major walked up to Liu Sheng and reported, "The Xiaogan front-line command is in an emergency!" ”

Liu Sheng glanced at Principal Chang, waved his hand and said, "Read!" ”

"Yes!" The major staff officer agreed, opened the folder and read, "Headquarters, the 55th Army under the 3rd Corps has discovered and intercepted the main force of the Japanese 2nd Army near Yunwu Mountain!" ”

"Found it!"

"Intercepted!"

"Great!"

"Now the Second Army is dead!"

"The 55th Army did a good job!"

"It's not just the Second Army of the Devils, but also the Higashikure Palace!"

"Yes, the most important thing is the old devil of Higashikurenomiya Twistahiko, we must not let him run away!"

As soon as the major's staff officer finished speaking, a cheer rang out in the hall, including Chen Shi, He Yingpei, Xu Yongsheng and other senior generals, everyone was overjoyed.

Principal Chang is no exception, and he is equally happy.

At that moment, Principal Chang said: "Call Xiaogan immediately, let them gather and annihilate the second army of the Japanese army at all costs, and the old devil of Dongjiu Palace Twist Hiko, you want to see people in life and corpses in death!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Shengsheng said, "You want to see people in life, and you want to see corpses in death!" ”

……

Wuchang, Wuhan Garrison Headquarters.

Zhong Yi had moved his headquarters back to Wuhan camp.

At this meeting, Zhong Yi was gathering in front of the simulated sand table with a cadre of combat staff officers from the General Staff Department, as well as a group of senior generals from the Wuhan Garrison Command, judging the progress of the battle of Xiaogan.

Chen Jing'an said: "The performance of the 74th Army is good, especially Qiu Weida's 153rd Brigade, but Sun Lianzhong's Second Army is a little unsatisfactory. ”

Liu Futing said: "It is estimated that this is also related to the large losses in the Battle of Taierzhuang. ”

Pan Zihe said: "It must have something to do with it, in the Battle of Taierzhuang, most of the four divisions of the 2nd Group Army were reduced by half, and the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly weakened, so it is good to be able to fight like this." ”

Zhou Mengxiong said: "But the worst performance is still Gui Jun!" ”

Zhang Buwu said: "No, the Xinpu Town attacked by the Eleventh Group Army of the Gui Army is the closest to Xiaogan County, and the straight-line distance is only more than ten miles, and Zhuzhan Town and Minji Town are more than forty miles away from Xiaogan County, but the Eleventh Group Army is stunned to fall behind the Seventy-fourth Army and the Second Group Army, which is really unreasonable!" ”

Liu Yuanlin said: "You can't say that, after all, the Eleventh Group Army went all the way south and went the farthest!" Naturally, the physical strength consumed is greater. ”

Shi Zude said: "Anyway, compared with our troops in the Wuhan garrison, they are all scum!" ”

"That's for sure." Tuesday Zi said angrily, "If you change other troops to defend Hankou or Hanyang, can you hold out to the end, and can you wait for the counterattack of the main forces of the five theaters and the nine theaters?" Dream on! ”

Several brigade commanders talked quite lively, but Zhong Yi did not participate.

Zhong Yi's eyes were always focused on the sand table, while Zhu Liangcheng, Sun Liren and Feng Yuxiang's attention was always focused on Zhong Yi, and they vaguely felt that Zhong Yi seemed to have discovered something.

Sure enough, Zhong Yi suddenly pointed to the sand table and said, "Here!" ”

"Cloud Mountain?" Sun Liren frowned and said, "Ziren, do you mean that the Japanese army will abandon the railway line or even the highway and choose to break through from the direction of Yunwu Mountain?" ”

"Yes!" Zhong Yi said, "The Japanese army will definitely go to Yunwu Mountain!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Shiliang hurriedly walked in and reported: "Counselor, Xiaogan Qianzhi reported on the battle situation: The 55th Army of the Second Group Army found Japanese troops near Yunwu Mountain!" ”

"It's true, the devil really left Yunwu Mountain!"

"Donkey Day, where else can the devil run now?"

"There's no place to run, and now the devil is dead!"

Several brigade commanders present suddenly looked uplifted when they heard this.

"The Second Army must be finished this time." Zhong Yi nodded, and said, "However, we also have to beware of the old devil of the Higashikure Palace, and the senior generals of several divisions and regiments will leave their troops and escape!" ”

After saying this, Zhong Yi turned back to Zhu Liangcheng and said, "Old Zhu, let your special operations team attack immediately!" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Liangcheng agreed, turned around and walked into the communication office next door.