"Not big!"

Most of the people present shook their heads, no one was optimistic about Liao Fan's attack on the Jingcheng mining area, the strength of Liao Fan's army, in addition to defending their defense area, could only draw out about 350,000 troops, and the Japanese army in the Jingcheng area was at least 35,000 people, or even more.

Moreover, the new 33rd Army is fighting an offensive war, not a defensive war that they are good at, if it weren't for Liao Fan's achievements in Taihang Mountain, they would even think that Liao Fan would dare to attack the Jingcheng area with the strength of one army, which is simply wishful thinking.

Everyone in Mr. Zhu's office expressed their opinions, and most people were not optimistic about this battle of the New 33rd Army.

"You mean that if the New 33rd Army can't win, there is no need for us to involve our troops, and if the probability of winning is very high, we will get involved?" Mr. Zhu looked at the people in the room and said.

In an instant, the originally chattering scene instantly became extremely quiet. Mr. Zhu's words hit the mind of each of them, the possibility of the failure of the new 33rd Army is very high, why should it be involved.

"I understand what you mean, you know it's a lost war, why do you want your own people to help?" Mr. Zhu said, "This psychology is very normal, but we must also be clear that there is little hope for the victory of the New 33rd Army, but how do you know that our participation is not a straw that crushes the little devils?" ”

"I agree with Mr. Zhu's opinion, no matter whether we win or not, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army behind the enemy line is at least clearer than the new 33rd Army, since Liao Fan is willing to ask us for help, of course we can't stand idly by!" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng said.

"But how much force do we use behind enemy lines?" Vice Chairman Zhou asked Liao Fan the question he was most concerned about.

Although the Eighth Route Army had a lot of anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines, the various units were too scattered, poorly equipped, and their combat capability was uneven.

In addition, according to Liao Fan's request, whether they should use the intelligence line behind enemy lines to provide post-battle intelligence to the New 33rd Army, as well as the coordination between various units, need to be taken into account.

"Yes, we must think about this matter clearly, although we have to help, but we must also be prepared for failure, all our personnel behind the enemy are involved, once the new 33rd Army fails to attack, they can withdraw to the garrison defense, our personnel behind the enemy will be completely exposed, the little devil will settle accounts after another autumn, our forces behind the enemy will be devastated!" Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng said.

Everyone in the office nodded, agreeing with Deputy Commander Peng's opinion, they can participate, but they can't fold their old capital behind enemy lines.

"It's a real problem, and we need to think about it!"

And Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Chongqing, was very happy, because the Battle of Changsha was over and they were victorious. The victory in the Battle of Changsha was of course celebrated by the whole country, and it seems that many people have forgotten the defeat of Zhongtiao Mountain.

This is another victory won by the national army on the frontal battlefield, especially after major changes have taken place in the current international situation, and this victory can completely tell the world that the Chinese can fight head-on with the little devils on the battlefield.

At the celebration banquet, Chairman Jiang and every senior general of the Nationalist Army present frequently toasted, especially General Xue Yue, who he liked very much now.

At this moment, a secretary to Chairman Jiang walked up to Chairman Jiang and whispered a few words softly, but the expression on Chairman Jiang's face remained the same, without the slightest change.

"Tell, Xue Yue, Chen Cheng still has ...... When the feast is over, come to me for a meeting! Chairman Jiang briefly instructed a few words, and then continued to raise a glass to everyone.

Chairman Jiang's celebration banquet was held for several days, and there was no shortage of many people who privately invited Xue Yue to his small banquet to show up, after all, this was a great victory, allowing the Chinese people to see the hope of victory, of course, there was some selfishness in this, after all, it was good to enjoy the shade with his back against a big tree, and a self-made person like Liao Fan did not know how much to plant behind him.

Everyone enjoyed the celebration banquet, singing and dancing, and everyone had a smile on their faces, as if the war had left them and the Japanese were defeated without a fight. General Xue Yue felt very uncomfortable with this kind of scene, because he knew that the blood of the soldiers who participated in the battle had not dried up, and the dawn of victory was far from coming.

But Xue Yue also had to get involved, because the war didn't just need soldiers, there were many people who held the financial power of the troops, and the troops needed money and political support, even if he was not happy, sitting in the position of general, there were many things that he couldn't help himself.

"General Xue, the president asked you to go to his office!" A secretary walked quickly to Xue Yue's side, and then whispered.

Xue Yue nodded to a few people in front of him, and then left the banquet, when he walked into the office, Xue Yue found that there were already eight or nine people waiting in the office, all of whom were senior generals of the national army, and the one with the lowest rank was also a general.

"Everyone has arrived, we have a meeting now!" Chairman Jiang sat on the chair and said slowly.

Xue Yue sat in the front seat, looking at Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi beside him a little puzzled, not knowing what was going on.

"It's about Taihang Mountain, when you commanded the Battle of Changsha, a lot of things happened to the north of the Yellow River!" Chen Cheng said in a low voice.

The opening remarks of the meeting were simple and straightforward, and they quickly pointed out the issues they were going to discuss this time.

"This Liao Fan abducted 40,000 troops from our hands, no, there are more troops, and he is restless, and he wants to launch an attack on the Japanese army in the Jingcheng area, what do you think about this?"

Liao Fan, who was lying on the bed, did not expect that his plan of action had just been arranged and leaked to Chongqing, which was a military secret, and the only people who knew his plan of action this time were a few senior generals and personnel of the Eighth Route Army.

Fortunately, it was not the little devil who knew, otherwise this operation would have failed. And if Liao Fan knew about this matter, he would definitely strictly investigate the leakers in their troops and find out the people who leaked the news.

However, the news of the attack on Jingchen was only circulated within the top level of China, and was not leaked to the Japanese, after all, they were Chinese and would not leak information to the Japanese. But every organization that builds another on top of a dilapidated state inevitably uses conspirators.

Just a few minutes before the meeting began, Chairman Chiang's secretarial group was still discussing whether to disclose the news to the Japanese and completely solve the trouble of Liao Fan, so that Taihang Mountain would not be far away from Chongqing and listen to the propaganda.

Chairman Chiang also wavered, but he still decided to abandon this plan, and it was indeed a very beneficial thing for him to use the hands of the Japanese to destroy the New 33rd Army, but the general interests of the nation and the interests of the country did not allow him to do so. In the end, Chairman Chiang sternly vetoed the discussion of this aspect by the secretary group, and warned them that if anyone dared to leak the news, he would ask for his head in a moment.

"The new 33rd Army's attack on the Jingcheng area will inevitably attract a large part of the main force of the little devils, as for what we can do, of course, it is not to help him Liao Fan, but to take advantage of the victory in the Battle of Changsha, morale is high, can we take this opportunity to also counterattack once and recover some important areas!"

Chen Cheng is the person who knows Chairman Chiang's mind best, Chairman Chiang's move is nothing more than to suppress the limelight of the New 33rd Army in the whole country, and now he has finally won a victory, if Liao Fan is allowed to occupy the Jingcheng area with the New 33rd Army, then the limelight of Taihang Mountain will once again suppress Chongqing, and the prestige of the anti-Japanese resistance will still be biased towards Taihang Mountain.

In fact, Chairman Chiang cannot be blamed for this, because it was too coincidental that when the Japanese army launched an attack on the Fifth War Zone, Liao Fan won a victory over the Japanese army in Taihang Mountain, and when the Japanese army attacked Zhongtiao Mountain, the New 33rd Army won a great victory in Jindong.

This time the Battle of Changsha had just been won, and Liao Fan was planning a counterattack again. Now Liao Fan is acting like a leader in his actions and suppressing Chairman Jiang everywhere, which makes Chairman Jiang very depressed, you kid fights devils well, why do you always collide with us, this is obviously a competition.

So we have today's meeting.

"Xue Boling, tell me your opinion!" Chairman Chiang began to roll out names.

Before Xue Yue came back to his senses from Chen Cheng's side, he was named by Chairman Jiang, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted Chairman Jiang.

"The Battle of Changsha has just ended, the troops have suffered heavy casualties, it takes time to repair and replenish the troops, in a short period of time, it is not easy for the Ninth Theater to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, and now the Japanese army has retreated to its original position, they are defending with danger, it is difficult for us to achieve effective results!"

The troops of the Ninth Theater had just achieved such great results, and Chairman Chiang naturally had high hopes for them, and after Xue Yue's report, Chairman Chiang's newly raised hope was hit by a wall, but he had to admit that what Xue Yue said was the truth, and the scope of the Battle of Changsha was too wide, and the troops fought continuously, and although they successfully repelled the Japanese army and annihilated a unit, the casualties of the troops in the Ninth Theater were not small.

"Wei Lihuang, do you think we have a chance to take the opportunity to counterattack Zhongtiao Mountain, and take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army is not firmly established, and then we will take Zhongtiao Mountain back?" Chairman Jiang asked.

"The troops that broke through from Zhongtiao Mountain are too scattered, and the various units are seriously reduced, so it is difficult to organize an effective counteroffensive!"

"So what else do you have to do? Now that the New 33rd Army is thriving north of the Yellow River, what about us? All the limelight was stolen by him Liao Fan, and now the people north of the Yellow River only know him Liao Fan, and they have forgotten about me, the chairman of the committee! ”

Commissar Jiang lost his temper, this is not good, that is not good, what is the matter in the end, does it always let Liao Fan's limelight suppress him!

"Commission, after the Battle of Suizao in the Fifth War Zone, the strength and strength have been restored, it is better to take advantage of the failure of the little devil's attack in Changsha, we can consider taking the opportunity to recapture Wuhan, and then regain control of the Pinghan Railway!" Bai Chongxi got up and suggested.

Everyone present was shocked by Bai Chongxi's suggestion, since the Japanese army launched the defeat of the Battle of Suizao, the threat to Wuhan has not been lifted, if you take the opportunity to attack Wuhan now, the certainty of success is very great.

Chairman Chiang once again seemed to see hope, if they succeeded in recapturing Wuhan, then they would be passive in the war situation in parts of Hubei and Henan, and once Wuhan was recaptured, if the Japanese army attacked Changsha again in the future, they would have to consider whether they would be cut off by the Nationalist army from Hubei. That's a lot of things.

"Chairman of the Committee, should we discuss this matter with General Li, after all, only General Li knows the situation in the Fifth War Zone best, once there is a problem in one link and the attack is frustrated, the Fifth War Zone is very willing to be broken by the Japanese army!" Chen Cheng analyzed.