Chapter 554: The Difficulty of Holding Wuhan (Six Watches Asking for a Monthly Pass)
After Hu Bin explained those things, he continued to rush to the south, and now he needs to quickly move to the south with his troops, lock up the devils, and not let the devils get close!
Soon, the clear code telegram of Wuhan's liberation was sent, and Commander Jiang had been waiting in Xi'an, waiting for the telegram about Wuhan, and when he saw that Wuhan had been defeated, he stood up very excitedly and shouted to the generals who were also waiting for news here: "Wuhan has been restored!" ”
"Oh~" When the generals heard this, they all shouted, and the people in the entire conference room were very excited.
Because this is the first big city they recovered, the last battle of Wuhan, China's side, sacrificed more than 400,000 soldiers, including the embankment of Henan's Huayuankou, more than 10 million people suffered, of which more than one million drowned, the year before last, in order to hold Wuhan, China's sacrifice was too big, but such a big sacrifice, still not able to hold Wuhan.
And now, Hu Bin and Wei Lihuang have adopted a sneak attack, not only taking Wuhan, but also imprisoning hundreds of thousands of Japanese devils.
"Okay, good fight, good fight!" Commander Jiang was very happy to walk back and forth in the office!
"Commander-in-chief, I want to remind Commander Wei that the devil's navy may come through the Yangtze River, it is estimated that Wuhan is here, the battle is not over yet, it is impossible for the devil to give up Wuhan so easily, I predict that the morning after tomorrow, the devil's fleet will come over, and Commander Wei needs to prepare in advance!" Li Zongren opened his mouth to remind.
"Yes, commander-in-chief, the devils will not let Wuhan be lost, once they lose Wuhan, then their international reputation will decline very much. There are also a lot of resources in Hubei and the south, they will also be lost, and there is also the Japanese army, it is impossible to give up Wuhan, they will still attack, but. Commander, Wuhan is very difficult to hold! He Yingqin also spoke.
"Whew, Niang Xipi!" When Commander Jiang heard them say this, he scolded, of course, he scolded the devils!
"Now specifying defenses, is it useless?" Commander Jiang looked at them and asked again.
"Our Navy can't stop theirs, and besides, our Air Force is not bad, I'm worried. The devil's navy may shell the three towns of Wuhan! Li Zongren said worriedly.
"It's very likely, but if we send a telegram to Hu Bin, asking whether he is occupying Wuhan now, whether it is to annihilate the devil or to control Wuhan, we need to know what he thinks, if Hu Bin can't be contacted. We can contact Commander Wei, I guess they must have an idea! Li Zongren said.
"Director Zhou. Can you contact Hu Bin? Commander Jiang looked at Director Zhou and asked.
"We can't contact him, but, no matter what, this time we won, even if Wuhan is lost again, we can annihilate many of the devil's troops. According to the information I have received now, the troops of the 99th Army have been dispatched with all their troops, and they are pursuing the retreating troops of the devils, and they are now engaged in a fierce battle! Director Zhou looked at Commander Jiang and said.
"Well, you're right. Anyway, we have recovered Wuhan once, if Wuhan is lost again, I can accept it, and now the Japanese side is not having a good time, since the Battle of Changsha last year, to now, the devil has lost a lot of troops, a small island country, I see how many troops he has, and now he can't win, let's fight with him slowly! Commander Jiang heard it, nodded and said.
He also knows that Wuhan is too difficult to control, the key to controlling Wuhan is the Yangtze River, if you can't control the Yangtze River, controlling Wuhan is also nonsense, it is useless, the devil's fleet can block the Yangtze River, and Hu Bin can make a successful surprise attack tonight, because the devil's fleet is not here.
The devil didn't expect that Hu Bin would suddenly attack Wuhan, if they knew the news in advance, they would definitely mobilize warships to go over, in this case, Hu Bin would not be able to fight at all!
"Send a telegram to Wei Lihuang, Wuhan, if you can defend it, it doesn't matter if you can't hold it, they can kill the devils, if they can recover Wuhan once, they can recover it twice, I believe that the soldiers of our country have this ability!" Commander Jiang said to a secretary beside him.
At this time, Wei Lihuang, who arranged for the troops to transport supplies in Wuhan, after receiving the telegram from Commander Jiang, thought about it for a while, sat down, and personally wrote a telegram to Commander Jiang, in which he introduced the purpose of the operation, as well as the plan of the operation, and at the end, Wei Lihuang wrote a sentence that he would defend Wuhan to the death and not let Wuhan be occupied by Japan again!
After writing it, Wei Lihuang asked the telegraph operator to send it, and Hu Bin had already led his troops to Huanggang at this time, and he wanted to quickly kill the devils over there, one was to prevent the devils from mobilizing troops on land to attack Wuhan.
The second is that Huangshi has iron ore and copper ore, which are the resources that Hu Bin desperately needs, and Hu Bin must control this place.
The third is to give the devils an illusion, making them think that they are going to fight Xianning and block their retreat line, in fact, they are copying Xianning from behind and surrounding the defenders of Xianning inside, but it is very difficult to fight in this way, and the devils may mobilize troops from Jiujiang to relieve the siege.
At this time, Anan Weiji is rushing to Xianning with hundreds of people, now they have no car, they can only go quickly, to rush to Xianning from this side, if you walk, it is estimated that it will take 2 days, but fortunately, the telegraph they brought is still there, and they notified Xianning's troops and asked them to come here to pick them up, so it is estimated that they will be able to meet the convoy tomorrow morning, and then march to Xianning with the convoy!
"Commander, telegram from the base camp!" While they were running away to rest, the telegraph operator had to receive and receive telegrams, and ran over to say!
"Yaga!" A guard turned on the flashlight to show him the telegram, Anan Wei saw the reproach in the telegram, and scolded, I don't know who he was scolding, but after losing the battle, he must be in a bad mood, and now he sees the reproach telegram in the base camp, he is even more unhappy!
"Yaga, what exactly does the intelligence section of the base camp do? Hu Bin's troops have been maneuvering for hundreds of kilometers, and they don't know, and what are the people of our intelligence department in Henan doing to eat, damn it! Anan Wei looked at the telegram and scolded, but after seeing the content behind, he didn't say anything.
Hideki Tojo, the Minister of War at the base camp, sent a telegram asking him to pay attention to Hu Bin's cutting off the entire retreating force's back route, and told him that he was now talking to the navy, hoping that the navy would send a fleet to help them retreat, and the other was to see when they could occupy Wuhan again!
"Can they imagine the importance of China to our Empire of Japan? Damn, think about Southeast Asia every day, and think about competing with us for military expenses, those bastards! Anan looked at the telegram and cursed.
It is an open secret that the Japanese Navy and the Army are at odds, but now the Navy has the upper hand, and those officers of the Navy simply look down on those people in the Army, and they believe that China's national gate is broken by them, and without the help of their Navy, the Army will not be able to defeat China at all!
At this time, at the Japanese base camp, Hideki Tojo came to visit the home of Admiral Minister Yoshida Zengo.
When they got to the parlor, the two men let the others out, and the two of them sat there.
"I need your help now, there are more than 200,000 warriors in our empire that may be surrounded, and now we need your navy to immediately send a fleet over to attack Wuhan and rescue those trapped warriors!" After Hideki Tojo and the others went out, he spoke directly.
Hideki Tojo knows that Zengo Yoshida must know the news from China!
"Hmph, how did your army fight? In less than a year, the first 12 divisions were wiped out, and now there is a second time, do you think there are many warriors in our empire? Yoshida said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"I think we can talk about this later, I hope you can put the interests of the empire first! Focus on the big picture! Send the fleet over as soon as possible. Hideki Tojo sat there and said with a slight bow.
"Alright! There is no problem with this, but you have to promise me one thing, that is, our battle plan for Southeast Asia, you must support us, besides, I don't see the possibility of you opening up the offensive line on the road, if you insist on this, it will be fine, you will fight slowly in the future, and our navy will act first.
You also know that the generals below me all hope to occupy Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia has much richer resources than China, and their resistance is not so fierce, okay, I still send the Third Fleet over, and it will be able to reach Wuhan, China within 2 days, what do you say? Yoshida said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
Hideki Tojo heard it, knelt there, and thought about it!
"You don't have to think about it so much, not only can China not bring us resources now, but also let us have a lot of warriors over there, and now that we control these places, we can already do it.
And you also know that now Chongqing can also replenish a lot of materials through Southeast Asia, so if we can defeat those countries in Southeast Asia, it will be equivalent to cutting off China's back route, in this way, for your army, it will be more powerful, and I won't say much else, you also know that the empire is in urgent need of resources now! Hope you've thought it through! Yoshida said, looking at Hideki Tojo. (To be continued.) )