An airplane nimblely passed through the clouds, pressed down the nose, dived down from the runway, and in the sky, six black spots were hovering. The wheels came into contact with the ground, and then jumped gently before gliding gently.

The plane stopped at the end of the runway and had been waiting for a group of officers next to him. They immediately took a car to the next door. After they arrived, the cabin door had already opened. There were several soldiers standing next to the gangway. The leader was a short officer with a rank on his shoulder.

"Ci Gong." The officer who jumped out of the jeep came over quickly and stood in front of Chen Cheng. The officers behind him saluted Chen Cheng together.

Chen Cheng was worried, then gave a military salute, and then walked straight to the car in the middle without saying a word.

Xue Yue walked beside him, and Chen Cheng didn't even speak along the way. When the car started to start and drove out of the airport, the road from the airport to Changsha was a bit bumpy. Chen Cheng didn't speak, and Xue Yue didn't ask for a question.

"Boling, are you all ready?" Finally, when the car was about to arrive at the headquarters, Chen Cheng spoke.

"The 30th Army has gathered in Henan, the 10th Army is gathered in Rongjiawan, the 19th Army is gathered in Fangshan area, the 11th Army is gathered in Jingzhou, Jiangling, and the 10th Army and the 52nd Army on the third line are rushing to Miluo to act as the second attack wave, and the 73rd Army of the 44th Army is rushing to Huarong." Xue Yue briefly introduced the current deployment of the troops. The arrangement of the Ninth War Zone is light in front and heavy in the back. To the south of the Xinxiang River are the 30th Army and some Hunan Army Guangdong Army, and the Central Army is mainly deployed south of the Miluo River.

After receiving the order from the Military Commission, Xue Yue urgently mobilized the troops north, but Chen Cheng came faster and the troops had not been fully moved.

"Have the situation of the Japanese army in northern Hunan changed?" Chen Cheng asked again.

"No," Xue Yue's answer was very affirmative: "In order to rescue Kanda, Anan Weiji almost took time to northern Hunan. The main force of the 40th Division had secretly headed north, and there was only one Seventh Division left in southern Hunan and southern Hubei."

Anan Weiji secretly dispatched the main force of the 40th Division to head north. This situation could not be hidden from the Chinese secret service, and the situation quickly spread to the Changsha Station of the Military Control Commission. When he spoke, Xue Yue's expression was a little complicated. A year ago, he surrounded the main force of the 11th Army with the Tianlu tactics, but in the end he was broken by the Japanese army. Although he severely damaged the Japanese army, he failed to turn the situation around. Now, if the fifth war zone can completely wipe out Kanda, the entire situation may have changed.

Chen Cheng did not speak, and his thoughts were all kinds of thoughts. He hoped that Zhuang Jihua would succeed, but he was unwilling to succeed. If the Battle of Hubei and Northern Hubei was won, Zhuang Jihua's status in the party and army would inevitably rise sharply, posing a greater threat to his position.

"Cigong, what is the situation in the Battle of Northern Hubei?" Xue Yue couldn't help but ask. Half of China was acting in this large-scale assembly, all because of the Battle of Northern Hubei. As the commander of the Ninth War Zone, he was not very clear about the progress of the Battle of Northern Hubei.

"The 39th Division has been annihilated and surrounded the 58th Division in Jingshan. The main force led by Kanda was blocked north of Zhongxiang. However, when the 13th Division crossed the Han River, Zhuang Jihua was furious and withdrew the positions of Lan Yundong, Guo Jian, Mou Tingfang, and Mo Yushuo, and made them commit crimes and shot Wang Xisu. Now the fierce battle north of Zhongxiang is fierce, and the situation will be in the end, it is still unclear." Chen Cheng briefly introduced the situation of the Battle of North Hubei.

While speaking, the car stopped at the commander's office. The Ninth War Zone Command was not located in Changsha City, but in a small manor at the foot of the Jieshan Mountain in Muyun Town, a major transportation road in the south of the city.

The Chief of Staff of the War Zone, Zhao Jiaxiang, had already led officers from the headquarters to welcome Chen Cheng at the door of the manor. After Chen Cheng got off the car, he did not exchange greetings but went directly to the conference room, which had already been arranged in the conference room.

Chen Cheng and Xue Yue sat in the first place, with a large map of the Nine War Zone hanging on the wall behind, while on the side were maps of the Wuhan and Nanchang regions hanging on it.

"Rugui, let's introduce the situation." After Chen Cheng and others sat down, they ordered an officer who followed him.

The officer stood up and walked to the map, and then said: "The base camp believes that the current battle in northern Hubei has developed into a decisive battle between the two armies of China and Japan. The entire front of the Japanese army has been broken. Our army annihilated the 39th Japanese Division and surrounded the 58th Division, which has formed an encirclement situation for the main force of the 11th Japanese Army led by Kanda, and the battlefield situation is unprecedentedly favorable."

"In order to save Kanda, the entire Chinese dispatched army has begun to take action. Nishio Suzuo and Okamura Yasuji dispatched troops from Jiangnan and North China. However, Commander Zhuang Jihua from the Fifth War Zone has taken some precautions. Near Xinyang, our army concentrated three armies and the Fifth Army cut off the Pinghan line, so it is difficult for the Japanese army in North China to move south in the short term. It takes at least one week for the Japanese army in Jiangnan to go up the river, and it is too late. For this reason, Anan Weiji draws troops from Xiangbei, Nanchang, which creates conditions for our army to counterattack."

"According to the order of the headquarters, the Third War Zone Gu Zhutong of the 24th Army and the 32nd Army will launch a counterattack against Nanchang tomorrow and strive to recover Nanchang."

"Nanchang is just a battle to pull the production. The base camp believes that the Japanese army in northern Hunan is empty, so our Ninth War Zone can take the opportunity to seize Yueyang, and then decide whether to attack Wuhan depending on the situation."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Chen Cheng and then continued: "But Ci Gong believes that the main force of the Japanese army has been completely restrained by the Five War Zones, and the maximum number of Japanese troops in Wuhan is only 7,000 to 8,000. Our army has military strength and air advantages. We cannot just stay at regaining Yueyang. We should go further and strive to win Wuhan."

"For this reason, Mr. Ci has formulated a combat plan." Speaking of this, he picked up his wallet from the table, took out a document and handed it to Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng did not open it but handed it to Xue Yue.

"Duke Ci decided to mobilize the 30th Army, the 10th Army, the 11th Army, the 19th Army, the 10th Army, the 99th Army, the 52th Army, and the 44th Army to form the left attack corps, the 99th Army, the 44th Army, the 11th Army is the left corps, and goes east along the river to attack Qianjiang Xiantao and goes straight to Wuhan; the main force of the war zone, the 30th Army, the 19th Army, the 19th Army, and the 52th Army are the right corps, and the left and right armies formed a clamp-shaped offensive, sweeping north and south Hunan, taking straight to Wuchang city, recapturing Wuchang, and then heading north, joining the fifth war zone to annihilate the Kanda troops."

After Rugui finished speaking, he glanced at Chen Cheng, and saw that he did not express his feelings, so he automatically retreated to his seat. Chen Cheng stood up at this time, supported his hands on the table, and looked at the generals present with bright eyes.

"The Japanese army in northern Hunan and southern Hubei are empty, but the Japanese army in Jiangnan are rushing to Wuhan day and night. If we seize Wuhan, we can cut off the Japanese army's path to west and form a second encirclement of Kanda. Everyone, this battle will become a turning point in the Sino-Japanese War, and even the Allies' war against Japan. Are you confident of fighting this battle?"

Chen Cheng didn't ask if Xue Yue was willing to fight this battle. The Japanese army faced both sides of the left and right only had one regiment, and the rest were the puppet troops. The Ninth War Zone had more than 500,000 troops, which was not counted as the youth army of the four divisions being reorganized, as well as the 62nd and 63rd Army, which were originally affiliated with the Yu Han Strategy Department of the Fourth War Zone, but are now reorganized on the Hunan border.

If you have such a strong force, such a weak enemy, and such a huge fruit of victory, you are not worthy of being called a soldier.

"Don't worry, please resign. The ministry will definitely attack Wuhan and attack Wuchang." Xue Yue was extremely confident. Even if Kanda escaped from northern Hubei and his troops were exhausted and his ammunition was exhausted, it was not worth worrying.

"Very good!" Chen Cheng exclaimed heavily, and then said seriously: "The whole battle situation is a game of chess. In order to coordinate the battle between the Ninth War Zone and the Third War Zone, I stayed in Changsha, and the Hengyang Command moved forward to Changsha to command the battle with the Ninth War Zone Command."

When Xue Yue's expression changed slightly, he immediately returned to normal. Chen Cheng's purpose of this move was self-evident, but his reason was high-sounding and it was difficult to refute. Originally, the Hengyang Command had the ability to command various war zones in Jiangnan. If he wanted to stay in Changsha, he was just to bring the command center in advance.

Xue Yue felt a little unhappy, and Zhao Jiaxiang of course saw it. After the meeting, he quietly pulled Xue Yue aside and persuaded her for a while, and Xue Yue's heart was relieved.

The Nine War Zone gathered heavily on the border between Hunan and Hubei and the new wall in Henan. It was noticed by the Japanese army who were wary of day and night. Colonel Ryoo Kamekawa urgently asked for help from Wuhan. He only had 300 Seventh Division. After Zhong Xiang rebelled, Anan Weiji urgently notified all subordinate troops to be wary of the puppet army's rebellion when the Chinese army attacked.

Before Anan Weiji could react, the 30th Army first crossed the Xinqiang River, and then the 10th Army and the 19th Army successively crossed the Xinqiang River, and the three armies stabbed Yueyang like three steel knives.

The 30th Army took Yueyang directly, while the 19th Army and the 19th Army gave up Yueyang and rushed straight along the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. When the 30th Army approached the city defense, the 7th Division of the Yueyang puppet army announced that when the 30th Army approached the city defense, the 30th Army seized Yueyang without a single shot. Wang Lingji then used the 7th Division as the vanguard to attack Linxiang, and Linxiang went down in one go.

Ryoo Kamekawa did not resist at all. No matter how arrogant the person was, he would not dare to fight against the 200,000 army with three thousand people. He simply left the 7th Division of the puppet army that he did not trust to resist, and led the Japanese army to retreat all the way to Tingsi Bridge.

When Anan Weiji received Guichuan's report, his eyes turned dark and he fell to the ground, which scared the officers around him. As soon as he woke up, Anan Weiji jumped up and immediately ordered the 234 and 235 rebels who had just arrived in Wuhan to go south immediately and rush to Hesheng Bridge.

"Rely on Hesheng Bridge to establish a defense line, block the Chinese army, and wait for reinforcements." Anan Weiji reminded Aoki Seiichi, the commander of the 40th Division, that he could not expect Aoki Seiichi to defeat the 200,000 elite squadron with an army of more than 10,000 people.

Before Aoki Seiichi left, Sakai hurried in, his face pale: "Commander! Commander of the Zhongshan Dun Division called and the Third Chinese War Zone launched an attack on Nanchang. Now the number of the 24th Army and the 32nd Army has been found, with a total force of 160,000."

"Report! Xinyang calls, Wusheng Pass is lost."

"Report, call from Jingshan. The 36th Chinese Army is attacking Jingshan. The outer quakes and ground are all lost. The troops have suffered serious losses and have been withdrawn into the city. The commander of the Shipinya Division requests tactical guidance!"

"......, the commander of the Sadaki Division of Suzuki reported that the attack was blocked and asked for tactical guidance!!"

"The commander of the Kanda Division reported that the 94th Army of the Chinese Army crossed the river in Zhongxiang and entered Zhongxiang City; the 17th Division's attack on Zhongxiang failed; the 101st Army and the 86th Army suddenly logged between Zhongshankou and Shuizhu Forest, the 17th Division was raided and was retreating northwest of Zhongxiang. Kanda Jun asked for tactical guidance!!!"

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Chapter completed!