During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang-led army had dozens of major battles with the Japanese army on the front battlefield, and many of them were well-known, but the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan was rarely mentioned.

Why?

Because for the national army and even all Chinese at that time, this battle was unbearable to look back on, and Mr. Jiang even called it "the greatest shame in the history of the War of Resistance".

42,000 soldiers of the National Army were killed and 35,000 were captured; only 673 Japanese soldiers died in battle and more than 2,000 were injured.

The huge difference in casualties between the two sides was unprecedented in the entire War of Resistance.

How could Zhou Xiaoshan not know the consequences and impacts of this battle?

When He Guoguang was taken to the suite where Zhou Xiaoshan and the others were quickly taken by the waiter of Yongzhou Hotel.

Pan Wenhua, Deng Xihou, and Yin Changheng were all there, and even the female relatives came upstairs, right next door to tease Zhou Xiaoshan's second daughter, who had just been two months old.

"Wenhua, Jinkang, Xiaoshan, the Japanese gathered 100,000 people to surround Zhongtiao Mountain and are launching a large-scale attack!"

"What's strange about surrounding Zhongtiao Mountain? Didn't the three Japanese divisions always surround Zhongtiao Mountain? Besides, the 200,000 Chinese army in Zhongtiao Mountain was surrounded by 100,000 Japanese. It makes people laugh at it!"

Deng Xihou had just spoken, and saw Zhou Xiaoshan shook his head and quickly stopped.

He Guoguang did not notice this detail and explained it.

"Because Wei Lihuang and the 18th Group Army are still standing at the foot of Mount Emei to watch the monkeys!"

"My day..."

When the war broke out, the general was detained thousands of miles away, and Deng Xihou wanted to curse his mother.

Zhou Xiaoshan finished the fight.

"The situation may be much worse than on the telegram. When I returned to Sichuan, I passed by Zhongtiao Mountain. The Japanese had been fighting Zhongtiao Mountain for a day or two. According to some information, the Japanese had almost assembled seven divisions near Zhongtiao Mountain and built two front-line airports in Xinxiang and Yuncheng. The Japanese had not launched a large-scale battle against us for a long time. The National Government's attitude towards fighting against Japan was ambiguous, and many generals were very numb. Many Central Army officers in Zhongtiao Mountain were tangled with the Japanese army. I am afraid that the deployment of the most important places was sold to the Japanese!"

"So serious? Did the Japanese go to wipe out several armies in Zhongtiaoshan?"

"I'm afraid it's not all. The Japanese even had the ambition to take down Zhongtiao Mountain and go west to Shaanxi. The small hill. Is their battle really the purpose of Zhongtiao Mountain?"

It was not just Deng Xihou who complained about this now.

Not to mention Guo Xunqi, Tian Songyao cursing, Hu Lian and Liao Yaoxiang are also cursing.

Guo Xunqi picked up a map that the staff officer had just sent with him. His first reaction was the same as those of the Military Commission's big heads, believing that the purpose of the Japanese battle was to go west to Shaanxi.

"I'm a man of his ancestors! A traitor who died was cut into pieces and could not help but cut into pieces. A small group of people sold more than 200,000 troops. Isn't he afraid of lightning?"

"The son of the turtle is in his claws, and the cowhide is so loud that he says what Zhongtiao Mountain is oriental Maginotou, now he has become a Maginotou!"

"Xiaoshan, is it true?"

He Guoguang grabbed Zhou Xiaoshan.

"Can the Sichuan Army Air Flying support Zhongtiao Mountain?"

"Yes, but the Japanese have large aircraft groups to cooperate in combat, and there are airports on the front line to shorten the air stagnation time. The Sichuan Army's dozens of aircraft were dropping off. I can go to a few games to discuss how to support it. But the Air Force is better not to withdraw from Yongzhou. I am afraid that the traitors will sell the Sichuan Army's air celestial flight!"

Zhou Xiaoshan was a little annoyed by the Air Force. The National Government also bought a batch of p40s and recruited the Flying Tigers in Damilijian.

After that, he stared at the Yongzhou airport and ordered it to fly to Sichuan for a while.

Aircraft loss, gasoline, and bombs are not expensive!

Thirteen of the forty pilots who came back first have sacrificed.

The second batch of thirty aircraft supported overseas, plus the original forty aircraft and more than ten aircraft that were candidates, now there are only more than thirty aircraft left.

Li Qingxia ordered that the remaining pilots would take off without teaching a disciple.

"Let them get out. The Japanese have planned to attack Zhongtiaoshan in large numbers. At least hundreds of fighter planes will be mobilized. Even the Flying Tigers know that they will not fight with the Japanese Zero and Jifeng, just their heroes?"

Liu Wenhui's scolding made He Guoguang a little embarrassed.

"You might as well go to report to the committee. Xiaoshan has already analyzed it so thoroughly. The situation of the air force is that the enemy is strong and we are weak. Long-distance expeditions do not solve the problem at all. The key is to look at the ground troops."

Yes, the battle has just started.

He Guoguang, who had just woken up from his dream, hurriedly took Hu Lian and Liao Yaoxiang to call.

Zhou Xiaoshan also asked Qin Guoliang to find Yu Huanshui and meet him at Yongzhou Airport.

Zhou Xiaoshan forgot about this battle between Zhongtiao Mountain.

There is no winner in engaging in frictions on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War.

In this big defeat, the national army will suffer the consequences.

The Japanese liberated three divisions from the confrontation of Zhongtiao Mountain, and pressed all over the place to our Eighth Route Army base, and carried out a bloody and cruel sweep. After this great defeat, the National Government was eager to turn the blame for the failure.

They said in newspapers that the Eighth Route Army would not save them when they died. They seemed to have forgotten that the base area suddenly became extremely difficult.

There are two most critical obstacles now.

The first one is that things happened in Anhui have just happened not long ago.

The Kuomintang and the Communist Party have great distrust.

The second is that after the "December Incident" occurred in December 1939, the army controlled by the Communist Party of China evacuated southwestern Shanxi and controlled northwestern Shanxi; Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army and Yan Xishan's army controlled southern and western Shanxi.

The Eighteenth Army had no soldiers in southern Shanxi.

He rashly sent troops to Zhongtiaoshan. With the current urinary nature of the Party and the country's important members, it would be bad if they were relieved. Those Party and the country's important members must say in the newspaper that they ignore the orders of the Military Commission, and even if they do not relieve them, they will be able to beat the Japanese.

Zhou Xiaoshan is in Yu Huanshui, and Yu Huanshui is also looking for Zhou Xiaoshan.

He also received a telegram. Seeing Zhou Xiaoshan leave the Yongzhou Hotel, he quickly opened the car door as a driver.

The two got into the car, took Qin Guoliang, and set off to the airport.

Unfortunately, Pan Wenhua and Deng Xihou were squeezed in.

Zhou Xiaoshan had to chat with them.

"Xiaoshan, Zhongtiaoshan is really as serious as you said?"

"A big defeat is right away, you can watch it!"

"It's all anti-Japanese troops. Is there any way for them to escape this disaster?"

"Unless the Eighth Route Army takes action!"

"Didn't the Military Commission order the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from southern Shanxi?"

"They have bases in Shandong and Hebei. If they destroy the newly built airports of the Japanese in Xinxiang and attack from the side and rear, it is possible to rescue a large part of the troops."

A month ago, Zhou Xiaoshan contacted Chang Desheng once.

He told him to let the main force in Huxi cross the Yellow River and develop westward with the main force in Liaocheng. It is best to transfer a few artillery groups to go over and stare at the Japanese on the east side of Dongjo Mountain.

Chang Desheng attached great importance to it. Not only did he go there in person, but he even went to Deputy Political Commissar Song of the 129th Division.

Although I haven't entered Shanxi, I'm just off Shanxi.

He also contacted Li Jiayu a week ago and moved closer to Zhongtiao Mountain, saying that there was information that the Japanese were going to attack Zhongtiao Mountain and that he was ready to respond to Zhongtiao Mountain troops breaking out.
Chapter completed!