Chapter 554: The Difficulties of Holding Wuhan
After Hu Bin explained the matter, he continued to rush south. Now he needs to take his troops to move south quickly to lock the Japanese and not let them get closer.
Soon, the clear code telegram of Wuhan's liberation was sent out. Commander Jiang had been waiting in Xi'an, waiting for the telegram about Wuhan. When he saw that Wuhan had been knocked down, he stood up excitedly and shouted to the generals who were also waiting for news here: "Huahan's liberation"
"Oh~" the generals heard it and shouted, and the people in the entire conference room were very excited.
Because this was the first big city they regained. In the last battle of Wuhan, more than 400,000 soldiers were sacrificed on China, including the dam of Nahuayuankou, Henan. More than 10 million people were killed, and more than one million drowned. Two years ago, in order to defend Wuhan, China's sacrifice was too great, but such a great sacrifice was still unable to defend Wuhan.
Now, Hu Bin and Wei Lihuang have adopted sneak attacks, not only taking Wuhan, but also locking up hundreds of thousands of Japanese devils. Once the encirclement is successful, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops here will be wiped out.
"Okay, you're good at playing, you're good at playing." Jiang Tongshuai walked back and forth in the office with great joy.
"Commander, I want to remind Commander Wei that the Japanese navy may come through the Yangtze River. It is estimated that the battle in Wuhan is not over yet, so the Japanese cannot give up Wuhan so easily. I expect that the Japanese fleet will come the morning after tomorrow, and Commander Wei needs to prepare in advance." Li Zongren reminded.
"Yes. Commander-in-Chief. The Japanese will not let Wuhan be lost. Once they lose Wuhan, their reputation in the international community will decline very well. In addition, many resources from Hubei and the south will also be lost. In addition, the Japanese army cannot give up Wuhan. They will still attack, but commander-in-Chief is difficult to defend Wuhan," He Yingqin also said.
"Huh, mom Xipi." When Jiang Tongshuai heard them say this, he cursed, of course he was scolding the Japanese.
"Is it useless to specify defensive measures now?" Jiang Tongshuai looked at them and asked again.
"Our navy can't stop their navy, and our air force is not bad. I'm worried that the Japanese navy may bombard the three towns in Wuhan," Li Zongren said worriedly.
"It's very likely, but should we send Hu Bin a telegram asking him whether he is occupying Wuhan now. Is it to annihilate the Japanese or to control Wuhan? We need to know what he thinks. If Hu Bin can't contact us, we can contact Commander Wei. I guess they must have ideas," Li Zongren said.
"Director Zhou, can you contact Hu Bin?" Jiang Tongshuai looked at Director Zhou and asked.
"You can't contact him, but no matter what, we won this time, even if Wuhan is lost again. We can still annihilate many of the Japanese troops. According to the information I have obtained now, the entire army of the 99th Army has been dispatched, pursuing the Japanese troops retreating, and are now fighting fiercely," Director Zhou said to General Jiang.
"Well, you're right. No matter what, we have recovered Wuhan once. If Wuhan is lost again, I can accept it. It's not easy for Japan to live now. Since the Battle of Changsha last year, the Japanese have lost a lot of troops. A small island country, I see how many troops he has. Now I can't win. We will fight him slowly." Commander Jiang heard it and nodded.
He also knew that Wuhan was too difficult to control. The key to controlling Wuhan was the Yangtze River. If the Yangtze River could not be controlled, it would be useless to control Wuhan. The Japanese fleet could block the Yangtze River, and Hu Bin was able to successfully attack tonight because the Japanese fleet was not here.
The Japanese didn't expect that Hu Bin would suddenly attack Wuhan. If they knew the news in advance, they would definitely mobilize the warships to go there. In this case, Hu Bin could not fight at all.
"Send a telegram to Wei Lihuang. Wuhan, if you can, it doesn't matter if you can. If you can't, they can kill the Japanese. If you can recover Wuhan once, you can recover twice. I believe that the soldiers of our country have this ability," said Jiang Tongshu to a secretary beside him.
At this time, Wei Lihuang, who arranged troops to transport supplies in Wuhan, received a telegram from Jiang Tongshuai. After thinking about it, he sat down and wrote a telegram for Jiang Tongshuai. In the telegram, he introduced the purpose of the operation and the plan of the action. At the end, Wei Lihuang wrote a sentence, "Defend Wuhan to the death, and will not let Wuhan be occupied by Japan again."
After writing, Wei Lihuang asked the telegrapher to send it out, and Hu Bin had already led his troops to Huanggang at this time. He wanted to kill the Japanese there quickly, and the first was to prevent the Japanese from mobilizing troops on land to attack Wuhan.
The second is that Huangshi has iron ore and copper ore. These are resources that Hu Bin urgently needs, and Hu Bin must control this place.
The third is to give the Japanese an illusion that they thought they were going to fight Xianning and block their retreat route. In fact, they surrounded Xianning from behind and surrounded Xianning's defenders. However, it was very difficult to fight like this, and the Japanese might mobilize troops from Jiujiang to rescue the siege.
At this time, Anan Weiji was rushing to Xianning with hundreds of people. Now they have no car, so they can only walk quickly and have to rush to Xianning from here. If they walk, it will probably take two days. Fortunately, the telegram they brought was still there, and they notified Xianning's troops and asked them to pick them up here. So they probably will be able to meet the convoy by tomorrow morning, and then they will march to Xianning with the convoy to Xianning.
"Commander, Telegram from the Base Camp" When they ran away and rested, the telegrapher had to send and receive telegrams and ran over to say
"Baga" A guard turned on the flashlight to show him the telegram. After Anan Weiji saw the content of the rebuke in the telegram, he started to curse. He didn't know who he was scolding. However, after losing the battle, he must be in a bad mood. Now that he saw the rebuke telegram from the base camp, he was even more unhappy
"Baga, what is the intelligence class in the base camp? Hu Bin's troops have been maneuvering for hundreds of kilometers. They don't know. Also, what are the people in Henan doing in our intelligence class? Damn it." Anan Weiji looked at the telegram and scolded, but after seeing the content behind, he didn't say anything.
Headquarters Army Minister Hideki Tojo sent a telegram asking him to pay attention to Hu Bin's retreat route and told him that he was now talking to the Navy and hoped that the Navy would send a fleet to help them retreat. The other is to see when he could occupy Wuhan again.
"The Navy and the others are arrogant and arrogant. Can they imagine the importance of China to our great Japanese empire? Damn it, thinking about Southeast Asia every day, and competing for military expenses with us, those bastards." Anan Weiji cursed at the telegram.
The Japanese Navy and the Army are already an open secret, but the Navy still has the advantage now. The Navy's officers look down on the people in the Army at all. They believe that they broke China's national gates. Without their navy's help, the Army would not be able to defeat China at all.
At this time, on the side of the Japanese base camp, Tojo Hideki came to visit the home of Navy Minister Yoshida Seongo.
After arriving at the living room, the two of them asked the others to go out, and they were the two of them sitting there.
"I need your help now. More than 200,000 warriors in our empire may be surrounded. Now your navy needs to send a fleet to attack Wuhan and rescue those trapped warriors." After Hideki Tojo and others went out, they started talking directly.
Tojo Hideki knows that Yoshida Shingo must have known the news from China
"Hmph, how did your army fight in less than a year? The first time the 12 divisions were wiped out. Now it's the second time. Do you think there are many warriors in our empire?" Yoshida Shingo said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
"I think we can talk about this later. I hope you can send a fleet as soon as possible to put the interests of the empire first and the overall situation first." Hideki Tojo sat there and said with a slightly bow.
"Okay, there is no problem with this, but one thing you have to promise me is our combat plan for Southeast Asia. You must support us. Besides, I don't see the possibility of you opening up the offensive lines on the road. If you insist on this, it's OK. In the future, you will fight slowly and our navy will take action 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 that fierce. If you are right, I will send a third fleet to arrive in Wuhan, China within 2 days. What do you think? Yoshida Shingo said, looking at Hideki Tojo.
Tojo Hideki heard it, and sat there kneeling, thinking about it
"You don't have to think so much. China not only cannot bring us resources to supplement, but also has to let many of our warriors break there. Now we can control these places.
And you also know that Chongqing can also replenish a lot of supplies through Southeast Asia. Therefore, if we can conquer those countries in Southeast Asia, it will be equivalent to cutting off China's retreat. In this way, it will be even more powerful for your army. I won't say much about the rest. You also know that the empire urgently needs resources now, I hope you will consider it clearly," Yoshida Shingo looked at Tojo Hideki and said. To be continued. Mobile phone users please visit
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