As soon as Cheng Jiaji opened his eyes, he realized that he was being carried on a stretcher and walking in the wilderness with the curved stars and moons. Of course, he also saw the Sushuwen and Ma Sanbao who were following the stretcher. The last discovery made Cheng Jiaji feel relieved. You must know that when he woke up, Ma Sanbao led his troops to fight with the Japanese army in the north of the city. Even though he was all here, at least the troops should not be the Japanese army's cover and rushed out of Wuchang City!

"Jun Zuo is awake!" Ma Sanbao cheered in a state of circumcision, and immediately attracted a lot of officers and soldiers of the New 100th Division who were marching in an orderly formation and advancing south with rolling tears.

Cheng Jiaji fainted after vomiting blood, and had just woken up, his body was weak, and he was so stuffy that he was so depressed that he had disappeared. Seeing this, Sashuwen, Ma Sanbao and others quickly persuaded and scolded him, but the officers and soldiers were so excited that they had only persuaded a few to leave, and a large group came over. After the persuasion, they had only surrounded one or two circles, and they had been persuaded to become three layers of the inner and three layers of the outer layer. No wonder Cheng Jiaji had a high status in the minds of these middle and lower-level officers and soldiers, but they could never be weighed by simple affiliation between superiors and subordinates. It may be exaggerated to say that the officers and soldiers regard him as gods, but it would be appropriate to compare Cheng Jiaji as the eternal backbone of this army of great military achievements. After all, the soul of the New One Hundred Division was granted by Cheng Jiaji!

“Everything dispersed.”

Just when Ma Sanbao was forced to fire his gun to deter everyone, a cold and peaceful voice only used three words to solve the current serious crisis.

The officers and soldiers of the New One Hundred Division, who have always been wild in front of the commander, were obeyed silently, and there was only Qian Shen, a mixture of ice and fire, which was cold outside and hot inside.

"Jun's seat! Jun's seat!" Qian Shen rushed forward and held Cheng Jiaji's pale and cold right hand tightly, and shouted in a seemingly calm tone.

Cheng Jiaji pointed his fingers downwards and signaled people to put the stretcher on the ground. He forced himself to spread his lips as if he was a thousand pounds and said word by word: "Brother Wei...Li... the army... bureau."

What he said was so difficult that the six words were not only intermittent, but also a little bit unsatisfactory.

Fortunately, Qian Shen was his close friend and could hear the situation of the troops that Cheng Jiaji was asking about and the development trend of the war situation.

Qian Shen first told Cheng Jiaji that he had slept for thirty-six hours, and it was nine days and night. Then, Cheng Jiaji learned from Qian Shen about a series of things that happened after he fainted! When he learned that Cheng Jiaji vomited blood and was in a coma, Qian Shen quickly rushed to Sheshan to take over the command of the Wuchang defenders, and immediately took the name of all the soldiers of the Forty-Eighth Group Army. From the battalion director who had been authorized by the Military Commission to participate in all the troops in the battlefield, he personally had to coordinate the power of four armies in Wuchang (at this time, the main force of the New Eighteenth Army had arrived). This was a loss. Only in the Wuchang battlefield can the Chinese army firmly grasp the rapid development of the battlefield situation.

The battle was carried out in a way that the Japanese side fought and retreated, and the Chinese side fought steadily and pressed step by step until noon on the 8th. The Japanese army, which seemed to be unwilling to fight, not only completely retreated from the Wuchang city. It was also crushed into two major backings by the Chinese army, which had the advantage of overall combat power and had internal and external peace. The 17th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, which had originally attacked the defense line of Sihe River, and the 3rd Division that had retreated to that area, thousands of Japanese troops crossing the river from Hanyang (seven days).

The two regiments sent by Yokoyama Yong at dusk were limited by objective reasons such as the ships' losses in the previous battle, the fierce blockade of the Chinese army, and the reversal of the battle too quickly, and only more than a thousand people came across the river.) A total of more than 20,000 people were trapped in the southern suburbs of Wuchang. Another group formed by the main force of the Japanese assault corps and the 39th Division, which had already attacked the East City, was seen in the eastern suburbs. There were a little more Japanese troops, with more than 30,000.piaotian Novels.com

At this point, from the surface, the situation around Wuchang is very good!

The lower-level generals who had seen the dawn in the bloody battle for many days were happy and thought that a great victory was coming, but the senior Chinese generals who learned from their respective channels that the Japanese troops of the two divisions were close to Xiangfan were deeply panicked. With their deep experience in the battlefield and their tactical vision, how could they not know how terrible the chain reactions that the two divisions of the Japanese army suddenly appeared on the back of the battlefield were to appear. First, the sixth who had already broken through Mianyang

The five or six armies in the war zone will probably be back to rescue Changyang later, Enshi. After all, Chongqing's safety is overwhelming. And the tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops who had abandoned the Hanshui defense line will inevitably be pressed towards this side. At that time, the military power comparison on the battlefield will be reversed second. The most important thing is that the more than 100,000 Chinese troops entering Hubei are in a lonely army. Not to mention that they were defeated, it is not impossible to destroy the entire army if they were not good.

After understanding these, the extraordinary weakness presented by the Japanese army is easy to explain. People who know that the victory is determined are clearly clenching their fingers into fists, preserving their strength, and waiting for opportunities to fight! Of course, if the Japanese assault corps uses the art of entanglement to hold the Chinese army in front of them tightly, and once the reinforcements arrive, they will have a greater chance of causing heavy damage to their opponents. In fact, if that is true, with the superior battlefield situation, strong combat power, and strong morale of the Chinese army near Wuchang at this moment, they will not be sure to win a great victory. It is precisely because of this that Chiluli chose the most conservative method.

So, all kinds of withdrawal preparations were secretly carried out in the tacit opinion of the senior commanders.

It should be admitted that as a military commander, the battalion director in Sishi is indeed excellent. At night on the 8th, the departments located inside and outside Wuchang City received an order from the battalion director to retreat south without asking for instructions from the military committee. What is a bit sad is that this first-level general who has never fully obtained the command of the battlefield due to excessive intervention by the Military Commission, issued the most practical order in the entire counterattack stage. It caused at least 20,000 unnecessary casualties in the Chinese army! Of course, regarding these troops as the direct subordinate Minister Chen also gave strong support to the battalion director's decision.

After receiving the order, Qian Shen immediately convened an emergency military meeting. At the meeting, he and the 10th Army and the commanders of the New 18th Army reached a consensus to cover the troops' retreat south with a full line of attack.

Under the venting attack of the Chinese army without hesitation, the Japanese assault corps, who knew what the opponent's intentions were, were beaten to the point of being frustrated and unable to take care of themselves!

In this way, from the second half of the night that day, the Chinese army slowly retreated south in an alternate cover manner under the darkness of the night.

Although the main force of the Japanese assault corps launched a pursuit on the morning of the 9th after the rectification of the system, due to the late start, he encountered the Chinese rear guard forces who were defending the danger and failed to cause any substantial damage to the Chinese army...

In contrast, after being defeated by Qian Shen's troops and the 10th Army, the remnants of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army were retreating to the assembly area of ​​Yangxin County on the Hubei-Jiangxi border, which caused more trouble to the Chinese army in the south. Fortunately, the Japanese army had only three or four thousand people. The power was too small. It was just a harassing attack. Moreover, according to Qian Shen, the Fourth Army was famous during the Northern Expedition. Once the troops met, the troops retreated south would be foolproof.

As for the main force of the sixth war zone troops in the Han River, they also turned around and retreated towards Xiling Gorge from 2 a.m. on the 9th day. The 30th Army, which is currently the rear guard of the army, is fighting fiercely with the Japanese army attacking Mianyang and most of the remaining troops of the 68th Division, both sides of Ziqianjiang and prefecture.

After understanding the current situation, Cheng Jiaji, who had recovered some strength, only said a word without any end: "As soon as the Japanese army gained a firm foothold in Yichang, then Yuzhong... would be dangerous!"

Qian Shen, who had obviously realized this, replied calmly: "It's your own fault!"

"He alone will die a hundred times... Isn't it worth cherishing!" Cheng Jiaji's implication was to regret the soldiers and people in Henan.

"Zhong Zun, you are hurt this time, so you'd better have a good rest first! Let's make plans for other things later." Qian Shen, who was also depressed in his heart, whispered softly.

Although Cheng Jiaji did not answer, his eyes were staring at Qian Shen without blinking. Qian Shen knew that he was still concerned about something. He was afraid that he would be even more heartbroken if he continued like this. He had to ask Su Shuwen to prepare for first aid while being unwilling to accept it. He reluctantly handed a stack of paper to Ma Sanbao and asked him to open it one by one for Cheng Jiaji to see.

After reading this dense stack of papers filled with the losses of the divisions of the Forty-Eighth Army in the Wuchang Defense War (including the combat troops led by Qian Shen to the south) and the list of officers at the battalion level or above, Cheng Jiaji's dominance of the mood was undoubtedly bitter and depressed, but there was also a little pride and comfort in it.

After this battle, not to mention the equipment, Cheng Jiaji almost vomited blood again because of the loss of personnel. Nowadays, more than 70,000 seriously injured people were left. This means that since Enshi came out of the division, Cheng Jiaji's troops had more than 20,000 casualties alone. If the number of minor casualties was included, the casualties rate was as high as more than 50%. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of the training status of the Chinese army at that time, the 48th Army had not suffered such serious casualties after suffering such serious casualties.

It is rare to say that the ground collapsed, not to mention that this army can still maintain a very strict military appearance! This makes Cheng Jiaji very proud! What makes him feel a little relieved is that perhaps because the fierce battle in Snake Mountain was mainly carried out in night battles, it is difficult for both sides to list the opponent's officers as the key hunting targets as they did during the day. Among the officers above the New 100th Division's battalion, there are far fewer deaths than he expected. Many old brothers who he thought he would not see again in this life survived with luck!

Next, Cheng Jiaji, who had nothing to do, fell asleep on the stretcher.

A week later, the Forty-Eighth Army, the New Eighteenth Army and the Tenth Army (the Fourth Army was ordered to defend Puqi) retreated to the Yueyang area, and then entered a long rest period.

At that time, with the main forces of the Chinese and Japanese armies returning to defense, the battle had ended.

During the two months, the warring sides mobilized nearly one million troops (including the First World War Zone troops in central Henan and southern Henan). Both the Chinese and Japanese armies paid a heavy price and claimed that they were the winners of the battle. Although they had their own reasons, if they were analyzing the casualties data published by both sides, the Japanese were obviously insufficient. This confidence was insufficient. It mainly means that the Japanese issued a war report that was too fake, and they had no borders. It was so fake that they exposed their weak nature. Such a large-scale battle and there were also a come and go to battle. The Japanese army claimed that they killed more than 100,000 Chinese troops, injured hundreds of thousands of prisoners, but the Japanese themselves only killed 1093 people and injured more than 3,000 people.

Is it possible? Are the Japanese officers and soldiers all supermen in American comics? I am afraid that except for those Japanese citizens who are thousands of miles away, even the Japanese generals and soldiers participating in this battle will not believe this communiqué. But then again, these data are originally used to coax the people in Japan! Although Chongqing inevitably seeps a lot of water in this aspect, its credibility is much stronger than the former. After many years of disturbance, world war historians finally gave an internationally recognized data on the casualties between China and Japan. The Japanese army is between 70,000 and 80,000 and the Chinese army is between 130,000 and 150,000. As for the specific numbers, they can only be submerged in the long river of history.

From a strategic perspective, the Chinese army undoubtedly took a lot of advantage. First, the Xiling Gorge defense line in Shipai was saved, and Chongqing turned danger into safety. Secondly, the Chinese army not only took back the Japanese army and voluntarily abandoned Yueyang, an important city in northern Hunan, but also wedged into Puqi, a threatening nail in southern Hubei. It can be said that China's situation in the border areas of Hunan and Hubei has greatly improved. And if the Japanese army wants to compete for Changsha, Hengyang has become increasingly difficult. Of course, the fall of Yichang offset a lot of these achievements made by the Chinese army, but Yidu's loss and regaining gains allowed China to restrain the Japanese army in Yichang to a large extent. On the contrary, the Japanese army mobilized many troops, suffered heavy casualties, and lost large areas of territory, but the gains were only an isolated city like Yichang. In this comparison, it is self-evident who was the real winner of the battle.

However, another phenomenon is quite interesting. In late April, the battle celebration held in Chongqing was full of resentment. Whether it was the Minister Chen system or the Minister He team, most of the generals at the meeting shouted in unison, saying that the deputy commander-in-chief of the First War Zone who presided over the defense of Henan Central was guilty of losing his duties (they had long seen through the false and insane strategy used by the deputy commander-in-chief, if they had not been unable to obtain the tangible evidence of his intentional instigation of the enemy, they would not have pointed out this unpainful crime.).

Faced with the calls of such a large group of direct generals, even the supreme authorities who have always favored this beloved general were in a dilemma. In the end, it was the Japanese army invaded the military newspaper in Henan, which allowed the deputy commander-in-chief of the First War Zone to escape temporarily. Next, what Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen were worried about happened in a regular manner.

Although Cheng Jiaji was considering the overall situation, he had no choice but to send a message to the Military Commission without any prior grudges after the battle in western Hubei, the Japanese army would likely mobilize troops from both north and south to launch an attack on central Henan, which had achieved the goal of opening up direct contact between the two provinces of Henan and Hubei and expanding its strategic maneuver space. Although the supreme authorities agreed with Cheng Jiaji's suggestions, they specially sent a director of the attendant's office to supervise the First War Zone to prepare for the battle. The First War Zone also urgently deployed troops.

However, after Yichang had the power to block the Chinese army in western Hubei, the Japanese army could empty the main force of the Japanese army in Xiangfan to head north, which means that the strategic decline of the Chinese army in Henan had already begun.

Objectively speaking, under the 27th, 110th, 62th Japanese troops heading south from Kaifeng, Xinxiang and other places, the 37th Japanese Division from Xiangfan and the 7th Mixed Brigade, the Chinese troops stationed in several armies in Henan made heroic resistance, and once used flesh and blood as a means to block the Japanese offensive. It is difficult to understand that at this most critical moment, the deputy commander-in-chief of the First War Zone who was directly designated by the Military Commission as the commander-in-chief of the front battle was missing! During those days, the commander-in-chief of the army on the line of fire shouted loudly, and could not call out the radio call of the former enemy commander-in-chief.

So where is the deputy commander of the war zone? This story can make people feel a sense of inexplicable sorrow! It turns out that when this bad luck deputy commander of the war zone drove a jeep, brought radio equipment and several followers, and ran along Luoye Highway to command the overall battle, he was confiscated by local armed farmers near Yichuan County in the rear, and even the car and radio were snatched away. So the dignified lieutenant general had to walk with his followers. After four days, he was able to walk to Luoyang and cry to the commander of the First War Zone about this bizarre encounter. Finally, a retired deputy division commander with his prestigious county in Yi County came forward, and he redeemed the radio station and password book from the armed farmers.

The war changed rapidly, and the front-line commander-in-chief of one side was absent for four days. The harm was imaginable. Not to mention that during this period, the Japanese Third Chariot Division, which had been stinging in the Mangshan Mountains, was launched.

Nearly two hundred chariots that were pressing towards Luoyang suddenly made the battle situation tilt towards the Japanese side. On May 9th, after the previously fallen Zhengzhou, Xinzheng, Weishi, Sishui, Mixian and Xuchang, the wind and rain in all directions were lost to Zhongzhou Luoyang, Zhongzhou!

After Luoyang, which had a very important strategic position, the Japanese army was able to advance rapidly and occupy Henan for a while. The troops of the First War Zone, which had lost all the barriers, retreated again and again, defeated again and again, and almost failed.

After that, although the Fifth and Tenth War Zones sent large troops to cooperate with the First War Zone to fight back to the death, they did recover some of the lost land, but the situation was hopeless and the overall situation was finally failed.

Given that the Japanese army was ecstatic and wanted to get involved in Guanzhong, the supreme authorities, in desperation, not only drew a large number of troops from all over the place to the newly defeated First War Zone, but also transferred Minister Chen, whom he trusted the most, to the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone. As for the former commander-in-chief of the war zone, they were naturally dismissed. With the full support of the friendly war zone, they had strengthened to the first war zone with the number of troops in the country, and finally resisted the Japanese attempting to enter Shaanxi in Tongguan, Zhuyangguan, Xishankou, and Jingziguan.

Once the battle situation slows down, it’s time to liquidate.

Luoyang was lost and all the Yuzhong was lost. Even the southern and western Henan were lost in the rear for a long time. Who should bear such a great responsibility?

In early June, at the Henan-China Battle Prosecutorial Meeting held in Qingyouhe Town, Shangxian County, Shaanxi Province, this responsibility was clearly counted on the deputy commander-in-chief of the First War Zone.

After the meeting, the person was removed from all positions and was recalled to Chongqing in shame to wait for the handling.

News came to Yueyang. During the counterattack stage of the Western Hubei Battle, several military soldiers who were cheated by this deputy commander were thunderous and cheered, thinking that this person would not escape the sanctions of military law at this time.

However, Cheng Jiaji, Qian Shen and others knew that even for the sake of checks and balances, the supreme authorities would not be able to seriously kill the people of Xie, at most, to hang him up first.

This is true. A month later, this person was appointed commander-in-chief of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi. The temperature of this bench was beyond the expectations of Cheng Jiaji and Qian Shen. It should be noted that although the headquarters of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi have nine counties under the name of the General Headquarters of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi, seven of them are in Yunnan and Guangxi. That is beyond the reach of the highest authorities, and it is not something that a defeated general can afford. As for the remaining two Guizhous

The county seat under its jurisdiction has a population of less than 100,000 and is not as poor as there is no oil or water. It is still a plague-prone area. It is a common practice to have one or two major epidemics every year. In other words, this former deputy commander and commander of the war zone who was once called the King of Henan, now in terms of real power, it is the level of a general public! It is said that during those days, the most common thing he did was to wear a mask to drive away mosquitoes and kill flies to ensure his health!

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