"The Gong Army must not be allowed to dominate the front. The Japanese Army in North China and the Japanese Army in East China have suffered successive setbacks, especially since the Yangtze River has been cut off by the Japanese army. The Japanese Army in Wuhan is isolated and helpless. At this time, it is the heroic use of our Central Army.

The land of martial arts! I am determined to assemble the fifth and ninth theaters to launch the second battle of Wuhan to deal a serious blow to the Japanese army, to promote the power of our army and strengthen our momentum!"

At this time, Chang Kaishen finally couldn't hold it anymore. Although he also wanted to understand what kind of powerful weapons the CPC had obtained, the successive CPC military operations in Anhui and North China severely damaged the Japanese army, making the whole country feverish.

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He will not be China's great savior to save the crisis. Of course, there are those who are willing to come out and step on the bald head. They follow the CPC and say that the KMT does not resist the war, or is unfavorable in the war. In addition, things like saving the country through curves are exposed, which makes ordinary people

Kaishen is even more passive.

When the Japanese army suffered a heavy setback, it was obviously the best choice to add insult to injury to the Japanese. Although the Japanese army stationed in Wuhan had the strength of several divisions, and even some puppet troops were working as collaborators, it was obvious that the New Fourth Army had cut off the Yangtze River route.

, Japanese support was difficult to reach from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and if the Japanese army in South China wanted to support Wuhan, they had to break through Hunan, which was guarded by Xue Yue, and Changsha

The Japanese army was unable to attack repeatedly, and it was not enough to support the Japanese army in Hubei. Besides, the Japanese army operating in the Central Plains was also restrained by the Gong army. The Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale counterattack, which had set off a storm in the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan border area, and North China

Even the headquarters of the Japanese army was destroyed. The Japanese Central Plains forces will definitely step up their support to North China to prevent the Eighth Route Army from causing greater damage to the occupied areas.

Under such a situation, the Japanese army in Wuhan received no external assistance at all and became a lone army inland. There is no better opportunity than this! Chang Kaishen is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to capture Wuhan, which was once a city.

An important city that was the capital of the Nationalist Government and the starting point of the Revolution of the Republic of China.

For Chang Kaishen's idea, the big guys within the Central Army expressed support, but at this time Zhang Zhizhong made another suggestion: "The New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army were able to defeat the Japanese army many times and achieve great results, all because of that mysterious weapon.

, so that our Central Army can win in one battle, should we also order the New Fourth Army to transfer those powerful weapons to Wuhan to assist our Central Army in fighting the Japanese army?"

This suggestion made by Zhang Zhizhong was actually purely well-intentioned, but it aroused all kinds of eye-rolls from the Central Army bosses present. Chen Cheng even said bluntly: "Invite those 'wheel kings' from the New Fourth Army to help in the war? When Wuhan is captured, what will happen?"

Should it belong to our Central Army or to the New Fourth Army?"

These words were so heart-wrenching that Zhang Zhizhong immediately did not dare to say any more. If it were not for the fact that he was Chang Kaishen's confidant, many of the suggestions he made would have been punished and shot by Chang Kaishen. Watch from Zhang Zhizhong

Come, whether it's the New Fourth Army taking

Whether they conquered Wuhan or the Central Army captured Wuhan, it was the Chinese who liberated Wuhan. With the help of the Chakravartin King, the battle to conquer Wuhan will definitely be much easier, which means that the Central Army can pay less and sacrifice fewer soldiers. This is undoubtedly

It's a good thing.

However, the contradiction between KMT and KMT is also deep-rooted. Zhang Zhizhong does not want CPC to eventually pull KMT down. He will not hesitate to deal with CPC. However, this is the time when foreign enemies are present, and various internal discords and disputes have caused futile efforts.

Consumption is a disaster for the country and the nation.

After Chang Kaishen's military conference, the Central Army's inflexible war machine was still spinning. During the first battle of Wuhan, Chang Kaishen mobilized an army of 1.1 million to fight against 9 Japanese divisions.

A total of 250,000 people. Of course, calculating the size of the Kuomintang army cannot directly determine the combat effectiveness. Even though it was four times more than the Japanese army, the battle was still lost, which also forced the Nationalist government to move the capital to Chongqing.

This new Wuhan battle was also a rare active offensive battle by the Kuomintang army. Considering the current situation of the Japanese army and Chongqing's own situation, Chang Kaishen did not send out a huge lineup of 120 divisions again, but mobilized several

The group army had a total strength of 500,000 men. In order to seek victory in this battle, Chang Kaishen used all his elite troops and spared no effort. At the same time, he also urged the Gui clique and other internal warlords to use their greatest strength to support him.

Fight this battle.

After two months of preparations by the Central Army, this battle was finally launched at the beginning of summer. Chang Kaishen mobilized the Central Army's forces from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Hunan to attack with both fists. He wanted to use his own government to

The army's superior strength led them to attack Huanglong, making it difficult for the Japanese army to defend themselves.

But in fact, as a famous "map military strategist", Chang Kaishen, who was evaluated by Bai Chongxi as "can only lead one platoon of soldiers", did clearly analyze the disadvantages of the Japanese army strategically, but he did not consider the disadvantages of the Kuomintang army at all.

Take this into account. Coupled with his random behavior, the Kuomintang army, which itself is not very strong, is still attacking separately, and the armies of each warlord have different intentions. In the end, it will be reflected on the battlefield, which will be a big trouble.

At the beginning of the battle, the progress of the Kuomintang Army was relatively smooth. The main force of the Central Army that attacked from Chongqing was advancing vigorously. In order to temporarily avoid the edge, the Japanese army took the initiative to withdraw from some peripheral areas, allowing the Kuomintang Army to take over smoothly. That's it.

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The recovery of the humble area made Chang Kaishen elated. He constantly urged the Central Daily News and other media to write articles praising the virtues and introducing the movements of the Nationalist Army, making it appear that Wuhan was close at hand and could be taken back by the Nationalist Army at any time.

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"The Kuomintang army attacked 13 counties in a row without firing a shot. The Japanese army was panicked and Wuhan was in sight!" Under Chang Kaishen's deliberate prompting, such winds were blowing everywhere, but such winds did not keep the Japanese army on guard.

The surrender, on the contrary, made the Kuomintang troops on the front arrogant and complacent. It seemed that if the New Fourth Army could fight against the Japanese, they could also fight against them.

When the Kuomintang army finally reached the outskirts of Wuhan, the Japanese army finally stopped retreating. The Japanese 9th Division and the 106th Division came out from the side and directly cut off the Kuomintang Army whose front was too long.

More than ten thousand people were directly surrounded and the entire army was wiped out. When the retreat was thwarted, they turned around and ran away without instructions from their superiors. The Japanese army immediately pursued them, not only regaining the territory they had given up before, but even approaching Chongqing.

The Kuomintang army coming from the direction of Hunan has not made much progress. Instead, it is more like a show. When it tried to fight a few limited-scale battles with the Japanese army, it was terminated indefinitely after the Central Army on the Western Front was defeated.

Combat operations against Wuhan.
Chapter completed!