Brickbi Village, Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

When Ouyang heard the order from the headquarters, he felt ten thousand unwilling to accept it.

Going to Wuhan now is like jumping into a fire pit. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, just the majority of the party and state. The discrimination against our party and our army by the army, the few thousand people from the White Tiger Column entered, and even the splash could not be caused.

President Peng explained: "A few days ago, Vice Chairman Zhou called on college students to march and cheer for the record of annihilation of more than 5,800 enemies achieved by our Eighth Route Army at Xiannv Lake, but unexpectedly he was targeted by Chiang Kai-shek."

"Cheng Chiang's usual trick is to promote and kill, use newspapers and public opinion to report on the great victory of Fairy Lake, and immediately put our Eighth Route Army on the cusp of the storm, to inspire the whole country and inspire the people's confidence in resisting Japan."

"Secondly, Lao Jiang proposed: Since a column of your Eighth Route Army is so good at fighting, then transfer the White Tiger Column to Wuhan to defend the rear."

"And before notifying the Eighth Route Army headquarters, this move was published in major mainstream newspapers and released the news. In other words, most people in the country now know that our generals sent a White Tiger Column to cooperate with the National Army and defend Wuhan."

Hearing this, Ouyang sat down on the stool with a depressed buttocks, saying: "In other words, the White Tiger Column and I must go to Wuhan!"

"Um!"

Mr. Peng nodded, and his expression was also helpless.

After receiving the affirmative answer from President Peng, Ouyang knew that it was necessary to go to Wuhan.

Chairman Jiang is such an amazing method!

Just a few reports forced the Eighth Route Army to make compromises.

After all, the Chairman is now the supreme commander of China. During this period of the national war of resistance, his words are also of great power to our party and our army.

In Wuhan, Ouyang really doesn’t want to go, let alone the fierce battle in Wuhan. Secondly, although the White Tiger Column won the Fairy Lake victory, it also suffered a lot of casualties. The team’s combat effectiveness has not yet recovered. It is very difficult to participate in the Wuhan Battle at this moment!

But since the headquarters has nodded, Wuhan has decided.

At this moment, Ouyang asked: "Boss, then when should my department set out?"

"Why!"

Upon hearing this, President Peng sighed again and said, "The headquarters means that the faster the better. After all, with the popularity of the Fairy Lake Victory, our Eighth Route Army's political influence in the country will inevitably reach another level."

"According to my opinion, you'd better arrive in Wuhan before the end of September, otherwise when the battle situation further deteriorates, the casualties of the White Tiger Column will be even greater."

Ouyang nodded, agreeing with President Peng’s statement.

A few days ago, the White Tiger Column also received information about the Battle of Wuhan. In addition to the perception of the time traveler, the Battle of Wuhan is currently in a stalemate stage, but the Party and the State and the Army have shown a decline. Failure is inevitable, but it is hard to say how long it can last.

Immediately, Ouyang's thoughts were immersed in the relevant history of the Battle of Wuhan.

In June 1938, the Wuhan Battle broke out.

The Chinese army participated in the war, with the 5th and 9th theater troops, deployed along the south and north sides of the Yangtze River, and the battlefields spread across four provinces: Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi and Hubei.

At the same time, the defense forces, as well as the air force and navy, total 14 armies, 50 armies, about 200 combat aircraft, more than 30 ships, and a total force of nearly 1.1 million.

The Battle of Wuhan was the strategic defense stage of the Anti-Japanese War, with the largest scale, the longest time and the most annihilated enemies.

On October 25, 1938, Chairman Chiang ordered to abandon Wuhan;

On October 26, 1938, the Japanese army occupied Wuchang and Hankou;

On the 27th, the Japanese army occupied Hanyang.

At this point, all three towns in Wuhan fell, and the Wuhan Battle ended.

In this battle, hundreds of battles were fought, killing and wounding 257,000 Japanese troops. The number of casualties in the national army exceeded more than 400,000.

After this battle, China's anti-Japanese situation changed from a passive defense stage to a stalemate between China and Japan. This battle had a profound impact.

"not good!"

Suddenly, Ouyang woke up from his thoughts, jumped up from the stool, and thought of a key point in his mind that the battle between Wuhan was defeated.

That is - Guangzhou.

One of the important reasons why the Chairman ordered the abandonment of Wuhan was that the Japanese army took the opportunity to capture Guangzhou!

"What? It's shocking!"

President Peng was also shocked by Ouyang's actions and immediately asked, "What are you thinking? I still said the same thing, soldiers come to block the generals, and water comes to cover the soil, so you don't have to worry about being rejected by the national army. After all, now that the enemy is in front of you, Chiang Kai-shek dares to tear apart and attack us."

"I know this!"

Upon hearing this, Ouyang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Boss, I just thought of a problem, that is, Chairman Jiang, who gathered 1.1 million troops from all over the country to defend Wuhan."

"There will be very empty in various places where the troops have been drawn, including Guangzhou, the only port city currently occupied by our country."

Guangzhou?

As soon as the word came out, General Peng also stood up with a "live" look.

He frowned and said, "You mean, the Japanese may take the opportunity to capture Guangzhou."

As early as April 1938, Japan and our base camp formulated a military plan to quickly occupy major ports along the southeastern coast of China.

In May 1938, the Japanese army launched an attack on Xiamen, Fujian, with the purpose of blocking China's coastline and cutting off our country's international aid.

When the Japanese army attacked the coast of Fujian, the Japanese army was shocked.

On the coast of Fujian, the Chinese army has only seven regiments of defense on the coastline of more than 3,000 kilometers, and the key city, Xiamen, also has only one regiment's defense force.

In contrast, the Japanese army had more than 100,000 troops, and the result was conceivable.

A few days later, all the coastlines of more than 3,000 kilometers along Fujian's coast were lost.

Guangzhou has become the only maritime international supply line for our country to obtain international assistance.

Once Guangzhou falls, it will inevitably affect the national war situation, including the Wuhan Battle being in full swing.

After Guangzhou fell, all China's maritime international supply lines were lost, which led to the later Chinese expeditionary force and entered Myanmar to fight. The purpose was to defend the Yunnan-Burma Highway and defend China's last international supply lines.

In early October 1938, the 18th Japanese Division launched an attack on Guangzhou!

"Does the Japanese have such great courage to attack Guangzhou?"

President Peng flatly rejected: "Guangzhou is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau near the estuary of the Pearl River. Hong Kong is now occupied by the British, and Macau is occupied by the Portuguese."

"At the same time, Guangzhou not only has British and French concessions, but also has diplomatic agencies, schools, churches, hospitals, shops, etc. in the surrounding Huizhou, Boluo and other places. "

"In addition, in addition to having loan rights and interests in Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway (UK) and Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway (UK) and France, Britain and France also retain the interests of trade and navigation, especially on the sea surface of Hong Kong, and the British navy, army and air force."

"The Japanese army launched an attack on Guangzhou, which means expelling the forces of European and American countries, which will cause huge losses of interests in European and American countries, especially the impact on Britain, which is conceivable and will inevitably anger Britain."

After hearing President Peng’s analysis, Ouyang Wen also felt that this statement was very logical.

However, the Japanese really did not play according to common sense this time, and were not afraid of the threats from European and American countries. They brazenly dispatched the three navy, army and air force to launch an attack on Guangzhou.

Army: The Japanese army dispatched the 5th Division, the 18th Division, and the 104th Division, with about 80,000 people.

Navy: The Japanese dispatched the 5th Fleet, with 80 large ships, 180 small ships, more than 300 motor ships, 250 sampan ships, 250 fishing boats, 10 tug boats and other various types of ships, totaling more than 2,000.

Air Force: The Japanese army even dispatched a flight regiment with more than 80 aircraft.

In contrast, the Chinese army defending Guangzhou had only 7 divisions and 2 brigades, with scattered troops and lagging behind in equipment. After only half a month of persistence, all Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta regions fell.

The fall of Guangzhou caused China to lose the last line of international maritime supplies and influenced the national war situation.

On October 22, Guangzhou fell;

On October 25, Chairman Jiang had no choice but to abandon Wuhan in order to preserve his troops and supplies. Since then, China and Japan have entered a stalemate on the Chinese battlefield.

At present, Ouyang is very likely to attack Guangzhou by the Japanese army, and he has fought with General Peng to argue with him.

Ouyang said in a deep voice: "Boss, he asked me to go to Wuhan, so why not let us go to Guangzhou!"

""The third update. There will be another big outbreak tomorrow!
Chapter completed!