July 15, 1939, at 4 pm.

Chongqing.

The sky was a little dark, and the rolling clouds were like wild horses that had broken through the border, covering them with dark hair. At this time, there was no wind, and occasionally a few muffled thunder would be heard faintly, breaking the silence of summer.

"Boom~~~!"

Suddenly, a flash of light suddenly slashed through the sky, followed by a loud rumbling sound, like a giant roaring and roaring, so earth-shaking.

In an instant, heavy rain poured down!

Chongqing camp.

Chairman's Office.

"The principal, the position east of the Han River is lost!"

At this moment, Chairman Jiang closed his eyes tightly, his body couldn't help trembling, and the muscles on his face were constantly twitching.

Director Dai, who was standing in front of Chairman Jiang, also had a pale face and was wet all over. It was impossible to tell whether it was rain or sweat.

"Principal, Principal~~~!"

Boss Dai tried to shout a few times, but Chairman Jiang still had no reaction at all, and still closed his eyes tightly.

After a long time, Chairman Jiang suddenly slapped the table.

"Niang Xipi, Li Zongren's 5th War Zone 35 divisions, hundreds of thousands of elite troops, can't defeat tens of thousands of Japanese troops, and it's simply useless!"

"All positions east of the Han River are lost, and the gateway in Hunan is open. What does this mean?"

"This means that Xiao Japanese is in the area north of the Yangtze River, and there is no worries anymore. You can mobilize heavy troops to enter Hunan at any time."

"Once the large granary in Hunan is lost, the entire anti-Japanese situation in China will completely fall into an ice age. Will millions of countries and soldiers go to fight against the Japanese invaders on hungry?"

At this moment, the anger in Chairman Jiang's heart completely ignited.

Boss Dai, standing in front of the office desk, had his head low and his face became paler.

Chairman Jiang said angrily: "The Battle of Wuhan was lost;

"The Battle of Nanchang lost Nanchang;"

"Only in the Suzao Battle, although our army recovered Zaoyang and Suixian, and repelled the Japanese attack, our army suffered a total of 100,000 elite troops."

"Now, because of his incompetence, all positions east of the Han River were lost. This is undoubtedly a worse situation. Once the Japanese troops enter Hunan, where can we have elite troops to resist the Japanese attack?"

How could Chairman Jiang not be heartbroken when the elite troops of 100,000 national troops die on the battlefield?

Alas, how sad!

After the War of Wuhan ended, although the situation of the entire China's war of resistance entered a stalemate stage of the War of Resistance, the Japanese army still had the advantage.

Our Chinese military is at an absolute disadvantage.

The Japanese army that occupied Wuhan was the 11th Army led by Okamura Yasuji, with only 150,000 troops.

But!

Only these 150,000 Japanese troops have restrained China's army in the four provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui, and more than 100 divisions of the army and nearly one million countries.

Okamura Yasuji's 11th Army can be regarded as the number one elite Japanese army and the most capable army in the Japanese army!

After the end of the Wuhan Battle, the year after the First Changsha Battle, the number of divisions under the Japanese 11th Army remained within the establishment of 7 divisions.

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of each division, the total force of its 150,000 troops is simply terrifying!

Now the door of Hunan is open;

The entire position east of the Han River was lost!

Only these two points will bring China's anti-Japanese war situation to an extremely severe level again!

If you are not careful, the entire Hunan will be in danger of overturning!

If Hunan is lost, it will inevitably cause an extremely painful blow to the entire China War of Resistance, which is far more severe than the loss of Guangzhou and Wuhan towns!

"Principal, the situation has deteriorated so far. Isn't it worse for you to get angry again?"

Boss Dai said respectfully: "The students suggested that our generals should be summoned immediately and then we should make good plans to see if there is room for recovery."

"Um!"

Upon hearing this, Chairman Jiang nodded heavily and said in a deep voice: "Yunnong, now you will ask Ci Xiu to Jingzhi, Shoushan, Jiansheng, Mo San to come to my office immediately."

"Yes, principal!" Boss Dai should drink.

Soon, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Hu Zongnan, Bai Chongxi, and Gu Zhutong rushed to the Chongqing camp to discuss major plans with Chairman Jiang.

The entire meeting lasted for several hours, and finally everyone came to a conclusion.

A terrible conclusion.

"The battle in Hunan is inevitable!"

Moreover, within more than a month, a shocking battle will inevitably occur in Hunan!

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At 11:00 that night.

Guantao County.

Dragon Head Detachment War Room.

Ouyang has been busy with work for a day and is exhausted. He is sleepy and tired, but he is still very happy.

After more than a month, the leading detachment finally regained its strong strength again, and it was more powerful than before.

The main force of the Longtou Detachment, two battalions and five brigades, has a total of more than 5,000 people.

If the county brigades, district brigades and guerrillas are added to each county, the force will increase by more than a thousand more.

The number of troops has reached a peak, and according to the inspection results a few days ago, the newly enlisted soldiers have grown into qualified Eighth Route Army soldiers after hard training and uninterrupted battles. Although they dare not say they are elite troops, Ouyang is not afraid of the ordinary team!

Compared with the gratifying increase in military strength, what excited Ouyang the most was the gradual strengthening of industrial construction.

The arsenal of the Dragon Detachment has completed the recycling and reinstallation of bullets, and can also produce a batch of new bullets every day;

In addition, military strike weapons such as grenades, grenades, conventional landmines have also made great progress. Although the production volume is not large now, with the continuous development of industries such as arsenals, power plants, and steel plants, Ouyang can already foresee that in the near future, the military strength of the leading detachment will surely reach another level.

At this moment, Ouyang was in an impulse.

"Come on the Battle of Handan again!"

But that's all.

Nowadays, the Handan area where the Longtou Detachment is located, its relatively safe environment can be said to be unique. This is a good time to save power.

In recent days, Ouyang has never felt good.

It can be said that it is a double harvest of career and love!

"It's July 15th today. It's not a few days before the 24th Great Heat."

July 24!

Ouyang is looking forward to its arrival.

Because this day is the day when Ouyang and Ye Cunxin get married.

How can Ouyang not be excited?

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Another 3 days passed.

The timeline came to July 18, 1939 at 3 pm.

Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

The scorching summer heat couldn't help but cause problems in the entire headquarters' combat room to rise a few more degrees. Commander-in-chief Zhu, Deputy Commander-in-chief Peng, and Deputy Director of the Political Department Lu Dingyi and the three of them looked particularly solemn.

The atmosphere in the entire combat room is also particularly depressing.

After a long time, the deputy commander-in-chief, Mr. Peng, broke the silence in a straightforward manner, "I don't agree with Chiang Kai-shek's transfer order anyway."

"Where is Hunan now? In the near future, there will be a huge grave filled with countless dead bodies. More than one million people in his party and country cannot solve the problem. Can we send a few thousand people to solve the problem?"

"It's just a joke!"

"Arriving from North China to Hunan will have to travel through several provinces during the period. Not to mention the difficult journey, the Japanese will not be less blocked. If the situation is good, when the team arrives in Hunan, it will definitely lose most of its troops. What's the use of the battle situation at that time?"

President Peng said angrily: "If the situation is not good, all our thousands of soldiers will be wiped out! I firmly oppose this order of irresponsible, without considering the real situation, and making jokes about the lives of my Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhu and Lu Dingyi and two others also nodded with a wry smile.

"snort!"

President Peng snorted coldly and said, "He Ouyang will get married in a few days. How do you ask me to speak up now? Last year's Wuchang defense battle and Guangzhou defense battle, Ouyang and the 512th Brigade have paid, we don't know how much he has paid. Now he actually asked Ouyang to transfer to Hunan by name. What did he Chiang Kai-shek want to do? What exactly did he want to do? Don't you know it?"

After saying that, General Peng stood up angrily and left the war room.
Chapter completed!