The current situation!

No matter the purpose, Chiang Kai-shek now has no choice but to continue the war of resistance.

Whether it is for the sake of national development or the stability of his own political position, he can only continue to hold high the banner of resistance against Japan.

Unite all the people across the country who support the war of resistance.

If he accepts the armistice agreement proposed by the Japanese, he will be abandoned by all the people who support the war.

Nor will he be accepted by the pro-Japanese faction.

Because within the Nanjing government, the pro-Japanese forces, who have good relations with the Japanese, are actually no smaller than Chiang Kai-shek's forces.

These people have always had good relations with the Japanese political and military circles. Chiang Kai-shek has just slapped the Japanese hard and then offered them a candy.

It is simply impossible to continue to cooperate with the Japanese.

In fact, the armistice agreement proposed by the Japanese is to help the pro-Japanese faction within the Nanjing government to take power.

They are actually very afraid that this country will appear in the current situation: the whole country is united in resisting Japan.

Although the Nanjing government has failed militarily this time, it has achieved great success politically, as Chiang Kai-shek said.

This success is divided into two types: foreign and domestic.

Abroad, even if the mainstream of the business and political circles of Britain and the United States tend to favor Japan from the perspective of interests, they still have to express their support for the Nanjing government's resistance against Japan in terms of public opinion.

Domestically, all the large and small warlords, political groups, parties, and people from all walks of life across the country have stood up and spoken out in support of Chiang Kai-shek's resistance against Japan.

And this expression is not just verbal.

In the past, what gave Chiang Kai-shek the biggest headache was the large and small warlords all over the country. Most of them sent people, provided resources, contributed money, and provided guns to the front line of the war of resistance.

The Sichuan Army, far in the inland, traveled thousands of miles to rush to the battlefield with 100,000 strong men.

This time, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly discovered that the nation's enthusiasm for resisting Japan was so high.

From this, it can be seen that the people have suffered from the Japanese for a long time.

Take Liu Xiang, the "King of Sichuan," for example, who took the initiative to propose that the Nanjing government move its capital to Chongqing.

Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Xiang both know very well what it means for the Nanjing government to move its capital to Chongqing.

This means that Liu Xiang's "King of Sichuan" will completely lose power. As a local warlord, it is impossible for him to compete with the Nanjing government in any way.

This is also what Chiang Kai-shek has dreamed of doing for so many years.

In recent years, Chiang Kai-shek has tried three times to get the Central Army to enter Sichuan, all under the guise of "suppressing bandits."

He tried to get the Central Army to enter Sichuan, but the second time, Liu Xiang himself did the "bandit suppression."

One time, the Central Army suffered a secret loss and had to withdraw.

This time, Liu Xiang not only contributed money and people, but also left Sichuan himself and came to Nanjing in person.

And he stated: "Resist Japan to the end, and never change. Unless the enemy troops withdraw from the country, the Sichuan Army will never return to their hometown!"

The political gains are enormous, but the military failures are also severe.

Even as it is now, in the Battle of Songhu and the days that followed, most of the elite troops in the entire country were lost.

At the same time, it also caused very heavy losses to the Japanese, so they are determined to get Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the resistance against Japan, to step down and support a pro-Japanese government.

It's just that in the current situation, with the people across the country in high spirits to resist Japan, those pro-Japanese factions dare not jump out and engage in large-scale activities.

They can only secretly collude with each other and quietly test the waters at internal meetings of the Nanjing government.

Even so, it has aroused Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance.

The government agencies of the Nanjing government have already set off for Chongqing in advance, and the military institutions are still in Nanjing.

This relocation of the capital was initiated in a hurry, and the decision was made hastily.

There are too many things that need to be done to move the capital of a country.

Especially now, when it is being invaded by a hostile country, it is not only moving a large number of government workers.

More importantly, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are the most important financial and tax regions and industrialized regions in the entire country.

This time, the Nanjing government also needs to mobilize a large number of industrialists and businessmen to move together, which is a huge project.

There are many benefits to moving the capital to Chongqing:

Sichuan is located in the hinterland of the country, surrounded by complex terrain, high mountains and dangerous waters.

It has always been a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

To the east is the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, especially the Three Gorges. Navigation is very difficult even when there is no war.

During the war, every hilltop in the entire Three Gorges is the best position.

This can effectively prevent the Japanese Navy from going up the river.

To the west is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as a natural barrier; to the north are the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains; to the south are the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

More importantly, Sichuan has a population of more than 40 million, and population is the most important factor in war potential.

At the same time, Sichuan also has the title of "Land of Abundance," with fertile land and abundant products.

There is a large population and many troops, and they have been fighting every day for so many years.

The people of Sichuan have become accustomed to the battles between warlords and have a very high tolerance for war.

The most important point is that the performance of the Sichuan soldiers in this Battle of Songhu was so brave.

All of this is what led the Nanjing government to decide to move its capital to Sichuan.

It's just that Sichuan also has its shortcomings: it's too poor!

This poverty does not mean that they have no money, but that the industrial base of the entire Sichuan is too weak.

At this time, the entire province does not yet have a road leading to the outside world.

The most urgent thing for the Nanjing government to do when it moves its capital to Sichuan is to build roads.

And it is not just building one road, but at least building highways directly connecting Chongqing to Shaanxi, Chongqing to Hunan, Chongqing to Hubei, and Chongqing to Guizhou.

The roads within Sichuan also need to be connected.

And the armories in Nanjing and Wuhan must be moved to Chongqing.

In addition, clothing factories, shell factories, bullet factories, and grenade factories all need to be rebuilt.

All of these require the government agencies that have gone there in advance to take action.

Today is November 28th, and in the entire Nanjing area, only Jiangyin is still holding on.

The Japanese 13th Division, which was attacking Jiangyin, has not been allowed to advance one step further.

The entire National Army's defense line in Central China is retreating towards Nanjing step by step.

On the Siyang-Guangde line, five divisions of the Sichuan Army are engaged in fierce fighting.

Just yesterday, the 3,000 Japanese infantry of the 55th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 18th Division, under the cover of ten airplanes and tanks and armored vehicles, attacked the positions of the 146th Division.

Colonel Yamazaki Shiro, the commander of the 55th Regiment, ordered his soldiers: "Attack!"

The 18th Division suffered heavy casualties in Jiaxing when it was attacked by the 128th Division and Lin Fan's special company.

A large number of new recruits were replenished from the country a few days ago.

These new recruits, apart from having a passion, have little to no real combat experience.

They have received military training every year since they started studying in their hometowns.

This time, they were urgently called upon to replenish the large number of troops lost on the front lines.

Ise Taro was called up in this way.

He had just married in his hometown of Kurume, and his new wife, Kumi Momoe, was wearing a new robe and sent him to the recruitment office to sign up.

Ise Taro joined the army in such a confused way, and soon he was on a ship.

After two days of shaking on the sea, he and the other 2,700 people who had set off from his hometown together trudged on the muddy roads of Jiangnan.

Finally, he was assigned to the 55th Regiment and became a small soldier in the regiment.

Today, Ise Taro learned from the old soldiers, arching his body and trying to hide himself behind the tank.

He didn't dare to jump out of the tank's cover like those old soldiers often did to see the battle situation ahead.

During these days, Ise Taro has not yet learned combat skills.

But he has already learned from the old soldiers how to search villages and how to choose wealthy families in those villages.

And search out the gold and silver they hide in various places from those families.

Ise Taro personally saw his squad leader smash a wooden pillar of a family with the butt of his gun a few times and dig out a few gold ingots from the pillar.

He also saw Inoue-kun from his village insert a bayonet into the walls of people's homes and find hidden jewelry.

After entering this land, the first thing Ise Taro learned was how to search for wealth.

The second skill is to find those huaguniang (young girls).

This is the most interesting game in the entire squad, and Ise Taro is the most popular person among the soldiers in this regard.

He can easily find those girls who are hidden in cellars or hiding in attics.

For no other reason, it is just because Ise Taro still remembers the scent of his newlywed wife.

From these girls, he found the joy of a newlywed.

However, what made him a little unhappy was that the captains always killed all these people afterwards.

In the captain's words: We can do anything, but we can't leave any evidence.

Now Ise Taro is following the captain and the others, following behind the tanks, and rushing towards the defending troops on the opposite side.

On the front of these attacking Japanese devils is the 876th Regiment of the 146th Division of the Sichuan Army.

Today is the first time that this team has encountered the Japanese devils, and it is also the first battle they have fought since leaving Sichuan.

The 146th Division has set up a series of traps here, and all the more than 20 mortars of the entire division are concentrated here.

When the Japanese devils rushing in the front entered the pre-set ambush, an order was given.

More than 20 mortars fired at the same time, and dozens of shells instantly exploded in the Japanese tank group.

Five tanks were destroyed on the spot, and a large number of infantry fell.

Ise Taro and his squad were fortunate not to be rushing at the front of the team. He watched the five tanks in front being blown up, and none of the people inside the tanks were able to run out.

And the soldiers of his squadron who were following behind one of the tanks were also blown down in large numbers.

Such a bloody scene made Ise Taro's legs a little weak.

The tank he was following continued to rush towards the front position. Those soldiers who had just been following behind the tank and were lucky enough not to be injured gathered around the tanks behind.

This time, the ambushing troops on the front position were frightened, and they abandoned their positions and fled to the rear.

The 146th Division has fought countless battles in Sichuan over the years, and the battlefield set up this time is several miles long.

Just after bombing the Japanese devils' team, the 55th Regiment, with more than 3,000 people, discovered the target and immediately launched a frantic attack.

The remaining tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese devils fiercely rushed towards the 876th Regiment.

This time, the soldiers of the 867th Regiment could not hold their positions.

The entire 876th Regiment retreated.

This made Honda, the captain of the Japanese infantry, very excited.

He ordered the entire army to pursue and continue to advance.

A Sichuan Army regiment was fleeing in front, and 3,000 Japanese devils and tanks and armored vehicles were chasing closely behind.

They chased like this for two hills, and on the third hill.

There is a 500-meter-wide depression between the two mountains.

The 146th Division had already spread straw and poured kerosene on it here.

The 867th Regiment fled in a panic, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Japanese 55th Regiment chased for more than two miles.

The Japanese devils rushing in the front saw that the soldiers of the 867th Regiment were running in a disorganized formation, obviously about to collapse.

This time, the Japanese devils who were rushing the fastest quickened their pace even more.

When the more than 1,000 Japanese devils and ten or so tanks and armored vehicles chasing the fastest entered the depression.

Liu Zhaoli, the commander of the 146th Division, gave an order.

The firepower ambushed around fired together, and the straw was all lit.

The fierce artillery fire startled the Japanese devils who had fallen into the ambush circle.

When Ise Taro saw the defending troops in the distance firing again, he immediately hid behind the tank and fired randomly in the direction of the gunshots.

The tanks, armored vehicles, and two artillery pieces immediately stopped and began to search for targets.

At this moment, flames suddenly burst out from the entire ground.

All that could be seen was fire and thick smoke, and nothing could be seen more than a meter away.

For a time, fires broke out everywhere, and the entire mountain depression was filled with smoke.

The firepower that the 146th Division had ambushed here was still firing at the Japanese devils in the thick smoke.

The other soldiers of the 55th Regiment, who were originally following behind these more than 1,000 Japanese devils, were frightened by the raging fire in front of them.

They all shouted and retreated, fearing that they would get burned.

The mountain depression was like a big brazier, and the Japanese devils in the brazier were roasted by the fire, either becoming roasted meat or firewood for roasting meat.

At first, some of the Japanese devils in the fire were still insisting on firing outwards.

When Ise Taro saw the fire just starting to burn, he immediately ran away as fast as he could.

He didn't run a few steps before he couldn't see anything in front of him.

However, Ise Taro still didn't stop. He bent down and tried to run in the direction he had come from. Sometimes there were still fire lines burning in front of him, and he had to muster up the courage to cover his head and rush past the fire lines.

Those soldiers who had just laughed at him were no longer firing.

All that could be heard was the sound of many people coughing in the entire mountain depression, as well as the sound of people screaming.

These sounds sounded like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

It was so scary!

At some point, Ise Taro heard footsteps coming from behind him. This was not the time to look back.

He continued to run forward.

The tanks and armored vehicles that the Japanese devils had driven into the mountain depression were still insisting on fighting back when the fire had just started to burn. When the fire became stronger, they could no longer escape.

An hour later, the entire mountain depression was burned into ruins.

Of the thousands of Japanese devils, six ran out and were taken prisoners.

Ise Taro was one of them, and the other five ran out behind him.

All six of them had a lot of blisters on their bodies.

The Japanese devils had a total of nine armored vehicles, four artillery pieces, and three tanks burned in the fire.

On this day, the 146th Division of the Sichuan Army won a great victory.

At the same time:

The two regiments of Meng Haoran Brigade of the 145th Division of the Sichuan Army were ordered to defend Zhongsi'an and Xiasi'an.

Brigade Commander Meng Haoran saw a large number of Japanese devils coming to attack, and roughly estimated that there were more than five or six thousand people.

Brigade Commander Meng immediately asked Division Commander Rao Guohua for instructions to send the 433rd Brigade to the front line to assist in the defense.

When Division Commander Rao Guohua led Tong Yi's 433rd Brigade to Zhongsi'an,

The two regiments of Meng Haoran Brigade had been defeated by the 56th Regiment and the 114th Regiment of the Japanese 18th Division and were fleeing.

More than 6,000 Japanese devils, under the cover of more than a dozen airplanes and more than 20 tanks, were rushing towards Zhongsi'an.

They discovered Tong Yi's 433rd Brigade, which was marching, and immediately swarmed up and surrounded the entire 433rd Brigade.

Shangsi'an, Zhongsi'an, and Xiasi'an are all plains, with no danger to defend.

And nowhere to hide!

The two regiments of the 433rd Brigade were surrounded by Japanese devils on the plain, suffering from airplane bombings, Japanese tank crushing, and attacks by superior Japanese forces.

Brigade Commander Rao Guohua carried a pistol and personally went to the front line to direct the soldiers to resist.

This stabilized the defense line of the entire 433rd Brigade slightly, so that it would not collapse like Meng Brigade.

Colonel Sato Matazaburo, the commander of the 56th Regiment, was extremely excited today.

His team had just landed from Taihu Lake. They originally thought that Si'an was a strategic location and that it would take a price to capture it.

He never expected that it would be so easy to capture Si'an. It was almost as if the team just had to walk forward.

It was just like a simple march.

This fully shows that the morale and combat effectiveness of the team in front of him are just a rabble.

However, when they were in Xiasi'an just now, the defending troops ran too fast. Although they occupied Xiasi'an, they did not have much military success.

Now that they have arrived in Zhongsi'an and surrounded at least 2,000 people, they have to fight a good battle and not let them run away.

Colonel Da Yu Hong of the 114th Regiment also thought the same way.

These two regimental commanders thought the same way and worked together to annihilate the team in front of them.

They are constantly urging the soldiers to outflank from all directions.

The plain terrain of Zhongsi'an.

Made these two regiments, who were accustomed to fighting mountain warfare in Sichuan, suffer heavy losses as soon as they came into contact.

The entire brigade was surrounded by Japanese devils and could not break through the encirclement at all.

Brigade Commander Pan Zuo of the 148th Division discovered that the situation here was critical.

He personally led two regiments to attack the flanks of the Japanese devils from the left.

Colonel Da Yu Hong, who was attacking the two regiments in front of him, suddenly discovered that a 3,000-man team had rushed over from the flanks.

This made him feel uneasy and worried.

He was afraid that this was a trick by the defending troops to lure the enemy in deep. If a 3,000-man team rushed in from the right flank,

The 114th Regiment and the 56th Regiment would be counter-encircled by the defending troops here.

Thinking of this, Colonel Da Yu Hong immediately ordered the soldiers not to rush too fast and not to be led by the defending troops.

Defend in place and wait for the friendly forces on the left and right wings to catch up before continuing to attack.

The actions of the 114th Regiment immediately attracted the attention of Colonel Sato Matazaburo of the 56th Regiment.

Although he did not agree with Colonel Da Yu Hong's judgment, Colonel Sato did not dare to let him advance alone.

Pan Zuo Brigade's attack stopped the Japanese devils who were still attacking the two regiments of the 433rd Brigade.

The brigade of the 145th Division quickly took the opportunity to retreat.

It's just that Zhongsi'an and Xiasi'an have been occupied by Japanese devils at this time.