Commander Koichi Shiozawa truly believed the telegram; his Marines could hold the line.

Everything would be over by tomorrow. Tomorrow, the entire 104th Infantry Division would launch an all-out attack and surely rescue his troops.

This was the normal level and capability of the Fifth Fleet. Commander Koichi Shiozawa had always had great faith in his devils.

The Marines had never let him down before. In the early days of the Battle of Shanghai last year, fifteen hundred Marines held the line against the onslaught of Chiang Kai-shek's three most elite German-trained divisions.

Today, five thousand Marines holding out for a day and a night against the encirclement of the ragtag Chinese army was no problem at all.

With such hopes, Commander Koichi Shiozawa could finally rest easy; he could relax.

As for the loss of two air combat wings of his fleet that morning, he had already relayed the news to the Naval Headquarters.

Commander Koichi Shiozawa had to report it, because after the Fifth Fleet lost two air combat wings, its defensive capabilities were greatly reduced.

He had to get the planes sent over from the homeland as soon as possible, otherwise, the Fifth Fleet's attack capability would be reduced by at least twenty percent.

Commander Koichi Shiozawa could rest, but the devils surrounded, including Shichiro Fueishi, were now watching the Special Operations Brigade soldiers lay mines with their own eyes.

The soldiers were right in front of the defense line, planting directional mines in front of the devils' faces. This was a clear warning to the devils: don't even think about breaking through quietly at night; these mines will explode.

Captain Yuki Fujioka looked at this scene. He had just been thinking of suggesting to organize the devils to break through under the cover of darkness.

Now, without saying it, he knew that this was an impossible mission.

The Fifth Fleet Marines had just been rejoicing that the Special Operations Brigade had temporarily stopped attacking, but now they saw the Special Operations Brigade soldiers installing mines not far away.

The excitement was instantly gone, and they felt that even surviving this ordeal was not worth celebrating.

The Special Operations Brigade soldiers were planting mines more than a hundred meters away from them. Sergeant Yushu Tanaka was quietly lurking, raising his Type 38 rifle, aiming at the Special Operations Brigade soldiers who were crawling to lay mines in the distance.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, very loud in the already silent battlefield.

His shot, although it did not hit a single Special Operations Brigade soldier.

But it had already infuriated Company Commander Hu Xiong: "I listened to the brigade commander's orders, didn't bother with you, didn't blow you up, and you dare to snipe?"

Company Commander Hu loudly ordered: "Infantry artillery! Aim at the devils and blow them up! Heavy machine guns aim at the devils and fire!"

"Thump!"

"Rat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat!" The sound of gunfire rang out.

The intense gunfire rang out again on the battlefield that had just calmed down for less than half an hour.

The Marine devils surrounded in the middle now occupied a small area, all under the surveillance of the Special Operations Brigade.

They were all within the attack range of the Tenth Company, and all the devils were struggling in the artillery fire.

Commander Shichiro Fueishi cursed angrily, "Which mindless devil provoked the Chinese army?

Can't you see the situation? Now the Chinese army has the advantage, and it's the best thing that they don't fire.

Pass down the order: If the Chinese army doesn't attack, no one is allowed to fire or retaliate!"

His order was to tell all the devils not to fight back, for fear that retaliation would cause a greater retaliation from the Special Operations Brigade.

"Hai!" A devil immediately relayed the order.

Sergeant Yushu Tanaka secretly fired a shot just now, thinking that if he could hit an enemy soldier planting mines, he would be commended.

The imagination was beautiful, but the ending was not good. Sergeant Yushu Tanaka was not only not commended, but also had to accept a scolding.

He had just been scolded by Captain Yuki Fujioka, and he had just finished being scolded. He accepted the criticism.

When he fired the first shot, the Special Operations Brigade soldiers did not find his location.

After Sergeant Yushu Tanaka fired a few more shots, his position was exposed.

After he finished accepting the criticism and came back, he immediately received the treatment of being bombarded by several shells as soon as he entered the position.

Sergeant Yushu Tanaka and the four devils who fired with him were all blown into the air. All the devils in the Marine Corps who dared to take the initiative to shoot and cause trouble were killed.

Those devils who were lucky enough to survive had long lost the will to continue fighting, and were really waiting for reinforcements to arrive in the same place with all their hearts.

There was really not a single devil who dared to fire back. These devils were趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴趴
Saltz Commander Yamzawa received the telegram and believed it. His landing force would be able to hold back the Chinese.

Everything would be over tomorrow. Tomorrow, the entire 104th Infantry Division would launch an all-out attack, and they would definitely be able to rescue his team.

This was the normal level and capability of the Fifth Fleet. Commander Yamizawa Koichi had always had great faith in his devils.

The Marine Corps had never let them down before. In the early days of the Battle of Shanghai last year, 1,500 Marine Corps devils held the defense line under the siege of Chang Kaishen's three most elite German-equipped divisions.

Today, there were 5,000 Marine Corps devils, and it was completely fine to hold on for a day and a night in the encirclement of the miscellaneous troops of the National Army.

With such hopes, Commander Yamizawa Koichi could finally rest easy; he could rest assured.

As for the matter of the two air combat teams lost by his fleet this morning, he had already passed the news on to the Naval Headquarters.

Commander Yamizawa Koichi couldn't help but report it, because after his Fifth Fleet lost two air combat teams, its defense capabilities were greatly reduced.

He had to get the lost planes sent over from the island as soon as possible. Otherwise, the attack capability of his Fifth Fleet would be reduced by at least 20%.

Commander Yamizawa Koichi could rest, but Shichiro Fushiki and the surrounded devils were watching the soldiers of the Special Brigade laying mines with their own eyes.

Those soldiers were right in front of the defense line, burying directional bombs in front of the devils. This was a clear warning to the devils: don't even think about quietly breaking out at night, these landmines will explode.

Looking at this scene, Captain Yuki Tojo had just been thinking about suggesting to organize the devils to break out under the cover of darkness.

Now, without saying it, he also knew that this was a completely impossible task.

The devils of the Fifth Fleet's Marine Corps had just been celebrating that the Species Brigade had temporarily stopped attacking, but now they saw the soldiers of the Species Brigade installing landmines not far away.

The excited mood was instantly gone, and they didn't even feel that there was much to celebrate about escaping death.

The positions where the soldiers of the Special Brigade buried landmines were more than a hundred meters away from them. Sergeant Yushu Tanaka quietly lurked, raised his Type 38 rifle, and aimed at the soldiers of the Special Brigade who were lying on their stomachs and deploying landmines in the distance.

With a "bang!" the gunshot was very loud in the already ceasefire battlefield.

Although this shot of his did not hit a soldier of the Special Brigade.

But it had already angered Company Commander Hu Xiong enough: "I listened to the brigade commander's order, didn't bother with you, didn't blow you up, and you dare to shoot cold shots?"

Company Commander Hu loudly ordered: "Infantry artillery! Aim at the devils and blow them up! Heavy machine guns aim at the devils and fire!"

"Dong!"

The sounds of "dudu dudududu!" guns and cannons rang out.

The fierce gunshots on the battlefield, which had just calmed down for less than half an hour, rang out again.

The Marine Corps devils surrounded in the middle didn't occupy much territory now, and were all under the surveillance of the Special Brigade.

They were all within the attack range of the Tenth Company, and all the devils were struggling in the artillery bombardment.

Commander Shichiro Fushiki scolded angrily: "Which short-sighted devil is provoking the National Army?

Can't you see the situation? Now the National Army has the advantage, and it is the greatest good thing that they don't fire.

Pass down the order: if the National Army does not attack, no one is allowed to fire or fight back!"

His order was to tell all the devils not to retaliate, for fear that retaliation would cause greater retaliation from the Special Brigade.

"Hai!" Immediately, a devil passed down the order.

Sergeant Yushu Tanaka had secretly fired a shot just now, thinking that if he could hit an opposing soldier deploying landmines, he would be rewarded.

The imagination was beautiful, but the ending was bad. Sergeant Yushu Tanaka was not only not commended, but also had to accept a scolding.

He had just been reprimanded by Captain Yuki Tojo, and he had just finished being reprimanded. This criticism was accepted.

The soldiers of the Special Brigade did not discover its position when it fired the first shot.

After Sergeant Yushu Tanaka fired a few more shots, its position was exposed.

After it finished accepting the criticism and came back, it immediately received the treatment of being bombarded by several shells as soon as it entered the position.

Sergeant Yushu Tanaka and the four devils who fired with it were all blown up, and all the devils in the Marine Corps who dared to take the initiative to shoot and cause trouble were blown up.

Those lucky devils who were still alive had long lost the will to continue fighting, and really waited for reinforcements to arrive in place with all their hearts.

There was really not a single devil who dared to fire back. These devils were lying on the ground, shivering and waiting for the opposite artillery fire to judge them.

Seeing that the artillery fire on his side had blown the devils' bodies up, Company Commander Hu waited for more than ten minutes.

Seeing that no devil had fought back, he then ordered to stop the bombardment.

Guangzhou had already been lost, and two infantry divisions and a naval fleet of the devils had already entered Guangzhou City.

Moreover, the devils' two infantry divisions were still expanding their gains on the outskirts of Guangzhou City. The hoped-for Western countries did not interfere.

Relying on the strength of the National Army, it was temporarily impossible to push back Guangzhou at all. This had become a foregone conclusion, and Chang Kaishen had to accept this reality.

The channel for receiving and purchasing military funds through the Guangzhou outlet was also cut off by the devils, and the importance of the Guangdong-Han Railway was immediately reduced by several levels.

Under such circumstances, Chang Kaishen believed that the battle around Wuhan had achieved its strategic purpose: to delay the devils' speed of advance, to annihilate a large number of the devils' living forces, and to consume the devils' national strength.

Moreover, the various teams of the National Army were very tired after continuous operations, and several elite divisions had suffered considerable losses and needed to be reorganized.

Moreover, several fortresses on the Yangtze River were now occupied by the devils, and the devils' Third Fleet could directly enter Wuhan.

There was no danger to defend on the Yangtze River for the National Army. In order to preserve the strength to continue the resistance, he decided to implement a combat plan of fighting and retreating, trading space for time and saving people by losing land.

On the 24th, Chang Kaishen ordered the National Army to withdraw from Wuhan, and he and his wife Sung Mei-ling were the last to take off from Wuhan Airport. Less than five minutes after his special plane took off, the captain discovered a plane malfunction and had to urgently return to the airport for an emergency landing.

At this time, the airport was being blown up by the National Army's engineering team, the airport's auxiliary facilities were destroyed, and the airport's oil depot had already exploded at this time.

The engineers on the runway were preparing to destroy the runway, and the captain of Chang Kaishen's special plane finally managed to successfully make an emergency landing at the airport. After repairing the plane for half an hour, it took off from the airport again.

This time, Sung Mei-ling was frightened enough. If their special plane had returned five minutes later, the runway at the airport would have been completely destroyed, and they would not have been able to land so smoothly.

Chang Kaishen greatly praised his subordinates for such quick actions, because his special plane almost couldn't make an emergency landing. If the devils' plane had come, wouldn't it have been the same ending?

With such an idea, extending out, the entire city and countryside would implement such a policy! Even if the devils eventually occupied the city, they would only be able to occupy a ruin.

Chang Kaishen increasingly felt the importance of clearing the fields and strengthening the walls.

The defense line of Xue Yue, the commander of the Second War Zone, was already on the edge of Wuhan. Chang Kaishen's order to retreat from Wuhan had little effect on him. He had to hold this defense line.

After being severely taught a lesson by the Special Brigade, the devils of the 114th Division stayed in place and waited for the arrival of reinforcements.

After the reinforcements arrived, they joined forces with the Hata Detachment and finally captured De'an on the 23rd.

These devils encountered resolute resistance from the National Army when attacking De'an. At this time, the 114th Division was unable to continue the attack and could only confront the Second War Zone here.

The reinforcements replenished by the Hata Shigeichi Detachment this time were collected by himself from the island, and their combat effectiveness was still online. This time, he did not continue to follow the 114th Division to continue to advance forward.

Instead, they turned their heads to attack Wuhan. On October 25, 1938, the Sixth Division of the devils, under the command of Shiro Inaba, broke through the defense line of the garrison troops at Daijiashan on the outskirts of Hankou City and broke into the urban area of Hankou at night.

The devils entered Wuhan City. Although they only got a ruin, Commander Neiji Okamura still greatly told the devils' reporters about their great achievements, and greatly talked about how the devils repelled the National Army and seized Wuhan.

The devils' reporters flocked into the city to report that their team had once again occupied a big city.

After nearly half a year, the devils occupied another big city. The news spread back to the devils' country, which made those devils who ate chaff and vegetables every day very happy.

Their affluent life before the war had completely disappeared in this short year.

The past days were only memories left, and what they could do now was to do the same work as cattle and horses every day, and send the men in their families to the battlefield to fight.

Then they waited for the news of victory from the front line. Before occupying Wuhan, they learned from the newspapers and broadcasts that the 106th Infantry Division was trapped in Wanjialing and was about to be completely annihilated.

The devils on the whole island suddenly became depressed. Finally, they learned that the 106th Infantry Division was rescued under the personal care of their highest leader.

Only then did the devils in the entire island nation have some morale. Now that they heard that Wuhan had finally been captured, the devils in the entire island nation spontaneously organized themselves and ran to the streets to parade.

This was already their last happiness, and only at this time would these ordinary devils be happy.

They looked forward to those devils on the front line continuing to fight and win battles, so that they could have more happiness.

As for their own happiness? Since the beginning of the war, they had lost their happiness. They had lost their lives of plenty and the pain of losing their relatives. They themselves had long lost their happiness.

The only thing that could deceive themselves was that the battles taking place in the distance were like stimulants that made these devils happy.

This method of prolonging life with stimulants was certainly not sustainable. There were also high-ranking devils who had seen the situation clearly, but they were now being kidnapped by public opinion and could not stop the pace of continued aggression at all.

The Wuhan Campaign lasted four and a half months from the fall of Anqing to the fall of Wuhan. People across the country donated money and materials to defend Wuhan, and the enthusiasm for the war of resistance was high.

Suddenly hearing that Wuhan had been lost, these ordinary people in the whole country suddenly fell into pessimism and despair.

Wuhan was lost, and the headquarters of the National Army moved to Chongqing. What if Chongqing was lost? Where else could they move to?

The excitement of the people during the victory in Wanjialing a few days ago had now become: they were too happy too soon.

The National Army on both sides of the Yangtze River began to retreat backward, retreating into the previously prepared rear defense line, and the devils were chasing after them.

The devils' side was very dissatisfied with this Battle of Wuhan, whether it was Okamura Neiji, who directly commanded, or Yan Shiroku, the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army, or Terauchi Hisaichi, the commander of the North China Front Army.

They did not achieve their expected goals in this operation, neither defeating the main elite of the National Army in an organized manner, nor achieving the goal of forcing the National Army government to accept peace talks.

Moreover, they themselves not only spent a huge amount of financial and material resources, but also suffered very huge losses in terms of manpower.

It was precisely because the devils did not achieve their strategic goals in the battle that they decided to achieve their strategic goals in the peace talks.

It was just that the devils' prime minister had issued a statement as early as February, saying that he would no longer negotiate with the National Army government headed by Chang Kaishen.

This was because they believed at the time that the main elite of Chang Kaishen had been defeated, and that the various warlords in this country should then fight each other and seize power.

What the devils did not expect was that this country, which had been fighting civil wars for more than 20 years, suddenly stopped fighting civil wars. All the parties and warlords united to resist the war.

Although Chang Kaishen's elite team was crippled a lot, his political prestige had been greatly improved because he insisted on fighting the war.

The person who could now unite the national masses in this country was still Chang Kaishen, which made the devils embarrassed: on the one hand, they urgently needed to negotiate peace with the National Army, and on the other hand, they told the world that they would no longer negotiate peace with Chang Kaishen.

What could they do about this kind of thing? They could only go back on their word and secretly contact Chang Kaishen to negotiate peace.

At this time, Chang Kaishen also wanted to negotiate peace. The condition he had always hoped for was that he could pay compensation, but he could not cede land. Because he was clear: ceding land would be ceding his future. As long as he ceded land to seek peace, his position would immediately be unsafe.

The devils' ideas were different. They had spent all their national treasury, and they had also borrowed a lot of debt, and tens of thousands of devils had died.

If they did not defend the occupied territories, would so much money be spent in vain? The money could be compensated back by the National Army, but would so many devils have died in vain?

Chang Kaishen did not have much hope for such peace talks. While he sent special envoys to secretly contact the devils, his main energy was still focused on organizing the continued resistance.

Chang Kaishen and the senior officials of the National Army estimated that the devils would immediately attack Changsha next. This Battle of Wuhan was much better than the Battle of Nanjing and the Battle of Xuzhou.

Summarizing the lessons learned, Chang Kaishen believed that there was one experience that was particularly worth paying attention to: clearing the fields and strengthening the walls!

In order to thoroughly implement this policy, he had ordered the National Army in Changsha to prepare.

If the devils attacked Changsha, they must burn the entire Changsha to the ground and not leave any supplies that the devils could use.

The National Army had been stepping up preparations to deal with the devils' next attack. At this time, they were not clear that the situation of the entire war of resistance had quietly changed.

Even the most stubborn war elements within the devils no longer believed that they could completely occupy this country. They were unable to organize a large-scale battle like the Battle of Wuhan.

Commander Terauchi Hisaichi of the North China Front Army had been waiting for Wuhan to end so that he could transfer the Second Army back.

The Jiangbei Detachment and Lunan Detachment of the Special Brigade had already fought to the edge of Jinan these days. The North China Front Army transferred troops from all over the place to intercept them, but they were only able to barely block the Lunan Detachment's offensive momentum.

The devils in 1937. The country had a total of 1.3 billion in gold and foreign exchange. By now, their gold and foreign exchange had been exhausted.

In order to support the Battle of Wuhan, the devils even took back the rifles used for domestic teaching and distributed them to the front line for use.

Their domestic economy had gone bankrupt and was completely supported by the devils' strong combat mood.

The devils had a unified voice internally: to lure the National Army to surrender in order to consolidate the territories they had already obtained, and at the same time to extort a large amount of war reparations from the National Army to alleviate their serious domestic economic problems.

With such ideas, the devils strengthened their activities to lure the National Army to surrender. On the one hand, they formulated a special surrender plan for Wang Jingwei, who had been constantly in contact with them, and on the other hand, they strengthened their surrender activities against Chang Kaishen.

They could no longer organize large-scale battles for military operations, so they could only be forced to reduce the intensity of their attacks, which contradicted Okamura Neiji's idea of taking advantage of the victory to pursue.

What Commander Terauchi Hisaichi of the North China Front Army did not expect was that this Battle of Wuhan had a different ending from the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Nanjing.

Although they had also achieved the goal of occupying a large city, they had not defeated the National Army, which was the most deadly thing.

Commander Higashikunimiya Naruhiko of the Second Army of the North China Front Army received an order from the North China Front Army: to immediately lead the team to retreat!

However, the situation on the battlefield did not allow the Second Army to withdraw from the front of the Fifth War Zone at all. Gangamura Neiji, who had just occupied Wuhan, could only deploy the 11th Army under his command around Wuhan and was no longer able to take over the Jiangbei defense line.

If the Second Army withdrew, those territories that they had fought back with the deaths of 100,000 devils would immediately be taken back by the Fifth War Zone.

Under such circumstances, the Second Army led by Higashikunimiya Naruhiko had no way to retreat at all.

This also made Commander Terauchi Hisaichi very uncomfortable: he was waiting for the Second Army to return to its established structure so that he could sweep the Lunan base area.

Now it was good: without troops in his hands, how could he sweep?