Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 550
yes!The Northeast Army is now neglected, and Comrade Wu is already the number two figure in the Northeast Army, but the Guo, Gu Zaichuan, and Hunan departments are still just forwards, and each has two big men behind it.

The two looked at each other, their minds calmed down.

However, Lieutenant General Wu once again turned his gaze to the wilderness outside the headquarters, with a chill in his eyes.

If the lieutenant general had struggled with Tang Dao's proposal before, the fiercely worded telegram from the theater headquarters disappeared completely.

His telegram was sent at [-]:[-] in the morning, but the reply from the theater command was almost two hours later. Obviously, there was a time to ask for instructions back and forth.The authority of the theater command is already extremely large, and it is self-evident who else to ask for instructions.

What situation the Jiaxing army is currently facing, of course, that person is not ignorant. The three infantry divisions seem to have a lot of troops, but what about the Japanese army?The troops came from two directions, and the total strength was much higher than that of the defenders. Not to mention the heavy firepower on the ground, there were still fighter planes in the sky to help out, and since the last attack by the Chinese Air Force more than ten days ago, no one has heard of it. They took to the skies for news.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this battle has already been lost, and what the highest level has to do is to redeploy troops, accumulate strength and then fight the Japanese army decisively.

For the army of Jiaxing, there is still a chance of retreating, even if it is retreating towards Jinling or entering the hills and mountains in Guangde, but in the eyes of that man, the lives of more than 2 soldiers are not as good as the so-called persistence Come more important.

If we treat everyone equally, it's fine, if we fight for the country and the people, [-] Chinese men will die!But the army directly under him was clearly ordered to retreat with all his strength three days ago.

This kind of injustice is like Lieutenant General Guo's opening remarks: "It's chilling!"

Stay away from this battlefield, go to Pengcheng, and use the secret arsenal built ten years ago to replenish soldiers, restore combat effectiveness, and fight the Japanese army again!General Wu, who silently looked into the distance, made his final decision.

Maybe that one didn't expect that because the situation on the front line was corrupt, the order he issued to stick to the army pushed this army of heroes farther away from him. Maybe they would fight under his command because of the fate of the country, but when one day The enemies of the foreign race are not around, and it is extremely difficult for them to point their guns at their own people.

Not to mention, in the northwest, the No. [-] figure in the Northeast Army has actually maintained a good relationship with that army.

In the afternoon, both Guo and Wu received similar calls from their masters behind the scenes: You have lost more than half of your casualties, and you are no longer able to fight anymore. You are now ordered to leave the battlefield and fight again after replenishing your troops!
Once in time and space, the 128th Division had 7000 troops. After seven days of bloody battle in Jiashan, 3000 casualties, close to 50.00% of the battle damage rate, were basically disabled and forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

This time, despite the help of the 67th Army and the 43rd Army, the Japanese army ushered in a more ferocious attack. In order to consolidate the defense line, they even launched continuous night attacks. The casualties were not much less than before. .

With such a casualty rate, coupled with the support of Jiashan's frontline record, the big brother from Hunan Province can naturally roll up his sleeves and scold the Songhu Theater Command, which is about to be abolished, even if he refers to Sang and Huai, because the upcoming defense of Jinling has not yet begun. For the other divisions that needed the Hunan Army to arrive, a group of generals and lieutenants could only hold their noses and listen.

As for the 43rd Army, the King of Sichuan Province, who is recuperating in Jiangxia, has a good reason. The entire army of an infantry division was only one-tenth of the battle on the Songhu battlefield. Are you still not satisfied?Do you have to fill the 200,000 good men from Lao Tzu into the pit dug by your idiots to be happy?
This guy is even worse, simply ignoring a command organization that is about to be abolished, and directly approaching Chief He, the head of the Military and Political Department, and begging him to leave some seeds for the 43rd Army, so that this infantry army that has achieved excellent results in the Battle of Songhu Recovering vitality, he can fight the Japanese army again in the future.

Not as straightforward as the boss of the Hunan Army. He said it politely, but as long as he is not a fool, he will understand: Laozi came out of Sichuan to fight the war, and he never thought of returning home alive, but he can’t let Laozi like you for nothing. Sichuanese sent to death, right?If you don't talk about Wude like this, don't blame Laozi for turning his face and denying others.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that the person who heard this would not only scold Xipi, but also kill chickens and monkeys to show them some color, but the Sichuan Province Basin, which is surrounded by natural dangers such as Qinling Mountains and Wushan Mountains, is now in a very strategic position. It's completely different from the past.

The group of 'elites' who can sit in high positions may not be able to defeat the Japanese because of layers of interests, but they are definitely smart.With the failure of the Battle of Songhu, Jinling was at stake, and the plains of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River may be within the range of the menacing Japanese soldiers. Sichuan Province, which has natural dangers and rich products, has become the best place to go.

The tanks and planes of the Japanese army in the plains can give full play to their strength, but in front of Sichuan Province, which has only one waterway and a few mountain roads that can only be pedestrians, the Japanese can only put wings on the tanks and cannons.

Such a King of Sichuan Province, even that one, would not dare to say that he would not even give a little face to his 'request'.

Not long after the two lieutenant generals received a call back from their respective bosses behind the scenes, a telegram from the Songhu Theater Command to the headquarters arrived: "The Kou has come from Taihu Lake, and the rear of Jiaxing's defense line is empty. It cannot be done, it is advisable to evacuate as soon as possible! Now that Songjiang and Jiashan have suffered heavy losses in the two battles, the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs has ordered that they can go to Jiangbei and other places to repair themselves, wait for the replenishment of troops, and fight the Japanese invaders again in the future!"

Both the Sichuan and Hunan armies are about to withdraw, and the 67th Army, which has lost more than half of it, cannot be said to be forced to stay on the defense line. The Songhu Theater Command simply pushed the boat along and drove away these 20,000 people. Anyway, hundreds of thousands of people have retreated from Songhu now. There is no shortage of soldiers around Jinling.

The hearts of the three of them finally completely let go. With this military order, whether they choose to fight or choose to retreat, they are no longer constrained by the military order.

What they have to worry about now is how to successfully reach the 500-strong army on the [-]-mile long retreat from Jiaxing to Wuhu.

Once Wuhu crosses the Yangtze River and reaches Jiangbei, the Japanese army will never be able to catch up. However, no one cares about the supplementary troops in the telegram of the theater headquarters. Waiting to be fed, how could such a good thing fall on them, a motley crew?
Together, the three lieutenant generals each went to their respective defense zones to convene a meeting with the officers of each division, which could be regarded as a unified thinking before the 500-mile long-distance retreat.

Even if you retreat, you can't run around in a swarm, it is very likely that you will be swarmed by the Japanese.

Lieutenant General Wu was sitting in the headquarters and was still waiting for the generals under his command to report, but a guard ran in first to say that someone he knew was looking for, and asked him, the army commander, to go out to greet him by name.

If it were someone else, the guards who were armed with live ammunition and had gone through the battlefield would have beaten him out with clubs, but this imposing man looked very human at first glance. Ask for instructions.

The so-called acquaintances are naturally not people in the army. If you talk so loudly, you can ask the guards to report if you don't know your registration number. This in itself requires some skill.

Lieutenant General Wu, who was slightly relaxed after solving the most important problem in the army, couldn't help being a little curious. He followed the guards out of the headquarters and walked tens of meters forward. He saw a man wearing a navy blue cotton robe and a long beard. A tall middle-aged man stood there.

"Haha!" Zhongzhong Wu, who was slightly stunned, couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and let out a long laugh.

It is definitely a very gratifying thing to meet an old friend in such a turbulent day, and it is also an interesting old friend.

This is the case with Lieutenant General Wu.

For a long time, except for the moment when Tang Dao sent him the news of the annihilation of the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade from the front line, he had never been in such a happy and joyful mood.

Or maybe it's because of some kind of bad taste psychology?
Regarding this point, Wolong Cliff will not admit it.

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PS: This is an automatically updated chapter. Today, my daughter has a rare day off. I took her out to climb mountains and go for a walk for most of the day. I will update a chapter when I come back at night, around 9 o'clock.You can guess who this is, and the children's boots who guess right will win prizes.

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