Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

In Hunan Province!

The 22nd Army withdrew to the mountainous area, originally in accordance with the orders of the Jinling Headquarters.

Sun Zhen's troops wanted to enter the county for rest, but Yu Hua felt that the county was not safe.

Only in vast rural areas can the troops quickly restore their vitality. After all, training in the wild will not disturb the people!

Therefore, Sun Zhen took the initiative to contact Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhua and asked them to discuss with Principal Chang.

In the end, the main force of the 22nd Army was hidden in the mountains and a brigade was stationed in the county to maintain order in the county.

After arriving in Hunan Province, the first thing the 22nd Army did was recruit troops.

After all, in the Battle of Wanjialing, the 22nd Army suffered a lot of casualties.

In Liujia Village, Yu Hua personally presided over the recruitment. First, Yu Hua publicized it to the common people.

As long as you join the Sichuan Army, each family can get ten pounds of meat, plus ten pieces of ocean.

Moreover, the Sichuan Army gives soldiers five yuan a month.

These days, due to the impact of years of war, many people do not have enough to eat, especially some families, who cannot get enough to eat.

The common people in Liujiacun couldn't help but feel a little excited after hearing the Sichuan Army's favorable recruitment conditions.

Some people didn't believe it at first, but under the auspices of Yu Hua, he personally distributed meat to the recruits, asked them to receive a set of military uniforms, and gave them ten yuan as settlement allowance.

After seeing this scene, the villagers at the scene thought that the troops in front of them were simply troops of benevolence and righteousness!

He has meat and money...he is so fat!

Therefore, the villagers in Liujia Village were very enthusiastic about joining the army.

Situations like this are happening in villages such as Lijiazhuang, Xiaowangzhuang, and Zhaojiacun.

After the recruitment was completed, the 22nd Army began to train new recruits.

On this day, Yu Hua had just finished the ideological education of the new recruits when he was called to the group army command post by Sun Zhen.

Here, Sun Zhen is analyzing the Wuhan battle with Wang Mingzhang.

When Wang Mingzhang saw Yu Hua coming, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother Yu, you are here just in time."

"After the Wuhan Battle, I analyzed how this battle compares to Xuzhou and Songhu."

"We are not fighting inside Wuhan as a trapped beast, but on the outside, fighting the Japanese army in vast areas such as eastern Hubei, northern Hubei, and northern Jiangxi."

"We fully implemented the policy of defending Wuhan without fighting in Wuhan, and used peripheral maneuvers to firmly delay the Japanese army."

"Brother, do you think my analysis is correct?"

Yu Hua nodded. From the beginning of the war, Principal Chang's Stud in the Battle of Songhu, to the small-scale maneuvers in Xuzhou, and then to the large-scale maneuvers in Wuhan.

The combat experience of the Republic of China army against Japan has been greatly improved! !

At the same time, the Japanese army was also celebrating for taking over Wuhan.

Commander Okamura Neiji of the 11th Japanese Army received an award from the Tokyo Base Camp.

However, Okamura Neji couldn't be happy!

Okamura Neiji saw the Japanese officers hugging the geisha from Tokyo and dancing on the dance floor, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Although Wuhan was captured, the Republic of China government did not surrender!

Okamura Neji was very upset, and Hata Shunroku found Okamura Neji sitting aside drinking.

He came to Okamura Neji: "Okamura-kun, why are you so depressed?"

Seeing Shunroku Hata arriving, Neji Okamura immediately nodded and bowed to say hello: "Your Excellency, Commander."

Shunroku Hata waved his hand: "Sit, sit, sit..."

Okamura Neiji sat down and said, "Your Majesty Commander, I think the Imperial Wuhan Strategy has failed."

When Shunroku Hata, who was eating pastry, heard this, he paused his hand and looked at Neji Okamura: "Okamura-kun, where did you come to such a conclusion?!"

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Okamura Neiji sat down and began his own analysis: "First of all, our initial goal in attacking Wuhan was to destroy the Republic of China government's will to resist."

"Forcing the Republic of China government to sign an alliance under the city, and then obtain a lot of rights and interests from it." "Just like the decisive battle between the imperial army and the Qing army half a century ago!"

"In the First Sino-Japanese War, the imperial army won a complete victory, obtained a large amount of money from the Qing Dynasty, and fed the subjects of the empire!"

"It provides abundant funds for the industrialization of the empire and quickly makes the empire stronger!"

Speaking of this, Okamura Neji's tone was full of pride. After all, the Sino-Japanese War was a turning point in the fate of the empire.

"But!" Okamura Neji's eyes narrowed: "General, you have also seen that the government of the Republic of China is not as weak as the government of the Qing Dynasty."

"They are still fighting and continuing to fight the imperial army."

"The empire is concentrating all its efforts to completely resolve the Far East Incident and end the war."

"Now things are backfired. If the war in the Far East is not resolved, it will be difficult for the empire to withdraw from the battlefield in the Far East."

After hearing what Neji Okamura said, Shunroku Hata remained silent before leaving!

He patted Okamura Neji on the shoulder: "Okamura-kun, please don't say this to anyone in the future. I won't hold you accountable today!"

Hearing this, Okamura Neji stood up and saluted Hata Shunroku!

Hunan Province!

Seeing that his analysis was recognized by Yu Hua, Wang Mingzhang looked at Sun Zhen happily: "Old Sun, take a look!"

"am I right!"

"You were arguing with me just now, but now Brother Yu agrees with my statement."

Sun Zhen didn't pay attention to Wang Mingzhang's words. He smiled slightly and followed with his eyes on Yu Hua.

"Brother Yu!"

Sun Zhen stepped forward and said, "I just received a message from Commander Deng. The Military Commission is going to hold a military meeting at Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue."

"Commander Deng Xihou is coming to this meeting, and our generals from the Sichuan Army will also participate."

"I plan to take your boy with me to Hengshan for a meeting!"

After hearing this, Yu Hua stood still and saluted Sun Zhen: "Yes!"

"Commander Sun, when will we set off?"

"The sooner the better!" Sun Zhen responded: "The old man attaches great importance to this meeting and has been preparing for it for a long time;"

"It is said that preparations started before the battle in Wuhan was over!"

After saying that, Sun Zhen quietly followed Yu Hua: "According to the information obtained by our Sichuan Army, the old man is holding a meeting this time."

"It seems to be the same as the previous supreme military meeting held in the Xuzhou area."

What Sun Zhen said was about Han Fuju being captured and secretly escorted to Wuhan at the Kaifeng military conference.

Wang Mingzhang's eyes widened: "Commander-in-Chief, you mean... this Hengshan Military Conference is also a Hongmen Banquet?"

"Whether it's the Hongmen Banquet or not, we don't know yet!" Sun Zhen picked up the water cup and drank: "But!"

"Let's be careful and we won't make any big mistakes!"

With that said, Sun Zhen turned to look at Yu Hua, who was sitting on the edge drinking water: "Brother Yu, think of a way to deal with it. What should our Sichuan Army do?"

"I'm afraid that Principal Chang will attack our Sichuan Army at the Hengshan Conference. Let's prepare a plan in advance."

"It won't be at a disadvantage when the time comes!"

Now that the Sichuan Army is too powerful, Sun Zhen is afraid that during the Hengshan Conference, Principal Chang will target the Sichuan Army!

The Sichuan Army was plotted several times by Principal Chang before Marshal Liu died of illness, but fortunately Yu Hua successfully disintegrated it.

With Yu Hua's advice, the Sichuan Army did not suffer major changes and maintained stability. (End of chapter)