Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Dai Li bowed and replied: "Mr. De, don't worry, the vanguard troops in the first theater will definitely arrive in Xinyang tomorrow morning, and all the follow-up troops have already crossed the Yellow River, and they can go to the front line of Xinyang in two days at the latest. According to the information I have learned It basically matches the telegram of the first war zone, so it can’t be wrong.”

Admiral Li nodded, without saying anything more, and made a gesture of invitation to Admiral He in the direction of the sand table.

Admiral He smiled heartily, and seemed to understand why Admiral Li had shirked for a variety of reasons and had not launched a general attack on Jinzhai for so long. All of them didn't see the rabbits and didn't scatter the eagles, and General Li didn't point it out, just walked away.

The conversation between the three of them made the chairman, Chen Chen, and Xue Yue look sideways, each of them looked suddenly enlightened, but they all just looked at each other and didn't say anything more, everyone knew it well.

The chairman of the committee was more concerned about things. As soon as the two left, they hurriedly asked Dai Li, "Yunong, where is the Eighth Route Army now? Is there any new news?"

Dai Li said: "After the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army showed their confidence in the sun, they headed east along the Huaihe River. After more than ten days of concealment, they passed Gushi the day before yesterday. They should be close to Lu'an now. There is nothing else. According to the latest news, it seems that there are not many guerrilla troops left in the eastern Anhui area, and there is no large-scale operation."

The chairman nodded, looked at Xue Yue again, and said, "Boling, are you sure the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army can't defeat Lu'an?"

Xue Yue hesitated for a while, then said: "If Yunong's information is correct, only one 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army will go to Lu'an, I'm sure! Because Lu'an is an important traffic artery for the Japanese army, the last place for hundreds of thousands of troops The way out, the Japanese army must be heavily guarded, and once Lu'an is attacked, reinforcements from Jinzhai, Huoshan, and Hefei in the rear will definitely flock to it. If we can’t hold it, then Lu’an will be fought in vain. They spent a lot of Japanese troops, which is equivalent to making wedding dresses for us. The enemy’s rear is unstable, and Jinzhai will inevitably be in chaos. Jinzhai is vested, and the army of the fifth war zone is suppressing the border, and Liu An is ours."

In terms of command ability alone, Xue Yue is undoubtedly the authority in the headquarters at this time. His words are convincing, and he has once again confirmed that Dai Li's news is correct. The Eighth Route Army pushed back to the enemy's rear, and the situation was gratifying both now and in the future.

At 11:[-] p.m., at the Wuchang Wharf on the south bank of the Yangtze River, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji, the commander of the No. [-] Army of the Japanese Army, stood on a small steamer and wept as he watched the city of Wuchang, which was full of explosions and flames. A group of staff officers and generals were also staring forward, with complex and painful expressions on their faces.

The national army came too fast and suddenly, so they had to blow up all the supplies and important facilities in the city that could not be taken away, and led the troops to flee in a panic.

However, there was absolutely no chaotic scene that the chairman hoped to see. The Japanese army’s naval strength was unmatched by the national army, and there were countless transport ships. The threat of the navy, coupled with the retreat plan formulated by the Japanese army, was also very orderly. Except for the No. 30 Ninth Division who resisted on the periphery, the rest took boats across the river in an orderly manner.Therefore, the scene that the chairman hoped to see did not happen.

Moreover, there is another very important reason for the rapid retreat of the Japanese army.

The Ping-Han Railway was opened to traffic in 1906, and the Yue-Han Railway was completed and opened to traffic in 1936. It departed from Huangsha, Guangzhou, and arrived at Xujiapeng, Wuchang after 44 hours. This is the Yue-Han Wharf, and across the river is the Ping-Han Railway Line.

In order to complete the docking of the two lines and realize the north-south connection, in 1937, the national government spent huge sums of money to build a wharf for trains to cross the river in Xujiapeng, hoping to use several large ferries to complete the connection between the Guangdong-Han and Beijing-Han lines , running through the entire north-south artery. (In fact, the train ferry is not a precedent here. As early as 1933, the train ferry in Nanjing was opened to traffic, successfully connecting the Shanghai-Nanjing Line and the Jinpu Line.)

However, with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this plan was stranded, and the two ferries originally planned to be imported from the United Kingdom failed to arrive as scheduled. However, after the Japanese army occupied Wuhan, they made two self-made ships with The ferry on the rails realizes the docking of two railways.

With these two huge ships, [-] tons of supplies can be transported in one trip, and it can return to the voyage in basically two hours. After one day, ten trips at will is not a problem. If you don’t get on the train, you can load people specially, and the two ships can be transported once. It can reach more than [-].

Because of the unfavorable battle ahead, the Japanese army stopped transporting supplies yesterday and tried their best to ensure that the soldiers crossed the river. So up to now, almost all the troops in Wuchang City have crossed the river, and even the puppet troops have not been left behind.

"Anan-kun, let's go. If you don't leave, the army will probably come to the riverside?" Isamu Kinoshita withdrew his gaze from the direction of Wuchang, and stared at Ananwei for a few words.

The important facility that should be detonated has been detonated, and the city is full of thick smoke and flames, and the fierce gunshots are getting closer and closer. Anan also knows that the No. 30 Ninth Division can't last long, so he closes his eyes in pain , looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "Let's go, order the No. 30 Ninth Division to retreat." Immediately, he walked quickly to the cabin without looking back.

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At the Xujiapeng Wharf, the two Japanese train ferries "Wuhan" and "Nanjing" were moored quietly at the wharf. Perhaps they did as the Romans did, but the Japanese army used Chinese elements in naming the ships.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers on the barge stood in two lines on the left and right sides of the rails with their guns on their backs. There were also some technical soldiers on the rails, carrying yellow cloth bags and holding hammers.

On the river beach, the steel frames and stone plinths connecting the ferry boats are arranged in groups in a well-proportioned way, and the use of the track is determined by the fluctuation of the river water.Steel rails are erected on the stone pier, and the ferry is docked on the steel frame in front of the stone pier. Several soldiers on board are waving small white flags in their hands, and are directing the docking of the steel rails on the ship with the steel rails on the stone pier.

Immediately, a train came slowly and stopped at the Xujiapeng Wharf. The locomotive on the shore pushed several wagons, and slowly and precisely drove into the barge along the rail track. It went back and forth twice, and the last ten wagons drove smoothly into the barge. up the barge.

There was still a large area left in the second half of the barge. Only then did the Japanese command the workers on the shore to board the ship and lay wooden boards on the rails. neatly arranged.