In Chongqing, the commander-in-chief.

Good news from the front line of Xiaogan is coming back one by one!

"Report that the 42nd Army, which belongs to the Second Army, has broken through the defense line of the Japanese army's Zhuji Town!"

"Report, the 48th Army under the 11th Army has broken through the defense line of the Japanese army's Xinpu Town!"

"Report that the 51st Division, which belongs to the 74th Army, has broken into Xiaogan County and is fighting in the streets with the Japanese army!"

"Report, the 42nd Army has broken into Xiaogan County!"

"Report, the 48th Army has broken into Xiaogan County!"

"Report, the Japanese army in Xiaogan City has been completely defeated!"

But it was not all good news. About half an hour ago, news suddenly came from the front line that there were only tens of thousands of wounded people staying in Xiaogan County, and the main force of the Second Japanese Army was no longer known whereabouts!

After hearing this, Principal Chang was very anxious and immediately sent a telegram to the Xiaogan Front Command to step up the search!

At this moment, President Chang and a group of senior generals from the command headquarters are anxiously waiting for news from the front line!

The battle of Wuhan has reached this point, which is an unprecedented victory for the national army. In theory, Principal Chang should be satisfied, but as the saying goes, "It is said that he is greedy for the sake of the Japanese Second Army." Principal Chang began to long for the entire Japanese Second Army to be wiped out!

Because from a strategic perspective, the significance of defeating and destroying the Second Army is completely different!

The Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing until now, and the Chinese and Japanese armies have staged several major battles. The reason why the Kuomintang army always persevered is because every time it is defeated, it is just a defeat and is not completely wiped out by the Japanese army!

Therefore, the degree of attack on the morale of the army is different from the total annihilation!

So, Principal Chang is so anxious now that he is eager to know the whereabouts of the Second Army!

Seeing that Principal Chang was so anxious, Liu Sheng advised: "The principal actually doesn't have to worry. Since the Japanese Second Army gave up maneuvering along the highway, their speed would never be fast. In addition, they had to march in the dark in order to hide their whereabouts, so they could only walk thirty or fifty miles in one night!"

After pausing, Liu Sheng said again: "In other words, the Second Army is still within the encirclement of our army!"

Principal Chang waved his hand and said, "After that being said, I didn't look for the whereabouts of the Japanese Second Army for a moment. I didn't dare to let go of my heart. No, I still have to send another telegram to Xue Yue, asking him to send more troops and expand the search scope. I must find the whereabouts of the Second Army as soon as possible to avoid accidents!"

What President Chang said was that the Second Army was letting it slip away.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a major staff officer came over.

Seeing the major staff officer, including President Chang, everyone looked over.

"Director!" Major Staff walked to Liu Sheng and reported, "The Xiaogan Front Command urgently sent a telegram!"

Liu Sheng glanced at Principal Chang, waved his hand and said, "Remember!"

"Yes!" The major staff officer agreed and opened the folder and said, "The commander-in-chief, the 55th Army belonging to the Third Corps has discovered and intercepted the main force of the Japanese Second Army near Yunwu Mountain!"

"Finished!"

"Stopped!"

"Very good!"

"Now the Second Army is dead!"

"The Fifty-five Army did a beautiful job!"

"It's not just the Second Japanese Army, but also Higashinori's Palace!"

"Yes, the most important thing is that the old devil, Higakiroku, must not let him run away!"

As soon as the major staff officer finished speaking, cheers rang out in the hall, including Chen Shi, He Yingpei and Xu Yongsheng, all of them were happy.

Principal Chang is no exception, he is also happy.

At that moment, Principal Chang said: "Immediately call Xiaogan's front line and ask them to gather and annihilate the Japanese Second Army at all costs. And the old Japanese devil, Niyan, who wants to see people and die, die!

"Yes!" Liu Sheng said, "I want to see people in my life, and I want to see corpses in my life!"

...

Wuchang, Wuhan Garrison Headquarters.

Zhong Yi has moved his command center back to the Wuhan camp.

At this time, Zhong Yi was following a group of combat staff members from the General Staff and a group of senior generals from the Wuhan Garrison Command to evaluate the progress of the Battle of Xiaogan.

Chen Jing'an said: "The 74th Army performed well, especially Qiu Weida's 153rd Brigade, which performed well, but Sun Lianzhong's second army was a bit unsatisfactory."

Liu Futing said: "It probably has something to do with the great losses in the Taierzhuang battle."

Pan Zihe said: "It must be related. In the Taierzhuang Battle, the four divisions of the 2nd Army lost most of the personnel, and their combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly weakened, so it is good to be able to fight like this."

Zhou Mengxiong said: "But the one who performed the worst was Gui Jun!"

Zhang Buwudao: "No, Xinpu Town, which was mainly attacked by the 11th Army of the Gui Army, is closest to Xiaogan County, and the straight line is only ten miles away. Zhuzhan Town and Minji Town are more than 40 miles away from Xiaogan County, but the 11th Army has fallen behind the 74th Army and the Second Army. It's really outrageous!"

Liu Yuanlin said: "You can't say that, after all, the 11th Army went south all the way south and went the farthest! The physical energy consumed is naturally greater."

Shi Zude said: "Anyway, compared with our Wuhan garrison troops, they are all scumbags!"

"That's sure." Zhou Erzi said with a sigh, "If you change to another army to defend Hankou or Hanyang, can you last until the end, and can you wait for the counterattack of the main force of the fifth and ninth war zones? Dream!"

Several brigade commanders were talking very lively, but Zhong Yi did not participate.

Zhong Yi's eyes were always focused on the sand table, and Zhu Liangcheng, Sun Liren and Feng Yuxiang's attention was always focused on Zhong Yi. They vaguely felt that Zhong Yi seemed to have discovered something.

Sure enough, Zhong Yi suddenly pointed to the sand table and said, "Here!"

"Yunwu Mountain?" Sun Liren frowned, "Zi Ren, do you mean that the Japanese army will give up the railway line or even highways and choose to break through from the direction of Yunwu Mountain?"

"Yes!" Zhong Yi said, "The Japanese army will definitely walk through Yunwu Mountain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Shiliang hurried in and reported: "Seat, Xiaogan's front report on the battle situation: The 55th Army of the Second Army found the Japanese army near Yunwu Mountain!"

"It's true that the Japanese really left Yunwu Mountain!"

"Donkey, where can the Japanese run now?"

"There is nowhere to run away, the Japanese are dead now!"

Several brigade commanders present suddenly felt refreshed when they heard this.

"The Second Army will definitely be finished this time." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "But we must also beware of the old Japanese devil, Niyan, and several senior generals of the division who left the troops and fled!"

After saying this, Zhong Yi turned around and said to Zhu Liangcheng: "Old Zhu, let your special operations brigade attack immediately!"
Chapter completed!