Wuhan, the 10th Japanese Army Command.

The Japanese commander had received multiple telegrams from peripheral troops one after another. According to the content of the telegram, the aircraft of the 36th Army had already bombed itself on a large scale and suffered heavy losses.

The commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Devils, Noda Miyahiko, also served as the commander of the 10th Army.

Currently stationed in Wuhan is the 10th Army of the Japanese. The 10th Army is under the jurisdiction of the 18th Division, the 37th Division, and the 92nd Division. In addition, there are the ** 11th Brigade and ** 23rd Brigade.

The Japanese devils were stationed in Wuhan with three divisions and two mixed brigades, plus various personnel, and the total force exceeded 100,000.

At Wuhan Airport, the Japanese also deployed a lot of aircraft. In the entire Wuhan area, the Japanese can be said to have deployed heavy troops.

Noda Miyahiko never expected that the Chinese team would do it to itself so quickly, and it was a large number of aircraft from the 36th Army, and so many aircraft began to bomb its own violently.

"Commander! The 37th Division sent another telegram, and a field infantry corps stationed in Xiantao of the 37th Division was also bombed by aircraft of the 36th Army, losing more than half of it."

Hearing this, Noda Miyahiko was furious, "Damn the 36th Army!"

"His Excellency Commander, we must report to the Nanjing Front Command immediately."

Noda Miyahiko nodded, "Report to Nanjing quickly and request reinforcements."

The Japanese Central Front Command is far away in Nanjing, and the current commander is Matsui Ishione. Seeing the tension in southern China, the Japanese base camp re-activated General Matsui Ishione, who is relatively qualified and experienced, serves as the commander of the Central Front Command.

As one of Japan's seven major fronts during World War II, the Japanese Central Hua Front not only had a population of 500,000, but also retained one of the fronts of the A Division (Since 1939, Japan transferred a large number of A Divisions to Southeast Asia for combat).

Noda Miyahiko had no choice but to report to the Japanese Central China Front Army. In Noda Miyahiko's eyes, the Central China Front Army had more than 500,000 troops, and they could always draw some troops to reinforce him.

In Changsha, not far from Wuhan, the Japanese were stationed with heavy troops, in addition, such as Nanchang, some big cities not far from Wuhan, all stationed with heavy troops.

The Japanese reinforcements may be able to reach Wuhan in two or three days by train, but Noda Miyahiko was obviously wishful thinking. The entire Central China Front Army had to face a large number of ** and Eighth Route Army, and the troops that could be drawn were really limited.

Sure enough, the Japanese Central Hua Front Army soon called back, asking the 10th Army to find a way to face the troops attacking Wuhan. They just drew a ** mixed brigade from Changsha to support the 10th Army.

Seeing such a call, Noda Miyahiko had no choice but to find a way to deploy troops as soon as possible.

There were not many reinforcements, and Noda Miyahiko looked solemn. The Japanese knew that among the troops attacking Wuhan, there were tens of thousands of troops of the 36th Army, and there were also a large number of ***. Of course, most of these *** were Zhang Zizhong's 33rd Army.

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Today is the third day that Zhang Yunfei has reached Jingzhou. The wild horse fighter jets from the two airports of Jingzhou and Yichang have been violently bombing the Japanese for three days, and a large number of Japanese were killed. It is estimated that the Japanese killed by them have reached more than 20,000.

More importantly, a large number of fortifications of the Japanese devils have been destroyed, clearing many obstacles for the offensive of the ground troops.

Jingzhou, the 3rd Column Command.

Zhang Yunfei is listening to the report of Chen Erwa, commander of the 3rd Column. At present, the main force of the 3rd Column has divided into several routes. He has advanced forward dozens of kilometers, and has fought with the Japanese devils more than a dozen times, and has wiped out thousands of Japanese devils.

Among them, the fastest one has recovered Xiantao and is continuing to move eastward. This unit is the First Infantry Division of the 3rd Column. Under the leadership of the First Division Tank Regiment and the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, the attack was smooth.

After listening to Comrade Chen Erwa's report, Zhang Yunfei saw that the attacks of the troops were smooth and proceeded completely according to the combat plan formulated by the group army. Zhang Yunfei was quite satisfied and praised several senior executives of the 3rd Column in person.

"Commander-in-Chief! General Zhang Zizhong of the 33rd Army sent a telegram, which stated that General Zhang was inspecting the front line of the 33rd Army. He is currently in Baishi Town, which is nearly 70 or 80 kilometers away from Wuhan. General Zhang invited the commander-in-chief to go in the telegram."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yunfei was a little confused. He walked to the map and looked at the location of Baishi Town. Then, Zhang Yunfei decided to go over and set off from Jingzhou and drive an off-road vehicle. He could reach it in the afternoon.

Zhang Zizhong is looking for him, maybe something is wrong!

So, Zhang Yunfei said to Chen Erwa: "Prepare a few off-road vehicles for me, and I will set out to Baishi Town immediately."

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei was leaving Jingzhou and heading to the dangerous front, Chen Erwa was slightly surprised and worried about Zhang Yunfei's safety. He couldn't help but dissuade him: "Commander-in-Chief, there are wars ahead now. What if you encounter danger in the past?"

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and looked at Liu Xing next to him and said, "Don't worry, there will be no danger if you have a special forces team accompany me. In addition, your column must pay close attention to the battle situation on the front line. If there is any major matter, even if you report it to me or the Group Army Command."

"Yes!" Seeing that Zhang Yunfei insisted on going to Baishi Town, Chen Erwa thought for a while and said, "Commander-in-Chief, then I'll send a guard battalion to follow you!"

Zhang Yunfei shook his head. There were too many people in a guard battalion, so he naturally couldn't move quickly. Maybe he couldn't reach his destination even after dark. Zhang Yunfei immediately rejected it.

Zhang Yunfei thought for a while, and for the sake of safety, he gave in: "You can just send a guard platoon to follow me, choose a better-skilled comrade."

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei refused to lead a guard battalion, Chen Erwa had to agree and immediately picked up more than 30 soldiers with good skills and rich combat experience, and formed a guard platoon, led by his own guard battalion commander to follow Zhang Yunfei all the way.

At 9:00 a.m., the seven or eight taels off-road vehicle, a command vehicle installed, left Jingzhou, and Zhang Yunfei was riding in the armored command vehicle. This was arranged by Comrade Chen Erwa, commander of the 3rd Column.

Chen Erwa's arrangement was said to be for the convenience of communication, but in fact, it was in consideration of Zhang Yunfei's safety. After all, the protective performance of the armored command vehicle is much better than that of off-road vehicles.

Seeing Chen Erwa's arrangement like this, Zhang Yunfei didn't mind, so he accepted it. He rode in the armored command car and left Jingzhou and headed east.

Those who accompanied Zhang Yunfei were more than a dozen special forces members led by Liu Xing, as well as more than 30 soldiers from the 3rd Column Guard Battalion arranged by Chen Erwa.

The beginning was very smooth because it was the control area of ​​the 3rd Column. At noon, with the excellent off-road performance of off-road vehicles and armored command vehicles, it had already left Jingzhou for nearly 100 kilometers in just two or three hours. It gradually left the control area of ​​the 3rd Column and began to enter the combat zone with relatively complex enemy situations.

On Zhang Yunfei's convoy, many special forces members and guard platoon soldiers began to pay attention to the situation around him. The number one commander was riding in the armored command vehicle, and everyone was still very cautious.

At noon, everyone just stopped and hurriedly ate some dry food they carried with them, and then started the car and the convoy continued to move forward.

After driving forward for more than an hour, and after advancing for 30 to 40 kilometers, the road became rugged and the terrain also entered the mountainous areas from the previous plains.

Seeing the rugged highway full of hills, Liu Xing couldn't help but smile and said, "Commander-in-Chief! If the Japanese ambush on the hills on both sides, they would have a good show."

Zhang Yunfei also laughed. Zhang Yunfei knew that Liu Xing was not worried about the Japanese ambush, but Liu Xing was also a fearless master. At this time, Liu Xing was more mocking the Japanese for not opening his eyes and attacking him.

However, Liu Xing was really a crow-mouthed. There was a team of hundreds of people ambushed on the hills on both sides. However, this team was not a Japanese devil, but a team of the New Fourth Army.

In this area, there are New Fourth Army activities. After receiving information, a small Japanese army will pass by here. Hundreds of New Fourth Army troops have ambushed early on the hills on both sides of the road.

The current New Fourth Army has several major military sub-districts under its jurisdiction. This unit is a unit of one of the military regions. It is affiliated to the 6th Military Sub-district of the Jiangbei Sub-district. It is said to be the 6th Military Sub-district, but in fact it is a radius of dozens of kilometers in the area. Here, the entire New Fourth Army and the New Fourth Army guerrillas are less than 2,000 people.

However, the New Fourth Army, which was ambushing on both sides of the hill, was obviously the regular army of the New Fourth Army, because each soldier was basically wearing military uniforms, a team of hundreds of people, and a few machine guns.

If it were the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army, there would be almost no machine guns. Many of the team members wore ordinary people's clothes, and only a few were wearing military uniforms.

On the top of the hillside on one side of the road, behind a clump of yellow bushes, several New Fourth Army were ambushing. Not far away, you can see many New Fourth Army figures. A little further away, and even a Czech light machine gun was installed.

Everyone was paying close attention to the road not far from the mountain. He heard the sound of vehicles driving on the road. One of the New Fourth Army commanders, who looked like a cadre, quietly opened the security of his 20-sounding Mauser pistol, and then shouted in a low voice: "The enemy is here, listen to my orders. When the enemy is approaching, my gunshots will be fired again and again."

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Chapter completed!