Jiang Zhongzheng sighed deeply, leaned back on the chair and pinched his temples. Victory in this battle would boost morale, and the good publicity could even overshadow the three eastern provinces.

But if he failed... Jiang Zhongzheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. He could imagine the result. The entire Central Army and the national government would be torn apart. How could he not know that he was only barely holding this shaky military regime together?!

Song, Kong, and Chen families all depend on themselves for their existence. If anything happens to them, their interests will definitely be harmed. Sun Ke and others, who are already extremely dissatisfied with themselves, will not hesitate to attack. When the time comes, the situation will be

It's chaos.

Even if he escapes, the country will lose its glory. If the country's capital is lost, and if the current stable political and economic center is lost, the country will undoubtedly completely lose people's support.

Even the capital that originally supported them will consider fleeing. No one wants to be with a loser, especially in the case of war.

"Rhetoric, I won't say much more. You know the current situation. We must defend the battle in Wuhan. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous."

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Zhongzheng said to Chen Cheng: "I will transfer another one million to you from the funds in the treasury. Send it to the soldiers below, telling them that now is the most critical moment for the party and the country. If this crisis passes, everything will be over."

It’s all easy to talk about.”

Chiang Zhongzheng didn't say that clearly, but Chen Cheng knew what Chiang Zhongzheng meant. As long as he passed this level, Chiang Zhongzheng's reward would definitely be huge.

But Chen Cheng had no happy thoughts at all. Hearing the rumbling gunfire outside the city, Chen Cheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. His ten-day defense was based on the Japanese army maintaining its current offensive.

The military commander had already received news that more than 100,000 Japanese support troops were rushing all the way from the Yangtze River coast. Also coming to support were Japanese river gunboats.

The Central Army currently has about 150,000 troops left in Wuhan, and its heavy firepower is basically relying on some combat anti-aircraft artillery. In this way, it is still suppressed by the Japanese army of less than 100,000.

If the Japanese army increased its troops to 220,000, then the fighting situation can be imagined. The Japanese army's artillery and naval gun support would be enough to destroy most of Wuhan City.

The gap between the two sides was too big and there was no way to fight. But even if the fight couldn't go on, it still had to be fought. Chen Cheng had no choice.

The worst thing is that most of the old city of Wuchang that could have been relied upon was demolished by the government itself, which resulted in most areas of Wuchang being almost undefendable.

In October 1926, the Hubei Provincial Government Affairs Committee made a decision to demolish the Wuchang City Walls, appointed Wan Shengyang as the director of the City Demolition Committee, and set up a Wuchang City Demolition Office. The entire city demolition project was undertaken by the government. The progress of the city demolition continued with the

The current situation changed intermittently, until 1929, all the Wuchang city walls were demolished and the moat was filled in.

As a result, when the Japanese army invaded, the entire Central Army did not even have any solid fortifications. Fortunately, when they were demolishing the city, Zhang Nanxian and others forcibly requested the protection of several city gates and a section of city walls on both sides. This was considered a defense for the Central Army.

A place to rest temporarily.
Chapter completed!