Although he successfully defended Anqing, forcing the Japanese invaders to attack along the Yangtze River.

However, in other directions, the Japanese invaders were in a state of unstoppable force and conquered the city and land.

After the Japanese invaders occupied Xuzhou, they continued to attack westward.

The Japanese invaders who opened up the Jinpu Railway were even more at will in their stipulations.

The Japanese invaders who headed south from North China attacked west along the Longhai Railway, and kept occupying Kaifeng and threatening Luoyang.

Subsequently, Xuchang, Luohe, Runan (Zhumadian) and other places were successively occupied by the Japanese invaders.

In the third war zone, the Japanese invaders also advanced west from Tonglu, occupied Quzhou, threatened Yingtan, Shangrao, and headed straight to Nanchang.

At this point, a large area of ​​land was lost, and the heavy Japanese troops began to siege Wuhan.

Anqing 67th Army Headquarters. Morale is relatively low.

For more than a month, all the news received was bad news, all the news of defeat.

Faced with the crazy attack of the Japanese invaders, the national army was either defeated or defeated.

A slightly better one is the retreat in an established manner.

The battlefield in the Central Plains has been completely lost.

Now, Anqing and Luzhou have become prominent and are under great pressure from the Japanese invaders.

In particular, the 100th army stationed in Luzhou was threatened by the three sides of the Japanese invaders. They fought fiercely almost every day and suffered personnel losses every day.

As the commander of the 100th Army, Long Muhan is already skinny and withered by cruel battles.

"Specialist, I really can't hold on." On the phone, Long Muhan was dying, "Please arrange someone to replace me quickly."

"Retreat!" Zhang Yong replied.

"What?" Long Muhan was silent. Then he felt unwilling.

He was just sick. Not defeated.

Although he was suffering from illness, the defense line of the 100th Army has not yet collapsed.

"Retreat! Give up Luzhou!" Zhang Yong repeated.

"Specialist..." Long Muhan was still reluctant to let it go.

"Execute the command."

"yes."

Long Muhan had no choice but to agree.

Zhang Yong put down the microphone and looked at the gray sky outside.

Since the September 18th War of Resistance Against Japan, the darkest period of time is coming soon.

Wuhan is about to fall.

In the vast China, half of the country will fall into the opponent.

Both for Lao Jiang and others, it was a very painful torment.

It was from this time that many people were desperate and their thoughts began to shake. They felt that there was no hope of victory.

So, someone betrayed and surrendered to the enemy.

Many miscellaneous troops who were treated unfairly found reasons to surrender to the enemy.

In just two or three years, millions of national troops will rebel and surrender to the enemy.

Darkness before dawn!

Now it's just the beginning.

"Specialist, after giving up Luzhou, all the pressure fell on Anqing."

“We have to buy time as much as possible.”

Zhang Yong said slowly.

I am not a saint.

It is impossible to turn the situation around with one person.

The strengths of the enemy and us are too different. The comprehensive national strength is completely different from heaven and earth.

What he could do was to delay time as much as possible, buy time for the national army in the rear, and improve the defense around Wuhan.

However, very badly, another bad news came...

"Report!"

"The Japanese invaders occupied Xinyang."

This news made everyone extremely uneasy.

Xinyang is the northern gateway to Wuhan! It is an important node of the Pinghan Railway.

Now that the Japanese invaders occupy Xinyang, they can continue to move south along the Pinghan Railway and launch the most direct attack on Wuhan.

"Specialist, if the Japanese invaders occupy Wuhan, go downstream..."

Someone raised concerns.

Everyone's faces became very worried.

If the Japanese invaders occupy Wuhan and Nanchang, Anqing will be surrounded.

At that time, the Japanese invaders will surround them from all directions, and Anqing will die.

"Can't withdraw!"

Zhang Yong shook his head.

Luzhou can give up, but Anqing cannot give up.

Anqing is a strategic location. Once you give up, it will trigger a chain reaction and have a worse impact on the battle situation.

Although the current situation is already very, very bad.

After a few days, the 68 and 69th troops successively advanced south from the eastern foot of the Dabie Mountains and were under the command of Zhang Yong.

These two armies have experienced consecutive bloody battles and long-distance marches, and are very tired. They have a serious shortage of troops. The shortage rate is as high as more than 50%.

Basically, it can be said that these two armies are left with empty spaces. They need to be supplemented urgently.

In fact, the number of people is not the key.

The most fatal thing is the losses of the backbone of the troops. Many veterans have been killed.

Even if you can replenish new recruits, it will be difficult to restore combat effectiveness.

There is no way, you can only defend passively.

Because it is impossible to take the initiative. Without veteran backbones, taking the initiative will be a mess.

"Report!"

"The commander-in-chief's emergency telegram!"

The communications consultant sent a telegram to Zhang Yong.

The commander clearly required in the telegram that Anqing must be guarded to ensure the safety of the three towns in Wuhan.

Zhang Yong read the telegram.

Everyone was quiet.

In the end, Zhang Yong spoke.

"It's over here, let's have a meal first!"

【To be continued】
Chapter completed!