Rong City, inside the Governor's Mansion.
"Fourth Aunt, is your publicity department still hiring?”
"Yinhua, in another two days, the marshal will send you back to Yunzhou. Now, the uprising of the Yunnan army has succeeded. The Yunnan army under the leadership of Long Deng and Lu Han has officially established an alliance with our Sichuan army. We have the same guns against the outside world. Your father is also out of danger. Why do you still want to work in our publicity department?”
Sun Feifei's heart was as clear as a mirror. She knew that Duan Yinhua was very disappointed with Baldy Jiang and the National Government under his leadership.
The reason why she did not agree immediately was mainly because Sun Feifei wanted to further confirm Duan Yinhua's true thoughts.
"Old Jiang is incompetent. He first abandoned Jinling and caused a massacre of 300,000 people. Now, Old Jiang has given up on Yiling, the strategic location of his throat. This way, the Great Southwest may very well become the second Jinling…"
At this point, Duan Yinhua could not help but have a murderous look on her face, as if she had a great grudge against Old Jiang.
"Hmph, my father is bent on serving the country. He's clearly a handsome talent, but Baldy Jiang actually asked him to repair the road. This time, if it wasn't for your Sichuan army's full efforts to save him, I'm afraid that father, he...”
Duan Yinhua could not imagine what would happen to Duan Zhongyi if he fell into Baldy Jiang's hands!
After learning that Duan Zhongyi had safely returned to Shu City, his four children came to rescue him at once. However, Duan Zhongyi did not go home and instead went straight to the Governor's Office.
In Liu Zheng's office.
"General Duan, do you have any suggestions for the Yiling war?”
"The war in Xiangnan in the two lakes has been temporarily suspended, and with the Three Qin lands and the mountain cities in the north and south, the situation in northern Hubei is the first to be affected. The Imperial Village and Yiling in northern Hubei are strategic locations. Once the Japanese invaders invade, they will definitely take over the Imperial Village first and then gather their forces to attack Yiling…"
Duan Zhongyi had a very good grasp of the battle. What he said was also what Liu Zheng thought.
According to Baldy Jiang's advance deployment, the 500,000-strong army of the National Government was divided into three armies, left, middle, and right. Then, three defensive formations were set up in northern Hubei.
The first line of defense was concentrated in the area around the Imperial Village. Baldy Jiang's strategic intention was to fight a war of attrition.
The second defensive line was concentrated between the Imperial Village and Yiling. Baldy Jiang's strategic intention was to 'buy time'.
The third line of defense was concentrated in Yiling, which was the final battle. It was the most crucial battle in the northern part of Hubei.
Baldy Jiang had gathered 500,000 soldiers for this battle. From this, it could be seen that not only was Yiling extremely important, but its safety was also related to the stability of the entire southwest region.
The biggest limitation of Shu City was that there were no railroads. Because of this, it was almost impossible to transport heavy weapons such as heavy artillery out.
The Yangtze River and other sea transportation areas were also firmly blocked by the United States, the Empire of the Sun that Never Sets, and other western countries. Materials could enter but not leave.
In such a grim situation, if the Sichuan army wanted to defend Yiling, Baldy Jiang said confidently,""At least two-thirds of the 400,000 Sichuan soldiers will be wiped out!”
"Marshal, I heard that the Sichuan Army will dispatch five divisions to ensure the safety of Yiling. Is this true?”
"All five divisions are infantry divisions.”
"That is to say, the Sichuan army only dispatched 50,000 people? This?"
"General Duan, it's not that you don't know the weapons of the Sichuan army. It's true that they have 400,000 soldiers, but their combat ability is very average. The Japanese invaders have about 200,000 troops. Excluding the tanks, heavy artillery, and planes, there are about 160,000 infantry…Once they take over the Imperial Village, they will have to divide half of their forces, which means that they will only have 100,000 troops attacking Yiling…"
Liu Zheng's analysis was very reasonable. However, would the 50,000 Sichuan soldiers stand a chance against the 100,000 Japanese invaders armed to the teeth?
Moreover, the Japanese invaders could give up on the Imperial Home at any time and concentrate all their forces to attack Yiling.
Of course, if Chen Wenhui's 7th Army could hold the Xiangnan enemies back, the Japanese invaders would not be able to gather.
"Commander, the Japanese invaders have almost the air superiority. The ground forces have tanks, artillery regiments, and even heavy artillery units. According to your arrangement, the 50,000 Sichuan soldiers can only set up a defensive line, which is to defend Yiling City to the death. This way, we might be surrounded…"
Duan Zhongyi didn't know the specific equipment of the Sichuan army, so his worry was understandable.
"General Duan, how about the two of us go to Yiling to supervise the battle? As for the tanks, artillery regiment, and heavy artillery of the Japanese invaders, I have my ways to destroy them all before they reach Yiling!”
If what Liu Zheng said was true, then other than planes, the enemy and the enemy were fighting infantry.
"This Duan was originally a person who was about to die. Fortunately, the marshal saved me and I was able to save my life. This Duan is willing to go to the front line with the marshal…"
"Good! There's no time to lose. Tomorrow, the two of us will set off with the vanguard…"
The three armies had not moved their provisions yet.
Under the mobilization of Xue Yaru, 200,000 of the 2.8 million migrant workers who built roads prepared their own food and tools, and then assisted the Sichuan army in transporting food, weapons, equipment, and other materials.
At dawn the next day, a very strange scene appeared in Shu City.
The mules carried weapons and ammunition, the horses transported food, and as many as 200,000 migrant workers carried military supplies with carrying poles, or a few of them carried heavy machine guns... In short, there were no mechanized vehicles for transportation. All the military supplies related to the war relied on manpower and hard labor.
"A good son and a good daughter came to join the army and walked a carefree journey. It's rare to fight in life. It's so heroic to join the army and serve the country! A good son and a good daughter come to be a soldier, and we'll go on a journey in a hurry…"
Along the way, the migrant workers spontaneously sang military songs.
They did not have any weapons in their hands, and they were not regular soldiers, but they were better than soldiers!
Because of the efforts of the farmers, the five divisions were able to move forward lightly. After Baldy Jiang withdrew his troops from Yiling, the Japanese invaders quickly gathered. With the convenient transportation tools, the Japanese invaders could march into the Imperial Village in ten days at most.
Time was of the essence. Liu Zheng had to make sure that his side reached Yiling first before building the fortifications.
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