Time passed, and it soon came to the end of June 1938.

At this time, the Japanese army on the northern front, which was the Second Army of the Central China Front, finally repelled the blockade of nearly 500,000 troops in the Fifth War Zone, occupied almost the entire Henan and most of Anhui, and advanced to the Xiaogan, Macheng and Huangpi lines north of Wuhan.

The rumbling cannons from the direction of Huangpi can already be heard in Wuhan City.

Although the troops in the Fifth War Zone improved their tactics and no longer made unnecessary sacrifices by defending one city and one place, in order to delay and consume the Japanese army as much as possible, the third and fourth corpses belonging to the Fifth War Zone still made huge sacrifices, with nearly 500,000 casualties among the nearly 500,000 troops killed or killed at least 100,000 people!

Among them, fifty or sixty thousand were killed!

In contrast, the progress of the Japanese army on the southern front was much slower.

This is thanks to the joint cooperation between Zhong Yi and Zhang Lingfu!

As a time traveler, Zhong Yi knew the entire process of the Wuhan Battle in original time and space.

Although the battle situation in this time and space has changed a lot, the Japanese army's tactical ideas are still traceable, so Zhong Yi boldly imagined whether the 11th Army in this time and space still had the idea of ​​detouring southward and surrounding Changsha? If the main force of the Ninth War Zone really made the illusion of retreating southward, would the 11th Army be fooled?

Zhong Yi told Zhang Lingfu, who had been promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Ninth War Zone Command, his vision was told.

Zhang Lingfu attached great importance to Zhong Yi's idea and immediately reported it to General Xue Yue, deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, commander-in-chief of the front line and commander-in-chief of the First Corps.

Xue Yue also attached great importance to Zhong Yi's idea.

Therefore, when Okamura Yanji's main force advanced to the vicinity of Jiujiang, Xue Yue's main force did not retreat to Wuhan along the south bank of the Yangtze River as originally imagined, but retreated along the Nanxun Line towards De'an.

After receiving the news, Okamura Yasuji actually took a reconnaissance plane to reconnaise the movements of the national army!

Through reconnaissance, Okamura Yasuji discovered that the heavy army group of the National Army gathered in Jiujiang was indeed showing signs of fleeing south. In order to achieve the strategic goal of annihilation of the main force of the National Army near Wuhan and ultimately forcing the Chinese government to surrender, Okamura Yasuji urgently dispatched the 101st Division to land from Xingzi in Poyang Lake, trying to cut off the route of the 1st Corps to retreat south.

After a little test, the First Corps retreated westward to Wuning to repair the water.

Okamura Yanji did not give up and immediately bit Xue Yue's butt and chased him down. This pair of fateful opponents fought desperately in the mountainous areas at the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces!

The entangled until the end of June, the main force of the Japanese army was still unable to cross Wuning and Xiushui. He even asked the national army to fight back in Wanjialing. The 106th Division, which was alone, was almost destroyed. The 6th Division, which was advancing along the north and south sides of the Yangtze River, was also progressing slowly.

This is the general situation of the Wuhan Battle in this time and space.

The Japanese army of the north and south were like a pair of large clamps of crabs, and they were pinched from the north and south directions. The large clamps in the north had been pinched near Wuhan, but the large clamps in the south were still in Tianjia Town, Fuchi, Wuning, and Xiushui.

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At the same time, the retreat work in Wuhan has been almost done.

As early as a month ago, important people from all walks of life from the Party, government, military, police, business, and academic circles had already left Wuhan and headed for Chongqing.

Now the students and women and children are evacuating. As for the workers in factories and those who are participating in the renovation of fortresses and private houses, they cannot leave!

Zhong Yi doesn’t plan to let these people leave either!

The future defense of Wuhan requires them!

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At Wuchang Wharf, Zhong Yi was looking out through the window of the communication vehicle.

I saw tens of thousands of college students crowding on the docks of all sizes and sizes, and I was reluctant to leave for a long time!

In the previous three months, college students from various universities in Wuhan played a great role. While they participated in the construction of the fortress project, they organized various publicity activities to mobilize the people in Wuhan to spontaneously participate in the construction of the three fortresses, saving a lot of funds for the garrison headquarters!

The savings helped Zhong Yi buy a lot of supplies!

But now, it is time for these college students to leave!

As a time traveler, no one knows the value of these college students better than Zhong Yi!

The value of these college students is never to fight with the Japanese on the battlefield, but to use their wisdom and knowledge to build a country after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War!

Therefore, these students must not be allowed to sacrifice easily in the battle to defend Wuhan!

At the large and small docks of Wuchang, four large river ships and more than ten small steamers were ready, enough to send away tens of thousands of college students who are still stranded in Wuhan City in one go!

But the college students were very excited and gathered on the dock and refused to board the boat.

Zhou Erzi, the captain of the police corps responsible for maintaining order, was already sweating profusely.

Seeing the communication vehicle from the communications office drive out from Pinghu Gate, Zhou Erzi's eyes lit up.

Zhou Erzi ran to the communication car and said to Zhong Yi through the half-open window: "The seats are crowded by some college students on the dock and refuse to leave. Bei Zhi said he was so he was so sad that they just didn't want to leave. This is really dangerous. If the Japanese bomber came here at this time, it would be amazing..."

Before he finished speaking, a harsh air defense alarm suddenly sounded in front of him: "Wuwuwu..."

Hearing the alarm, tens of thousands of students gathered on the dock suddenly became slightly rioted.

Feng Yuxiang, who was sitting next to Zhong Yi, was immediately angry and cursed: "Zhou Erzi, you crow's mouth!"

Zhou Erzi also slapped his mouth repeatedly, blaming himself: "Look at my broken mouth, I deserve to die!"

Zhong Yi said: "Okay, with the Soviet aid to China air force, the Japanese bombers will not have the chance to drop bombs!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen Il-15 and Il-16 fighter jets had already passed over the dock and whistled towards the east sky in a formation of four aircraft.

The students on the dock immediately cheered like a tsunami, and their expressions became more and more excited.

Young students always yearn for fighting in the sky like an eagle, so they admire pilots very much.

But Zhong Yi could no longer allow students to gather on the dock. He waved his hand to signal the communications office to drive the prepared communications car over and parked at the entrance of the dock.

Zhong Yi got into the communication car and passed through the tweeter on the car and said, "Students, I am Zhong Yi!"

Hearing Zhong Yi's voice, the students gathered at the dock suddenly became turbulent, and hundreds of students who were closer to the entrance of the dock flocked to the place.

The police who maintained order resisted desperately and barely stopped him.

"Students, don't squeeze!" Zhong Yi was also startled and shouted, "Don't squeeze, keep quiet!"
Chapter completed!