"Although our army is not in good shape now, the Pingyuan Army has no advantage in military strength. Besides, we still have millions of troops! It is too early to withdraw now.

At present, Pingyuan Army attacking us has only about 400,000 troops.

Can't our army of 1.4 million around Nanjing beat their 400,000?"

The chairman said as if he was cheering himself up.

On April 29, 1932, the Shanghai Landing Army finally cleared the Nanjing government's Central Army in Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou and other places.

Those who were caught were caught, those who were killed were killed, and those who surrendered.

There are no more Central Army soldiers in the entire Changzhou to Shanghai area.

At this point, Zheng Daxing's Shanghai Landing Front Army had truly completed the first phase of the combat mission.

Then Zheng Daxing commanded his more than 400,000 troops to start changing directions and take the train to advance towards the Huzhou side of Jiaxing.

On May 4, 1932, the Shanghai Landing Army of Pingyuan successfully captured Jiaxing, and the Huzhou area turned to attack towards Hangzhou.

The Wuhan Front, which successfully crossed the river from Wuhan, under the command of Yang Qing, fought all the way to Xianning with three mechanized infantry divisions and the air force as cover.

Then, the remnants of the Nanjing Government Central Army in these places were cleared and the remnants of the Nanjing Government began to prepare to go south to Nanchang, Jiangxi, where to meet with the troops of those front troops in Taizhou.

However, after the Nanjing government retreated to Jiujiang, the Central Army of the Nanjing government, gained support from the Nanjing government and other local troops assembled by the Nanjing government, the number of troops grew to 400,000 and began to meet Yang Qing's Wuhan Front again.

Wuning County, Jiangxi

This place is already in Jiangxi, and Yang Qing's Wuhan Front Army was also intercepted by the 400,000 troops of the Nanjing Government's Central Army.

The name of the 400,000 Nanjing government Central Army is Zhu Shaoliang.

Zhu Shaoliang is not simple. He has participated in the Wuchang Uprising, participated in the War to Resist Yuan, and also screamed in the Northern Expedition.

It can be said that he is a veteran of the Congress Party.

Zhu Shaoliang can also be said to be one of the rare command capabilities of large-scale corps operations in the Nanjing government, and it has been more than once.

Originally, he was not the one who defended in Wuhan, but because of the fall of Wuhan, the chairman felt that he had to send a capable man to stabilize the situation, so he sent Zhu Shaoliang, a man in his forties.

Zhu Shaoliang did not disappoint everyone's expectations and reorganized his morale in a short time, and then led his troops to block the vanguard of Pingyuan's army in Wuning County.

"Commander! This time, the one who came to block us is Zhu Shaoliang, a veteran of the Congress Party. This person has participated in the Wuchang Uprising, the fight against Yuan, the Northern Expedition, the Central Plains War, the Guangdong-Guangdong War, etc.

He was remarkable in his performance in war, and he had a rich combat command experience and was a strong enemy!"

In the headquarters of the Wuhan Front Army, Luo Zhuoying stood beside Yang Qing and whispered.

"Well! The strong enemy is the strong enemy, but the combat effectiveness of their troops is not good. Besides, they say there are 400,000 troops here, which is quite a lot, but they are all mobs gathered by other troops.

A group of troops that have not even been trained in collaborative combat, how powerful do you think can be exerted in such a war?”

Yang Qing put the pencil in his hand on the table and smiled calmly.

"But Hua said that, but Commander, our mission is to fight to Nanchang, Jiangxi as soon as possible to meet with other troops.

Our army now seems to be in a very good situation, but in fact it is also in a dangerous situation.

In the area south of the Yangtze River, half of Sichuan has fallen into our hands. Guangdong and Guangxi have defected to us, so it goes without saying that.

In addition, our army in Fujian, Zhejiang and the two provinces only account for half.

The Nanjing government also owns Nanjing and its surrounding areas, Anhui area south of the Yangtze River, Jiangxi, most of Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan and half of Sichuan.

The situation between our army and the Nanjing government’s Central Army can be said to be complicated and intertwined.

Since the war started, our army has made good progress, but the main force of the Nanjing government is still there, and they still have millions of troops.

If they shrink their troops, they will mainly let go of Nanchang and Nanjing areas.

It is not easy for our army to eat them. That is why the military headquarters ordered us to join the Wuhan Front Army, Taizhou Support Army, Quanzhou Support Army and Guangdong and Guangxi Front Army to join the nearly three million troops in Nanjing and its surrounding areas in Nanchang. However, the Nanjing government has suffered a crushing defeat in Shanghai and lost more than 700,000 troops.

Now they still have 1.4 million troops in Nanjing, and in Anhui, Jiangxi, and Hunan, there are more than one million troops in total. If they shrink their troops and return to Nanchang, they will still have more than three million troops between Nanchang and Nanjing.

It’s not easy for us to eat these troops!”

Luo Zhuoying said with some sigh that the Central Army of the Nanjing Government is not very effective, but the number of people is quite large.

Let’s talk about the army that has been in war!

The Nanjing government has 1.4 million, and the remaining 300,000 troops in Shanghai.

In addition, there were 700,000 troops in the two places that fought with Guangdong and Guangxi.

There are 400,000 opposite them.

This is an army of 2.8 million.

This is still a battle and a retreat.

The Chairman's army in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province has not participated in the war yet!

Are there more than three million troops in these places?

With more than 5 million Central Army, plus other local miscellaneous troops, the troops under the Nanjing government are estimated to be around 7 million.

China has raised seven million troops in half of its territory, and now it is barely supported, but what about the weapons and equipment? What about the treatment of soldiers?

This is not because the Nanjing government's weapons and equipment are not very good.

After all, this can be said to be a military force.

"Hmph! There are many troops, but it's just a group of mobs! If our army fights the Nanjing government this time, I guess those participating in the war will include the Nanjing Crossing River Front Army, the Shanghai Landing Army, the Taizhou Support Army, the Quanzhou Support Army, the Guangdong-Guangzhou Front Army and our Wuhan Front Army.

The Nanjing Crossing River Front Army has 400,000 troops and Shanghai has 430,000 troops.

Taizhou has three troops and about 120,000 troops. The same is true for Quanzhou.

Our Wuhan Front Army has a total of about 140,000 troops, while Guangdong and Guangxi have about 500,000 troops.

Our army has a total of about 1.71 million troops, which will participate in the final encirclement of the Nanjing government.

The 500,000 Gui army from the Guangdong-Guangdong Front Army, and the remaining one of our infantry divisions have stronger combat effectiveness than the Nanjing government's troops!"

Yang Qing snorted coldly and said the number of troops who were likely to participate in the operation this time.

"Haha! Commander! We should not take it lightly!"

Luo Zhuoying couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard Yang Qing's words.

The old men who followed Han Ling to start their own business all showed their arrogance and did not take the Nanjing government's Central Army seriously at all.

"This is my natural way! The lion fights the rabbit with all his strength! I will send the order and order the heavy artillery to shell the shelling at 2:00 this afternoon!

At the same time, contact the Air Force and request support from the Air Force.

Then order the Fourth Infantry Division of the Mechanical Division to prepare for attack! Use tank assault to the Youth League Committee to lead!"

"yes!"

As soon as he heard Yang Qing give the order, Luo Zhuoying didn't say anything else.

So I ran to convey Yang Qing's orders.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the artillery position of the 13th Division of Heavy Artillery was on the ranks of the artillery.

"Target! Enemy's position!"

"Rules—Three Hundred Ones!"

"Thinking of the direction left zero zero three!"

"High and low plus three!"

"Fill the bullet, delay the high explosive bomb infuses!"

"put!"

"Boom boom boom"

With the sound of cannons, the heavy artillery division of Pingyuan Army was bombarded.

After the first round of test shots, they quickly adjusted the parameters in the second round.

The air force also constantly reports data to make them modify the data.

After that, they began to continuously bombard the Central Army's positions.

Heavy artillery shells fell on the Central Army's positions, and a soldier was thrown away.

The positions were blown up one after another.

At this time, it was in Zhu Shaoliang's command center.

He was sitting in a chair and listening quietly to the shelling outside, without any sign of his face.

He was fighting in Nanjing before, and he was used to this kind of heavy artillery shelling.

And no one in the headquarters dared to speak.

"How long have they been shelling?"

Zhu Shaoliang asked after a while.

"It's been half an hour!"
To be continued...