Shortly after Kenji Dohi was eliminated, the Battle of Xuzhou also ended. Many people also fled to the Hankou side, and the Hankou side was also preparing for the war intensely.

In preparation for the possible outbreak of the Battle of Wuhan, this time the Chinese army had almost 200 aircraft in order to face the Japanese troops. Of course, this does not include the new La-7 fighter jets given by Liu Feiyang.

Moreover, the pilots still relied on pilots from the Soviet Volunteer Army, as well as a small number of American pilots.

The navy also has more than 30 ships that can be used as a showpiece, but when it comes to the Japanese navy, that's not the case.

As for the total strength of the army, it is over one million, because the Japanese army in the Xuzhou Battle did not severely damage the national army, but the national army safely evacuated more than one million troops.

However, it was also because of this that the national army was retreating steadily. Although they achieved a great victory in Taierzhuang, they still failed to defend Xuzhou City in the end.

Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth War Zone, commanded 27 corps to be responsible for operations on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Xue Yue's unit of the 1st Corps defended the Nanxun line...

The commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, Li Zongren, commanded 23 corps to take charge of the Jiangbei operation, and assigned Li Pinxian of the 4th Corps to be the right-wing corps...

The main operational purpose of this strategic deployment is to focus on external offensive, supplemented by positional defense and guerrilla strategic defense to meet the strategic operational purpose of protracted operations.

As for the Japanese army, the combat sequence of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force is that the 2nd and 11th armies, commanded by Commander Shunroku Hata, total about 140 brigades with 250,000 troops, are responsible for the battle against Wuhan.

The Japanese Eleventh Army, commanded by Neiji Okamura, consisted of about five and a half divisions along both sides of the Yangtze River to attack Wuhan; the Japanese Second Army, commanded by King Higashino Miyashihiko, comprised about four and a half divisions, and assisted Wuhan along the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains.

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In addition, there are more than 120 ships of the Navy and Kawakushiro's 3rd Fleet, and more than 500 aircraft of the aviation regiment of Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, the first Japanese pilot to fly.

Finally, there are five divisions under the direct jurisdiction of the Central China Expeditionary Army, which are respectively responsible for guarding Songhu, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other areas to consolidate the rear and ensure the logistical supplies for this Wuhan campaign, as well as the rear

Safety.

When the Chinese army and the Japanese army were in full swing preparing for the Battle of Wuhan,

Liu Feiyang is also in full swing, speeding up the production of weapons and equipment in all his arsenals. Since the system has not given him many weapon and equipment production lines, he can only recruit more workers to carry out overtime research and production.

However, most of the arsenals set up in Changsha City are light weapons and equipment, generally focusing on the production of M1 Garand rifles. Of course, there are also Mark heavy machine guns for cover, and a large number of German hand grenades.

After these weapons and equipment were produced, he first gave them to various troops to consolidate the security of his arsenal, especially to the national army troops stationed outside Changsha City.

Therefore, Liu Feiyang's arsenal is very safe in Changsha City. Many troops will pay attention to the security issues here. Anyone who dares to come here and cause trouble will be punished by them.

Moreover, in order to make production safer, the entire city of Changsha is constantly clearing out all the Japanese intelligence agents.

Even foreign intelligence agents suddenly and mysteriously disappeared.

For this reason, for a time, not many outside intelligence agents dared to stay in the entire city of Changsha.

Therefore, Liu Feiyang’s arsenal is currently producing in a very safe and stable manner.

Because of this, Liu Feiyang was able to spend more time training his flying troops and parachute troops, and he continued to recruit troops to expand the ranks of these two troops, as well as increase reserve teams to carry out operations.

Supplies are coming.

However, while Liu Feiyang was doing this peacefully, the Chairman of the Generalissimo had already sent him a telegram asking him to participate in the battle, asking Liu Feiyang's troops to prepare to participate in the Wuhan Battle.

Just after Liu Feiyang finished instructing his flying unit, communications officer Cao Zhi hurriedly ran to him and handed him a telegram.

"Team seats!"

"This is an encrypted emergency telegram sent to you by the Chairman of the Generalissimo. Please read it!"

Then Cao Zhi also reported quickly.

"Huh? Did the chairman of the committee give me a telegram?"

Hearing this, Liu Feiyang was also surprised, then he immediately took the telegram and started reading it.

But after he finished reading it, his complexion didn't look very good.

"Team seats!"

"What did the Chairman say when he sent you such a telegram? I think you don't look very good!"

When Li Jingang, who was beside Liu Feiyang, saw Liu Feiyang's expression change immediately, he also asked worriedly.

"The chairman of the committee has asked us to participate in the Battle of Wuhan. After a while, we will set off immediately!"

"We will be dispatched to Commander Chen's side of the war zone to conduct support operations!"

"Serving as a battlefield fire brigade!"

Regarding Li Jingang's concerns, Liu Feiyang also frankly stated the contents of the Chairman's telegram in a brief manner.

"Ah! This..."

Hearing this, Li Jinjiang was also stunned. He didn't know how to reply to Liu Feiyang for a while, because he was still not sure what Liu Feiyang was thinking.

Because recently, Liu Feiyang has been training his flying troops and parachute troops. As for the training of the army troops, he has left all the training to Li Jintao and Zhang Jintao, who has gradually become a veteran.

Conduct training and lead the team,

So he didn't know whether Liu Feiyang would participate in the Wuhan battle, so he didn't say anything for a while.

"Reply to me Chairman, once the Battle of Wuhan starts, I will appear on the battlefield immediately. As for now, I am stepping up my storage of weapons and equipment and training new recruits, so I hope he will give me some time to prepare, otherwise I will

Even if I go to the battlefield to die, I will not be able to perform the job of a fire brigade that he asked me to do!"

A moment later, Liu Feiyang also issued an order directly to his communications officer Cao Zhi.

"Yes! Tuanzuo!"

Regarding Liu Feiyang's bold reply, communications officer Cao Zhi was also shocked into a cold sweat, but he would still truthfully send a telegram to reply to the Chairman.

Because he is one of Liu Feiyang's direct descendants, he also obeys Liu Feiyang's orders, not the orders from the Chairman's side.

"Please step up the training of the Army troops. This time the Chairman wants us to serve as battlefield fire brigade, so we must let the recruits strengthen their combat capabilities as soon as possible, otherwise many brothers will die by then!"

"The battlefield fire brigade is almost the same as cannon fodder, so you have to be mentally prepared, we will kill many people!"

"In addition, prepare a new flag for me. Just print the name of the fire brigade. Also, don't print out the number of our unit. This time I don't want anyone to know about our appearance. I will mark it with another flag."

Come out and fight!"

Then Liu Feiyang looked coldly and gave orders to Li Jingang.

"Yes! Tuanzuo!"

After Li Jingang heard this, his heart sank, and he was a little resentful of the chairman's order, because it was clearly asking them to die, almost.

To put it nicely, wherever the national army cannot resist the attack of the Japanese troops, they will be the ones to fight against the Japanese troops. If they do this one after another, their troops will be rapidly depleted.

In other words, they will become cannon fodder.

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Chapter completed!