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Chapter 597: The situation of the 61st Army!

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    At ten o'clock in the morning on November 18, Li Guoyao's troops returned to Wuhan City. Since the troops' return to Wuhan was highly confidential, everything was relatively low-key, and there was no scene of tens of thousands of people crowding the streets to welcome them.

    After settling the troops, Li Guoyao drove to the Military Commission building and reported the situation to Chairman Chiang and others waiting for him there.

    It was said that it was a report, but in fact it was just a formality. After all, Chiang Kai-shek already knew everything about the situation on the front line, and what Li Guoyao reported was only some details.

    After finishing these things, the Ministry of Military Affairs sent two reporters to him to conduct interviews and take photos, which lasted a whole afternoon.

    In the evening, the Military and Political Department organized a reception dinner for all senior officers of the 61st Army, which did not end until after ten o'clock in the evening.

    Early the next morning, all major media and newspapers in Wuhan City publicly reported the 61st Army¡¯s record of killing the Japanese prince, which instantly caused a sensation in the city.

    On this day, the people of Wuhan once again took to the streets to celebrate the victory.

    For a time, the slogans of ¡°Defend Wuhan¡± and ¡°Down with Japanese Imperialism¡± resounded throughout the city.

    However, as the greatest achievement of this battle, Li Guoyao did not participate in this matter. At this time, he was collecting accounts.

    That¡¯s right, it¡¯s collection!

    In the arms deal between him and Chief Li, although the goods had been handed over to the Fifth War Zone, the money was not received because the war zone headquarters did not have that much money.

    So what was agreed at that time was that the weapons would be kept first, and the money would be collected from Chief Bai when Li Guoyao returned to Wuhan.

    Because of this, Li Guoyao couldn't wait to collect the money the next day after returning to Wuhan. This was 3.5 million oceans, a truly huge amount of money.

    Although Li Guoyao made over a hundred tons of gold and tens of millions of French currency from Nanjing last year, his family's big business also cost a lot of money. Since last year, his wife has been engaged in large-scale gold mining in Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi'an and other places.  When buying a property, money is spent like running water.

    In addition, after more than a year of war, more than 70,000 soldiers have died in the army. Some of these sacrificed soldiers have pensions, but some are not recognized by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, so there is no pension.

    Regardless of whether there is a pension or not, according to Li Guoyao's regulations, he must give a sum of money to the families of the officers and soldiers who died, and the amount is astonishing. Even for ordinary soldiers with the lowest rank, their families can get one hundred yuan after their sacrifice.

    70,000 people means 7 million, and that doesn¡¯t include the seriously wounded in the army!

    According to regulations, all soldiers of the 61st Army who are unable to continue fighting due to injuries and disabilities will be allowed to return to their hometowns if they are willing to return to their hometowns and given a certain pension. If they are unwilling to return to their hometowns or are simply homeless,  All will be supported by the military.

    So far, there are a total of 18,000 disabled veterans who are unwilling to return to their places of origin. Except for some of these people who have been placed in the Jiangnan guerrillas, the rest have all been sent to Chongqing and Chengdu and other rear areas.

    In order to accommodate these disabled veterans, Lisa Yun purchased a large amount of land in Chengdu and other places, gave it to these disabled veterans to cultivate, and built a large number of houses for them. The expenditure was also very staggering.

    In addition, in order to fulfill Li Guoyao's instructions, Yun Lisa also built a large number of factories in the rear area. These factories include the production of uniforms, gunpowder and bullets, all to serve the troops.

    ¡° In more than a year, less than one-third of the 100 tons of gold in Yun Lisa¡¯s hands were left, and the French currency and silver dollars were basically exhausted.

    Therefore, Li Guoyao is also short of money now, so when Chief Li proposed to buy weapons, he did not hesitate and directly exchanged the weapons and equipment for money.

    Because of Chief Li¡¯s greeting, the chief steward of Bai Mansion did not shirk, and soon handed over three million yuan to Li Guoyao¡¯s hands.

    After collecting the money, Li Guoyao returned to the military camp, and then carefully considered what the troops should do in the future.

    The troops suffered heavy losses in this battle. In addition to the 3,000 people he brought back from the front line, there were about 8,000 people left behind in Wuhan. However, these 8,000 people were all lightly wounded and non-combatants who were withdrawn from the Jiujiang battlefield.  .

    When they were withdrawn, there were 4,000 seriously wounded people, more than 2,600 lightly wounded people, and 800 non-combatants, including doctors and nurses from field hospitals.

    Current statistics show that there are about 3,000 people who have recovered from their injuries and returned to the army, 2,700 people who have been seriously injured and disabled, and 900 people who have not recovered from their serious injuries.

    In addition, Wang Zhanhai recruited another thousand people in Wuhan City during this period.Counting all young adults, there are now 7,800 normal soldiers in the 61st Army, and there are more than 3,600 disabled soldiers and wounded.

    Although the Japanese army suspended the attack at this time, Li Guoyao knew that the situation was still dangerous, so the first thing he had to do after returning to Wuhan City was to send all the remaining soldiers and wounded to the rear.

    In addition, the troops rushed back a large amount of materials from Jiujiang City, including grain, cloth and a large amount of industrial raw materials. Some of these materials belonged to the Japanese army, and some were snatched from local business owners after the Japanese army captured Jiujiang City.  , and in the end everything was cheaper for Li Guoyao.

    But the current situation in Wuhan City is very dangerous, so Li Guoyao must evacuate all these personnel and materials to the rear. In this way, they have no worries, and they can give it a try even if Wuhan City is destroyed.

    However, it was difficult to transport so many people and materials by land alone, so Li Guoyao could only ask Chen Shaokuan for help, and asked their navy to dedicate several transport ships to help transport them.

    Naturally, Chen Shaokuan would not refuse Li Guoyao's request. If it hadn't been for the sacrifice of Li Guoyao's troops, how could they have replenished so many ships at once? When the Japanese navy's large ships were unable to enter the Yangtze River, the navy was not even afraid  The Japanese navy was a threat.

    During this period, the Navy, under the command of Generals Chen Shaokuan and Chen Jiliang, fought many sea and air battles with the Japanese Navy's newly arrived 12th Squadron in Jiujiang, Tianjia Town and other places. Both sides had their own victories and losses, and strong support was provided.  Army's ground operations.

    It can be said that Li Guoyao's command extended the life of the navy. This favor is as great as the sky and as deep as the sea. Chen Shaokuan has to admit it.

    What's more, although the captured ships are now used by their navy, they belong to Li Guoyao in terms of ownership. Until now, the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs have not given Li Guoyao an explanation, which makes Chen Shaokuan feel quite guilty.

    Therefore, after receiving a call from Li Guoyao, Chen Shaokuan directly dispatched two transport ships to help Li Guoyao transport troops and supplies without saying a word.

    After doing this, Li Guoyao had no worries and immediately applied to the Military Commission, requesting to allocate supplementary troops to the 61st Army to restore combat effectiveness.

    After receiving Li Guoyao¡¯s application, the Military Commission did not give an immediate reply, but asked them to wait.

    In fact, the reason is very simple. Firstly, all the troops are now seriously short of personnel. The supplementary troops in Wuhan City are continuously sent to the front line. It is still far from enough. There is no time to take care of the 61st Army being crippled and withdrawing to Wuhan City.  Troops resting.

    Secondly, the Military Commission has not yet figured out how to reward Li Guoyao. You must know that Li Guoyao has made many meritorious deeds this time. The annihilation of many Japanese troops was closely related to him. If such great achievements are not rewarded, it will inevitably be disgraced.  The officers and soldiers on the front line were heartbroken. Such consequences were definitely not something the crumbling National Government could afford.

    "But Li Guoyao is now a lieutenant general, and he still has the rank of general, which is the same level as Chen Cheng, Xue Yue, Luo Zhuoying and others.

    "Look at the ages of Chen, Xue, Luo and others, and then look at Li Guoyao. He has just turned 25 now. He can't be promoted to a military rank. If he is promoted again, he will be a second-level general.

    A 25-year-old general will be unbearable to talk about. You must know that there are not many generals in the country, let alone such a young general.

    ¡°And once Li Guoyao is promoted to general, where will Chen Cheng, Xue Yue and others be placed?

    Since he cannot be promoted to military rank, he will expand the army, but Chiang Kai-shek is also not happy about it.

    Because Li Guoyao is now the commander of the army, the 61st Army under his command is still an A-type army. If it is expanded again, it will become a group army. Considering Li Guoyao's background, Chiang Kai-shek is absolutely unwilling to let an officer from the Northeast Army control a group army alone.

    He took great pains to dismember the Northeastern Army. How could he create another Northeastern warlord?

    Because of this, Li Guoyao¡¯s request for supplementation was directly suppressed!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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