Chapter 341: Quickly push it to the Yangtze River to cut off the Japanese invaders' retreat.

After achieving victory on both battlefields, Zhang Xian immediately commanded the 34th Division to advance towards southern Anhui, pressing from Bengbu towards Chuzhou and Nanjing.

The New Fifth Army and the gunboat brigade advanced southward along Hongze Lake and Gaoyou Lake, gaining control of the situation on the eastern shore of the lakes.

The 45th Army split its forces and marched towards central and southern Jiangsu.