At 5:00 a.m. on January 1, 1942, the Japanese army began to bomb the position where Song Lei's regiment was located.

The Japanese army, who had been staying outside Changsha for a day, officially launched an attack, and their purpose was simple, that is, to take Changsha on New Year's Day, a special day, as a New Year's gift to the Japanese emperor.

After a round of aerial bombardment and a round of artillery bombardment, the Japanese army began to attack Changsha from three directions: southeast, north, and south.

"The little devils are coming up, cheer up!" Song Lei spit out the soil in his mouth and shouted loudly.

"Don't worry, regimental commander, all the firepower points have been set up to ensure that they can block the devils. ”

"The devil is here, call me!"

Song Lei gave an order, and the large and small guns on the position began to spew out tongues of fire, especially those heavy machine guns. The bullets sprayed under the operation of the machine gunner are like fire dragons, and they suddenly harvest the lives of devils.

The devils are not to be outdone, they are overwhelmed by large soldiers, and there are aircraft and artillery to cheer them up, and they are also high-spirited.

The two sides were like two torrents, and they immediately stuck together.

"Give me a few teeth!"

The devil's military cao brandished his command knife and shouted. Song Lei, who was lying on the ground, saw the opportunity and shot him in the head with one shot.

Even though the comrades-in-arms around him kept falling, the devil still rushed forward without fear of death.

"Hold steady, don't panic, the devil can't fight! Steady!" Song Lei hissed.

The sound of cannons, grenades, gunshots, and screams weave the music of war on the battlefield.

The Heavy on the battlefield is the target of the Devil's care, and the Heavy who controls the heavy machine gun is unfortunately hit by the Devil. Someone immediately filled his place, controlling the machine gun and continuing to strafe. Because the fortifications around Changsha have been built a long time ago, the well-prepared machine guns formed a crossfire line, which effectively hindered the progress of the devils.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, our three charges have hit the Chinese army. ”

"This won't work, Commander Anan asks us to occupy Changsha City before dark, continue to increase our troops, and we will break through their defense line together!"

"Yes. ”

The devil put another round of artillery, doubled his troops, and rushed to the positions on the periphery of Changsha City in dense packs.

Song Lei was a little overwhelmed at this time, and he hurriedly asked Zhou Tao for artillery support.

Zhou Tao also knew that the Tenth Army had two artillery regiments, and the Ninth Theater had an artillery brigade directly under it, and an artillery position had been built on Yuelu Mountain, so he immediately asked for artillery support.

However, Li Yutang's reply to him was to let them continue to insist, good steel should be used on the blade, and it would definitely not work to expose the direction of the artillery fire now.

"Song Lei, there is no artillery support, you brought someone to resist me!"

Song Lei had no choice but to hang up the phone, and he could only take his life to block the pace of the devil, but at this moment, the devil was also like crazy, constantly charging, and also sent tanks and chariots Soon, Song Lei The first line of defense where they were lost was lost, and they retreated into the second line of defense in desperation.

The second line of defense was more well fortified, and they fought as they retreated.

Because the devils are attacking in three directions, southeast, north and south, although Song Lei's side defends properly, the devils in the other two defense lines have broken through the defense line, especially the Peace Street defended by the 29th Army, which has been captured by the devils, because the devils used deadly gas bombs.

After Song Lei arrived at the headquarters of the second line of defense, he shouted while going upstairs: "Contact the division commander quickly." ”

"Commander Song doesn't need to be contacted, the division commander has already arrived. It was Chen Yunzhang who spoke.

Zhou Tao looked at the two and said: "Because of the loss of Peace Street, the repair shop where you are located is the commanding height of the entire Changsha, you must hold this point, and you can't be captured by devils." ”

"Division commander, artillery support, we urgently need artillery support now!, the devil is already in front of us!"

Zhou Tao waved his hand: "Don't mention artillery fire with me, I have already applied with the army commander just now, but the army commander said that the time is not right." ”

What everyone didn't expect was that as soon as Zhou Tao's words fell, a fierce cannon sound sounded, and the sound was the sound of a large-caliber cannon.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The cannonball accurately landed in the ranks of the devils in Changsha City.

Several people hurriedly took binoculars and stood on the dilapidated upper floor to take a look.

Song Lei said excitedly: "Division commander, it's our artillery!"

"That's right, it sounds like a howitzer directly under the theater of operations. ”

"This 150mm caliber is different, it's enjoyable!"

It can only be said that this round of shelling on Yuelu Mountain was too timely, and the devil had just entered the repair station, and before he could figure out the direction, he was covered by artillery fire. For a while, the devils were beaten to cry dad and mother, and the tank and combat vehicles also lost a few units, and just when they were about to retreat, the defense line that had been deployed by the three regiments directly made dumplings for them. The offensive and defensive battles on the city streets are no better than in the field, because the city roads are so narrow that two machine guns can block a junction. So these devils, on the one hand, have to dodge the shelling, and on the other hand, they have to dodge the two heavy machine guns at the intersection.

The fighters of the three regiments had a good time. I can't wait to pick up the heavy machine gun and surprise the devil.

There are also sharpshooters like Zhou Min and them hidden in the surrounding buildings, and almost every bullet can take the life of a devil.

"TND, isn't this devil also with a head on his shoulders and afraid of death, isn't he repelled by us?"

"Haha" watched the devil run away like a rabbit, and the soldiers of the third regiment and the first regiment laughed.

The devils who entered Changsha City suffered heavy losses, and Kanda Masasang was furious when he heard the report, and he immediately asked the staff officer to contact the flight group and request air support, and the artillery positions of the Chinese army must be knocked out.

"General, now it's going to be dark, the plane can't take off, and the target can't be found. If we want to destroy the enemy's artillery positions, we can only wait until dawn tomorrow. ”

"Order the forward troops to stop the attack, wait for tomorrow to destroy the enemy's artillery positions, and launch another attack. ”

In this way, the first offensive of the devils ended in failure, and all withdrew from the defenders' lines.

Xue Yue and Wu Yizhi on Yuelu Mountain stood on a high place and held a telescope to overlook Changsha City.

"Chief Xue, the devil has retreated. ”

"Huh. As I said, Li Yutang, this old guy should not be underestimated, as long as he can withstand the first round of attacks by the devils, our chances of winning can reach sixty percent. ”

"Chief Xue, the top priority now is that all the troops must rush to the outskirts of Changsha before the 4th as agreed to encircle the devils. ”

"That's right, that's the most important thing, and once again issue the order to urge them to move quickly. Whoever delays the fighter plane will be dealt with by military law. ”

"Yes. ”

"Let's go, Chief of Staff, that's the end of today's attack of the devils, they won't attack again, tonight, you can have a good rest." ”

Unlike Xue Yue's relaxation, Anan Weiji hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights. This was the most important battle of his life, one step forward and one step back.

So he couldn't sleep at all, anxiously waiting for the results ahead.