On October 8, the 60th Army was stationed in the Yangxin area, the Japanese army attacked with the strength of two brigades, the two sides exchanged fierce fire, and the fierce battle was fiercely fought until the 12th, the Japanese army was frustrated and finally retreated, and although the 60th Army defeated the Japanese attack, the losses were relatively heavy, the entire 60th Army had suffered two-thirds of the casualties, and the 58th Army was still unable to arrive, and Lu Han had to ask for retreat and repair. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On the 11th, Chen Cheng agreed to the 60th Army's change of defense and handed over Yangxin Pai City, which had been held for more than 40 days, to friendly troops to garrison. On the 14th, the whole army of the 60th Army was transferred to Sixia Town, Tongshan County, after a short period of repair.

Three days later, the friendly troops abandoned the position of Yangxin Pai City, and the Ninth Division finally broke through Yangxin Pai City, which had been fighting hard for more than 40 days, but now there is nothing to do with the 60th Army, they are here, almost killing more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and they have also suffered heavy losses, whether it is the determination to sacrifice everything or the decisive attack, the spirit of not fearing a strong enemy is commendable.

Even the history of the Anti-Japanese War on Yangxin's Baidu entry used fair comments, telling that the 184th Division of the 60th Army had the spirit of Chinese soldiers, and fought to the last moment in the face of the Japanese army's poisonous gas and absolute superiority. It can be seen that the 60th Army has indeed demonstrated the spirit of Chinese soldiers who are not afraid of strong enemies and are not afraid of sacrifice in the Paishi area.

However, at the end of October, Wuhan fell, but the Battle of Wuhan did not end there, the fighting on the periphery of Wuhan continued, and after the capture of Wuhan, the Chinese government did not surrender the whole country or divide the territory with them, as the Japanese army thought.

At this point, most of China's territory has fallen, and the entire War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression has reached the most difficult moment, after the Japanese army captured Wuhan, it still did not see the Chinese government surrender, and concentrated its forces, preparing to continue the attack, aiming at the last prosperous city in central China!

Changsha!

A few days after October 15, the 58th Army, which had come thousands of miles from Yunnan, finally arrived, but the only troops that really arrived were the new 11th Division, the new 12th Division, and the new 10th Division had not yet arrived.

Upon hearing the news of the arrival of the 58th Army, the chairman immediately ordered the two divisions to be transferred to Chongyang, Hubei. The 58th Army received ammunition while boarding the vehicle.

However, under the blind urging of the chairman of the committee, the ammunition of the 58th Army was not sufficient, and the most serious thing was that all the radio stations it took over could not be used.

On the 19th, the 58th Army hastily assembled between Tongshan County and Pulin Bridge.

Immediately, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government ordered that all the Dian armies on the front line be reorganized into the First Group Army, under the jurisdiction of the 60th Army, the 58th Army, and the New Third Army.

The New Third Army was composed of the 60th Division of the 182nd Army and the new 12th Division of the 58th Army.

Soon after, Gao Yinhuai, the commander of the army, also stayed in Changsha due to illness, and the previous 60th Army suffered heavy casualties and did not receive limited supplies, in fact, the so-called three armies were only less than 30,000 people. Moreover, the commander went to Changsha due to illness, and the most serious thing was that half of the troops in the 58th Army were new recruits and had not received military training at all, and the First Army suddenly became chaotic.

After Zhang Chong and Sun Du discussed, they applied to the Commander's Department, requesting that the whole army prepare for repairs, but the request was directly rejected by the Commander's Department.

Before the commander arrived, the ammunition was not in order, and the backbone was in short supply, he reorganized himself in the battle and hurriedly threw himself into the final stage of the Battle of Wuhan.

Next destination, Chongyang!

Chongyang and Tongcheng are the gateways from Hubei to Hunan, and the Japanese army can only attack Changsha by opening Chongyang and Tongcheng, in order to maintain the route of the protracted war of resistance, Long Yun had to order some officers from the First Army to help train new soldiers, and the soldiers who have been prepared to supplement can have a certain military quality.

In such a hasty and chaotic situation, the whole army once again marched to Chongyang and Tongcheng.

General Zhang Chong replenished all the six battalions of the 182nd Division to the 184th Division, and the 184th Division now has more than 900 people, and a total of 14 divisions are stationed in Chongyang in coordination with the New Third Army, two divisions of the 58th Army and friendly forces.

In the same way, Wuhan has been abandoned, and the entire battle of Wuhan has reached the last moment, and a war of resistance that mobilized a million-strong army has been declared a failure, and the atmosphere of defeat has been enveloped in everyone's head.

Under Zhang Chong's supervision and encouragement, the veterans were fine, but the morale of the recruits was already sluggish, but the morale of the friendly troops was even more sluggish, and there was no hope in the whole battle.

At the beginning of November, the First Army moved into the designated position, with the New Third Army on the right and the 58th Army on the left. The last remaining 184th Division of the Sixty Army was in the center.

The place where the 184th Division is stationed is called Bainiqiao, which is located in the flat land between the mountains, the rice fields are staggered, and the kilometers extend in all directions, one from Wuchang, Yangxin, Tongshan, and directly to Changsha.

On the left and right sides are mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhang Chong deployed troops to defend according to the military qualities of each department.

Is the new 12th Division a unit that has just arrived in the theater of operations, lacking combat experience, and most of the troops are new recruits, Zhang Chong deployed the new 12th Division on the left hill, and the 183rd Division is a newly restored unit, with more new recruits, Zhang Chong deployed the 183rd Division on the right hill, and put the troops that can fight and believe the most in front.

On November 3, the strength of two divisions and one brigade of the Japanese army also arrived at the periphery of Chongyang, and it is worth mentioning that one of the divisions of the Japanese army was the 9th Division that had fought in Paishi before!

It can be said that the road is narrow!

In the mountains on the outskirts of Chongyang, many Japanese generals were in a meeting in the general headquarters of the Japanese army, preparing to launch an attack on Chongyang and the Tongcheng area.

"I think that a breakthrough from the front, using our tanks and artillery, plus air support, and a strong attack from the area of the Baini Bridge, will definitely be able to break through the positions of the Chinese Army"! A Japanese lieutenant general spoke.

"No, according to the intelligence obtained from the front line, it is the 184th Division of the Chinese Army that is stationed at the Baini Bridge, and it is not possible to break through from here!" Ryosuke Yoshizumi spoke.

"Are we going to abandon our artillery and tanks and attack the mountains?"

"Our 9th Division and the 184th Division fought in the Paishi area for more than 40 days, and the division's combat effectiveness was extremely strong and its morale was high. Ryosuke Yoshizumi spoke.

"Don't grow the prestige of others and destroy your own ambition! The terrain here is undefendable, and I don't believe they can hold us back from the torrent of steel on the plains!" The commander of the division was dissatisfied.

"Banyuan Division, how's it going? In the Battle of Xuzhou, the sabers of the Banyuan Division were captured, and our army was still unable to break through the army's defense line under the complete superiority of the troops. Yoshizumi Ryosuke said with a blushing face.

"The soldiers of the empire are invincible, just a division of the Zhina Army, I don't believe that they can still withstand it under the absolute superiority of troops, and the difficulty of attacking the mountain has increased, and our tank troops can hardly press it!" The man said.

"According to intelligence, the troops stationed on both sides have always been the 183rd Division before the 60th Army, and the new 12th Division has always arrived, and two-thirds of this division are all new recruits, what do you say"? Ryosuke Yoshizumi sneered.

"Good! Just hit the new 12th Division"!

"You attack the new 12th Division, our 9th Division advances, contain the 184th Division, once your division captures the position of the new 12th Division, our 9th Division advances on all fronts, and your troops outflank them from the rear and eat them in one fell swoop"! Ryosuke Yoshizumi said.

"Good!"

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On November 4, the Japanese Ninth Division, one company and 30 tanks, advanced, and at the same time, the heavy troops of the two Japanese companies attacked the new 12th Division.

The Japanese army's hundreds of heavy artillery and mountain guns all launched a fierce attack on the positions of the New 12th Division, and for a time the entire position of the New 12th Division was under heavy artillery fire.

Explosive shells, incendiary bombs, and heavy artillery bombarded in turns, and these untrained recruits of the New 12th Division had seen such battles. They were all a little timid.

At this moment, six Japanese fighters flew over the position of the New 12th Division and bombed indiscriminately, and the bombs dropped by the bombers turned some panicked recruits into flying ashes, and the fighters strafed at low altitudes.

"Boom"!

Hearing only a roar, a large pit appeared on the hillside, and the smoke and dust raised were more than ten meters high, and in the loud noise, more than ten people on the defense line had turned into minced meat scattered all over the place, and a two-meter-long intestine was directly scraped on the neck of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldier.

The recruit had seen such a battle, and he immediately screamed in fright, and stepped back like crazy.

It didn't matter if one person ran, but his run made the recruits present immediately retreat in a panic.

"Da Da Da Da"!

A series of heavy machine guns rang out, and a company commander categorically shouted: "Whoever dares to take half a step back will be punished as a deserter"!

The recruits were forced back and had to continue to hide in the trenches, and some of the recruits were even crying a handful of snot and tears, and some simply peed their pants.

The same situation arose along the entire defensive line, and the recruits who were forced back were trembling, and many of them had died on the battlefield without even knowing what the Japanese army looked like, or had unfortunately died.

Knowing that the Japanese army was attacking the new 12th Division, Zhang Chong shouted in his heart that it was not good, he knew the situation of the new 12th Division, and now the situation was very critical, and he wanted to mobilize the 184th Division to reinforce quickly, but the heavy troops of the 9th Division were already in front of him, once the troops were deployed, the 9th Division would attack, and the 183rd Division also had Japanese troops assembled in front of him, and he did not dare to move lightly!

Zhang Chong picked up the phone and called the commander of the new 12th Division and said: "Gong Shunbi, I am Zhang Chong, I ordered your troops to defend the position, and I will try my best to transfer troops to reinforce you"!

Gong Shunbi said: "Yes! Our troops will definitely hold their positions and will never let the Japanese attack them"!

Zhang Chong put down the phone and frowned: "Now the situation is very critical, I will first transfer two battalions of reserves to reinforce them, 184 and 182 cannot be transferred, so I can only send a telegram to Sun Du asking him to send reinforcements"!

"Well, let him draw a reinforced regiment to reinforce quickly, and we will also strengthen the defense line of the 184th and 182nd divisions.

"Report! Commander Sun's radio can't be called"! The communications soldier panicked.

"What? Keep calling"! Zhang Chong's complexion changed dramatically. (To be continued.) )