Han Xing, Shang Zhen and commanders at all levels were all observing the terrain around Shangfu and Ganfang.

Shangfu can be said to be a small basin of two or three kilometers, and Ganfang, which is more than 10 kilometers to the west, is a small corridor two or three kilometers long from north to south.

The main force of the 106th Division and a part of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army occupied such a place.

After seeing such a terrain, Shang Zhen smiled and said, "I said Commander Han Xing, you said that Nakai Ryotaro is not stupid, what are you doing occupying such a place!" Do you want to plant trees and greenery in the mountains? ”

Han Xing also said after looking at the terrain: "In the past, Matsuura Junrokuro drilled into Wanjialing, and as a result, a whole army was wiped out, what does this Nakai Ryotaro want to do, do you also want to learn from Matsuura Junrokuro and have another battle of Wanjialing!" ”

"It looks like that." After Shang Zhen finished speaking, he asked Han Xing, "How are we going to fight this battle?" ”

Han Xing said: "No matter how you fight, first contact the 60th Army and the 58th Army on the opposite side, they are in the west, we are in the east, and we will surround the little devils first." cut off the food and logistics of the little devils, surrounded them for 10 days, and starved them to death. ”

"Yes," Shang Zhen said, "there is no food in the army, and there will be panic in my heart." This is really the same as you said, catching a turtle in an urn. ”

Shang Zhen quickly arranged the 32nd Army, along the east flank of the 106th and 101st Divisions, first occupied some necessary hills, created an encirclement for the Japanese army, and of course, cut off their rear supply lines.

At this time, Han Xing had deep considerations.

On the eastern front, this is the case, the 106th Division and the 101st Division of the Japanese Army are completely in a passive situation, and there is always the possibility of suffering the same fate as Wanjialing again. And if his Southern Expeditionary Army wants to play the biggest role here, it really has no chance.

At this time, the most dangerous place for the national army was on the middle road, that is, the line from Yueyang to Changsha.

Han Xing said to Shang Zhen: "Commander Shang, I'm afraid our union will end here. The central front is critical, and our southern expeditionary army has to rush to the central front. ”

When Shang Zhen heard the news, he was also a little surprised: "Don't price, don't price, didn't you say okay, we want to share life and death with our 32nd Army, advance and retreat together, share honor and disgrace, and share responsibility." It's not been a day since I said that, how can you change your hexagram? ”

"That's right," Han Xing patiently explained, "If there were no Japanese troops on the middle and west routes, of course our Southern Expeditionary Army would have to share the glory and disgrace with the 32nd Army." However, the headquarters received various information that the Japanese troops on the western and central routes were going to attack. The most dangerous is the middle road, they have the 6th Division, the 33rd Division, the 3rd Division, the 13th Division, the 11th Army's direct subordinate team, the main force of the independent machine gun brigade, tank troops, mountain artillery, mortars, and independent engineering units, totaling more than 80,000 people, which can be described as aggressive.

You also know that these 4 divisions are the main divisions of the Japanese army, and they cannot be compared with the 106th and 101st reserve divisions. Our Southern Expeditionary Army joined the middle defense in time, and we can be regarded as firefighters to help in times of crisis. And the battle on the East Road was like this, the 106th and 101st divisions were attacked on all sides, and the defeat was decided. ”

Shang Zhen was very moved when he heard Han Xing's words, and said: "There are only 3,000 people in your Southern Expedition Military Region, and you are not subject to the control of the Ninth War Zone, but you are really a model for our army where you go where there is danger and where the war is urgent. You are big ambitions, big ideas, my 32nd Army can't learn, here, I salute you on behalf of the 32nd Army. ”

As he spoke, Shang Zhen saluted Han Xing with a standard military salute, and then held Han Xing's hand tightly and said some heartfelt parting words.

"Commander Han, I haven't been a brother with you in this life, it's really my regret for Shang Zhen, and in the next life, I will definitely be a brother with you."

Han Xing said: "Commander Shang, don't look at you as a humorous and cynical person on the surface, but in your heart, like Spiegel, you can see everything thoroughly. I didn't be your subordinate in my life, and it is also the regret of my life, and in the next life, I will definitely be your subordinate and assist you well. ”

Hearing this, Shang Zhen was anxious: "Don't price, don't price, my uncle!" I'm almost the same as being your subordinate, being your superior, where is it! ”

Han Xing said, "Why do you call me uncle again!?" ”

"Blame me, blame me, Commander Han is leaving, and it makes you unhappy. I'll never call you Uncle again! ”

After saying goodbye to Shang Zhen, Han Xing immediately called Liu Zhiyuan and Hou Dashan, and talked about the situation of the tight middle of the Battle of Changsha and his opinion on the middle of the army.

Liu Zhiyuan nodded in agreement and said, "Commander Han, our Southern Expeditionary Army is here to fight Japan, and we will go wherever it is critical." Support the mid lane, I have no opinion. ”

Hou Dashan said: "Commander Han, I am looking forward to you. You say go to the east, I don't dare to go west, you tell me to beat the dog, I don't dare to scold the chicken. I am absolutely obedient! ”

Since the main personnel of the command agreed, what about others, then they had to obey orders. Han Xing immediately called Zhang Zuogan, the chief of operations of the General Staff, to contact Xu Da's air force and call the helicopter squadron to pull the troops of the Southern Expeditionary Army to the front line of Yueyang.

After Han walked, he would talk about the ending of the war on the East Road.

The Japanese army and the 106th Division and the 101st Division were mainly divided into three routes. All the way to defend in Gao'an, most of them were annihilated by the 32nd Army, the Southern Expeditionary Army and the 74th Army, and the rest were driven out.

There are also the roads of Xiushui and Sandu in the north, as well as the road of attacking Shangfu and Ganfang in the west, they are all besieged and blocked from all sides, and they are embarrassed.

Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of northern Jiangxi, analyzed the situation and believed that the 106th Division was once again alone and had a chance to annihilate him. Therefore, Luo Zhuoying concentrated the main force to besiege on all sides, trying to inflict heavy damage or annihilation on the 106th Division. At that time, the Japanese army had broken through to the vicinity of Changsha, and Xue Yue was ready to mobilize the 74th Army back to Hunan, but Luo Zhuoying resolutely opposed it, so he left the 74th Army behind.

Beginning on the 23rd, Luo Zhuoying mobilized his headquarters and began to deploy the main force of the 106th Division.

Unexpectedly, the newly appointed division commander, Lieutenant General Ryotaro Nakai, was much smarter than his predecessor Junrokuro Matsuura. He was already trembling, like a frightened bird, but at this time he found that the situation seemed to be wrong, and he didn't even have time to inform Okamura Ninji, and immediately ordered to abandon the plan to encircle and annihilate the 30th Army and break through quickly.

Due to the rugged mountain road, which was not suitable for a large force to break through, Lieutenant General Ryotaro Nakai ordered the 106th Division to immediately break through in three ways.

Luo Zhuoying didn't expect Ryotaro Nakai to react so quickly, and the deployment was a beat slower.

On September 25, the main force of the 106th Division was surrounded by the 74th Army and the 60th Army of the National Army in Ganfang. Fortunately, due to the rapid retreat of the 106th Division, the national army did not have too many troops, and there was no absolute superiority in combat power. Under the cover of the air force, the 106th Division struggled to break through the encirclement, fought hard for five days, and finally broke through the 1st Group Army of the Yunnan Army, which was not strong in combat effectiveness, and barely broke out of the encirclement.

The other main force of the division was in Xiushui and Sandu, and was surrounded by the national army. The two armies fought fiercely for several days, and by October 5, this part of the 106th Division was still encircled. The ministry knew that if it continued, it would be a dead end, so Zhang Huang was at a loss and urgently asked Okamura Ningji for help.

Okamura Ninji had no choice but to order the 33rd Division, which was attacking in the middle, to stop advancing and turn to the east to rescue the 106th Division.

On October 6, the 106th Division, under the response of the 33rd Division, released a large number of poison gas bombs, and only then did it barely break through from Sandu and Xiushui.

The units of the 1st, 19th, and 30th Chinese armies immediately switched to pursuit. After seven days of painful breakthrough battles, the Japanese army finally retreated to Jing'an and Fengxin, the strongholds controlled by the Japanese army, on October 13.

The Japanese army on the East Road was actually defeated.

Besides, Han Xing's plan to support the middle route of the southern expeditionary army has been determined, but after all, how to support the middle route army still has to be discussed at a meeting. This time it was an enlarged meeting, and needless to say, Liu Zhiyuan and Hou Dashan, plus several section chiefs of the General Staff Department, and Yin Zhaoli, commander of the special operations battalion, Wang Dawu, deputy head of the heavy artillery regiment, Zhang Xiaosan, commander of the guard company, and Fan Shuyu, captain of the health team, were all called.

On the wall hung a map of the Battle of Changsha, showing the dispositions of both sides and their respective armies.

The meeting was presided over by Han Xing, who said to everyone: "This is the end of the battle line in eastern northern Jiangxi, and the defeat of the 106th Division has been decided. The front of our Southern Expeditionary Army moved westward to support the most difficult central battlefield of the Nationalist Army. Let's talk about it, how should we fight this battle, and where will our Southern Expeditionary Army be parachuted? ”

Zhang Zuogan, director of the General Staff Department, first introduced the situation, and he pointed to the map and said: "The national army that serves as a garrison in northern Hunan is the 15th Group Army commanded by Guan Linzheng. Its deployment was as follows: The 52nd Army held the first line of defense, that is, the Xinqiang River defense line, and deployed it in the area of Jiumazui from Yanglin Street on the right to the east bank of Dongting Lake on the left. The 37th Army garrisoned the river bank north of Xiangyin to the east bank of Dongting Lake. The 73rd Army controlled the Miluo River area and constituted the second line of defense.

On September 18, the Japanese attacked with about 50,000 troops from the 6th Division, the Nara Detachment, and the Kamimura Detachment, attacking the forward positions of the Nationalist Army north of the Xintang River.

While capturing the two alert positions of the 52nd Army, the Japanese army also captured the important strongholds of the 52nd Army's advancing positions such as Xiayan'an and Majiayuan on the north bank of the Xinqiang River. The units of the 52nd Army were forced to retreat to the south bank of the New Wall River.

After receiving the report that all the guard positions and advance positions of the 52nd Army had fallen on the north bank of the Xinqiang River, Guan Linzheng immediately ordered the 37th Army to transfer all the remaining positions to the south bank of the Xinqiang River, except for one division to garrison the camp field, and cooperate with the 52nd Army to garrison the positions on the south bank of the Xinqiang River. The original defensive line of the 37th Army was handed over to the garrison of the 70th Army, which had come to reinforce it.

Let's talk about the section of the left side of the Japanese army.

On the left flank, the 3rd Division cooperated with the 1st Marine Corps, and under the cover of the navy, landed after crossing Dongting Lake and attacked the west of Changsha. Compared with the mountainous and hilly terrain on the land route, the control of Dongting Lake is in the hands of the Japanese fleet, so it is not difficult to land, and you can choose to land at any point, which has a certain threat to the national army and can contain a lot of troops of the national army. The place where the Japanese troops landed, it is still impossible to figure out where.

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