In fact, when the Japanese army attacked Changsha, it was not only a three-way attack, but in addition to these three-way attacks, there was also one way, that is, the 33rd Division of the Japanese army.

On September 21, the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, assembled in Tongcheng, Hubei, launched an offensive in southern Hunan, under the command of the division commander, Lieutenant General Tataro Gansu. Its purpose was to avoid the two defensive lines set up by the Nationalist Army along the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River from the east, and to flank the 15th Group Army of the Nationalist Army deployed on the defense lines of the Xinqiang River and Miluo River with the main force of the Japanese army in northern Hunan in the Pingjiang area.

The 9th theater of operations defended the southern Hunan direction by Janssen's 27th Army. After the Japanese 33rd Division attacked from the south of Tongcheng, it first made a feint attack on the 79th Army's frontal position Nanjiang Bridge with one force, and at the same time, prepared to bypass the eastern side of Mufu Mountain and advance to Changshou Street through Baishaling.

Yang Sen quickly determined that the Japanese army was trying to cut off the retreat of the 79th Army, and then encircle and annihilate it. He immediately reported to Xue Yue, and at the same time urgently ordered the 20th Army south of Tongcheng to flank the Japanese army from west to east. Xue Yue was shocked when he received the report. If this Japanese army joins up with the Japanese army in northern Hunan Province, then the 15th Group Army, which is deployed on the defense line of the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River, will be flanked, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

At the same time, he ordered Fan Songfu, the guerrilla commander in the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi border region, to attack the enemy from south to north and flank from east to west with troops from Dahu Mountain and Jiugong Mountain, forming a situation of flanking and encircling the Japanese army from the north and south.

On the 22nd, the Japanese army occupied Gaochong, Tanghu City, and Ligang in the northwest of Maishi, and continued to advance southward.

This is the general military situation. ”

After listening to Zhang Zuogan's explanation, Hou Dashan first scratched his scalp: "Oh, my Director Zhang, you said such a big set, who remembers it!" It's too complicated, it's too complicated, and the average person's brain can't hold it at all. ”

Yin Zhaoli said: "What are the opinions of several leaders of your General Staff, just talk about it, and let us spend these brains on what to do." With such a complicated war, our brains can't do it! ”

Liu Zhiyuan, who was not at a loss as the regiment commander and chief of staff of the regiment directly under him, said: "The situation is not optimistic. In other words, Guan Linzheng's 15th Group Army was quite dangerous, although two lines of defense were arranged, but to the west of him, the 3rd Division cooperated with the Marine Corps, under the cover of the navy, after crossing Dongting Lake, to land and attack the west of Changsha. To the east of him, the 33rd Division was copied from the east bread. Most likely, the 15th Army of the Nationalist Army is in danger of being surrounded and eaten. ”

Yin Zhaoli interjected: "I understand, according to what the chief of staff said, if we blindly join the defense of the Xinqiang River, it is very likely that we will be surrounded and eliminated by the Japanese army, just like the 15th Group Army." ”

Liu Zhiyuan nodded and said, "That's the case." ”

Hou Dashan was anxious again: "We have to support the national army again, and we can't be surrounded and eliminated by the Japanese army, where should we choose this place?" What a dilemma! ”

Han Xing said: "Why did you call everyone to a meeting to discuss this matter? ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "If you want to say it, our Southern Expeditionary Army will be parachuted to the right side of the 15th Group Army, that is, in the Longmen area, so as to ensure the security of the right side of the 15th Group Army." ”

Han Xing interjected: "If the Japanese 3rd Division and Navy land on the left side of the 15th Army along Dongtingdong, the 15th Army will still be in danger of being surrounded." ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "That's not easy to do, we have few people, and we can't divide the troops." Besides, Dongting Lake is so big, and I don't know where they landed, how to defend it! ”

Hou Dashan still said anxiously: "Where is the airborne, you can study it." Tell us to talk, the dog bites the hedgehog and can't interject! ”

Han Xing spoke and said, "On the southeast side of Dongting Cave, there is a strategically important Yingtian. It is bordered by the southeast corner of Dongting Lake in the north, and the Xiangjiang River in the west, from which you can take a boat directly to Changsha. Garrisoned from here, it can directly hold off the attack of the 3rd Division and the Marine Corps. Another point is that it is close to Changsha, which can support the 15th Group Army to the east, and to the north, it can move closer to Changsha. My opinion is to parachute into the camp. ”

Liu Zhiyuan said: "What about the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, they attacked from the east and directly surrounded the 15th Group Army, don't they care?" ”

Han Xing said: "I was right. The 33rd Army attacked to a certain extent and was bound to retreat. ”

"Why?" Yin Zhaoli interjected.

"The secret of heaven must not be revealed, it has been calculated a long time ago, they must retreat."

Fan Shuyu easily didn't speak, and couldn't help but interject at this time: "I said Commander Han, you are good at everything, but this is not good." Like our health team, we must pay attention to medical skills, not superstition. ”

"I always feel that it is inappropriate," Liu Zhiyuan said, "the front in the middle is tight, and it is okay if we do not go to the aid of the 15th Group Army, which is the most struggling, and it is somewhat unreasonable not to block the 33rd Division that is trying to bypass the defense line of the 15th Group Army from the east." There was also no war in the camp, we hid there, it's good to say! ”

Liu Zhiyuan's statement was both reasonable and well-founded, and many people were inclined to his opinion, and even a few people in the staff department were a little dissatisfied with Han Xing's airborne landing location.

Zhang Zuogan said: "My opinion is to favor the opinion of Chief of Staff Liu, parachute to the right side of the 15th Group Army to protect their right flank. ”

Pan Xiaoan also said: "The intelligence department has not yet received information on where the Japanese troops landed from, and I think that the airborne camp is somewhat unreliable, so I still support Chief of Staff Liu's opinion." ”

In fact, Han Xing had become a loner, and no one supported his plan to parachute into the camp.

But Han Xing is the one who crosses, he is familiar with history, and tomorrow, that is, on the 23rd, the Japanese 3rd Division and the Marines will land in Yingtian. There is also the 33rd Division on the right, because the 106th Division was surrounded, they attacked to a certain extent, and they had already been ordered by Okamura Ninji to pull the 106th Division out of the encirclement, so the plan to besiege the 15th Army from the east was resolved.

But the secret of heaven cannot be revealed, he can't explain it to them, and he can't say it.

As the commander of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Han Xing had the right to dictate the situation. He had to say forcefully: "I mean, I still have to parachute into the camp." ”

Liu Zhiyuan also said forcefully: "I still pay attention to seeking truth from facts, and at this time, it is more appropriate for us to parachute on the right side of the 15th Group Army." ”

The two of them stood up, and at military meetings, it was still rare for the commander and chief of staff to stand up. Everyone at the venue was a little silent for a while, although they did not speak, many people still looked at Liu Zhiyuan, thinking that Liu Zhiyuan's opinion was more feasible.

Hou Dashan was in the Battle of Wuhan, and it was Han Xing who helped him and his artillery to join the Southern Expeditionary Army, so he was quite superstitious about Han Xing. He doesn't care who is right or wrong, at the critical moment, he just wants to resolutely support Han Xing's opinion, Hou Dashan smiled and said: "I see, it's better to parachute into the camp!" ”

"Why?" Liu Zhiyuan asked unceremoniously.

"I can't say why. But I think that since Commander Han said so, there must be a reason for him. Hou Dashan said vaguely.

"The grass on the wall falls with the wind." Liu Zhiyuan was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Hou Dashan's answer.

Zhang Xiaosan is the commander of the guard company, and he can't tell where he is parachuted. Since he called himself to the meeting, in order to protect his chief, he also said: "I think the airborne camp is not bad." ”

"Why?" Liu Zhiyuan asked again.

"Why ......," Zhang Xiaosan said hesitantly, "I feel like this, Commander Han's idea is basically not missed." ”

Another cult of personality. Liu Zhiyuan sarcastically glanced at Zhang Xiaosan, as a party member, he does not pay attention to principles, which is the biggest shortcoming. When holding a party group meeting, we must severely criticize him.

Zhang Xiaosan knew that he was a little discouraged, so he quickly avoided Liu Zhiyuan's eyes.

Han Xing had to use his power: "Then parachute into the camp, and I will be responsible for what happens." ”

Since Han Xing said this, although other people were against it in their hearts, they didn't say it. Liu Zhiyuan still firmly stated his opinion: "I reserve my opinion. ”

Now that the determination to parachute into Yingtian has been made, Xu Da sent a helicopter, and Zhang Fei led the helicopter squadron to fly directly to Yingtian with Han Xing's guard company, as the vanguard of the Southern Expeditionary Army.

It is about 200 kilometers from Shangfu in northern Jiangxi to Yingtian in Hunan, and the maximum cruise speed of the Z-8 helicopter is 266 km/h, so it will arrive in less than an hour.

Prior to this, the headquarters of the Southern Expeditionary Army had contacted the 70th Army of the Nationalist Army, saying that the Southern Expeditionary Army would be parachuted into Yingtian.

Before landing in Yingtian, Han Xing asked the headquarters to urgently transfer the information of the 70th Army of the National Army and the army commander Li Jue to study it.

The predecessor of the army was the first part of the Hunan Army to which Tang Shengzhi belonged. In July 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the Kuomintang army was unified and reorganized, the 19th Division of the 28th Army was expanded to form the 70th Army, which was subordinate to the 10th Group Army, with Li Jue as the commander. At this time, the army only had jurisdiction over the 19th Division, and Li Jue concurrently served as the division commander.

After the formation of the army, it successively participated in the Zhenhai anti-Japanese landing operation in Zhejiang Province and the Battle of Songhu. After the Battle of Songhu, when the army withdrew to Jinhua for recuperation, the 16th Division was transferred to the army, at this time, the army was under the jurisdiction of: the 19th Division, Li Jue concurrently served as the division commander; The 16th Division, He Feng served as the division commander.

In March 1939, the army was directly under the jurisdiction of the 9th Theater and participated in the Battle of Nanchang.

In June of the same year, the 16th Division of the army was reorganized into the newly established 86th Army, and the newly formed 107th Division of the 3rd Theater was incorporated into the combat sequence of the army, with Duan Yan as the division commander.

After this reorganization, the army participated in the first Battle of Changsha and the winter offensive of 1939.

When Han Xing arrived at Yingtian, he had to deal with Li Jue, commander of the 70th Army and commander of the 19th Division.

Li Jue, born in 1900, was born in Yunnan, so the word Yunbo, also known as Shuzhi. He graduated from Baoding Military Academy in 1924. Later, he joined the Hunan Army and served as a company commander. After 1930, he served as the commander of the 19th Division of the National Revolutionary Army and the director of the Hunan Provincial Security Department.

Li Jue is an old subordinate of Hunan warlord Tang Shengzhi and the eldest son-in-law of Hunan Provincial Chairman He Jian. It is said that He Jian's three daughters, the eldest daughter He Mei, are beautiful on the outside and inside. When He Jian married a woman, the man rode a horse, and the woman sat in a "sedan chair". In addition, the male family sent a lot of dowry, and the female family sent a lot of dowry, which was a sensation in Changsha, the provincial capital.

The matter about *** and Zhang Yunyi's defeat to Li Jue was mainly in the Battle of Meihua on February 3, 1931.

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