In the early morning of September 29, 1939, the Japanese army captured Nanchang, and the defending 32nd Army was defeated and withdrew from Nanchang City, and Nanchang was declared lost.

"Nani?"

Okamura had just received the news of the capture of Nanchang, and soon the battlefield on the Changsha side caught him a little off guard, because the Chinese army had cut off the main force of the 6th Division from Yueyang.

"What the hell is going on? Why is the 6th Division defenseless at all? Okamura Ninji said angrily.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese army crossed the Miluo River at night." Shigemato Aoki said.

"What I'm asking is why the 6th Division is defenseless? It was also captured by the Chinese army. What is Shiro Inaba doing? Is he a pig? Okamura scolded.

"Fanjiayuan is not completely captured by the Chinese army, the imperial army stationed here is counterattacking, and the 6th Division has also sent the 47th Wing, planning to open the supply line as soon as possible."

"Which army is the Chinese army that attacked the Van homeland?" Okamura asked.

"It's a part of the 40th Division of China."

"The 40th Division of China? Why do I feel familiar? In the last battle of Nanchang, the 40th Division was the main defensive force, right? Okamura Ninji suddenly remembered.

"Hey, it's this 40 division. According to the telegram of the 6th Division, the 70th Army of China, which was stationed in Guiyi, also had a change, and it was suspected that it was going to cross the Miluo River north to support the Fanjiayuan battlefield. Shigemato Aoki reminded.

Okamura looked at the map and immediately understood the strategy of the Chinese army.

"Give the 6th Division an order to prepare to retreat, Nanchang has been conquered, and Changsha has not continued to fight.

If the Fan homeland cannot be recovered, retreat north from Changle, but the Chinese army must not be aware of the imperial army's intention to retreat. ”

"Hey!"

The joy of recovering Nanchang was suddenly extinguished by the changes in the Changsha battlefield, although it was not completely in favor of the Chinese army, but the resourceful Okamura Ninji sensed that something was wrong.

The Chinese army had not yet fully reacted, and if it did not withdraw its troops to the north bank of the Miluo River before the Chinese army reacted, the situation of the war would be unfavorable to the empire.

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"Kill, give!"

On the slopes of the hills southeast of Fanjiayuan, the Japanese army was launching a frantic attack, and under the cover of artillery fire, the Japanese 47th Wing launched one attack after another on a battalion of the 40th Division stationed here.

But they were repelled by the Chinese army again and again, and the position was still in the hands of the Chinese army.

This also made Iwasaki Mino Osa, as the commander of the wing, very anxious, and the division headquarters urged him to open the supply line as soon as possible, but his troops were indeed blocked here.

The Chinese army in front of him was very tenacious, and after four attacks, the 47th Wing failed to move forward.

"Tell Li Jichang that if he can't hold his position, I will kill him. It is not allowed to be taken down without my orders! ”

The area of those hillsides is not large, and it is not suitable to invest too many troops to defend in one go, but in one day, with the strength of Li Jichang's battalion, it is definitely feasible to hold on.

On Fanjiayuan's side, the main force of the 119th Regiment was still fighting against the Japanese army.

At present, the 119th Regiment has captured the high ground and two-thirds of the area near Van Jiayuan, but the Japanese army occupies the remaining third.

With the arrival of the 47th Wing of the Japanese Army and the counterattack of the Japanese troops north of the Fan homeland, the 119th Regiment was under great pressure, not to mention the air raids from Japanese planes in the sky.

Fortunately, the 19th Division arrived in time, although there was only one regiment in the vanguard, but it brought hope to Leng Jie's department.

"Sir, this is Commander Wu of the 19th Division, who came to support on the orders of the Commander's Department." Zhang Tao braved the artillery fire and brought a colonel, who was older than Leng Jie, and it was estimated that he must be in his thirties.

"It's a friendly army!"

Seeing that the Chief's Department reacted so quickly, Leng Jie knew that Xue Laohu should also believe his words a little, but to what extent he believed it, it was not clear.

"Chief Leng, we have been ordered to come to your support. The remaining troops of our 19th Division are still trying to find a way to cross the river on the south bank, and reinforcements will arrive in the afternoon or evening. Commander Wu said loudly, wanting to suppress the sound of artillery fire on the battlefield.

"Then thank you very much, with your arrival, our confidence will be even greater!" Leng Jie replied.

"How to fight, please give instructions to Commander Leng, our Hunan army is not a bad seed." Obviously, this head of Wu is from the Hunan army.

During the Republic of China, the Hunan army was actually not famous, perhaps it was He Jian's level that did not bring the Hunan army into a famous army, far less famous than the Zeng Guofan period at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

During the period of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, the more famous warlords were the Gui Army, the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army, followed by the Yunnan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Hunan Army, the Majia Army, and the Guangdong Army.

The Hunan army, on the other hand, was located in the core area of the Nanjing government, so it did not have as much autonomy as other warlords, and its influence could not affect other provinces.

Especially after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, He Jian was transferred to the post of Minister of the Interior, and the Hunan army began the process of semi-centralization.

However, no matter how much they fought in Hunan, they could not do without these Hunan troops, and in terms of defending Hunan, the enthusiasm of the Hunan army was undoubtedly very high.

"Brothers of the Xiang Army, I am naturally relieved. Now that the Japanese army wants to recapture Fan's homeland, Commander Wu will take your troops to attack behind the Japanese army, first solve the Japanese army in the north, relieve the worries, and then we will deal with the Japanese army in the south. ”

Judging from the current situation, the 47th Wing of the Japanese Army in the southeast is undoubtedly the main force, while the Japanese Army in the north is not a front-line force, and the stronger combat effectiveness is still a brigade drawn from an independent mixed brigade.

"No problem!"

Regiment Commander Wu nodded, and then left Fan's homeland under the cover of the 119th regiment.

Twenty minutes later, fierce gunfire was heard from the flank of the north, and the 119th Regiment could clearly feel that the Japanese firepower on the front was reduced, and it was obvious that the attack of the 19th Division had taken effect.

"Liu Xin, prepare a death squad to find a way to tear apart the Japanese army's defense line and drive the Japanese army out of Fan's homeland."

"Yes, sir!"

The tenacity of the Japanese army was also somewhat beyond Leng Jie's imagination, until the evening, Leng Jie's troops still did not conquer Fan's homeland, and the Japanese army was still entrenched in a few small positions in the north, resisting stubbornly.

In the southeast, Li Jichang's troops suffered heavy losses, and the Japanese 47th Wing launched at least eight group charges, but in the end they were all repulsed by Li Jichang's troops, and the fierceness of the battle can be imagined.

To be honest, the 47th Wing of the Japanese Army was also shocked, but it did not expect that the small Chinese army in front of him would hold out for so long.

After arriving at the unlikely possibility of recovering Fan's homeland, the 47th Wing of the Japanese Army reported to Shiro Inaba that it was time to consider other methods.

And the latter, after thinking about it, gave the order to the troops on the front line and began to retreat north!