In 1939, Li Yutang led his troops to block the Japanese army in the coffin mountain near Wuning, defended the position, and the whole army made war merits, and was awarded the title of "Taishan Army" by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

The reason why Lao Jiang and Chen Bui spoke out against it was because in the previous battle, Li Yutang and his 10th Army almost surrendered the northeast position of Changsha City to the Japanese army, and he also carried a punishment of probation, which is now within the punishment period.

In such a critical position, Sun Yumin said it at this time and asked him to be stationed, isn't it a big risk? No wonder Lao Jiang and Chen Bui hurriedly objected.

Of course Sun Yumin knew about this, the reason why he recommended the Tenth Army to Lao Jiang to garrison Changsha was because of a person, this person was not Army Commander Li Yutang, although he knew that Army Commander Li would make great contributions in the third Changsha Defense War, not only was he ashamed, but he was also promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army, which can be regarded as a raised eyebrows, but the biggest factor that made Sun Yumin insist on recommending the Tenth Army was Fang Xianjue, the commander of the Tenth Army's Reserve Tenth Division.

Fang Xianjue, whose name is Zishan, was born on November 22, 1905 in a family of squires in Fangjiazhai, Railing District, Xiao County, Xuzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province.

In the Second Battle of Changsha, Fang Xianjue, who was the commander of the 10th Pre-10th Division of the Tenth Army at the time, was ordered to lead his troops to Jinjing, north of the east of Changsha, to block the invading Japanese army. In the early morning of September 25, the 10th Division, which had just arrived at the battlefield late the night before, was fiercely attacked by the 1st Division of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army. Fang Xianjue's command post stubbornly resisted, but suffered heavy losses under the fierce bombardment of the Japanese superior firepower, and the battle lasted until the 26th, with nearly half of the casualties of the 10th Division, and the position of the 30th Regiment was broken through by the Japanese. At the same time, the positions of the remaining two divisions of the 10th Army were also broken through by the Japanese army, and the army commander Li Yutang was forced to order all his subordinate divisions to withdraw to Langli City to assemble. After the end of the Second Battle of Changsha, the Military Commission held Jinjing accountable for the loss, Li Yutang was placed on probation, and Fang Xianjue was punished with a demerit.

This is why Lao Jiang and Chen Bui strongly oppose letting the Tenth Army garrison Changsha, just imagine, even the northeast corner of Changsha City can not be defended, who would dare to hand over the entire city to him.

It is normal for Lao Jiang and them to have this idea, but Sun Yumin is different, he knows that the Tenth Army in history has fought a beautiful battle in the Third Battle of Changsha, and Li Yutang's Tenth Army has always been good at defending, especially Fang Xianjue's Advance Tenth Division, which is simply an iron can that cannot be broken or broken, and it seems a bit unreliable for them to defend Changsha City, but it is actually the best choice.

Historically, Fang Xianjue's 10th Army held on to Changsha and did not retreat, which was an important factor in contributing to the victory of the Third Battle of Changsha. After the war, Li Yutang, who still commanded the 10th Army despite the punishment, was promoted to the deputy commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army, and Fang Xianjue, the commander of the 10th Division, who contributed the most in the Battle of Changsha, was promoted to the commander of the 10th Army on March 28, 1942 after the war.

Sun Yumin can't take what hasn't happened yet as a reason to talk about Lao Jiang, he suddenly had a heart, and said to Lao Jiang: "Principal, the responsibility of defending the city this time belongs to the Tenth Army, the Tenth Army is ashamed of the previous battle, and this battle will definitely work together to achieve shame in the past." Yumin also dared to protect himself here, if Commander Li abandoned the city and abandoned the position again this time, or if the battle was lost because of the Tenth Army, then Yumin and the Twelfth Army were willing to join the Tenth Army to lead the army. ”

"Why do you have to defend the city with the Tenth Army, and would rather take on so much responsibility for Li Yutang? Is he asking for you, or is there something you owe to him? Lao Jiang's suspicious personality was exposed again.

Sun Yumin knew that he would ask such a question, and he was already prepared in his heart, he said: "I don't know Commander Li, but I have heard of it for a long time, and I am full of admiration for him. Although there is an unshirkable responsibility for the loss of Kanai in the previous time, fortunately, it has not caused uncontrollable consequences, and I believe that the principal does not want to see a heroic army, and a brave and warlike general will collapse. ”

"What you said makes sense, but as you said before, whether Changsha City is defended or not in this battle is related to the success or failure of the whole war, and I am not willing to entrust such a big task to a force with a precedent for escape." Lao Jiang said this patiently, this is already enough to give Sun Yumin face, if he is a bystander, this topic has already ended, where will he talk so much.

"Yumin, what the president said is very right, such a heavy task cannot be entrusted to a unit that has a history of abandoning the battle and fleeing. Didn't the 74th Army rest in Hengyang? Let Zuo Min defend, you will attack, the two trump cards will work together, why not win! Although Chen Bui didn't understand why he would advocate letting the Tenth Army defend Changsha, he knew that Sun Yumin must have his own reasons for thinking so. However, even if there is a reason that must be used, he cannot force Lao Jiang to change his views and decisions, and his son-in-law does not understand this truth, so he can't help but remind him.

"Headmaster, Yumin has the courage to ask you to give the Tenth Army a chance to prove it, if you are not satisfied this time, Yumin will bear the responsibility."

Chen Bui thought that his words would dispel his thoughts, but he didn't expect this guy to speak for Li Yutang as if he didn't understand, and once again expressed his willingness to guarantee to Lao Jiang.

Lao Jiang looked at Sun Yumin coldly, and saw that he had always maintained his toughness and refused to let go, so he had no choice but to accept this proposal and said, "Okay! I will listen to your advice and give the Tenth Army and Li Yutang a chance. You also have to remember what you said today, there is no joke in the army. If the mud of the Tenth Army can't hold up the wall, you and the Twelfth Army will bear the first responsibility. ”

"Yumin will never go back."

After Sun Yumin heard Lao Jiang's words, he was overjoyed, why did he insist on the Tenth Army guarding Changsha, in addition to Fang Xianjue, there was another important factor, that is, Li Yutang.

Regardless of history, he was really in Changsha City, with the strength of one army and three divisions, he defended Changsha City to the death, and won a great victory in the battle with the sacrifice of almost all the officers and soldiers; Also because General Li Yutang, during his tenure as deputy commander-in-chief of the Hainan Defense Headquarters and commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army, was rebelled by Chen Shiqing and Chen Bolan, members of our party, and decided to lead his troops to revolt. On July 20, 1983, the Shandong Provincial People's Government, with the approval of the State Council, posthumously recognized Li Yutang as a revolutionary martyr. The reason for this is as follows: "In 1949, when Li Yutang was the deputy commander-in-chief of Hainan Defense, our party plotted against Li Yutang through connections, and Li accepted our party's conditions to hold an uprising. Due to the interruption of transportation, Li Yutang did not receive the instructions of our party on the uprising in time, that is, to withdraw to Taiwan with the MD army. Sun Yumin remembered this incident and was also willing to help, although he knew that even if he didn't try his best to recommend, history's strong self-repair ability would eventually push him and his Tenth Army into Changsha City, but Sun Yumin still wanted to help him if he could do his best.

As a native of Hengyang, Sun Yumin has a deep memory of the 10th Army and its commander Fang Xianjue who defended the city alone for 39 days in the Battle of Changheng (also known as the Fourth Battle of Changsha). Not to mention the upcoming battle, which will make Fang Xianjue, who is still the commander of the 10th Division, be in the limelight and promoted to army commander, just because he still has the tenacity in the later Battle of Changde and the defense of Hengyang, it is worth speaking for him.

After recommending the troops defending the city, Sun Yumin talked about how to arrange the troops of the Ninth Theater to block the Japanese invaders step by step, and finally what situation the two sides would form, and then when the Twelfth Army should attack and what results would be achieved. Of course, although these tactics and arrangements were all thought up by him, he paid great attention to it and lured Lao Jiang to say a lot of the arrangements, so that the tactical conception and arrangement of the whole battle became Lao Jiang's meaning and ideas. His "hard work", Lao Jiang and Chen Bui don't know the reason, it's just that the three of them are "pretending to be stupid", this kind of thing to take other people's things as their own, he Lao Jiang has done a lot.

After Sun Yumin left, Lao Jiang thought hard about the map, combined with this guy's idea, and suddenly he found a big problem, that is, Sun Yumin never said anything about the 74th Army from beginning to end, let alone let the 74th Army participate in this mission, not only the 74th Army, but also the Fourth Army. But Sun Yumin will ignore them, or there are other reasons for this.

Thinking of this, Lao Jiang immediately asked people to invite Chen Bui and Sun Yumin again, but the reward was that Sun Yumin had returned to Changsha and was already on the way at the moment.

Fortunately, Dai Li gave him and Chen Bui a very "perfect" explanation: Sun Yumin and Wang Yaowu were at odds.

When the two were guests at Xue Yue's place, Wang Yaowu squeezed Sun Yumin, and Sun Yumin did not give Wang Yaowu half of the face, and Dai Li said it with added fuel and vinegar, which made Lao Jiang "suddenly realize".

In fact, this was Sun Yumin's omission, he knew that the Fourth Army and the 74th Army would be sent south to attack Guangzhou two months later to aid the British army in Hong Kong that was attacked by the Japanese 23rd Army, so when talking about those arrangements, he naturally excluded these two troops. However, he was negligent, it was still October at this time, and there was still a period of time before the Japanese Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the Japanese Army's attack on Hong Kong, and the 74th Army was now resting near the Nanyue meeting place.

Fortunately, when he was in Xiangtan and Changsha, the small contradiction between Wang Yaowu and himself made this negligence come to pass.

Both of them are fierce generals who can fight well, and it is normal for them to be unconvinced by each other, but if they make a fuss, no one will pay attention to anyone, and Lao Jiang will have a headache immediately, how to appease these two stubborn guys? How can we get them to shake hands and make peace? Instead, it has become his first priority.

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In the past half a month, Sun Yumin was first dragged by Xue Yue to the Ninth Theater Headquarters, and then went to Nanyue to attend the military meeting personally presided over by Lao Jiang, and when he returned to the army, Liu Wenzhi and Gu Hongying had been here for nearly half a month.

When the couple learned the news of Sun Yumin's return, they waited at the gate of the camp early, and when they saw him get off the car, they were all excited, especially Gu Hongying, who burst into tears.

Sun Yumin was also very happy, he actually knew that Ganglenzi had received their news, but he was helpless to be pulled by Xue Yue and couldn't get out, and then he went to Nanyue and had no way to come back to reunite.

When he was about to have a good conversation with Liu Wenzhi and his wife, Lin Yuanping suddenly reported: "Military seat, Commander Li of the Tenth Army and his three division commanders came to visit you, and they also brought a heavy salute. ”

"Li Yutang? How did he get here? Although Sun Yumin asked, he knew that this was someone who came to thank him, needless to say, it must have been the matter of his efforts to protect the Tenth Army in front of Lao Jiang that reached the ears of others, so that there would be a situation where he came to visit as soon as he came back.

"Big brother, you go to work on official business first, we have time to talk." Liu Wenzhi saw that Sun Yumin's face was embarrassed, and he knew that he didn't want to snub his husband and wife.

"Yes, Yumin, you go to be busy with military affairs, and I will personally cook a few side dishes in the evening, so that you brothers can have a good drink." Gu Hongying also followed to convince her.

Sometimes, women's words are far more effective than men's, especially the people close to them, it is more obvious, as soon as Gu Hongying's words came out, Sun Yumin immediately became excited, and said: "Great, I have long been hungry for those mountain delicacies and wild game in Danshi, and I haven't tasted Sister Gu's craftsmanship for a long time, prepare more tonight, call the people of Shangtie and Dongping together, our own family should have a good gathering." ”

"No problem!" Gu Hongying replied with a smile.

Sun Yumin patted Liu Wenzhi on the shoulder and said, "Tonight, our brothers, if we are not drunk, we will not return." ”

When he came to the reception room, Deng Dongping was talking to a middle-aged soldier with the rank of lieutenant general, and there were three soldiers with the rank of major general sitting below.

Sun Yumin didn't know these people, but he already knew from Lin Yuanping's mouth that they were Li Yutang, commander of the 10th Army, Zhou Qingxiang, commander of the 3rd Division, Zhu Yue, commander of the 190th Division, and Fang Xianjue, commander of the 10th Reserve Division.

From the moment he entered the door, Sun Yumin's eyes kept falling on Fang Xianjue, who was sitting at the end, and he was very curious about what this person who could hold the city alone in Hengyang for thirty-nine days was like. He is a native of Hengyang, so he will naturally pay special attention to people who have a great relationship with his hometown.

After coming in, it was inevitable that it would be another polite talk in the officialdom, although Sun Yumin didn't like this kind of scene very much, but he was helpless, he couldn't come and ignore it, not to mention that he was looking for a chance to have a good chat with Li Yutang, after all, he had been tied to the same boat with him.

"General Sun, I brought them to bother me today, and I came to thank you for it." After the guest sat down, Li Yutang spoke.

"What is there to be thankful for, everyone is in the same army, and they deserve great support." Sun Yumin waved his hand.

"No, no, no, General Sun, it's different! Li Mou's fall this time, many people who used to call him a brother and a brother have fallen into the ground, but only General Sun, who has never known his life, not only did not fall into the ground, but recommended Sun in front of the commission, and used himself as a guarantee, which made Li very surprised, and also made the Tenth Army grateful! ”