"As long as we take advantage of these favorable geographical conditions, coupled with the correct strategy and tactics, we can sincerely unite and work together, and we can completely turn the passive into the active and repel the Japanese attack!"

"In this way, it is not impossible to hold Changsha, even repel the Japanese army, or even defeat and annihilate the Japanese army!"

General Xue Yue looked at all the officers present and said in a deep voice.

The generals present in front of them are all senior generals of the Republic of China, and they are also all senior commanders and fighters of the Battle of Changsha, and the troops they lead determine the victory or defeat of Changsha, and also determine the situation faced by the Republic of China after this battle, so ...... They matter!

When commanding this battle, General Xue Yue needs to be cautious and cautious!

And these generals are also solemn one by one!

Naturally, they all know the importance of this battle!

Xue Yue continued: "According to the reconnaissance, the Japanese army has already moved towards this side a few days ago, although the vanguard has already advanced, but the large forces of the Japanese army are still being mobilized in the rear, according to this progress, the enemy seems to start attacking south around mid-September, and will move from northern Hunan to Changsha with the main force, and carry out countermeasures in northern Jiangxi and southern Hunan. ”

"After discussions at the theater headquarters, it was planned to deal a serious blow to the enemy and start the victory of the second phase of the War of Resistance against Japan, and it was decided to lure the enemy deep into the area north of Changsha to encircle and annihilate the enemy's main force."

"And the northern Jiangxi and southern Hubei sides should break the enemy's attempts to fight in response to the enemy, so as to ensure the success of the main force!"

When he said this, Xue Yue looked at all the officers present, and then said in a deep voice: "I only have one request, that is, to lure the enemy army into the depths, and the central area will fight and retreat, but to ensure that the core area is not lost, and in addition, to ensure that the outer line area is blooming and forming effective control over the enemy!" ”

The strategy that Xue Yue said sounds a little complicated, but if he summarizes this strategic deployment, or even briefly summarizes it, the core point is eight words, that is: retreat and fight for the outer wing.

Those generals didn't know what they were thinking after hearing Xue Yue's combat policy, but after Chen Qingzhi heard General Xue Yue's words, he fell into contemplation for a moment, and then his face showed a look of sudden realization, and then a look of admiration.

This kind of strategy is really enlightening!

Yes!

As early as when Chen Qingzhi went to Changsha to participate in the combat meeting, he was thinking about what kind of plan General Xue Yue, who commanded the Changsha operation, would make!

After all, this operation is not as well-known as the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Wuhan, and in addition to several battles of Changsha before and after, the specific battle plan has gradually been forgotten with the passage of time, even if it is Chen Qingzhi, although he knows that the Battle of Changsha was won, but how he won it is unknown.

On the way here, Chen Qingzhi kept thinking!

But he has always been puzzled, and he doesn't know how General Xue Yue will win this time.

But it wasn't until now, until General Xue Yue told him about this plan, that Chen Qingzhi suddenly realized that it was such a plan!

For a while, Chen Qing's heart suddenly made him admire.

In this battle of Changsha, our army dispatched about 300,000 soldiers, and the Japanese army had 100,000 troops, which seemed to be more than three times more than three times the number of soldiers, but looking at the previous several large-scale battles, which one was not our army's soldiers had the advantage, but in the end it was still a failure, and the losses were much heavier than the Japanese army, so simply judging from the soldiers, it cannot be said that it will win!

The most important thing is strategy and tactics!

And General Xue Yue's battle plan can be described as a very genius, and it can even be called amazing!

In General Xue Yue's plan, he planned to lure the enemy deep into the area north of Changsha, and to the north of Changsha and even the northern Hunan region.

Most of the northern Hunan region is mountainous, not only mountainous but also watery.

And with the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway as the boundary from north to south, there are Dongting Lake and Lishui, Yuanshui, Xiangjiang River on the left side, and Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River and Liuyang River on the right side, thus forming a natural line of defense.

Such a mountainous and watery terrain is very unfavorable to the movement of the Japanese army's mechanized troops, and it can be said that it will greatly limit the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army and cause many troubles to the Japanese army.

One is to prevent the Japanese army's mechanized units from being used, weakening the enemy's advantage.

The second is that there are many mountains and rivers, and the complex terrain will make it impossible for the Japanese army's logistics to be delivered quickly, or even safely.

After the war began, the battle line stretched for such a long time, and the mountains and rivers were mixed on the way, and only a few guerrillas were sent to hide in the mountains, forests, and rivers, and raid the Japanese army's logistics baggage and reconnaissance teams at any time, which could bring great trouble to the little devils.

Third, stationed here, our army waited for work at leisure, and the Japanese army's long-distance journey, coupled with its unfamiliarity with the complex terrain here, and the fact that the Japanese army's mechanized troops were not allowed to use it, narrowed the gap between the combat effectiveness of the two sides.

Fourth, and more importantly, the area north of Changsha is far away from northern Jiangxi and southern Hunan, and once a decisive battle is fought in the area north of Changsha, the rest of the troops, such as northern Jiangxi and southern Hunan, can contain the Japanese army in place, and even when the war is urgent, they can also respond and support on the side, so as to ensure the success of the main force.

This campaign is easier said than done!

After all, in advance, everyone's eyes were on the Changsha area, thinking about how to defend Changsha and repel the Japanese army, but who would have thought that they were luring the enemy deep and directly penetrating the Japanese army into this area north of Changsha!

The idea of such a genius is definitely not something that an idle person can think of!

While admiring Chen Qing's heart, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Who can leave a name in history and even shine brightly, which one is not a brilliant person?

They were able to surpass their peers and even leave a name in history at the same time, not by luck, but by their own real talents!

Previously, Chen Qingzhi had also come into contact with people such as Wang Yaowu, Chi Fengcheng, Zhang Lingfu, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Cheng, and they were able to leave their names in history, and these people all had their own unique strengths and real learning.

Each one of them is the best of his generation.

Even if Liu Lanzhai, who was a cavalry company commander under Chi Fengcheng and attacked the Japanese army at the beginning, and also successfully attacked the Japanese army, he was also resolute in battle and worthy of being a fierce general!

He was very brave during the battle, and in ancient times, he was at least a hundred-man enemy, and such a person was just a few notes in the history books: the 31st Division of Chifeng City was stationed in Taierzhuang, and Liu Lanzhai threw a cavalry company to raid the Japanese army and beheaded more than 300.

Thinking about it at this time, it is really admirable, lamentable, and terrifying.

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