In fact, with the strength of Luo Zhuoying's 19th Group Army, Sun Yumin didn't have to do anything at all, and said a lot of words to remind Lao Jiang to take strict precautions. The reason why he put these on the table is because he knows that Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, who is deeply respected by him, is about to become the first commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, although this is at the beginning of 1942, but in fact, at the end of 1941, rumors will come out that although his successor Tang Enbo is also a famous general of the national army, Sun Yumin is extremely uneasy about him.

"You go on." At this time, Lao Jiang had not yet been invited by Roosevelt to be the supreme commander of the China-India-Burma Theater, so he did not have the idea of transferring Luo Zhuoying away, so he naturally did not understand that Sun Yumin's opening paragraph had ulterior motives.

"The 11th Army of the Japanese Army is undoubtedly the 3rd, 6th, and 40th Divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness, and the 13th Division is not bad, but it was dragged in Yichang by Commander Chen and couldn't move, so I guess that Anan will only use these three divisions."

"Although it seems that the Japanese army only has three divisions, but our side has more than 30 divisions and more than 300,000 people, and the strength is far above it, but we can't underestimate the Japanese army in the slightest."

Sun Yumin's sentence is actually nonsense, for the specific strength of the 11th Army, Lao Jiang has long been aware of it, this is still the credit of Dai Li's military commanders, who used unconventional means to secretly steal this top-secret military intelligence of the Japanese army.

At this time, the four main divisions of the Eleventh Army, in addition to the 13th Division guarding Yichang, also had the third division of Toshima Fangtaro: the 29th Brigade Ishikawa Tadao, the 18th Infantry Wing, the 3rd Field Artillery Wing, the 68th Wing, the 52nd Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade, the 3rd Cavalry Wing, the 34th Infantry Wing, the 3rd Engineer Wing, the 3rd Baggage Wing, and the 6th Infantry Wing; Kanda Masashi's 6th Division: 13th, 23rd, and 45th Infantry Wings, 6th Field Artillery Wing, 2nd Independent Mountain Artillery Wing, 6th Engineer Wing, and 6th Baggage Infantry Wing; Aoki Seiichi's 4O Division: 234th, 235th, 236th Infantry Wing, 4O Cavalry Brigade, 4O Mountain Artillery Wing, 51st Independent Mountain Artillery Brigade, 4th Engineer Wing, 4O Baggage Wing.

In the Third Battle of Changsha, in addition to the above three divisions, Sun Yumin still remembered that the strength of the Japanese army also included the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade Ikegami Kenkichi: the 38th and 4O Independent Infantry Brigades and 1 Artillery Squadron, the 65th Independent Infantry Brigade, the 95th Independent Infantry Brigade, the 218th Infantry Wing, the Engineer Corps, the Transport Brigade and the 15th Field Heavy Artillery Wing directly under the army. In addition, Toyoji Akiyama's 1st Flying Regiment assisted in the battle, including: the 44th Flying Reconnaissance Squadron, the 18th and 83rd Independent Flying Reconnaissance Squadrons, the 54th Combat Flying Squadron, and the 87th Independent Bombing Squadron.

This is all the strength of the Japanese army that Sun Yumin is about to face in northern Xiangbei, more than 120,000 fierce to the extreme, for him and the Chinese army, the only good thing is that Changsha is connected to Dongting Lake in the west, Jiuling Mountain, Luoxiao Mountain and other mountains in the east, the terrain is complex, from Yueyang to Changsha is a water network zone, which is not conducive to the large-scale mechanized force action of the Japanese army, and the artillery and tanks of the 12th Army can play an unexpected role, and the Ninth Theater has arranged a heavy howitzer position on Yuelu Mountain, with nearly 40 125mm caliber howitzers, will be of great use on the battlefield.

"That's inevitable, the Ninth War Zone gathers more than 300,000 elites of our national army, how can we allow the Japanese to act recklessly." Lao Jiang was also infected by Sun Yumin's confidence, and it is no wonder that he has such confidence, not to mention Sun Yumin's Twelfth Army, but there are still many elites of the National Army in the Ninth Theater: Luo Zhuoying's Nineteenth Group, Yang Sen's Twenty-seventh Group Army, and Wang Lingji's Twentieth Group Army.

"Chairman, although the Japanese army is ferocious, it has one of the biggest flaws, that is, arrogance and complacency, starting from Taierzhuang to the current Xiangbei War, which time they lost the battle because they were too blind to no one, conceited that they were invincible and invincible in the world?" Sun Yumin continued: "So I think we should implement the tactic of 'retreating and fighting for the outer flank'. ”

Sun Yumin's tactic was not something he came up with, but a highly imaginative and feasible tactic called "Heavenly Furnace Tactic" proposed by Xue Yue after summing up the lessons of the first two battles of Changsha.

"To be more specific, what do you mean by 'retreating to fight for the outer wings'?" Lao Jiang was not very expert in marching and fighting, he liked to personally command in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, but whether it was Songhu or Nanjing, which time was a fiasco, and later when the battle of Xuzhou, he followed Chen Bui's advice and gave power to Li Zongren, and as a result, he played a great victory in Taierzhuang, which also made him learn from the pain, since then, he rarely mixed in at the tense juncture of the battle, but delegated power to the commander of the theater to command, and as a result, the national army also achieved some victories, although they were not some big victories, Compared to previous years, that's a lot better. It is precisely because of these factors that Lao Jiang is humbly like a student at this moment, asking the "teacher" Sun Yumin for advice.

"Chairman of the Committee, according to Yumin's research and statistics, there is a great feature of the current Japanese attack, that is, at the very beginning of every battle, the main force of the national army is sought and a decisive battle is fought against it. And we will always do what they want, with elite troops to block its edge, although there have been great victories like Taierzhuang and Wanjialing, although we won, but in fact it is only a miserable victory, which time is not to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred? Sun Yumin's statement still took care of Lao Jiang's face, what he actually wanted to say was that whether it was Taierzhuang or Wanjialing, although they won the victory, they actually suffered more casualties than the Japanese invaders. He, Sun Yumin, didn't want this kind of victory, and if his troops had to win like the Lan Feng bloody battle every time, then he would rather not have this kind of victory.

Although Sun Yumin's words had been said very tactfully, Lao Jiang's face was still a little gloomy.

"Chairman, I'm not saying that we shouldn't have a main showdown with the Japanese army, this is what every big battle must experience." Sun Yumin continued: "You should remember the allusions of one blow, then decline, and three exhaustions, and you also know the allusions of Tianji horse racing, since the ancients left us so many valuable experiences and tactics, then why don't we use them?" ”

It is unlikely that ordinary generals will use allusions to persuade people, for generals, what they read is of course the Art of War, as the so-called Art of War has clouds: virtual and real, or Sun Tzu said: soldiers, sophistry. But our protagonist is the first to use historical allusions to dialogue with the highest authority.

"All at once? Tian Ji horse racing? Lao Jiang was a little puzzled, he didn't understand what Sun Yumin said had to do with the upcoming war.

"Yes, Chairman. Didn't the Japanese army want to find our main force to fight them in a decisive battle? We're not as good as he wants. If you want to hit me, you will drag it, and if you stop, I will harass it, anyway, you can make them annoying&#o39; bored and disgusted. From the Xinqiang River in northern Hunan to Changsha with a depth of hundreds of kilometers, it is completely enough for us to drag them down. ”

"Can you make it clear? The Chairman and I felt a little foggy. Chen Bui somewhat understood what this kid was talking about, but judging from Lao Jiang's face, he still didn't seem to understand, so he excused himself and asked.

"Very simply, if the Japanese army attacks, we can use the strategy of resisting step by step, retreating one by one, and luring the enemy to go deeper, and after achieving the combat goal, retreat to the mountains behind the oblique side, and go around to the outer line, and then form a counter-encirclement of the Japanese army from a larger level, and finally encircle and annihilate the Japanese army with tail attacks, side attacks, and flanking attacks."

Sun Yumin can be regarded as "stealing" Xue Yue's "Heavenly Furnace Tactics", he did not copy all the books, at least he first considered the situation behind him and the surrounding area, combined himself and reality, and then narrated it in his own words. When he narrated, he also compared and pointed at the map, which made Lao Jiang quickly understand his combat policy and intentions. If it were a few years ago, such a young officer said these words to Lao Jiang, in exchange for only scolding, but today's Sun Yumin is different, he has the halo of "God of War" and "Victorious General" on his head.

"How do I feel a bit like the guerrilla tactics of the Communist CD?" Lao Jiang put forward his own opinion.

"Resemblance but not resemblance." Of course, Sun Yumin would not admit in front of Lao Jiang that this tactic was the product of his combination of Taizu's guerrilla warfare method and the "Heavenly Furnace" tactic, but in fact, it was more in line with the essence of Taizu's "&#o39; guerrilla warfare": the enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue. "The purpose of our fighting and retreating is to consume the ammunition and food of the Japanese army, to stretch the battle line is to make up for the problems of the Japanese army's logistics, not to immediately confront the Japanese army head-on is to avoid its sharpness, and to constantly harass the Japanese army is to turn the Japanese army into a tired division, and finally when the time is ripe, we will do our best to make sure that we will not win a complete victory."

Sun Yumin's explanation is not exhaustive, nor is it unreasonable, Lao Jiang already has some displeasure and doubts, and there is no suspicion about this call, but he asked a question again: "What you said is some truth, but when is the moment of the real decisive battle?" Where do you plan to put it as the last line of defense? ”

Lao Jiang is still very capable, and he can see the key points at a glance.

The tactic proposed by Sun Yumin is good, but there is one biggest flaw, that is, the last face or that point must be tough, that is to say, to defend Changsha City, there must be a tenacious army, a force that does not need to be powerful, but must be an iron wall that cannot be broken and broken.

"Chairman, that's exactly what I'm going to tell you next." In order to fight the devil well this time, Sun Yumin decided to let go of the pride in his heart and pat Lao Jiang's ass. "Chairman, you are too sharp-eyed, and you can see the key to this battle at a glance! As you said, the victory or defeat of this battle lies in whether we have a force that can defend Changsha City to the death. As long as the bottom of Changsha is stable, all the sides can be closed, as long as the sides are closed, even if he Anan only invites their Anamerasu, he will not want to escape from the palm of your hand! ”

It can be heard from the meaning of Sun Yumin's words that he deliberately regarded these tactical arrangements as what Lao Jiang thought, which made Chen Bui can't help but put down the big stone in his heart. I thought that this guy had taken the wrong medicine to make such a military order in front of the president, but now after listening to his words, it turned out that this goblin guy had unknowingly "tied" the president to his boat. The president himself is on this boat, how can he let this boat overturn, so although Sun Yumin patted his chest and made a military order, he was actually more stable than ever. Chen Bui was worried for a while, but he was still quite happy, but he secretly learned Lao Jiang's tone and scolded in his heart: Little red guy!

Lao Jiang also felt very comfortable, and regardless of whether the outcome of this battle was really as Sun Yumin said, and whether Sun Yumin was really able to inflict heavy losses on Anan's Eleventh Army, just because he had such a thought, it was already worthy of him to raise his hands in favor. If an unprecedented victory is really achieved, who will dare to say that he Jiang does not understand military affairs and commands indiscriminately in the future.

"Yumin, do you have a suitable choice in mind? Or are you going to use your own troops to defend Changsha City? When Lao Jiang asked these two questions, he had a slight smile on his face, which showed that he had actually agreed with Sun Yumin's tactics.

"Chairman ......"

"Yumin, the title of chairman is too rusty, in the future, just like Shoushan (Hu Zongnan), Liangzhen (Yu Jishi), and Zuomin (Wang Yaowu), they will call me the principal!"

Sun Yumin was stunned when he heard this, and there were more than 10,000 "grass and mud horses" galloping past in his heart, but he didn't want to be a protégé of the Son of Heaven. Originally, he just wanted to pat himself on the back so that he could fight this battle, but who would have expected that Lao Jiang would come to this show. He was really unwilling, but he couldn't refuse it explicitly, all he thought about was how to take the brothers to Taizu in the future if the name of this "protégé of the Son of Heaven" spread.

Chen Bui was smiling, and when he saw Sun Yumin stunned, he hurriedly nudged him, and said with a smile: "This surprise stunned you, right?" Thank you President! ”

Sun Yumin was extremely reluctant, but there was no way at all, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Thank you, chairman!" ”

"It's time for you to change your tune." Lao Jiang also thought that Sun Yumin's stupidity was caused by surprise, not only did he not blame him, but he smiled.

"Yes, school...... Long. Sun Yumin was very unaccustomed to calling these two words, but after all, he still called them out, in order to hide his disgust and panic, he quickly diverted the topic: "My subordinates' twelve armies are good at attacking but not good at defending, and how can a good knife be placed at home, naturally it must be used at the most critical moment." As for the troops defending the city, it is up to you, the principal, to personally select them, and Yumin dares to recommend one to you, General Li Yutang's Tenth Army, with him and his troops, to ensure that Changsha is safe! ”

"Li Yutang? Tenth Army? Lao Jiang and Chen Bui exclaimed at the same time: "No, absolutely not!" ”

Li Yutang, whose name is Yaojie, was born in Guangrao County, Shandong Province, on March 16, 1899 (the fifth day of the second month of the 25th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty) in a landlord family in the west of Dawangqiao River, Guangrao County, Shandong Province. In 1924, Li Yutang was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and after graduation, he was assigned to the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Division of the 6th Army of the National Revolutionary Army as a trainee officer. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Yutang was appointed as the commander of the Eighth Army of the 6th Army of the Kuomintang and stationed in Jiangxi.

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