Chapter 896: Twelve Hairpins

Yang Sen was also unambiguous, the three divisions that took the lead were all his starting troops, the Twentieth Army, and Yu Jishi's intention to fight for the first merit was self-evident.

Speaking of Yang Sen, he is also a well-known figure, quite legendary, in history, he went through the Xinhai Revolution, the War to Protect the Country, the warlord melee, the War of Resistance against Japan and other historical periods, not only in the early years to seek Yuan to protect the country, shelled British ships, protect President Zhu, President Chen, Ho Chi Minh's righteous actions, but also colluded with Wu Peifu to sabotage the revolution, and actively followed the chairman of the National People's Congress to fight the civil war.

The most unforgivable thing is that in 1939 he personally created the "Pingjiang Massacre" that shocked China and the rest of the world, resulting in the brutal killing of more than a dozen high-ranking cadres of the New Fourth Army in Pingjiang, and at the same time, more than 1,000 family members of the Red Army and other revolutionary elements in Pingjiang were killed, including six of the eight family members and brothers of the Red Army.

Of course, this is just history, because of Jiang Haoran's arrival, the entire Jiangxi area belongs to his defense area of the 40th Group Army, so the Pingjiang tragedy did not happen, and it is naturally impossible to talk about fighting a civil war, which also makes Yang Sen's future bright.

In fact, Yang Sen removed these historical stains, and he still made great achievements on the frontal anti-Japanese battlefield, and he can be regarded as a tiger general. Since the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, he led more than 18,000 Sichuan troops of the 20th Army, who lacked guns and ammunition, wore hats and straw sandals, marched out of Sichuan on foot, and participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Changsha and the Battle of Changheng.

The greatest feats were the Battle of Songhu and the Third Battle of Changsha.

Battle of Songhu, he was the first to arrive at the battlefield of the miscellaneous army, the whole army in the bloody battle for five days and nights, with more than 7,000 casualties of the soldiers held the position, to the Japanese army to deal a heavy blow, after the war is considered to be one of the five most capable of fighting in the Battle of Songhu.

In the Third Battle of Changsha, Yang Sen completely annihilated a brigade of the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army that was trying to meet at Zhuying Mountain on the way to intercept the Japanese army's retreat, which was a very tangible result confirmed by the Japanese War History Series.

But Yang Sen is most famous for his "color" name, his wives and concubines have many children, and there are twelve public wives and concubines, known as "twelve hairpins", and more than 40 children.

Janssen himself

In a sense, beauty is tantamount to hiding misfortune for women. Even under Yang Sen's strict control, there were frequent jokes about his wife and concubine Hongxing going out of the wall.

In the valley two miles away from the north shore of Liangzi Lake, a tent stands quietly, and there are no lights everywhere, but under the dim moonlight, there are bright posts and secret posts everywhere, and this is the headquarters of the 39th Division of the Japanese Army.

**'s night sky reconnaissance aircraft is so powerful that even the division headquarters can only hide in the night of the dense forest. Although there was not a single light to be seen outside, in the largest tent in the central part, it was a scene of brilliant lights, and staff officers and generals shuttled through it, a tense and busy scene.

Lieutenant General Keisaku Murakami, commander of the 39th Division of the Japanese Army, was pacing back and forth in the tent with a black face, and the sudden sound of gunfire just now made him look like an ant on a hot pot, anxiously waiting for news from ahead.

Blocking the attack of two armies with the strength of one division? The pressure on Murakami's Keisaku is not insignificant, but what makes him glad is that he is not facing Jiang Haoran's troops, and the current imperial army is simply talking about the tiger change for the 40th Group Army, and Murakami Keisaku is no exception.

In addition to this factor, what reassures Murakami a little is the unique topography of this area, although the entire defense line area is not small, but many lakes are connected, so that there are only three main roads to Wuhan, the roads are narrow and rugged, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And on these three roads, the imperial army has occupied the geographical advantage to build a complete fortifications, as long as the three roads are held, the entire line of defense can be basically guaranteed, unless there are enough ships to cross the lake, but this is almost impossible, not to mention the boats, when the imperial army retreated, even the beds and doors of the people's homes were destroyed in a centralized manner, and the nearby trees were cut down because of the urban construction in recent years, and the nearest ones are probably dozens of miles away. And Murakami's task is to hold the defensive line for four days, and when they build a ship, he can basically retreat.

The 39th Division is a type B division, under the jurisdiction of two brigades and four wings, only formed in 1939, the largest battle fought is the Zaoyi Campaign launched at the beginning of this year, this is a large-scale clean-up campaign against the fifth theater in northern Hubei Province, but also while Jiang Haoran is still locked up in the White Mansion in Chongqing, the imperial army wants to take advantage of this to solve the threat north of Wuhan.

In this battle, the 39th Division became famous in a battle, annihilating the headquarters of the 33rd Group Army, and General Zhang Zizhong, a famous general of the first generation, died in Changshan, ten miles in northern Hubei Province. Although this campaign did not achieve the goal of annihilating the Fifth Theater, it dealt a heavy blow, and Murakami Keisaku was also promoted from major general to lieutenant general after this battle.

In anxious waiting, Keisaku Murakami finally waited for the news from the front, and launched a fierce attack on the three lines of defense at the same time, but what made him collapse the most was that countless bamboo rows appeared on the water surface of Liangzi Lake and Lu Lake.

"Baga, Bagayalu!" Keisaku Murakami waved his fist and roared, but he did not lose his mind, and immediately ordered the situation to be reported to the headquarters of the 11th Army, informing him that the defense line could no longer be held, and the troops could only retreat immediately into street fighting, otherwise the troops would immediately fall into the encirclement of the army on all sides.

Keisaku Murakami didn't even wait for the headquarters to call back, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat to the city in an orderly manner and enter the street battle preparations. A line of defense built with great effort turned out to be in vain, and it was collapsed at the touch of **, from retreat to arranging defense, it was not held for two days, and if you want to hold on for two more days with street fighting? In the case of a completely unequal number of troops, it is simply a thousand difficulties, and Murakami Keisaku has a headache when he thinks about it.