The arrival of the little girl made Sun Yumin happy, but she couldn't help but have more worries. I am happy that this little girl is like her own sister, always remembering and caring about herself; What worries me is that this is a war after all, and in normal times, I can pet and hold her a little more, but now it won't work, not only from the perspective of serious military discipline, but also from the perspective of her safety, and she is a girl's family, and it is not very convenient to follow the army, if you can't follow Tang Chunhong, you can also help her with the work of telecommunications, Sun Yumin is really not good at arranging this little girl.

After the troops turned from Xiangtan to Hengyang, the spies sent out continued to report the news of the discovery of the Japanese army, and what made him most nervous was that there was actually a Japanese army marching parallel to the 12th Army on another road a few kilometers away.

"Boss, give me a regiment, I'll go eat this gang of devils!"

Silly Bear has been staying by Sun Yumin's side. didn't fight with the new 34th Division, not because he was unwilling to lead the troops, but because Sun Yumin was worried that after this guy went back, he would cause big trouble to Dai Cunxiang's command, so he simply left him by his side, pitying him for being a division commander, but he was not even as good as a guard commander, and he would be squeezed by Lin Yuanping from time to time. This will hear that there is a gang of devils on the other side, and suddenly become addicted and want to lead the troops to do good deeds.

"Eaten? Before you finished eating them, they were already dumplings by the troops before and after the devils. Of course, Sun Yumin knew that it was not only this group of Japanese troops marching there, but there would definitely be more Japanese troops in the front and rear.

It seems that Changsha has been lost, I don't know if Zhang Xiaohu understood his words at that time, he was very worried that the 20th Division would be like the battle in Lanfeng, and he would fight with the devils in Changsha with all his might, and the whole army would be wiped out. In fact, he only needed to let the troops rest a little and set up the radio to know what the specific battle situation was like, but because Dai Cunxiang and Dong Wenbin had a big fight with the Japanese army in Xiangxiang, which delayed most of the day's effort, he had to order the troops to march day and night all the time, so as to make up for this late day, so that now he does not dare to let the troops stop.

"How is it possible, before their reinforcements arrived, I had already eaten this group of devils to the ground." Silly Bear Cowhide said coaxingly.

"Just stay honest, and fight for you!" Sun Yumin glared at Silly Bear.

For the stupid bear, he is 100% trusted, but as long as this guy has a hot brain, he will do stupid things that people can't guard against, Sun Yumin confined him to his side out of concern and love for him, even if he is now the head of a division, but in Sun Yumin's mind, he is still the brother who worries him the most.

The importance of the battle in front of us is no exaggeration to say that it has been related to the success or failure of the entire battle situation, and also related to the life and death of the 12th Army.

As soon as Changsha was lost, Hengyang became the last barrier of Guangdong-Xianggui, and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and the Xianggui Railway intersected here, no matter in terms of geographical location or importance, the Japanese army would attack at all costs, and Lao Jiang of course would not let such an important place be occupied by the Japanese invaders, and would definitely mobilize heavy troops to organize the battle. One side must attack with all its might, and the other side must try its best to defend it, so that Hengyang will naturally have a big battle and bloody battle.

It is also true that while Yokoyama ordered the 34th Division and the 58th Division to launch a general attack on Changsha, he issued orders to several other divisions to capture Hengyang. He believed that as long as Changsha, Ningxiang and other places were captured, the various units of the Chinese army's Ninth Theater would inevitably fall into chaos. If at this time, taking advantage of the chaos and before the new defense system has been organized, a rapid attack on Hengyang will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. Shunroku Hata also agreed with Isamu Yokoyama's concept and ideas, and approved Isamu Yokoyama's plan.

It was precisely because of the strong support of Shunroku Hatahata that the 68th Division and the 116th Division, which were planned to attack Hengyang, crossed the Liuyang River and headed south while Changsha was still in the midst of fierce fighting.

When Zhang Xiaohu abandoned Changsha, the two divisions of the Japanese army had already entered Zhuzhou and the Qingjiangpu area east of it, and then prepared to advance rapidly southward along both sides of the Xiangjiang River, straight to Hengyang, and the 90th Division of the National Army Chen Kanbu killed the commander of the Japanese Lieutenant General Division, Sakuma, and it was precisely because the main force of the 68th Division had already moved south, and he was too big and only brought less than a brigade of troops, so that this guy who was supposed to bear the death penalty made a great achievement. The 68th Division of the Japanese Army lost its commander, and Isamu Yokoyama asked Shunroku Hata, who was in Wuhan, to send a successor, and ordered the commander of the 116th Division, Iwanagawang, to temporarily take command of the two divisions.

The 3rd Division and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army on the East Road, which did not directly participate in the attack on Changsha, continued to attack Liling and Pingxiang in Jiangxi without stopping after occupying Liuyang, and waited for an opportunity to advance the attack on Youxian, Anren, and Leiyang (Leixian).

Among the three Japanese troops, only the 40th Division of the Japanese Army on the West Route was heavily damaged by Sun Yumin's troops and stuck in the city of Xiangxiang and had to stop.

After the loss of Changsha, although Lao Jiang was angry, he was not in a hurry to investigate the responsibility, he still had to rely on these guys who were scolded by him as "rice buckets" to defend Hengyang and prevent the Japanese from continuing to go deeper. He personally issued a combat order to the Ninth War Zone, and sent a private telegram to Fang Xianjue, who was guarding Hengyang: The gains and losses in Hengyang this time are really related to the survival of the country, and it is by no means comparable to ordinary success or failure. Brother Xi will defend with peace of mind, and Yu will urge the Army and Air Force to help his brother complete the unprecedented cause!

Although Lao Chiang's words were good, in fact, after the start of the defense of Hengyang, he tried his best to organize two rescues, but in the end they were in vain, so that Fang Xianjue, who was in despair, sent an emergency telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, Xue Yue and others: "Hengyang is in danger, personal affairs are small, national affairs are big, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, no matter what, please send a regiment of troops to rush into the city, we have our own way." ”

However, no matter how much Fang Xianjue tried, there was never a company of troops rushing in, and finally when he was really unable to hold Hengyang City and was forced to choose the road of surrender, he sighed to several division commanders under his department: "It's not that we're sorry for the Republic of China, but the Republic of China is sorry for us, it's not that we don't want the Republic of China, but that the Republic of China doesn't want us." ”

Of course, this is an afterthought, so I won't show it here.

Through various intelligence, and based on the information on the assembly, mobilization, and tactics of the Chinese army during the first three battles of Changsha, Yokoyama basically judged Xue Yue's campaign intention to concentrate his forces to carry out a flanking attack from the east and west.

Now that he knew the intentions of the Chinese army, how could the old fox of Yokoyama Yong not make targeted deployments, he ordered the Japanese troops on the east and west routes to gather troops and strengthen operations in Liling and Ningxiang to cover the attack of the Japanese army on the middle route to Hengyang.

The 13th Division of the Japanese Army on the East Road, under the command of the division commander Chiluli, took the lead in occupying Liling, and then the 65th Wing continued to move south, and its main force turned to the east, and inflicted heavy losses near Liu Gongmiao The 26th Army of the National Army Ding Zhipan Division was ordered by Xue Yue to flank the Japanese army, and forced the 58th Army of Lu Daoyuan and the 72nd Army of Fu Yi's Department to retreat to the east, and attacked and advanced all the way, and Jiangxi Pingxiang was also occupied by Chiluli strongly. Compared with the good fortune of Chen Kan, the commander of the 90th Division, Lu Daoyuan was really mildewed, and his 58th Army encountered the main force of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army of Yamamoto Yamao in the process of retreating to the east, and was cut off into several pieces by the Japanese army in the area north of Pingxiang, after a bloody battle, the 58th Army was severely damaged, and Lu Daoyuan had to lead his troops to retreat again, and was no longer able to implement Xue Yue's order to flank the Japanese army.

That is to say, Xue Yue and Lao Jiang's intention was that the Tenth Army and the Twelfth Army would hold Hengyang, and then the tactics of each unit attacking from the periphery and flowering in the center were actually declared bankrupt at this time.

The 2nd Provisional Army of Shen Fazao's Division, which was defending Zhuzhou, was only attacked by the advance troops of the Japanese army in the middle, and all of them retreated to the south bank of Lushui, giving up the only heavy industrial city in Hunan.

Due to the unfortunate martyrdom of the division commander, the 133rd Wing of the 68th Division, which was commanded by Yan Yongwang, the commander of the 116th Division, was ordered to move westward, and the spearhead was pointed at Xiangtan.

He personally led the 116th Division and the 57th Brigade of the 68th Division to cross the Xiangjiang River from near Zhuzhou to the west, and marched to Hengyang along the west bank of the Xiangjiang River and the Yishu River in two routes; The rest of the troops of the 68th Division crossed the Lushui River near Shiting, first repelled the defense of the Shen Fazao Division's temporary 2nd Army, and then rushed along the east bank of the Xiangjiang River towards Hengyang. This Japanese army was the first to arrive at Quanxi Town, which is now part of Hengnan County, on the outskirts of Hengyang, and under the fire of the only regiment of the Provisional 54th Division of the National Army, it forcibly crossed the Leihe River and broke through the blocking position. After a short rest, in the evening of the next day, Iwanaga Wang ordered the 115th Brigade of the 58th Brigade to continue to advance westward, attacking the outer positions of Hengyang in Wuma Trough, and the rest of the main force crossed the Xiangjiang River west through Chishuitang and made a detour to the south of Hengyang.

The next day, the advance troops of Chiluli's 116th Division advanced to the western suburbs of Hengyang City, broke through the guard position of the 3rd Division of the defending army outside Hengyang City, and forced them to the main positions of Waziping and Huxingshan; The 115th Infantry Brigade of the 58th Brigade of the 68th Division quickly broke through the forward position of the 190th Division of Wuma Manger, advanced to the main position of Fengjiachong, and tried to attack the military airfield east of the Hengyang River; The main force of the 68th Division broke through the alert positions of the 10th Division in Huanghualing and Oujiacho in the south of Hengyang City, and advanced to the main position of the 10th Division on the railway line.

When all this happened, the main force of the 12th Army led by Sun Yumin was still on the way to march day and night, and in addition to Zhang Xiaohu's 20th Division, the rest of the troops were still more than 100 miles away from Hengyang.

The speed of the Japanese army's movements was not only expected by Fang Xianjue, but also beyond his imagination, he originally thought that his guard and blocking position outside the city could delay the Japanese army for at least one or two days, so that he could have more time to prepare for war!

In history, only the 10th Army defended the city alone, but now because of the appearance of Sun Yumin, an entire army has been added, so many weak but very important places were originally defended by Zhang Xiaohu's 20th Division.

Regarding the defense of Hengyang City, Fang Xianjue originally had no bottom in his heart, but since the 20th Division entered the city, he learned that Sun Yumin would come over to assist in the defense, and he was immediately full of confidence, and he fought side by side with his idol, even if it was to fight for his family, he would not feel pity.

Zhang Xiaohu was a cautious and cautious person, and before the arrival of the Japanese army, he led the brigade commanders and regiment commanders to turn around all the defense areas assigned to him, and decided that the whole division would set up the main positions in the areas of Stop Mountain, Gaoling, and Jiangxi Guild Hall.

He has been strongly influenced by Sun Yumin over the years, and often does some unbelievable things, just like now, he actually ordered the division engineer battalion to cut all the slopes where the main position was located into cliffs.

The urban area of Hengyang is located in the remaining veins of Hengshan Mountain, although the first peak of Huanyan Peak is also in the urban area, but all the slopes are actually not very high, and the elevation does not exceed 200 meters.

But don't underestimate this more than 100-meter hillside, if you want to cut it into a cliff, it is not a small project, and there is more than one hillside.

Fortunately, the 20th Division had a large number of men and a large number of explosives, and it only took two days to cut down the slope of the hill, which stretched for nearly two kilometers, where the main position was located, into a cliff.

He also concentrated the heavy machine guns of each regiment and set up heavy machine gun positions on the side where the hillside meets the hillside, and the fan firing area of the two positions happened to be the best fire support point for the other side. In addition, he also found an excellent place for the artillery regiment, which could not only support his main defensive position, but also support the positions of the Tenth Army at any time.

Zhang Xiaohu's practice of concentrating the heavy machine guns of each regiment is actually undesirable according to conventional thinking, such a fierce point of fire will definitely be taken care of by the Japanese invaders, and the artillery of the devil artillery is very accurate, and it is really unknown whether these heavy machine gun positions can play the role envisioned, and this is still without considering the situation of the devil's plane.

Zhang Xiaohu is not like a stupid bear, he is a rough person, maybe his ability to adapt to changes on the battlefield may not be as good as Dai Cunxiang, but when it comes to carefulness, he is not inferior to Liu Wenzhi and Deng Dongping. Although he did not know that the Devil's Air Force was completely deterred and suppressed by the Sino-US Joint Air Force, he could feel that the Devil's plane was very likely to fly over Hengyang during the entire battle.

Since he was not worried about the devil's plane, the devil's artillery also had a way to deal with it, Zhang Xiaohu made two preparations: on the one hand, he ordered the artillery regiment not to be exposed first, and when the devil shelled his own position after the war started, he would hit the devil's artillery position at a fixed point; On the other hand, three company-sized death squads were organized, and their task was to destroy the devil artillery, or die together with the devil artillery position!

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