Zhou Lin gave the telegram from the mountain to Yang Kun intact.

When Yang Kun saw it, he smiled happily, and immediately went to the backyard and sent the telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Dai Li ran to the old man.

Because it's already past three o'clock, it's only two hours.

In the old man's mansion, Chief Bai happened to be there, and he was also an insider, and he knew about the deal with the Fourth Division, so he was also anxious.

When Dai Lian ran into the old man's office panting, the eyes of several people were on him, and they were looking at the telegram in his hand.

Dai Li raised the telegram in his hand and said excitedly: "Back to the news!" At half past five in the evening, we were eating. ”

The old man snatched the telegram, read it, and handed it to Chief Bai.

After looking at it, Chief Bai said excitedly: "This is for us to launch an attack at half past five this afternoon, and Changsha can come back." ”

The old man immediately ordered: "Order the 74th Army to attack at half past five, and the other troops to attack at five forty-five." In particular, the 74th Army was told that it would only drive sheep and not hurt people, and drive the Fourth Division out of Changsha. ”

Mr. Bai also said happily: "The position of the Fourth Division is in chaos, and the retreat must affect the defense of other divisions, so that the Japanese army in Changsha will be completely chaotic." ”

The old man waved his hand excitedly: "Send a secret telegram to the 74th Army immediately, tell him the real situation, and pay attention to secrecy." , what's going on in the Ninth War Zone? Twice the telegram was deciphered by the Japanese, and the dry rice was eaten. ”

Mr. Bai explained: "There are Japanese spies in the Ninth War Zone, and they have been dug up. ”

"Tell them that the Japanese are everywhere, there must be spies, be careful, you go and give orders, there is only more than an hour left."

On October 1, 1941, at 4:30 p.m., the commander of the 74th Army received a secret order from General Bai, ordering his troops to attack the Japanese Fourth Division on the opposite position at 5:30 an hour later, without hurting anyone, only driving sheep.

The telegram stated the cooperation of the 4th Division and demanded secrecy.

After reading the telegram, the commander of the 74th Army immediately burned the telegram and called the receiver and interpreter who knew about the situation and told them to keep it secret.

The two men looked at the commander in disbelief: Is the battle fought like this?

At 5:30, the top and bottom of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army were ordered to bring all their belongings, without weapons, to put their guns together, and all of them went to eat.

And the commander of the 74th Army on the opposite side saw the appearance of the Fourth Division eating from the telescope, and couldn't help laughing, what kind of meal is this? It's the rhythm of moving.

"Order all the troops to press up, not to hurt anyone, only to drive the sheep." The commander of the 74th Army immediately issued an order to the entire army on standby.

Three red flares rose into the air, and the soldiers of the 74th Army rushed towards the positions of the 4th Division like a flood shouting.

The 4th Division, which had been prepared for a long time, knew that the 74th Army, China's strongest force, had charged as soon as it heard the shouts of killing.

"All retreat! Hold the formation, get through the positions of the 3rd Division, and let them break the rear for us. The officers of the 4th Division shouted vigorously.

As a result, the retreat of the 4th Division engulfed the position of the 3rd Division like a river at a low tide.

The 3rd Division, which was originally preparing to counterattack, saw that the men of the 4th Division had blocked their firing targets, and the Chinese troops had already arrived in front of them, and it was too late to counterattack.

As a result, the Japanese soldiers of the 3rd Division also followed behind the 4th Division and ran outside Changsha, and the number of fleeing troops doubled at once.

Only four divisions were stationed in Changsha, and now two divisions have fled, and the remaining two divisions are certainly not opponents of several times the strength of China, and the Chinese army is using the positions of the fourth and third divisions to attack them, and the situation is very dangerous.

Anan Wei saw that there were fleeing Japanese troops everywhere, sighed and ordered: "All retreat, withdraw from Changsha City, and return to our original station." ”

After Xue Yue detected the retreat of the Japanese army, he immediately ordered the provisional 2nd Army and the 79th Army to follow and pursue the Japanese troops in front of him.

The 27th Army (the 4th, 20th, and 58th armies and commanding the 72nd and 26th armies) and the 99th Army were ordered to intercept and flank the Japanese troops according to their current positions, so as to ensure that they could not safely cross the Xinqiang River.

Chiang Kai-shek also sent a telegram demanding: "The Ninth Theater should take advantage of the enemy's exhaustion and bold pursuit to seize the opportunity to occupy Yueyang, and should actively sabotage the Wuyue Railway, retreat in various directions, and attack and ambush the enemy along the way, and strike fiercely so that it cannot retreat to its original defense; and contain the defense and delay its transfer to Wuhan, so as to facilitate the operations in the third, fifth, and sixth theaters."

In accordance with the above orders, the units pursued, volleyed, and flanked the retreating Japanese troops, inflicting some casualties, but failed to disrupt their movements.

By October 6, all the Japanese troops had retreated north of the Xinqiang River and resumed their pre-battle posture.

This was the end of the Second Battle of Changsha.

When the old man heard that the 4th Division had retreated, it was just that the people had run away, and all the weapons and equipment were left behind and given to the 74th Army, and he couldn't help but laugh happily.

"How much equipment are there?" The old man was already calculating in his heart.

"The equipment of a whole regular division and regiment, plus one brigade of mountain artillery and one mortar each assigned to them." Mao Yimin reported.

"That's worth more than half a million dollars, right?" Dai Lia asked next to him.

"$600,000 up!" Mao Yimin said, his eyes smiling into a slit.

"In addition to the $200,000 paid to Zhou Lin for the Fourth Division, we also earned back $400,000 from the Fourth Division." The old man smirked.

At this time, the 4th Division, which had retreated to Yueyang, received a telegram of reprimand from the base camp, the headquarters of the Chinese army, and Anan Weiji.

In this regard, the 4th Division replied: "Our unit was having dinner, the 74th Army, the strongest army in China, suddenly attacked us, and we made the most stubborn counterattack, but the enemy was too strong, and after the counterattack failed, the troops were scattered, and all the soldiers ran away." ”

The base camp and the army stationed in China did not know the inside story, so they did not pursue it further.

Anan only knew how the Fourth Division was "the most tenacious counterattack", but he had no choice, the law was not responsible, and who did not know the virtue of the Fourth Division.

And Zhou Lin, who was far away in Mingzhu, received a telegram from the Fourth Division under the mountain.

In the telegram, Yamashita expressed his gratitude to Zhou Lin on behalf of the Fourth Division, and asked Zhou Lin to convey their gratitude to Wang Jie.

In this operation, except for more than 20 soldiers who sprained their feet, the 4th Division achieved no battle damage.

The Third Division, which ran behind them, suffered more than 700 injuries and 153 deaths, but it was the Third Division's quick response and timely run that did not cause major losses.

At the end of the telegram, Yamashita told Zhou Lin an address and asked Zhou Lin to inform Wang Jie to collect the reward given to Wang Jie by the Fourth Division.

Zhou Lin wrote down the address, and then, burned the newspaper.

He was ready to let the New Fourth Army find an opportunity to receive this batch of rewards.