"I'm sure you've all guessed it!" Chen Qingzhi said with a smile: "Yes, this time there is a big battle to be fought!" ”

Chen Qingzhi walked to the map hanging on the wall, which was a topographic map of the Hunan and Jiangxi regions and surrounding counties and cities, which was very detailed, mainly to deal with the Battle of Changsha.

He looked at the map and immediately said: "At present, the Japanese army has gathered 100,000 troops, with the 6th Division, the 33rd Division, the 101st Division, the 106th Division, and three brigades, including one each of the Navy and the Air Force, to surround the three provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei and rush to attack Changsha. ”

"At this time, our army is also deploying troops, and General Xue Yue, the acting commander of the Ninth Theater, has also begun to deploy troops and deploy troops. The troops of our army put into the battle sequence have about 49 divisions of 21 armies, and a total of about 300,000 people have been assembled to prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese army around Changsha...... A major problem now in front of us is that our Changsha is about to become the center of the battlefield! ”

Chen Qingzhi looked at everyone present, with a solemn look on his face, very solemn.

Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, these officers also became solemn.

A large-scale battle with hundreds of thousands of people on both sides taking place around them with a total strength of the two sides is absolutely huge!

Ren knows that for their independent group, pairing is a big deal!

For a while, everyone's faces changed.

Fang Xiaodong couldn't help but ask, "Tuanzao, if this is the case, wouldn't we be the first to bear the brunt?" Isn't Changsha going to be under the prying eyes of 100,000 Japanese troops? What can be done about the group? ”

"I don't have a way, and I can only take one step at a time!" Chen Qingzhi said in a deep voice: "The only thing we can do at present is to let the Independent Regiment be in a combat state at any time, and wait for the order of the superiors, once the order is issued, we will immediately go to war, other than that, the Independent Regiment has no other way!" ”

When he said this, Chen Qingzhi couldn't help but look at Sun Weiguo again, and then asked: "Old Sun, you have been training at the provisional 54th Division, and it has been effective so far?" ”

"Originally, there were more than 8,000 people in the provisional 54th Division, but after I rectified it, there were only about 6,000 people left, and after my strengthened training, although there are only about 5,500 people left, the combat effectiveness has made great progress, and I think it should be useful!" Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, Sun Weiguo hurriedly stood up and said in a deep voice.

"That's good!" After listening to Sun Weiguo's words, Chen Qingzhi couldn't help but nodded.

For Chen Qingzhi, the strength of the independent regiment itself is limited by the problem of establishment, and it is still too weak!

Although the independent regiment had 4,800 men, including an infantry battalion, an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion, an armored face, an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, and so on, it still could not play much role before such a large battle.

You can do it alone, but you can't change the tide of battle!

Chen Qingzhi, who has always had anxiety in his heart, took precautions to rectify the provisional 54th Division, intending to make it useful at the necessary moment.

And now, it's time of need!

Gathering the soldiers of the independent regiment and the provisional 54th Division, the two sides together exceeded 10,000 people, and their strength has grown significantly, so that Chen Qingzhi can have enough places to move in the next battle of Changsha, and there is also room for him to play.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingzhi came back to his senses, then nodded to Sun Weiguo, motioned for him to sit down, and then faced everyone, and said in a deep voice: "In this battle of Changsha, the Japanese army mobilized 100,000 troops to invade Changsha, which is a big challenge for us, although I have mobilized 300,000 troops in the Ninth War Zone, but ...... You must remember that their task is to resist the Japanese army and eliminate the Japanese army, and our main task is to keep Changsha, and on the premise of keeping Changsha, to destroy the Japanese army as much as possible! ”

"So...... Our task is much more difficult than that of other troops, which will give us a lot of limitations and constraints in the next battle, but we have no choice! ”

"Changsha is the place where our troops are stationed, and the destruction of our independent regiment in Changsha will also be hit, so please remember this! Don't be negligent! ”

"Yes!"

Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, all the officers present stood up and said in unison.

After formulating the main policies and goals, Chen Qingzhi asked all the officers to sit down, looking at their faces with a touch of solemnity, Chen Qingzhi knew that they were a little nervous, and couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Although the task is relatively difficult, we don't have to worry too much!" ”

"It is our task to keep Changsha, but the specific depends on the orders of the superiors! Besides, our army mobilized 300,000 people to deal with the 100,000 Japanese troops, and the chances of victory were still very good! ”

Chen Qingzhi said.

He clearly remembered that in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the first three of the four Changsha battles were all won!

The first Battle of Changsha in history, even without him Chen Qingzhi and the Independent Regiment won and smashed the conspiracy of the Japanese army, and now that he Chen Qingzhi has it, it must be more complete to win this battle!

Chen Qingzhi, who has more than 10,000 soldiers from both sides of the Independent Regiment and the Provisional 54th Division, has this confidence in his heart!

Moreover......

Chen Qingzhi looked at the officers present, and then said: "This battle still has great advantages and benefits for us!" ”

He walked up to the map, drew a large circle on the map with a ruler, and then said, "This battle area is within the jurisdiction of my ninth war zone!" The scope under the jurisdiction of our Ninth Theater is mainly Hunan Province and a part of Southern Hunan, Jiangxi Province. ”

"The theater of this operation area also spans the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces, with the Ganjiang and Xiangjiang rivers as the natural realm in the east and west, and a lake on each wing, Poyang Lake in the east and Dongting Lake in the west, which has become a neat and symmetrical battlefield."

"In such a neat war, the Japanese army, which has the best skills of mobile troops, cannot be used, so it can only fight us head-on."

Moreover, in the area where Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces intersect, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, the terrain is complex, and most of the northern Hunan area north of Changsha is also a mountainous area, and northern Hunan is not only mountainous, but also watery. With the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway as the boundary, a straight line is drawn from north to south, with Dongting Lake and three major rivers of Lishui, Yuanshui and Xiangjiang on the left side, and Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River and Liuyang River on the right side, thus forming a natural defense line. ”

"In such a mountainous and watery terrain, it will have a great impact on the movement of troops, and it is especially unfavorable to the actions of the Japanese army's mechanized troops."

(End of chapter)