In mid-September 1939, the First Battle of Changsha broke out!

The 106th Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of division commander Ryotaro Nakai, launched an attack in the direction of northern Jiangxi, and Commander Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the North China Army front, who was stationed there, immediately ordered resistance.

The pre-war deployment was that the 58th Army of the First Group Army of the Yunnan Army held the line from Gaoyou City to Xiangfuguan; The 60th Army guarded the auspicious view to the old county line; The 32nd Army of the 19th Group Army (formerly the Jin Army) defended the Jinjiang River Estuary to Gaoyou City and the southern shore of the Jinjiang River; The 49th Army of the Northeast Army and the 74th Army of the Central Army controlled the vicinity of Shanggao.

At the same time, two armies from the headquarters of the Sichuan Army Wang Lingji were deployed near the defense line to assist.

At midnight on 14 September, the Japanese launched an attack on the position of Huibu garrisoned by the 184th Division of the 60th Army, and had already occupied Huibu in the morning.

The Japanese army moved to contain the defenders in the Changsha area.

Although he was not defeated and retreated, Xue Yue calmly dealt with it, after all, the 106th Division was hit hard by him in the Wanjialing area last time, although he did not completely annihilate the party, his strength was greatly damaged, this time, he wanted to completely eat the 106th Division.

Xue Yue took the base of the Sichuan Army's Wangling as a bait, and fought and retreated, leading the Japanese 106th Division to go deeper, the 184th Division, the 15th Division, and the 183rd Division were not only in Ganfu Gannan, Jiuxiantang in the Ganfang area, and Liuzhuang set up an encirclement, and Luo Zhuoying's department transferred the 72nd Army and the 57th Division of the 74th Army to participate in the encirclement and annihilation mission, in order to completely annihilate the Japanese 106th Division.

On the 21st, the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Shigetaro Ganji, the commander of the division, launched an offensive in southern Hunan, intending to avoid the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River defense line operated by Xue Yue's heavy troops.

The 27th Group Army, which was responsible for garrisoning southern Hunan, was composed of almost all Sichuanese in Yang Sen's department.

If the Japanese army's treacherous plan succeeds, the two directions of the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River will face the danger of being flanked in an all-round way!

The flames of war rumbled and exploded in northern Xiangbei.

At the same time, the border area.

In the field, the sorghum rice and corn are yellow and bright, and the people are sweating like rain to harvest, this is the harvest season, and the people use half a year of hard work to harvest the return of Mother Earth for their hard work.

Looking at the harvested grain, the faces of the people full of sweat beads finally had a little smile, but even more, they were sad.

Because they know that these grains are not enough to survive this winter, except for some seeds, and the borrowed grain and rents that were not enough to eat in the first half of the year, it is estimated that the rest will not survive this winter—and it will still have to be taken away by the devils.

In the surrounding area, from time to time, there were small groups of soldiers with guns, or soldiers of the independent regiment of the Sichuan Army and militia from all over the country, vigilantly looking into the distance in case the Japanese army suddenly came to grab food.

The little devil wants to fight with war, how can the independent regiment of the Sichuan Army and the Eighth Route Army here give them this opportunity? They won't let the Japanese devils snatch the food and eat enough to beat themselves, and at the same time let the people starve!

Compared with the sadness of these ordinary people in the areas near the Japanese army, the territory of the Eighth Route Army and Trojan Horse County has become a sea of joy.

The long ears of rice bent the seedlings, the bulging corn buds hung on the gradually yellowing corn stalks, the people sweated like rain to harvest, and hearty and cheerful laughter continued to sound everywhere.

In the rice field, the paddy was cut down one by one, and the strong young man shook the crank desperately, and a large amount of rice was stuffed into the threshing machine, and the golden rice flowed into the barrel at the bottom like flowing water.

"Zizi, I'm afraid this mu can harvest 400 catties of rice, right? This fertilizer is really amazing......"

Someone happily exclaimed while loading rice in the back basket, and the person next to him laughed and said, "Four hundred catties? I can't beat it for 500 pounds......"

"The grain harvested yesterday, the yield per mu is higher, at least 600 catties up......"

While harvesting, the people were happily talking, thinking that in previous years, they would be crazy to harvest more than 200 or 300 catties of grain per acre, and this year's output was directly doubled, so they couldn't wait to slap their mouths to make sure they weren't dreaming.

Not only the grain harvest, the happiest is the threshing machine, in the past, a few people who harvested an acre of land may have to work for more than half a day, but now, more than one or two hours to harvest, much lighter.

And all of this was given by Lu Yuan, the head of the Sichuan Army Independent Regiment in Trojan County, and now when it comes to this name, not only these people, but even those soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, are all worshiping with a light in their eyes, I don't know how many people are passing it on in private, saying that Lu Yuan is a god in the world, and it is the Jade Emperor who sees that the people are always living a hard life, and sends Lu Yuan down to rescue them.

Now, almost no one dares to say a word about Lu Yuan, otherwise he will have to drown in saliva.

Such scenes are also everywhere in Trojan County.

On the square, in front of the house and behind the house, there is grain drying everywhere, and the eaves are also full of hanging everywhere, and the cabinets and bags in the house are also full of grain, and there are mountains of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the corners.

"This winter, we are not afraid of running out of food to eat, and we can eat with our stomachs open......

"Phew, you won't be happy, there are so many rice and wheat, of course it's rice and white noodles, and the bread must be used to feed the pigs...... When the time comes, the rice and white noodles will be eaten with fried meat, hahaha......"

The people of Trojan Horse County are also laughing and talking while harvesting, and happiness is flowing down their faces.

On the square, bags of dried grain were loaded one after another, and then sent into the warehouse of the regiment headquarters, looking at the granary that was gradually filled, and the grain that was still being harvested and transported in, Lin Shiwen and others, who were in charge of collecting grain, finally had some smiles on their faces.

Although due to the large-scale use of chemical fertilizers, the grain in Muma County and the Eighth Route Army Defense Area has achieved a bumper harvest this autumn, Lin Shiwen and others know that the people in the remote areas and the people on the other side of the Niushou Mountains suffered heavy losses in the first half of the Japanese army's famine expansion battle, and coupled with the excessive exploitation of the Japanese army, the people there have hardly half a grain left in their homes.

The grain in the warehouse not only has to ensure the food supply on its own side, but also saves a large part to help these people, and life is still tight.

What's more, I'm afraid there will be a fierce battle next, and these grains will be the most valuable military supplies in the eyes of both them and the Japanese army!

Inside the military headquarters, the generals were holding a meeting with grim faces, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Beneath the sea of joy was a strong atmosphere of unease before the Great War.

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