Chapter 845 The First Battle of Changsha (Medium)

Bai Chongxi naturally considered the overall situation and did not have any selfishness. The problem is that he does not have a thorough understanding of the troops invested by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army is indeed aggressive, and there is a tendency to drive straight ahead. Bai Chongxi was afraid that once the main force of the Ninth Theater was glued by the Japanese army, he would not be able to get rid of it. When the Japanese army determines the position of the main force of the Ninth Theater, it may increase the number of troops and encircle and annihilate the main force of the Ninth Theater.

Xue Yue protested: "Chief Bai, at present, it is found that the Japanese army in northern Hunan has only one Sixth Division, Nara Detachment, and Uemura Detachment, and its strength is limited. I am confident that I will repel the Japanese attack and annihilate one of its Changsha, and I must not give up."

Bai Chongxi patiently persuaded: "Boling, your battle plan is good. Relying on the three lines of defense of the Xinqiang River, the Miluo River and the Laodao River, the main force is placed on both sides, and when the devils enter and stop at the outskirts of Changsha, the main force kills from both wings and encircles and annihilates the devils. I agree with this plan and appreciate it. Chairman Chiang and the Military Commission both agreed. Just the day before yesterday, the Central Military Commission held a special meeting of senior staff to discuss and judge again, and still agree with your plan. But now the situation has changed, and the Japanese offensive is so fierce that it is difficult for our army to stop it with heavy sacrifices. As expected, by the 29th at the latest, the Japanese army may enter the Laodao River. Under the indiscriminate bombardment and poisonous gas of the Japanese planes and artillery, how many percent of you can hold Changsha? In case the Japanese army bites the main force of our Ninth Theater of Operations and rapidly increases its troops, how will the main force get out when the time comes? O Boling, carry out the command."

Xue Yue's eyes widened: "Sir Bai, this Changsha can be defended, and if it can't be defended, it must be defended, although the Japanese army is attacking fiercely, but after our army's bloody fighting in the past few days, the casualties of the Japanese army are not small." I still say the same thing, Changsha can't be lost"

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng were strictly ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to change the battle plan and assist Xue Yue in commanding. Seeing that Xue Yue refused to carry out the order, Bai Chongxi reluctantly brought out Chiang Kai-shek, wanting to use Chiang Kai-shek to subdue Xue Yue: "Boling, the withdrawal of Changsha is the decision of the chairman of the committee, in order to ensure the basic strength of our country's anti-Japanese war, so as to facilitate the protracted anti-Japanese war." As long as our main forces are not lost, we will be able to strike at the rear as soon as there is a reversal in the international war in the future. If the main forces are wiped out, then we are really going to die. If you do not obey the order, please explain it to the chairman."

Xue Yue's temper came up, and he became more and more impatient, ignoring Bai Chongxi's stubble at all, and directly confronted: "Chief Bai, I insist on my opinion, Changsha can't be lost"

Chen Cheng saw that the two of them were about to quarrel after a while, and he was also annoyed, so he said that he would report to the chairman again and wait for the chairman's instructions.

At this time, Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth War Zone, came in, holding Liu Yimin's telegram in his hand.

Xue Yue took the telegram, read it quickly, and then said hatefully: "Liu Yimin deceives people too much."

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng didn't know what to do, they took the telegram from Xue Yue's hand, ignored Xue Yue after reading it, grabbed the map and looked at it attentively.

Xue Yue kept reading it three times in a row: "Ask Commander Xue Dai: Can you hold Changsha?" If I can't hold it, I am willing to automatically ask for help and fly to Changsha to command the battle. After reading it, he hatefully said three times that he was too deceitful, and when he looked up, he found that Chief Bai and Chief Chen had run to the map. Xue Yue stopped being wordy, and also ran to the map.

The most bizarre scene in the history of Lukou Station Primary School appeared, the three giants of the national army all stared at the map and crawled in front of the map, head to head, if it weren't for the combat map hanging on the wall, the star epaulettes on the shoulders of the three people were dazzling, and others thought that these three people were peeking at some Western scenery

Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth Theater, was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and hurriedly went out to call the chief and deputy chief of the staff office to come over and prepare to record the order.

After looking at it for a while, Bai Chongxi stopped looking, turned around and picked up the telegram that Xue Yue put on the table, read it over and over again, and stared at what the telegram said with his eyes, "The war has reached the present, it can be concluded that Changsha is worry-free, and the Japanese offensive is difficult to continue", and only said for a long time: "Cixiu, Boling, what Liu Yimin said should be reasonable, if the Japanese army really only has so many troops at the moment, we have to think about it carefully." ”

Chen Cheng is the descendant of Chiang Kai-shek, and he is not polite to speak at this time, so he said directly: "Liu Yimin, except for the fact that he is a hated person of the Communist Party, is indeed outstanding in other aspects, and he is indeed a handsome man for a while." In particular, his strategic vision was extremely clever. There is no need to think about it anymore, and immediately send a report to the chairman of the committee, requesting that the original battle plan of Boling be carried out and resolutely fight a decisive battle with the devils north of Changsha."

Xue Yue was still burning the fire: "If this battle is not fought well, the Ninth District War Zone will let Liu Yimin look at it." Two chiefs, listen, how crazy is this Liu Yimin, if I can't hold Changsha, he will volunteer to fly over and command, isn't this bullying? ”

Bai Chongxi scratched his bald head with his hands: "This Okamura Ningji is too bold, he actually thought that he could defeat a division of the Central Army with one brigade, it is unbelievable, unbelievable, like this, Boling, immediately send a report to the chairman of the committee, and decide to ambush the Japanese army north of Changsha, and strive to annihilate the Japanese Sixth Division, the Nara detachment, and the Kamimura detachment; The 10th and 6th Divisions were encircled and annihilated in northern Jiangxi. Request Approval"

Bai Chongxi was the director of the Guilin camp, responsible for commanding the war south of the Yangtze River, and he was the largest official here. When he said this, Wu Yizhi, Chief of Staff Di Xingyu, and Deputy Director Zhao Zili, who were already on standby in the room, all picked up their notebooks and pens, and after a while, they recorded the telegram and handed it to Xue Yue, Chen Cheng, and Bai Chongxi, asking them to sign it.

Unexpectedly, the three of them were signing, and Wang Guanghai, secretary general of the Ninth War Zone, came in, opened his mouth and said: "Report to the chiefs, the chairman of the committee is in an emergency." ”

Bai Chongxi thought that something had happened again, so he quickly took the telegram and looked at it, only to see Chiang Kai-shek say in the telegram: "According to Liu Yimin's ideas, adjust the corresponding deployment, deploy an ambush circle in the suburbs of Changsha, and resolutely destroy the invading enemy." ordered Luo Zhuoying to quickly deploy to encircle and annihilate the 10th 6th Division, and not allow it to escape, so that he laughed and was generous"

Bai Chongxi didn't know that Chiang Kai-shek was worried about the war in Changsha, and he couldn't sleep after going to bed, and when he was tossing and turning, he received a 100,000 urgent telegram from Liu Yimin, so he hurriedly got up in his clothes, went to the office and thought about the map for a while, and felt that if it was really as Liu Yimin said, Okamura Ningji allocated troops according to the ratio of one brigade to defeat one division of our army, then he would be dead.

Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly sent a telegram asking He Yingqin to quickly find out whether there had been any changes in the strength of the Japanese army in the Wuhan area, the Shanghai area, and North China.

He Yingqin immediately reported that there was no change in the deployment of the Japanese army in North China, that the Sixth Division had been secretly transferred back from the Longhai Road, and that the Ninth Division was still on guard against the Eighth Route Army on the Longhai Road. The Fifth Theater reported that the main forces of the 16th, 3rd, and 13th Divisions were all confronting the Fifth Theater. The 3rd Theater reported that the 15th Division had been transferred out of Shanghai and its whereabouts were unknown. Only then did Chiang Kai-shek know that the 15th Division was borrowed from the newly established 13th Army of the Japanese army, and that Okamura Ninji had indeed limited the number of troops he had invested in the northern Hunan operation.

Chiang Kai-shek immediately changed his attention and ordered Bai Chongxi, Chen Cheng, and Xue Yue to make appropriate revisions on the basis of the original plan in accordance with Liu Yimin's ideas, and to annihilate the enemy in northern Hunan and the 10th and 6th Division in northern Jiangxi.

Bai Chongxi didn't know that Chiang Kai-shek sat at his desk after sending the telegram and wrote in his diary: "The battle situation in Changsha has turned around and turned around, thanks to Liu Yimin's words to wake up the people in his dreams. This person is also a genius, but this person is the backbone of the bandit party, he doesn't eat soft and hard, he is really a big trouble, Dai Li's incompetence Ni Hua has been completely bewitched and disappointed by Liu Yimin, and he is indignant"

After writing his diary, Chiang Kai-shek returned to his bedroom, hugged his wife, and affectionately said that Ni Hua was very good and that his activities in the United States were very successful, and Hu Shih reported that the attitude of the United States had completely changed and that it was only a matter of time before he broke with Japan. However, Ni Hua is pregnant after all, and the Japanese have a lot of power in the United States, so it is unsafe for a long time, so it is time for Ni Hua to return to China to give birth. It is also not suitable to go to Shandong, Liu Yimin has no parents and relatives, no one to take care of Ni Hua, and the Eighth Route Army is fighting guerrilla warfare, which is often transferred and prone to danger. Chen Yaoguang was sacrificed by Liu Yimin's side, and An Jingjing, the female newspaper editor-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army some time ago, was also sacrificed by Liu Yimin's side. Facts have proved that Liu Yimin is brave and brave, and he is good at fighting and rushing to the front and retreating behind, and those girls are so infatuated, so if they follow him, they are easy to sacrifice. For the sake of safety, after Ni Hua returned to China, it was better for her to stay in Chongqing to give birth. After giving birth, it is not too late to return to Shandong to reunite with Liu Yimin. Tomorrow, let the attendant room notify the Chongqing Municipal Government to find a house for Ni Hua, clean up well, and find a few subordinates to let her have a good living environment.

Song Meiling didn't realize what the mystery was in this, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek was going to reward Ni Hua for his contribution to the country in the United States, and happily kissed Chiang Kai-shek on the face twice, hugged him and fell asleep.

There was no need to talk nonsense, Xue Yue immediately adjusted his deployment, with the second, twenty-fifth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, seventy-seventh, and ninety-fifth divisions, a total of 6 divisions, ambushed in Fulinpu, Shangshan City, Qiaotouyi area, Changsha and the area east of it, and the 70th Army was transferred to Zhuzhou, Lukou City and other places south of the Liuyang River, and deployed along the Hunan and Jiangxi Railway and Lushui; The 4th Army occupied the line of Xiangtan, Xiasesi, and Lukou City; One division of the 79th Army secured the Makufu Mountain base area, and two divisions coordinated with the 20th Army to attack the Japanese 15th Division at Peachtree Port.

In order to strengthen his strength, Xue Yue specially ordered Du Yuming's Fifth Army to quickly move north and join the Changsha station to support the operation.

Everything is ready, just wait for the little devil to jump into the furnace.

That night, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Okamura Ninji, who was in command in Xianning, was also meditating in front of the map.

The battle went very smoothly, after breaking through the defense line of the Miluo River of the Chinese government army, there was only one defense line of the Laodao River north of Changsha, and victory was already beckoning to the Japanese army.

What made Okamura Ningji depressed was that he originally planned to gather and annihilate the 15th Group Army, the main force of the Ninth Theater, between the Xinqiang River and the Miluo River, but he did not expect that the 15th Group Army would slip away like a fish. A person as deep as Okamura Ninji couldn't help but scold the 15th Army for its weak will to fight, and for not desperately sticking to the hard-built position Chinese

Gangcun Ningci couldn't help but make a comparison between the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, and he felt that the common denominator between the two sides was that they were both brave. Like Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, the 74th Army and today's 52nd Army fought to the death from the Battle of Wuhan to the Battle of Nanchang and would rather die without an order to retreat. The difference is that the tactics of the national army can be thoroughly pondered and conform to the rules of arranging troops. The Eighth Route Army had no rules at all to fight, and they couldn't be found at all in peacetime, and they didn't know where they came from at a critical time, and they suddenly attacked, making the imperial army dizzy.

If it was the Eighth Route Army that was guarding Changsha, Okamura Ningji felt a thrill in his heart, if Liu Yimin's instructor was here, would he dare to use a division of the Sixth Division and the Nara Detachment and the Uemura Detachment to attack Changsha? At the very least, Liu Yimin will not rely on rivers to lay defense lines like Xue Yue, so that aircraft and artillery can develop their firepower. I'm afraid he won't know where to dig a trap and wait for the Sixth Division to jump in

Thinking of this, Okamura Ningji couldn't help but mutter: "Fortunately, this Hunan is not Shandong, and the Central Army is not the Eighth Route Army." Otherwise, you really have to be cautious."

Okamura felt that at this time, what he needed most was time and speed, and he should quickly attack the Laodao River with an indomitable spirit, quickly attack Changsha City, and prevent the Chinese army from setting fire to the city. He needed the military supplies in Changsha City too much.

Okamura Ninji gave the commander of the 6th Division, Shiro Inaba, an order to quickly attack and advance towards Changsha

That night, the regimental headquarters and the 3rd Battalion of the 55th Regiment of the 19th Division of the 70th Army were groping in the darkness of the night because they did not receive the retreat warrant from the army commander Li Jue yesterday.

Li Jue's 70th Army had two divisions, the 19th Division and the 107th Division, which were the centralized troops of the Hunan Army.

The 19th Division was the backbone of the Hunan Army, and He Jian handed it over to his son-in-law Li Jue to lead. On the Songhu battlefield, the 19th Division played the prestige of the Hunan Army and was one of the 10 divisions with the best record on the Songhu battlefield. After the war, Li Jue was promoted to the commander of the 70th Army because of his merits. After that, the 19th Division defended Lushan during the Battle of Wuhan, and although it paid a heavy price, the Japanese army was never able to capture this famous mountain.

The 107th Division was a newly established division in Hunan after the Battle of Songhu with the provincial army to supplement troops.

After the 52nd Army of the 15th Group Army withdrew across the Miluo River, the defense line on the south bank of the Miluo River was taken over by the 70th Army. As a result, after the Japanese army broke through the defense line of the Miluo River today, the first part pursued south along the railway and went straight to Baishui Town. The headquarters of the 19th Division was attacked. At this time, the 107th Division, which was deployed on the right flank and Xinshi, suddenly withdrew without authorization, leaving only the 319th Regiment to stand by stupidly on the position. The defensive line was suddenly disorganized, and all the 55th and 56th regiments of the 19th Division remained behind enemy lines.

Li Jue had no choice but to order Tang Boyin, commander of the 19th Division, to command the 57th Regiment to cover the transfer of the military headquarters and division headquarters to the east of Shending Mountain. At the same time, Li Jue wrote three evacuation warrants and sent people to the 319th Regiment, asking them to send someone to inform the 55th and 56th regiments of the 19th Division to retreat. Two battalions of the 56th and 55th regiments were notified to withdraw while fighting, and withdrew from the battle at dusk. The regimental headquarters of the 55th Regiment and the position of the 3rd Battalion were in Dongtang, west of the railway, and no orders were received. Because the Japanese army was in a hurry to move south, they did not care about taking Dongtang, and this place seemed a little quiet.

In the evening, Luo Wenlang, the commander of the third battalion, found the regiment commander Huang Jujie and suggested that he move closer to the friendly forces on the right flank. Commander Huang said that the order I received was to defend to the death, how could I retreat and escape without an order?

This Luo Wenlang is a native of Changsha County, 27 years old, trained in the fifth phase of the officer training class of the Luoyang branch of the Central Military Academy, and also participated in the Nanyue guerrilla training class taught by Ye Jianying. He was a scholar, and participated in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Wuhan, and the Battle of Nanchang, and was seriously wounded in the Battle of Songhu, and he had very rich combat experience.

After listening to Commander Huang's words, Luo Wenlang said that it seemed that the friendly troops had withdrawn, and he couldn't hear the gunshots.

Only then did Commander Huang agree that Luo Wenlang would lead the troops to search and investigate.

Luo Wenlang led the third battalion to search 20 miles in the direction of Shejiachong, and found the devil's baggage troops, with baggage trucks parked in the open space and large oceanic horses lying down.

Luo Wenlang knew at a glance that the Japanese combat troops had already attacked forward, so when would they wait if they didn't fight at this time?

Luo Wenlang smiled silently, called the two company commanders who came with him, made a simple deployment, let the troops disperse, and launched an attack on the little devil.

With this blow, the little devil's baggage troops were in chaos, and even the big horses lying on the open ground were alarmed, screaming, and jumping all over the village, giving the brothers a chance to shoot at the target.

Unfortunately, the Japanese infantry in the neighboring village reacted quickly and immediately began to counterattack, with signal flares and tracer bullets flying all over the sky. After an hour of fighting, all the Japanese army's 92-style, crutches, crooked handles, 38 big covers, and small steel cannons were ringing, Luo Wenlang judged that the friendly troops on the right flank had already retreated, and they did not dare to fight, so they hurriedly retreated and joined up with the regimental headquarters.

After meeting the head of Huang Jujie, the two judged that the Japanese army had controlled all the Miluo River defenses and pursued them in depth, and the national army had all withdrawn, and they had become an isolated small army trapped behind the enemy, and they were in danger of being encircled and annihilated at any time, so they decided to break through under the cover of night.

The combat effectiveness of the Hunan army is unambiguous, and the combat effectiveness of the 19th Division is even more unambiguous. Huang Jujie and Luo Wenlang made up their minds to break through, so they were not afraid of encountering devils, it was a big deal. On the military map, they chose to retreat south along the Yue Changgu Avenue on the west side of the Hunan-Hubei Railway, and also found two guides to lead the way.

In the dark night, Huang Jujie and Luo Wenlang took the brothers to follow the guide and began a fearful breakthrough journey. Luo Wenlang led the top soldiers in front, and Huang Jujie led the regimental headquarters to command in the center, searching and advancing in the gaps of the Japanese army. As a result, these two Hunan men insisted on leading the brothers to break out before dawn on the 27th, creating a miracle of breaking through the siege with zero casualties for a small unit of the national army.

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