Chapter 844: The First Battle of Changsha (Part I)

Liu Yimin's telegram arrived in a very timely manner, at this time, although it was late at night, the front-line command post of the Ninth Theater of Lukou was brightly lit, and Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin camp, and Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth Theater, were present. Xue Yue, the acting commander of the Ninth Theater, had a flushed face and was arguing with the two.

After the Japanese army broke through the defense line on the Miluo River today, Xue Yue held an emergency meeting in Changsha in the morning to study countermeasures against the current battlefield situation. The meeting decided on a plan of operation for the enemy to go to the outskirts of Changsha to carry out a counter-encirclement and decisive battle against the enemy, and then annihilate him. Then, Xue Yue ordered the 4th Army and artillery directly under the command of the theater to advance to Yuelu Mountain, Changsha and their northeast areas to occupy the starting position of the attack, while the front command post of the 9th theater was moved to Lukou.

The reason why Xue Yue made such a deployment was because the Ninth Theater had long been prepared for a possible attack by the Japanese army.

Since the end of the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Suizao, the Japanese army has solved the pressure in the southeast direction of Wuhan, and also consolidated the position north of Wuhan, opening the passage to attack Changsha, and the 11th Army, as the strategic mobile force of the Japanese army, will inevitably launch an attack on Changsha in order to completely consolidate the Wuhan area (). As long as the Japanese army captures Changsha, it can go south to join the Japanese army in South China, and the entire chessboard of the Japanese invasion of China will be alive. Both China and Japan understand this.

It should be said that at this time when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was fought, China did not make any big mistakes in its overall strategy, and the combination of the frontal battlefield and the battlefield behind enemy lines basically tied the hands and feet of the mad cow of the Japanese army, and the little devils no longer dared to shout for a quick victory. On the contrary, although the people fought in individual campaigns such as the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Taiyuan, the Battle of Xuzhou, the capture of Nanjing, the Battle of Wuhan, and the Battle of Nanchang, and there was no shortage of classics, they were ideologically confused in their overall strategy, and the armies on several fronts went their own way. Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army should concentrate all its efforts to completely eliminate the backbone of the North China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Eighth Route Army, but the Japanese army attacked in many directions, the First Army of the North China Front Army wanted to concentrate on fighting in Shanxi, the Central China Front Army wanted to fight the Battle of Wuhan and Nanchang, the Japanese army in South China sharpened its knives and prepared to capture Nanning, and the Kwantung Army was even more desperate, not caring about the life or death of the Japanese army in Guannei and starting a war with the Soviet army. This is a war of life and death for the country, and the Japanese army has such a strategic situation, I don't know whether it is because of its strong combat effectiveness and does not look at the squadron at all, or whether it does not understand strategy at all. I'm afraid that if you find a Hokkaido fisherman to make decisions, you won't be so foolish.

With such a strategy, the Japanese army is undefeated, and there is no heavenly reason!

Xue Yue is a famous anti-Japanese general of the Chinese nation, how can he not see the problems of the Japanese army? Therefore, after being ordered to defend Hunan, Xue Yue said at the inauguration ceremony: "Hunan occupies the most important position in the southeast region and is the most advantageous position in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Our future life can only be placed in Hunan, and if Hunan exists, it will survive with it, and if Hunan dies, it will die with it. ”

The oath is solemn, but the sun and the moon can be revealed!

At the beginning of September, after it was determined that the Japanese army was about to launch an attack on Changsha, Xue Yue formulated the Tianlu method of warfare in accordance with the idea of getting out of the way, occupying the two wings, and retreating to a decisive battle put forward in the telegram sent to him by Liu Yimin during the Battle of Nanchang, and decided to deploy defenses according to the topography of Hunan, leaning on Dongting Lake on the left and Mufu Mountain on the right, and using the four rivers of Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River, and Liuhe River as the basis for delaying the Japanese army, and thoroughly implementing the method of "turning roads into fields and transporting grain up the mountains" to eliminate the mobility of the Japanese mechanized troops. The general policy of the operation is "to retreat and fight a decisive battle and to fight for the periphery." By fighting and retreating, they moved and attacked between the four rivers and the Makufu mountains, then retreated and hid, dragging the Japanese army into the four rivers, and finally surrounded the Japanese army deep into the four rivers with the main force in Changsha City and the troops hiding in the mountains and forests on the periphery.

This arrangement is undoubtedly correct, and in particular, the practice of turning roads into fields and transporting grain up the mountains is similar to the Eighth Route Army's reliance on the people and fighting the people's war. In order to defend their homeland and support our army in fighting against the Japanese army, the common people of northern Hunan not only destroyed all the roads, but also turned all the land on the battlefield deeply, so that the mechanization advantage of the Japanese army was gone, and the car could not run if it wanted to.

Okamura Ninji, known as a China expert, thinks he knows everything about China's politics, economy and military, and even knows the situation of various factions well, but this time he miscalculated. He believed that after the occupation of Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government retreated to Chongqing, and Wang Jingwei surrendered, the Chinese government army had been demoralized, and as long as there were planes to cooperate, it was completely possible to defeat a division with one brigade.

The reason why Okamura made such a mistake is supported by practical experience.

The Battle of Nanchang had just passed, and the squadron could not attack Nanchang City, which was defended by the 106th Division, which completely flattened Okamura's combat effectiveness. It was believed that as long as there were planes and tanks to cooperate, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army could defeat the opponent against a division. Therefore, this time, Okamura Ninji was even more bold in the allocation of troops, and changed the previous method of calculating the troop allocation of one wing to one division of the Japanese army, and used one infantry brigade against one division, and only used the strength of the three divisions of the Sixth Division, the 15th Division, and the 10th Sixth Division, and the two brigades of the Third Division, the 13th Division, and the 101st Division. Compared with the 500,000 troops of China's Ninth Theater, the gap between the Japanese army and China is one to five. The actual number of troops participating in the battle was one to four.

How did Okamura Ningji know that Xue Yue of Changsha City had already set up a stove and was going to put him on the stove to bake.

What made Okamura Ningji even more unexpected was that not only the people of Hunan had mobilized, but even the troops responsible for the defense of northern Hunan were not soft persimmons. The 15th Group Army commanded by Guan Linzheng was the elite of the Central Army, and all the middle- and lower-level officers were Whampoa graduates. It's not as Okamura Ningji thought, the squadron was not discouraged, and Chiang Kai-shek's dominance over the Central Army was stronger than Okamura Ningji imagined! When Chiang Kai-shek went into the wilderness, the Whampoa officers all swore to follow each other and put their principal back on the leadership throne, not to mention that the war situation is far from collapsing. Moreover, the brilliant achievements of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army have stabbed the middle and lower-level officers of the Whampoa Department in the Central Army to scream, and the knife is sharpened, and he is eager to meet the real chapter with the little devil!

Bijia Mountain, just an inconspicuous hill on the north bank of the Xinqiang River in Xiaokou Town, Yueyang County, standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, the east, west and north are surrounded by mountains, and at the foot of the south mountain is the Xinqiang River that flows quietly. On the south bank of the new wall, the flat domain is fertile, the terrain is open, and there is no danger to defend.

The commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 1131st Regiment of the 1131st Regiment of the 195th Division of the 195th Division of the National Revolutionary Army Guan Linzheng of the 15th Group Army of the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army Shi Enhua led the troops to have been fighting with the Japanese army for two days and two nights.

For two days and two nights, under the cover of aircraft, artillery and tanks, the Japanese invaders took turns to storm the defense line of the 15th Group Army north of our Xinqiang River.

From September 20th to today's September 22nd, the Jī battle has entered its third day. Division Commander Qin Yizhi called: "Battalion Commander Shi, your task has been achieved, if you can't hold on, you can retreat east as a last resort." ”

Shi Enhua is 29 years old and a graduate of Whampoa Phase VIII. His elder brother Shi Enrong was a graduate of the seventh phase of Whampoa, and died heroically in the Battle of Taierzhuang at the age of 31, leaving behind a little girl who was only 2 years old. After receiving the news of his brother's martyrdom, Shi Enhua, who had been married for three days, threw down his tearful bride and returned to the army, never going back.

Shi Enhua held the telephone receiver and looked at the Japanese soldiers swarming down the hillside, and there was a layer of mist in his eyes, as if the 250 brothers who died in the battle were looking at him: "Report to the division commander: When the soldiers have no last resort, they oath to live and die with the position!" ”

It was S&H's last call with his boss.

The little devils began to attack, and eight Japanese planes flew to Beacon Hill, which was composed of three small hills, and the bombs fell with a roar, and the sound of the explosion scattered everywhere with a puff of dirt, branches, and blades of grass, shrouding the position in a cloud of smoke.

After the bombing of the devil planes, the infantry came up. It looks like it's a squadron, and needless to say, the little devil is looking at Beacon Hill low and low, and thinks it can't be too many defenders ().

Shi Enhua carried a shell gun out of the shelter and threw himself into the trench.

The 52nd Army is the elite of the Central Army, well-trained, and the soldiers are accustomed to the tricks of the little devils and know how to avoid the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the little devils' planes. At this moment, one by one, they all got out of the dirt of the trenches, shook off the dirt on their bodies, and set up their guns with scolding, and pointed the muzzles of the black holes at the little devils who pounced on them.

Seeing that it was within range, Shi Enhua yelled "hit", and the shell gun in his hand hit a devil who was walking and shooting with a rifle. In an instant, there was a loud burst of gunfire on the position, and the Maksim, Czech, and Chinese officials all opened fire, and the bullets shot at the little devils, and the devils who were attacking on the hill fell one after another.

It was the devils of the 6th Division who attacked, these guys were very strong, and they did not retreat after suffering a loss in the face of a blow, and took advantage of the terrain to set up machine guns and grenadiers on the spot, and began to shoot at the defenders.

It didn't take long for the devil's support artillery to fire, shells exploded one after another on the defenders' positions, and the blood of the brethren flowed in the trenches.

Finally waited for the devil's artillery fire to stop, Shi Enhua picked up a rifle and shouted: "Machine gun cover, grenade preparation, brothers, rush with me and press the little devil down!" ”

After roaring, Shi Enhua operated a submachine gun in one hand and grabbed a grenade in the other, jumped out of the trench, and pounced on the little devil.

Behind him, the Chinese defenders shouted and threw themselves out of the trenches!

The noon sun shone on this small Beacon Mountain, which could not be found on the 800,000-to-1 map, and shone on this group of Chinese people who threw bombs at the little devils who rushed out of their positions, and in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers, it was like a group of tigers roaring and pounced. The group of devils was also angry, and all of them stood up, screaming and throwing grenades. With that, Tǐng raised his bayonet and met the Chinese defenders who had pounced out of the dust and fog of grenades and grenade explosions.

Shi Enhua wants this effect, he graduated from the eighth phase of Whampoa, has knowledge and practical experience, and is not stupid enough to fight with devils at this time (). I saw Shi Enhua quickly pounce on the ground, shouting "drop the bomb, fire", and the submachine gun in his hand swept over.

The battalion commander did this, and the brothers behind him naturally followed suit, one by one they threw themselves on the ground, grenades flew towards the devils who pounced on them with bayonets, and bullets flew towards the devils. At this time, this attacking devil squadron suffered a big loss, with one dead and wounded, and could not hold on, and began to butt backwards and fled down the mountain.

As soon as Shi Enhua and the others withdrew to their positions, the artillery fire of the little devils arrived again. This time, the devil went crazy, and the artillery fire was even more fierce than just now, and the brothers could not raise their heads. Shi Enhua hurriedly ordered to withdraw to the second-line position.

The Ninth Theater deployed the defense of northern Hunan early, and the positions were all built long ago. Shi Enhua and the others had just withdrawn to the second-line position, and before they had time to catch their breath, the Japanese launched a general attack under the cover of artillery fire, and the attacking teams of devils appeared on both the east and west sides.

Shi Enhua's camp is surrounded by devils!

At this time, Shi Enhua was not nervous, sat down and took out a few packs of cigarettes, and asked the brothers to pass them on and smoke them separately. At this time, even if the brothers die, they must first get over their addiction to smoking, otherwise, if they want to smoke again when they see Lord Yama, they will be laughed at by Lord Yama.

smoked two cigarettes in a row, and was too addicted, and the little devil also came up, Shi Enhua threw away the cigarette butt and was in the trench, "Brothers, fight one is enough; Fight two to earn one. Death is a dead ball, and the brothers in the next life can afford to look up to me Shi Enhua's words, and we will still be brothers! ”

As soon as Shi Enhua finished shouting, a veteran said: "The battalion commander is wordy!" Death is a dead ball, afraid of a bird! Lao Tzu is alive without a day of girls, and when he dies, he runs away, a female ghost who specializes in bullying! ”

When Shi Enhua heard this, he laughed: "Okay! Well said! I'll take my brothers there, and I specialize in bullying female ghosts, beautiful female ghosts! ”

As soon as the words fell, the little devil rushed into range. Shi Enhua shouted "hit", and the submachine gun in his hand began to shoot.

The Sixth Division was by no means in vain. These devils are skilled in tactical movements, good coordination of infantry and artillery, accurate marksmanship, and the brothers will be hit by the devils if they are a little taller. Often, as soon as a grenade is thrown, the person collapses on the trench. What's even more alarming is that the little devil's tank is coming.

By this time, the end of the battle was already sealed.

Seeing the devil's tank go unchecked, a platoon commander named Xiao Quanrong got annoyed, tied up the explosives package on his body, and threw himself towards a devil tank.

Seeing that someone was going to blow up the tank, the devil infantry began to concentrate their firepower to intercept Xiao Quanrong.

Xiao Quanrong was a platoon commander brought up by a veteran soldier with rich combat experience, and he threw himself into a crater in front of the tank and remained motionless.

The devil thought that Xiao Quanrong had been killed, and the tank roared towards the crater where Xiao Quanrong was, trying to crush Xiao Quanrong's body into pulp. At this moment, Xiao Quanrong pulled the explosive bag, and the huge explosion made Shi Enhuazhen's eyes cry.

In the end of the battle, there were only three people left in Shi Enhua's camp, and they were surrounded by little devils on the top of Beacon Mountain.

The bullets had been fired, the grenades had been thrown, Shi Enhua and the two soldiers held their rifles, put on a stabbing posture, and looked coldly at the little devils who surrounded them.

The devil officer didn't seem to think that the Chinese were so tenacious, so he became respectful, and asked the interpreter to keep shouting: "You are real soldiers, as long as you lay down your arms, the imperial army will guarantee your safety!" ”

The corners of Shi Enhua's mouth were bloody, and his ragged military uniform was also stained with blood, and his eyes swept straight on the little devil's face like a wolf: "Dog's day!" Blind your dogs! If you have a kind of it, you will come up and want Lao Tzu to surrender, and ask Lao Tzu if he agrees to the bayonet! ”

The devil officer finally understood that the Chinese man in front of him was not Wang Jingwei and his disciples, but the real Chinese people, and with a wave of his hand, a group of devils pounced with bayonets.

On the afternoon of September 22, 1939, the 3rd Battalion of the 1131st Regiment of the 195th Division of the 52nd Army of the 15th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army spilled blood on Beacon Mountain.

Something similar is still happening, the Hu Chunhua Battalion of the 2nd Division of the 52nd Army of the 15th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was all killed on the position, except for the 7 seriously wounded who withdrew in advance. Wang Chaokui's battalion of the 398th Regiment of the 20th Army of the 27th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army of Yang Sen fought against the Japanese in Xinqianghe, Xianggongling, and Maxingshan, and the whole battalion was killed.

By the time Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the Military Commission and Xue Yue, the Japanese army had already crossed the Xinqiang River and broken through the defense line of the Miluo River.

At this time, Xue Yue faced Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng, his face was red and his ears were red, and he made a defense.

Liu Yimin did not know that Chiang Kai-shek's thinking had changed at this time.

Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi judged that with the German blitzkrieg against Bōlan, the determination to destroy China would be more resolute, and the ambition to occupy all of China would be more urgent. However, China is temporarily unable to defeat the country, and in order to ensure that it will not lose its country and wait for him to strike a preemptive attack in the future, it is necessary to take the preservation of the main combat force of the Chinese troops as the highest principle, and if necessary, it can abandon Changsha and conduct a decisive battle in Hengyang, so that the main force of the squadron will avoid being targeted by the Japanese army and being dealt a serious blow.

This idea cannot be said to be unreasonable, but it does not correspond to the current situation on the battlefield in Changsha. Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi only saw that the Japanese offensive was fierce and our army was retreating step by step, but they did not see that the Japanese offensive could not be sustained, and they lost confidence in defending Changsha.

Therefore, when Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng took Chiang Kai-shek's warrant to abandon Changsha and found Xue Yue at the Ninth Theater Frontline Command Post in an elementary school near Lukou Station, an argument immediately ensued.

Xue Yue's opinion is very simple: "If Changsha is not guarded, what is the duty of a soldier?" Then there is the importance of emphasizing Changsha's strategic position.

Bai Chongxi patiently persuaded: "Boling, you can't be rash in war. We are all soldiers with great responsibilities, and we must consider the overall situation in everything. Holding on to Changsha, it is likely that the main position of the Ninth Theater will be targeted by the Japanese army and surrounded and annihilated. Considering the overall situation of the War of Resistance, this is very dangerous. ”

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