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The rain in the night sky suddenly stopped, as if there was a faucet switch, and it was screwed to death at once. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info followed by dawn, and everything seemed like a drama.

"Division commander, the rain has stopped!"

The voice of Major General Katsuji Imamura, the commander of the 11th Brigade, was a little frightened, because the commander of the Imamura Katsuji Brigade knew that as soon as the rain stopped, Huang Haoran's 99th Division would make a comeback!

After discussing it so far, the 6th Division has not yet come up with a resolution to deal with Huang Haoran! Now that the rain stops, there is no time! How can this be!?

For the cowardly performance of the commander of the Imamura Katsuji Brigade, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba should have been reprimanded, but at the moment before he wanted to speak, he suddenly sneezed several times violently in succession, and then an inexplicable chill rose in his heart.

At the same time, on the position of the artillery column of the 25th Group Army, Shi Jincai held the command flag in his hand and issued a firing order at the artillery group composed of dozens of 152 heavy guns next to him.

Thick smoke, fire, loud noise, the 152 mm caliber howitzer shell completed his firing process in the breech, flew into the sky, and began to fly at high speed according to his trajectory.

No matter what falls on it, the explosives carried by these warheads can tear the opponent to shreds! Even chariots made of steel are no exception!

If there is an ascent, it will land, and no matter how long the curve of the trajectory is, it will still have to be completed, and as it enters the final landing stage, the sound of the warhead flying becomes sharp, like the Grim Reaper whistling!

Landing, blooming! The rising flames look so gorgeous! However, in an instant, there was nothing left within a radius of several tens of meters near the explosion point, and the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, leaving only a huge crater on the ground.

It is actually very inappropriate to use such beautiful words to describe a powerful killing weapon, but in Shi Jincai's eyes, what he commanded the 152 howitzer to shoot was not a shell at all, but art.

So even if you use beautiful and excessive sentences to describe it, Shi Jincai doesn't feel excessive.

But the officers and soldiers of the 6th Division in the hell of the 152 howitzer manufacture will not think so, in the face of this terrible weapon, all the struggle is futile, even if it is far away, the powerful impact is enough to completely destroy the human body, many Japanese officers and soldiers died in an instant, they didn't even have time to feel the pain, there were no scars on the surface of the corpse, only when the corpse was opened, it would be found that the internal organs were already fragmented.

When the 152 howitzers of the artillery column fired five base shells, this crazy fireworks show finally came to an end, and it was at this time that the huge sun finally jumped out of the ground and sprinkled the light on the earth.

The 6th Division's tattered Rising Japanese Army flag was lying on the ground sighing weakly, while the sun was rising in China, all of this seemed to mean something.....

Shi Jincai's artillery successfully destroyed the division headquarters of Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba, and the 6th Division, which lost its brain, fell into complete chaos, coupled with Sasaki and his "Japanese traitors" taking the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, the remaining nearly 20,000 Japanese troops gradually turned into headless flies.

If you don't launch a general offensive now, when? According to the latest battle report from the front, Huang Haoran decided to change the original battle plan, from the southeast to the whole line! Not only the 25th Group Army under Huang Haoran and several armies of the Jiangfang system, but even Li Pinxian's corps also received the order to attack on the whole line, and for a time the terrible military horn sounded to the end, and the large land from Guangji to Huangmei was full of Chinese soldiers who bravely launched a charge!

What a one-sided battle it was to encircle and annihilate the 6th Division, which had lost its command and was cornered with ten times the force! On local battlefields, there are often battles in which two or three regimental-level Chinese troops encircle and beat a squadron of the Japanese army, and at this time, the 6th Division, which has no intention of fighting again, can only desperately retreat eastward, hoping to make a gap in the 188th Division and the 4th Army of the 99th Army and escape alive.

However, due to the absence of a senior general in the middle of the command, the attack launched by the 6th Division was chaotic and blind, and the 188th and 4th Divisions of the 99th Army did not spend much effort to block the seemingly menacing 6th Division. After the last breath was released, the officers and men of the Kumamoto Division knew that their end had come!

The Chinese troops encircling the 6th Division arrived mostly one after the other, due to the varying pace of progress. And after catching up with the 6th Division, the Chinese generals who led the team often ordered the troops to storm in one go! Before the final moment came, the Japanese troops of the Kumamoto Division broke out with the last beastliness in their hearts!

"Meat bullets", death squads, indiscriminate shelling of officers and soldiers on both sides who are entangled together, all the despicable means that the devils can use have been used! In the face of this frenzied energy of the 6th Division, some Chinese troops were really frightened. But fortunately, new friendly troops will arrive soon, and the morale of these troops who have come all the way is high, but they are not afraid of the madness of the 6th Division, and they will fight if they rush forward! When the courage of this group of Chinese troops ran out and new troops arrived, the 6th Division, which was caught in a wheel battle, was always faced with a high-morale opponent until noon, and finally, the Japanese strings were broken!

After witnessing with binoculars the Chinese army flooding over the rearguard of the 6th Division, a disagreement arose between the captains of the 6th Division. Half of them thought they should get together and fight the Chinese army to the end, while the other half thought they should disperse and break out and fight on their own. As a result of the dispute, both sides decided to go their separate ways, and as a result, the 6th Division's forces were weakened by half, both offensive and defensive, and the already shaky situation of the battle became even more stormy.

At 14 o'clock in the afternoon of the 30th, all the artillery units belonging to the 25th Group Army collectively joined the battle group, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers bombarded more than 10,000 people in the remnants of the 6th Division in the area west of Guyu and Huangmei for a whole hour, and then under the guidance of the armored column, the Chinese army launched the final blow to the 6th Division!

The fierce battle lasted until 17 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Japanese army collapsed on all fronts! Several divisions under the 25th Group Army successfully entered the hinterland of the 6th Division, divided the remnants of the 6th Division into more than a dozen large and small pieces, and then joined up with friendly forces to divide and encircle and carry out annihilation. At this point, the hope of the remnants of the 6th Division to break through was completely dashed, and it was a matter of time before it was destroyed.

Seeing that a big victory was about to come, Huang Haoran seemed a little unhappy, and when he got the telegram that the remnants of the 6th Division were divided and surrounded, Huang Haoran left the chair he had been sitting on for a whole day and a night, went downstairs to the sand table and began to pace.

Originally, the staff officers in the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters wanted to wish this great victory, but seeing Huang Haoran's face, they didn't dare to speak loudly. Although they didn't know what Huang Haoran was dissatisfied with, based on Huang Haoran's absolute authority, the staff officers only dared to find fault with themselves.

"Is it because during the general attack, several armies of the Jiang Defense Army did not perform very well, and the general seat will be angry?"

After thinking about it for a long time, someone finally whispered a suppressed guess, but was quickly refuted by others: "Impossible! Although the combat effectiveness of our Jiang Defense Army is not outstanding, its actions are considered fast, I think it is Wang Lingji, Li Yannian, and several group armies under Li Pinxian who have problems, and their actions are very irresolute, I think the general seat is angry because of these people! ”

"No, no, no! I said it's still our Jiang Defense Army! ”

"What you said is not right, I'm afraid that the 9th War Zone has no support for us, didn't Chief Chen come to the 4th Army to send a telegram to the headquarters to shock us? Fortunately, the general seat did not promise Chief Chen, otherwise which army would be found to guard Huangmei? ”

The staff officers were gossiping, but they didn't guess Huang Haoran's thoughts, and Fan Jie, the fox, couldn't spare time to talk to Huang Haoran because he wanted to command the troops to end the siege and annihilate the remnants of the 6th Division, which made no one dare to approach Huang Haoran, everyone just looked at the expression on Huang Haoran's face from a distance and guessed.

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Wuhan, Luojia Mountain Residence.

Huang Haoran mobilized the elite of the Chinese Air Force to carry out the catastrophe against the Japanese Air Corps, which seemed to have broken the devil's air force and moved its muscles and bones, and all day on the 30th, not a single Japanese plane flew over the three towns of Wuhan to spread wildness, and this rare day of silence made the highest authorities feel very good, and after dinner, they actually took the hand of the "lady" and walked to the back garden of the official residence to take a walk.

During the first family walk, Lin Wei and a few guards from the attendant room have been hanging far behind, and the rare good interest of the highest authorities today makes Lin Wei feel very happy.

After walking in the garden for about a quarter of an hour, the highest authority felt a little tired, so he and his wife sat on the bench in the garden.

"It's windy tonight, and it won't be good if the seat gets cold......

Although "Madame" has always kept Qian Dajun, she doesn't hate Lin Wei. On the contrary, for Lin Wei's carefulness, "Madame" also appreciates it very much. In the eyes of Madame, a woman who loves Western culture, rulers should not always rely on one or two people to do things, and it is actually beneficial to rotate the left and right hands frequently.

At the very least, you can avoid giving those old people around you the opportunity to "fake the tiger" and interfere in politics.

"Darling, you still listened to Chief Lin's words, this mountain wind is no better than others, it will penetrate the bones......"

"Madame" opened her mouth to speak, in fact, she was doing Lin Wei a favor, this Enlin Wei must remember that although the highest authorities have always said that "Madame" is not allowed to interfere in politics, but in fact, "Madame" has not interfered in the affairs of the Wuhan government! For such a "first lady" with a prominent family background and many important members of the government, Lin Wei will never dare to slack off.

So the sycophancy hurriedly took it, for fear that it would be half a step too late.

"It's still Madame who has insight, but I didn't think about it for a while, and I almost made a mistake... Tomorrow is about to enter October, and this mountain wind will never blow......"

"Okay, I'll listen to your ......"

The supreme authority smiled and got up from the bench, Lin Wei quickly picked up the civilization staff that the supreme authority had just placed on the side of the bench and handed it to the supreme authority's hand, and then flashed to the grass on the side and got out of the way.

The civilization rod made a sound of "knock, knock...", and after walking a few steps further, the highest authority suddenly turned around and asked Lin Wei:

".....Huang Youchen's progress in the siege of the 6th Division in Guangji, how is it now?"

As Huang Haoran's personal friend, Lin Wei sent a telegram to Tianjiazhen to ask about the progress of Huang Haoran's siege of the 6th Division, but because Huang Haoran was worried that there were Japanese spies lurking in Wuhan who were easy to leak, he only said in the telegram that the siege was still going on, and did not say anything specific about the combat situation, so Lin Wei could only answer the questions of the highest authorities based on the battle reports he had read and Huang Haoran's reply.

"Commission, it is said that both sides of Guangji have suffered heavy losses, and in addition to the epidemic for a while, General Huang is afraid that it will be difficult to make decisive progress at the moment. However, judging from General Huang's previous records, he still has experience in beating the Japanese, and there should be good news soon......

If the military attache in the government answers the question of the highest authority in this way, he will definitely be scolded by the highest authority! What is said and what should be? Isn't that what it is? What the highest authorities need to know is concrete progress, not these ambiguous things!

"How can we eat the Inaba Division as soon as possible? Shouldn't we bring in some more troops? ”

These words are the words of the highest authorities, and it seems that the highest authorities are in a hurry to reap this victory.

Seeing that the "Double Tenth Festival" is approaching, the dull three towns of Wuhan have undergone some changes. There was also a hint of relief on the faces of the people, and there were more pedestrians in the streets and squares, which had been damaged and depressed by Japanese bombing for months. What is even more eye-catching is the national flag that suddenly appeared on both sides of buildings, squares, and main streets. This national flag is unyieldingly waving in the wind, hunting and flying.

Looking at the national flag, which symbolizes the sovereignty of the country and the nation, the eyes of the soldiers and civilians of Wuhan rolled with unyielding tears.

Chen Bui's speech to the military and civilians of the whole country on National Day had already been written, and the supreme authorities had personally seen it; routine speeches like this had actually been held every year before, but the supreme authorities of Ling Nian would sing a loud voice in the midst of the defeat of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the gorgeous rhetoric in the speech was not even comfortable for the supreme authorities themselves.

You have to come up with something real on the battlefield in order to show that you are not talking empty words!

This is the reason why the highest authorities suddenly asked about the situation of the Guangji war, if Huang Haoran can completely annihilate the 6th Division before the arrival of the "Double Tenth Festival", then the highest authorities will have enough confidence to speak.

"The troops that can be mobilized have already been sent, so it seems that only by letting Huang Youchen do his best, leaving no reserves, and putting all of them into the attack, he may be able to win a quick victory. These last 5 minutes were crucial, our army was in trouble, and the Japanese almost fell down, and then they were stronger than anyone. ”

After some self-questioning and self-answering, the highest authority raised his head and said to Lin Wei: "Okay, you ask the Military Commission to give Huang Youchen an order to launch a final attack on the 6th Division, and make sure that the enemy is completely annihilated before 24 o'clock on October 9." ”

Look at this deadline, it is clearly asking Huang Haoran for a "congratulatory gift" for the National Day!

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In Tianjia Town, after Huang Haoran paced by the sand table for more than half an hour, he suddenly called Fan Jie, and then pointed to Huangmei County on the sand table and asked Fan Jie:

"After the destruction of the 6th Division, do we still want Huangmei City? Will the 27th Division turn around and leave? If Honma did change direction, what would his goal be? ”

Fan Jie really didn't think about these questions raised by Huang Haoran, but now that Huang Haoran asked him like this, Fan Jie turned his attention to Huang Meicheng.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I'm shocked when I see it! Since Jiujiang had already fallen into the hands of Okamura Ningji at this time, Xue Yue commanded the Chinese army in the 9th theater to retreat to the Ruichang De'an line, and Huangmei, which was originally on par with the Jiujiang line, has now become the easternmost salient of the Chinese army! And the Japanese troops reinforcing the 6th Division are now coming from all directions, and after the 6th Division is destroyed, will it turn into a situation in which the Jiang Defense Army will overpower the follow-up troops of the Japanese army?

Once Huangmei fell, Guangji Jiujiang was attacked by the Japanese army, given that Guangji was the gate of the fortress of Tianjia Town, where the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters was located, Huang Haoran categorically did not have the reason to abandon Guangji, so he could only have another bloody battle with Okamura Ningji in Guangji!

But can such a series of hard battles really be able to stop Okamura Ninji? The result is still not necessarily!

The Japanese Army lost the 6th Division between Guangji and Huangmei, it must be revenge, no matter how the next battle changes, it is basically certain that the Japanese army strength that the Jiang Defense Army will face is probably destined to increase significantly! When the time comes, ask for help from the 5th and 9th war zones, will "Xiao Zhuge and Chen Cixiu" still buy it?

I'm afraid that a sentence "taking care of yourself can make Huang Haoran sick in a hurry!"

Thinking of this, Fan Jie's expression immediately became solemn, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Huang Haoran: "General seat, I'm afraid that after the 6th Division is destroyed, the 27th Division of Honma Masaka will still not leave, Huangmei has become an important battlefield in the eyes of Okamura Ningji, he will definitely mobilize heavy troops to fight with us!" Looks like we'll have to plan ahead......"

Huang Haoran nodded, he knew that Fan Jie had realized the dilemma that the Wuhan Garrison Command might face next. However, compared with Huang Haoran, Fan Jie could only see a place that was not too far away. This is because Fan Jie would not have known that the Japanese were already eyeing Guangzhou at this time, and that the highest authorities would eventually abandon Wuhan and retreat to Chongqing.

"I think we should put the 6th Division aside now, and then make a new article, Chief of Staff Fan, I don't know what you think?"

New article? Fan Jie didn't know what Huang Haoran was referring to. Fan Jie understood Huang Haoran's intention not to immediately settle the 6th Division, and this was done so that the Wuhan Garrison Command would have an excuse to keep Li Pinxian's corps and several group armies borrowed from the 9th Theater. But this is not a long-term solution after all! If Huang Haoran gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege the remaining thousands of remnants of the 6th Division but did not attack them, not to mention Chen Cixiu, who had always been difficult to deal with Huang Haoran, even the highest authorities in Wuhan, it would be impossible for this kind of scene to continue.

At present, there is a shortage of troops on the battlefield, and it is absolutely impossible to do things that support the troops and respect themselves.

"It's not difficult to slow down the 6th Division, but this new article is really not easy to do!"

"I don't think so, you look at the location of Susong, there are only two brigades of the 101st Division stationed there, if we can take Susong, we can completely use the 27th Division between Huangmei and Susong as the 6th Division between Guangji and Huangmei!"

Although Fan Jie knew that Huang Haoran retained enough offensive consciousness at any time, he was obviously worried about the defense line of the Jiang Defense Army just now, but now he suddenly proposed to prepare to encircle and annihilate the 27th Division, and this kind of jump in thinking still made Fan Jie a little difficult to adapt.

"Come on! Come on! Come and see! Honma Masan's 27th Division is a three-unit division, and it has fought several times with Zhang Fakui's troops in Jiujiang and the eastern foothills of Lushan, and its strength is at best half of the heyday of the 6th Division, and we now have 6 units at the level of the group army alone! As long as these troops can be held back, and Susong is successfully captured, this plan can be realized at all! What do you think now? ”

Speaking of excitement, Huang Haoran took Fan Jie's hand and circled around the sand table. Fan Jie only realized at this time that his commander's vision was really not ordinarily broad! Fan Jie asked himself that he was already a relatively good chief of staff, but his vision could only see Huangmei and Lushan at the forefront of the Japanese army, not to mention Susong, Taihu Lake, and Qianshan in the rear of Japan, and even Jiujiang City, which was not far from the defense line of the 9th Theater, he had never planned, in the final analysis, his thinking was still closed in the word "guard"!

And in Huang Haoran's eyes, offense and defense are fundamentally one thing! The best defense is offense!

"Mr. Zongza, I'm not afraid that you will be unhappy, to tell you the truth, there is only one word for your plan to be realized, and that is 'difficult'!" Hearing that Fan Jie still disagreed with his opinion after weighing it for a long time, Huang Haoran's face showed a look of disappointment, but he didn't expect that Fan Jie then changed his words and actually came back.

"But then again, which march is not 'difficult'? The victory in Lishui, the Nanjing Breakout, the Battle of Taierzhuang, and the annihilation of the 6th Division in Guangji Huangmei, which of these battles did not make the impossible possible!? Fighting the 27th Division between Susong and Huangmei, this plan still has one word to be desired, that is, the word 'odd'! Now I'm afraid that no one will want to fight this battle, and the Japanese will not even think that Soza will immediately attack Honma Masaan after beating Inaba Shiro, and maybe I will break the door and take the lead! ”

Fan Jie's current analysis can be regarded as completely on Huang Haoran's path. After making up his mind, Huang Haoran decided to act immediately, ordering Fan Kai to draw two from the several group armies surrounding and annihilating the 6th Division to detour the 27th Division from the north, but the troops who attacked Susong did not land for a while.

Tomorrow's Susong is today's Huangmei, a strong defensive line stuck between the Japanese reinforcements and the 27th Division, and such errand must be handled by a team that can fight tough battles. For example, in the operation of encircling and annihilating the 6th Division, Huang Haoran sent his descendant unit, the 99th Army, to capture Huangmei, and then transferred the 4th Army to assist in the defense.

But at present, because the operation of encircling and annihilating the 6th Division has not yet ended, the 99th Army is placed in Huangmei, the 100th Army is scattered and interspersed between the 6th Division, Cao Fulin's 55th Army is placed in Guangji by Huang Haoran to guard the gate, and Xie Wendong's 27th Army is not completely reorganized and has no ability to take charge on its own.

The most important thing for a goalkeeping task like this is not to be afraid of sacrifice and not to be afraid of losing all the capital, and this is the quality that most of the generals of the Wuhan government lack, so Huang Haoran chose to choose and go, and he has not been able to make a decision.

In the evening, Huang Haoran received a telegram from the Military Commission instructed by the highest authority, and after seeing the deadline on the telegram, Huang Haoran knew that he had to speed up!

If the 27th Division could not be besieged before 24 o'clock on October 9, then Huang Haoran could only rely on the defensive line after destroying the 6th Division.

The action has to be fast!

"Tell Wang Shankui and Shen Lao Er to find a way to draw out one or two divisions, and then assist the 27th Army to attack Susong!"

After thinking about it, Huang Haoran finally decided to send his descendants, believing that with a part of the 99th Army or the 100th Army in charge, Xie Wendong should be able to restrain the 27th Army to defend Susong.

But Fan Jie put forward Huang Haoran's idea a little taken for granted, he said to Huang Haoran that now is an important moment to encircle and annihilate the 6th Division, if the basic troops of the 25th Group Army are withdrawn, I am afraid that friendly forces will have ideas! Moreover, the troops that were replaced would definitely not have the same strong combat effectiveness as the 99th Army and the 100th Army, in case it was impossible to maintain the defensive line and let the fragmented remnants of the 6th Division get together, it would be a big trouble!

"Since the 99th Army and the 100th Army can't be transferred, what do you say should I do?"

"There is a force available, but I don't know if the commander is willing to transfer troops......"

Fan Jie finally came up with a useful suggestion, although what he said was a bit rambling, but Huang Haoran decided not to bother with Fan Jie, and listened to what he had to say first.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it! In the current situation, as long as there are soldiers that can be used, I will use them! Whoever he came from that mountain! ’

Huang Haoran first expressed his attitude and reassured Fan Jie, and then began to ask Fan Jie's army which one it was. As a result, Fan Jie, who was full of evil smiles, came to Huang Haoran and lowered his voice and said, "The 27th Group Army! Janssen's troops! ”

Huang Haoran is so angry! He really wanted to take a machine gun and surprise Fan Jie! The entanglement between himself and Yang Sen, doesn't Fan Jie know? Huang Haoran obviously didn't have time to hide from Yang Sen, Fan Jie actually wanted him to go up now!

Who the hell is this kid?

"Fuck off! The 27th Group Army is only one army, and the Sichuan Army is notoriously poorly equipped, so let them go to defend Susong, can they hold it? ”

After venting, Huang Haoran planned to expose the matter, but Fan Jie actually didn't let it go, this guy said in a weird way: "Didn't the general seat forget Wang Mingzhang of Shouteng County?" The subordinates thought that there was no need for elite soldiers to defend the city, and as long as there was a determination to die, little Japan would not be better off....."

In fact, Huang Haoran had been persuaded by Fan Jie at this time, but he refused to admit it. Indeed, after careful consideration, Huang Haoran also admitted that Yang Sen was indeed an excellent candidate to assist Xie Wendong in attacking Susong, but because of Yang Wenna's relationship, Huang Haoran really didn't want to deal with Yang Sen.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that what Huang Haoran should call Yang Sen is a complete troublesome thing, this "lady" for Huang Haoran and Yang Wenna to protect the media has long been spread throughout the officialdom in the rear, in the eyes of some tabloid reporters, this marriage contract is almost not buttoned up the hat of a good story, if according to these people's opinions, Huang Haoran should really call Yang Sen "father-in-law Old Taishan".

If Huang Haoran and Yang Wenna were free to love and get married, Huang Haoran wouldn't mind giving Yang Sen, a famous old Sichuan warlord with many wives and children, as a descendant, but this marriage contract was a political transaction forcibly given to Huang Haoran by "Madame", Huang Haoran didn't know anything about this woman except for a photo of Yang Wenna! If Huang Haoran can fall in love with each other in this way, then he is too abusive!

Whether to use Yang Sen or not to use Yang Sen is a business matter for Fan Jie, but for Huang Haoran, it is connected with a private matter.

"In general, many of the Sichuan troops out of Sichuan participated in the Battle of Wuhan, such as Sun Zhen's 22nd Group Army, Tang Shizun's 23rd Group Army, Yang Sen's 27th Group Army, Liu Yuqing's 26th Division, the Independent 35th Brigade and the newly established Wang Zanxu 29th Group Army and Wang Lingji's 30th Group Army, with a total strength of more than 100,000 people. That's a lot of power! Moreover, the committee has set the headquarters of your garrison in the five counties of Yibin, it is better to take this opportunity to deal with the forces in Sichuan Province as soon as possible, and it will be more convenient to do things in the future! Moreover, Yang Sen is still very good at fighting, and he can stay in Anqing for a few months, which is very revealing! ”

Anqing is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. Since the Japanese army occupied Wuhu, because they were busy with the war in Xuzhou, they did not advance westward in the Yangtze River, so Anqing became the forefront of the confrontation with the Japanese army in the north to central Anhui and Wuhu in the east.

Huang Haoran's troops also stayed in Anqing for a while, but then they went to the 5th War Zone to calculate the time, and then it should be Yang Sen who took over the defense of Anqing. Before the Japanese army attacked Wuhan on a large scale, the 20th Army, thanks to Yang Sen, had been fighting the Japanese army here for half a year, and stopped the westward expansion of the Japanese army.

In the Battle of Songhu, Yang Sen's 20th Army fought valiantly, with 7,000 casualties, and only more than 5,000 remained. Although it did not rank among the top five like the 99th Division, it was commended and rewarded by the highest authorities, and received a bonus of 30,000 yuan.

After withdrawing from Shanghai, Yang Sen was ordered to Changshu and Suzhou to cover the retreat of the military and civilians from Shanghai. As soon as they entered the front-line position in Suzhou, the Japanese army had launched an attack on Yang Sen's troops under the cover of planes and tanks, and Yang Sen fought fiercely with the Japanese army here for two days and nights. At this time, Zhu Shaoliang, commander of the Central Corps, transferred a call from the highest authorities, ordering Yang Sen to withdraw to Nanjing for training! After receiving the order, Yang Sen wanted to fight for two more days, and asked Zhu Shaoliang for two days of grace before withdrawing on the phone, Zhu Shaoliang replied: "If you don't retreat tonight, you won't be able to move when the large army withdraws!" So Yang Sen led his troops to withdraw that night.

Thinking of this, Huang Haoran suddenly found that there was really a fate between him and Yang Sen, when Huang Haoran was in Changshu, Yang Sen was not far from him, and then came to Anqing, Huang Haoran left as soon as he arrived in Yang Sen, and Huang Haoran left Yang Sen and came back! Now that the battle of Wuhan will be fought, Yang Sen's troops are again in the direction where Huang Haoran needs reinforcements the most!

Could it be that this is really fate!?

Such a thought suddenly popped into Huang Haoran's mind!

After Yang Sen led his troops to Anqing, he was classified as the Fifth War Zone. At this time, a steady stream of Sichuan Zhuangding entered the battlefield, and more than 10,000 people from six supplementary regiments were transferred from the two divisional districts of Yibin and Luzhou in Sichuan to supplement the 20th Army. In addition, hundreds of young students came one after another, all of whom impassionedly asked to participate in the 20 th Army's fight against Japan, and Yang Sen was full of joy and specially organized a military and political training class for them, and after graduation, they were enriched into the army. The Military Command Department also allocated a large number of weapons, and in addition to the discounts, the original dilapidated equipment was completely replaced. The infantry was almost entirely Czech, with one heavy machine-gun company per battalion and one mortar company per regiment. Communications equipment and equipment have also been specially strengthened, with a communications battalion set up at the military headquarters, a communications company at each division and regiment, and a communications platoon in the battalion. In this way, the command of the 20 Army became flexible and effective. The 20th Army has men and weapons, and its combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced.

Later, Yang Sen was promoted to commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army, and in addition to commanding the 20th Army, he was also responsible for commanding the 44th Army, the Fourth Army, and the Hao Yaoting Column of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui. But Yang Sen's burden was not light, and the only ones he could really point to were his 20th Army and the two brigades that Tang Shi had transferred from the south bank of the Yangtze River to assist him. However, the area he wanted to defend was from Hefei in the north, the Yangtze River in the south, east of Dabie Mountain in the west, and Chaohu Lake in the east, covering a large area of Zongyang, Shucheng, Tongcheng, Lujiang, Wuwei and Anqing, with a battle line length of more than 1,000 miles. He had no choice but to put his troops in key areas and key passes, and on other aspects, he could only leave a little force to maintain local order like sprinkling pepper noodles and pepper noodles.

Anqing is the largest town in Anhui Province since ancient times, with developed water and land transportation, rich products, rich humanities, rich cultural history, and the Tongcheng Literary School, which has influenced the Chinese literary circle for more than 200 years since the Kangxi period in the early Qing Dynasty, was born here. Anqing is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, facing water on both sides, the Yangtze River in the south, and a large lake in the east formed by the siltation of the ancient Yangtze River, which is called Linghu Lake because of its abundance of water chestnuts. The north and west sides of Anqing are shallow mountains that extend from north to east and south to west, and the situation is dangerous. Yang Sen stationed the 134th Division in the key passes of more than 10 kilometers north of Anqing City, Jixianguan, Zongyang and along the north bank of the Yangtze River; The 133rd Division was stationed in Tongcheng, Shucheng, Lujiang and other places north of Anqing, forming a position to defend Anqing. At this time, the Japanese army was busy with the war on the Jinpu Road, and there were no Japanese activities in southern Anhui.

Janssen made his headquarters at a school in Anqing. It used to be the tribute institute for Zeng Guo Township to try Jiangnan and recruit talents, and it was changed into a middle school after the Republic of China. After breakfast the next day, Yang Sen took off his general's collar badge and took a few pistols and adjutants to inspect the streets. As soon as Yang Sen walked out of the gate of the military headquarters, the deputy commander Xia Jiong pouted at the guard battalion commander, and the battalion commander immediately brought a platoon of pistols to follow from a distance to prevent accidents.

At that time, the stragglers who retreated to Anqing from Nanjing, Wuhu and other places were like clouds and piles of wounded soldiers. Due to the chaos of the retreat, these soldiers had long since lost their restraint and could not be controlled. Some of these stragglers fought on their own and made meritorious contributions, constantly picking up trouble on the streets, and going to the provincial and municipal governments to ask for food and drink. The market was very chaotic, and some pedestrians saw these stragglers walking around the road for fear of provoking them.

Janssen saw that most of the small food shops on the street were closed, and the few were only one door for business. As I walked to a snack shop, I saw a few soldiers squeezed out of the crack in the door, wiping their mouths and walking. Immediately after that, a person who looked like a proprietress squeezed out behind him to beg for money, saying, "Sir, I didn't give enough money!" One of the leaders of the soldiers said unreasonably: "I will make up for you another day, I didn't bring any money today." Janssen's eyes sank, and he ordered the pistolmen: "Catch me!" The two pistolmen walked over and grabbed the leader, pulled the box gun from his waist, and brought it to Janssen. Seeing that the group of people in front of him was not small, they were already trembling with fright, and this man who looked like a company commander stammered and said that they had withdrawn from the periphery of Nanjing, the troops had already been dispersed, and they had lost contact with their superiors, and the regiment commander was wounded. Yang Sen also sounded strange and pitiful, and ordered him to go back and take care of himself and his soldiers, and not to wander the streets again. He also asked the adjutant to make up the food money to the proprietress . Before leaving, the company commander said in a wailing voice: "My gun ......" Yang Sen said: "Together with your regiment commander, you will go to the adjutant of the headquarters of the 27th Group Army this afternoon to get it!" ”

In order to rectify the order of the streets and ensure the stability of the citizens. In addition to posting notices on the streets, formulating measures, confiscating the guns of the stragglers, and informing the commanders of the stragglers to come to the headquarters to accept assignments, Janssen also ordered the guard battalion to patrol the streets and strictly manage the restless personnel. This trick is also particularly effective, those who are soldiers fight fiercely, but no matter how strong the soldiers are, they also serve those who are more ruthless than themselves in the battle. Yang Sen's soldiers, all of them were heroes, all of them fought in blood and fire for more than ten days, and when it comes to the history of the war in Shanghai and Nanjing, they are much more glorious than these stragglers, and they dare to say cruel things. In addition, he wore a dazzling yellow armband law enforcement symbol on his left arm, and soon put these stragglers in order, and they were willing to return to the original formation, and those who were unwilling to return to the original formation were replenished to other units on the spot, and they were shot as deserters! The wounded soldiers on the street were treated in makeshift hospitals. At this time, boatloads of new recruits and new equipment continued to arrive, and Yang Sen arranged for ships that were lucky enough to bring new recruits and weapons to send these people who needed to be evacuated, including students, refugees, and government personnel, as well as the books and equipment of several key middle schools in Hefei and Anhui University, to Sichuan, Hunan, and other places overnight.

After reorganizing the stragglers, Janssen settled the citizens again. At that time, the citizens of Anqing were panicked, and they didn't know when the Japanese army would attack Anqing again. Many citizens fled the city and fled to relatives' homes in the countryside to escape the disaster, and the market was depressed and most of the shops were closed. Some traitors spread rumors everywhere, saying things like "the Japanese are coming tomorrow", deliberately creating a tense atmosphere in the city. Yang Sen strictly ordered the arrest of the Japanese puppeteers, and once they were caught, they were shot in the streets. At the same time, it also sent officers and soldiers to the cities and villages every day to propagate that the 20th Army would never give up Anqing easily, and that even if the Japanese warships arrived, the 20th Army would fight to the last man! Yang Sen also worked with leading figures of the provincial and municipal governments to convene the responsible persons of posts and telecommunications, transportation, finance, and other parties to stabilize the market. At this time, a rescue group composed of Shanghai students studying in Japan came to Anqing, and Yang Sen invited them to participate in the propaganda activities of the officers and soldiers. Yang Sen also personally convened a meeting of thousands of people in the Huangjia playground, at which he said: "With my 20th army, there is Anqing City, the city is here, and the city is dead." Please don't panic and don't listen to rumors. As a result, some of the homeless citizens returned to the city, and the shops on the streets began to open. The citizens of Anqing have lived a stable life for a few more months.

Later, Fan Changjiang, a reporter of Ta Kung Pao, came to Anqing and wrote an article praising the 20th Army, "Anqing Outside the Blockade Line", which was published in Ta Kung Pao.

It can be seen that Yang Seng is indeed a brave and resourceful person, not a straw bag in the legend of the people!

I have to say that using Yang Sen is indeed a wonderful move that Fan Jie came up with! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )