Chapter 45: The War Resumes

The telegram sent by the Fifth Theater reached the hands of He Yingqin, then chief of staff of the Military Commission. The telegram was followed by Li Zongren's signature, indicating that the telegram had been approved by Chief Li after reading it.

Chief Li was originally a high-ranking and powerful person, and the Fifth War Zone he presided over was famous in the First Battle of Taierzhuang, and is now a well-known hero of the Anti-Japanese War in China. Although Chief He is powerful, he does not dare to ignore Chief Li's opinions. What's more, if the contents of the telegram are true, it will inevitably have a great impact on the situation of the Ninth War Zone and even the whole of China's War of Resistance!

The Ninth War Zone was originally Chen Cheng as the commander, but now although it has been replaced by Xue Yue, the generals of the Ninth War Zone still have too many descendants of Minister Chen. Chen Cheng, a political minister, and Xue Yue, the commander with the nickname of Tiger Boy, always felt that it was not good for him to show too much attention to the affairs of the Ninth War Zone.

As a result, this important telegram was sent to the senior staff of the Military Commission for discussion and study to see how likely it really was to happen, and what defensive measures should be taken against our army.

The telegram was circulated among the many high-ranking officials of the Military Commission, but everyone forgot to inform the other party involved in the incident, Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater.

On September 7, the 30th year of the Republic of China, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army suddenly sent troops to attack our Dayun Mountain position.

Dayun Mountain was an important advance position in the Xinqiang River defense line, and the Fourth Army of the 27th Group Army was the defender here. As soon as the Sixth Division came up, it mobilized the 23rd and 45th main field wings to attack the main position of the Fourth Army north of Dayun Mountain under the cover of dozens of planes, while the 13th Wing attacked the flank position in the west in a roundabout way.

The defenders of our main position resisted bravely, and after a bloody battle with the Japanese invaders, they withstood the attack of the devils. After the attack of the two wings of the Japanese army failed, it changed to the southeast and made a detour. At this time, the 40th Division of the Japanese Army had already advanced from the Xianning area to northern Hunan.

In the past, before the Japanese troops changed their defenses, they always had to launch an attack before leaving. According to the analysis of the Japanese army's movements, both Yang Sen of the 27th Group Army and Xue Yue, commander of the theater, unanimously agreed that these were two divisions of the Japanese army that needed to change their defenses. Therefore, on the one hand, he ordered the troops to secure the defense line of Dayun Mountain, and on the other hand, he ordered the 20th Army to move west of Tongcheng, preparing to intercept the Japanese army on the way to change its defense.

Our army fought fiercely for three days with the two Japanese wings at the main position of Dayun Mountain, and the battle became more and more difficult because of the inferiority of weapons. After the devil changed to the southeast and detoured, our defenders saw that the interception was ineffective, and was finally forced to abandon Dayun Mountain. On the 10th, the two wings of the Japanese army thought that they had completed the sweeping mission, and they also withdrew their troops from Dayun Mountain and assembled in the direction of Taolin.

The 23rd and 45th Wings of the Japanese Army left, but the 13th Wing was surrounded by the 102nd Division, the 59th Division, the 10th Division of the 58th Army, and the 60th Division of the 37th Army, which reinforced Dayun Mountain, near the slopes of Gantian and Tuanshan Mountain.

At dawn on the 11th, the main forces of our four divisions launched a general attack on the 13th Wing of the Japanese Army! The weak Japanese invaders panicked and were about to be surrounded and annihilated by our army. The panicked devils urgently asked for help, and it happened that the Chongsong detachment of the 40th division of the devils arrived, and our army took advantage of the situation to encircle a circle, and even the Chongsong detachment also surrounded it, and the two sides continued to fight.

These divisions of our army fought very bravely, and the devils complained bitterly, and the losses were extremely heavy. The Japanese continued to call for support. On 15 September, the Araki Detachment of the 33rd Division, which had arrived from northern Jiangxi, was ordered to rush to reinforcements.

It was only at this time that the Ninth Theater discovered that the Japanese army in northern Hunan had concentrated more than four divisions, and it seemed that the devils had the intention of attacking Changsha on a large scale again!

Finding that the situation was urgent, Chief Xue immediately ordered all the troops participating in the battle in Dayun Mountain to withdraw from the battle and move to the south of the Xinqiang River, preparing to resist the Japanese with the defensive positions on the south bank.

On 17 September, the Japanese concentrated 44 brigades and 322 artillery pieces and launched a frontal attack 20 kilometers north of the Xinqiang River, and launched a general attack at dawn on 18 September. Under the heavy ground-to-air fire of the Japanese army, a few hours later, the first line of our army's positions was lost. At four o'clock in the afternoon, the second line position was again declared lost.

Ou Zhen, commander of the Fourth Army, saw that the Japanese army had superior forces and weapons, and that with strong air support, it had become impossible to block the attack, so he immediately ordered his troops to move to the mountains near Guanwang Bridge one by one to arrange positions, so as to find fighters or flank the Japanese in the future. At this point, the New Wall River position was declared lost within a day!

The divisions of the Japanese army crossed the Xinqiang River and marched quickly towards the defensive positions of our army on the Miluo River!

The speed with which the Xinqianghe defense line was lost not only shocked Chief Xue, but also shocked the commanders of the Military Commission of the Accompanying Capital. It was only at this time that those senior staff who were still holding the telegram of Chief Li to study knew the preciousness of this telegram! What a forward-looking strategic intelligence, why didn't they prepare in advance?

You can't hold fire in paper. Chief Xue is not an idler, and there are still people with him! When the matter of this telegram reached Xue Yue's ears, Chief Xue was furious! A phone call came to the office of the commission, and he directly shouted that he would severely punish those parties who misled the country and the people!

Who are the parties? Those senior staff members of the Military Commission? Which one can mix to this level without a backstage? This telegram was sent by Chief He, is the party who misled the country and the people Chief He?

The commissioner who scratched his head had no choice but to accompany the smiling face and gently comfort the front-line general. not only praised Chief Xue, but also promised on the spot that in order to fight the second Battle of Changsha, as long as you Xue Boling have a request, we will respond to requests, ask people to give people, and ask guns to guns!

How good should Chief Xue's brain be? Since Chrysostom is opened, is it still unavoidable? As a result, not only did a large number of guns and artillery support enter the Ninth Theater, but even the baby air force in the commission was temporarily assigned to the commander. In the end, Chief Xue made another request, to ask the originator of this telegram to come over, his Ninth War Zone needs such a person!

Chief Xue knew that this thing couldn't be seen by Chief Li by looking at the map. Everyone has been pinching each other for so many years, who still doesn't understand whom? There may be a trick behind it!

As a result, the name of Gao Quan of the Five Hundred Army once again entered the eyes of Chief Xue. Xue Yue took a look, huh? Why is this kid again? Last time, he was seconded to the Ninth War Zone to fight the first Battle of Changsha, and his contribution was not small, and he also reaped the benefits of being promoted to one level. Why, this little Gao Quan, not only can fight, but also has research on intelligence analysis?

Chief Xue really took a heart for Gao Quan's telegram, and sent a telegram here to Chief Li of the Fifth War Zone, and sent a report to Chongqing over there, asking the Military Commission and the chairman of the committee to give orders to the 500 Army, and directly put the 500 Army and Gao Quan together in the Ninth War Zone, which was directly under the direct jurisdiction of Chief Xue!

This time it's different from last time, last time it was just to support, and now it's a direct request! Chief Li didn't expect a telegram to cause such a big incident, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to release him!