Chapter 112: Prepare for battle

"Toshio Tokuda, go and pass on my order: the division immediately stops its southward advance. Right here, Chunhua Mountain, I'm going to wipe out Gao Quan's 500 army! Kanda Masasang's eyes were red, and he roared angrily at Cao Chang beside him.

"Hey!" Commander Cao agreed loudly without showing a trace of hesitation, and turned around to convey the order of the division commander. It was too depressing to stay with the division commander in a rage, and to be able to leave for a while to catch his breath, Cao Chang ran fast.

"Iwamura-kun, I won't participate in the cremation ceremony, and you can go directly to the chief of staff, Shimono-kun, if necessary. Please! After bowing to the young doctor again, Lieutenant General Kanda walked out briskly. Since it has been decided to fight a decisive battle with the 500 Army at Chunhua Mountain, His Excellency Lieutenant General must organize the troops as soon as possible and arrange the combat sequence and direction of action of each unit.

"The Sixth Division has stopped?" The information from the 500th Division surprised Gao Quan, wasn't Kanda Masashi on the orders of Anan Weiki and was marching towards Changsha? Why did he stop halfway? What does this old devil want to do?

Although he still couldn't understand the intentions of the Sixth Division for the time being, Gao Quan didn't dare to be careless, opened the map and began to find the location of the current Japanese army. "Chunhua Mountain!" The pencil clicked lightly on the map, and Gao Quan's face showed a solemn expression.

In the Second Battle of Changsha, the 500th Army participated in the Battle of Chunhua Mountain. At that time, the 74th Army led by General Wang Yaowu was fighting the main force, and there were Zhang Lingfu, Yu Chengwan, and Li Tianxia, a group of fierce generals who fought head-on with the devils, and Gao Quan and his 500 troops were at best fighting on the side, and they took the opportunity to pick up the small number of Okamoto Baoyuki and his 13th Wing to fight the black.

Although the annihilation of a wing of the main division of the Japanese army made the 500 Army both famous and profitable, not to mention the establishment of one more division, Commander Gao himself even won a Yunlu Medal, which made all the generals participating in the war envious and jealous. Gao Quan himself understood that Chunhua Mountain at that time concentrated the main force of the Japanese Third Division, the Sixth Division and the Fourth Division, and if it weren't for the elite soldiers of the 74th Army who attracted the attention of the Japanese army in the front, the 500th Army would not have been able to take the slightest advantage on that battlefield!

This time, the 74th Army is not in front of him, although there is a 95th Division of the 37th Army next to it, but after all, it is only one division, and the two divisions and one brigade under the command of the 500th Army far exceed the 95th Division in terms of establishment and actual number of soldiers. Gao Quanzong wouldn't have come up and led the 500 troops to turn around and run away, throwing all the devils to the 95th Division, right? If that's the case, will Division Commander Luo Qi have an opinion, but Chief Xue and the commission can't tolerate him! Gao Quan would never be able to afford the consequences of doing that!

"Order: 500 divisions to seize the main peak of Chunhua Mountain; The Independent Brigade increased the frequency of attacks on the Japanese army; The new 501st Division immediately crossed the Laodao River and seized Swan Mountain on the opposite bank! ”

Originally, it was the best choice for Qian Sixi to defend on the main peak of Chunhua Mountain, and Qian Sixi's troops have always been on the defensive in Gao Quan's troops. It's just that the closest to Chunhua Mountain now is Wang Dazhu's 500 division, if you have to transfer a new 501 division, it will be a matter of reluctantly seeking the near and far. On the battlefield, every second counts, and there are many examples of a few minutes that affect the entire battle situation. The devil is at the foot of Chunhua Mountain, and of course Gao Quan can't sit back and watch the fighter disappear!

In the last battle, the 95th Division was temporarily assigned to the battle sequence of the 74th Army, Wang Yaowu could command the 95th Division on the battlefield and give orders to Luo Qi, but the current Gao Quan cannot. The 95th Division was still in the combat sequence of the 37th Army, and although Gao Quan was the commander, he had no right to order the commander of the division, and the two sides were only friendly forces, and they could only discuss military operations.

"Inform the commander of the 95th Division, Luo Qi, that the 6th Division of the Japanese Army intends to fight a decisive battle with us at Chunhua Mountain, and our army is ready to meet the battle, so please ask the 95th Division to wait for an opportunity to cooperate." The telegram to the 95th Division could only be sent like this, informing Luo Qi that the battle was fought in Chunhua Mountain, and you can see how the 95th Division will fight. I can't control others, except for a kind word asking for cooperation, I really can't say much else.

The mobile detachment and the cavalry regiment were assigned to Liu Qi, these two units were relatively mobile attack forces, and the 500 Division and the new 501st Division were tasked with seizing the hill and defending, and could not let these two troops charge to exert their power, or follow Liu Qi's independent brigade to carry out a sneak attack behind the devil It is more effective.

The artillery regiment is still with the 500th Division, and Gao Quan will no longer make adjustments. As long as Wang Dazhu can find a way to carry the cannon to the mountain, I believe that the shells fired from the mountain will definitely become a nightmare for the Sixth Division! The engineering regiment is assigned to Qian Sixi, and the new 501st Division is going to cross the river, whether it is to build a bridge or not, and this more than 1,000 engineers will certainly be able to play a preventive role in many accidents.

Gao Quan's side was fully alerted, adjusted the 500 Army to the best combat state, and made all preparations for a decisive battle with the Sixth Division in Chunhua Mountain, but the battle in Changsha City changed again.

The Japanese invader Toyoda Fangtaro led the main force of the 3rd Division and fought street battles with the 10th Army led by Li Yutang in Changsha City. Because Lieutenant General Toyoda was leading the troops too fast, most of the division's artillery was pulled to the rear, and the only artillery available to the 3rd Division at the moment was a few infantry guns equipped in the major groups. Not to mention the small power of the infantry artillery, because all the artillery was distributed in various brigades and could not be fired in a concentrated manner, in terms of deterrence and destructive power, the effect of firing together with dozens of heavy guns of the field artillery wing was too far behind, and the Third Division lost its superiority in artillery fire for the first time since it came to China to fight.

Correspondingly, because Xue Yue had made preparations for the decisive battle under Changsha City early on, Chief Xue deployed the only heavy artillery brigade in the theater to Yuelu Mountain. Yuelu Mountain overlooks Changsha, and the cannonballs fired from the mountain can cover the entire Changsha City! As long as the 10th Army reports the bombardment site, the heavy artillery brigade will inevitably support it with artillery fire!

Although Lieutenant General Toyoda intended to send troops to attack Mount Yuelu and kill the artillery of the Chinese army, several of his main wings had already fallen into the city, and each wing had a corresponding Chinese army to take care of, and each brigade was in the midst of repeated battles. The two squadrons sent out were like mud cows entering the sea and never returned.

Since Xue Yue had put a heavy artillery brigade on the mountain, how could the guards around Yuelu Mountain be weak? After Lieutenant General Toyoda threw in two squadrons, he also extinguished the idea of killing those artillerymen. War, it's normal to be shelled, don't you fight when you encounter shelling? The artillery of the Chinese simply could not hit the fighting enthusiasm of the brave 3rd Division! Toyota Fangtaro can't think of anything else except to comfort himself.

It can be said that from the very beginning of the battle in Changsha City, the Japanese army fell into an unfavorable situation, and the longer the battle dragged on, the more serious this unfavorable situation became.