Chapter 165: The Ten Armies Shed Blood and Defended the Lonely City
It is precisely because the Hunan people dare to fight! Hunan people are good at fighting!
Desperately resisting the iron shoes that dragged the Japanese army's advance, it was never able to open up the Guangdong-Hankou Railway, as well as the supply line and plunder line from Hong Kong to Nanning. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
It was not possible to hold back the 700,000 Japanese troops in South China and Central China, and they could not move. He created an incomparable fighter for the United States in the Pacific Theater and made immortal contributions to the international anti-Fascist (Spanish) war.
The 42-year victory in Changsha made the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union fundamentally change their understanding of the importance of China's battlefield of resistance against Japanese aggression, and completely changed their attitude toward China and their assistance to China.
The first Battle of Changsha took place more than ten days after the outbreak of the European War, at a critical moment when Poland was defeated and Europe was in crisis.
In this battle, the Hunan army dealt a head-on blow to 100,000 invading Japanese troops, thwarting its goal of annihilating the main force of the 9th Theater, thus helping to arouse the attention of people from all walks of life in Europe about the situation in China.
The Second Battle of Changsha took place three months after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war. In the face of a powerful German offensive, the Soviet war situation was precarious.
Although the Hunan army lost troops in this battle, the Japanese army also attacked Changsha for a time. In the end, however, the Japanese withdrew from Changsha, and the situation in China was not affected by this.
The Third Battle of Changsha broke out immediately after the Pacific War, when the Japanese army was overwhelmed and the Allied forces were defeated one after another.
Under these circumstances, the Hunan army won an unprecedented victory in the Third Battle of Changsha, which was of great significance not only to China but also to the Allies.
Because of this, the victory in this battle attracted wide attention from the allies, especially Britain and the United States. On January 1, 1942, during the Third Battle of Changsha, 26 anti-Fascist countries gathered in Washington, D.C., to issue a joint declaration.
China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, as the four major powers, took the lead in signing the declaration.
On January 3, the Allies established the Allied Command in the China Theater, and Chiang was nominated by Roosevelt to be the supreme commander of the Allied Command. Unified command of the U.S. forces in China and the armies of Vietnam and Thailand in Southeast Asia against Japan.
On the 22nd day after the third victory in Changsha, Roosevelt sent a warm congratulatory telegram to Chiang, and at the same time announced that he would again provide $500 million in aid to China.
Subsequently, in the name of his wife, he invited Madame Chiang to visit the United States and address the U.S. Congress. He also conferred an American medal on Xue Yue, commander of the 9th Theater and specific organizer and commander of the Third Battle of Changsha, through his representative, Stilwell, commander of the US forces stationed in China and chief of staff of the Chinese Theater.
In addition, shortly after the victory in the Third Battle of Changsha, the United States and Britain took the initiative to propose to China to abolish a series of unequal treaties signed by the Western powers and China, return the public concessions in Shanghai, Xiamen, and other places, and abolish consular jurisdiction.
A country and a nation must be self-respecting and self-reliant in order to win the respect and equal treatment of other countries and nations in the world.
The victory in the Third Battle of Changsha and the various honors and equal treatment brought to China once again proved this truth. China's international standing has not only improved, but also because of China's victory in the Third Battle of Changsha.
It should be said that this was achieved through the unremitting and arduous efforts of the entire nation over a long period of time to share the same grievances against the enemy and resist foreign aggression.
The Fourth Battle of Changsha was one of the major battles at the end of the Sino-Japanese War.
The Fourth Battle of Changsha kicked off in May 1944.
This battle is also known as the Battle of Changheng.
It refers to the defensive campaign of the Hunan Army of China's 9th Theater against the Japanese army in Changsha and Hengyang, Hunan Province from May to August 1944 in the Battle of Henan-Xianggui in the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
From May 27 to June 19, China and Japan fought in the northern part of Hunan with the goal of fighting for Changsha. The number of Japanese troops attacking was about 360,000, and the Hunan army on the defensive was about 300,000.
On June 16, the Japanese army forcing into Changsha began to storm the city of Changsha.
On June 19, the Hunan army had no choice but to retreat, and the Japanese army captured Changsha.
Casualties: Hunan Army 1. More than 70,000 people, of whom more than 5,000 were killed.
Japanese army 1. More than 930,000 people, and the total number of casualties due to the plague reached more than 30,000.
The Japanese army used poison (gas) bombs in the Battle of Hengyang, and according to the judgment of Captain Thomson, a chemical warfare intelligence officer of the 14th Air Force of the US Army, the Japanese army used a mixture of mustard gas and Lewis gas.
After the fall of Hengyang, the Japanese army carried out inhumane burning, killing and plundering.
Changsha, the Hengyang garrison and the people, with a heroic attitude, launched one of the most glorious pages in the history of the War of Resistance against Japan, resisted for 47 days, did not give the rear a calm arrangement of time, and made the Pacific United States take the island without any worries. The Tojo cabinet was overwhelmed and collapsed.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the national authorities designated Hengyang as the memorial city of the Anti-Japanese War.
On August 10, 1947, when the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Hengyang Anti-Japanese War Memorial City was held on the top of Yueping Mountain, President Chiang issued a speech: "The remnants of our Tenth Army, who fought hard to defend this lonely city, lasted 47 days, which is a rare miracle in the whole world, and the performance and development of morality in China is also the most famous." During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, at least hundreds of thousands of heroes and martyrs died on the battlefield; And there are not a few people who defend the land and die unyieldingly; However, its great contribution to the country and its decisive role in the overall victory or defeat are the defenders of Hengyang. ”
In the 1939s, he was the commander of the 9th Theater of Operations, responsible for commanding the operation against Japan in Lianghu and parts of Jiangxi. After the fall of Guangzhou and Wuhan one after another, Hunan between Guangdong and Han became the main target of the Japanese invaders. On December 23, 1941, the Japanese army launched a third attack on Changsha with the main force of the 40th Division.
Xue Yue summed up the lessons and lessons of the previous two battles and proposed a set of "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" to make use of the complex terrain of northern Hunan to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army.
The Japanese army first broke through the forward position of the Hunan army in heavy rain and night, crossed the Xinqiang River, pounced on the north of the Miluo River, and met with the Japanese Third Division moving south along the Guangdong-Han line, and soon attacked the south bank of the Miluo River and entered the decisive battle area preset by the Hunan army.
Xue Yue issued an order to the officers and soldiers of the department: "The Third Battle of Changsha is related to the survival of the country. Yue has the determination to die and the belief that he will win. ”
He demanded that "the commanders-in-chief of all armies, corps, and division commanders must have a firm grasp of the troops, personally go to the front line to command, capture fighters at the right time, and annihilate the enemy forces."
The 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, with the support of aircraft, launched an attack on the positions of the Hunan Army such as Amiling, southeast of Changsha. Xue Yue ordered Li Huaibu of the Tenth Army to fight in the streets and guard the urban area of Changsha.
The two sides fought fiercely in the southeastern suburbs of Changsha, desperately fighting, and almost all the strongholds changed hands repeatedly. The Japanese offensive was thwarted.
In order to strengthen Changsha's defensive and counterattack forces, Xue Yue transferred the 77th Division into Changsha for preparatory operations. At the same time, he deployed the Chinese armies on the outer line to approach Changsha from a distance.
When the Japanese army saw the danger of being surrounded by the inner and outer line corps and was ready to retreat, Xue Yue immediately ordered all units to encircle and pursue (block) the Japanese army from different directions. The Japanese fought and retreated, suffering heavy losses.
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