[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 835: The Japanese Army Has Retreated (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

Lao Jiang's sudden drop of the chain was undoubtedly a basin of cold water on the front-line soldiers, and a large number of officers headed by Xue Yue were very dissatisfied with Chongqing's decision, and fought the basis of reason, demanding to defend Changsha to the death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In order to win the support of Lao Jiang, Xue Yue had to talk directly to Jiang almost every day, expressing his determination to resolutely resist the enemy and die. As for the fierce general under his command, Lao Jiang was also quite patient, and began to talk to Xue Yue, persuading him to "be calm and wait for the opportunity".

But Xue Yue was originally a person with a resolute character, how could he be persuaded by Lao Jiang. Later, seeing that Xue Yue couldn't be convinced, Lao Jiang simply didn't answer his call.

Xue Yue, who wanted to fight against the Japanese invaders, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and had no choice but to call Mrs. Jiang Song Meiling directly. General Xue said to Song Meiling, "Please tell the chairman of the committee that if the enemy dares to take a step closer to my Changsha, I will immediately start fighting!" ”

After Song Meiling relayed these words to Lao Jiang's ears, Jiang was so anxious that he called Xue Yue continuously, but Xue Yue treated him in the same way as a person, and did not answer the phone, only letting the staff officer reply and say: "Chief Xue is on the front line, I don't know when I will be able to come back." ”

In desperation, Lao Jiang had to let Bai Chongxi, then director of the Guilin camp, and Chen Cheng, minister of national defense, go to Changsha to convey the plan and assist Xue Yue in commanding the operation.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng met Xue Yue, who was commanding the operation, in a command post temporarily set up in the elementary school near a small station south of Lukou. conveyed Lao Chiang's battle plan for not defending Changsha, but Xue Yue emphasized that Hunan's strategic position was important and related to the life and death of the country and the nation. As a soldier, he should defend it to the death, and Xue Yue also said that he would live and die with Changsha.

Bai Chongxi had no choice but to move out of Lao Jiang and ask him to obey orders. But Xue Yue was still unmoved, and still decided to defend Changsha. Chen Cheng felt that it would be useless to continue arguing like this, and after discussing with Bai Chongxi, he decided to report Xue Yue's opinion to Lao Jiang so that he could make a new ruling.

However, when there was a dispute between the generals and commanders of the Nationalist Government over whether to defend Changsha, Ananwei ordered the Japanese troops who had crossed the Xinqiang River to follow the 52nd Army and other units, and the Japanese army pursued the defenders of the Nationalist Government and followed them south.

However, at this time, the Japanese army discovered an important problem, that is, the communication to Changsha had been completely destroyed by the army and the local population, so that the Japanese army's mechanized advantage could not be used, and it could only follow up on foot behind the ass of the Chinese army.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the Japanese army approached the north bank of the Miluo River, and the main force of the 52nd Army moved to the south bank of the Miluo River. Then, the Japanese army began to erect pontoon bridges in preparation for crossing the Miluo River. However, the first test crossing of the Japanese army was repulsed by the defenders on the south bank of the Miluo River.

As a result, the Japanese army changed its strategy. They sent a part of the Japanese army to change into the clothes of the Chinese people, disguised as refugees, and smuggled across the river in the gap between the Chinese army junction and fled to Xinshi, where they prepared to cooperate with the main force to force the crossing. On the same day, the Japanese detachment of Kamimura also attacked from west to east and captured Guiyi. The 70th Army was ordered to counterattack the Japanese troops who had occupied Xinshi and Guiyi, but only Guiyi was recovered, and Xinshi was still occupied by the Japanese army.

On the 23rd, the Japanese army stormed the defenders' positions on the south bank of the Miluo River, and fought fiercely for a day, but failed to break through the defenders' main position. At this time, the Japanese 33rd Division was still stubbornly blocked by the 20th Army in the Fushiling area of Makufu Mountain, and the Japanese army's plan to encircle and annihilate the 15th Army in the Pingjiang area failed.

But just when Anan Weiji was disappointed that his plan to encircle and annihilate the 15th Army had failed, Xue Yue's plan to prepare for a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the outskirts of Changsha was finally approved.

Subsequently, the 9th Theater adjusted its deployment in accordance with the plan for a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the Changsha area: the 2nd, 25th, 195th, 60th, 77th, and 59th Divisions, a total of 6 divisions, were ambushed in the Fulinpu, Uesugi City, Qiaotouyi area, and Changsha and the area east of it; The 70th Army was transferred to Zhuzhou, Lukou City and other places south of the Liuyang River, and deployed along the Hunan and Jiangxi Railway and Lushui; The 4th Army occupied the line of Xiangtan, Xiasesi, and Lukou City; One division of the 79th Army secured the Makufu Mountain base area, and two divisions coordinated with the 20th Army to attack the Japanese 33rd Division at Peachtree Port.

On the 25th, the Japanese Nara detachment made a detour to Pingjiang through the Wengjiang River, preparing to fight in response to its 33rd Division. The 13th Division of the Japanese Army and the Shangcun Detachment began to advance south by the banks of the Miluo River. The Kamimura detachment fell into an ambush circle of the 14th and 50th divisions of the 54th Army at Sanjie Bridge and Liqiao; More than 1,000 people of the 3rd Division were ambushed by the 195th Division in Fulinpu and were all severely damaged.

Immediately afterwards, more than 3,000 people from the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which went south from Xinshi through Jinjing, were ambushed by the 195th Division at Shimenji. The Japanese army, who had been ambushed several times, stumbled and wanted to continue south, but had no choice but to lack strength. Only one Japanese army broke through the Chinese army's position at the Laodao River on the 30th and occupied the city of Yong'an, more than 30 kilometers north of Changsha, which was the farthest place that the Japanese army had reached in this southern invasion.

Since the start of this battle, Anan Weiji, who was in command of the battle in Xianning, has received almost all the news of his subordinates' success, and he thinks that taking Changsha is just around the corner. Who knows, at this moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed drastically.

The Japanese army in northern Jiangxi was simply held back by the Chinese army and could not advance, while the Japanese army in southern Hunan, although it reached the upper reaches of the Miluo River and joined the main force of the Japanese army in northern Hunan, the main force of the Chinese defenders had retreated; After the Japanese army in northern Hunan broke through the two lines of defense, the Chinese defenders no longer held their positions, but adopted a more flexible tactic of fighting and retreating, while the Japanese army began to be ambushed continuously, which made Ananwei puzzled and a little uneasy at the same time.

Ananwi considers himself to be very familiar with the situation of the Chinese army, and even the relationship between the various factions. Therefore, for this battle, the consolation prize is with the confidence that it will win. He believed that after the Battle of Wuhan, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese defenders had been declining day by day and they were no longer vulnerable. Therefore, when formulating this battle plan, his combat class calculated the combat effectiveness based on the strength of one brigade equivalent to one division of the Chinese army, whereas in the past it was usually calculated on the basis that one wing was equivalent to one division of the Chinese army.

Lieutenant General Anan believed that if his air superiority and artillery superiority were combined, one brigade would be fully sure of defeating one division of the Chinese defenders. Judging from past combat practice, it is true that one division of the Chinese defenders can rarely defeat one brigade of the Japanese army.

But Ananwi not only underestimated the fighting power of the Chinese army in this operation, but he also ignored an even more important factor, which was the strength of the local population.

Before the battle began, the local people, under the organization of the government, cooperated with the army of the Ninth War Zone, and completely destroyed the main communication artery between the Xinqiang River and the Laodao River, and even the land between this area was turned over and became new soil, so that the Japanese army's mechanized troops could not be used, and its combat effectiveness was correspondingly weakened, and even the logistics could not be completely guaranteed. In this case, rushing to Changsha can only be risky, and Ananwiji is full of worries about the next battle.

While the Japanese army in Central China fell under siege in the Changsha area by the Heavenly Furnace method of warfare invented by Xue Yue, the Japanese army in North China also fell into a bitter battle.

When the news came that the main force of the Suicha Military Region was besieging Zhulu and Xiayuan, the North China Front was shaken up and down, and Okamura Ninji hurriedly ordered the Japanese troops in various places to go north for reinforcements.

On the same day, the main force of the Suicha Military Region broke through Jingle County, and the 112th Wing, the main force of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army, the 12th Division of the Puppet Army, and the 8th Cavalry Regiment were all annihilated. Tens of thousands of troops of the Suicha Military Region joined forces under Xinkou City, and the First Army stationed in Shanxi had to transfer troops from Shouyang and other places to reinforce Xinkou, preparing to compete with Ma Zheng's troops under Xinkou City.

At the same time, nearly 200,000 people in the Second Theater attacked from Luliang and Xiaoyi, and even went down to Pingyao, Qixian, Taigu and other counties, and the offensive was very fierce. Everyone can see that Yan Laoxi has a good opportunity to catch the water dog, and the beating is called a ruthless, which makes Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka hate itchy.

The first theater of operations was not idle, and the 15th Army under Liu Enmao finally couldn't bear to move, and the 40,000 troops left Luoyang and marched to Zhongtiao Mountain. More than 100,000 people from the 120th and 129th divisions of the Eighth Route Army were also assembled in southern Hebei and other places, and the surrounding counties and cities of Handan and Xingtai were continuously attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, forcing the Japanese army to urgently shrink its forces and stick to large cities such as Handan and Xingtai and along the railway.

For a time, the Japanese puppet army in southern Hebei had a very miserable life, and they could only huddle in a few big cities and shiver, but the Kuomintang troops and the Eighth Route Army were in full swing and frequently moved between counties and townships.

Look at the time is almost up, the time is ripe for a general attack. Ma Zheng planned to wait for the war in Changsha to flourish again, and then ordered the troops to launch a general attack on the Japanese troops in Baoding, Shimen and other places, and solved the Japanese puppet forces in Hebei in one fell swoop, and even planned to close the door to the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi.

But just as Ma Zheng was preparing to act, a news suddenly came from the Changsha front line - the Japanese army had retreated. (To be continued.) )