Death squads -- special units composed of men who dare to die, often armed with broadswords, grenades, submachine guns, and other melee weapons, take advantage of the darkness of night to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, which is a helpless way to engage the Japanese army in street battles on the Chinese battlefield. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The heavy rain was still falling, the sound of the rain hitting the dirt covered the footsteps of the death squads, the Japanese army was still attacking, two death squads rushed out from the flanks, these people were wearing black raincoats, with a silver dollar in their mouths, and rushed towards the Japanese soldiers without saying a word, and when the Japanese found out, they were already close at hand.

"Yaga! Shoot!! The commander of the Japanese army noticed the anomaly on both flanks and hurriedly ordered the troops to turn their guns, but in the dark and rainy night, the accurate shooting that the Japanese army was proud of did not make much sense, and it was more of a white-knuckle battle.

Xue Yue nervously watched the battle on the front line under the mountain, although he couldn't see the specific situation, the incessant grenade explosions and gunshots meant that the death squad had rushed forward. At this time, the Japanese army's heavy artillery rang out again, Xue Yue's brows furrowed, and he looked nervously at the landing point of the shell, and found that it was on the two roads where the death squad went up, and he couldn't help throwing the telescope to the ground and scolded, "Damn!" The devils must have done a good job of shelling the map, and they will blow up wherever we attack from, damn traitor lackeys! Do both the military and the central command eat white rice? ”

After scolding, Xue Yue still continued to look at the front line, the Japanese artillery fire became more and more fierce, the wounded on the front line could not retreat, the reinforcements in the rear could not catch up, the people who watched were so anxious, Xue Yue couldn't help but regret that he did not dig the tunnel in advance, I heard that in the Shanxi Campaign, the Eighth Route Army used civil fortifications to resist the Japanese artillery attack.

"Report to the chief, the chairman of the Chongqing committee calls!" A signal soldier ran over with a phone behind his back and said.

Xue Yue wiped the rainwater, took the phone and said, "Good seat, subordinate Xue Yue!" ”

Chongqing was also raining lightly at this time, and Jiang looked at the rain dripping on the leaves outside the window and said, "How is the battle going?" I read the war report that the Japanese army attacked very violently? ”

At this time, a burst of cannon sound reached Jiang Zhong's ears, and he asked, "Where are you?" Where is the gun? ”

Xue Yue immediately replied, "The subordinate is at the command post of Yuelu Mountain, it is the Japanese army that is attacking the rear of our army's position with heavy artillery, trying to cut off the reinforcement route of our army, the Japanese army has been attacking since 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and it has been almost eight hours now, and our 19th Group Army is blocking it, but the casualties are very large, and the difference between the heavy firepower of the enemy and us is too great." ”

Jiang Zhong tuched his scepter and said, "I don't want to listen to difficulties, you Xue Boling tell me, how long can Changsha be guarded?" Can you keep it or not? ”

Xue Yue clenched his fists nervously, he knew in his heart that this sentence was not good, and he would definitely be settled by the Autumn Queen in the future, he said resolutely, "Although success is uncertain, Chengren is determined!" The subordinates can guarantee that Changsha will not be lost within seven days, but after that... Humble and incompetent..."

Jiang Intermediary only felt that he was about to lose all the strength in his body, he shook and asked tremblingly, "Is there really no way?" Bai Chongxi has just finished fighting the Battle of Guinan in Guinan, the Japanese army in South China has retreated, and you have concentrated the largest number of troops of our people's army and the best equipment on your side, can't you hold a single Changsha? ”

Xue Yue only felt extremely ashamed, and he said justifiably, "Most of our heavy weapons were lost in the early battle, so... The garrison is struggling, but I'm willing to fight until the last moment in the 9th War Zone! ”

"Fart!" Jiang Zhong scolded angrily, "Niang Xipi, your ninth war zone is finished, and the Japanese army is about to drive straight in, do you know where you are behind the ninth war zone?" It's Changde, it's Yichang, it's Hengyang, it's Chongqing! It's the national government!! The living forces of the Ninth War Zone must not be defeated! Otherwise we'll lose everything! ”

As he spoke, Jiang let out a long breath and said, "The front line is the 19th Group Army? The troops? ”

Xue Yue immediately said, "It's the 74th Army." ”

"What??" Jiang Zhong only felt that his hat was about to jump, and he shouted excitedly, "The 74th Army is the main force of our people's army, since Changsha may not be protected now, how can we let them be at the forefront, no matter what, we must keep our main forces to exit Changsha safely." ”

When Xue Yue heard the words "quit Changsha", he only felt that most of the pressure on his shoulders had been removed, and he asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Jiang Zheng taught step by step: "You are the general of our Central Army, you must have a view of the overall situation, and sometimes it is wise to transfer the strategy, if the Red Party had not engaged in the Long March back then, would there be Yan'an now?" However, when this transfer, we must distinguish the priority, since ancient times, it has been the local cover central transfer, when have you ever seen the central cover local transfer? But what do you think about this transfer? ”

Xue Yue immediately replied, "Report to the commission, I have asked the Youth Army and the Tenth Army to build fortifications in Hengyang, Hengyang is dangerous, there are mountains and rivers, the Tenth Army and the Youth Army are the main forces, plus I will strengthen them when I transfer, where to block the Japanese army is not a problem." ”

Jiang Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, you remember, this is your military order, I have a record here, don't have any burden, didn't we also lose Nanchang some time ago?" What now? Isn't Nanchang still hanging the blue sky and white sun flag? I can even give up Nanjing, so what is there to worry about in Changsha? As long as we resolutely resist Japan and continue to fight, victory will definitely be ours! ”

Xue Yue Lizheng said, "Thank you for your guidance, you will not be disappointed." ”

Jiang intermediary put down the phone, slowly sat down in the position, the whole person's spirit collapsed instantly, he looked at the map on the wall, slowly stood up and touched Changsha, sighed, where would he not care, Changsha fell as soon as half of Hunan was lost, and the prestige that had just been repelled by the Japanese army in Guinan was swept back.

Jiang thought for a while, picked up the phone and said, "Let Dai Li come in." ”

After a while, Dai Li came in and saluted and said, "Headmaster, are you looking for me?" ”

Jiang nodded and said, "What is the situation in Hong Kong now?" ”

Dai Li was a little surprised when he heard Jiang ask this, but he still said, "Our contacts with them in Hong Kong have reached a deadlock, and our conditions with them cannot be negotiated at all. ”

Jiang intermediary smacked for a moment and said, "What is their attitude like now?" ”

Dai Li thought for a while and said, "I think they still very much want to stop the war with us, I just got the information from Japan, they held an imperial meeting a few days ago, at which the Japanese finance minister said that Japan's economy has fallen into an extremely difficult field, especially Japan's military spending is too large, and I hope to cut the funding, but the military expressed strong opposition." ”

Jiang Zhong stood up and said as he walked, "Killing a thousand enemies and losing 800 ourselves, our economy is extremely difficult because of the war, and they are naturally not much better, and we have a lot of resources in China, and there is a lot of international aid, but they don't, this is our advantage." As he spoke, Jiang thought of the fact that the Soviet Union secretly sent people to Yan'an, and he couldn't help but feel even more headache.

Jiang said to Dai Li, "You go and let the people in Hong Kong contact them and ask them to stop attacking, as long as they stop attacking, there are some conditions that can be discussed." ”

When Dai Li heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Principal, is it?" ”

Jiang nodded and said, "Changsha is in danger, go ahead." ”

Dai Li immediately stood up and saluted, and said, "The student promises to complete the task." With that, he retreated.

Jiang intermediary did his position, looked at the rainy night, and said silently in his heart, "Prime Minister... If you really watch me from heaven, bless me, and bless our Republic from being destroyed like this. ”

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On August 17, the 29th year of the Republic of China, Changsha was declared lost, Xue Yue burned down the entire Changsha city, the raging fire stopped the pursuit of the Japanese army, Xue Yue retreated all the way to Hengyang with his troops, and after the tenth army was replenished, he continued to retreat to Shaoyang, Yongzhou and other places for repair, and at the same time ordered Changde to strengthen the defense.

On August 20, the fire that had been burning for three days and three nights was extinguished under a heavy rain, and Okamura Ninji led the Japanese army into Changsha City, and at this time, the rear guard of the main force of the Nationalist Army also reached Xiangtan to enter the defense, and at the same time, the Nationalist Army still had a large number of troops stationed in Hengshan and other mountainous areas near Changsha, threatening the Japanese army in Changsha.

"Click" Okamura Ninji stepped on a piece of wood that had been burned into charcoal, he shook his head and said, "Xue Yue's move is really ruthless, we tried our best to enter Changsha City, but we didn't get anything, this is not even as good as an empty city." I said why he kept fighting to the death, it turned out that he was going to burn the city after the rain stopped. ”

Seishiro Itagaki who came from Nanjing nodded and said, "Yes, if every city had been treated like this by the National Army since the Shina Incident, I am afraid that I would not have the confidence to fight this war for a long time." ”

Saying that, Itagaki Seishiro picked up a rifle and patted it, the handle of the rifle had been burned, and the barrel had been bent, Itagaki Seishiro looked at the muzzle of the gun and said, "The rifling is smoothed, and the troops led by Xue Yue are already the most powerful troops of the National Army, but most of their weapons are just such weapons." ”

Saying that, Seishiro Itagaki asked Okamura Ninji, "Okamura-kun, do you know how the National Army trains recruits?" ”

Okamura Ninji shook his head and said, "I know some, but not much, it is said that many of their soldiers are strong men, because there are not many people who are willing to join the army, these people have a poor sense of combat, and they don't have enough weapons to train, and the soldiers who go to the battlefield will just stand in line." ”

Seishiro Itagaki nodded and said, "Almost, in fact, like them, our veterans are almost the same, I came back and went to see my fifth division, and it turned out that most of the people I don't know anymore, but what we added are qualified soldiers, and most of the strong men they captured can't become qualified soldiers.... But this is the kind of force that has resisted us for three years, and we still have no way to bring them to their knees. ”

Okamura Ninji bowed his head and said, "I have carefully studied the history of China, and I think that we must strengthen the use of China to contain China, and at the same time give them certain benefits and security. ”

Itagaki Seishiro said haha, "Because of the guerrillas of the Red Party, their guerrillas are hiding in the villages of the common people, so many of our officers are also very helpless, by the way, are the statistics out?" How much did we lose? ”

Okamura Ninji said, "After the count, our Japanese army lost 8,700 killed, about 12,000 wounded, and 127 missing. The Nanking government forces lost 7,000 killed, 15,000 wounded, and 4,000 missing.... These people should be looking for an opportunity to become deserters. ”

Itagaki Seishiro said hehehe, "Understand, will people die in battle, naturally I want to be a deserter, but our losses are still a bit big, are you planning to pursue next?" ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "Yes, I plan to continue the pursuit, I heard that the Guinan side has been strongly blocked, then we must at least take advantage of the current good opportunity to take Hengyang, after taking Hengyang, it will be a relatively flat plain, we can repair it, attack Linzhou, Shaoguan, and hit Guangdong." and the South China Front. ”

Seishiro Itagaki nodded and said, "Can the troops still fight?" ”

Okamura Ninjitashi said, "Except for the armored units that need to be repaired, the rest of the troops can continue the offensive in two days, and we have already rested for three days." ”

Seishiro Itagaki rubbed his hands together and said, "Okay then, but don't go this time." ”

Okamura Ninji asked in surprise, "Why is that?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki said with a smile, "I discussed it with Ishihara, Commander Nishio and others, and we agreed that you should go to North China. ”

"North China?" Okamura asked, "What am I going to do in North China?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro said, "Go to North China to be the commander of the front army, North China has lost Shanxi and Suiyuan in a row, His Majesty the Emperor is extremely angry, we think you are the best candidate, the North China Front has more than 200,000 troops, this is an excellent opportunity, but you have to go to Tokyo first, His Majesty the Emperor will personally give you a letter of appointment." ”

Okamura Ninji said excitedly, "Hi! I will certainly live up to His Majesty's expectations. ”

Seishiro Itagaki nodded and asked, "You should also know about the Imperial Council some time ago, right?" Our economy is in extreme difficulty, do you think that after we conquer Changsha, can we peacefully resolve the issue of the war with Chongqing? ”

Okamura Ninji shook his head and said, "I don't think so, the core of China's anti-Japanese forces does not lie in the 400 million Chinese people, nor in the will of government dignitaries, still less in the 2 million anti-Japanese enemy troops, including some local miscellaneous armies, but only in the anti-Japanese will of the central direct army with Chiang as the center and the young officers of the Whampoa military academy system as the main body. As long as the Central Army is not destroyed, and wanting to settle it peacefully is like asking for a fish from a tree, and I can say that if Chiang had negotiated peacefully with us today, he would probably have been shot dead by the radical Whampoa soldiers tomorrow. I believe that the best way is to send more troops again and crush the central forces of the Nationalist Army in one fell swoop, and only in this way can the problem of China be truly solved. ”

Seishiro Itagaki crooked his mouth, disapproving what Okamura Ninji said, now Tokyo's general policy is to find a way to solve the problem of China, that is, to reduce military spending, where will it continue to expand the army and attack? He didn't ask Okamura Ninji anymore, just asked him to prepare to do the docking work with Anan Yuji, who was about to come to dock with him, and left. (To be continued.) )