Huarong, the name of the ancient Chinese place, in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu burned Chibi, Cao Cao defeated Huarong, Guan Yu remembered the old kindness, and explained Prime Minister Cao, so that he returned to Jiangling and became famous all over the world.

In the Sui Dynasty, Annan County was changed to Huarong County, which belonged to Baling County. To put it bluntly, this is a county seat, a very ordinary small county town in the land of China, if it weren't for the light of Guan Erye, I'm afraid not many people know this place name.

However, history eventually has the inevitability of its development and formation, Huarong County is the traffic throat from northern Hunan to Jiangling, because Gangcun Ningci's secret crossing of Chencang is destined to appear in the eyes of the world again, becoming a place of concern for the allies and the Chinese.

Before Chen Cheng received Wang Yizhe's call, he had already carefully checked the nearby **** station, and the operational staff officers of the 18th Army even called the local security forces in northern Hunan and southern Hunan, but they did not find a suitable blocking force. In order to block the Japanese army in Yueyang, Chen Cheng mobilized the nearby ****, coupled with the previous Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army on the northern front broke through early, and all the other troops in the Ninth Theater were transferred to northern Jiangxi to fight, and there was no soldier for him to deploy on the line from Jiangling to Nanxian.

The great opportunity was so wasted, Chen Cheng was anxious like an ant on a hot pot in Yueyang Command, and really let go of this Japanese army, how could he have the face to go back to Chongqing to see the principal? Kenan County is only 30 kilometers away from the Yangtze River, and the lightly armed Japanese troops can start crossing the river in two hours, where can they find a blocking force in such a short time?

At Nanyue Airport in Hengyang and several airports in Changsha, the swept wing Wyvern and Howler fighters of the Royal Han Air Force had taken off to bomb Nanxian County, which had been captured by the Japanese army; The 26th Army of Youzhou threw off its heavy equipment and ran forward; In Changsha's 1st Guards Division, under the scolding of Commander Huo Lu, only half of the tanks were able to be launched -- it was originally in the period of overhaul and recuperation. The infantry armored vehicles were a little better, and nearly 300 Cheetahs ran at full speed and killed Nanxian. But all this is not enough, the key to the battle is Huarong, as long as the Japanese army passes through the Huarong Pass, it can leave a small number of troops there to drag back, block the 26th Army and the 1st Guards Division that are chasing over, and the large army can calmly cross the river and leave without dust.

"All take off, all the planes that can fly are bombed and strafed for me, even if this little devil escapes, half of them must be left in the Yangtze River." Commander Wang Yizhe's face became a little hideous.

The staff officers replied, in fact, at this time, everyone's hearts were very anxious, and the elite troops of the Japanese army who were about to be surrounded and annihilated were actually about to be escaped. There are only some local armed forces near Nanxian County, and there is no **** existence at all. No one can think of a good way to do it except send the air force to continue bombing.

"Commander, Commander He Zhuguo's phone call!" A staff officer ran over and stood up and saluted.

"No, keep contacting me...... Wait, why is Lao He calling at this time? Wang Yizhe picked up the phone with a dark face.

"Lao He, I'm Wang Yizhe......"

"Commander, there's something new!" Before he could finish speaking, He Zhuguo grabbed the conversation, "I was contacted over there, the Jiangnan detachment of the New Fourth Army is just near Nanxian, and now it has exchanged fire with the vanguard of the Japanese army." ”

"Huh?" This news can be described as a surprise, and Wang Yizhe's face changed several expressions in an instant. After experiencing the Small Yellow Flag incident of the Panzer Army, Commander Wang has made great progress in terms of political sensitivity. He Zhuguo found the Jiangnan detachment of the New Fourth Army near Nanxian, which is of course a great piece of good news, but why did the New Fourth Army not contact Chen Cheng, but He Zhuguo? You must know that China is now in the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the New Fourth Army is also subordinate to the ranks of the National Revolutionary Army.

This thought was only a fleeting thought, no matter what the situation was, it was a big deal to block this group of Japanese soldiers first. "Lao He, order...... Please ask the New Fourth Army to hold the Huarong Ancient Road, and never let go of a devil. Tell them that our Royal Guards Division is already moving at full speed and that our air force is ready to support them. ”

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The predecessor of the New Fourth Army was the Red Army, which remained in the Jiangnan area during the Long March and persisted in guerrilla warfare. After the coup d'état in Xi'an, the anti-Japanese national united front was established, and the Red Army guerrillas in the eight provinces south of the Yangtze River were changed into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, referred to as the New Fourth Army. Ye Ting, head of the Independent Regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Iron Army, served as the army commander, Xiang Ying served as the deputy commander and political commissar, and Zhang Yunyi served as the chief of staff. The New Fourth Army was founded with only more than 10,000 people, and it was rapidly strengthened during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. However, a series of internal friction incidents occurred, such as the Huangqiao Incident, which was feared by the chairman of the NPC National Committee, and he issued a "Hao telegram" ordering the New Fourth Army south of the Yellow River to withdraw to the north of the Yellow River within one month.

Proceeding from the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the New Fourth Army obeyed the "Haodian", and various detachments crossed the river one after another and assembled in northern Jiangsu. More than 9,000 people from the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army and the Jiangnan Army were stranded in northern Hunan because of the outbreak of the Battle of Changsha, ready to participate in the war at any time. However, without permission, the Chongqing side telegraphed Commander Ye Ting that he must cross the river within the time limit. In desperation, Ye Ting led his troops to prepare to go up the river and assemble from western Hubei to northern Shaanxi.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese Guards Division attacked Nanxian County, made a detour, and chose the same route across the river as the New Fourth Army. The national war of resistance is an unshirkable responsibility. Ye Ting was not worried about the chairman's difficulties for the New Fourth Army, and personally led the troops directly under the military headquarters to block the vanguard of the Japanese army in Nanxian County, while Xiang Ying led the Jiangnan detachment to Huarong Ancient Road to deploy defenses.

Iida Shojiro threw all his heavy weapons on the Guangdong-Han line, and the northern Hunan River was crisscrossed, and it was impossible to march at high speed with heavy equipment. Isn't the purpose of Commander Gangcun Ningci serving the tiger with his body is to attract the main force of the Allied forces and cover the breakthrough of his own partial division?

Liao Liao, the Chinese defender of Nanxian County, and the Gaotian Wing of the 2nd Division in front of the sudden battle, went down in a battle and seized this safe road to the river, and Lieutenant General Iida's heart that had been hanging high was slightly relaxed. Although they were heavily damaged by the Han army's armored forces in Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, the ace units of the Imperial Army still had strong combat power, and the weak resistance of the local armed forces in Nanxian once again allowed Iida to regain some of the self-confidence he had when he was rampant in China.

But soon this good mood was immediately destroyed by the sound of gunfire outside the city. "Nani?" Iida raised his eyes, it was impossible for the Han army to chase so fast? Knowing that it was a gray-uniformed unit that had attacked the Gaotian Wing, the commander of the Guards Division breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not dark green, it would be fine, and the Chinese miscellaneous army would not be able to stop the "Yong" division.

This gray-uniformed unit is the New Fourth Army Special Service Regiment under the command of Commander Ye Ting; for well-known reasons, the New Fourth Army is seriously short of heavy weapons, and the most powerful weapons of the Special Service Regiment directly under the Military Department are a few light machine guns and mortars captured from the Japanese army, and there are not many artillery shells.

Therefore, Ye Ting commanded the special task force to attack and harass, the purpose of which was to disrupt the deployment of the Japanese army and delay the process of the Japanese army crossing the river.