At this time, the Eighth War Zone was like a huge machine, running at high speed from the inside out, and the energy that burst out made everyone's hearts frightened. Even Kang Ze, Deng Ping, and Li Yunchang, the bigwigs of the non-Saibei system, were taken aback, they had been in the Eighth War Zone for more than three years, and they all thought that they knew Chen Feng very well about the army under Chen Feng, but now it seems that they only know a scratch of the surface, and they are still 108,000 miles away from the real understanding.

They have always known that Chen Feng's prestige in this land is very high, but they didn't expect it to be so high, and they must know that Chen Feng almost does not interfere in the government affairs of the northern region. As he said before, all of them were handled by the presidium of the Saibei provincial government, and this model has worked very well in recent years, no matter what the dispute is, the three parties can resolve it through the presidium meeting, so for a long time both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party almost ignored the existence of Chen Feng, the big boss.

But now it seems that although Chen Feng does not interfere in the specific government affairs of Saibei Province, its influence is still unparalleled, and it is really in response to that sentence, although brother is not in the rivers and lakes, but there has always been a legend of brother in the rivers and lakes, and this prestige has quickly turned into real motivation and combat effectiveness under Chen Feng's several orders, which are the envy of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

On August 29, Lao Chiang personally sent a telegram to Chen Feng, hoping that he could represent the Nationalist Government to attend the Allied Conference held in London on September 2 to discuss the establishment of the Allied Powers.

But he was rejected by Chen Feng, and the reason given by Chen Feng was impeccable, he was very busy. If it weren't for Kang Ze and others in Saibei. Lao Jiang thought that Chen Feng was perfunctory to him, and the news he got from Kang Ze that Chen Feng was indeed very busy during this time, not only himself, but the entire Saibei Province was busy.

The army was busy with the moves, the workers were busy with production, the peasants were busy harvesting the crops, and there didn't seem to be a single idler in the whole province of Saibei, and even the little ones who ran around with their bare butts were sent to school, according to the new regulations issued by the government. Children between the ages of 5 and 7 receive free pre-school education for one year.

If you don't participate, don't participate. In fact, Lao Jiang also knew that the protagonist of this London meeting was destined not to be Chinese, and the United States and Britain were the real masters, and he went to see where they were arguing, and it just so happened that Wang Favorhui and others were still in Moscow. Just where to transfer to London.

The large-scale transfer of Chen Feng's department and the production and construction of the entire northern Saibei area were in full swing to the hearts of the Japanese. According to the information transmitted by the Japanese intelligence officers lurking in the north. The Eighth Theater is undergoing a large-scale change of defense, and a large number of units with combat experience have been concentrated in Guisui, while the newly formed units have been transferred to the rear to serve as garrison units. There are all kinds of signs that Chen Feng's department is brewing a big conspiracy.

After careful and meticulous analysis of the Japanese base camp, it was believed that Chen Feng's headquarters was likely to launch an unprecedented attack on the Kwantung Army in Manchuria and the North China Front in North China, in order to cope with the fighting of the Chinese government in Central China and the United States and Britain in the South Pacific.

Dozens of senior generals and staff officers of the staff headquarters of the base camp conducted three exercises on the sand table, and the results were not very ideal; if Chen Feng's troops only launched an attack on the North China Front, then both sides were most likely to lose the situation, because the living space of the North China Front Army was compressed to such a large area as Shandong and Pingjin City, and its defense area was reduced by two-thirds compared with the strongest time in Showa 13.

At the same time, the total strength of the North China Front Army has increased by more than 100,000, and with the cooperation of the Imperial Allied Army, which has surged in numbers, the North China Front Army is not afraid of the attack of the China Army, because in such a small place, too many troops are unable to exert their hands.

However, if the Chinese army launched a full-scale attack on the Kwantung Army, the problem would be a bit serious, because in order to smoothly implement the southward strategy, the Great Japanese Empire had just transferred four field divisions from the Kwantung Army to the Southern Army not long ago, and although it was said that two new divisions had been added to the Kwantung Army, it was an undeniable fact that the strength of the Kwantung Army had declined.

According to the strong combat power of the Chinese army during the last conflict between the two sides, it was difficult for the Kwantung Army to bargain in the hands of the Chinese army, so the base camp urgently transferred troops to the Kwantung Army on the one hand, and at the same time urged the 11th Army on the Chinese battlefield to end the battle as soon as possible and prepare to reinforce the Kwantung Army.

However, the Japanese base camp did not expect that the commander of the 11th Army, Anan Yuki, had changed his tactics a few days ago, and the battle was developing in an unpredictable direction.

On August 31, the 23rd Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army caught up with the 133rd Division of the 20th Army that was ordered to retreat near Longfeng Bridge, and the two sides immediately entered the battle, because they were ordered to retreat, so the 133rd Division did not panic, the two sides fought fiercely near Longfeng Bridge for 8 hours, and the Japanese finally occupied the position of the 133rd Division at 21 o'clock on the same day after paying huge casualties.

At the same time, the 40th Wing of the 236th Division arrived at Chenjiaqiao in the afternoon, and at the same time the 234th Wing arrived near Guanwang Bridge. On that day, the 236th Wing, with the assistance of infantry, artillery and engineering, attacked the Dounanjian Heights, 1 km east of Chenjiaqiao, but because the Ninth Theater held on to the heights, the Japanese army was never able to succeed.

However, the 40th Wing of the 234th Division attacked smoothly, captured Guanwang Bridge on the same day, and moved south from there, arriving at Changle Street that night to confront the 37th Army of the 9th Theater.

Whereas, the 60th Division and the 95th Division of the 37th Army of the Ninth Theater are on the front line of Wengjiang, Taohua, Tongzishan, Huyuan Mountain, and Moshi Mountain; The 140th Division also used the first line from Huamenlou to Zhoujiawan, each occupying its own position, in an attempt to fight for a long time. Therefore, the command of the 11th Army decided to launch an offensive against the 37th Army, which occupied the high ground positions on the left bank of Mishui, before dawn on September 1.

That night, Anan Weiji issued an order to all divisions of the 11th Army to capture Changsha: "Order the 3rd Division to move its position forward to the area on the left bank of Mishui before dawn on the 31st, and prepare for an attack on the enemy on the southern highlands of Guiyi." After the 31st, the 6th Division should move forward to the left bank of Mishui near Xinshi, and prepare for an attack on the frontal enemy before dawn on September 1. At the same time, the 40th Division was ordered to advance to the southeast area of Changle with the main force at an appropriate time. Move to the other side of the river with the new wall. At the same time as the 3rd and 6th divisions launched their attacks, they prepared to attack the enemy in front of them. ”

At the same time, Anan Weiji sent a battle plan and instructions to the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters to capture Changsha!

It is clear that Anan himself is optimistic about the situation of the battle. This is not because Anan Weiji is arrogant, but the 11th Army's goal of severely inflicting heavy losses on the Chinese field troops seems to have been achieved, and the Ninth Theater of the Nationalist Government's plan to use the 20th Army as the main force, and the plan of the 10-day bloody battle at the Yanxinqiang River collapsed within 2 days, and it seems impossible for the 37th Army to "fight for 15 days" after the original plan. Coupled with the stimulation of the successful crossing of the river by the 3rd Division on the 28th, Anan himself already took the capture of Changsha for granted.

However, this was not a good time for the Japanese to cross the river. Due to the heavy rains for several days, the water level of the Miluo River increased and the flow speed increased, which caused a lot of trouble for the Japanese army to cross the river. It was the 37th Army and the 99th Army that garrisoned Mishui, which waited for work at ease and caused huge trouble to the Japanese army.

Unable to cross the Xinqiang River, Anami's orders that each division should prepare for an attack by the morning of the 31st became empty rhetoric on that day.

However, Anan was not discouraged, so he ordered the 6th and 40th Divisions to postpone the attack by a day, and ordered the two divisions to cross the river by September 1. On that day, the headquarters of the 11th Army dropped a large number of rubber boats to the 40th Division, and at the same time sent a large number of planes to coordinate operations.

With the assistance of aircraft and rubber boats, the 12th Squadron of the 235th Wing of the 40th Division successfully crossed the river before dawn on September 1, and within two hours drove out the Chinese troops near the opposite bank of Changle to cover the bridge-building troops. Four hours later, the bridge was completed and the Japanese army began to cross the river.

However, at this time, the reply from the Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters hit Anan with a few slaps. The reply from the headquarters of the Chinese dispatch army was very brief, only 42 words: "To attack Changsha, the general army will give separate instructions in accordance with the instructions from Tokyo and the situation in Guangdong." It doesn't have to be negative. ”

On the one hand, the headquarters of the dispatch army did not agree with Anan's offensive plan, and on the other hand, it encouraged Anan to "not be passive" and put on a clear attitude: "It is okay to attack, and you will be responsible for any accidents."

Combined with the telegram sent by the base camp yesterday to end the battle in the direction of Changsha as soon as possible and to be ready to reinforce the Kwantung Army at any time, Anan Weiwei knew that he needed to make his own mind on how to fight, and the headquarters of the dispatch army would not give him any instructions, after all, it was the most irrational thing to clearly oppose the order of the base camp.

It stands to reason that he, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, should also accept the orders of the base camp, after all, a soldier should take obedience to orders as his duty. Soldiers who disobey military orders are still called soldiers, especially in a military with a strict system like the Japanese army, which is resolutely not allowed.

However, as the supreme commander of the front, Anan felt that he should not waste the great fighters that the empire had exchanged for his life, which was irresponsible to the tens of thousands of soldiers of the 11th Army.

As a last resort, Anan had to call the commanders of several divisions under his command over to discuss this issue, whether to withdraw or continue the attack. After discussion, the vast majority of the officers believed that the current situation was very favorable to the imperial army, and that they should continue to fight, and if the reinforcements of the Chinese army arrived, the imperial army still failed to take Changsha, and it would not be too late to retreat at that time.

Subsequently, Anan ordered the troops to continue the attack, and it was this decision that caused the unprecedented defeat of the 11th Army! (To be continued......)