The place where Ouyang and the others set off was Linxiang County, Yueyang City, which was only more than 150 kilometers away from the destination Changsha.

In the afterlife, driving on the highway may not take more than two hours to get there. But in these turbulent times, the march took two full days.

"It does take two days at the shortest!"

Chief of Staff Jiang Dengxuan also affirmed loudly.

Two days?

Hearing this, Ouyang shook his head with a wry smile.

"Don't say that it's been 2 days, if our army can arrive in Changsha within 4 days, it will be considered thankful."

Why?

First, because a large area in the northern part of Hunan is basically full of lakes and mountains, the terrain is quite complex.

Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and other tributaries are staggered and crisscrossed here, starting from Tongshan in the north, reaching Pingxiang in the south, it is a narrow north-south trending mountain, the highest peak is more than 1,700 meters high, the terrain is precipitous, and it is difficult for the large army to deploy. The two lakes area composed of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake and the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang and Ganjiang rivers are mostly flat impact plains, except for the mountainous transition zone which is hilly, and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway winds through it.

Militarily speaking, if the Japanese army attacked from north to south, due to the obstruction of the mountains and the two lakes, it could only move south along the Guangdong-Hanzhou railway line and the lakeside area of the two lakes, but to put it bluntly, the terrain was still narrow and not conducive to the march.

The second and more important reason is this.

After the Battle of Wuhan, in order to prevent the Japanese army from moving south, the Chinese military and civilians in this area have completely destroyed all roads from north to south, including the roads in the countryside.

Even the paddy fields and cultivated land, which have no roads, are flooded with water and are covered with landmines.

Fortified strongholds were also set up in the important pass areas, not to mention the Japanese mechanized troops, even if the infantry went south on foot, it would be quite difficult.

And at this moment, the dragon head detachment, which basically marches on two legs, is also quite difficult to march.

Just a few hours after our troops set out, many people complained.

For a full 4 hours, the dragon head detachment marched only 20 miles!

This used to take only 1 hour to complete, but now it takes 4 hours!

Moreover, dozens of soldiers of our army even stepped on a mine by mistake and were blown up alive.

He did not die at the hands of the Japanese, but died here in vain.

Jiang Daya frowned and said: "Judging from the collapsed roads and fields, the situation in the entire Hunan has been extremely bad!" ”

Chen Feng, the deputy head of the regiment, also sighed and said: "The great fields are all deserted, this is really infuriating, this is all the sin of the little devil who was killed by God!" ”

This is true of the 886th Regiment at the forefront of the team, and the same is true of the Temporary First Regiment in the second half.

"Do it right, do it right!"

Yang Liqing said coldly: "Although the scorched earth war of resistance is the next strategy, but for today's China, it is the most helpless way, otherwise the Japanese army will drive straight in, and even if our army has millions of people, it will be difficult to stop its edge!" ”

Hao Mengling, the commander of the first battalion, frowned and said: "A large area of fertile land is deserted, the people move their families south, thousands of miles of red land, I can't imagine what the current Changsha City is?" ”

"Purgatory on Earth!"

Tong Linge, the commander of the second battalion, gritted his teeth and said: "There are refugees in Changsha City, and the lives of the people will be so difficult. ”

After several hours of marching, dozens of soldiers accidentally stepped on mines and died, and everyone in our army did not blame the national army, after all, this is the only way to stop the Japanese army at present.

The march of our infantry is so difficult, and the march of cavalry, baggage troops, and artillery is even more difficult.

Due to the rain just a few days ago, and the serious damage to the road, our army's march road was full of mud, and the horse's legs were stuck in the mire. The mules and horses, large carts and small carts of the baggage troops, were also stuck in the mud and difficult to advance.

Yang Zhihua, the commander of the artillery regiment, sighed and said: "Pass my order, order all my artillery regiment to disassemble all the artillery, and if the mule pulls the horse does not leave, then our artillery will be carried to Changsha City." ”

In the entire northern part of Hunan, there is hardly a complete road, and there are mines in it, so it is quite difficult for our army to march, and by the end of the evening, the distance of our army's march is only 60 miles.

Chief of Staff Jiang Dengxuan sighed: "Commander, according to the current speculation, if our army wants to rush to Changsha City, it will take at least 5 days!" ”

"Hmm!"

Ouyang nodded helplessly at the moment.

Such a marching speed and such a marching path can be said to be the most difficult one in the two years that Ouyang participated in the Anti-Japanese War.

"This is only a non-wartime march, if it is a wartime in mid-September, how difficult it must be to march and fight!"

At this moment, Ouyang could already imagine the hardships of the first Battle of Changsha.

"Our Chinese army can win this first battle of Changsha, and what a heavy price it should pay!"

During today's almost one-day march, Ouyang also encountered many national army troops, and asked many of them about the best and safer marching routes.

But Ouyang got an answer, but it was shocking.

"Where is the best route for the march?"

"Sir, it's not that we don't want to help you, but in the entire northern part of Hunan, there is no complete land now, even if we march by ourselves, it is also a step by step, very cautious!"

Ouyang learned from them that the mines buried in the northern part of Hunan could be said to have no pattern at all.

You bury one today, he buries one the day after tomorrow, and for several months, no one knows where there are mines, where there are no mines, and how many mines there are in these areas.

"Yes, sir, when our brigade first arrived here a few days ago, there were no less than 200 people killed by landmines along the way."

"Our Central Army is already good, at least our regiment is equipped with an engineer company, but the other teams are too miserable."

"Yes, yes, just like a few days ago, the 133rd Division of the 27th Group Army of the Sichuan Army, good guys, that is a whole division of nearly 10,000 people, from Changsha to Chongyang, more than 300 miles, walked for 7 days, and the number of people killed alive by landmines was no less than 600 people."

Hearing this, Ouyang and the others all gasped.

Our dragon head detachment marched for only ten hours, and the journey was only 60 miles, and dozens of soldiers had already been sacrificed, and this is still the effect of the existence of our army's engineer battalion.

For a while, Ouyang, Jiang Dengxuan, Jiang Daya and others were all frowning.

Bai Keqingshan, the commander of the hot-tempered cavalry regiment, directly scolded: "If he lays mines, he will plant mines, I have nothing to say, but he is so angry that no one knows where there are mines and where there are no mines." This is not a big battle against the little devils, we have killed so many people, this is really going to be a war with the little devils in Hunan, we don't know how many more people will die! ”

Regarding Baike Qingshan's words, Ouyang couldn't refute it.

And so it is!

The battle has not yet begun, and the troops deployed by the various departments of the national army have sacrificed so many people because of the march, which is simply too embarrassing!

How many sons and daughters of the motherland went into battle with confidence to kill the enemy, but instead of dying in the hands of little devils, they were killed by mines planted by their own people, how aggrieved and unwilling this should be.

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At 7 o'clock in the evening, Ouyang came to set up camp and set off tomorrow.

Although Ouyang desperately wanted to reach his destination Changsha as soon as possible, the soldiers needed to rest, and dozens of people had already died during the day's march due to the collapse of roads and landmines.

How difficult is it to march during the day, let alone at night?

If Ouyang insisted on ordering a night march, it would be tantamount to making a joke with the lives of the soldiers.

In the end, Ouyang and Jiang Dengxuan and other commanders and fighters discussed, and Ouyang led dozens of people to Changsha first, that is, the headquarters of the 9th Theater Commander, and the large army stayed in place.

In this way, the difficulty of marching is eliminated and unnecessary casualties can be avoided. The most important thing is that the northern region of Hunan will be the main battlefield of the first battle of Changsha after this.

Early the next morning.

Ouyang led dozens of guards and went straight to Changsha City. Road Rageper, Ah Xing, Jiang Dengxuan, and the dog-headed old man accompanied him.

In the afternoon, Ouyang and the others arrived near the Xinqiang River.

Just when Ouyang and the others wanted to cross the river, they were surrounded by a group of hundreds of national troops, and at the same time, they wanted to arrest Ouyang and his party for the crime of Japanese spies.

Rao is after the road rage showed the relevant identity documents, these people still do not forgive.

A major of the national army at the head said coldly: "At this very moment, regardless of whether you are spies or not, follow me, otherwise you will not blame me for enforcing battlefield discipline and shooting you all on the spot!" ”

At this moment, even if Ouyang and the others were fools, they understood that someone was deliberately finding fault!

The second update of "" was sent, and Minister Rong saved the manuscript in the past few days, and it will be a big explosion in a few days.