Section 236 Counterattack on Changsha

Seeing that none of these guys moved at all, Shi couldn't help but get angry as soon as his face sank. But Liu Wenfeng opened his mouth at this time and said: "Stone, the current battle is temporarily over, the main force of the army and our regiment have escaped from the encirclement of devils, but how to fight the next battle?" ”

When he said this, he immediately swallowed the words that let the stone come to his mouth, in fact, the thing he just discussed with Yu Chengwan, isn't this it? He was anxious and worried, and other people naturally had no bottom in their hearts, in such a situation, who could sleep well? After thinking about it, Shi couldn't help sighing, then shook his head and said, "How to fight next, how can my little regiment commander know these things?" Even Yu Shizuo can only guess. ”

After thinking about it, the madman couldn't help but continue to ask: "When will the reinforcements from the various theaters arrive?" When will we counterattack Changsha? ”

Shi shook his head and said, "Maybe one or two days, maybe four or five days, who knows?" Just wait for the order! ”

When everyone heard the words of the stone, they couldn't help but look at each other, and the words of the stone were equal to not saying it. However, with their understanding of the stone, they obviously also knew that the stone really didn't get any useful information from Yu Shizuo before, otherwise, the stone would definitely not hide it from them.

After dawn the next day, in order to cope with the possible war and to let the brethren of the Independent Regiment eat and sleep well, the stone arranged for the battalion commanders to redivide the cantonment of each battalion and build new camps based on various cols and shelters at the foot of the mountain. Although the weather in September and October was still a little hot during the day, it was still very cold at night, and enough tents and shelters were very important conditions to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. The stone then also rushed to the top of the mountain to watch in the company of everyone, and the result was really like Yu Chengwan said, the temples on the top of the mountain were vertical and horizontal, the scenery was beautiful, and it was really a place where Buddhism flourished.

However, Shi Shi was not the kind of person who was greedy for pleasure, and did not carry the regimental headquarters up the mountain, he had always been accustomed to eating and living with the soldiers, and now that his wife was not by his side, he was even more so.

After two days of calm, on 1 October, the exciting news finally came that the troops from other theaters had arrived belatedly and had finally arrived at the intended attack position. Although Changsha has been lost at this moment, and all the troops have been scattered by the Japanese army, so that they cannot form a joint force, with the arrival of these friendly troops, whether it is a great increase in strength and strength, or an increase in morale, the effect is very significant. Especially for the Ninth Theater Command, which has already evacuated Changsha, these reinforced troops are more like a life-saving straw.

In any case, Changsha was lost in their hands, and if they were defeated, they would lose the city and abandon the land, lose their teachers and humiliate the country, and the consequences would be so serious that I am afraid they could not bear it. But if Changsha can be taken back, although it has suffered defeat, at least Changsha is still in hand, and it can be regarded as making up for it.

Therefore, as soon as reinforcements arrived, the order for a counteroffensive was conveyed. The arrangement of other armies, such a small regiment commander as Shi is naturally not qualified to know, but he can guess a little bit, the troops that withdrew from Changsha before are the troops closest to the Japanese army, and naturally they need to successfully contain the enemy troops, so that other troops can encircle them, and want to annihilate as many Japanese troops as possible to make up for the previous defeat. The 74th Army also got the order to counterattack on the whole front, and they stationed troops in Liuyang, although the losses in the first two days were not small, but with the courage of the 74th Army, several divisions of the Japanese army suddenly attacked together, and they could not eat them, and their combat effectiveness was strong. Therefore, even if they knew that the situation of the 74th Army was not good at the moment, they were still pinned on high hopes by the commander of the theater of operations, asking them to cross the Laodao River from the flank, and strive to be able to attack the enemy's flank near the Miluo River.

Of course, all this has little to do with the separate regiment of stones. When Wang Yaowu had to lead his troops westward after receiving the order, he specially ordered the Independent Regiment to be stationed in Liuyang, firstly to guard the safety of the military headquarters, and secondly, to let the Independent Regiment continue to rest. Considering the outstanding performance of the Independent Regiment in the Battle of Shanggao a few months ago, Wang Yaowu also wanted to try his best to preserve the strength of the Independent Regiment, after all, this was the last trump card in his hand, and he would never use it easily until the final critical moment.

After receiving the order, Shi couldn't help but let out a long breath, for him, he didn't really want to fight this battle. If it is only a counterattack on Changsha, they may still have some opportunities, after all, after the reinforcements arrived, the strength and strength of the national army on the battlefield of Changsha have surpassed the Japanese army, and if the whole team works together, it is not impossible to fight Changsha. But in such a situation, it is a little difficult to divide troops and attack if you want to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army, and it is not ambiguous for the devils to fight hard. In terms of strength, the 74th Army can already be regarded as one of the strongest on this battlefield, but if the 74th Army is allowed to fight with the 3rd Division or the 6th Division of the devil, Shi believes that the final defeat is likely to be the 74th Army.

The reason is very simple, Shi has been the regiment commander for so long, and he has already been clear about these things in the army, and the army commander Wang Yaowu may dare to risk everything to fight with the devil, but the division commanders, regiment commanders, and battalion commanders below do they have the determination and courage to fight everything?

The 57th Division commanded by Yu Chengwan had already proved that they had such determination after the Battle of Shanggao and the Battle of Chunhua Mountain, but the 51st and 58th Divisions absolutely not, otherwise, the 58th Division would never have had the scene of being defeated and fleeing after the defensive line was broken through two days ago. As for the 51st Division, Li Tianxia couldn't know much about this person.

Even the 74th Army is like this, and you can imagine what the other troops are like! Under such circumstances, how could such troops stop the Japanese troops who were bent on evacuating? And once the forces are dispersed like this, will there be a danger of being broken by the devils one by one? Stone was deeply worried about this, however, he was a small regiment leader, what could he do if he was worried?

In the following time, Shi waited anxiously with the brothers of the independent regiment for news from Changsha. The time seemed extraordinarily long in this anxious waiting, and I don't know if it was because of the fierce fighting at the front, or because of the inconvenience of electricity, there was no news from the front. This anxious wait continued until the evening of October 1, when they received a simple military report from the front, just a few short words, but it made the hearts of Shi and the others hanging in the air completely fall.

"Changsha has been conquered, and the enemy army has been dispersed." In the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment, Wu Zihuai, chief of staff, read these words, and couldn't help but say happily: "Tuanzuo, it seems that the attack ahead is very smooth, maybe the military seat they really have a chance to catch up with the devils in the south of the Xinqiang River, not to mention the total annihilation of the Japanese army, as long as they can severely damage some devils, this battle will not be too miserable." ”

Shi smiled and shook his head, obviously because of the exact news from the front line, he was no longer worried about the battle on the front line, so the whole person seemed to relax a lot.

Liu Wenfeng, who was on the side, said a little disappreciatively: "Chief of Staff, the news sent by the upper peaks can't be trusted, the first sentence should not be wrong, but the latter sentence, hehe, can be a little true, God knows." ”

Lin Xiufeng, who was on the side, also rarely agreed with Liu Wenfeng's opinion and said: "This is also true, it is really impossible to say that the Japanese army was defeated, the devil is strong, we have been fighting for a few years, and I don't know, when have we ever seen the devil defeat?" In Wanjialing back then, how bad was the situation of the devils, and what was the result? From beginning to end, the devils organized wave after wave of offensives, and in the end, although only two or three thousand people escaped under the response of other troops, they were fighting from beginning to end. At present, the devil's army is strong, judging from their performance in taking Changsha in half a month, the strength is far beyond ours, and there is no possibility of rout in this case. ”

Shi asked with a smile at this time: "Can you see that the second sentence is untrue, don't you think that the previous sentence may also be problematic?" ”

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, looking at the stone in disbelief, Liu Wenfeng was even more surprised and asked, "Stone, what do you mean by that?" Could it be that Changsha hasn't been taken down yet? It's unlikely! This kind of thing, I don't think there will be anything wrong with the news, otherwise how can the war be fought? ”

Shi shook his head and said: "Changsha has been taken, there is no doubt about it, but it is not overcome, it is difficult to say." ”

He reminded him, and Lin Xiufeng on the side immediately shouted: "Yes, yes, what Tuanzuo said is right, I also felt that something was wrong before, as soon as Tuanzuo said this, I figured it out, this is this problem." From receiving the order to setting out, it would take two or three hours to rush to Changsha from all over the place, leaving only half a day for the armies to attack Changsha at most. The strength of the troops that the devil participated in this battle is more than 100,000 people, adding up to five or six divisions, even if only one division is guarding the city, half a day is far from enough, could it be that the devil took the initiative to retreat? Otherwise, it really doesn't make sense, does it? It is simply impossible to say that our strength is strong enough to conquer the city heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army in half a day, otherwise, at the beginning of the Battle of Nanchang, the troops of our Ninth Theater would have recaptured Nanchang long ago. ”

Liu Wenfeng seemed to be very uncomfortable listening to Lin Xiufeng's suspicious words, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Lin Tuanfu is so optimistic about our troops? Can't there be miracles? ”

Seeing that the two seemed to be bickering again, Shi hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Okay, okay, these are just our guesses, no one knows whether it's right or wrong, what's the point of arguing about these things?" After two days, when the battle is over, when Brother Zhang and Master Yu come back, won't they know when they ask? ”