Wang Haitao asked the troops to temporarily station outside Changsha City, and he took Tangshan Leopard into the city while observing the terrain of Changsha City, and by the way, he also paid attention to what problems or deficiencies were in the defensive positions being built. Wang Haitao watched as he walked like this, completely unaware that General Xue Yue had been waiting for him in Changsha City with Luo Zhuoying and Tang Renxin.

Xue Yue had arrived at Changsha City five days earlier, and at this time Tang Renxin had already arrived in Changsha with several troops, and the 90th and 211th Divisions immediately took over the positions on the outskirts of Changsha City and began to transform them according to the regulations and habits of their own troops. When Xue Yue and the others arrived in Changsha City, there was a large construction site on the periphery of Changsha City, and there were busy crowds everywhere, and Xue Yue and the others were surprised when they saw it.

After entering the city, Xue Yue met Tang Renxin and other officers who came with troops, and after Tang Renxin knew that this was General Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater in front of him, he immediately took out the Changsha anti-unloading plan and explained to General Xue Yue and others the entire Changsha periphery and the city's defense plan. The pragmatic and rigorous style of Tang Renxin and other officers won the favor of General Xue Yue and others, and General Xue Yue expressed his full support for the defense plan of the 90th Army.

Tang Renxin also took General Xue Yue to inspect the heavy artillery brigade and armored brigade that had been temporarily transferred to the direct management of the Ninth Theater. The heavy artillery brigade they went to first, when Xue Yue and the others saw the large-caliber artillery of the heavy artillery brigade station, which was neatly arranged and flashed with a metallic cold light, they were all excited. Tang Yishi, commander of the heavy artillery brigade, accompanied General Xue Yue to inspect the entire heavy artillery brigade.

When General Xue Yue asked Tang Yishi about the fire performance and number of the heavy artillery brigade. Tang Yishi made a report to General Xue Yue like a few treasures. The heavy artillery brigade has a total of four heavy artillery regiments, namely the 130 heavy cannon regiment, with 50 heavy cannons of 130 caliber, the effective range of this heavy cannon is 27400 meters, the maximum range is z915O meters, and it can fire a variety of shells such as anti-personnel and explosive grenades and anti-explosive grenades, which are extremely powerful.

152 heavy howitzer regiment, armed with fifty heavy howitzers of 152 caliber. This heavy howitzer has a maximum range of 17,230 meters and a minimum range of 44O0 meters, and can also fire a variety of shells such as anti-personnel explosive grenades, which are also extremely powerful. The 122 Medium Howitzer Regiment is equipped with 50 122 caliber medium howitzers, this medium howitzer, with a maximum range of 11,800 meters and a minimum range of 3,400 meters, can fire anti-personnel and explosive grenades, incendiary bombs and other shells, and is the main artillery to suppress the enemy's infantry attack. The 105 howitzer regiment is equipped with 48 10-caliber field howitzers, which are the latest German artillery guns, with a maximum range of 19,066 meters and a fairly high firing accuracy.

Tang Yishi took Xue Yue and the others on patrol while explaining the performance of various artillery, and Xue Yue, who listened, couldn't help but nod. Xue Yue had always heard that Wang Haitao's Ninety Army had a strong artillery armament, which was stronger than the artillery of any army, but he didn't expect it to be so strong. Xue Yue had never seen so many heavy artillery together in his life, and when he thought that so many heavy artillery would be directly under his command, Xue Yue's heart was hot.

After visiting the heavy artillery brigade, Xue Yue encouraged Tang Yishi, and then went to the armored brigade. The commander of the armored brigade, Wu Jianzhou, was already waiting for General Xue Yue and his party at the gate of the garrison. As soon as Xue Yue and the others arrived, after Wu Jianzhou saluted Xue Yue and the others, he began to accompany Xue Yue and the others to inspect the armored brigade. Xue Yue: Their impression of tanks and other armored vehicles is still on the appearance of small Japanese chariots that they have seen.

Wu Jianzhou took Xue Yue and others to inspect the light armored vehicle regiment first, these sixty light four-wheeled armored vehicles only have one heavy machine gun, although the mobility is very strong, but the attack ability is only average. Xue Yue and the others were happy to see the light armored vehicle, but obviously they didn't look at it very much, Xue Yue asked Wu Jianzhou: "Brigade Commander Wu, how does this kind of chariot compare with the army chariot?"

Wu Jianzhou replied: "This kind of light armored vehicle is only similar to the Japanese light tank, and it is inferior to the Japanese army's medium tank. However, this kind of light armored vehicle is only used for battlefield reconnaissance and covering the main tank, and will not be used for the main offensive operation. Xue Yue immediately heard the meaning of Wu Jianzhou's words, but he didn't ask. Pressed to the heavy armored vehicle regiment, there were thirty six-wheeled medium armored vehicles and twenty eight-wheeled heavy armored vehicles, which were armed not only with two heavy machines, guns but also with 20 mm rapid-fire guns.

When Xue Yue heard Wu Jianzhou talk about this eight-wheeled heavy armored vehicle that could fight with Japanese tanks, he nodded with satisfaction. Next was a regiment of light tanks with thirty Type 62 light tanks. This light tank had not only two heavy machine guns, but also a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun, in addition to an 85 mm caliber tank gun.

Looking at the 21-ton big guy in front of him, looking at the thick barrel on the tank, and listening to Wu Jianzhou say that this light tank had completely defeated any kind of combat vehicle of the Japanese army, General Xue Yue and the others showed excitement on their faces. In the end, when Wu Jianzhou led everyone to the heavy tank regiment, General Xue Yue and others were stunned when they were in front of a behemoth of 35 or 36 tons, equipped with two heavy machine guns, an anti-aircraft machine gun, and a 100 mm smoothbore gun.

The tank in front of him was a steel monster, stopping there, revealing a hideous face, Xue Yue and the others were difficult to resemble When it galloped on the battlefield, what else could stop it. At this time, Wu Jianzhou said: "This is the Cheetah heavy tank we use for the main attack, it has a face thickness of 200 mm pseudo-homogeneous steel armor, only heavy artillery can pose a threat to it, and the Japanese 75 mm caliber artillery can't hurt it at all." ”

After Xue Yue and the others saw the armored brigade, they were completely convinced by the Ninety Army, and with these heavy weapons, it would not be too difficult to deal with one or two divisions of the Japanese army, otherwise Xue Yue would have looked down on Wang Haitao. After inspecting the two brigades, Xue Yue and Tang Renxin returned to the military headquarters of the 90th Army that had been set up.

Everyone discussed together how to use these two brigades in order to give full play to their role. After some discussion, General Xue Yue made a decision, and the 152nd Heavy Howitzer Regiment and the 122nd Howitzer Regiment of the Heavy Artillery Brigade set up a heavy artillery position in Yuelu Mountain, so that they could completely cover Changsha City with their range, so that they could support the defense of Changsha City at any time.

The 105th Howitzer Regiment was transferred to the Liuyang River defense line to support the 37th Army in guarding the Liuyang River. The most powerful 130 Heavy Cannon Regiment is a strategic force, under the command of the Ninth Theater Command, and carries out strategic maneuvers. Xue Yue was in the middle of the strength of the 90th Army, so he deliberately revised the defense plan, which was originally scheduled to be directly under the 99th Army guarding the Liuyang River, as a reserve force for war, and to fight in the hands of the headquarters, while the task of guarding the Liuyang River was handed over to the 53rd Army directly under the 37th Army and the 19th Group Army.

Changsha City was completely handed over to the 90th Army to be defended, Zhuzhou and Hengyang 2 cities were handed over to Li Yutang's 10th Army, and the 18th Army, which was second only to the 90th Army in combat effectiveness, was placed in Liuyang County and did not participate in the defense, but during the counteroffensive, the 18th Army had to attack quickly and give the Japanese a hard blow from the side. In the eyes of General Xue Yue, the number of the first army, the third division and the second brigade of the 90th Army has reached more than 60,000 people, and there should be no problem in guarding a Changsha city.

After Wang Haitao entered the city from the city gate, a soldier led them straight to the military headquarters of the 90th Army. Wang Haitao arrived at the military headquarters to know that Xue Yue, Luo Zhuoying and others had been waiting for him in the military headquarters for a long time, after Wang Haitao saluted, he apologized repeatedly, Xue Yue was not dissatisfied, but asked Wang Haitao: "Commander Wang, I directly took away your heavy artillery brigade and armored brigade, is it difficult for the 90th Army to guard Changsha?"

Luo Zhuoying also said with concern: "Yes, without those heavy artillery, the combat effectiveness of your 90th Army is afraid that it will drop a lot, is it difficult to defend Changsha City?" Wang Haitao replied with a confident smile: "The two commanders can rest assured, even if the heavy artillery brigade is transferred, the number of large-caliber artillery of my three divisions will definitely exceed the number of Japanese troops, with my 90th Army and 60,000 horses, there will be no problem in defending a Changsha City, I promise the two commanders that Changsha City will be impregnable." If Changsha City is lost, Haitao is willing to be dealt with by military law. ”

Wang Haitao's confident words made Xue Yue high-five and praised: "Okay! With Commander Wang's words, I will hand over Changsha City to Commander Wang's 90th Army, and I have established a heavy artillery position in Yuelu Mountain, and Commander Wang can call for artillery support at any time as long as needed." I'm sure Commander Wang won't let me down. After Wang Haitao repeatedly assured General Xue Yue to leave satisfied.

General Xue Yue left, Luo Zhuoying stayed, Luo Zhuoying said to Wang Haitao: "Commander Wang, the Ninth Theater Headquarters, General Xue Yue originally wanted to be located in Changsha City, but I was afraid that it would affect your command of the guards of Changsha City, so I changed it to Yiyang City in the west of Changsha, and General Xue Yue and I will command the overall situation in Yiyang, and the defense of Changsha City will be under your full command, you must defend Changsha City to the death, don't be careless!" According to reliable sources, the Japanese army will launch an offensive at the end of the month, and you don't have much time to prepare, so hurry up and repair the fortifications and get ready!"

After Wang Haitao thanked Luo Zhuoying for his concern, he sent General Luo Zhuoying away, and then called several of his officers together, first listened to Tang Renxin's overall plan for the defense of Changsha, and then took out the deficiencies and inappropriateness in the plan one by one to discuss and revise them. By the end of the day, a complete Changsha defense plan was released, which included two parts: the periphery and the interior of Changsha City, and was formulated in great detail.