Lieutenant General Kanda Masasa knew very well in his heart that with the current situation of the Sixth Division, it was simply unable to reinforce the 18th Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade, but if he did not do so, once the Shina Army broke through the defense line of the 18th Brigade, then the baggage troops and field artillery wings in the rear of his division would all become the targets of the Chinese army. Lieutenant General Kanda Masashi thought for a moment, and immediately asked his subordinates to send a telegram to the 3rd Division, inquired about the location of the 3rd Division, and asked the commander of the 2nd Division of the 3rd Division, Takahashi Taga, to send troops to reinforce the 18th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade.

Not long after the telegram was sent, a reply from Lieutenant General Takahashi Tagaji arrived. The telegram said that the 3rd Division had just withdrawn to Taolin Town, 30 kilometers east of Yueyang City, and was in the process of reorganizing the 29th Brigade and the 14th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and that it would not be able to reinforce the 18th Mixed Brigade in a short period of time. Lieutenant General Kanda Masasa had just put down the telegram from Lieutenant General Takahashi Tagaji, and the second telegram had arrived.

This telegram was really received for help, and Major General Tsubukagui said that the attack of the Shina chariot unit was fierce, and the firepower was very strong, and it had broken through the outer defense line of his brigade, and asked Lieutenant General Kanda Masazhong to send reinforcements as soon as possible. Lieutenant General Kanda Masasan asked his subordinates to call back Major General Di Bujiagui and asked him to independently form the 18th Brigade to hold out for four hours, and then retreat in the direction of Yueyang City.

As soon as the telegram's men left, Lieutenant General Kanda Masashi gave the order for the whole army to retreat in the direction of Wuhan. This order stunned the chief of staff Ishikawa Kozaburo Osaku and several wing commanders who were present. Ishikawa Kozaburo Osa, who reacted after a while, said: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, without the order of the Dispatch Army Headquarters, you ordered a retreat without authorization, and I am afraid that you will not be able to explain to the Dispatch Army Headquarters after returning to Wuhan!"

Lieutenant General Kanda Masasan sighed and replied: "Ishikawa-kun, do you think that it is still possible for our army to capture Yueyang City in the current situation? Instead of all the jade under the city, it is better to withdraw to Wuhan first, and then launch a new attack after resting." As for the Dispatch Command, I will explain it to Commander-in-Chief Nishio Shouzo, and now follow the orders I have given!"

With the order of the commander of the Kanda Shozene Division, the Sixth Division immediately went into action. First, the Baggage Wing, the Engineer Wing, and the Sixth Field Artillery Wing began to advance in the direction of Wuhan with heavy supplies and wounded soldiers, and then several infantry wings also began to follow. At the same time as the retreat, Lieutenant General Kanda Masasa did not forget to send a telegram to the 3rd Division, asking the 3rd Division and the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade to also retreat in the direction of Wuhan.

The withdrawal of the Japanese Sixth Division had already alarmed the officers and men of the guard brigade in Yueyang City, but it was already dark and it was dark and it was impossible to see what was going on with the Japanese army. Tang Renxin's task was to hold Yueyang City, and as long as the Japanese army did not attack, the guard brigade would not take care of the Japanese troops outside the city. Tang Renxin had already received a telegram from the armored brigade and knew that the armored brigade had launched an attack on the Japanese heavy artillery position and the garrison line.

Tang Renxin just hoped that the armored brigade would give the Japanese army a certain blow while killing the Japanese heavy artillery, so as to reduce the pressure on Yueyang City, he didn't expect the attack of the armored brigade to repel the Japanese troops attacking the city, but what he didn't expect was that the Japanese army was already at the end of the crossbow, and the attack of the armored brigade made the Japanese army choose a comprehensive retreat. It wasn't until the armored brigade defeated the 18th mixed brigade of the Japanese army and the chariot drove outside Yueyang City that Tang Renxin reacted that all the Japanese troops besieging the city had withdrawn.

It was not until more than ten o'clock in the evening that the 210th Division also arrived at Yueyang City and merged with the armored brigade and the guard brigade, Tang Renxin breathed a sigh of relief and completely relaxed. At the same time, a telegram also flew into the hands of Wang Haitao, who was waiting for news in Changsha City.

In the military headquarters of the 90th Army in Changsha City, the lights were still bright, and Wang Haitao, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, sat at his desk, anxiously waiting for the news of Yueyang City. In Wang Haitao's heart, he still had confidence in the combat effectiveness of the guard brigade and the armored brigade, but he thought that the Japanese army participated in the attack, but the third division and the sixth division, two divisions, and two independent mixed brigades. As the saying goes, "ants bite elephants to death", if the 210th Division can't arrive in time, I'm afraid that Tang Renxin will not be able to defend Yueyang City.

In fact, Wang Haitao overestimated the strength of the Japanese army, the Japanese army had two divisions and two mixed brigades, but their combat effectiveness had been completely lost, and the blocking position composed of an independent mixed brigade and an infantry brigade was easily broken through by the 210th Division. In the face of the upcoming attack of the armored brigade, the 6th Division actually abandoned its independence and mixed into the 18th Brigade and fled in embarrassment, which Wang Haitao could not have imagined.

At eleven o'clock in the night, the telegram sent by Tang Renxin Yueyang City reached Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao read the telegram at a glance, and stood up with an excited slap on the table. The sudden movement startled the people in the room, Wang Haitao glanced at the stunned people, and said: "The Japanese army has fled to Wuhan City, and we have won this battle!" After a moment of silence in the room, a burst of cheers erupted.

Wang Haitao took the telegram, walked out of the military compound, and walked towards the Ninth Theater Headquarters not far away. The Ninth Theater Command was also brightly lit, and the commander General Xue Yue and his chief of staff Wu Yizhi and others had far more things to worry about than Wang Haitao. The victory of the Chinese army in the Battle of Changsha was a foregone conclusion, but Wang Haitao's sudden attack on Yueyang City made the battle uncertain. From the perspective of Xue Yue and the others, it was impossible not to see the benefits of recovering the Yueyang region to the entire form of the war of resistance, but Xue Yue and the others were also worried that after Yueyang City was regained, it would bring losses to the Ninetieth Army and damage to the morale of the whole army.

For this reason, Xue Yue did not hesitate to use all the troops of the Ninth Theater to intercept the retreat of the Japanese army, hoping to buy more time for the 90th Army's defense of Yueyang City. However, the armament of the 27th Group in his troops was too poor, and it did not stop the Japanese army for a long time before it was rushed by the Japanese army. The 37th and 99th armies, as well as the 18th and 53rd armies, which had combat effectiveness, were all lagging behind the Japanese and could not catch up. Therefore, the 90th Army could only hold Yueyang City on its own.

Just when Xue Yue and the others were anxiously waiting for the news of the 90th Army, a guard reported that General Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army, asked to see him. Xue Yue hurriedly invited Wang Haitao in. After Wang Haitao entered the door, he saluted Xue Yue and the others, and said loudly: "Commander Xue, good news! The Japanese army has all withdrawn to Wuhan City, and Yueyang City has been defended!" Wang Haitao's words swept away the dull atmosphere in the headquarters, and General Xue Yue and the others showed a relieved smile on their faces.

After Xue Yue and the others read the telegram sent by Yueyang City, they began to discuss their next move with Wang Haitao. At the same time, a telegram was also sent from the Ninth Theater Command to Chongqing. Early the next morning, in the streets and alleys of Chongqing, the crisp shouts of the newsboys rang out. "Outside, outside, the national army Changsha won a great victory, killing tens of thousands of people below the commander of the Japanese lieutenant general division, and recovering Yueyang City!"

The shouts of the newsboy attracted the attention of countless citizens, and everyone took out their change to buy a newspaper. Soon the news spread throughout Chongqing, and the name of the 90th Army and its commander Wang Haitao once again became a hot topic of discussion among the people. Wang Haitao didn't know about these things, and he was arranging the next move of the Ninety Army. The result of yesterday's deliberations at the headquarters was that the main force of the 90th Army would be stationed in the Yueyang area, clear the remnants of the Japanese army in the Yueyang area, and then cooperate with other units in the Ninth Theater to advance toward Hubei and parts of Jiangxi.

Wang Haitao returned to the military headquarters of the 90th Army, first sent a telegram to the 211th Division, asking the 211th Division to capture and garrison Tonggu County, and the troops went straight to the Daochang area. Then the wounded were left in the field hospital in Changsha, and after the reorganization of the 90th Division, they lived in Yueyang City with the Heavy Artillery Brigade, while clearing the remnants of the Japanese army in the Yueyang area, and resting in Yueyang City on the other hand, looking for an opportunity to attack.

The 90th Division suffered relatively large losses in the battle to defend Changsha City, and after reorganization, the 271st Brigade had only more than 5,400 men, and the 272nd Brigade was slightly better, with only more than 6,000 men. Fortunately, after the heavy artillery brigade was rebuilt, the combat effectiveness of the 90th Army still ranked first among the troops in the Ninth Theater. After a whole day, early the next morning, Wang Haitao led the 90th Division and the army's heavy artillery brigade out of Changsha City, and Xue Yue and others went to the city gate to see them off.

Wang Haitao's 90th Army was divided into two routes, and the front of the troops was directed at Wuhan City and Nanchang City, which made the Japanese Chinese Dispatch Army Headquarters very nervous. Senior General Nishio Toshizo, the commander-in-chief, personally sent Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki to Wuhan from Nanjing to investigate the defeat in the Battle of Changsha. At the same time, he commanded the remaining troops of the 11th Army to strictly defend the Wuhan and Nanchang areas.

As soon as Wang Haitao arrived in Yueyang City, he received a congratulatory telegram from Zhou Enlai, director of the CPC Office in Chongqing, in which he congratulated the 90 th Army on its achievements in the Changsha Campaign, and also forwarded a congratulatory telegram from the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. In the congratulatory message, Mao, on behalf of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, personally expressed his congratulations on General Wang Haitao and the achievements of the 90 th Army, and also expressed his condolences to all the officers and men of the 90 th Army.

Although a victory is not easy to come by, but to get the affirmation and attention of these heavyweights, Wang Haitao can't help but feel a little fluttering. However, the loss of the guard brigade, an elite unit carefully built by himself, still made Wang Haitao feel heartache and sober up a little. In this battle of Yueyang City, the losses of the armored brigade were not large, but the losses of the guard brigade exceeded five hundred. These more than 500 people are all elites cultivated by Wang Haitao over the years, and every loss of one will make Wang Haitao's heart ache for a long time. Not to mention the loss of more than 500 people.

For this reason, Wang Haitao secretly asked himself, whether he despised the Japanese army too much, or overestimated his own strength, so that there would be a risky action of raiding Yueyang City. Fortunately, the strength of the Japanese army was greatly damaged, and it was unable to launch a more fierce attack on Yueyang City, otherwise it would be a small matter for Yueyang City to lose again, and the loss of the guard brigade would outweigh the losses if they were too great. Wang Haitao secretly reminded himself that he still had to pay attention to the Japanese army, and in the later battles, he should be more sure of fighting.