Just when Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi had not yet recovered from the loss after the loss, a soldier sent out to reconnoiter came back to report that a large number of troops had been found in the southeast direction of the division, and it was too dark to figure out whose troops it was. This report made Lieutenant General Aoki's nerves tense again, and he hurriedly ordered a vigilance. The soldiers of the 40th Division had not yet recovered their strength before they had to get up again to be on guard.

After a while, another reconnaissance soldier came to report that the army found was the Fourth Division of the Imperial Army, which had come to support. This is when Lieutenant General Aoki Chengichi is completely relieved. Half an hour later, Lieutenant General Kenzo Kitano, commander of the 4th Division, met with Lieutenant General Seiichi Aoki. The loss of the 40th Division was something that Lieutenant General Kitano Kenzo did not expect, and at this time there was nothing to do except comfort Lieutenant General Aoki Seiichi.

After the 463rd Brigade defeated the 40th Division of the Japanese Army, it also suffered heavy losses, and the losses of several regiments reached more than one-third, but compared with the results achieved, Wei Erxi was still satisfied. Since the Japanese army had already gone directly to Tongjing Town, and it was meaningless to defend Jumping Horse Town, Wei Erxi ordered the whole brigade to withdraw to the two positions of Tongjing Town and the Ordnance Institute, and the 882nd Regiment, which suffered smaller losses, was stationed in Tongjing Town, the 881st Regiment and the 880th Regiment defended the high ground of the Ordnance Station, and the 879th Regiment of the 462nd Brigade escorted the captured ordnance materials and dozens of captured Japanese soldiers back to the division headquarters.

The 211th Division was not a Japanese army here for a short time, and the two positions of the 90th Division were attacked by the Japanese army with the support of aircraft and heavy artillery for a day, and the two brigades paid a great price to withstand the Japanese attack on this day, and on the night of the 10th, the two brigades withdrew from their positions one after another and retreated to their positions on the outskirts of Changsha City. So far, half of the military order set by Wang Haitao has been completed.

Now Wang Haitao is in the command headquarters studying several top-secret documents of the Japanese army sent by Tang Longzai. These documents were all orders issued by the logistics department of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army to the 40th Army in terms of logistics and supply. Through these documents, Wang Haitao roughly calculated the location of several units of the Japanese army participating in the attack on Changsha City, and also analyzed the Japanese army's logistical supply, especially the insufficient reserves of weapons and ammunition, according to the documents, the Japanese army's existing ammunition should only support their offensive for five to seven days.

This is an important piece of information, Wang Haitao immediately took the guards and went to the Ninth Theater Headquarters overnight to ask for a meeting with the commander, General Xue Yue. Wang Haitao arrived at the Ninth Theater Headquarters, and as soon as he reported inside, General Xue Yue immediately sent Lieutenant General Wu Yizhi, chief of staff, to welcome Wang Haitao in. Wang Haitao saw that the lights in the operational command room were bright, General Xue Yue and Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Shang Zhen were bending over and lying on the operational map to arrange something, and the people in the entire command headquarters were busy.

After seeing Wang Haitao, General Xue Yue stopped what he was doing, straightened up and said to Wang Haitao with a smile: "Haitao is here, how is the situation of your 90th Army? In the past few days, your 90th Division and 211th Division have fought well, and when you win this battle, I will ask for credit for your 90th Division." Wang Haitao naturally wanted to be modest, but the Japanese army with the strength of three divisions did not attack the city of Changsha in five days, but lost troops and generals, and Wang Haitao was also quite satisfied with this result.

After chatting a few words, General Xue Yue said: "You have nothing to do today, there must be something wrong with rushing over overnight, let's say, what's the matter?" Wang Haitao took out the top secret documents of the Japanese army and said: "Chief Xue, the 211th Division captured several top-secret documents of the Japanese army in the battle with the 40th Division of the Japanese Army yesterday. ”

Xue Yuexin said that he had seized the top secret documents of the Japanese army, glanced at Wu Yizhi, the chief of staff, and after taking the documents from Wang Haitao, he handed them to Wu Yizhi and said: "Find someone to translate immediately, and send it over as soon as the translation is complete." Wu Yizhi left with the documents, and General Xue Yue pulled Wang Haitao to sit down, and then asked, "Have you read these documents, Haitao?"

Wang Haitao replied: "Report to Chief Xue, I have already read it first, it is a document of ammunition and material supply from the logistics department of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army to the 40th Division, but the lowly post found a problem from the document, that is, the Japanese army's logistics supply, especially the ammunition reserves, are insufficient, according to the calculation of the humble position, the Japanese army's ammunition can last up to five to seven days of attack, and no matter how long it takes, they will lack ammunition and are unable to fight again." ”

Xue Yue listened to Wang Haitao's words, his face changed, and he asked, "Is Haitao's matter serious?" Wang Haitao replied: "I think this matter is true. Xue Yue sat there and thought for a moment and said, "If this matter is true, it is a good opportunity. With that, he got up and strode to the battle map, and Wang Haitao also walked with him. General Shang Zhen, the deputy commander who was lying on his stomach in front of the map, saw that General Xue Yue came to the map in a hurry, and Xue Yue had already said: "Qiyu, the Japanese army documents captured by Haitao provide an information, that is, the Japanese army's ammunition can only support the Japanese army's attack for five to seven days at most, and no matter how long it takes, the ammunition will not be supplied. ”

As soon as Shang Zhen heard it, he understood what this information meant, and couldn't help asking: "Is it true?" After receiving Wang Haitao's affirmative answer, Shang Zhen and Xue Yue re-lay on the battle map and planned. After a while, Wu Yizhi came in with the translated document, and after Wang Haitao's analysis of the document, the three of them affirmed Wang Haitao's point of view, so in response to this new situation, the three of them formulated a complete set of combat plans.

In the new battle plan, whether the 90th Army could hold Changsha City and drag the Japanese army under Changsha City for more than five days became the key. Therefore, the three of them all admonished Wang Haitao and placed great expectations on Wang Haitao's 90th Army. Wang Haitao returned to Changsha City overnight with the entrustment of the three of them, and on the way back to Changsha City, Wang Haitao had some ideas about the next way to defend Changsha City.

It is necessary not only to ensure that Changsha City is not lost, but also to let the Japanese army see the hope of capturing Changsha City, so as to drag the Japanese army under Changsha City for more than five days. This is a relatively difficult job, and the degree in the middle must be grasped well, so that the Japanese army cannot be attacked too ruthlessly, and the Japanese army must not be found to be wrong. After Wang Haitao returned to Changsha City, he informed all the officers at and above the brigade level that a war meeting would be held in the conference room of the military headquarters early tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning, officers above the 90th Army Brigade gathered in the conference room of the military headquarters, and Wang Haitao had already waited there. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Chief of Staff Su Zuxin announced the meeting. Wang Haitao didn't talk nonsense, directly explained the situation, and said the tasks assigned to the 90th Army by Xue Yue and others at the Ninth Theater Headquarters last night, and then said: " How to reduce losses, block the Japanese army outside Changsha City, but not hurt the Japanese army at once, this is a very difficult job, but also depends on the ability of your division commanders, I will explain first, in this case, the heavy artillery on Yuelu Mountain will not be used until the last moment, how to fight, you division commanders and subordinates have to sum up. ”

Next, the three division commanders and their brigade commanders worked together, and after a while, the three division commanders came up with their ideas and reported to Wang Haitao one by one. While listening, Wang Haitao asked questions about the places he had doubts, and it took a whole morning for the three divisions to have a specific plan for doing the war. Wang Haitao saw that it was almost over, and said: "In the next few days, everyone will fight as planned, but the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, you can't just stick to the rules, you have to make adjustments according to the actual situation, you should have understood this after following me for so long, okay, go back and prepare!"

After the meeting was over, everyone left the conference room, only Tangshan Leopard stayed, Tangshan Leopard saw that no one was there, and said to Wang Haitao: "Junzuo, according to the plan you set, this little Japan can't enter Changsha City at all, isn't our guard brigade nothing to do? Junzao, you have to let our guard brigade open the meat!" Wang Haitao glanced at Tangshan Leopard with a smile and asked, "What, when you see others fighting, your hands are itchy?" Tangshan Leopard stretched out his hand and scratched his head a few times, lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Wang Haitao continued: "Let me ask you, what will happen after we block the attack of Little Japan?" Tangshan Leopard thought for a while and said: "Little Japan sees that it can't beat Changsha City, and there is no ammunition, so it will definitely have to escape!" Wang Haitao asked again: "Then our public watched Little Japan escape?" Tangshan Leopard also reacted at this time, and said with bright eyes: "Military seat, you mean to use our brigade to pursue the Japanese army?"

Wang Haitao nodded and replied: "Good steel is used on the blade, not only your brigade, but also the armored brigade and the armored regiment of the 211th Division will attack together, we will give little Japan a hard blow, so that they will tremble when they mention our 90th Army!" Tangshan Leopard responded excitedly: "Yes, military seat! Just look at how our guard brigade beats little Japan!" After speaking, he saluted Wang Haitao and ran out of the headquarters gate with a gust of wind.

The officers who left the command headquarters returned to the unit separately and immediately arranged, the easiest of them was the 211th Division, and now the Japanese army has not moved at all, Wei Erxi is afraid that the Japanese army will not dare to come. The front-line troops of the 90th Division had already exchanged fire with the Japanese army sporadically, especially the 271st Brigade, and the Japanese 3rd Division took the lead in killing the city of Changsha and began to carry out a tentative attack on the outskirts of Changsha City.

Lieutenant General Takahashi Tagaji, commander of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, stood on a high place, and after observing the tall Changsha city wall in the distance with a telescope, he said to Major General Tang Zhence, commander of the 5th Brigade, with satisfaction: "Our 3rd Division is finally the first to reach the city of Changsha, although the resistance of the Chinese army is also stubborn, but it is still not the opponent of our Great Japanese Imperial Army, and it is defeated all the way, and soon our Great Japanese Imperial Army will capture Changsha City, an important town in Hunan, and open the gate to Chongqing City, the capital of China. ”