At this time, the situation began to evolve dramatically in the war that the land of China was experiencing, and the war between China and Japan ushered in the most critical period.

On the Japanese side, since the formation of the Sixth Front Army to fight the south, and the transfer of the old devil Okamura Ninji from Kuah Island to the post of commander-in-chief of the Sixth Front Army, the No. 1 operational plan has been formally proposed, and the objective has been successfully completed in the initial operational stage.

Looking at the huge military map hanging on the wall of the staff room, and looking at the mainland communication line that the Japanese staff officers marked out on the map as expected to be opened up in the No. 1 battle plan -- running through the north and south, it is like a big crack across the entire continent, and the length is an astonishing 9,000 kilometers.

Thinking of this last fight, the chief of staff of the devil on the side couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said generously: "General, according to our ultimate combat goal, our army will completely open up a transportation line of about 9,000 kilometers from our mainland through the Korean Peninsula to Northeast China, and then to North China, Central China to the Indochina Peninsula and other regions.

This is enough to run through the entire continent.

If we can really get through smoothly, our army will be able to attack and retreat from now on, and we will be able to give full play to our army's mobile combat capability.

In addition, the land forces of our army and the navy of the Southeast Asian region will be completely integrated, and the main forces of the two armies will be combined to give full play to the formidable combat power of our Imperial Japanese forces. ”

He began to sketch on the map: "And so far, the first stage of the offensive of the No. 1 operational plan has been successfully completed.

Xue Boling's troops in the ninth theater of the national army have been completely defeated by our army, and Changsha City has also been pocketed by our army.

At present, the offensive in the direction of Changde is also very smooth, after losing the support of the defenders of Changsha, the defenders of the Nationalist army on the Changde side have obviously weakened their will to fight, and their combat strength has declined significantly.

It is only a matter of time before Changde is completely captured!

After completely taking Changde and Changsha, our army can continue to pursue the victory after resting and advancing to the Hengyang area, so as to completely open up the mainland communication line. ”

The generosity of the chief of staff of the devil sent a sentence: All this credit belongs to you, the general!

Faced with this situation, thinking that he had only been transferred to the commander of the Sixth Front Army, and that he had won such a victory in just a few months, Okamura was inevitably a little high-spirited.

"After this battle, Xue Laohu, the tiger, has completely become a sick cat!"

Thinking about the first three battles of Changsha that year, Xue Boling relied on the Heavenly Furnace tactics with one hand, but he caused quite heavy casualties to the Japanese army.

Even Okamura Ningji was once a defeated general under his command, and he came on the occasion, but was killed by Xue Boling more than 20,000 elites, and then withdrew in embarrassment.

It can be said that the rapid rise of Xue Boling, whose prestige spread throughout the battlefields of China and Japan, and even became the famous god of anti-Japanese war, was established by stepping on the corpses of countless Japanese soldiers.

But all this was no match for the fiasco of the Fourth Battle of Changsha.

Even Napoleon, after encountering Waterloo, was a wise man but was completely ruined, and since then he has become the laughing stock of the world.

In the end, Xue Boling relied on the military merits and prestige accumulated by defeating the Japanese army in the first three Changsha defense battles, but he completely lost in the fourth Changsha defense battle.

Okamura knew that his old rival was completely finished.

After experiencing the fiasco of the Fourth Changsha Campaign, Xue Boling's situation in the future will be very difficult, and it is almost impossible to make a comeback.

This made Okamura embarrassed and inevitably a little proud.

Think of him Okamura, who also suffered Waterloo, and was even removed from the post of commander-in-chief of the North China Front Army and transferred to fight on Kuah Island.

Fortunately, this old devil has outstanding ability and performed very brilliantly in the Battle of Kuah Island, and this time he has made a comeback and returned to the stage of Sino-Japanese warfare.

"General, the offensive of our army on all sides is breaking through and progressing smoothly, plus the operation in the western Hubei region and the offensive in the direction of Xi'an have also achieved a lot.

In addition, the offensive against the Jin Sui army and the local army has also yielded considerable gains, and the predetermined goal of using the national army to support the war and enhance its combat strength has been initially achieved. ”

This successive victories made the devil officers who participated in the meeting all raise their heads.

Under the leadership of His Excellency Okamura, the wise commander, they won such a rare battle by reversing the decline of previous years.

But then another straight officer said in a sly manner:

"It's just that in the occupied areas of our army, these damn Eighth Route Army are becoming more and more rampant, and our army's offensive to the base area of the Eighth Route Army is not smooth, and it has been blocked by the Eighth Route Army along the way, with heavy casualties.

The rear of North China was almost completely chaotic, and these eight roads even began to launch a counterattack not long ago, and the communication lines that our army had originally opened up in the rear were soon divided into multiple sections by these eight roads, and they completely lost their patency. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if they had ignited a cannonball, and the rest of the devil officers who knew the situation also spoke one after another.

Some said: "I heard that the rear of North China has long been in a mess, and the Eighth Route Army is attacking everywhere in Shanxi, central Hebei, southern Hebei, and Mengxi in Shandong. ”

Others said: "I heard that the Eighth Route Army is going crazy in the rear of our army, and they even drive tanks and planes to fight, and we are winning victory on the front line battlefield, but the garrison troops in the rear are losing and retreating under the attack of the Eighth Route Army." ”

Chief of Staff of the Devil: "......"

Okamura: "......"

In fact, Okamura didn't know about the bad battle in the rear of North China, in fact, he also wanted to pull his junior brother Okabe Naosaburo in front of him and ask him fiercely how this battle was fought.

Feel that you have worked hard to win the battle on the front line, and you are defeated in the rear?

And this is still a fart offensive?

When the mainland communication line is completely opened in front, maybe the rear communication line will be completely lost by you.

Junroku Hatata, who is in charge of the General Headquarters of China's Dispatch Army, is also anxious about this situation.

The offensive in front was like a bamboo, and the rear was beaten to pieces.

It is impossible to count on the First Army stationed in Shanxi and the North China Front Army to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

But the offensive ahead went smoothly, and under the command of Okamura, Changsha City was defeated, and Changde saw that it could be successfully breached, how could he give up halfway?

Shunroku Hata could only grit his teeth, continue to fight according to the pre-plan, and repeatedly urged Okamura to speed up the combat operations in the south in order to completely attack the Nationalist troops on the frontal battlefield, and after achieving the purpose of nourishing the war by war, with the help of a large number of captured military resources, he would transfer the front of the troops and destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area in one fell swoop.

Okamura immediately deployed to speed up the pace of his advance, and soon after, the Japanese army, which was rapidly advancing towards the Hengyang area, launched a new round of confrontation with the Chinese army stationed in Hengyang.

However, it was said that at this time, after Changsha was completely lost, it was the combat units mainly composed of the Tenth Army of the Central Army stationed in the Hengyang area.

Seeing that Changsha was lost and the south was in danger, he hastily ordered the transfer of the troops of the 10th Army Zishan into the Hengyang area to block the Japanese army.

At that time, Commander Fang, who received the order of the chairman, had a dark face.

He was actually so anxious that he wanted to scold his mother.

This Xue Laohu's army, with the help of Changde Changsha to build and operate fortifications for many years, was defeated by the Japanese with a hand of heavenly furnace warfare.

If you let me get on, can I withstand it?

But the chairman of the committee can ignore this, and the airdrop order is resolute: just hold on to the help and hold on for two weeks!

When reinforcements arrive, maybe I'll have the advantage!

In the end, although Commander Fang, who was born as a soldier and was not lacking in blood, knew that it was difficult to block the Japanese army's troops and defend Hengyang, he still resolutely obeyed the orders of his superiors and solemnly swore an oath:

This battle will not be retreated, and the battle will be fought until the last man!

After the Battle of Hengyang broke out completely, this extremely bloody military commander did fulfill his solemn oath.

Before the confrontation between the two sides began, Okamura, an old devil who was sitting in the headquarters of the Sixth Front Army, swore to the staff officers around him after sending troops to transfer generals:

"I heard that the 10th Army of the National Army is stationed in the Hengyang area, and I don't know who the commander of the 10th Army is, it's not that our army's intelligence department is incompetent, but that there is no need for such an unknown person to pay attention to it.

Xue Laohu has become a sick cat, is there any other character who can stop the offensive of my Great Japanese Empire?

Hengyang, the city of projectiles, can be down in a few days! ”

The chief of staff of the devil on the side echoed: "In three days at most, our army will completely occupy Hengyang!" ”

So, on the first day, the Japanese army launched an attack on Hengyang City according to Okamura's deployment, and the result was that it was fought from day to night.

Just when Okamura of the headquarters was still waiting for the good news ahead, the news came back:

"The first attack failed, the Chinese defenders in the city resisted very fiercely, and the attacking troops suffered heavy casualties, so they had to suspend the attack and repair and fight again!"

"Yaga!" After the stunned sound, Okamura was furious, and it was rare for him to lose such a gaffe since he took over as commander of the Sixth Front Army.

"Bastard, notify the forward command to capture Hengyang for me at all costs within three days!"

Under Okamura's death order, the second attack of the Japanese army was even more frenzied, and at this time, the Japanese army, which finally realized the strong will of the defenders of Hengyang, also specially dispatched a large number of heavy artillery, including reinforcements from the air force, to carry out wanton bombardment against Hengyang City.

The entire city of Hengyang was almost bombed into ruins, many of the gates defended were blown open big gaps, and the soldiers of the 10th Army stationed in Hengyang also paid a heavy price for casualties.

In this way, Okamura's anger subsided slightly, in his opinion, under such an offensive of the Japanese Empire, the Chinese troops stationed in the city would have abandoned the city and fled under normal circumstances, and now the victory is in hand!

As a result, the time was stretched until the fifth day.

The news from the front came that the attacking Japanese army still failed to break through the defense line of Hengyang City, but the casualties of the troops were very heavy.

The commander of a Japanese division in front of the reply to the message on the phone was panicked, for fear that Okamura would scold him for being a pig's head and ineffective in combat, and specifically said that he had tried everything he could, and even launched many night raids, and secretly used chemical weapons.

It's just that it didn't play a big role, and those damn Chinese soldiers stationed in Hengyang were like crazy, and they didn't want to die one by one.

Every time the Japanese thought that the Chinese troops stationed there had suffered all the casualties and were about to attack, they then appeared like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang and continued to stubbornly resist.

Coupled with the fact that the enemy had specially constructed trenches that they had never heard of and difficult to defend and attack, it was difficult for the troops to deploy at all, and the enemy could have fought more with less, and this battle was extremely difficult.

The head of the Devil's Mission said that such an enemy is crazy!

"Yaga, don't make excuses for your incompetence and stupidity!"

In a fit of rage, Okamura couldn't wait to pull the head of the devil division in front of him and slap him twice.

The offensive in the early stage of the No. 1 operation plan was like a bamboo, including the attack on the Changsha area, which was also devastating, and even Xue Laohu was defeated.

But this small Hengyang City blocked his Okamura's advance.

It's a shame.

If he continues to fight like this, his Sixth Front Army will be like a bamboo, and the military prestige and momentum of breaking through Changsha will be crushed and sunk because of this.

And how to completely penetrate the continental lines of communication and force the Nationalist Government to surrender?

Okamura must not sit idly by and watch such a situation happen, and then, before the Japanese army in front launched a third attack, he almost roared and issued a rare iron order:

"If you don't conquer Hengyang again, all the generals and adjutants, including I, Okamura Ningji, will all be broken into pieces of jade to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!"

When conquering Changsha, the commander of the Japanese 11th Army, Yokoyama Isamu who can be said to be the first to go to the front line and cooperate with Okamura to launch an attack on the Hengyang area.

Under Okamura's crazy order, the attacking Japanese army was also completely crazy, and under the first-line command of Isamu Yokoyama, the Japanese army concentrated 5 divisions, like mad dogs, rushed to Hengyang City from all directions, and began to carry out a lifeless and completely costless attack.

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In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army's Special Experimental Zone, after the news of the frontal battlefield came, when discussing the battle that broke out in the Hengyang area, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and his party were also embarrassed.

Li Yunlong's words were filled with admiration: "There are not many of the generals of the Jiang army, our old Li admires, General Zhang who has died is counted as one, Commander Fu is counted as one, and Xue Boling is barely counted as one before the Fourth Battle of Changsha, and it will not be counted after the fall of Changsha."

But today, there is one more officer of the Jiang Army that we admire. ”

Ding Wei thought deeply and said: "Knowing that he couldn't do it, he rose to the challenge, stepped forward, and fought more than six times the Japanese army in the Hengyang area for more than ten days without defeat, and almost played a style that the entire theater could not match with the strength of one army."

Fang Zishan is a character, after this battle, he even deserves the reputation of the first fierce general of the Jiang army.

To tell the truth, it's a pity that he is in Jiang's army! ”

Then, Li Yunlong scolded again: "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, how many fighters are fleeting, Fang Zishan led the Tenth Army to fight in Hengyang City, blocked the main force of the Japanese army, and almost dragged all the main offensive forces of the Japanese army.

With such a good fighter, what are the other Jiang troops doing? Can't watch the play?

If Lao Tzu was their commander, he would have sent a few strange soldiers to make a detour and take advantage of the defeat of the Japanese army attacking Hengyang City to launch a counterattack! ”

Speaking of this, Li Yunlong looked up at Kong Jie, his eyes burning.

"Lao Kong, those who eat dry rice like to watch dramas, but we can't just watch it, let's find a way to reinforce and reinforce the Tenth Army!"