In September 1939, the First Battle of Changsha broke out.

In order to lure the Nationalist Government and strike at it militarily, Japan concentrated 120,000 troops and launched an attack on Changsha from the three directions of northern Jiangxi, southern Hunan, and northern Hunan, with the goal of "capturing the main force of the enemy's 9th Theater and annihilating it in the shortest possible period."

Xue Yue, acting commander of the 9th Theater, mobilized more than 30 divisions and 3 advance columns, with a total of more than 240,000 people participating in the campaign. He used the so-called "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" to rely on the topography of Hunan, leaning on Dongting Lake on the left and Mufu Mountain on the right, and using the four rivers of Xinqiang River, Miluo River, Laodao River, and Liuyang River as the basis for delaying the Japanese army, and eliminating the mobility of the Japanese army's mechanized troops. The Nationalist army moved between the four rivers and the Makufu Mountains by fighting and retreating, attacking and then retreating and hiding, dragging the Japanese army into the four rivers, and finally encircling the Japanese army deep into the four rivers with the main force in Changsha City and the troops hiding in the mountains and forests on the periphery.

The Battle of Changsha was fought three times, during which the Chinese army killed, wounded and missing 93,944 soldiers and annihilated more than 110,000 Japanese troops.

The tug-of-war greatly depleted the Japanese army's strength, making it impossible for the Japanese army to continue to occupy more Chinese territory.

Gu Ruhu participated in this battle, he didn't follow Qin Di's instructions, he still took the lead and rushed violently, and as a result, there were thirty more gunshot wounds on his body, which greatly affected his cultivation, consumed a lot of spiritual energy, and almost cut off the immortal path!

After the war, he was not promoted again, and he was still a lieutenant general and division commander.

At the level of division commander, if there is no one above to support you, it will be more difficult to be promoted.

Gu Ruhu is not from the Whampoa Military Academy, he is a Sichuan army, and he cannot be regarded as a descendant of Mr. Qing.

In addition, the battle of a large corps mainly relies on strategizing, and the use of individual bravery is too great.

In the autumn of 1939, Japan's "Flower of Famous Generals", Army Lieutenant General Abe Norihide, led the army's elite independent mixed brigade to fight in Laiyuan, Hebei. His temporary command was discovered by a unit of the Kyushu Army.

Chen Zhengxiang, the commander of the Kyushu Army Corps, who was in charge of the head-on interception mission at that time, received a report from the scouts and found that a small village called "Jiaochang" was located between Loess Ridge and Shangzhuangzi, and there was a temporary command post for the Japanese army.

He immediately ordered the mortar company of the divisional artillery battalion to bombard the target.

All 4 shells exploded at the target point. Observing through the binoculars, the enemy on the hill bag dragged the dead and wounded down the hill, and the enemy [ ] people in the courtyard ran in and out, extremely panicked. Then, the artillery company fired several more shells into the ravine north of the courtyard to bombard the enemy who was hiding under the blind corner.

At that time, some people who were locked up by the enemy in the hut on the east side of the courtyard saw with their own eyes the shells explode in front of the small courtyard house, and the Japanese commander was blown down, and even the wolf dog burst his stomach, but not a single shrapnel flew into the hut! These people were secretly amazed: The artillery of the Kyushu Army is really a god! Only later did they learn that Lieutenant General Abe of the Japanese army was killed under this shelling.

This feat was accomplished by Li Erxi, who was only 18 years old at the time.

At that time, Chen Zhengxiang and Li Erxi did not know that they had written a brilliant stroke in the history of the Anti-Japanese War. Later, they learned that the dead Abe Norihide was the highest-ranking general of the Japanese army killed by the Kyushu Army since the Anti-Japanese War.

The news that Lieutenant General Norihide Abe had been killed at Loess Ridge was learned from the enemy's radio broadcasts. Soon, the central leadership sent a telegram from Yanzhou to verify the matter, and asked "the headquarters to announce it to all parties and publicize it widely."

Mr. Qing also sent a telegram of commendation.

After the war, some people discovered that the number and logo of the meritorious mortar had been erased, and they did not know that it was produced by that arsenal! The way of erasing the number was also rather strange, and it looked like it was neither a file nor sandpaper, and there were slight ups and downs in the smoothness, as if someone had wiped it with a finger.

Later, the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported with great "regret": "Lieutenant General Abe personally went to the front line in order to inspect the enemy situation and give orders at any time." When he reached a house about a kilometer south of Shang Zhuangzi, an enemy shell suddenly flew to his side and exploded, wounding Lieutenant General Abe in the right abdomen and in both legs several times, but he was not seriously injured and still shouted: 'I ask everyone to persevere'. Then he bowed his head to the east and left a sentence: 'This is the duty of a warrior.' 'Wounded for about 3 hours, the lieutenant general died in agony......

On October 20, Qin Di received a letter from Ningbo, written by his cousin Qin Keng, who supervised the sugar factory, and said in an extremely sad and indignant tone: A group of Japanese soldiers broke into the Qin family's old house, not only robbed a lot of money, but also killed more than a dozen people, his father Qin Hanzhong and mother Qin Zhao were killed! In addition, several young people died, and the women were ruined by the Japanese soldiers and then killed!

Qin Di read the letter and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, I asked Uncle Qin Hanliang to write a letter to remind me of this matter! I don't know if Uncle Didn't write a letter? Or is it that Qin Hanzhong is unwilling to leave? This account can only be recorded on the head of the Japanese army!"

Qin Keng also said in the letter: "The corpses of the family members have been collected, and the grief and indignation in my heart are unbearable, and I can't wait to eat their flesh to take revenge......

In addition, Qin Meng's family, who opened a clothing store, is fine, because Qin Hanzhong and Qin Hanhou have long been separated, and Qin Hanhou has not been affected, but the business of the clothing store is very poor, and their life is not easy......

At this time, Qin Di suddenly remembered Fang Liquid Immortal, according to historical records, this person's longevity is not much.

He thought to himself: "Fang Lixian can't be regarded as a politician, nor is he a famous literati, can I save him?

Fang Lixian is a well-known chemical king, and his name controls the cosmetics factory, toothpaste factory, mosquito incense factory, condiment factory, detergent factory, Jingming glass factory, Longhua tannery, and Dingfeng enamel factory, forming a basic self-sufficient industrial manufacturing system. In addition, he also invested in Yongsheng Mint Factory, Zhaoxing Chemical Factory, Kaicheng Acid Company, China Bakelite Factory, Meilong Flavor Factory, Tianyiwei Mother Factory, Jianhua Chemical Pharmaceutical Factory and so on.

In terms of the number of factories alone, he has more factories than Qin Di, so he is very famous in the industry.

Moreover, he initiated the organization of the "Friday Dinner Party", and this dinner party had a great impact!

Launched at the end of the 1920s, when the dumping of foreign goods stifled the budding of national industry, people in the business industry took turns to have a dinner party on the last Friday of each month, chatting about business, domestic products, boycotting Japanese goods and other state affairs while eating. Subsequently, the Star Five Dinner Party developed from the magic capital to major cities across the country, and continued until 1952. In the end, the dinner party evolved into a party, the Democratic National Construction Association. If Fang Lixian didn't die, maybe he would become the leader of the party in the future.

So from this point of view, Qin Di didn't dare to save him directly, so he could only wake up from the side.