Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Ananwei snorted disdainfully, expressing that he saw through the opponent's tricks at a glance.

"Anan Jun is wise!"

Kinoshita smiled and flattered, and then continued, "Then, we will encircle and wipe out the 37th and 99th armies of the Huaxia Army according to the original plan, and then gradually eliminate the Huaxia Army on the outskirts of Changsha..."

"No!"

Before Kinoshita Yusuke finished speaking, Anan Weiji waved his hand and interrupted, "Mr. Kinoshita, I think Changsha can be given priority. This time we must win Changsha City!"

At this time, Anan's ambitions swelled, and he was faced with a major choice.

According to the original combat plan, after the divisions of the Japanese army crossed the Miluo River, the 3rd Division continued to move westward, and the 4th Division moved eastward, attacking the 37th Army with both wings.

If the 37th Army retreated to the east, the Japanese army would use one division to make a big detour, and the other division would follow and pursue them, eventually annihilating the 37th Army to the east of Laodao River.

In short, the original plan was to annihilate part of the Chinese army.

However, Anan, who was determined to make great achievements, was a little eager for success. Since the appointment of the third Changsha battle, he has been unable to shake off his obsession with taking advantage of the situation to conquer Changsha.

Now, when Ananwei saw that all the divisions had successfully crossed the Miluo River, which was much easier than previously imagined, he felt that the time was ripe this time.

At this moment, it seems to Anan Weiji.The elimination of the old rival Chen Pei's 37th Army was a military battle, while the capture of Changsha was a more meaningful political battle.

Changsha is not only the capital of a large province in China, but also a city that the Japanese army failed to capture in the two Changsha battles.

The capture of Changsha will definitely have a major international impact, and it will also severely hit the Chongqing government's determination to resist the war, and it will also push the Japanese front a big step forward.

Furthermore, it is possible to continue to capture Hengyang, stabilize the Central-South War, approach the southwest, and threaten the Huaxia Capital, so that it will not be long before the "Huaxia Incident" is completely resolved.

Anan's ambition has been greatly satisfied in his imagination, while reality is further filling his imagination.

At this time, Kinoshita Yong said with a face of embarrassment: "But the general headquarters has not given us a clear answer. In case of failure, the consequences of Anan-kun may be very bad!"

Hearing this, Anan remained silent for a while. Yesterday he asked the General Headquarters of the Huaxia Dispatch Army in Nanjing for instructions on capturing Changsha City.

But until now, Anan Weiji has not received Hata Junroku's approval on whether he will attack Changsha.

Anan has always been suffering in his heart because of this, because he knows that if he does not make a decision, he will miss a great opportunity.

Victory is waving in front of him, calling him warmly.

"Mr. Kinoshita, there is a saying in Huaxia that will not be tolerated by the ruler outside. I have made up my mind. This time Changsha must be won! If there is a mistake, I will take full responsibility!"

After some not-so-difficult ideological struggle, Anan made up his mind in a few moments.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is not a good soldier." Ananwei also has a dream of a marshal in his heart.

What he desires is not to annihilate a few units of the Huaxia Army, but to destroy the command center of the Ninth Theater and conquer the important military town of Changsha.

In the end, like the famous imperial generals such as the commander of the 23rd Army who captured Hong Kong, Sakai Takashi, who captured Singapore, and Ishihara Kanji who captured the Far East, he was able to enter Changsha City in full uniform and on tall and mighty horses.

Between risk and glory, Anan chose the latter without hesitation, and expressed his determination to Yu Kinoshita categorically.

Chapter 1414 Finally waited for this moment

After being silent for a while, Kinoshita Yong secretly made up his mind, took a deep breath and said, "Since Anan-kun has made a decision, we will resolutely follow Anan-kun's order!"

Isamu Kinoshita climbed up to the position of chief of staff step by step from the lower ranks, and Ananwei, who was transferred from his first base camp, respected him a lot.

Especially after the second battle in Changsha, Isamu Kinoshita admired Anan Weiji's resourcefulness even more. He was naturally eager to follow Anan Weiji to make contributions, and it would be nice to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

"Please Kinoshita-kun!"

For Kinoshita Isamu's full support, Anan Yuji was very happy, and immediately bowed slightly.

"Hai! I will do my best."

Isamu Kinoshita quickly bowed back.

Immediately afterwards, Anan called together officers and staff officers at all levels to discuss and formulate a new combat plan.

Soon a new battle plan was formed, and the main force of the Japanese 3rd, 4th, and 101st Divisions was scheduled to rush southward in the early morning of tomorrow, aiming directly at Changsha.

The 106th Division and the second-line Corps that arrived later ensured that the No. 11 Army's rear and transportation lines were unobstructed in the Xinqiang River and Miluo River areas.

It took less than an hour from proposing a new combat concept to forming a new combat plan and issuing an order. From the perspective of a normal soldier, Anan's behavior is undoubtedly crazy and irrational.

However, given Anan Yuki's prestige in the 11th Army, no commander raised doubts except for the deputy chief of staff in charge of logistics, Futami Shusaburo, and the army's combat director, Shimamura Juyasu.

Futami Qiusaburo and Shimamura Juyasu believe that the Eleventh Army's front line is too long and it is difficult to supply supplies, and the whereabouts of some Chinese troops are unknown. It is not appropriate to rush to attack Changsha at this time.

But Ananweiji is now a bug's brain, eager to make contributions, so he doesn't listen at all, and he has left tens of thousands of Japanese troops in charge before, thinking that this is enough to be cautious.

But in the end, Ananweiji still reluctantly mobilized another puppet army of tens of thousands of people to assist in logistics transportation.

At the same time, Anan Weiji also mobilized 4 Kwantung Army divisions to move towards Changsha. After breaking through the outer defense line of the national army, they joined forces in Changsha to the east to ensure that the No. 11 Army would not be cut off by the Huaxia Army.

The five Kwantung Army divisions in Liling were to exert positive military pressure on the Zhuzhou and Yijiawan frontlines to contain the 5nd Army, the 22st Army, and the 31st Army.

The remaining three Kwantung Army divisions were operating in the Hengyang area to contain another Chinese Expeditionary Army.

In addition, in response to the deteriorating situation in northern Hubei and northwestern Hubei, Anan Weiji had already requested reinforcements from the Central Command of the Huaxia Dispatch Army, and sent a large number of Wang puppet troops to assist in the defense.

Therefore, not only the powerful Kwantung Army joined forces to fight, but also temporarily alleviated the worries of the future. Coupled with the assistance of a huge air force, Ananwei was naturally full of confidence, courage and courage to go straight in and attack Changsha with the tactics of quick battle and quick decision.

In the evening of the same day, Anan Weiji called the Operation Department of the base camp and stated in detail the reasons for attacking Changsha, and then he insisted on issuing orders for the divisions to quickly go south to pursue them.

On the next morning, when Hata Shunroku learned that Anan Weiji had given the order to attack Changsha, he was very angry.

But later he learned that the No.11 Army had implemented Anan's order, and all the troops had started to act, so he temporarily acquiesced to the reality.

The main reason why Hata Junroku did not allow Anan to withdraw his order was that he also believed that the Japanese army was very likely to capture Changsha quickly, and secondly, Hata Junroku naturally wanted to add another halo of victory to his head.

So under the mixed effect of these objective conditions and subjective factors, Anan Weiji made a bold risky decision, so his fiasco ended and Xue Boling's glory was a foregone conclusion at this moment!

In fact, the plan formulated by Annan still has a lot of things, but the magic height is one foot high, and the ninth war zone is not a vegetarian at this time, and is eagerly waiting for Annan to get into the furnace. .

That's right, the Japanese attack on Changsha was not only Anan Weiji's wishful thinking, but also something that the chairman and Xue Boling were looking forward to.

In order to achieve this goal, Xue Boling did not expect and wait passively, and adopted a series of tactics to lure the enemy into depth. First, he let the 27th Group Army resist the Japanese attack, and then went into the nearby mountainous area to avoid the "disastrous end".

Then, the 37th Army and the 99th Army were allowed to "half-push and half-do" limited defenses on the Miluo River defense line. After two or three days of resistance, they were defeated and fled into the mountains.

On the day of February 2, Xue Boling was extremely nervous, because the direction of the Japanese army today would determine the outcome of the battle.

According to Xue Boling's order, the 37th Army, after fighting fiercely with the 3rd and 4th Divisions all day, retreated to the Shegang area after dark.

The 99th Army pretended to be invincible after a fierce battle with the 101st Division, and retreated to the front line of Yingtian and Xiangyin along the Xiangjiang River in the dark of the night.

Yang Zihui's 27th Group Army, behind the main force of the Japanese army, took advantage of the night to violently attack the Japanese army's logistics regiment in Xinqianghe Town, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army and killing a Japanese military commander.

The 16 divisions of the various armies under the command of the Ninth War Zone went to their designated positions respectively, preparing to close the net and launch a joint attack on the Japanese troops who had entered the furnace.

At the same time, Du Yuming's 31st Army began to move towards Changsha, and was responsible for intercepting the four Japanese Kwantung Army divisions that were speeding towards Changsha.

The Zhuzhou battle also started this morning. The 31st Army and the 22nd Army relied on their positions to resolutely and fiercely repel the successive attacks of the Japanese Kwantung Army.

During this period, the Huaxia Air Force and the Japanese Air Force also assisted in the battle many times, and even a large-scale air battle broke out directly.

Generally speaking, the situation in Zhuzhou is very stable, and there will be no problems in the short term.

In the command post near the Aiwan Pavilion on Yuelu Mountain, Xue Boling and several combat staff officers were looking nervously at several urgent telegrams that had just been sent.

"Okay! Okay, finally this moment has come!"

After reading the latest military information and learning that the Japanese army had arrived in Changsha and encircled Changsha on three sides, Xue Boling's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground instantly.

These days, Xue Boling has been cautious in every move of chess, worrying about gains and losses, for fear of any mistakes.

Fortunately, Anan, who was eager to make contributions, was very cooperative.

On the evening of February 2, Xue Yue finally got the military report he wanted:

The main forces of the Japanese army arrived at the outskirts of Changsha respectively. The 3rd Division arrived at Yong'an City east of Changsha, the 4th Division arrived at Lishi in the eastern suburb, and the 101st Division arrived at Dongshan near the southeastern suburb, preparing to besiege Changsha from the east, north and south. .

Chapter 1415

When Xue Boling was looking at the map, he was overjoyed to see that the strategic intention of "Tianlu Warfare" was being realized step by step.

At this time, a combat staff officer said to Xue Boling very seriously: "Mr. Xue, the devils must launch an attack tomorrow morning, and it will definitely not be safe here.

I sincerely hope that Officer Xue can think carefully again, your safety is related to the victory or defeat of the Changsha Battle, and it is related to the great cause of the Chinese nation's war of resistance..."

"Okay, don't persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind!"

Before the combat staff officer could finish speaking, Xue Boling waved his hand unquestionably to interrupt.

The Military Commission of the Nationalist Government clearly stipulated that in order to prevent the death of senior commanders from affecting the overall situation and morale of the operation, the headquarters at the theater level should not be closer to [-] kilometers from the front line.

But this time Xue Boling committed the crime knowingly.

There are two purposes in doing this, one is to dispatch troops nearby to facilitate command, and the other is to make a gesture.

Xue Boling wanted to use this method to tell the Tenth Army in charge of Changsha's garrison: I am right behind you, so fight hard.

If this is a gamble, then Xue Boling is betting on his own life.

In addition, Xue Boling also wanted to let the chairman see, let him know that what he said, "this organization has the determination to die", is definitely not just joking!

The disastrous defeat in the last Changsha battle was the pain and humiliation that Xue Boling would never get rid of. This time he naturally held the belief of "If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent", and he must win this battle at all costs and kill everyone Shame upon killing devils!

However, Xue Boling himself "waved" and did not let others follow him. He had already asked Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth War Zone, to move south to Leiyang with most of the officers and staff, in case Changsha fell, and the entire war zone would not be destroyed. Lost command center.

After a pause, Xue Boling suddenly changed the subject: "Where is Guo Ruhuai's Temporary Fifth Division now? When can I arrive in Changsha?"

A staff officer quickly replied: "Report to Chief Xue, the temporary fifth division has already arrived in Yiyang County, and it should arrive near Changsha within tomorrow."

"Very good! With this amazing army, the chances of winning the Changsha battle will be greatly increased!"

Xue Boling nodded slightly.

The provisional fifth division is a secret weapon that Xue Boling hides in his hands, few outsiders know about it.

This brave and combative unit belongs to the 73rd Army, and almost all of them are composed of sturdy Miao people in Xiangxi, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong.

After receiving the telegram from Xue Boling, the fifth division was temporarily organized to march day and night in wind and snow, and it took only three days to travel 350 miles from Changde, Li County, all the way to Changsha.

After sorting out all the details in his mind, Xue Boling said murderously: "Pass my order, all ministries will start attacking on the night of February 2rd, and reach the first attack arrival line on the evening of February 3th.

In addition, immediately transmit the proposed Shiwuzhong telegram to all ministries and committee members! "

"Yes!"

A staff officer immediately led the order to go.

The chairman of the Huangshan Villa in Chongqing soon received this famous telegram from Shiwu:

The third battle of Changsha was related to the survival of the country and the huge international situation.This association has the determination to die and the confidence to win.

In order to capture fighter planes, annihilate the enemy, and achieve great results, the following three things have been stipulated, and all ministries of the distribution department must comply with them:

[-]. The commanders-in-chief, army commanders, and division commanders of each group army should definitely control the troops and go to the front to command in person so that they can capture fighter planes at the right time and annihilate the enemy.

[-]. If the position is killed in battle, Deputy Chief Luo (Zhuo Ying) will act on his behalf, encircling and annihilating the enemy according to the plan. The chief officer acts on his behalf.

[-]. If the commanders-in-chief, corps, divisions, regiments, battalions, and company commanders fail to fight effectively and delay the opportunity of combat, they will be dealt with according to the law of the revolutionary army company, and no leniency will be tolerated.

"Good! Good! Good!"

After reading my telegram, the chairman couldn't help but say hello three times, and then asked someone to reply to Xue Boling as follows:

Brother can have this heart, supervise and encourage the troops, it is good to be gratified.When this friendly country is fighting side by side, I really hope that this battle will win a decisive victory, thinking that our revolutionary soldiers will win the highest honor.

After receiving the chairman's reply, Xue Boling let out a long breath. Now that he has made various arrangements and strictly stipulated the discipline on the battlefield, the next step is to see if Li Delin and Du Yuming can stop the Kwantung Army with nine divisions , and whether Li Yutang's 9th Army can hold Changsha City.

Let’s not talk about Li Delin and Du Yuming, they are far away, and they don’t have a complete ownership relationship. They are mainly dispatched directly by the Military Commission.

The key point of the Ninth Theater is also the performance of the Tenth Army.

Obviously, as the saddest soldier in the Ninth War Zone, Li Yutang would not disappoint Xue Boling's high hopes for him.

However, Changsha City is really hard to defend.

Changsha is located on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. The city is rectangular along the river. The Liuyang River flows into the Xiangjiang River in the east and north of the city. The railway runs parallel to the east of the city. The southeast of the city and the west bank of the Xiangjiang River are mountainous.

After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance, the Changsha defenders began to build fortifications in 1939, but they never formed a systematic fortification.

This is mainly because in the "Wenxi Fire" in 1938, Changsha City was turned into ruins, and there was no effective support for the construction of fortifications.

Even though Changsha has experienced two battles in Changsha, the city of Changsha has not experienced fierce offensive and defensive battles in the first two times, and the defense of Changsha as a ruin has always seemed irrelevant.

But from one moment to another, this battle in Changsha is not at the same level as the previous two battles, and the importance of Changsha City is not the same.

Therefore, after receiving the order to defend Changsha, Li Yutang made every effort to build a defense system.