Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

Although the Japanese partially occupied a corner of Changsha, I didn't know it for myself: General Xue would never let him occupy Changsha.

Intelligence from all parties also proved that General Xue was about to launch a counterattack.

Moreover, as the Japs occupied more and more places, their forces continued to disperse. At this time, it was no longer possible to fully capture Changsha.

On the other hand, although the Chinese army suffered considerable losses, it had a complete organization and high morale.

Just like the Chinese army won the battle, they themselves lost the battle.

In their own occupied areas, all the Chinese soldiers and civilians were hiding in the mountains. When the Japanese entered the village, they found that there was no material left. It was impossible to support the war with war through looting.

Moreover, the Chinese military and civilians also organized many guerrillas to ambush lone Japanese soldiers everywhere.

Coupled with the damaged roads and heavy rain, the Japanese were trapped in the quagmire and unable to move.

The Japanese who occupied Changsha were attacked on their flanks before they could even get started.

At the same time, the Cen command of Yichang's Sixth War Army launched an attack on Yichang.

The Japanese troops stationed in Yichang were the Thirteenth Division, which was short of a regiment. The division commander asked An Buweijiden for tactical guidance.

This became the last straw that broke my heart. Their retreat has tended to be cut off, and the base camp had already said before the war: Yichang cannot be lost.

Therefore, I did not order myself to give up the plan to capture Changsha and retreat quickly.

If the Japanese want to escape, General Xue will not let go of this opportunity.

He ordered his troops to pursue them one after another and block them in sections along the way, further destroying the road and delaying the Japanese retreat in order to cope with the CPC's offensive against Yichang.

Xiangyin is an important transportation artery in Hunan Province. If the Japanese want to retreat, they must occupy Xiangyin City.

When the Japanese invaded Changsha, this wharf was extremely busy.

The Japanese logistics troops and captured civilian laborers were nervously loading and unloading supplies here.

Without any warning, the First Battalion of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division of the [-]th Chinese Army, led by Battalion Commander Cao, launched a surprise attack on Xiangyin City.

Battalion Commander Cao was from Guidong, Hunan. He was thirty years old at the time and graduated from Huangpu Military Academy.

The Japanese did not expect that there would be Chinese troops in the rear area, and they were quickly wiped out.

Battalion Commander Cao knew that if the Japanese wanted to retreat, this place was the only way to go. The Japanese will definitely come to fight for Xiangyin.

Therefore, the soldiers of the first battalion did not bother to rest and urgently built three lines of defense.

Two strongholds were also set up outside the city. But the number of troops was too small, only about [-] people.

The Japanese learned that the logistics supply line had been cut off, and hurriedly mobilized troops from the front line to retake Xiangyin.

There were more than a thousand Japanese who landed from Saigang alone. The fierce artillery fire covered the Japanese's fierce attack on our positions.

The first battalion of the Jiang Defense Artillery Team and the Engineer Team were quickly repelled by the Japs, but Battalion Commander Cao immediately gathered his soldiers, took advantage of the Japs' unstable foothold, defeated the Japs, and drove them out of Xiangyin.

Although Xiangyin is important, the Japanese have no troops to mobilize. It was not until the Japanese retreated from Changsha that the Japanese again listed the battle to reoccupy Xiangyin as the most important task in recent days.

The Chinese army in the ninth theater was racing against time to catch up. If you can make the Japanese escape slower, you can annihilate more Japanese.

Battalion Commander Cao knew this truth well.

From the moment they occupied Xiangyin, Battalion Commander Cao and the soldiers of the First Battalion were determined to die.

He must use his own sacrifice to hold back the Japanese, so that the Ninth War Zone can annihilate more Japanese and drive the Japanese pirates out of China as soon as possible.

As an important node, Xiangyin City is like a thorn embedded in the heart of the Japanese, making the Japanese feel like they are stuck in their throats.

The Japanese not only mobilized a large number of land forces, but even the marines also participated in the battle. They secretly crossed the river at Jianmaozui and broke through Xiangyin's first line of defense.

In order to prevent excessive losses to the troops, Battalion Commander Cao decided to abandon the first line of defense and retreat to the second line of defense to continue holding on.

The first battalion blocked the attack in Xiangyin for a day, and the city of Xiangyin was always in the hands of our army.

The retreating Japanese were stuck in the Xiangbei area, unable to advance or retreat. General Xue's troops were advancing rapidly behind them.

At this moment, the Japanese Thirteenth Division in Yichang once again reported to Anbuweiji, asking for tactical guidance.

I am so anxious and angry for my own sake that I force the Japanese to take Xiangyin City!

At this time, the Japanese were already in a desperate situation: if they could capture Xiangyin, most of them would be able to escape; if they could not capture Xiangyin, not only would they not be able to return, but they would not even be able to save Yichang!

Therefore, the Japanese became jealous and sent more than [-] more Japanese to outflank the city from the north.

Seeing this, the Japanese troops on the front stepped up their frontal offensive.

Tens of thousands of Japs from the Fourth Division, which fled north from Changsha, pounced on Xiangyin. Under this extremely unfavorable situation for our army, Battalion Commander Cao led the entire battalion to fight to the death.

The Japanese used all the weapons they could find, including gas bombs, leaving the second line of defense in danger.

The casualties of the first battalion suddenly increased.

In order to capture Xiangyin as soon as possible and escape as soon as possible, the Japanese even re-sent the aviation force that they had never dared to use.

One hundred Japanese planes flew cautiously close to the treetops, fearing to encounter the legendary "magic bird".

But there happened to be no air defense troops in this area, so General Xue deployed a limited number of anti-aircraft missile troops in Changsha.

Due to the road conditions at that time, it was difficult for the Japanese to move, and the same was true for the air defense troops. The maneuverability is not strong either.

The missile has a range of only 40 kilometers, and even to ensure the hit rate, it usually has to be within 30 kilometers.

This prevents the air defense missile force's air defense circle from covering Xiangyin City.

After repeated testing, the Japanese aircraft determined that there was no "magic bird" here, and then they became arrogant again.

Bombers dived to drop bombs; fighter jets strafed with machine guns.

Battalion Commander Cao had to organize the soldiers to concentrate machine gun fire and shoot in the air. After shooting down a plane, the Japanese planes did not dare to bomb so recklessly, and because the two sides were fighting together, the Japanese planes were worried about accidental damage. He shook his wings and flew away.

When the Japanese plane came again, it did not drop bombs, but dropped the airborne troops in the north of the city. The first battalion was surrounded on three sides.

The investment of Japanese airborne troops made the already insufficient strength of the first battalion even worse. Moreover, the first battalion ran out of ammunition, which made it more difficult to hold the position.

Battalion Commander Cao knew that this was the last moment.

There were no extra words, just one word: "Kill!"

Battalion Commander Cao led all the remaining soldiers into the group of Japs and fought to the death with the Japs.

I don't know how many Japs were stabbed to death. Battalion Commander Cao was seriously injured and fell to the ground and was captured by the Japs.

Also seriously injured and captured were 18 officers and soldiers.

The Japanese did not express admiration for the Chinese soldiers because of their bravery.

But because the soldiers of the first battalion blocked the attack, the Japanese lost a large number of troops, and they hated them unforgettable.

Therefore, the Japanese soldiers hacked to death and brutally killed them.

He also nailed Cao Yingzhang to a wooden board and burned him to death. His death was extremely miserable.