Others show their swords, I show my missiles!

When I was on the north bank of the Miluo River, I did not serve myself.

Taking advantage of the fact that most of the Japanese [-]th Army was near Changsha and the Yichang area was empty of troops, Cen led fifteen divisions of the Sixth Theater to launch a counterattack against Yichang.

One theory is that Jiang Wufa ordered his senior officials to launch the Yichang Campaign and adopted the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao to relieve Changsha's worries.

Yichang is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and is the chokepoint of Yangtze River transportation.

Yichang fell on June [-], [-].

After the Japanese occupied Yichang, they first robbed the residents of the city of all their belongings and then burned the houses in Yichang for five days and five nights. Six to seven thousand houses were burned down.

Yichang originally had [-] residents, but when it was later restored, only about [-] remained.

This shows what heinous crimes the Japanese committed in Yichang!

Jiang Wufa also ordered: Yichang must be recaptured within three months at all costs.

The Thirteenth Division was in Yichang at this time and was short of a regiment. But there is the Thirty-ninth Division nearby, which may come for reinforcements.

The senior officials tended to be cautious in using troops. He decided to break the connection between the [-]th Division and the [-]th Division first, clear the periphery, and then concentrate his forces to regain Yichang in one fell swoop.

Instead of adopting a quick-fix strategy.

In view of the importance of Yichang, the Japanese built a large number of reinforced concrete fortifications outside the city.

When I did not lead my troops to attack Changsha, the commander of the [-]th Division felt that Yichang was not safe, so he strengthened the defense line again.

But no matter how strong the fortifications are, it cannot make up for its lack of animal power.

After the counterattack against Yichang began, the Thirteenth Division knew that it lacked animal strength and did not dare to take the initiative. Passive defense everywhere.

The west of the city is a commanding height in Yichang, where the Japanese placed a regiment and a mountain artillery brigade.

Three divisions of the [-]th Army in the Sixth Theater were responsible for capturing the position here.

Everyone knows that the swordsman team of the [-]th Army is famous all over the world. In fact, the swordsman team of the [-]th Army is also famous near and far.

They broke into the enemy camp at night and killed the Japanese on sight.

Many Japanese soldiers have their heads removed.

The Japs at this time were very superstitious. They believed that if they had their heads chopped off and then died, they would not be reincarnated.

So there was a happy scene: when some Japanese soldiers saw the soldiers rushing towards them with swords in their hands, they did not think about how to fight back or how to fight to the death; instead, they wanted to commit suicide first and end their lives before their necks were cut, so that they could Reincarnated.

In the hilly area east of the city, the Japanese built some fortifications. But no troops could be sent to garrison it.

Finally, the logistics troops, medical troops, horsemen, and wounded were all organized to air defense the eastern part of Yichang.

But apart from the wounded, these Japs obviously had no combat experience.

Suspicious Japanese soldiers would shoot at the slightest sign of trouble at night.

One of the Japs fired, and the other Japs followed suit, and they "fighted" all night. Only at dawn did they realize: How could there be an incoming Chinese army? It’s all about scaring yourself!

There have even been incidents of people beating their own animals.

In a few days, none of the Chinese soldiers came, but the Japs suffered twenty or thirty casualties.

In the city, the Japs' lack of manpower was also very prominent.

Just at this time, a performance troupe came from Tokyo. The Japanese have finally captured a young man.

All the men in the troupe were recruited into the army, ranging from teenagers to those in their sixties.

What about women? When they are put on the battlefield, not only are they ineffective, they may also be counterproductive.

Then you can't let them idle, just become medics! Help wash the crotch cloth.

Those seriously injured people were a drag, so they were dragged out and burned to prevent them from further consuming the resources of the large plaster.

Due to their absolute strength advantage, the Cen commanded the troops to attack Yichang very smoothly at the beginning.

The Japanese commanders and group leaders stayed up all night and were very nervous. Even the division commander's eyes were bloodshot.

Later, a Japanese plane took the risk and landed at a Japanese position near Yichang.

The division commander begged: Give some troops to the airborne troops. Even if there are dozens of Japanese soldiers parachuted in, that would be great!

It can be seen how short of strength the Thirteenth Japanese Division has.

Later, the plane took the risk and flew back.

Later, they did bring some reinforcements: forty or fifty Japanese soldiers were sent over. Barely enough to be considered a small team.

As a result, when they arrived in Yichang, they couldn't find a place to land. These Japs were not airborne troops and couldn't parachute, so they flew back.

Our army also suffered huge casualties in the offensive and defensive battles at the outer positions.

But the morale of the soldiers was high, and the attack was very determined and fierce.

Just when Yichang City was about to be breached, the Japanese frantically released a large amount of poison gas again.

When the Ninth Division of the Second Army, the main offensive force of the Chinese army, broke into the urban area of ​​Yichang from Dongshan on the outskirts of the city, the Japanese soldiers who were struggling to death used artillery to fire poison gas shells and directly spread mustard gas liquid at our army, causing our army to have no choice but to withdraw from the battle. , retreated outside the city.

In this battle, the Japanese used a total of [-] poison gas bombs. More than [-] of our officers and soldiers were poisoned, and more than [-] of them died.

But even in such a difficult situation, our army continued to break through the Japanese defense lines.

The Japanese were in danger everywhere, and our army even once attacked a place only a few dozen meters away from the headquarters of the Thirteenth Japanese Division. Even if a grenade was thrown, it might fall into the Japanese division headquarters.

But it happened that none of our soldiers discovered the Japanese division headquarters, otherwise, no matter how difficult it was, they would have swarmed up and taken over its headquarters!

At this time, I don't know why the weather helped the Japanese. Suddenly it rained heavily, and it lasted all day.

At this time, the Japanese [-]rd and [-]th Divisions were not far away.

The senior officials followed Jiang Wufa's order and stopped the attack.

This gave the Japanese in Yichang a chance to breathe.

After the rain cleared and the weather cleared, the [-]th Division sent by An Buwei also rushed to Yichang.

The senior officials lost the best opportunity to regain Yichang in one fell swoop.

At this moment, my large army, which is not for myself, is fleeing in panic.

The Fourth Army blocked the enemy at Jinjing. The Japanese had no intention of fighting anymore and fled, abandoning a large amount of supplies and heavy weapons.

General Xue had ordered the troops to counterattack across the board, and at this time issued several more detailed orders.

The troops at all levels were ordered to carry out various attacks on the fleeing Japanese soldiers to consume their vitality.

Even the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone came to the front line to command operations.

When the Japanese fled back to the north of Xinqiang River, they generally returned to the situation before the Second Battle of Changsha.

In this war, the Japanese suffered more than [-] casualties; while our side suffered more than [-] casualties.

But none of the strategic goals I set for myself before the war started were achieved. They were even almost eaten by the Ninth War Zone; and Yichang was almost lost.

From this point of view, the Japanese were defeated.

However, our army also failed to achieve the goal of annihilating a large number of enemies north of the Laodao River set by General Xue before the war. Instead, due to intelligence leaks, the troop mobilization plan was known to the Japanese in advance, resulting in greater casualties.

From this point of view, our army has no victory.