Li Yutang gave Jiang Cheng a thumbs up and said, "If anyone says that my brother Jiang doesn't know how to fight, I will give him two slaps. That's right, the Japanese have captured Xiangtan now and are hoarding supplies. They will soon arrive in Hengyang."
, the commission called and asked us to hold on to Hengyang until the end of September, but I am prepared to hold on until October 15th. After all, is this reinforcement, hahaha, let’s not talk about this!”
Li Yutang pointed around and said, "As for the deployment, look, brother Jiang. The Xiangjiang River divides our Hengyang into east and west parts. As you said, the devils must go down the river, so we can only choose one part."
For defense, we naturally choose the west, which is better defended, which means that the East Railway Station and the airport in the east will be abandoned. Therefore, the Japanese will definitely attack our army from the south and west, and the top priority will be
It’s the commanding heights in the south – the Shiniu Peak position.”
Speaking, Li Yutang looked at Hu Lian with admiration, Zhang Lingpu and Fang Xianjue said, "After discussion, we decided to take advantage of the advantageous terrain to construct several fortifications from Shiniufeng in the southwest to the Xiangjiang River, connected by traffic trenches, and field roads close to the city outline.
All building bunkers are closed, and each position covers the traffic trenches, leading to the main position and directly to the center of the city. Our military headquarters is located in the only reinforced cement concrete building in Hengyang. In the underground warehouse of the Central Bank, our army's heavy artillery units are all located in stone.
Behind Niufeng, we used the mountain to form a cover and suppress the Japanese army with firepower. Hey, Brother Jiang, I am not bragging, I always have the urge to fight back now."
Jiang Cheng and everyone couldn't help laughing. Hu Lian said in an eccentric way, "And we prepared a big dish for the Japs at Shiniu Peak. I fought with Commander Fang for a long time before we got the defense task at Shiniu Peak."
half of."
Jiang Cheng snorted and said, "I'm very curious about this. I wonder if I can know?"
Li Yutang nodded and said, "It happens that half of the weapons you brought will be sent to Stone Niu Peak. Let's go and take a look."
A group of people rode war horses and arrived at Shiniu Peak. When they were almost there, Li Yutang said with a smile, "Okay, we're here, Brother Jiang. We have to leave now. We can't ride horses anymore."
Jiang Cheng saw that there was still some distance to the foot of the mountain. He thought for a moment and smiled and said, "Is there a mine array?"
Li Yutang nodded and continued to move forward with Jiang Cheng and others. Fang Xianjue pointed to the nearby trenches and bunkers and said, "These trenches and bunkers are the first line of defense, but our real killer move is on the second line of defense. Come on,
Keep moving forward."
As the group walked further, in front of Jiang Cheng, a kind of trench that Jiang Cheng had never seen suddenly appeared. Even the well-informed Jiang Cheng couldn't help but be stunned when he saw such a trench.
Hu Lian winked and said with an eyebrow, "This is what Master Fang came up with. We call him Fang Xianjuehao."
Fang Xianjue touched his head in embarrassment and said, "This is actually the result of everyone's discussion. We flattened all the most important hilltop positions facing the enemy, turning the originally gentle hills into insurmountable cliffs.
, and then dig a trench 8 to 10 meters wide under the cliff. We require that this trench be at least ten meters deep. We have covered the bottom of the trench with nail boards and bamboo sticks. Mr. Jiang, please see, all Japanese troops want to attack
, we can only cross this chasm, even the Japanese tanks are useless in such trenches!"
What appeared in front of Jiang Cheng was a deep trench. He didn't know how far it extended. There were only a few pontoons built with ladders for people to pass through. Jiang Cheng looked down. It was about three stories high. Jiang Cheng told Li
Qian signaled, Li Qian nodded, jumped down, and jumped again amidst the surprised eyes of everyone. Jiang Cheng found that even Li Qian couldn't jump out easily. In the end, Li Qian still clung to the recess of the trench wall.
He stepped on it and flew out.
Li Yutang and others couldn't help but applaud. Zhang Lingfu was so lustful that he couldn't help but look at Li Qian with her ponytail in a daze. Suddenly he realized that this was the person next to his benefactor. He quickly lowered his head and felt extremely ashamed. The others didn't notice it.
I just feel that Li Qian has great kung fu, and Jiang Cheng is surrounded by crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Li Qian shyly held up her hands and said to Jiang Cheng, "My boss, unless you are a martial arts master, you won't be able to get up from this trench, let alone a hail of bullets when the war begins."
Hu Lian continued, "The Japs can probably only use ladders to transport troops, but our cannons and grenades are not insignificant. I guarantee that they will blow up one by one. I don't believe that his ladders will be more than my grenades!"
Jiang Cheng nodded in admiration. He looked at the mountains behind the trench and said worriedly, "But once the Japanese are unable to defeat them, they will use poison gas bombs. Are we prepared for this?"
Li Yutang smiled and said, "Chief Xue has gathered most of the gas masks for us. In addition, the Youth Army has one for everyone."
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Okay, in this case, I think there is nothing to be afraid of. I will send a report to the chairman of the committee. He is very worried. I will let the committee members watch the battle with peace of mind and wait for our victory in Hengyang."
Several people smiled and nodded, expressing their confidence in the battle to defend Hengyang.
——Xiangtan
Anan Weiji looked at the map and said, "Our next target is Hengyang. If we capture this place, then capture Yongxing, Guiyang and other places, we can reach Shaoguan. His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for news of our victory in Tokyo. I hope you will fight with all your strength."
!”
"Hi!" The Japanese generals who once again successfully captured the city responded in unison.
The commander of the 3rd Division, Toyoda Fusotaro, looked at the crowd and asked, "The enemy has carefully constructed defensive positions in Hengyang. According to Teko's intelligence, the enemy has deployed fifty or sixty thousand people there, including the so-called Taishan Army."
The Tenth Army and the young army are extremely good at fighting, and there are many strong generals among the defenders. I think this battle will be a tough one."
Anan Weiji looked at everyone and said, "Our army has been fighting continuously for nearly three months since the Battle of Changsha in June. Among them, there were fierce battles like the Changsha Siege Battle, which caused a lot of casualties, but our Japanese Empire has good logistics.
As for the support and supply system, we only repaired it in Changsha for two days, and the supply soldiers from the rear made up for one-third of our losses, but the same cannot be said for the National Army. Their soldiers are missing one by one, so don't have anything.
Worried... As for the plan to capture Hengyang, I have discussed it with General Okamura Neiji before, everyone come and take a look."
As he spoke, Anan Weiji walked towards the map and said, "Hengyang is located south of Hengshan and west of the Xiangjiang River. The National Army does not have any navy or air force, and naturally there is no navy. Therefore, the Xiangjiang River is owned by our army, but as far as I know,
Hengyang has been blocked by rocks, so even large gunboats cannot enter, but after all, our army can use the Xiangjiang River to deploy troops, I give my order!"
"Shua"
"The Third Division and the Fourth Division attack Hengyang from the north, attracting the attention of the Hengyang defenders in a single-handed approach. The 40th Division attacks from the east of Hengyang. Your mission is to capture Hengyang Airport and cut off Jiangxi's direction to Hengyang.
For the possibility of assistance, the 13th Division and the 6th Division are the main forces of this attack. You have to attack the southern part of Hengyang. After taking the commanding heights of Shiniu Peak, join the 3rd and 4th Divisions to launch a general attack on Hengyang!
"After Anan Weiji finished speaking, he pointed at Hengyang and said, "Our army has concentrated nearly 100,000 troops this time. This battle can only be won, not defeated!"
Sun Tzu's Art of War says: 10 times to surround an enemy, 5 times to attack it, and 5 times to attack it. Although the Japanese army is only twice as many as the defenders of the National Army, in the minds of the Japanese army, according to consistent battle practices, one Japanese soldier can defeat three National Army soldiers.
, that is to say, according to the combat strength of the National Army, it should be 300,000, which is five times that of the National Army. The Japanese army is naturally very confident in conquering Hengyang.
——Hengyang
After Jiang Cheng, Li Yutang and others inspected, they also knew that these generals had military affairs, so they only left a few guards to accompany them and let them go about their business. Jiang Cheng returned to the camp and was about to take a rest.
, Jinshan walked in, knocked on the door and said to Jiang Cheng, "My boss, this is an urgent telegram forwarded from Yan'an."
Jiang Cheng stepped forward and took it, looked at it, smiled after looking at it for a few times and said, "It's been three years, and the Japanese finally noticed me..."
Jinshan said nervously, "My boss, the telegram said that the Japanese are likely to send people to Hengyang to look for you. I think it is better for you to leave early. As long as you leave, the Japanese in the world will not even be able to find my boss's location."
Forget about hurting my boss."
Jiang Cheng thought for a while. Although he was not afraid of Japanese spies, it was a trouble after all. However, the Japanese army was about to attack Hengyang. The battle of Hengyang must not go wrong, otherwise the war situation in China would change drastically. Jiang Cheng weighed
After a while, he felt that the risk was worth taking, so he said, "It's okay. I'll just stay at the headquarters and won't go out. The Japanese agents won't be able to find me. It's still very safe here."
Jinshan couldn't persuade Jiang Cheng, so he could only go out and start setting up a defense line, and dispersed the guards to several important roads outside the headquarters, and finally asked Li Qian to protect Jiang Cheng personally. Li Qian was naturally very happy, and time passed like this.
Little by little, three days passed in the blink of an eye. At Jiang Cheng's suggestion, half of the medium and heavy weapons brought by Jiang Cheng were distributed to the Tenth Army, and the light weapons were also replaced by Master Fang Xianjue, making Shi Niufeng's
The weapons and equipment were all unified to German style. At this time, the Shiniufeng defensive position consisted of the 10th Preparatory Division, with the division commander Fang Xianjue, guarding the southern position of Shiniu Peak, with 8,000 people in the division, the 201st Youth Army Division, the division commander Hu Lian, and all the troops.
The division has 12,000 men, guarding the larger Shiniufeng North position. The two divisions have a total of 20,000 troops, nearly 700 light and heavy machine guns, 150 mortars, 40 combat defense guns, and 3 anti-aircraft guns.
Ten, thirty infantry guns, seven 75mm howitzers, and 12 1925-type 150mm howitzers, which concentrated the strongest strength of the National Army.
The 203rd Division of the Youth Army is placed between the north of Shiniufeng and Hengyang City to support Shiniufeng and Hengyang City at any time. The 190th Division is placed in the east and north of Hengyang City. The third division is the general reserve and is placed in the west of Hengyang.
, everything is ready, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army.
On September 5, 1940, the Japanese army concentrated five divisions and 100,000 troops began to attack Hengyang. On September 6, Japanese aircraft began bombing Hengyang. On September 7, the Japanese army arrived in Hengyang through the Xiangjiang River and occupied Hengyang.
east.
"Baga!" Anan Weiji looked at the photos taken by the scouts in Xiangtan and cursed angrily, "Cunning Chinese people, they actually flooded the entire area from the west of Hengyang to the Xiangjiang River. Now it has turned into a swamp.
There is no way to march!"
Chief of Staff Tsukada Gou said, "Xue Yue played a good move. He asked the Tenth Army to prepare for defense in Hengyang one month in advance. In this month, the Tenth Army of the National Army has completely changed the geographical environment of Hengyang, blowing up and digging out
All roads and bridges have been blocked, and they are preparing to fight us to the death...Now it seems that we can only attack after landing in the south of Hengyang."
Ananwei nodded and said, "Okay, let's let the 13th Division attack first. This place is too small, we can only attack one division at a time, but that's okay, our troops can
Slowly repairing the rear, we can capture Hengyang even with a wheel battle." After saying this, Anan Wei smiled a little, shook his head and said, "But does this Hengyang wheel require us to use a wheel battle? The Thirteenth Division is also a first-class army.
The division."
Ananwei nodded and said, "Okay, let's let the 13th Division attack first. This place is too small, we can only attack one division at a time, but that's okay, our troops can
Slowly repairing the rear, we can capture Hengyang even with a wheel battle." After saying this, Anan Wei smiled a little, shook his head and said, "But does this Hengyang wheel require us to use a wheel battle? The Thirteenth Division is also a first-class army.
The division."
——Inside Hengyang City
Li Yutang said with his hands behind his back, "This is the situation. Our first opponent is the Thirteenth Division. Everyone should know this division, right?"
The pictures of gunfire and massacres in Nanjing appeared in Zhang Lingfu's mind again. He said viciously, "This bastard is the executioner of the Nanjing Massacre just like the Sixth Division behind him!"
Jiang Cheng only felt that there was a narrow road between enemies, and said to everyone, "I read a book abroad called "China's Nanjing Strategy in the 12th Year of Showa" written by a Japanese. It said that during the Battle of Nanjing, the 65th Infantry of the Thirteenth Division
The regiment is the most courageous, killing more than 50,000 enemies... Haha, 50,000? Are those all soldiers? Those are all civilians!! That's massacre! Since they are here, I don't think we can let them go back."
Hu Lian hugged Zhang Lingfu's shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, brother, I can't let you take revenge with your own hands, because... I will kill all the little devils who have been to Nanjing!"
Li Yutang nodded and said, "In order to paralyze the enemy and hide our strength, we did not launch a counterattack during the bombings in the past few days. Now I order you to take out all weapons except heavy artillery and give them to the Thirteenth Division."
Let’s fight head-on together!”
While Li Yutang and others were making final battle arrangements, a small team quietly entered Hengyang. The leader was Toushan. Knowing that the battle in Hengyang was imminent, Toushan would definitely strengthen his defenses, so he did not dare to bring more people.
, only selected five elite agents and a traitor who grew up in Japan and was later sent to China and became a section chief. The seven people in the group dressed up in disguise, either as monks, doctors, traders, or farmers.
, wandering into the outside of Hengyang City in twos and threes.
