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Chapter 461 Entering the City to Celebrate
"What, Your Excellency General, reverse?"

When the staff officer on the side heard Okamura's order, his face showed an expression of disbelief.

Reversal is retreat. Since entering the land of China, the 11th Army, as the only mechanized pure field force sent to China by the mainland, has not yet had a precedent of attacking a city and returning without success. Is this going to be a precedent?

Once this precedent is set, it will be an indelible stain in the history of the 11th Army's campaign.

Although I was on the military plane, I also saw that various troops of the Chongqing Army were coming to Changsha for reinforcements, and even the adjacent Fifth Theater of Chongqing was also sending troops, and the supply line on the long road was completely interrupted by the New Fourth Army.

All kinds of situations on the battlefield indicate that even if they attack Changsha, they will not be able to hold it, and even if they stay any longer, the [-] main force in northern Hunan will be in danger of survival, but if they really want to retreat, their hearts are still full of unwillingness.

Okamura turned around and looked at the hanging Emperor pattern, and concluded with a lonely tone:

"Before the start of the war, our army had sufficient supplies of food, grass and ammunition. On the day of the start of the No. 14 battle, officers above the lieutenant commander sent telegrams to promise to take Changsha in a week. Now 21 days have passed, and for three full weeks, only the front of the third division The troops can barely see the city wall of Changsha with high-powered binoculars. The remaining [-] troops, including the Third Division, have not even crossed the Liuyang River, so order the troops to turn around!"

The staff officer standing aside listened to Okamura's voice, lowered his head in shame, paused for a moment, and finally bowed deeply, "Hi!"

When he received the news that the devils had retreated, Li Chongzheng was marching with a large force. When he was still more than 60 kilometers away from the main position in Changsha, a telegram came down from the military headquarters saying "the Japanese army is fully retreating".

In fact, the large group supported by Yang Sen and Luo Zhuoying was temporarily diverted by the command of the commander of the war zone this morning. Both Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng believed that they could not follow Xue Boling's previous arrangement to cut off the escape route of the [-] devils in northern Hunan. .

Otherwise, if the devil retreats for a while, nine out of ten will fight to the death, and if there is no retreat, he will go all out to attack Changsha. It is difficult to predict what the situation will be.

In case the devils come to die and come back to life, in case they are played by them, there will be no way to explain the relationship between the top and the bottom. Xue Boling listened to the opinions of these two and ordered the troops who came to support him from all walks of life. Run to the Xinqiang River to break the devil's back.

Li Chongzheng rode his horse on the road after the rerouting, but only halfway through, the devils retreated across the board.

This means that the devils have given up their plan to attack Changsha this time!

This means that the Japanese invaders returned without success in their first attack on an important city!

The return of the devil without success can be regarded as our victory!
Originally, Li Chong was still thinking about how the battle that broke out in front of Changsha City would end.

Is it because our side besieged and annihilated the Japanese army on all sides, lost most of the main force in the Ninth Theater, and died together with the fifty thousand devils?
Or did the devils rush into Changsha, and the support troops I was in wanted to attack the city and wipe out the devils?

Either way, dismal casualties are inevitable.

Just when Li Chong thought so, news came that the devils had retreated across the board.

No matter how I thought about it, I didn't expect the ending of the devil's retreat!

There was only a moment of silence, and the impulsive cheers erupted from the winding and narrow marching route.

The military flags in the ranks were rolling, and the officers and soldiers were jumping and cheering with their guns held high.

At this moment, thunderous sounds erupted wherever the news of the devil's retreat passed.

On the frontal battlefield in northern Hunan, gunpowder smoke billowed from the positions of the overnight battle. Soldiers whose faces were blackened by the smoke of explosives climbed up from the tunnel. After the devils retreated and the pressure of life and death was released, everyone hugged and celebrated.

On the Changsha city wall, the military flag was flying, and the soldiers who had been squatting on the street battle positions also rushed out of the crenels, the city's circular fortifications, and civil buildings, running and shouting for victory.

"Citizens, the devils have been beaten away, you can go home!"

In the mountains and plains outside Changsha City, the citizens fleeing the war heard the sound of loudspeakers in the distance. After a moment of stunned faces, they swept away the sorrow and suffering of leaving their hometown with ecstasy.

The pressure was gone, and at noon the next day, Yang Sen and Luo Zhuoying's team had just walked more than [-] kilometers and arrived outside Changsha Gate. His face was filled with the joy of victory and he entered the city. Firecrackers were set off on both sides of the city's main road, and gongs and drums were also beaten.

The citizens lined the streets to welcome them, and the wrecked city was filled with the joy of new life.

Under the guidance of the officers and soldiers of the war zone chief, the team came to a large competition field in the city. Xue Boling, Bai Chongxi, and Chen Cheng, the supreme commander of the war zone, stood side by side in front.

With the arrival of Yang Sen and Luo Zhuoying's team, representatives of the three-way army gathered here at the beginning of the First World War in Changsha. Xue Boling stood on the stage and made a summary of the battle situation. The Ministry of Encouragement speech to the officers and soldiers.

Through the summary of the battle situation by the commander of the theater, Li Chong heard that in this Changsha battle, more than [-] enemies were wiped out on various battlefields, and more than [-] people were killed by his own side.

".Soldiers in the Ninth War Zone, it is because of your bloody battles that we! Frustrated the Japanese who wanted to capture Changsha Kyogen for a week!"

After Xue Boling, the commander of the war zone, finished speaking, the officers and soldiers standing below burst into applause.

That night, all the chefs who were still in Changsha were invited over, and the officers and soldiers enjoyed the feast after the victory. During the victory banquet, Li Chong also saw Li Yinqing who smelled of alcohol.

This was the first night when the sky was calm after the battle began, and the devil's planes stopped bombing.

The next morning, through Li Yinqing's channel, Li Chong called his home in Chongqing to report his safety.

In this wave of phone calls, for the first time, Lin Wanru's father talked longer with Li Chong than Lin Wanru.

Lin Wanru held the phone and choked up with a smile for a while, then Father Lin answered the phone. The reason for the long conversation between Weng and his son-in-law was because Father Lin told Li Chong about his business in Chongqing, saying it was for himself. He sought a benefit, but it was a secret as to what benefit it was.

After hanging up the phone and reporting that it was safe, Li Chong was free for the next few days. The main body of the team rested outside the city, and sometimes went to the city to help repair the ruins.

The post-war Changsha city is being restored every day.

The commendation order from the war zone has not yet come down. After this big battle, the Minister's Department has too many things to deal with. There are many external press conferences and results briefings.

There were also more journalists with cameras in the city, many of them were foreign faces with blond hair and blue eyes, and they were journalists from Britain, France and Russia.

　Thanks to the book friend 20181025013324100 for the reward.

　　
　
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