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Chapter 518 Reverse again
For this battle in Changsha, it depends on whether the devils attack and occupy Changsha quickly, or whether the officers and soldiers of the Ninth War Zone can cooperate with the adjacent theaters to complete the encirclement when the devils' supplies are exhausted.

Now, it depends on who is faster.

After a day of bloody battle, the Tenth Army's position along the east mountain of Liuyang fell into silence again.

The officers and soldiers on the battlefield took turns to rest. Although everyone smelled bad, these strange smells were drowned in the smoke of the battlefield.

"Ah owe! Ah owe!"

Li Chong washed his nose with water and sneezed twice.

No matter what the future holds, one still has to look decent. As an acting brigade commander, one cannot be broken down like the soldiers in the tunnel. Especially for officers who graduated from Whampoa, image is always important.

This night, when Li Chong finished washing and fell asleep in the command room of the brigade headquarters, many big bosses stayed up all night.

For Anan Weiji, he didn't sleep because he was looking forward to the sixth division walking ahead to quickly capture Changsha.

At this moment, large-scale street battles continued to occur in the entire city of Changsha. Although darkness had engulfed the city, gunners and thunder could be heard endlessly.

It is difficult for tanks to deploy in the narrow lanes. After the Sixth Division occupies the northern section of the city wall in Changsha, every step forward along the lanes will cost soldiers casualties.

Every moment, the city under the darkness is killing.

Compared with positional warfare, this kind of urban street warfare has narrowed the gap between the city defenders and the Devils Sixth Division to the greatest extent. After all, these Changsha city defenders know every brick and tile in Changsha City, and the Devils Sixth Division who just broke into the city The division has to explore step by step.

Yueyang 11th Army Command.

Almost every hour, Ananwei sent a telegram to inquire about the progress of Kanda Zhengzhong in Changsha.

The reason for this urgency was because every hour on the battlefield, the situation developed more seriously than he thought.

Originally, Ananwei wanted the Sixth Division to plant the general flag in front of the gate of Xue Boling's provincial government within a day, but the marching speed of the Chongqing army encircled and suppressed from all over the place exceeded his expectations.Originally, he planned to let the 4th Division break away from the frontal enemy and divert to attack Changsha along the road of the [-]th Division, but in the process of turning the road, he collided with a division from the [-]th theater .

Not only the Fourth Division, but the Third Division was blocked in front of the Tenth Army's position, and the No.40 Division was also held back by an unknown Chongqing army.

More and more evidence shows that this night, more and more reinforcements from Chongqing came along the Miluo River.

This is really not good news for him, so he urgently needs Kanda Shochu's Sixth Division to capture Changsha as soon as possible, so as to use Changsha to resist the Chongqing army from the source.

"Your Excellency, General Kanda Shochu called to say that they encountered fierce resistance in Changsha City, and Changsha City was managed as a fortress by the Chongqing Army as a whole."

Ananwei frowned a few times, he knew he didn't have enough time to spend.If the Sixth Division cannot occupy Changsha in a relatively short period of time, then most of the troops crossing the Miluo River will fall into the situation of "no front, no village, no shop behind" as the Chinese saying goes.

That is: neither can gain a firm foothold in Changsha, but will also fall into a situation of lack of supplies and being surrounded by the Chongqing army that came to support, which will be extremely passive.

If this is the case, then I can only order a reversal and give up this plan to attack Changsha.

Ananwei was reluctant to give up Changsha City, which seemed to be at his fingertips, so he tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Tell General Kanda Masakae that the Sixth Division must display the spirit of the imperial warriors. His Majesty the Emperor is watching us. !"

The devil's chief of staff standing aside continued, "In addition, General Toshimabo called and said that after today's offensive, they have greatly consumed the tenth army's defensive strength."

Ananwei took a long breath, "To be honest, I have already doubted the ability of General Toyoshima Fang, why can't he, a division of the Empire, not take down the four divisions that have already been defeated by me in Laodaohe?" The tenth army that was disabled with two independent detachments? Shouldn't he give His Majesty the Emperor a reasonable explanation?"

At this moment, Anan was only thinking that if the third division could break through the area defended by the tenth army and connect with the sixth division that had already crossed the Liuyang River, then attacking Changsha's city defense army with the strength of two divisions , Perhaps the time to occupy Changsha can be greatly advanced.

But the Changsha Tenth Army is like a mountain range, lying between the Sixth Division and the Third Division, separating each other. If the Third Division wants to enter Changsha, it may have to bypass this The Changsha Tenth Army, but once it bypasses this place, the Changsha Tenth Army, which is not restrained by its own side, can backhand attack the backs of the Sixth Division and the Third Division.

To avoid this dangerous situation, the only way to wipe out the Tenth Army was like a nail embedded in the banks of the Liuyang River.

The devil's chief of staff standing aside also knew this truth, but he didn't know how to answer the commander's question about his dissatisfaction with the third division.

Just like Toyoshima Fang, the head of the Third Division who was sitting in the tent with a dejected face, he already knew that the Sixth Division was constantly attacking Changsha, and he could only wander on the banks of the Liuyang River.

Although the Toyoshima room in the tent was depressed and envied that his colleagues had already stepped into Changsha holding the imperial flag, he also knew that entering Changsha did not mean gaining a firm foothold. Since the entire Liuyang River had not been captured, the Sixth Division directly took advantage of it. It is undoubtedly a risky move to forcefully cross the Liuyang River through a gap and insert a lone army under the city of Changsha.

Because of this, Toyoshima Fang was dissatisfied with the actions of his colleague Kanda Shochu. This was tantamount to him going into Changsha to pick peaches alone, while letting other troops, including himself, drag the Chongqing army for him in Liuyang River.

Time is ticking, when it turns to three o'clock in the middle of the night.

Inside the temporary headquarters of the 11th Army in Yueyang.

The devil's chief of staff took a telegram and hurried towards His Excellency the Commander, who propped his head on one hand.

The hurried footsteps showed that he was very anxious at the moment.

Ananwei raised his head suddenly, and looked at the staff officer who hurried over.

"Your Excellency, there is very bad news."

Sure enough, the ominous premonition in my heart was true.

"The captain of the 39st Regiment of the 231th Division, Yu Suiqian, called, and the entire 231st Regiment is fighting for His Majesty the Emperor!"

The 39th Division was the division that killed General Zhang in the previous Zaoyi Battle, and the 231st Regiment was the main regiment stationed in Yichang. This telegram from Nanchang has already indicated that Yichang is in danger.

Anan said angrily, "Baga! What is Nagasaka doing!"

"The other troops of the 39th Division mobilized by the head of the Changban Division were blocked one after another when they marched to Dangyang, Yuan'an, and Longquan Temple, making it unfavorable to support Yichang."

"Boom!" Ananwei slapped the table a few times, and said in a very bad tone, "Nagasaka is not a qualified officer under His Majesty's command. Yichang is the guarantee for our 11th Army to connect to Wuhan, and it is also an important base of our aviation brigade. We They must be driven out when the Fifth and Sixth War Zones of China are not firmly established in Yichang!"

"In addition, Your Excellency, General Kanda Shochu called to say that they have only advanced two streets away."

Although he didn't want to say it, the devil's staff had to tell the embarrassing fact that he could not quickly capture Changsha after entering Changsha.

Anan stood in front of the words "If you don't break Loulan, you will never return it!", the Sixth Division could not quickly occupy Changsha, and Xue Boling's reinforcements were coming along the Miluo River in a steady stream. The land supply line was cut off, Yichang He also fell into the hands of the Chongqing army. The current situation clearly told him that the attack on Changsha had to be temporarily abandoned.

Ananwei ordered in a low voice, "Order the 40rd, [-]th, and No.[-] divisions to get rid of the entanglement of the Chongqing Army on the Liuyang River immediately, and the [-]th division to withdraw from Changsha immediately! All the troops north of the Miluo River immediately reversed. Before the army completes the blockade of the Miluo River, jump out of the encirclement!"

(End of this chapter)