Chapter 430

1940, summer.

Since the Battle of Nanchang and the Battle of Xiangzao ended, although the Japanese army has won, the Japanese army has consumed a lot of troops and time in this battle.

The Japanese army rested for a few months, and the commander of the Central China Expeditionary Army Neiji Okamura began to look for opportunities to fight the main force of the Chinese army, hoping to end the Central China war as soon as possible.

The Japanese base camp also sent power several times to urge Neiji Okamura to annihilate the main Chinese forces in Central China as soon as possible.

As the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Okamura Ningji is of course eager to fight the Chinese army in order to establish meritorious service and consolidate his position in Central China.

However, where is China's main force so easy to find and eliminate?

Okamura Ningji not only failed to find a chance to fight the main force of China, but also wasted half a year in vain.

Instead, Okamura Ningji, who was in a state of desperation, set his strategic sights on the Hunan region.

When the Chongqing side learned that the Japanese army was going to attack Hunan, the chiefs of the Military Commission of the National Army never thought of defending it.

Only, at the request of Xue Boling, the commander of the Ninth War Zone, the Military Commission agreed to stick to Changsha.

Neiji Okamura was naturally overjoyed when he learned that the main force of the Ninth War Zone was going to defend Changsha.

The main force of the Ninth War Zone is ready for a decisive battle, which is exactly what the Japanese army hopes and desires.

Ningji Okamura hurriedly dispatched troops and deployed them, and the troops rushed towards the Hunan area in three ways.

Hunan is a well-known granary in China. During the Anti-Japanese War, it was an important supply base for the national government's food, military and industrial resources.

The Headquarters of the Commander of the Ninth War Zone is also located in the HUN Gaoguansha.

The little devil has two strategic goals in capturing Hunan.

The first point is to occupy the resource base of the national government, and the second point is to force China to submit by force.

The little devil's strategic intentions and ideas are good, but it's a pity that the little devil doesn't have such a good mouth.

In order to take Hunan in one fell swoop, Okamura Ningji assembled more than 10 elite troops and invaded Changsha from northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan in an attempt to annihilate the main force of China's Ninth Theater in the shortest period of time.

In the face of the Japanese army's overwhelming pressure, the Ninth War Zone adopted the operational policy of "retreating for a decisive battle" and "fighting for the outer wings" with northern Hunan as the focus of defense.

Xue Boling, the commander of the Ninth War Zone, mobilized more than 30 divisions and 3 advancing columns, a total of more than 24 people, to defend the Hunan area.

For a time, the battle in Hunan was overwhelmed, and Changsha became a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers were strangled by both China and Japan...

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In order to prevent the Japanese mechanized troops from advancing southward, the Ninth Theater destroyed all railways and major roads in the surrounding areas of Hunan.

Although this method can effectively prevent the advance of the Japanese army, it also hinders the speed of reinforcements.

The main railway line could not go, and the reinforcements of the ninth theater could only rely on two legs.

At present, troops drawn from various places are rushing towards Changsha.

As a reinforcement force, the wild wolf regiment was also marching day and night.

The road along the way was destroyed, and the marching speed of the wild wolf regiment was also affected to a certain extent.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Wild Wolf Regiment faced up to the difficulties, and even under the difficult road conditions, they still maintained a daily marching speed of 60 kilometers.

The wild wolf regiment marched day and night for ten days, covering nearly [-] kilometers.

It is simply a miracle in history that the Wild Wolf Group can march so quickly in the event of road damage.

The marching route Lin Xiao chose was very bold, and it can be said that he was operating under the nose of the Japanese army.

Originally, for the sake of safety, the wild wolf group could detour from Chongqing to Hunan, but it needed to travel more than 300 kilometers.

It's just that time is urgent, Lin Xiao did not choose to detour, but chose to march directly from the northwest of Hubei.

Although most of the urban areas in Hubei have been occupied by the Japanese army at present, the Japanese army has not occupied the entire province of Hubei.

Moreover, the Japanese army was busy mobilizing troops to encircle Hunan at this time, so it was bound to relax in the southwestern part of Hubei.

Lin Xiao took advantage of the gap in the defense of the Japanese army, so he dared to march under the nose of the Japanese army.

After more than ten days of marching, the Wild Wolf Regiment has marched to Zhangjiajie, Hunan.

Although the Wild Wolf Group has already arrived in Hunan, Zhangjiajie is still hundreds of kilometers away from Changsha.

According to the marching speed of the wild wolf regiment, it will take at least four or five days to march to the vicinity of Changsha.

At dusk, a mountain road at the junction of Changde and Yueyang, Hunan.

Lin Xiao sat on the jeep bumping all the way, and he looked at the surrounding environment from time to time.

At this time, a soldier in front of the team came towards Lin Xiao on horseback.

"Yu!"

The soldier jumped off his horse and hurried to the door of Lin Xiao's car.

"Reporting to the regiment, Commander Xue of the Ninth Theater Command has an urgent call!"

When Lin Xiao heard the telegram from the Ninth Theater Command, he immediately stopped the car.

"parking!"

Lin Xiao got out of the car, took the telegram and read it immediately.

Several subordinates not far away got out of the car together.

"Tuan Zuo, what did Commander Xue say in the telegram?"

The subordinates stood beside Lin Xiao and asked.

After reading the telegram, Lin frowned and said: "The Japanese army's three-way army is coming fiercely and marching very quickly. A Japanese army's vanguard has already hit Yueyang County, and the soldiers are pointing directly at the Chinese defenders on the north bank of the Xinqiang River .”

"What, group seat, the Japanese army is about to hit the Xinqiang River in Yueyang?!"

When the subordinates heard this, they all said in surprise.

The Xinqiang River is only more than 100 kilometers away from Changsha City. Once the Japanese troops attacked near the Xinqiang River, it would mean that Changsha City was approaching the city.

Xinqiang River is a defensive barrier of Changsha City.

Although troops were deployed on the north and south banks of the Xinqiang River, the Japanese army was coming fiercely. It is hard to predict whether the defenders can stop the Japanese attack.

Lin Xiao put down the telegram, and continued: "Mr. Xue called urgently, and asked our wild wolf regiment to rush to the Xinqiang River area within two days to assist the defenders in setting up defenses."

At this time, Mei Wenhua took out the map and said, "Tuan Zuo, our current location is at the junction of Changde and Yueyang. There are at least three hundred miles from our place to Xinqiang River."

"Our regiment's marching speed has reached its limit, how could it be possible to reach the vicinity of the Xinqiang River in two days..."

The devil's offensive is fast, and the task of the wild wolf group is also very difficult.

Even so, Lin Xiao still kept a calm head, thinking of emergency countermeasures.

Lin Xiao calmly thought for a while, and then said to his subordinates calmly: "Everyone, there have been many miracles in the history of war, just a little difficulty, there is nothing our wild wolf group can't do."

"Tuanzao is right, our wild wolf group can create miracles!!!"

The subordinates are very confident.

(End of this chapter)

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