Faced with the increasing number of ordinary people coming to help and condolences, the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army were both extremely moved and worried about them. They kept persuading them that the war was about to go to Changsha City, and asked them to evacuate and evacuate to the rear quickly!

However, these brave people said that they were not afraid and insisted on building city defense fortifications with the officers and soldiers, and insisted on leaving the city until the last moment.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese invading army attacked Changsha, Hengyang and other cities in a wild manner, and carried out inhumane massacres on innocent civilians in Changjiao and other places.

He launched outrageous bacterial and chemical warfares in Changde and other places, and bombed 70% of cities and counties in Xiaoxiang, killing more than 2.6 million ordinary people and destroying more than 900,000 houses.

Wherever the Japanese army went, they implemented the cruel "Three Lights" policy, burning, killing, looting, and raped women, and committing all kinds of evil deeds. Their sins are endless!

Faced with the fascist atrocities of the Japanese army, the people of Hunan stood up and bravely fought with the invaders, defending their country with flesh and blood, and wrote a heroic chapter of defending the enemy with their blood and life.

Hunan is located in the hinterland of central China, with a large population and rich resources, and a very important strategic position.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Hunan accelerated the construction of transportation networks on the one hand, and strengthened the development and support of strategic materials and the transportation of troops, becoming an important strategic rear base in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War.

"If the Chinese country dies, unless all the people in Hunan die."

Faced with the danger of the nation, the children of the three Hunan people shared the same hatred of the enemy and went to the national crisis together.

During the eight years of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Hunan recruited more than 2.1 million soldiers, making it the second largest exporter of troops in the country.

Before the Resistance Against Japan, Hunan's total population was more than 28 million, which means that one of the 14 Hunanese people on the battlefield on average.

"The wife sent her husband to the front line, the mother sent her son to the battlefield, and the father and son shared the battlefield with each other." This is a typical portrayal of the Hunanese during the War of Resistance Against Japan.

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After taking office as commander of the 10th Army again, Li Yutang could be said to be diligent and walking on thin ice. He soaked in various positions every day to check the quality and supervise the promotion.

In addition to making up his mind to avenge his previous shame, Li Yutang knew very well that the last time he was dismissed was actually the lightest punishment, and that time he almost lost his head.

Because the chairman shot a commander of the 10th Army in 1927, he shot Liao Lingqi, the commander of the 74th Army, in the second battle in Changsha not long ago.

Speaking of this generation of famous generals, it is really unfair to die.

At that time, the second battle of Xiangbei began, Liao Lingqi was taking leave to go to Ji'an to get married, so he took the opportunity to return to his hometown Qiyang to visit his relatives.

Deputy Division Commander Zhang Lingfu led his troops from Xinyu, Jiangxi to Changsha after thousands of years of hiking. However, he never thought that the Japanese invaders were divided into five places to force the Xinqiang River, and the 58th Division fell into an extremely unfavorable situation?

Liao Lingqi heard the news and drove to the troops on the way from Qiyang to catch up with the troops and followed the order to retreat to Liling on standby. The troops that were formerly stationed on the Xinxianghe line had already retreated to the southeast of Changsha according to the deployment of the commander-in-chief of the war zone, Xue Boling. The Japanese army took advantage of the opportunity to enter and occupy Changsha.

Under Liao Lingqi's command, although the 58th Division, which was fighting fiercely in the Laodao River, was besieged by the Japanese army, most of them were not surrounded and cut, and they were able to break out.

In such a harsh situation, the 58th Division can still ensure that most of them break through and retreat, and safe return is already the limit.

After the troops withdrew, Liao Lingqi did not withdraw to Liuyang area as ordered, but instead pulled the troops to Zhuzhou for training.

However, after the troops arrived in Zhuzhou, for some reason, Liao Lingqi did not stay in the army, but returned to his hometown in Qiyang to visit relatives.

This scene was unlucky and happened to be caught by a senior military chief on the train.

So in this way, Liao Lingqi took the troops to Zhuzhou at the forefront of the storm because he was not particular about his behavior, leaving people with a slight excuse, and for some reason he returned to his hometown to visit relatives, leaving people with a handle.

The result is conceivable that the 74th Army was defeated in the first battle of the Battle of Changsha.

If a big war is defeated, someone will always be responsible.

Liao Lingqi was quickly arrested, and everyone was eager to exonerate. Because Liao was the head of the chairman, they all wanted to see what the chairman did, so they took the blame.

Commander Xiao of the 26th Army, who had escaped many times, was not arrested or charged.

At the military meeting held that month, the performance of the 51st Division and 57th Division of the 74th Army were recognized in the early and later stages of the battle, and received a reward of 15,000 yuan in fiat currency and awarded the treasure-dial medals to Li Tianxia and two other division commanders.

Liao Lingqi, the commander of the 58th Division, was announced in public and executed for the crime of escape at the last battle.

Liao Lingqi was shot dead without being tried. He was the only Whampoa officer who was shot dead without being tried.

After Liao Lingqi was executed, four regiment leaders of the 58th Division resigned collectively to express their protest.

After Liao Lingqi was killed, he found three suicide notes in the cell where he was detained: one was written to his mother Liao Zhanglun, and asked her to handle the family affairs and not worry about him.

One letter was written to his newlywed wife Yang Shulan. He asked his wife to remarry and don't wait for him anymore;

The last letter was written to his cousin Chen Yaoting, asking him to calculate all the accounts and lists of the 58th Division and hand them over to the military headquarters without missing a single minute.

The three letters were finally handed over to the Chairman. When the Chairman saw this, he felt mixed feelings and immediately felt that he had killed Liao Lingqi by mistake.

So after investigation, the case was determined to be an unjust case, Liao Lingqi was buried in the "Nanyue Martyrs' Temple" as the fallen general was buried, and his family was awarded a "Classific of Honor" certificate and a one-time pension.

When the enemy is facing a nation's life and death, let alone ordinary soldiers, even the senior generals of the army commander are also wandering on the verge of life and death. If you are not careful, you will be doomed!

Whenever Li Yutang thinks of their ending, he feels chills and feels very stressed.

Li Yutang knew very well that he had "checked" with the chairman and had lost his favorable feelings. He could no longer withstand any failures on the battlefield.

Therefore, after accepting the task of defending the city, Li Yutang did not dare to slacken at all. As soon as he took office, he began to play the strengths of the graduates of the industrial school and concentrated on personally urging all combat units to strictly build the city defense fortifications.

Now for Li Yutang, only by fighting with his back can he live to death!

Li Yutang built three lines of defense with the Octagonal Pavilion as the center.

The first line of defense starts from Mayuanling at the north gate of Changsha to Monkey Stone, which is bordered by the Xiangjiang River, forming an arc-shaped copper wall surrounding Changsha, which is the outermost layer of Changsha city defense.

The second line of defense is located on Yiqiao, Zhongshan Road, east of Xiaowu Gate and north of the South Gate. With the help of the old city of Changsha, a strong barrier that is stronger than the first line is completely composed of steel and cement.

The third line of defense is the triangular core composed of Octagonal Pavilion, Tianxin Pavilion and Nanzheng Street.

Here, there are heavy troops gathered in groups of bunkers, which is an indestructible core and the last position for the 10th Army to survive and perish with Changsha City!

The three lines of defense are composed of open forts, secret forts, barbed wire, horse-rejecting, barricades, roadblocks, underground passages, etc., and are composed of carefully arranged shooting points to form a dense cross-fire network, blocking all major traffic arteries on the east, south and north sides of Changsha.

In terms of firepower configuration, it is also very luxurious, including light and heavy machine guns, anti-tank rocket launchers, war defense guns, anti-aircraft guns, and anti-aircraft guns. Even dozens of heavy equipment such as armored vehicles and Sherman tanks.

In addition, a large number of combat aircraft have been dispatched in Hunan to cooperate in combat, although
Chapter completed!