The stream clouds are rising and sunny sunken, and the storm is coming and the wind fills the building

What should come will always come.

In the early morning of January 22, just as the sky was dawn, Japanese bombers flew over Lujiao Town, Xinqiang Town and Yanglin Town to launch a large-scale bombing on the Xinqiang River defense line of the 27th Army.

The Japanese artillery troops were not idle either. Taking advantage of the crazy raging air force on the national positions, they also set up a formation to launch high-intensity artillery bombardment on the south bank.

At the same time, the Japanese army on the north bank of Xinyun River took the 3rd Division as the vanguard, and in the order of the 4th Division, the 13th Division, and independent 14th Brigade, were ready to attack the Xinyun River defense line in a comprehensive manner.

The weather suddenly began to change last night. In the middle of the night, it started to drizzle in the sky, and then it turned into sleet. In the early morning, the temperature suddenly dropped below zero.

However, the Japanese army, who had been planning for a long time, would not change their combat plans due to weather reasons. So on such an extremely cold winter morning, the third Battle of Changsha started in Xinqiang River.

Xinqian River belongs to the Dongting Lake water system, known as "weishui" in ancient times. Later, it was named after Xinqian Town lower reaches of the south bank. It passes through Pingjiang, Linxiang, and Yueyang. It is 108 kilometers long. Along this surging river, rice grains that feed life are planted and flourishing the endless dreams of the soul. It is the mother river in northern Hunan.

Because during the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was famous both at home and abroad as the frontier battlefield of the four Changsha Battles, and is known as the "Oriental Maginot Line of Defense".

The same is true for the current time and space. The first two battles in Changsha were both strong and Xinqiang River attacked, and finally retreated from here to the occupied area. The third battle in Changsha was also launched from here to Xinqiang River.

However, the current third battle in Changsha is very different from the previous two battles in Changsha.

In the first two battles in Changsha, the 11th Japanese Army was limited to insufficient troops, and its ultimate strategic intention was to eliminate the living forces in the 9th War Zone and occupy Changsha City.

And this time, it is no longer just a simple battle for Changsha.

This time, the Japanese army mobilized heavy troops, with two main attack routes, and used the technique of combining two arms to attack Hunan.

The Japanese army's main attack direction was still starting from Yueyang, and the Bingfeng pointed directly to Changsha, Hunan.

The offensive strategy of this route was to gather heavy troops to forcibly break through the Xinjiang River defense line, annihilate the Kuomintang troops guarding Lujiao, Xinjiang, Yanglin and other places, and also send a side division to detour to attack Gemen, Laixi Factory, and Zhajin, and circumvent the heavy defense group of the National Army south of Yueyang from the side.

The other way is to set out in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and go through Xinyu, Yichun and other places, launching attacks on Pingxiang, Liling and other places, with the targets directly targeting Zhuzhou and Xiangtan areas in Hunan.

The intention of this journey is very obvious, which is to form a strategic siege on the main forces of the 9th War Zone, and to provide a devastating blow to the 9th War Zone while conquering Changsha, thereby opening the eastern gateway to attack Guizhou and Sichuan!

With the strength and bargaining chips in hand, Anan Weiji's strategic concept is indeed good, and it is also very threatening and executable. Therefore, the 9th War Zone also faces unprecedented survival pressure.

However, there is a saying that good fortune is hidden by misfortune, and misfortune depends on good fortune. For the 9th War Zone, such a war situation is of great threat to the terror of disaster, but also has an excellent opportunity to create a miracle of war in one fell swoop.

Because in this battle against Changsha, the Chinese army, in addition to the more than 300,000 troops in the 9th War Zone that had been supplemented by a large amount of US equipment, also had 100,000 Chinese Tiger Army who were rushing to rescue at full speed, and more than 200,000 expeditionary troops who had retreated from Myanmar and entered Hunan.

Compared with the second-tier units of the Japanese Kwantung Army, these 300,000 powerful reinforcements have even more combat effectiveness.

The truly old-fashioned elite troops of the Kwantung Army had been eaten by Yang Fan in the Myanmar War Zone. In addition, the relatively elite part was mainly concentrated in Hebei to confront the Hu Ben Army.

This time, the Kwantung Army troops who were transferred to reinforce the 11th Army were the smallest ones starting from 57, and most of them were the second-tier troops with numbers 60-80!

Therefore, as long as it is operated well, the "Tianlu Tactics" formulated by Xue Boling can exert unimaginable power, thereby staged an epic victory.

Front Command of the 27th Army of Guanwangqiao.

Standing at the door and facing the cold wind, Yang Hanyu subconsciously tightened his military uniform, and then looked up at the distance, and saw a group of small black dots raging wildly over his own position.

Listening to the roar of motors and the whistling of bombs above his head, Yang Hanyu looked ugly, and turned his head to complain to Yang Zihui, deputy commander of the Ninth War Zone:

"What are you kidding Xue Boling? Let's hold our army on the front line for 10 days. It's better to drag our army to attack Wuhan. Maybe we can make great contributions!"

Yang Hanyu, from Guang'an, Sichuan, has always served in the Sichuan Army and served as the commander of the 20th Army in 1938.

At this time, the position of the Xinqianghe National Army that the Japanese army attacked was the Xinqianghe defense line from the area between Lujiao Town and Xinqiang Town, which the 20th Army was stationed.

Although the 20th Army had added a large amount of weapons and equipment and ammunition before this, the entire army had only two divisions, and the weapons and equipment and military qualities were not comparable to the elite main force of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

However, the army's mission was very arduous. Xue Boling asked their army to stick to the defense line for 10 days before they could transfer positions.

Judging from the large number of troops gathered by the Japanese army on the north bank of the river, Yang Hanyu knew that it was basically impossible to hold on for 10 days with the two divisions in his hands.

Now, the 11th Army of the Japanese army has concentrated its main elite forces to attack the 20th Army first. It would be strange if the Yang Han Dynasty did not complain.

In addition, Yang Zihuichuan, the commander of the 27th Army, was his uncle, so Yang Hanyu had no scruples when speaking.

Hearing this, Yang Zihui waved her hand and said, "Okay, don't tell me these nonsense. When the national crisis is in the face of national crisis, soldiers should go to the national crisis with pride. Chief Xue's orders must be implemented resolutely and there must be no sloppy!

Chief Xue is playing a big game of chess, and every piece must play its full role!"

The 20th Army was his starting unit. How could Yang Zihui want the 20th Army to fight for his life like this?

With the full attack of the 11th Army of the Japanese, defending for 10 days, even if Yang Zihui uses his feet, he knows that the 20th Army will definitely suffer a severe blow or even a catastrophe.

But so what?

Facing a total of 500,000 Japanese attacking troops, we must fight to the end, not just the 27th Army on the front line?

"I know!"

Yang Hanyu nodded in depressed mood. Even though he complained, the order must be implemented. He can only do it even though he knew it was impossible and did everything he could to do it, just to be ashamed of his heart!
Chapter completed!