I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 680 The Third Battle of Changsha Begins

With this article by the commander of the Ninth War Zone, the prestige of the commander of the 11th Army of Japan soared.

This also enabled him to establish absolute authority in the 11th Army, and the Japanese obeyed his orders.

Song Wenwan: Haha, the more obedient you are now, the faster you will die in the future!

In mid-December 1941, the Japanese army began to take action in the direction of Yueyang, Hunan.

The 11th Army of Japan gathered its forces in order to provide support to the 23rd Army when attacking Hong Kong.

It was also to make adequate preparations for the third Battle of Changsha.

Anan is now very arrogant. He unilaterally limits the combat time to about two weeks.

Therefore, the rations and ammunition he provided to the Japanese combat troops were just enough for three weeks.

In his opinion, one more week of preparation would be enough.

The Japanese army’s rations were very easy to solve. If they ran out of food, they could rob the Chinese people.

Ammunition was also easy to deal with. In his mind, it was not very difficult to deal with the under-equipped Chinese army.

In ten days at most, they will be able to capture Changsha.

I have already prepared nearly twenty days' worth of ammunition for the troops, which is more than enough.

This time, Anan and several members of the 11th Army were used in the battle in Changsha, and there were quite a few of them.

There are the 3rd, 6th, and 40th Divisions, as well as the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade.

As well as the Ze Detachment, Noguchi Detachment, and Sozono Detachment, the 1st Flying Regiment carried out supporting operations.

At the same time, orders were issued to the 34th Division and the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Nanchang.

Attack Shanggao, Xiushui and other places in northern Jiangxi.

This was to support the Japanese 11th Army's attack on the National Army in northern Hunan.

On December 23, the Japanese 40th Division launched the first wave of attacks in the Battle of Changsha, and the third Battle of Changsha began.

The Japanese's 40th Division once sent a regiment to participate in the Nanjing Massacre of civilians.

Song Wenwan also paid close attention to the actions of this unit in Xiangbei.

During the third Changsha Battle on Earth that year, the Ninth War Zone reported 50,000 J-1s.

The Japanese reported that there were 1,500 casualties. The numbers reported by the two sides were very different.

Song Wenwan just didn't believe it. After fighting for twenty days, the Japanese had run out of bullets and food, but there were only about 1,500 casualties. Who was he trying to fool?

Song Wenwan used the old method again this time, gathering them together and annihilating them.

Once I have wiped you out, you will naturally be gone too, and the number of casualties on our side will be artificially manipulated.

When the 40th Division first started, they were in a very relaxed mood.

On that day, part of the Japanese 40th Division launched an attack on the positions south of the Yougang River defended by the National Army's 20th Army.

The 40th Division believed that relying on the Japanese army's great military achievements in the international arena.

They could easily take down this small Yougang River position in one fell swoop.

Who knew that they were wrong this time. They didn't expect that the national army here would be so difficult to deal with.

It started to drizzle in the morning.

In this kind of weather, no matter you are defending or attacking, you will feel irritable.

The artillery regiment of the Japanese 40th Division showed its importance to the river crossing operation.

An artillery battalion was specially dispatched to assist them in the battle.

This artillery battalion stopped shelling after ten minutes of artillery preparation.

"Puff, puff..."

As the inflatable rubber boat was pushed into the water by the Japanese, the first wave of attack by the Japanese infantry began.

The Japanese' attack this time was somewhat casual because they had already seen the hope of victory.

Because many Kuomintang soldiers were jumping out of the trenches and fleeing to the second trench behind.

Wait until the first wave of attack squadrons occupied the trenches abandoned by the Kuomintang army.

The main force of the subsequent battalion also began to cross the river, and the Japanese artillery battalion commander was very proud.

As soon as they saw that the work here was done, they began to advance the artillery units.

They planned to wait until all the Japanese infantry crossed the river before crossing the river to set up artillery positions.

Just as everyone was soaking in the increasingly heavy rain.

When I thought I could complete the task in a few days, something unexpected happened.

The Japanese already had quite a few soldiers in the National Army's trenches.

The captain of this infantry battalion has already crossed the river with his battalion.

At the same time, two Japanese infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron also entered the Kuomintang trenches.

"Boom boom boom..."

Following a loud explosion, violent flames broke out in the trenches abandoned by the Nationalist Army.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers continued to cross the Yougang River.

The soldiers from the artillery battalion all stared with their mouths wide open in amazement.

They had already realized that they had been tricked by the Nationalist Army, and that the Nationalist soldiers who had come before were not running away at all.

They had buried high explosives in the trenches in advance.

After the Japanese soldiers entered the trenches, they detonated the preset explosives.

The Japanese artillery captain who stayed on the other side of the river muttered to himself as he looked at the tragic scene in the trench opposite.

"It's all over. More than 800 warriors of the Empire died at the hands of the Chinese army."

The explosion in the trench just now was so powerful that all the Japanese there were killed.

There were still quite a few Japanese soldiers crossing the river, and many of them were using rubber boats.

They were all overturned into the Yougang River by the shock wave of the explosion of the explosive packs.

When they saw that there was no hope of crossing the river, they could only start rowing back.

The Japanese artillery battalion commander looked at the retreating soldier with contempt.

He said, "What a bunch of cowards! They sent a telegram to the commander of the infantry regiment behind them, saying that the ones in front..."

Just as he was thinking about how to report to the commander behind him, a strange whistling sound came to his ears.

The artillery battalion commander, who had extensive combat experience, immediately understood.

This is the sound of artillery shells firing, and a large number of them.

The Japanese artillery battalion commander could even hear the whistling sound of the Empire Type 41 field gun.

There were at least ten such field guns, firing shells at them.

However, the artillery position of this Type 41 field gun was on the other side of the Kuomintang position.

At this time, the captain of the Japanese artillery knew that they had been tricked by the Chinese army.

The enemy not only set up explosives here to deal with the infantry crossing the river.

They also set up artillery positions for themselves, and once their artillery battalion arrived at the ferry, they would immediately launch an artillery attack on themselves.

"Avoid the artillery..."

The Japanese captain only had time to shout "avoid the artillery fire".

The position of his artillery battalion was overwhelmed by the Kuomintang's artillery shells.

What followed was one, two...five rounds of artillery fire by the Kuomintang artillery units.

The artillery battalion on the river bank had been completely turned into pieces and scattered everywhere.

The infantry squadron rowing back in the Yougang River.

They were also forced to stay off the riverbank by the shock waves from the Kuomintang's artillery shells.

Several more shells hit the river, knocking many Japanese soldiers who were crossing the river into the river.

This scene stunned all the Kuomintang soldiers who rushed up from the rear positions.

The Japanese infantry battalion that had just crossed the river had been bombed to the point where only a few were left.

The Japanese artillery battalion was also blown to ashes by the National Army's own artillery units.

When did our national army become so powerful?