Yokoyama Yong is full of ambition, and the enemy is at the gates of Changde. Yu Chengwan is determined to fight to the death. Japanese planes and artillery used poison gas at all costs, Yu Chengwan carefully built fortifications to calmly fight back, and Changde was beaten everywhere inside and outside the city. Yu Chengwan stayed in Changde for half a month.

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According to the pre-war assumption, after the Japanese army successfully mobilized China troops in the periphery of Changde, it was invincible all the way and quickly surrounded Changde City. Then, Yokoyama Yong hoped that nearly 50,000 Japanese troops easily captured the city with only 8,000 defenders and won the battle. However, he didn't expect that the battle at the gates of Changde was 16 days, and it took only 13 days for the Japanese army to start from Wuhan and hit the gates of Changde.

Yu Chengwan was ordered to enter Changde City 165438 on June 5th. When he received the task, he had a hunch that the next bloody battle in Changde City was inevitable. He is one of the few highly educated generals in the Kuomintang army. After leading the troops, he still kept the habit of reading books and studying war cases. He is also very familiar with the "Sky-furnace War". The staff who once put forward the concept of "Sky-furnace War" with Xue Yue had an in-depth discussion and were very aware of the defects of the method of Sky-furnace War.

Yu Chengwan has always been puzzled by the deployment of troops guarding the city in Changde: If Changde is the bait set by the Japanese army in this "Heavenly Furnace" war, why not deploy only one 57th division instead of two armies, just like guarding Changsha? In this way, once the national army's "Heavenly Furnace" formation fails or is broken, then his sweet bait may really be swallowed by the Japanese army, so that "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" will become the center of the enemy.

However, Yu Chengwan was just a teacher, unable to give advice on the whole battle, so he had to obey orders, so he built Changde into a huge fortress with strong firepower.

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The 57th Division completed the evacuation of the masses in a short limited time, and then dug bunkers and bunkers and skirmisher lines within the city walls. The three city gates used earth bags and sandbags to form light and heavy machine gun positions, and the towers were reinforced into bunkers, forming a double-layer barrage. At intersections inside and outside the city, cement bunkers will be built, bunkers will be built under houses, and multi-level barbed wire will be laid for street fighting.

The division command post is located in the reinforced concrete basement of Xinjiekou Central Bank. A bunker room was built under the back wall of the Confucian Temple near the command post as a battlefield ambulance hospital.

Moreover, the artillery of the 57th Division is far more than the general divisions of the Kuomintang. This is the trump card of the Kuomintang army-the consistent strong firepower allocation of the 74 th Army.

Followed by the northeast suburb of Changde City, the northwest suburb of Changde City, lakes and harbors criss-cross, dams and other favorable terrain when building fortifications, and build a large number of bunkers, hidden castles and foxholes. The lonely peak of Deshan River is pulled up, and the terrain is dangerous, overlooking the commanding heights of Changde City. Unfortunately, it was lost before the war.

165438+1October13rd, Yu Chengwan inspected the city. On the loess hill outside the north gate, he drank wine with everyone, and then pointed to the hill under his feet and said, "I am willing to exchange my death for Changde's life." If I die, please bury my bones here! "

165438+1October 18, in the early morning mist, several motorboats "chug" appeared in front of the China army in the west Dongting Lake. The blood-red sun on the ship clearly shows that the Japanese army fired the first shot to attack Changde City from here. The Japanese army that attacked them soon discovered that the defenders here were not the same as the China army they had defeated before. They are calm, accurate in shooting and fierce in firepower.

Wu Yun, the platoon leader who was guarding here, rose up to resist, and a machine gun and an infantry gun fought back fiercely, killing and injuring more than 30 enemies and sinking 7 enemy motorboats. The Japanese army retreated.

The Japanese army soon discovered that the opponent in this campaign was far from being comparable to other Japanese troops encountered in previous peripheral battles. They built the whole Changde city into a huge fortress with strong firepower, skillful tactics and tenacious style. This is one of the most defensive troops in the national army. In all previous battles, the 57th Division often served as the most difficult task, whether it was an siege war or a post-war war.

At about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, more than 500 enemy troops, with more than 10 guns, violently attacked the position of Tujiahu. The fortifications of the national army were completely destroyed and platoon leader Wu was injured, but he continued to resist. Fortunately, the nearby defenders rushed to reinforce, but they were outnumbered. Had to retreat to worship and peace. The enemy followed closely, and Li, the platoon leader, stuffed a cluster Grenade under the enemy tank and blew up its track.

The next day, after receiving direct instructions from Chiang Kai-shek, the defenders became more determined and more excited.

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From165438+1October 18, the daily German defense war started in Tujia Lake, and the Japanese army did not really reach the gate of Changde until five days later. During this period, the Japanese army has been pinned down by the defenders of China in the outer suburbs of Changde.

In Huang Tu and Huangmuguan, the Japanese army is struggling. However, because virtue and goodness were defeated without fighting, the national army was very passive Even so, it is a life-and-death battle. The Japanese army was condescending, and it occupied the position of the national army after completely blowing it up with heavy artillery, and the national army guarding the position always lived and died with the position until the last person.

Shizai,165438+1On the afternoon of October 22nd, four Japanese artillery pieces were moved to Jianjiagang, Guanbei, Huang Mu, where they bombarded the Huangmuguan National Army position for one and a half hours. Almost every minute, a shell exploded before and after the command post. Looking out from the command post, the smoke on the ground swelled up and piled up a foggy mountain. It is impossible to see further in the fog except for the fire.

Finally, the brothers in other places outside the city only saw a persistent smoke rising after the Japanese artillery attack aimed at the Huang Mu Pass. After the smoke slowly dispersed, nothing could be seen except powdery soil. ...

When Chai Yi, the new head of the 169 regiment, rushed to reinforce with a company of troops and equipped with sufficient ammunition, he only saw smoke.

Watching silently, without saying a word. Because the Deng Xianfeng 1 18 regiment guarding Deshan fled under the chicken feet, none of the Huang Mu Guanshoujun 1 battalion survived, which was the darkest scene of Changde's engagement with China's army.

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In the documentary novel Long Live Tiger Ben, Zhang Henshui also described such a story: on the northern line of Changsheng Bridge, the garrison troops of Guojun 170 Regiment 1 Battalion. After repelling several attacks by the Japanese 109 United Front, only a dozen troops were left in the end. Li Shaoxuan, the deputy battalion commander, with the last dozen brothers, repeatedly fought and lost with the Japanese army. By the time the Japanese army charged for the fourth time, more than 50 people had come. There are only six people left in Li Shaoxuan's department. When the enemy approached, he jumped out and rushed to the enemy leader. During the impact trip, several Japanese military bayonets stopped him, and he was stabbed five times in the thigh and back, but he did not fall down with amazing perseverance and still rushed to the sergeant. The man and the gun rushed forward together and plunged the bayonet into Cao's shoulder.

Both of them fell to the ground, and Li Shaoxuan was afraid that the other would not die. He threw away the gun, made room, and pinched the sergeant's neck tightly. The Japanese soldiers around were shocked and woke up and shot Li Shaoxuan with a gun. Li Shaoxuan was covered in blood. Most importantly, he took a long breath and let go. The sergeant also died under him. Three of the five brothers of the national army hiding on the levee still found their enemies and mutually assured destruction. ...

(To be continued)