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Chapter 38 Peripheral (3)

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    Roda looked at the map of Changde with a sinking face. At this time, the enemy had appeared in the west, east and north of Changde. The fighting was particularly fierce in the direction of Hesu Mountain and Huangtu Mountain in the west. The fortifications there were strong and they should be able to withstand it.  One to two days.  Across the Yuanjiang River in the south is Deshan Town. This Deshan Town is also the gateway to the south of Changde. Changde's specialty Deshan Daqu Liquor comes from there. In Hunan, there is still such a famous couplet: "Changde Deshan Mountain has  "De, there is no sand in the sand wells of Changsha" refers to this Deshan.  The enemy's 68th Division has already entered Hanshou. It only needs to walk another sixty miles westward along the river to reach Deshan Town.  Needless to say, the Japanese army will definitely capture Deshan. If Deshan is lost at this time, Changde's only channel to the outside world will be blocked, and Changde will truly become an isolated city under siege.

    At this time, as the top general protecting Changde, Roda felt the heavy burden on his shoulders.  The commission's instructions have clearly required the 57th Division to coexist and die with Changde City. In other words, if Changde City is lost, then he can only take the path of Cheng Ren.  He suddenly remembered Hu Congjun. When Hu Congjun led the 11th Division to take over the task of defending Shipai Fortress, it was also such a death order, but in the end they all did it and won the final victory of the battle.  And today, it was so similar to last time.

    The telegraph operator came in with a telegram from Commander Sun of the war zone. The content of the telegram asked him how long he could defend Changde. It seemed that in Sun Zhong's eyes, Changde could not be defended, so he sent such a telegram.  Roda hesitated for a moment, then immediately drafted a reply and told Sun Zhong that as long as Roda was still alive, he would lead the 57th Division to fight until the last moment, and he would be benevolent if he failed.  Soon, the radio operator got back a call from Sun Zhong, telling him that the war zone was being deployed and reinforcements from all walks of life were arriving. As long as the 57th Division could hold on for another ten days and attract the enemy's main force under Changde City, then  The various troops in the theater can be deployed in place to form a counter-encirclement of the enemy. At that time, they can cooperate with the 57th Division internally and externally to annihilate the enemy in and around Changde, realizing the counterattack plan drawn up before the war.  Roda once again drafted a message and told Commander Sun to rest assured that the 57th Division would resolutely complete this task.

    The phone rang eagerly. Roda took the phone from the operator. A call came from Qin Qishan, the commander of the 171st Regiment at the South Gate, but told him very bad news. The enemy's 68th Division  The regiment's forward has arrived at Deshan Town and is engaged in a fierce battle with the 188th Regiment of the 63rd Division of the 100th Army stationed here. The 188th Regiment was assigned to the 57th Division at this time according to the order of the commander of the theater.  The 188th Regiment could not withstand the enemy's attack. After all, the regiment leader Deng Guang was not from the 74th Army. He did not want his troops to be wiped out, so he decided to withdraw from Deshan without authorization.

    When Roda heard the news, he immediately became angry. How could someone be so selfish after this time? If the 57th Division was finished, then the entire battle would be lost.  The loss of Deshan meant that the 57th Division was cut off from its retreat.  At that moment, he urgently ordered Qin Qishan to dispatch a battalion across the river to Deshan to take over the defense. He was still worried and called the regiment headquarters of the 169th Regiment at the north gate. At this time, Zhang Xian was not at the regiment headquarters, so he directly dispatched  The mobile 8th Company of Sima Yun's 3rd Battalion rushed to Deshan, hoping to take advantage of the solid fortifications built previously and delay the enemy's rapid encirclement.  Therefore, Sima Yun personally led the eighth company to increase troops in Deshan.

    Until all these generals were sent down, he sent a telegram to Deng Guang, commander of the 188th Regiment, to defend Deshan to ensure the safety of the south of Changde, otherwise the general would not be able to do anything.  Unexpectedly, Commander Deng did not accept this trick. He called back and said that he had led his troops to the direction of Doumu Lake to the west of Deshan, preparing to move closer to the 100th Army.  Roda was so angry that he almost smashed the table and telegraphed Enshi Commander Sun that the 188th Regiment had abandoned Deshan without authorization and Changde was surrounded by the enemy.

    It was not until night that Roda received news from Sima Yun that the 8th Company of the 169th Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 71st Regiment had captured Deshan and driven the enemy forward out of the town.  However, it was obvious that a steady stream of additional troops were coming from behind and the enemy had begun to fight in Deshan.

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    On November 23, a cold wave came from the north, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the bitter winter wind howled from the north to the south of the Yangtze River, and the whole country was in a state of chill.

    Early in the morning, the enemy launched an attack on the Loess Mountain position. It was still a fierce artillery fire, followed by an infantry charge. It was an old-fashioned tactic, but it was the simplest and most effective combat method.

    Relatively speaking, the Japanese did not have any advanced tactics in recent years, and used many fewer tanks in the early days of the War of Resistance. Due to limited resources, even the scattered tanks could only be scattered among the infantry, and they had basically no effect.  At the same time, for China, thanks to the assistance of the US military, it has made breakthroughs in combat weapons, and tanks have also appeared in the national army.Brother, there are only about thirty people left who retreated.  However, precisely because of this battle, the enemy's main attacking 116th Division suffered heavy losses, with thousands of corpses in this formation.

    The Hesushan position was broken through by the enemy, and the Huangtushan position was in danger.

    Zhang Xian knew very well that the situation was unfavorable. If he did not retreat, he and Chang Liqiang's battalion would be surrounded by the enemy.  After asking Roda for instructions, he finally had no choice but to withdraw from Loess Mountain.

    When Zhang Xian was retreating, in order to avoid being bitten by the enemy, he deployed layers of defenses along the Yanqiaozi and Zhugentan lines. The enemy's pursuit troops made a cone-shaped assault in a dense formation, charging six times and finally breaking through the defense line.  .  Zhang Xian and Chang Liqiang retreated to the front lines of Zhuo'an Bridge, Banpu City and Shagang, and once again deployed their defenses, delaying the enemy until late at night.

    Deshan, south of Changde, also suffered a fierce attack from the enemy's 68th Division on this day. The enemy's Toda detachment had more than 4,000 men, equivalent to ten times the strength of the defender Sima Yun, and besieged it from three directions.  Coming here, the two sides fought from morning to late at night. After several battles, the positions were lost bit by bit. In the end, due to being outnumbered, all positions were lost and captured by the enemy.  During the battle, the commander of the second battalion of the 171st Regiment died in battle. Of the more than 500 defenders, under the leadership of Sima Yun, only 100 broke through the enemy's encirclement, crossed the Yuanjiang River, and returned to Changde  The rest of the people in the city died heroically.

    At this point, Changde lost its only channel with the outside world, and external communications were completely interrupted.

    Yokoyama Isamu finally achieved part of his combat goals and successfully completed the encirclement of Changde City.  If Changde is captured in one fell swoop, it will bring a perfect end to his military campaign.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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