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Chapter 39: City Wing (1)

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    The proud Yokoyama Isamu looked at the battle map and circled the dots on it.  At this time, half of his battle plan had been completed, and the 116th Division was still the main force in the siege. The 120th Regiment was responsible for capturing the west gate, and the 109th Regiment was responsible for capturing the north gate;  The 65th Independent Infantry Brigade of the 8th Division and the 234th Regiment of the 40th Division, which had newly crossed the lake and came to support, jointly attacked the east of the city; finally, the 6th Regiment of the 3rd Division was responsible for crossing the Yuanjiang River from Deshan  , attacking the rear of the Changde defenders from the south.  The total strength exceeds 40,000, and Changde City is bound to be captured.

    At this time, all the outer positions of the 57th Division stationed in Changde were lost. Commander Luo had no choice but to recall all the troops outside the city back to the city, relying on the city wall to defend the city wholeheartedly.  And the city's defense system was redeployed.  Specifically, Zhang Xian's 169th Regiment is responsible for the right half of the city, that is, the eastern half, occupying the line from Yantu, Pailu, Xindi, Qiliqiao to Xiajiagang, excluding Xiajiagang;  Su Zhengtao's 170th Regiment was responsible for the left half of the city, that is, the western half, occupying the positions along the line of Xiajiagang, Shagang, Banpu City, Baima Temple, Chang'an Bridge, and Luolukou; with Qin Qishan's 170th Regiment  The first regiment serves as the garrison for the city wall, and the third battalion of the 170th regiment serves as the division reserve to guard the city.

    The four city gates of Changde, the north gate and the east gate, are controlled by Zhang Xian's 169th Regiment. Because Su Zhengtao's 170th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the Hesushan position, they only control the west gate.  The south gate facing Yuanjiang was guarded by Qin Qishan's 171st Regiment.

    In the early morning of November 24, the enemy's 116th Division was assembled and first launched an attack on the city side of Changde. Its 120th Regiment was in the west and the 109th Regiment was in the north. They came with great momentum.

    Changde is an old city with complete city walls. In the old days, the city was surrounded by city walls. The area inside the city wall was called the city, and the outside of the city wall was called the Xiang. In fact, there were often built outside the city wall.  Many dense residential areas are no less lively and prosperous than those in the city.

    The city wall of the ancient city of Changde is itself the strongest defense system.  Although it has long been far away from the battles in the ancient cold weapon era, from the perspective of modern warfare, the city wall cannot stop the ravages of artillery fire and iron hooves. It is just a decoration. Defending the city according to the wall has become a distant history. However, for Changde, the city wall is still  It was built extremely solidly, and the narrowest part was several feet wide. It was built entirely with masonry and cement, and it looked like a large fortress.  Not to mention that it can support modern artillery strikes, even large-caliber artillery may not be able to destroy it.  But it turns out that the people of Changde had painful memories, so they spent so much money on the city wall.  In history, the ancient city of Changde has been destroyed six times and rebuilt six times.  Among them, there was one in the Northern Song Dynasty, three in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and two more in the Republic of China.  The last two times occurred in the 15th year of the Republic of China, and once in the 17th year of the Republic of China. One was destroyed by the Northern Expedition, and the other was destroyed by the warlords' melee in Hunan and Guangxi.

    The enemy's 116th Division focused on attacking the North Gate and West Gate of Changde. Zhang Xian's 169th Regiment and Su Zhengtao's 170th Regiment immediately entered into a fierce battle.

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    Sun Zhong and Guo Wan were anxious in Enshi at this time. Changde had been heavily surrounded by enemy troops. In addition to exchanging telegrams, the 57th Division had lost land contact.  At this time, the troops in the Sixth Theater were advancing slowly towards Changde, and it was impossible to realize the pre-war strategy and encircle the enemy in a short time.  Although the 10th Army has added an 18th Army, the enemy's 39th Division lies on the bank of the Lishui River, and the two sides are entangled. It will take some time to encircle them from the north of Changde;  Wang Hui, who was encircling Changde in the south, led the 74th Army, the 100th Army, and the newly defeated 73rd Army, were blocked by the enemy's 13th Division. The two sides were in a stalemate, and the battle was extremely fierce; while the original 73rd Army  Of the 29th Army on the front line, only a few remnants of the 44th Army were left at this time. Some of them crossed the Yuan River and consolidated in the area east of Taoyuan, while the other remained at Taiyang Mountain north of Changde.  , In addition, Wang Zuanxu wanted to save his only Sichuan army, so he could only protect himself and had no power to fight back.  To the north of the Yangtze River, although there were still two army groups attacking Dangyang Yichang, the plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao was ineffective. It was obviously too late to move across the river at this time.  Jiang Fangjun has already mobilized an 18th Army, and there is no team that can be mobilized. The entire Sixth War Zone has no troops available at this time.

    Of course, the Military Commission is also aware of the difficulties of the Sixth War Zone, and it can only keep silent about the heavy losses suffered by the previous blind command. Since the 18th, it has been urgently calling the Fifth War Zone and the Ninth War Zone, asking these two  The theater gave firm support, especially to the Ninth Theater. Because it was very close to Changde, the task of relieving the 57th Division of Changde was specifically assigned to the Ninth Theater.  The commander-in-chief of the fifth theater is famousbsp; Amidst the fierce artillery fire, white smoke rose up, and the choking and spicy smell almost knocked Zhang Xian down. He coughed violently and quickly covered his mouth and nose with the towel around his neck.  Needless to say, the Japanese's conventional artillery shells were also mixed with poison gas bombs. This was not the first time he had experienced these tear gases.

    Zhang Xian staggered down to the city and saw that his soldiers were also covering their faces with wet towels and hiding behind bunkers to avoid wind and smoke.  Even so, several soldiers unfortunately fell to the ground and fainted from the enemy's poisonous gas.  Fortunately, I discovered it early, otherwise, the damage would have been even greater.

    "Someone come quickly and carry these wounded soldiers back to the city! Ahem!" Zhang Xian quickly ordered. He knew that if these fainted soldiers were exposed to the poisonous gas for a long time, they would definitely die.  Immediately, several soldiers took their comrades and retreated to the city.

    Amid the rumbling artillery fire, Chang Liqiang came to Zhang Xian's side and loudly suggested to Zhang Xian: "Captain, the enemy will attack immediately after releasing the poison gas. I think we should retreat to the city."

    Zhang Xian thought for a moment, nodded, and said: "Okay, you bury the mines, and we will withdraw to the north gate immediately!"

    "Yes!" Chang Liqiang agreed, and led his men to brave the sparse enemy artillery fire and lay mines at various intersections. Once the enemy's artillery fire stopped, it meant that their attack was about to start again.  .  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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