An hour later, all the defenses around Zhuzhou City had been completely blown to ashes.The devils hurriedly retreated into the city, squeezing this small mountain town into full water, and the main road was full of Japanese trucks, artillery and all kinds of supplies, mixed with a large number of devils who were ready to flee for their lives.Yang Jihong looked at his watch and said to the officers beside him: "Inform the Fifth Division and the Sixth Division, they can attack" "In addition, as soon as they attack, our artillery fire will immediately weaken" Yang Jihong ordered, he didn't want the artillery to blow up his own people.Under the cover of artillery, the 5th and 6th Divisions launched a general attack and rushed towards Zhuzhou, which was surrounded by artillery fire.Just as they were about to approach Zhuzhou, the roaring artillery suddenly disappeared, leaving only Zhuzhou City, which was shaking in the smoke of gunpowder.The officers and men of the Fifth and Sixth Divisions rushed through the thick smoke of the beacon fires, let out earth-shaking shouts of killing, and rushed towards Zhuzhou City.Without much fierce fighting, the forces of the two divisions attacked Zhuzhou City from three sides.All the defensive positions outside the city have long since disappeared, and some of the defensive systems inside the city have also disappeared during the bombardment.The devils in the city looked at the People's Liberation Army that had entered the city like a flood, and they lost their combat effectiveness at the first time.The puppet army was the first to surrender, and still ran and rushed towards the PLA, kneeling on the side of the road from a distance, throwing away the gun in his hand, raising his hands and wailing in surrender.The officers and soldiers of the two divisions did not bother to look at these puppet troops at all, and ran directly past them.They really know the faces of these puppet soldiers too well, they are some masters who bully the weak and fear the hard.When it comes to life and death crises, they can abandon all dignity and just survive.Therefore, the faces they are exposed at this moment are also reasonable, and the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army have long been surprised.The devils were squeezed into the middle of the city, and after determining that there was no way out, Shibata Osa immediately ordered the entire army to surrender unconditionally.Kidding aside, he only has the strength of a wing, and he is still a crippled wing with only about 5,000 men.With this kind of strength against two divisions of the People's Liberation Army, his brain has not burned out, and besides, he is not a fanatical militarist, so there is no need to serve the emperor.Zhuzhou was quickly liberated, and more than 5,000 Japanese troops plus more than 3,000 puppet troops surrendered en masse, and the 5th and 6th divisions did not even fire a single shot.The two division commanders immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters of the group army in Hengyang, asking for instructions on the next combat action.After receiving the telegram, Gao Dong immediately ordered to liberate Xiangtan immediately, and the two division commanders who received the order without delay had a little discussion with Yang Jihong, leaving a regiment of troops here to maintain order and guard the prisoners.The remaining troops immediately set off at full speed and advanced in the direction of Xiangtan.At this moment, the news of the liberation of Zhuzhou immediately reached the ears of Okamura Ningji in Changsha.Okamura Ninji thought he was having auditory hallucinations, and after letting his subordinates say it three times, he believed that all this had indeed happened."
This, how is this possible" Okamura Ningji's face was full of disbelief, and muttered: "Impossible, impossible, how can this happen" "Didn't they fly over, didn't they just take Hengyang, don't they need to be reorganized there" Although Okamura Ningji was sure that the other party had taken Zhuzhou, he still couldn't figure out these key links.Breaking his head, he couldn't imagine that Gao Dong actually divided his troops and advanced, and the two prongs were carried out at the same time."
Your Excellency Commander, please hurry up and make a decision, the troops of the Zhina people are advancing towards Xiangtan, as long as they take Xiangtan, Changsha will be in danger" A staff officer couldn't help but remind loudly when he saw Okamura Ningji in a daze."
Your Excellency Commander, Your Excellency Commander, you have to cheer up" Seeing that Okamura Ninji was still unconscious, the Chief of Staff couldn't help but yell.Okamura Ninji was shocked and woke up from his trance.Although he still couldn't understand why the People's Liberation Army suddenly came to Zhuzhou.But now all this is no longer important, the important thing is that Changsha is in danger, his command is in danger, his entire army is in danger.Okamura Ningji calmed down and immediately asked: "How many troops are there from the Shina, and how is the firepower?"
A staff officer immediately replied: "Zhuzhou was taken by them in just over an hour, and all our troops were wiped out.According to those who escaped before, the PLA is menacing, overwhelming, and there are countless artillery pieces.It should be, it's their main force that has arrived" "Is it really the main force" Okamura Ninji swallowed his saliva fiercely.If a small force of the People's Liberation Army comes, he will still have time to slowly withdraw.But if the main force of the other party comes, it must flee quickly, otherwise it will really be flanked by the front and rear and surrounded in the Changsha area.Thinking of this, Okamura Ninji didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately gathered all his subordinates and urgently convened a military meeting.Soon, Okamura gathered all the major officers under his command.He didn't talk nonsense, and immediately told the whole story of the current situation.The devils under him immediately understood, and everyone's eyes were full of panic, and they looked at Okamura Ningji deadly."
Everyone, the current situation is tense, and the plans we used before seem to be unworkable now" Okamura Ninji frowned and said: "Now readjust and deploy the troops on the front line, the troops in the Changde area, and launch an attack on the national army, creating a false appearance." ”"The troops in the Huaihua area, immediately retreat overnight, before retreating, first launched an artillery bombardment on the national army, confusing the national army, and preventing them from pursuing us" "Then when the Huaihua troops arrived in the Changsha area, Changde's troops also immediately began to retreat, and all of them withdrew in the direction of Jiangxi" Okamura Ningji paused, and then said: "As for us, we will evacuate today, all of them will be withdrawn to Jiangxi, and our troops will already meet on the road" As soon as they heard that Changsha's troops were the first to evacuate, all the devils breathed a sigh of relief.Now they all know the strength of the main force of the PLA, and at this moment Changsha is empty, and no one wants to stay."
Your Excellency, the 50,000 troops who have retreated from the Yongzhou area will probably arrive in Changsha tomorrow morning, should we wait for them?"
asked an officer."
Don't wait, if we stay here for a second longer, we may be surrounded and must retreat immediately, don't wait," Okamura Ninji said decisively.If it weren't for the retreat now, I'm afraid the headquarters would have erupted in cheers.Okamura Ninji told his subordinates to go to work, and they had to lead all the troops in the city to evacuate within four hours.Okamura Ninji's headquarters also got busy in a hurry, destroying all kinds of documents, shooting all the prisoners in the cell, and destroying all the crimes they committed in Changsha.The most important point is that the huge wealth that their Chinese troops have looted in Changsha and Hunan, all of which are loaded and packed up and ready to be transported away with the army.The whole of Changsha was full of busy Japanese troops, and military trucks loaded with supplies and ammunition left the city quickly.Throughout the city, gunshots rang out continuously.Before leaving, the Japanese did not forget to kill the local people, and they robbed as much as they could.They robbed nothing more than food and property, and incidentally committed adultery.If it weren't for the urgency of time, I'm afraid they would have burned Changsha again before leaving.In the painful cries of the people of Changsha, these devils who were inferior to beasts left Changsha one after another four hours later and marched rapidly in the direction of Jiangxi.Before leaving, Okamura did not forget to issue an order, so that the Japanese troops in Loudi and Xiangtan could block the main force of the People's Liberation Army for two days, and then evacuate with the large army.The Japanese troops in Changsha withdrew, but the Japanese troops in the Xiangtan area, who received the order to block the attack, were extremely panicked.Most of their troops have been withdrawn, and they have long died in the Chenzhou area, and now there are only tens of thousands of troops in the city.However, just when they were panicking, the Japanese troops in the Loudi area also retreated to them at this moment.The retreat from the Loudi area included one division of the Japanese army and two divisions of the puppet army.Together with the Japanese puppet army in Xiangtan, there were also sixty or seventy thousand people, which made the defenders settle down a little.In the early morning of the next day, the Fifth and Sixth Divisions escorted the main artillery force and successfully arrived outside Xiangtan City.As long as Xiangtan is opened, you can go all the way to Changsha below, and there will be no more resistance.And Yang Jihong and the others have received the information that Gao Dong and Hu Xinghan are already setting off from Hengyang with the main force of the First Group Army, and they are expected to arrive here in two days.Yang Jihong immediately ordered the artillery unit to aim at Xiangtan according to the same arrangement as in Zhuzhou before, and immediately launched a comprehensive artillery bombardment.Although there are many Japanese puppet troops in Xiangtan City, most of them have just arrived here.Without arranging positions, the PLA had already driven here.Under the bombardment of artillery, the devil quickly abandoned his position outside the city and quickly retreated into the city.Tens of thousands of puppet troops are huddled in the city, not to mention defense, it is difficult to find a place to stay.This time, the 5th and 6th Divisions did not rush to attack, but under the cover of artillery fire, they slowly surrounded Xiangtan.The Japanese army did not know why, thinking that the main force of the People's Liberation Army was going to completely surround them and then annihilate them, so the commander of the frightened devil hurriedly ordered the troops to withdraw from Xiangtan, so as not to be surrounded and trapped here.Before the 5th and 6th Divisions were completely surrounded, the devils scrambled to flee the city.The Fifth and Sixth Divisions immediately launched a pursuit, and pursued for more than 30 kilometers before they returned with their troops.Because on the way, I happened to meet a devil who retreated from Yongzhou.They were outnumbered, and the 5th and 6th divisions, advancing lightly, did not want to risk this.Xiangtan was taken down in this way, and it was also not a single shot or bullet, but it also eliminated almost tens of thousands of devils, which can be said to be a complete victory.After the liberation of Xiangtan, the Fifth and Sixth Divisions did not advance.If you keep going, you're alone.On the morning of the third day, the army of the First Army finally arrived at Xiangtan.aa2705221: