It seems to be a very ordinary promise, but Fang Xianjue and Sun Mingyu know how much risk they take for this, without the order of the Military Commission, the crime of transferring troops without authorization is enough to adjust their heads, although they know that Song Yuhang is not an ordinary person, but this courage to cut first and then play is indeed too big, to put it bluntly, the general is actually the commander of the troops, but not the leader, there can be thousands of generals, but there can only be one leader, the leader is the only one, if Fang Xianjue knows, Song Yuhang's second light armorer had already gone out before asking the chairman for instructions, so Fang Xianjue wouldn't have made a fuss.
Song Yuhang not only left behind the troops, materials, ammunition, and supplies, but also left the first deputy chief of staff, Lu Long, and appointed him as the chief of the special detachment of the First Mechanized Army, responsible for commanding and coordinating operations, and under the command of Commander Fang Xianjue.
Song Yuhang had his own plans for this, and Isamu Yokoyama's team lost another opportunity to flank the Japanese army.
During this period, the 20th Air Force of the US Army repeatedly dispatched bombers to bomb the Japanese ground forces, and the Japanese Army Air Force was at a disadvantage to the Sino-US Combined Air Force, and only by taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the Sino-US Joint Air Force did it carry out several two- or three-plane symbolic bombing of the positions outside Hengyang, and after several interceptions, the Japanese army quickly gave up such an ineffective bombing.
Within a few days of the Japanese approaching, the 10th Army dispatched a total of one division to help the 6th Mechanized Brigade build a bridgehead fortification group in the north of the city.
On the evening of the 20th, Fang Xianjue had just finished talking to Song Yuhang, when the phone rang, Fang Xianjue picked up the phone, and a familiar voice first stunned him, and then stood up and snapped.
The caller was none other than Chiang Kai-shek, who was in Chongqing and was concerned about the front line, and Chiang Kai-shek said in an unprecedentedly serious voice: "This time is different from the last time when your troops were defending Changsha, there are many Japanese troops and their intentions are treacherous, you must be prepared to hold on for a long time, and Hengyang is very important, you know this."
Fang Xianjue stood straight with the earpiece in his hand, and the strange performance of the military seat made all the busy people in the military headquarters stop their work, for fear of making a little noise and affecting the military seat, and then Chiang Kai-shek instructed: "You must be prepared for the Japanese army to besiege the city on all sides, then you only need to hold on for ten days to two weeks to attract and consume the Japanese army, and the Military Commission can calmly deploy the external troops into the position during this period, surround the besieging Japanese army like the third Battle of Changsha, and annihilate the Japanese army under Hengyang City with internal and external attacks, This battle is related to the survival of the country and the nation, Hengyang's is the key to victory or defeat, Xi Di is at ease to defend the honor, and the honor of Changsha to defend the city, Yu will urge the army and air departments to help the younger brother complete the unprecedented cause" Later, Chiang Kai-shek promised that Shaoyang was the key point of Hengyang, and the First Mechanized Army would not move.
"I promise to live up to the trust of the principal, and lead my subordinates to fight to the death to the last soldier, and I am in Hengyang, and I vow to live and die with Hengyang" put down the phone and his face was flushed with excitement Fang Xianjue said to Yao Shao, the chief of the operations section of the military staff office beside him: "Write down the instructions of the commission in detail, after this battle, this is all valuable historical information."
To be continued: