Wuchang, the headquarters of the Japanese 11th Army. August 1939. This cumbersome-looking building was originally the office of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government. In the middle of the night on November 24, 1938, among the various Japanese troops attacking Wuhan, the Hada detachment took the lead in breaking into the urban area, directly taking the location of the Military Commission, which was dominated by a dark gray building.When the headlights of dozens of Japanese military vehicles cooperated with military reporters to take news photos of a 17-year-old private named Yamaguchi Heiichiro raising the sun flag on the original flagpole on the roof, Chiang Kai-shek, the owner of the building, and his It took less than 5 hours for his wife Song Meiling, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang and others to leave here.

Around the building, the same young guards, but with different nationalities, still stood where the guards with loaded guns and dignified expressions used to stand.It was midsummer in this city known as the "stove", and the uniforms of the guards were soaked with sweat, only the steel helmets and spear bays were shining coldly. At this time, Commander Okamura Ningji was shutting himself alone in the combat command room set up in the basement.The staff members all know that this is a habit of this officer after he has completed the organizational plan of a major battle.Before the marked maps of Hunan, Jiangxi, and Hubei, among various plans, statistics, and information, he had to quietly and carefully think about everything.

It is not easy for a person to live a unique life, but in the life of this medium-sized Japanese general who was neither fat nor thin and wore a pair of myopia glasses, there were two miracles.Both events happened in China. The first is to participate in the war of aggression against China.Neiji Okamura came to China in 1925 and directly participated in the organization of war operations, which was beyond the reach of other Japanese commanders who invaded China in terms of number and scale.His illustrious military exploits enabled him to be continuously promoted to high positions. In 1944, the year before Japan's defeat, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Army. Among the Japanese invaders, he could not be more senior.After Japan's defeat and surrender, he was one of the last batch to leave China and return to Japan, and he spent a long time in China.In terms of the blood of the Chinese on his hands, the CCP listed him as the No. 1 war criminal.

The second thing that can be called a miracle is that he was acquitted after the war by the military and political authorities of the Kuomintang, his opponent who had fought bloody battles for many years.This result even surprised him. In dealing with Ningji Okamura, Chiang Kai-shek made a mistake.No matter what he thought at the time and afterwards, it can't change the irreparable price he paid for it. In this Hunan-Jiangxi battle, Ningji Okamura used his troops cautiously. The 3rd, 6th, 33rd, and 106th divisions belonged to the general with a total of 100,000 troops were divided into three groups: northern Hunan, northern Jiangxi, and southern Hubei.Focus on northern Hunan as the main direction of attack, conduct confusion and containment in northern Jiangxi, cooperate with the main attack direction, send out a surprise force in southern Hubei, avoid the defense lines set up by the Chinese army along the Xinqiang River and Miluo River, and appear on the opponent's back, and attack The Japanese army in the northern direction of Hunan wiped out the main force of the Chinese army in the Pingjiang area between Yueyang and Changsha.

Hit 3 fists, but the force is only 1/3 of the Chinese army in front of you.Neiji Okamura believed that he would be able to win this battle, and it was not the first time for him to use more troops with fewer victories. In 1928, Ning Okamura served as the captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment.He led more than 4,000 troops, secretly landed from Qingdao on April 25, and arrived in Jinan by train the next day to prevent the Northern Expedition from going north. On May 3, he commanded more than 4,000 Japanese troops to attack the 40,000 troops of the 40th Army of the Victory Division of the Northern Expedition Army, and then fought with his opponents in the streets between the clear springs and weeping willows in this ancient city of springs.After a bloody battle, more than 3,600 officers and soldiers of the Northern Expedition Army and innocent civilians were killed and more than 1,400 were injured. The Japanese army and the Japanese overseas Chinese who assisted in the war also suffered more than 1,000 casualties.The battle ended with the Northern Expeditionary Army voluntarily withdrawing from the battlefield to continue the Northern Expedition.

This bloody incident, known as the "Jinan Massacre" by later generations, was Okamura Ningji's first actual combat after graduating from the Imperial Army University in 1913.He believes that with the good spiritual quality and military technology of Japanese soldiers, they can completely fight against the Chinese army. In 1932, the "January 28th Incident" broke out in Shanghai. Cai Tingkai's 19th Route Army couldn't bear the premeditated provocation of the Japanese army and rose up to resist Japan.Ningji Okamura, as the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army, participated in organizing the attack on the 19th Route Army.The two armies fought hard for 34 days. Japan increased its troops five times and changed generals four times. The total strength of the Japanese army was more than twice that of the Chinese army. However, the 19th Route Army stubbornly resisted the enemy under extremely difficult conditions, but only received one reinforcement from the 5th Army led by Zhang Zhizhong. .The Chinese army suffered heavy casualties, ran out of food and ammunition, and finally ended in failure.Neiji Okamura concluded in this battle that although part of the Chinese army has a heroic spirit, they are still no match for the imperial army in the context of China's political corruption and economic backwardness.

There is a chart on one wall of the combat command room, which shows the number, strength, location and names of the generals of the Chinese troops facing each other in the three attacking directions.Okamura Ningji stared at this chart for a long time, as if he was spying on the armies. The main direction of attack in northern Hunan is Guan Linzheng, commander-in-chief of the 15th Army Group.Neiji Okamura is as familiar with this name as he is with his division commander. Guan Linzheng, courtesy name Yudong, was born in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province. He graduated from Whampoa Phase 1. He is 34 years old and has the rank of lieutenant general.

During the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, he served as the commander of the 52nd Army.This is a direct ace unit in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek, and it is always placed in a key position at the critical moment of fighting the Japanese army.Since the Battle of Wuhan, this unit has been against the 11th Army. Okamura Ningji has been fighting in China for many years. He has so many opponents that he can't remember clearly, but Guan Linzheng makes him unforgettable. The meaning, impact and difficulty of eating such a force are equally huge!Neiji Okamura ended his solitary meditation with this thought, walked out of the combat command room, invited Chief of Staff Shigemako Aoki, and came to the tennis court specially opened for him in the courtyard.The two hit the ball with their rackets, talking and laughing, and they were sweating profusely.

After playing tennis, Shigemako Aoki returned to the office, set up the combat headquarters of the formed army, and stationed in Xianning, which is located between Wuhan and Yueyang. In Guangxi, the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government camped in Guilin. August 20, 1939.When China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered its third year, Guilin was still breezy and drizzled.Peasants who don't read newspapers are barefoot, driving big buffaloes with bent back horns and docile personality to work in the fields. The tea forests are verdant on the rolling hills, and sweet and sour folk songs are wafted by the breeze.When the people on the front line arrived here for the first time, they were amazed as if they were outside the world.

The Guilin camp is in the northwest suburb of the city, and the combat command post is located in a huge cave.From among the stalagmites and stalactites in various forms, wires, cables and tentacles of radio stations protrude.The nerves of these wars are closely connected with the anti-Japanese front line full of smoke and blood. Bai Chongxi, a famous general of the Guangxi family, deputy chief of staff of the Military Commission, and director of the Guilin camp, unfolded the telegram folder handed over by the confidential staff: Before leaving Changsha, the second hall had notified the Japanese army's intention to attack south, and just received a call from Xu Yongchang urging to formulate a plan to meet the enemy. When Bai Chongxi read the enemy's report, he already had a plan in mind.

Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone, advocated resisting one by one according to the old method, but the retreat was limited to the north of Changsha.After consuming part of the Japanese army, the frontal troops moved to the east and west sides. When the enemy continued to advance southward, they attacked their sides and back, and gathered with the Changsha defenders to annihilate the Japanese army under the city.With this arrangement, the movement of troops will not be too large, and the combat time will not be delayed for too long.Because Chen Cheng was distracted from the affairs of the head of the Political Department of the Military Commission, Xue Yue temporarily replaced the chief of the Ninth War Zone. When discussing the plan, Xue Yue leaned towards Chen Cheng's opinion. Bai Chongxi believes that the Japanese troops stationed in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River in Wuhan are facing off against our army. Although there is no detailed information on the scale of the Japanese army's attack, the troops that can be drawn will not exceed half of the actual troops, and the fighting will continue for a long time. Impossible for too long.In order to eat the attacking enemy, the battlefield should be released. Our army can fight and retreat to the Hengyang area, so that the Japanese army can penetrate and disperse in a vast area with a depth of about 200 kilometers.At that time, the enemy will be passive if he does not fight, and the supply of food and ammunition will inevitably be tight. Our army will use the troops from Jiuling Mountain and Mufu Mountain to advance westward, and the troops west of the Xiangjiang River to advance eastward. The enemy. After the two plans with equally sufficient and impeccable reasons were put into writing, they were submitted to Chiang Kai-shek at the same time. According to their positions, Bai is the A case and Chen is the B case.Bai Chongxi expressed his opinion, so he stopped thinking about it and let Jiang decide. Bai Chongxi has a deep understanding of strategy and has the reputation of "Little Zhuge", but Chen Cheng is Jiang's fellow from Zhejiang and a member of Huangpu team, and he is closer to one-third of the direct line.In many matters, Bai Chongxi would rather let them go than strive for them. It has been 5 days since the plan was submitted, and finally received a telegram from Jiang confirming the adoption of Case A.Feeling relieved, Bai Chongxi signed the telegram and walked to the battle map. This is a war horse that is as black and shiny as ink.It has a strong body, a slender waist and long legs, and its four hooves are walking in small steps on the spot. Its neck is held high and it is struggling backward. A young general wearing black riding boots. "That's it!" Guan Linzheng felt familiar with this horse at first sight. He shouted at Wu Chunyang, the director of military supplies, took the reins, recognized the stirrup and supported the saddle, and flew on the horse.The horse seemed to understand the new owner's thoughts, and with a long neigh, the sound was like cracking silk, turned around and galloped away along a path leading to the hill.Guan Linzheng rode on a horse with a light body, and he was handy in walking through the woods, crossing river ditches, and climbing mountains. Wu Chunyang cheered with several officers who watched the excitement. Guan Linzheng has been equipped with mounts since he was the head of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Instructor in 1930. At that time, Jiang Fengyan was fighting in the Central Plains. Feng Yanjun pursued and fought while retreating, the situation was very dangerous.From late night fighting to dawn, the sky was foggy, and no one could be seen dozens of steps away.The bay red horse that Guan Linzheng was riding suddenly let out a long howl, and turned around and ran in the direction of chasing the enemy.Guan Linzheng reined in a few times without stopping, and simply ordered the troops to take advantage of the thick fog to charge back towards the pursuers.Only the sounds of killing and gunshots were heard everywhere. Feng Yanjun was unaware of his situation in the thick fog. He thought that Jiang's reinforcements had arrived, so he dared not fight any more, so he hurriedly sent orders to retreat.Guan Lin was resourceful in his bravery and completed the cover mission well. After the war, he was promoted to the commander of the 2nd Brigade of the division. In July 1932, Chiang Kai-shek encircled and suppressed the Hubei, Henan and Anhui bases for the fourth time, and Guan Linzheng was appointed as the commander of the Independent Brigade of the 4th Army.During the battle, he was surrounded by Red Army generals Chen Geng and Cai Shenyi in Zhuanfosi, a small town in Anhui Province.This time, Guanbu suffered heavy casualties, and a beloved horse was also killed. He was depressed for a long time. With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Guan Linzheng's military career entered a golden age.He believes that this is the teacher who promotes justice and truly fights for the people and the nation.After he was promoted, although he was equipped with a car, he kept his horse. He often rode to see the terrain, inspect work and command operations.Between military affairs, I often walk and brush horses by myself. On this day, he led several entourages of the headquarters, rode to the front line of the Xinqiang River, and reined in the saddle on the south bank of the river. Zhang Yaoming, commander of the 52nd Army, and Qin Yizhi, commander of the 195th Division, were already waiting. According to the deployment issued by the Ninth War Zone, the 15th Army, consisting of 6 divisions of Zhang Yaoming's 52nd Army and Xia Chuzhong's 79th Army, lined up from Xinqiang on the south bank of the Xinqiang River to Maishi, which is beyond the provincial border, and fortified along the river for more than 100 kilometers. The first line of defense; 50 kilometers south of them, Chen Pei's 37th Army placed the 60th and 95th divisions along the Miluo River on the line from Miluo to Pingjiang as the second line of defense; Li Jue's 70th Army governed the 19th and 107th divisions , along the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, spread out in the north and south of Xiangyin, controlling the landing points such as Yingtian. Qin Yizhi, the commander of the 195th Division, reported to Guan Linzheng that the morale of the troops was strong and the fortifications had been reinforced. The slogan put forward by the army for this battle was: Play the prestige of Taierzhuang!The mobilization slogan of the division is: Fight to fame! Guan Linzheng nodded to Zhang Yaoming with satisfaction.Guan is the veteran commander of the 52nd Army. He has led this army to fight many beautiful battles in the anti-Japanese battlefield.The Japanese army crossed the new wall and committed crimes in Henan. This is the first pass.He put his most trusted troops in the most impacted position. Zhang Yaoming and those military commanders who have followed him for many years knew in their hearts that Commander-in-Chief Guan did this for others to see. He wanted to use this to command the entire army. People must not be sloppy in the slightest, otherwise the military law will be intolerable! "Who is on the north bank?" Guan Linzheng and others sat on the ground, pointing to the sign of the forward position set up by Yuehe on the spread out map. "It is Tan Yizhi's 195th Division 131st Regiment Reinforced 3rd Battalion guarding the Bijiashan position." Zhang Yaoming didn't think about it. "Who is on the north bank?" Guan Linzheng didn't hear him at all, and repeated his question. Zhang Yaoming hesitated for a while, and Tan Yizhi replied: "Shi Enhua, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, is from the 8th Whampoa." The Central Military Academy held the first five phases in Huangpu, Guangzhou, commonly known as the Whampoa Military Academy. After that, the school site was changed many times, but the students kept the name of Whampoa. One said that they inherited the revolutionary spirit of anti-imperialist and anti-feudalism in the early days of Whampoa. The second said that he was authentic in the Central Committee.The army generals, especially the "Old Whampoa" master buddies, then approved this practice, and the school was called "Whampoa" wherever it moved. Guan Linzheng glared at Zhang Yaoming, put his hands on his knees and stood up.Guan's left knee was shattered by a bullet during the Eastern Expedition against Chen Jiongming in 1925. After being sent to the hospital, the doctor decided to amputate his leg to save his life. Linzheng's later glory was great.After careful treatment and hard training, the function of the injured leg has basically recovered, but it is a little difficult to squat down and get up again.Zhang Yaoming came up to help, but Guan pushed him away. Several people walked down the river beach, standing silently.Several horses either stood with their heads up and waited patiently, or lowered their heads to sniff the smell of green grass, and took a few of them to their lips intentionally or unintentionally. Xinqiang River is an unnamed river that has been flowing quietly for many years. During the flood period, it did not have much turbid waves, but it still had shallow clear waves during the dry period.It walks the waterway tens of kilometers from its source to Dongting Lake without any competition with the world.At this moment, it reflected the figures and thoughts of several soldiers, and it never occurred to me that after ten days, its name would be on the front pages of major newspapers across the country. Xue Yue regretted not being the provincial chairman. After the "Changsha fire" that shocked the whole country, Zhang Zhizhong was punished by "suspension from work" and continued to preside over the daily government affairs.He sent several consecutive telegrams requesting his resignation as the provincial chairman, stating to the Executive Yuan his feelings of "treating the crime with a shy face and deep pain". On January 17, 1939, the Chongqing Executive Yuan passed a resolution to reorganize the Hunan Provincial Government.That night, Zhang Zhizhong received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to explain his work and report to Chongqing. In December 1938, when the Military Commission issued an order for Xue Yue to act as the chief of the Ninth War Zone, Chiang Kai-shek talked with Xue in person and asked, "Brother Boling, do you think this arrangement is okay?" Boling is Xue Yue's word.Jiang is 9 years older than Xue, and he calls him a brother in private.Xue Yue said: "Changsha is in such a situation that it is really unable to undertake such a major theater task." Chiang Kai-shek understood that Xue Yue's words implied that the military and the government were not unified, and that military work was not easy to carry out.He said: "You go first, and you can consider military and political unification later." According to He Yaozu, who was the director of the General Office of the Military Commission at the time and who witnessed the incident, recalled: "The impression at the time was that Xue Yue didn't want to be the acting chief of the Ninth War Zone, but wanted to have both military and political affairs. Of course Jiang knew it in his heart and said to me 'Yes. Just let him do what you want', Jiang said the same thing to many people who asked him for an official." On February 1, 1939, the national government officially appointed Xue Yue as the chairman of the Kuomintang Hunan Province and the chairman of Hunan Province.The party, government, and military power are all in one body, and troubles have continued since then. As a theater commander, you must first think about the army.When he first took office, Xue adopted a policy of restricting the price of rice in the market in order to raise military rations, and proposed "parity" to buy military rations at a lower price, forcing rice merchants to go underground.Xue was furious when he heard this, and sent someone to find some rice merchants to reprimand him, and ordered them to pay a certain amount.The result is insufficient delivery of low-priced rice, and the price of rice on the black market is getting higher and higher every day.Half a year after taking office, Xue Yue was nicknamed "Xue Pinggui" by the sharp-minded among the Hunanese, making him a household name. Coincidentally, his father passed away, and it was unclear whether it was Xue Yue's instruction or the people below "know how to do things". The obituaries were flying all over the place, and they were sent to small county-owned units in every county in the province.At least 20 units in each county come to send funerals, and all units above the county level and in the province send them, so those who are interested will secretly settle accounts. After Xue Yue Hunan came to power, his family was transferred from other provinces one after another. It was reasonable to arrange work according to their ability, not to mention that it was still an old society at that time.Xue's uncle and father-in-law Fang Xuefen became the director of the Provincial Land and Grain Department, and his brother-in-law Qiu Weiyi became the governor of the Provincial Bank. The province issued 30 million yuan of public bonds, but it was not implemented due to too many objections. These things are not a big deal.But soon someone wrote a black letter to the central government, and attached a "folk song" to the letter: Xue Weng managed the funeral, and Xue Brother managed the property, and got a large funeral fee, and distributed a large amount of miscellaneous wealth; Yue Shu's strengths, Yue Jin's long journey, issued 30 million public debts, and killed 30 million people. Xiang people like to play jokes, which makes people laugh and cry.Provincial Councilor Zhang Weijun narrates the "folk ballad" whenever he meets people, explaining as he talks, Xue Yue suspects that he wrote it. Start a lawsuit.The Executive Yuan of the Nationalist Government and the Supervisory Yuan once questioned some of the incidents reported by the people, which made Xue Yue speechless and furious. The place where Xue Yue displayed his talents was not officialdom.Only in front of the military map, on the battlefield where guns are flying everywhere, can you find Xue Yue, who has the demeanor of a general, "I am born with a talent" for fighting.This descendant of an ordinary farmer in Lechang County, Guangdong, who entered the Whampoa Army Primary School at the age of 10 and was the commander of the 1st Battalion of Sun Yat-sen's Guard Regiment at the age of 24. The nickname he earned for himself was "Tiger Cub".And what brought him to the pinnacle of his life was the Battle of Changsha. On August 21, 1939, when the battle clouds were densely over Changsha, Xue Yue received telegrams and phone calls from Chiang Kai-shek, Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng respectively.Chiang Kai-shek's telegram asked him to deploy and fight according to "case A", while Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng asked him to resolutely implement the instructions of the committee. Xue Yue stood in front of the map, motionless. Many articles recalling Xue Yue have mentioned that his daily habit, which can also be called a hobby, is to read maps, and he can look at them all day long.Watch it when there is war, and watch it with relish when there is no battle to fight.Perhaps looking at the map has changed from a military commander’s need for work to a spiritual need for a professional soldier, a way to express emotions and resolve troubles, and a way of life that belongs to soldiers.After Chiang Kai-shek carried out the "A case" telegram, rather than comparing the two plans with the map and in-depth comparison to find a stronger basis for his own opinion, it is better to say that he sorted out his thoughts in this space where his soul resides. , Adjust your emotions and muster up your courage. A few hours later, he turned around and called Zhao Zili, Chief of Staff, and dictated three reasons for insisting on "Case B", and asked him to write a telegram and send it directly to Chiang Kai-shek. He told Zhao that his words should be strong and tenacious, so that the committee members could clearly feel his strong determination. 1.There are enough troops in the Ninth War Zone to be sure that the Japanese army will be wiped out north of Changsha. 2.If our army retreats to Hengyang, the Japanese 21st Army of Toshiyoshi Ando in the Guangzhou area (under jurisdiction of the 18th and 104th Divisions, the Taiwan Brigade, and its respective air units) may support us northward along the Guangdong-Han Railway, forming a pincer attack on us, causing The battle situation is not easy to grasp. 3.If the Japanese army is released to the south according to Case A, the loss of Changsha will surely be taken advantage of by the enemy's propaganda agencies, causing adverse effects at home and abroad. These three reasons put on the table the possibility of military and political disadvantages in the implementation of "A case" as a real danger that is palpable and seems to be imminent. "A more rebuttal and indisputable tough attitude. Zhao Zili quickly jotted down the main points, and went back to the staff office to write a telegram.Zhao is a high-achieving student in Whampoa's 6th class. He is quick-witted and resourceful. After a few battles, he has risen in a straight line. At the age of 31, he has already shouldered the shoulders of a major general, which made his classmates envious and jealous. Of course Zhao Zili knew Xue Yue's ulterior motives. In May 1938, in order to avenge Taierzhuang, the Japanese army surrounded and annihilated the main force of the Chinese army in the eastern section of the Longhai Railway. The 14th Division of Dohihara Kenji on the North Road was surrounded by a group of powerful generals including Song Xilian, Yu Jishi, Hu Zongnan, Qiu Qingquan, Wang Yaowu, Li Hanhun, Gui Yongqing, Sun Tongxuan, and Shang Zhen in Lanfeng.Chiang Kai-shek went to Zhengzhou to supervise the battle in person, appointed Xue Yue as the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps, commanded various generals, and launched a full-line attack on the morning of May 25, aiming to kill the guy who had endangered China for many years and his 14th Division before dawn on the 26th. Annihilating. The ratio of the strength of the two armies is: 150,000 Chinese elite troops, and 20,000 second-rate divisions against the Japanese army.With the chance of victory in his hands, Chiang Kai-shek invited journalists to the front to cover the real situation of the encirclement and annihilation operations, and made preparations for the Wuhan Political Department to celebrate the "Second Taierzhuang Victory". Kenji Doihara was one of the Japanese war criminals who were sentenced to hang after the trial of war criminals by the International Tribunal for the Far East in 1948. It was this Doihara who had dealt with an opponent several times his own in the Sino-Japanese Lanfeng Battle for 4 days. Amidst the audible shouts of "destroy the 14th Division" and "capture Doihara alive", Lead more than half of the soldiers and horses to get out of the encirclement.Every time this battle example is brought up in the classrooms of the senior and junior military command academies of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, it will definitely arouse the laughter of the future senior, middle and junior military officers present. Chiang Kai-shek was very annoyed at the time. He issued warrants repeatedly, reprimanding the army commanders for "incompetent command and cowardly actions, so that morale was low and they flinched." The department lacked courage and seldom cheered up, which led to the delay of the battle." After the Battle of Lanfeng, Jiang ordered the dismissal of Gui Yongqing, the later commander of the Kuomintang Navy, and Huang Jie, the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Army in the 1950s and the chairman of Taiwan Province, and shot Long Muhan, the commander of the 88th Division.However, Xue Yue was not held accountable for his leadership. But for a person with great self-esteem, self-blame is more painful than being blamed by others.After that, Xue Yue devoted more time to the map, looking for opportunities to fight a big battle and avenge his shame. On March 8, 1939, shortly after Xue Yue took office as acting chief of the Ninth War Zone, Chiang Kai-shek called him: "In order to ensure Nanchang and its rear contact line, we must immediately attack the enemy first and switch to the offensive to destroy the enemy's attempt." Chiang Kai-shek was optimistic about the importance of Nanchang's terrain, and Okamura Ningji also saw the same thing, but Chiang was a step behind. The Japanese army used two divisions, with most of the tanks and artillery belonging to the army, to attack Nanchang before the arrival of heavy Chinese troops. At that time, Chen Cheng was still the nominal commander of the Ninth War Zone. He let Xue Yue sit in Changsha, and handed over the command of Nanchang to his confidant Luo Zhuoying.Xue Yue stayed in the combat command room day and night, watching the battle by phone and telegram, feeling very uncomfortable.Seeing that Nanchang City fell to the enemy, the counterattack was frustrated. Xue Yue was not to blame for the defeat in the Battle of Nanchang, but the matter happened in the Ninth War Zone after all, and the generals from all over the place were gossiping, and Xue Yue felt a big lump in his heart. After several months of hard reading of maps and inspections by car, Xue Yue already knew the topography of Hunan by heart, and he was indeed forming something in his mind, a bold and unique idea with a high chance of success.But just as Zhao Zili understood, Chief Xue Boling called Chiang Kai-shek to turn the situation around. It was not so much a "conspiracy" out of military considerations, but rather an accumulation of famous and unknown forces accumulated due to several failures and embarrassments. The "gas". With the help of Chen Cheng, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to change the established plan.Xue Yue was happy, but Bai Chongxi was angry.After the start of this battle, Bai was ordered by Jiang to assist Xue Yue in command. Although he visited the theater command headquarters on the top of Yuelu Mountain on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River in Changsha City, he became a shut-up Bodhisattva and said nothing.When he talked about the first battle of Changsha in "The Memoirs of Bai Chongxi" decades later, he still did not think that our army had won the battle. He said that the Japanese army was: "It is a fact that they retreated in a planned way and did not suffer much loss. .”