On a slope on the north bank of Xinjiang River.

Anan Weiji stood in the high ground with a telescope, observing the situation on the battlefield ahead. From his frowning brow, it can be seen that Anan Weiji was very dissatisfied at this moment.

After the winter in northern Hunan, the climate became very dry, and the rivers entered the lowest water level and even dried up.

At this moment, the attack point chosen by the Japanese 3rd Division was north of the Yougang in the upper reaches of the Xinyun River. The Xinyun River surface here was nearly dry, with the deepest part being only 30 cm, so hiking was easy.

Such geographical conditions naturally provided convenience for the Japanese army's attack.

However, since the first two battles in Changsha started from Xinxiang River, and each time they went through extremely fierce battles, this led to serious damage to the vegetation and landforms on both sides of Xinxiang River, and a large amount of silt and sand on both sides entered the river channel, making the silt on the Xinxiang Riverbed very thick.

It was raining all night long, and it started to rain lightly last night. Although the rain was not heavy, it made the riverbed more muddy and difficult to move. As soon as people stepped on it in the depths of the mud, they had to sink half of their body.

Therefore, although the river water is dry, it is not easy for Japanese infantry to quickly pass through this mud riverbed area that is dozens of meters wide.

As for the Japanese armored tank troops, there is no need to say anything!

In addition, the sky is covered with dark clouds and foggy, and the visibility is very low, making it difficult for the Japanese Air Force to exert sufficient air superiority.

Under various comprehensive factors, the current objective conditions are extremely unfavorable for the Japanese army on the attacking side.

Of course, the Japanese army was not stupid either. Seeing that the mud was too deep and it was really difficult to pass through directly, they began to build wooden boards on a large scale.

But unfortunately, the artillery of the 20th Army on the other side of the river is not a decoration, and there is no shortage of heavy firepower such as heavy artillery, field artillery, infantry artillery, mortar, etc.

Under the uninterrupted firepower of the Chinese artillerymen, these wooden boards were no different from those made of paper, and they were blown to pieces in just a few seconds.

The infantry on the shore positions were also not idle. Various guns kept spewing out flames, forming an airtight cross-fire network, constantly shooting and killing the Japanese soldiers who dared to move forward, and giving heavy blows to the attacking Japanese troops again and again.

As a result, such a dry river less than 100 meters wide became an insurmountable natural barrier for the Japanese army. It was no longer known that the Japanese soldiers died on the charge road, lying in the mud, and even turned into a pile of minced meat mixed in the soil and could not be distinguished.

"Baga Road!"

Seeing that the front-line attacking troops were repelled again, Anan Wei was so angry that he grinned, put down his telescope and said to Tagaji Takahashi, the 3rd Division:

"This battle in Changsha, the Japanese Empire concentrated all powerful combat clusters before, but at the same time, the Chinese army was also constantly rushing to reinforce, including at least 300,000 US-armed troops!

Therefore, we must not be slacking off or underestimate the enemy. We must step up the offensive and eat up the elite national army in the 9th War Zone of China as quickly as possible, and then annihilate the elite Chinese army coming to reinforce with ease!"

"Hayi!"

Tagaji Takahashi quickly paused and said, "Please rest assured, Commander, the Great Japanese Empire could easily cross this small river in the first two times, and this time it was even more impossible for it to block the offensive pace of the Great Japanese Empire's army!"

"What I want is not pale and powerless words, but practical action effect!"

Anan Wei waved his hand and asked very seriously: "I want to ask how long it takes to completely break through the Xinyunhe River defense line?"

After thinking for a moment, Tagaji Takahashi bowed his head and said, "Three days are enough!"

"Yo Xi!"

Anan Weiji nodded. Although three days were not short, it was within Anan Weiji's acceptance range.

In addition to the 3rd Division that was attacking, Anan Weiji also sent two divisions to attack the 58th Army of Huang'an to achieve a large encirclement of the 27th Army.

Therefore, Anan Weiji was not in a hurry to break through the defense line of the 20th Army. The best result was to wait until the other two divisions captured Huang'an and then take a two-pronged approach to annihilate the 27th Army in one fell swoop.

Under the supervision of Anan Weiji, the 3rd Japanese Division strengthened its offensive and divided it into three routes to cross the river.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the sleet turned into heavy snow, the world became vast, and the weather became even colder and unbearable.

But at this time of life and death, all the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army of the National Army were red in their eyes, gritted their teeth and fought fiercely with the Japanese invaders until dark, blocking the 3rd Division of the Japanese on the north bank of the Xin Wall River.

On the morning of January 23, just when the 27th Army was fighting fiercely with the Japanese invaders on the Xinqiang River defense line, the 120,000 elite troops of the Tiger Army led by Ren Yixiong finally arrived in Hubei after a long distance of climbing and heading straight to Xiangyang.

According to Yang Fan's order, the main purpose of the Hu Ben Army going south to participate in the third Changsha Campaign was to annihilate the Japanese army's live forces and effectively restrain the Japanese army, and to achieve the strategic goal of cooperating with the Ninth War Zone.

Based on this principle, Miao Dadong and others simply implemented the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao" and reached military cooperation with the National Government. The 2nd Army of the Hu Ben Army was the main force in the attack and launched a regaining operation against the Japanese-occupied area in northern Hubei.

In this way, where the enemy must be rescued, the Japanese army can be mobilized to come for rescue, so as to achieve the strategic goal of surrounding the points to attack and restrain the forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese.

And this is because there is no choice but to use this stupid method to support the Battle of Changsha in the 9th War Zone.

Although the Hu Ben Army has opened up a channel with the Kuomintang-controlled area, it is actually too far away from Changsha and too tortuous.

If the Hu Ben Army wants to reach Changsha, they either go around a large circle and have to climb mountains and wading through the mountains, or they can only enter the Japanese-occupied area in Hubei from Henan and fight along the way.

The so-called "one moves the whole body" and "one moves the whole body," the chairman and others naturally agreed with the decision made by Miao Dadong. Soon the Military Committee of the National Government issued an order to the Third War Zone, the Fifth War Zone and the Sixth War Zone:

In order to make the operation of the Ninth War Zone easier, the Third, Sixth and Fifth War Zones should each attack with a powerful force and cooperate with the Second Army of the Hu Ben Army to support the operation of the Ninth War Zone.

After receiving the order, Gu Mosan, commander of the Third War Zone, Bai Jiansheng, commander of the Fifth War Zone, and Chen Cixiu, commander of the Sixth War Zone, all sent elite troops to start causing trouble as if they were injected with chicken blood.

The Third War Zone sent the 25th Army to cooperate with the Hu Ben Army to attack Xiangyang, and sent troops to harass and fight against the Japanese-occupied area of ​​Shiyan.

The fifth war zone was where the left army launched a frontal guerrilla attack on the Jinpu Railway Line and the Longhai Line, destroying the Japanese north-south transportation lines, and the Dabie Mountain Corps launched a battle for the outer strongholds in Luoshan City and Hefei.
Chapter completed!