In mid-September 1939, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Eleventh Army, Okamura Ningji, led five and a half divisions and an army of 100,000 people. With the support of the sea and air, they set off from the three directions of northern Jiangxi, southern Hubei, and northern Hunan towards Changsha. attack.
Xue Yue, the acting commander-in-chief of the Ninth Theater of the Chinese Army, commanded 16 corps and 35 divisions with a total of 400,000 troops to resist the Japanese attack in order to block the Japanese army in northern Hunan and northern Jiangxi.
The Battle of Changsha officially started.
At the beginning, Okamura Neiji only received news of the Japanese army's victory.
The 106th Division of Northern Jiangxi and the Zuozhi Detachment have successfully advanced into northern Hunan; the 33rd Division of Southern Hubei is attacking towards the Miluo River; the 6th Division of Northern Hunan has conquered the Xinqiang River and Miluo River areas, and Changsha seems to have been captured thing.
But at this moment, the battle situation suddenly changed.
The Japanese army in northern Jiangxi was pinned down by the Chinese army and was unable to fight with the larger forces. Although the Japanese army in southern Hubei reached the upper reaches of the Miluo River and joined the main force of the Japanese army, the main force of the Chinese army had already retreated.
After the Japanese army in northern Hunan broke through the two lines of defense of Xue Yue's troops, the national army no longer held its position, but adopted more flexible tactics, similar to guerrilla warfare.
The Japanese army began to be constantly harassed and unable to move forward. Xue Yue's strategy had already worked.
The decisive battle of Changsha is about to break out!
At this time in Shanghai, Meng Shaoyuan is also preparing for a decisive battle!
A decisive battle that, in the eyes of many people, he had no chance of winning.
He was forced to fight a decisive battle.
It stands to reason that by this time, Meng Shaoyuan should at least be exercising.
But he didn't.
"It's useless to sharpen a gun before the battle."
Every time, Wu Jingyi would kindly give him some insinuations and ask him to practice a little, but as soon as she mentioned it, Meng Shaoyuan would say viciously:
"I was beaten to death in the ring, so why should I waste my energy? Why don't I enjoy what may be the last days of my life?"
Although she said this, Wu Jingyi discovered:
Since Meng Shaoyuan decided to accept the challenge, he no longer stayed overnight at his place.
He commandeered the bed in the duty office at the headquarters and slept in the office every day.
When have you ever seen a young Master Meng who is not a womanizer and stays in the office every day?
He has a problem.
Master Meng, who said he would definitely lose, might be seriously preparing for this decisive battle!
Early in the morning, when I entered the office, I saw Meng Shaoyuan freshened up and sitting there motionless.
Wu Jingyi put breakfast in front of him.
Meng Shaoyuan cracked open the eggs and asked while eating:
"How's that Tang Zihuan doing?"
"I have been in Shanghai for three days. I have provided food and accommodation. I followed your instructions and did not talk to him."
"What about his performance?"
"It's normal. He just found some books for him and stayed in his room reading every day."
"Not irritated? Don't ask why no one contacted him?"
"No."
"interesting."
Meng Shaoyuan suddenly became interested: "Let's go and see him."
…
Tang Zihuan, thirty-five years old, fair and tall.
Wearing a long gown, wearing glasses, and holding a book in his hand, he looked like a scholar.
But do you want to read the book he is reading?
It turned out to be a Chongzhen version of "Jin Ping Mei".
"coming."
Someone came in, Tang Zihuan asked without raising his head.
It seemed like he knew who was coming in.
Wu Jingyi walked out and closed the door.
Only Meng Shaoyuan and Tang Zihuan were left in the room.
Meng Shaoyuan moved a chair and sat down: "Are you Tang Zihuan?"
"Are you Meng Shaoyuan?"
"you know me?"
"I don't know him, but when he comes to Shanghai, even if he doesn't know him, he must have heard the name Meng Shaoyuan."
Tang Zihuan closed the book: "I thought, since no one has seen me in these days, the one who really came to see me must be someone with some status. After all, I am the liaison officer of Japan's elite Nara detachment. I am not a big shot. He is really with me. Speechless.
I recently read in the newspaper that Meng Shaoyuan was going to fight the Japanese samurai in a decisive battle. Think about it, you must have escorted me to the peak. It is unreasonable for you not to meet me before the decisive battle. "
interesting.
"I am Meng Shaoyuan." Meng Shaoyuan admitted his identity: "Your name is Tang Zihuan, are you Chinese?"
"Yes, I am from Taiwan, China." Tang Zihuan nodded and said, "I am proficient in four languages and have a good understanding of radio technology. My marksmanship is very accurate. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am a sharpshooter. My boxing and kicking skills are also quite good. Yes, four or five people couldn't get close to me. So I was spotted by the Japanese, and then I went to the Nara detachment."
After finishing speaking, he also emphasized one point: "Taiwan has been ruled by the Japanese for a long time. The locals have received Japanese education since childhood and are close to Japan. What about Japan's attitude? It treats Taiwan much better than it treats North Koreans. No matter it was the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, or the subsequent battles of Xuzhou and Wuhan, the Taiwanese detachment was everywhere on the battlefield!"
What he said was true.
With that said, it is not surprising that he was able to join the elite Nara detachment of the Japanese army.
Meng Shaoyuan glanced at him: "I don't want to ask you the reason for your defection, but since you defected, you must give us a meeting gift, right?"
"Meeting gift? What kind of meeting gift?"
Tang Zihuan smiled faintly: "Tell you, what are the Japanese troop deployments for the Changsha Battle? I think you already got it before the war started. The military commanders are very powerful. Besides, if I give it to you now, do you still have time to adjust it?"
Interesting, really interesting.
"Then you come empty-handed?" Meng Shaoyuan asked again.
"Of course I won't come empty-handed, and the military commander will not raise a waste." Tang Zihuan immediately said: "The Japanese army will be defeated when they attack Changsha. But even if they lose, they will never be willing to accept it. So when they attack Changsha again in the future, You can get all the Japanese army’s troops, firepower, and combat deployment immediately!”
Meng Shaoyuan took a breath of air.
Tang Zihuan had already defected and was still in Shanghai. How could he know it immediately?
"I know you have doubts, but I accept your supervision, and I will be able to distinguish the true from the false when the time comes." Tang Zihuan seemed to see what the other party was thinking:
"However, this is not my main purpose. The most important reason for my defection is to die for you."
"What?" Meng Shaoyuan wondered if he heard wrongly: "What are you going to do? Die for me?"
"That's right."
"Have we met before?"
"We've never met before."
"Do you have any relatives or friends who can't stand my kindness?"
"Nonsense."
"Then you want to die for me?"
"I'm happy, okay?"
"Even if you are willing, do you know when I will die?"
"I don't know." Tang Zihuan said calmly: "But you are on the front line, danger is always present, and you cannot control unexpected situations. My mission is to die for you at the most critical moment."
"Etc., etc."
Meng Shaoyuan suddenly caught the loophole in his words: "Your mission? Someone ordered you to do this, right?"
