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Chapter 741 A chaotic order

At the same time, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government deployed the main forces of the war zone in important places such as Liuyang, Changsha, Hengyang and Ningxiang, ready to wait for an opportunity to annihilate the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army.

In fact, as early as when the 11th Army of the Japanese Army stationed in the three towns frequently mobilized its troops, Commander Xue, commander of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government, who received the intelligence of the unusual movements of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, immediately began to deploy troops and prepare to resist the possible attacks launched by the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

But before the Chinese government's Ninth War Zone Commander Xue Changjun could come up with the deployment of the Ninth War Zone's troops, the Chinese government's military headquarters in Shancheng sent an order, stipulating in the order:

1. The Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government is preparing with its existing forces to engage in a decisive battle near Changsha with the Japanese 11th Army that is attacking southward.

2. A division will be drawn from the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government to reinforce the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government. This drawn division will be deployed in the Yiyang area and will be under the command of the 99th Army of the Chinese Government. It will be responsible for blocking the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army from the direction of Dongting Lake and protecting the flanks of Yuelu Mountain.

3. The 44th Army of the Sichuan Army is responsible for the defense of Liuyang, and the 4th Army is responsible for defending Yuelu Mountain and Changsha.

4. After the 27th and 30th Armies of the Chinese government completed the delay of the attack of the Japanese 11th Army's offensive forces at the preset positions, the main force withdrew in the direction of Pingjiang and Liuyang.

5. After blocking the attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army along the Miluo River, the 37th Army of the Chinese government moved towards Liuyang and Yong'an.

6. The 58th Army of the Chinese Government will move south of Liuyang, and the remaining units should continue to fight in their positions to protect the safety of the right wing of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese Government.

Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, was also puzzled after receiving the order from the Military Command of the Chinese government. The war was about to begin, but he, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, had not yet completed the combat plan, and the Military Command in the mountain city sent a combat order. This was simply interfering with the command and operations of the front-line commander.

Besides, Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, felt that even if the General Staff had a combat plan, it should be discussed with him, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, before announcing it. Otherwise, he, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, would become a decoration.

Moreover, Commander-in-Chief Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government discovered that the battle plan sent by the Military General Staff this time was different from those during the previous three Changsha battles. The battle plan sent by the Military General Staff this time had a tone that did not allow for any questioning. This made Commander-in-Chief Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government wonder, is the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government going to command the battle based on this paper telegram?

What made Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, even more angry was that before, no matter whether the Third War Zone, the Fifth War Zone or the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government were attacked by the Japanese army, the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government had always contributed both manpower and manpower, and mobilized heavy troops to rescue and assist in the battle.

But this time, the Japanese 11th Army assembled so many troops to attack, but the Chinese government's military command only sent a division of reinforcements from the Chinese government's 6th War Zone, and it was only a division that served as a cover. The commander of the Chinese government's 9th War Zone, Xue Changguan, ordered that the military command would let the Chinese government's 4th Army with only 20,000 officers and soldiers to guard Changsha City? Isn't this going to kill the Chinese government's 4th Army?

The more he thought about it, the angrier the Chinese government's Ninth War Zone Commander Xue immediately called back the Military Command, demanding that the Military Command must change the previous combat deployment and put forward his own needs as well:

1. Draw the most elite 18th Army of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government to station in Ningxiang.

2. The 40th Division of the Huaxia Government will be dispatched to Liling, and Commander Ding of the 26th Army will be in charge of the operations.

3. The 175th Division of the 46th Army of the Fourth War Zone of the Chinese Government will be transferred to Hengyang to replace the 10th Army of the Chinese Government stationed in Hengyang, while the 10th Army of the Chinese Government will advance northward to Lukou in Zhuzhou.

4. Urgently transfer the new 22nd Army back to the combat sequence of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, and immediately send the entire army to Changsha.

The purpose of General Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, making such deployment is actually because he knows that there are two key points of the "Tianlu Tactics" he created, one place is Ningxiang, and the other place is Liuyang.

These two places are the axis of the retreat and decisive battle tactics in his own "Tianlu Tactics". As long as these two places are not lost, then according to the deployment of Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, the troops retreating from the first and second line defense positions can complete the assembly in these two places, and then penetrate from both wings to the flanks and rear of the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army to launch an attack, posing a great threat to the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army.

But once these two places were lost, it would be like the two arms of Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, used to attack the offensive forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army were clamped, and he would only be pinned to the ground and rubbed by the offensive forces of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Judging from the battle plan sent by the Military General Staff of the Chinese government, the Military General Staff only paid attention to the defense problem in the Liuyang direction, but in the Ningxiang direction, the Military General Staff only sent a division of troops for defense. With such a small force, it was simply impossible to stop the attack of the Japanese 11th Army. Therefore, Commander Xue of the 9th War Zone of the Chinese government requested that the most elite 18th Army of the 6th War Zone of the Chinese government be sent to reinforce the defense of Ningxiang.

In addition, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government transferred the Tenth Army of the Chinese Government, which was responsible for defending Hengyang, to garrison Lukou in order to prevent the Fourth Army of the Chinese Government from reinforcing the battle in Changsha when Changsha was in a tight spot due to the attack of the offensive forces of the Eleventh Army of the Japanese Army.

Because Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, knew very well that the troops of the Tenth Army of the Chinese government were very combat-effective, especially good at defense. In an emergency, if the Tenth Army could enter Changsha and defend together with the Fourth Army, then Changsha would definitely be protected.

However, the request of Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, was directly ignored by the Chinese government's Military Command, which only ordered the Chinese government's Tenth Army to withdraw a division of troops and the temporary Second Army to Lukou to protect the transportation line.

Moreover, although these two troops were ostensibly under the command of Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, the Chinese government's Military Command had issued a strict order that this division drawn from the temporary Second Army and the Tenth Army was only responsible for protecting the transportation lines and was not allowed to participate in the Battle of Changsha.