If you have watched the TV series "The Defense of Changsha" seriously, you should remember that during the First Battle of Changsha, there was a fierce debate between Chiang Kai-shek, Bai Chongxi and Xu Yongchang in the play, that is, the question of whether Xue Yue should concentrate 140,000 troops to completely annihilate 50,000 Japanese troops. Xu Yongchang, the commander of the Military Command, one of the "Four Giants of the Central Military Commission," vigorously advocated encircling on all sides and destroying the disobedient Sixth Division of Inaba Shiro in one fell swoop.
Stills from "The Defense of Changsha"
The commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Ningji, in view of the defeat in the northern Ganbei battlefield, the bankruptcy of the two-line joint attack campaign, and the fact that the Japanese army in northern Hunan ran out of ammunition, ordered the 6th Inaba Division, the Uemura detachment, and the Nara detachment, a total of 50,000 ghost soldiers, to reverse and withdraw to the position north of the New Wall River. However, the fruitless Rice Leaf was not willing to give up, and ordered the troops to abandon the tank heavy artillery without oil, and all the lightly armored troops advanced to the miluo river line, and must attack Changsha.
Xue Yue was at this time not only holding the trump cards of the Central Army such as the 15th Group Army of Linzheng and Li Yutang's Eighth Army, but also the elite divisions of eight reserves, such as Qiu Qingquan's new 22nd Division and Dai Anlan's 200th Division, which could be put into battle at any time, and in a short period of time, 140,000 troops could be assembled, and there was a three-to-one superiority in the strength of the Japanese army.
Therefore, Xu Yongchang was very excited, and bluntly said that even if he sacrificed most of the main force of these 140,000 people, he would completely annihilate this arrogant enemy; Chiang Kai-shek listened, Chen Cheng only looked at it, but the monologue Chongxi raised an objection, asserting that with the huge difference in combat strength between the Chinese and Japanese armies, it was impossible to completely eliminate these 50,000 Japanese troops, and even if they barely annihilated most of them, the main force of the nationalist army would inevitably be lost, which was not in line with the strategic thinking of the long-term war of resistance.
Leaving aside the rest of the play, this point is the most real place in "The Defense of Changsha", that is, it is objectively admitted that the Japanese imperialist army is far higher than our anti-Japanese army in terms of individual quality, weaponry and tactical level, otherwise the War of Resistance would not have been fought for eight years, and the Chinese military and people would not have to pay such a huge sacrifice. In the current anti-Japanese drama, the annihilation of several japanese companies and a division is a play, and the group is destroyed with a wave of the hand.
Bai Chongxi frankly said that the Japanese soldiers have been trained in militarism since childhood, and their will to fight is relatively tenacious; even if they lack heavy weapons, the light weapons and mortars, grenadiers and other equipment carried by their infantry are still far superior to our army and can cause heavy casualties to our army.
The camera switches here, turning into the scene of the Ninth Theater Headquarters, Chief of Staff Wu rushed forward with the telegram of the chairman of the committee to discuss with Xue Yue how to intercept the Japanese army on the route of the northward retreat and completely eliminate the 50,000 Japanese troops, but Xue Yue issued a combat order to encircle the three ques, Wu Yizhi was puzzled, and Xue Yue asked him to read Chiang Kai-shek's telegram again: "With the strength of the Sixth Division, severely damage the enemy in the face."
Chiang Kai-shek listened, and he finally adopted Bai Chongxi's advice, only pursuing and not encircling and annihilating, so as to prevent the Japanese army from trapping the beast and fighting, and wiping out his old military base. At this time, Inaba Shiro also received a sternly worded withdrawal telegram from Okamura Ningji, so the Japanese army left the battlefield under the cover of air force, and the first Battle of Changsha was declared over, and Inaba did not long after he returned to let Okamura do it, and it was Kanda Masano who was succeeded.
"Changsha Defense War" does have many bridges that are not very real, and there are also failures, but in terms of battle scenes and facing up to the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, it is still the closest to the truth in the recent anti-Japanese war film and television dramas. For the 140,000 nationalist troops who did not dare to encircle the 50,000 Japanese troops, the director of the anti-Japanese drama must have scoffed, replaced by them, there are several divisions in hand plus a little guerrilla, Inaba Shiro must cut his belly.