After Changsha became a dangerous city, which troops to use to garrison became a big problem. According to Xue Yue's meaning, he still hoped that fang Xianjue's Tenth Army, who was assisted by Hengfan, would replace the fourth army to hold the city. According to Zhao Zili's recollection, on the question of who to use to defend Changsha, Xue Yue always asked Zhao Zili: Like which unit to defend Changsha, the Fourth Army is good at attacking but not good at defending.
Zhao Zili knew in his heart that the Fourth Army was Xue Yue's concubine troops, although he was reluctant to let him defend the dangerous city.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Xue Yue, the general content of which was: Fang Xianjue's Tenth Army stationed in Hengyang, or responsible for the task of garrisoning Hengyang, could not be used in Changsha.
In this way, Xue Yue's Fourth Army became the garrison of Changsha.
With the fierce battle between the two sides, Xue Yue's wish to replicate the 3rd Battle of Changsha was completely disappointed. On June 14, under the precipitous deterioration of the situation, Xue Yue decided to descend from Mount Yuelu and go to Leiyang. Before leaving, he called Zhao Zili to his side and said: I will go to the rear first, and you will take care of it here.
The naïve Zhao Zili thought that Xue Yue would soon call himself to Qiyang, but then he found that this was not the case at all. At the same time, Zhao Zili learned that Zhang Deneng, the commander of the Fourth Army, could defend Changsha with two and a half divisions and one division to guard Yuelu Mountain.
Zhao Zili immediately called Zhang Deneng: In this way, it will be difficult to keep Yuelu Mountain in the distribution of troops, and it is necessary to transfer another division to Yuelu Mountain, this time a large number of enemies appear on the west bank of the Xiang River, they are from the lake surface and the road surface, Yuelu Mountain is lost, how can Changsha still defend? On the other hand, if the concentration of forces to hold Yuelu Mountain, so changsha city is captured, and Yuelu mountain is retained, then Changsha can not be considered lost.
Whether Zhao Zili's theory is correct or not, we will not say for the time being, but only Zhang Deneng, commander of the Fourth Army.
At the beginning, Zhang Deneng did not speak, and under Zhao Zili's repeated questioning, he could only say: The chief of staff really does not hide from each other, the commander has an explanation before leaving, the troops are still under his command, and the current deployment is his order, if you want to change the deployment, call the chief first.
Zhao Zili immediately called Xue Yue and asked: Do I command the Fourth Army here?
Xue Yue replied: You don't command him.
Zhao Zili asked again: Then what am I doing here? Shall I go back?"
Xue Yue: No, you have to contact there.
Zhao Zili: Why don't you send a staff officer!
At both ends of the phone, Xue Yue dropped the phone, and Zhao Zili also dropped the phone.
What happened later made Zhao Zili even more angry. Not long after dropping the phone, some staff officers on the Yuelu Mountain Command Post claimed to have taken Xue Yue's orders and began to retreat to Leiyang, and as the chief of staff, he did not even know that there was such a thing, and Xue Yue directly bypassed him and issued an order.
Judging from Zhao Zili's eyes, there was really no way to fight this battle.
Takeji Shimakan can be said to know the essence of "soldiers and noble gods", and the Japanese army is advancing rapidly. The 58th Division quickly occupied the line of the Laodao River, the 34th Division regiment was in the Xiangjiang River, and the 116th Division and the 68th Division had already launched a pursuit position towards Hengyang.
Until this time, Zhao Zili still suggested that a division be added to Yuelu Mountain.
However, Zhang Deneng, commander of the Fourth Army, said: If Changsha is lost, only Yuelu Mountain will be left, and there will be nothing to do.
In the Fourth Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue was indeed a light enemy, but there may not be any problem in the distribution of troops! As the commander of the Ninth Theater, Xue Yue could garrison Changsha for many years, and he didn't know the value of Yuelu Mountain!
If you simply think that Xue Yue and Zhang Deneng only divided one division and garrisoned Yuelu Mountain because they did not understand his importance, they could only say that the idea was too naïve.