In the defense of Hengyang, what was the final battle sequence, and how many troops were gathered in the end!
Fang Xianjue led the main force of the 10th Army, chief of staff Sun Mingyu, under the command of:
The 3rd Division, Division Commander Zhou Qingxiang, Fang Renjie 7th Regiment, Zhang Jinxiang 8th Regiment, Xiao Guitiandi 9th Regiment.
The Pre-10th Division, division commander Ge Xiancai, had jurisdiction over the 28th Regiment of Zengjing, the 29th Regiment of Zhuguang Base, and the 30th Regiment of Lu Dequan.
The 190th Division, commander Rong Youluo, had jurisdiction over Yu Yanling's 568th Regiment, Liang Zichao's 569th Regiment, and He Guangyao's 570th Regiment.
The units directly under the army are: Li Shouguang, commander of the search battalion, He Zhupu, commander of the search battalion, Zhang Zuoxiang, commander of the artillery battalion, Lu Bogao, commander of the engineer battalion, and Yuan Dawen, commander of the communications battalion.
Subordinate combat units: Rao Shaowei of the provisional 54th Division, Chen Chaozhang, commander of the First Regiment, Liu Table, commander of the 48th Division's Combat Artillery Battalion, Chen Buxin, commander of the artillery battalion of the 74th Army, and Peng Kongguang, commander of the artillery company of the 46th Army.
All the troops added up to about 17,600 men.
In addition to rifles, the above defenders had 400 light and heavy machine guns, hundreds of heavy machine guns, more than 100 guns of various kinds, and a large number of grenades.
The final position was garrisoned: Zhou Qingxiang's 3rd Division was located north and northwest of the city. Ge Xiancai's pre-10th division was located in the south and southwest of the city. Rong Youluo's 190th Division supported the Provisional 54th Division in fighting on the east bank of the Xiang River, and after retreating, assisted the Pre-10th Division to defend the south of the city, and Rao Shaowei's Temporary 54th Division retreated and held the west bank of the Xiang River.
Ge Xiancai approached the military headquarters before the war and counted the number of people involved in the battle: including non-combatants, there were 17,600 people below the rank of commander. Among them, there are about 14,000 officers and men who can fight, and the rest are all special services, such as the directly subordinate heavy regiment, the communication battalion, the health team, and the field hospital.
When the Japanese army attacked the position of Ge Xiancai's 10th Division, he deeply felt that the task was arduous.
Ge Xiancai sent the 29th Regiment of Zhu Guang's base to Zhangjiashan and Tiger-shaped Nest in the southwest of the city as the core positions, and sent Chen Dequan's 30th Regiment, Wuguiling in the south of the city, and the core of the Jiangxi Guild Hall to lay out the position, so as to build the key points of the first-line positions in the south and southwest of the city, requiring all reserves to control the anti-slope of the position, and Zeng Jing's 28th regiment to stay in Hengyang.
At that time, Zhou Qingxiang's 3rd Division had not yet retreated, and Fang Xianjuegu took Zeng Jing's regiment as the general reserve. However, after Ge Xiancai had laid out his position, he found a problem, the front of Chen Dequan's 30th Regiment was too wide, and if necessary, it needed Zeng Jing's support, hoping to use Zeng Jing's 28th Regiment as a divisional reserve.
Because of this matter, the two also had a dispute, and finally Ge Xian won.
At the same time, Ge Xiancai sent The 7th Company of Zhang Deshan of Chen Dekun's 30th Regiment to guard the guard positions south of the Xianggui Railway, The Stop Army Mountain and Gaoling.
On June 25, the first rising sun flag appeared in Xi'an, Xiangjiang. The main force of the 68th Division crossed the Xiang River, and the commander of the division personally commanded it, and on the morning of June 26, it entered Huangchaling, 1,000 meters south of Hengyang City.
At the same time, on the east bank of the Xiang River, Rong Youliu and his troops risked death to attack, so that the Japanese troops occupying the airfield were beaten down, and then personally pressed the blast button to blast the runway of the airport. Despite the critical situation, Fang Xianjue did not let them retreat to the west bank of the Xiang River.
At this time, the 190th Division originally had only more than 1,000 people, and its combatants were only 800, hanging alone on the West Bank, and there was a possibility of being overthrown at any time, and the army was unstable. Rong You did not dare to complain to Fang Xianjue, but the deputy division commander Pan Qian called Ge Xian to talk about this matter.
Ge Xiancai believed that if the Japanese fire controlled the Xiang River, the 190th Division would not be able to return at all, and would either be completely annihilated or retreated all the way south like the Provisional 54th Division.
Ge Xiancai called Fang Xianjue and told him of his worries.
Fang Xianjue asked: What do you mean?
Ge Xiancai: The focus of this battle is in Xi'an, or should we shrink the defense, if the 190th Division is isolated from the east bank, it will be unfavorable to our army, and besides, the airfield has already learned from the 54th Division.
At this time, Fang Xianjue immediately roared: Put on the military uniform, encounter the enemy, you should die in battle, what is the difference between the regions! I only need one soldier of the 190th Division to kill two Japanese troops to fulfill their responsibilities, otherwise, this kind of combat-disadvantaged unit will be lost.
Fang Xian felt angry, and Ge Xiancai was really a little vague, and continued to exhort:
What the commander said was that all soldiers should have the courage and accusations to kill the enemy, but commander, in this battle, our troops are too small, we are overstretched, the eastern defense is set up in the west, and the troops are scattered, they will be weak everywhere, and they will be broken by people, which is contrary to the way of using soldiers. Since the commander does not care about the gains and losses of the east bank, let's give up the east bank.
Fang Xianjue: Can you guarantee that the soldiers of the 190th Division can exchange one life for two enemy lives?
Ge Xiancai: Jun no joke, I use the head guarantee, in case this number is not reached, I pre-10 divisions to make up the difference!
Fang Xianjue: I can't change the order and issue an order for the division to retreat, and the 190th Division will be handed over to you to deal with.
In this way, the 190th Division retreated to the west bank of the Xiang River.