Quartermasters can also fight the devils

All officers and soldiers of the Provisional Sixth Division rushed towards the attacking forces of the Japanese Eleventh Army one after another, and launched hand-to-hand combat against the attacking forces of the Japanese Eleventh Army from all directions at the same time. Moreover, Long Yunfei required that all officers of the Provisional Sixth Division should rush to the front of the team.

The attacking forces of the Japanese 11th Army were also confused by the unique Miao tactics of the Provisional 6th Division. Even the Japanese machine gunners, hearing the whistles of the Chinese army from all directions, could only shoot to the east and then to the west, fighting in a disorganized manner.

In this way, the Provisional Sixth Division, under the leadership of its commander Long Yunfei, finally defeated the multiple attacks of the Japanese 11th Army's offensive forces, which was also a pleasant surprise for Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government.

However, the victory of the Provisional Sixth Division was not in vain. In the first Battle of Changsha, the officers and soldiers of the Provisional Sixth Division suffered heavy casualties. Many Miao soldiers with green headbands shed their blood on the battlefield. When the Provisional Sixth Division withdrew from the position according to the order of Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, nearly half of the officers and soldiers of the division had been killed or wounded.

In the first Battle of Changsha, the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, personally led the officers and soldiers of the Special Service Battalion of the Provisional Sixth Division to the main position to block the fierce attack of the Japanese Eleventh Army's offensive forces. After a bloody battle with the Japanese offensive forces, the Special Service Battalion of the Provisional Sixth Division, which originally had more than 500 officers and soldiers, finally had only 16 people left who could continue to participate in the combat. The casualties were extremely heavy, but these 16 officers and soldiers still held their positions and did not let the offensive forces of the Japanese Eleventh Army cross the defense line.

Under the leadership of the division commander Long Yunfei, the Provisional Sixth Division was not only very successful in defensive operations. He also took advantage of the Miao people's familiarity with the jungle and their expertise in jungle and mountain warfare, and organized small teams based on companies and platoons to frequently attack and harass the troops of the Japanese 11th Army, making the offensive forces of the Japanese 11th Army suffer terribly. The Japanese officers and soldiers were in extreme tension at all times, fearing that they would be killed by the Chinese army's sneak attack units if they were not careful.

The Provisional Sixth Division once formed a combat unit near Jinshi, with the Miao people as the backbone. They wiped out a Japanese squad through a night attack. Moreover, since the Miao officers and soldiers in this night attack unit of the Provisional Sixth Division were very good at jungle warfare, the attack methods were also very clever and diverse. In the end, after annihilating a Japanese squad, the squad did not suffer any casualties. This is one of the most classic small-scale night attacks since the War of Resistance Against Japan.

It was precisely because of the bravery of the Provisional Sixth Division in the First Battle of Changsha and the ruthlessness displayed by the officers and soldiers that made Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, very satisfied. At the same time, the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, was also noticed by Commander Xue, the commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, who wanted to make special use of him.

Who knew that Long Yunfei was a Miao after all, and had always been hiding in that small place in western Hunan, and had never seen the world? At the celebration meeting after the end of the first Changsha Battle of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government, Commander Xue of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese Government specially arranged for the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, to speak at the celebration meeting, giving Long Yunfei and the Provisional Sixth Division a chance to show up.

However, when facing tens of thousands of people and a bunch of blond-haired and blue-eyed foreign reporters, the commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, was so nervous that he became incoherent. He spoke Miao dialect to everyone and then spoke Xiangxi dialect, making all the people and reporters in the audience very confused.

Commander Xue, commander of the Ninth War Zone of the Chinese government, was sitting on the rostrum, looking at the nervous Long Yunfei with a bitter smile in his heart. He thought that although Long Yunfei was good at fighting, he was really not good enough at doing other things. It seemed that his plan to promote and employ Long Yunfei would be difficult to implement, so he should let Long Yunfei continue to be his division commander.

In 1941, the 55-year-old commander of the Provisional Sixth Division, Long Yunfei, resigned from his position due to poor health and returned to his hometown in western Hunan to recuperate. The new commander of the Provisional Sixth Division was Long Yunfei's confidant Zhao Jiping.

However, with the continuous fighting between the Provisional Sixth Division and the Japanese Army in recent years, although the division commander and a small number of officers are still Long Yunfei's old subordinates, and many soldiers are still Miao people, the grassroots officers of the Provisional Sixth Division have been replaced in large numbers by officers who graduated from government military academies. Although the additional recruits are also from the Xiangxi region, most of the new recruits are Han people. This unit has naturally become the direct force of the Huaxia government.

Although there are not many Miao people in the Provisional Sixth Division, the brave fighting style of the Miao people in the Provisional Sixth Division has continued to be preserved. After becoming the direct force of the Huaxia government, the weapons and equipment of the Provisional Sixth Division have also been greatly improved.

The current Provisional Sixth Division of the 79th Army is a world apart from the one when it was first formed. Now each company of the Provisional Sixth Division has an actual number of 150 to 160 people, equipped with 120 regular rifles and Hanyang rifles, 12 Czech light machine guns, 12 imitation Japanese grenade launchers, and seven Mauser military pistols, also known as box guns, for officers. Each company is also equipped with three mules and horses and one iron-wheeled cart for transporting supplies.

However, because the 79th Army of the Chinese government had suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Western Hubei, when the 11th Army of the Japanese Army launched the Battle of Changde, the 79th Army of the Chinese government still had a 40% shortage of troops.

Facing the attack of the Japanese 11th Army in the center, the 79th Army of the Chinese government also ordered the temporary 6th Division to defend Nuanshui Street, the 194th Division to defend Wangjiachang, and the 98th Division to defend Ganxi Beach. Each unit relied on the advantage of terrain to resist the attack of the Japanese 11th Army's central offensive force, which had an absolute advantage in manpower.

Commander Sun, acting commander of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese government, believed that the offensive force deployed by the Japanese 11th Army in the center was more than twice that of his own Tenth Army, and the firepower of the Japanese 11th Army's offensive forces was more than five times that of the Tenth Army.

Therefore, Commander Sun, Acting Commander of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government, and Chief of Staff Guo of the War Zone estimated that the Tenth Army would not be able to hold out for long under the fierce attack of the Japanese Eleventh Army's central offensive force. However, this triangular area in the middle was a strategic location of the Sixth War Zone of the Chinese Government. The gains and losses were extremely important, and they had to withstand the attack of the Japanese Eleventh Army.