Eighty-six years ago today, on October 7, 1939 (August 25, 1939), the First Battle of Changsha ended and the Japanese army was repelled. The Japanese troops who participated in the Battle of Changsha retreated. On October 7, 1939, the First Battle of Changsha ended and the Japanese army was repelled. On October 2, Xue Yue, the acting commander of the Ninth Theater Region, deployed a comprehensive counter-offensive in northern Hunan. Luo Zhuoying's unit of the 19th Army in northern Jiangxi, Yang Sen's unit of the 27th Army in southern Hubei, and Guan Linzheng's unit of the 15th Army in Hubei participated in the battle. On the 4th, Xue Yue's unit of the 9th Theater was in Xiangyin, and immediately advanced to the north of the Geluo River. On the 5th, Okamura Ningji, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army and the commander-in-chief of the Changsha Theater, ordered the entire line to retreat. On the 6th, the troops of the 9th Theater, with the help of the people, repelled the Japanese troops who were besieging Changsha and restored their original positions. The vanguard troops approached Xinqianhe. On the same day, Chiang Kai-shek, Xue Yue and other generals congratulated Xiang Peking University for their victory and awarded a reward of 150,000 yuan to the participating troops. On the 7th, the forward command post of the Japanese 11th Army, which attacked Changsha, was evacuated from Xianning. The first battle of Changsha ended. The Japanese army suffered 13,000 casualties and 25,833 casualties in the 9th Theater. According to the Japanese announcement, the Chinese army left 44,000 corpses and captured about 4,000; the Japanese side killed about 850 people and wounded about 2,700 people. On the 11th, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to commend Bai Chongxi, the director of the Guilin battalion, and Chen Cheng and Xue Yue, the commanders and deputy commanders of the Ninth Theater, saying briefly: "This battle in northern Hunan has annihilated more than half of the enemy. The good news is received, and the whole country is excited. The command is good, and the soldiers use their lives, but there is no comfort. All the meritorious personnel in this service hope to find out the detailed reports, and their dead and wounded officers and soldiers should be checked and reported, so as to receive the reward." Acting Commander of the Ninth Theater, Xue Yue, Commander of the Ninth Theater, Chen Cheng