Eighty-four years ago today, on December 23, 1941 (November 6, 1941), the Japanese army launched the third battle of Changsha. The Japanese army broke into Tianxin Pavilion, and the Chinese army urgently reinforced the enemy. On December 23, 1941, the third battle of Changsha began. After Japan launched the Pacific War, in order to restrain the Chinese army and support the British army in Hong Kong, the Japanese 11th Army mobilized 120,000 troops to attack the Chinese defenders on the north bank of the Xinqiang River. On the same day, the 40th Division of the Japanese army broke through the Chinese defenders' outpost on the north bank of the Xinqiang River and advanced the main force to the bank of the Xinqiang River. On the evening of the 24th, the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Xinqiang River. On the 28th, the Japanese army forcibly crossed the Miluo River and made great progress on the south bank of the Miluo River. According to the original battle plan of the Japanese army, the purpose of the Japanese army's campaign has been achieved, and the troops should be withdrawn northward, but the Japanese commander Anan Weiji suddenly changed the original plan and ordered the troops to continue the south attack and occupy Changsha. Xue Yue (middle), the commander of the ninth theater troops of the Chinese army in Changsha and the Japanese army in street fighting, participated in the battle of Changsha three times.