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The Imperial Japanese Army committed 250,000 troops to attack Changsha which IJA had failed to take before in 3 separate campaigns from 1938-1941.

110,000 IJA troops then headed for Hengyang against only 16,275 Chinese defenders, 60,000 Japanese soldiers were slaughtered in the battle of Hengyang..

Below is the old city gate of Changsha