The Battle Hostile_encounter of Changsha ( 1944 ) ( also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Hengyang or Campaign of Changsha-Hengyang ) was an invasion Attack of the Chinese province of Hunan by Japanese troops near the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War Hostile_encounter .

As such , it encompasses three separate conflicts Hostile_encounter : an invasion Attack of the city of Changsha and two invasions Attack of Hengyang .

When Changsha fell Change_of_leadership to the Imperial Japanese Army on June 19 , 1944 , Hengyang became Becoming their next target Aiming .

The reorganized 11th Army , consisting Cause_to_be_included of 10 divisions , 4 brigades , and over 110,000 men , assumed the task of attacking Attack Hengyang .

The city was an important railroad junction Connect and Hengyang Airport was used Using by USAAC General Claire Lee Chennault 's Flying Motion Tigers which were engaged in bombing Attack operations of the Japanese homeland .