July.

The month of the summer season.

Hengyang City is located in the southern monsoon zone, and there are many thunderstorms in summer, and the rain is fierce, which can often cause the river to swell, but the duration is short, and the rain will subside in a few days and the rain will be clear.

Just like now.

"General, it's clear."

Outside Hengyang City, in the damp Japanese headquarters, Yokoyama heard bad news.

He looked away from the map and walked out of the headquarters, only to find that the thunderstorm in Hengyang, which had only lasted for two and a half days, had subsided, and only the slightest dark cloud was left in the distant sky.

Sunlight pierces the clouds and falls on the earth.

"Yaga."

This scene made Yokoyama scold.

In the era of black powder and paper cartridge shells, rain is the end of war, but technology has been developing, and as the first military to enjoy technological achievements, modern warfare has been fearless.

The advent of smokeless gunpowder and closed primer shells made firearms and artillery unaffected by wind and rain, and wars could be waged anytime and anywhere.

However, the current rainy weather, especially thunderstorms, still has a great impact on the war.

The field of vision, the mobility of the troops, and the logistical supply capability all have a great impact, and the heavier the rain, the more violent the impact, and many troops do not want to fight in this harsh environment.

Especially the presence of a large number of heavy weapons and the side with advantages.

Bad weather will greatly weaken the bonus effect of advanced weapons and equipment, sufficient logistics supply, rain curtain blocking, lack of effective observation, artillery accuracy decreases, muddy roads affect timely supply, making it difficult to transport weapons and ammunition to the front line in time, and the logistics supply capacity is reduced.

And bad weather can also expand the advantages of troops, morale, and command.

Therefore, the more inferior the weapons and the lack of supplies, the more they hope to fight in bad weather, night attacks, rainy attacks, foggy attacks, through bad weather, close the distance, weaken the advantage of firepower, and start contact battles, even white-knuckle battles.

It's like the current Hengyang foreign devil.

As the commander, Isamu Yokoyama even wished that the heavier the rain, the better, and the longer the better.

But the devil will not fulfill his wish.

"When will our next supply arrive?"

Yokoyama gritted his teeth and asked.

It has been a week since the base camp issued the order to take Hengyang.

During this week, he launched a fierce attack on Hengyang, and at first, he fought extremely hard because the defenders inside the city were well supplied and the fortifications outside the city were well established.

After three consecutive days of attacking, he lost more than a full wing, and as a result, he failed to break through even the outer positions, during which the Hengyang defenders showed morale and resilience, which made Yokoyama break out in a cold sweat.

In all fairness, Isamu Yokoyama knew very well that even without the weapons and equipment supported by the Independent Regiment, with the perfect positions around Hengyang, and the resilience and morale of the defenders, his rhetoric about taking Hengyang in five days at most could only be a joke.

Just like at the beginning of the war, the empire advertised that it would defeat the Republic of China in three months, but three months passed, and the Battle of Songhu was not over.

And now, with the sufficient ammunition transported by the independent regiment every day, as well as weapons and equipment, shells and guns, it is a miracle that he can take Hengyang in fifty days.

The defenders of Hengyang were less than 20,000 men, and his current offensive strength was 65,000 men, and the continuous firepower displayed by the other side was more than three times stronger than him, especially the artillery, which was suppressed almost every day.

Many times he attacked, and before he could get close to the position, he was bombarded back by artillery fire.

According to statistics, the number of planes landing in Hengyang every day was as high as 270 sorties, which was so sufficient that the number of artillery shells fired by the defenders of Hengyang was not less than 20,000 rounds a day, and this is still not counting 60 mortars.

He later changed the attack to a night one, but the enemy flares filled the sky almost at night.

How can this battle be fought?

Fortunately, on the fourth day, hope came, and the Hengyang area ushered in a thunderstorm, like a rain curtain, hanging all over the entire Hengyang City.

Isamu Yokoyama is overjoyed.

Taking advantage of the thunderstorm, he launched a fierce attack in the past two days, day and night, but the defenders of Hengyang established a perfect defensive position outside Hengyang, and he lacked large-caliber siege artillery, plus the suppression of enemy artillery, the attack was very difficult.

Three wings have already been crippled alive.

However, the results were also gratifying, in just two days, he took three positions around Hengyang City, and even approached the airport, killing and wounding a large number of enemy troops, and the enemy's artillery fire was also visibly weakened.

Give him another day and he can destroy the airport.

It's a pity that the two-day continuous attack has almost exhausted his weapons and ammunition, and the rainy weather has also affected the logistics and supply efficiency of the locust army, otherwise he would definitely order the troops to attack immediately now, and destroy the airport before the transport planes of the independent regiment arrived.

"It's been sunny for the last few days, and it's expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon."

The staff officer replied.

"Order the troops to suspend the offensive."

Yokoyama gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"Hey."

The staff officer immediately went to deliver the order.

"Count the transport planes that arrived in Hengyang today."

Finally, Isamu Yokoyama sighed.

He had a hunch that he had missed the opportunity to occupy Hengyang at the end.

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"It's clear."

In Hengyang City, Cai Jiheng looked at the sunshine in the sky and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's finally clear."

General Fang also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past two days, the devils have been attacking frantically, day and night, one wing after another has launched a group charge, especially in the direction of the airport, which is the focus of the attack, causing a lot of pressure on the two.

Because it was not clear how long the rainy day lasted and what the follow-up strength of the devils was, both of them even reduced their ammunition consumption and reduced their firepower to half.

Of course, even if it is reduced to half, the artillery fire is still fierce.

"I thought it would last more than a week."

After a long sigh of relief, General Fang quickly laughed, with a little pity and self-blame in his tone:

"There are more than 1,300 tons of ammunition left."

He was prepared to hold out for more than half a month, so he reduced the consumption of artillery fire by more than half.

In the face of the attack of the devils, the troops increased a lot of casualties, and if he had not ordered the conservation of artillery shells at the beginning, he could have almost reduced the casualties of a small battalion, that is, more than 400 people.

Not a lot.

And if you don't save ammunition, those three positions will not be lost, at least not all of them.

"Who would have thought of this situation, it's always good to be prepared."

Cai Jigang on the side shook his head.

Taking advantage of the rain, the devil launched a fierce attack on Hengyang continuously, and the offensive was fierce, and it was not clear when the follow-up supplies would arrive, saving ammunition was a normal choice.

"Report, Separate Regiment telegram."

At this moment, a staff officer walked in and handed Commander Fang a telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Commander Fang was overjoyed when he read it, the telegram was an incoming group of transport planes, so that Hengyang was ready to meet it, and air support would also arrive this time.

"Let the 30th Regiment and the Guard Battalion and the Artillery Regiment strengthen the airfield alert, and at the same time be ready to receive transport aircraft."

Commander Fang ordered.

"Yes."

The staff officer's tone was also tinged with surprise.

Supplies are coming.

Then General Fang's pupils flashed:

"There's no movement from the devil's side."

In the past two days, in order to save ammunition, he has eaten a lot, and now that the supply of the independent regiment is coming, and the ammunition in stock is so sufficient that it overflows, General Fang is naturally ready to take revenge and breathe a sigh of relief.

"From morning to now, the devil hasn't moved."

A staff officer immediately replied.

General Fang immediately walked to the table, looked at the map around Hengyang, and after thinking for a moment, said:

"Prepare the troops for a night attack by devils."

"Inform the logistics department that from now on, there is no need to save ammunition, I will be given the right shot, and the artillery shells will be enough, and the front line will give as much as you want."

Over, General Fang slapped the table hard.

At the beginning, that is, when the independent regiment was supporting, the other side released a word, telling them to fight hard, let go of their hands and feet to fight, and there was no need to think about ammunition when fighting.

At first, General Fang was a little unconvinced, but now, he believes.

Moreover, with the arrival of this telegram, the situation in Hengyang will completely change from today onwards.

"Also."

General Fang continued:

"Order the 27th Regiment of the Provisional 10th Division to go to the airport, drive out all the devils near the airport, and the artillery regiment will fully support it, and recapture all the positions lost in the past two days."

Excellent weaponry, mortars, large-caliber heavy machine guns, and bulletproof steel plates to strengthen the position also greatly reduced the number of troops needed to defend the position, so that the commander of the Fang army had the ability to draw troops to counterattack.

'Yes. ’

The staff officer was overjoyed and immediately went to give the order.

"Brother, look at it, hahaha..."

General Fang then handed the telegram to Cai Jigang.

After receiving the telegram, with doubts, Cai Jigang's eyes widened after reading it:

"Wuxian Airport has been repaired, and the independent team battle will attack the devil's transport line, and from today onwards, you can directly call the air attack aircraft to support the ground, this little devil is afraid of it..."

He finally understood why Fang Jiang was so happy.

Hearing Cai Jigang's voice, the rest of the staff officers in the headquarters were also happy, with the support of attack planes and bombshells during the day, the devils would not want to attack during the day.

And the devil's convoy will also be bombed, and there will be a big problem with the devil's supply.

Next, no matter how many devils come, Hengyang is not afraid.

Putting down the telegram, Cai Jigang looked at General Fang in front of him, and the overjoyed staff officers suddenly thought of something.

By the end of the war, the Tenth Army had already adapted to the full set of weapons and equipment of the Independent Regiment, that is, the Eighth Road, so after the end of Hengyang, the Tenth Army might not be able to go back.

No unit could return to the moment when 82 mortars had to be cautious after getting used to the ferocious fire.

There are no troops, so you can eat enough at Dunton, and after you have enough meat at Dunton, you can go back to eat Babao rice with worms.

So...

When the time comes, how will General Fang choose?

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