In the evening of the same day.

Hengyang, inside the command post of the Japanese army.

"General."

A staff officer walked in and said to Isamu Yokoyama:

"The 66th Division telegraphed that it and the headquarters of the 17th Brigade had defeated the Republic of China troops that had come to support, and were now marching towards Hengyang, and were expected to arrive in Hengyang at noon tomorrow."

"Yo Si."

Hearing this news, Isamu Yokoyama was overjoyed.

The 66th Division and the 17th Brigade have a total strength of 20,000 troops, and with this group of fresh troops, even if the recent losses of more than 10,000 are excluded, the number of troops he has gathered near Hengyang will reach 80,000, and he can greatly strengthen the attack on Hengyang.

And.

The 66th Division is a type B division, a newly formed division in the early post-war period, with not weak combat effectiveness and sophisticated weapons and equipment, while the 17th Brigade is a veteran brigade, comparable to an elite A division, and can be called a mechanized division.

And also.

The 17th Brigade is equipped with new large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, which can effectively threaten the transport aircraft group of the independent regiment close to Hengyang.

After the retreat of the US Navy, the little devil finally freed up some of his efforts to improvise the design and manufacture of a new 75-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, but the production was too low and the production speed was slow.

"Command."

Isamu Yokoyama leaned on the map and said:

"The 66th Division, the 17th Brigade approached Hengyang from the left flank and attacked the direction of the airfield."

Now the situation in the country has been greatly eased.

The U.S. Navy temporarily withdrew, and also dispatched some capital ships to the Atlantic, the Republic of China bomber group withdrew, the crisis of bombing on the mainland was lifted, Southeast Asian resources continued to enter the mainland, and the problem of lack of factory resources was solved.

So he also got a lot of support on his side.

Both in terms of materials and troops, there has been a significant increase.

As long as he can capture the airport, cut off the source of supplies in Hengyang, and then block the Republic of China troops supporting from the surrounding area, then he will have a chance to take Hengyang and complete the orders of the prime minister and the base camp.

As for what to do next.

The Songxian Independent Regiment is getting stronger and stronger, and planes, tanks, heavy artillery, and armored vehicles are all popping up in groups.

What does this have to do with him Isamu Yokoyama.

He was only in charge of the second phase of Operation 1.

How to deal with the threat posed by the Songxian Independent Regiment is a matter that the base camp and the Dispatch Army Command should consider, and he is responsible for carrying it out.

He believed that the base camp's understanding of the Independent Regiment was no worse than his, after all, the affairs of the First Army and the battle on Chengde's side were all there, and Yamamoto Kazuki's investigation report could not be clearer.

"Hey."

The staff officer immediately went to deliver the order.

"What is the situation of the rest of the surrounding Republic of China troops?"

Isamu Yokoyama asked.

At the beginning, he had 360,000 troops in his hands to attack the Hengyang area, but now, with the continuous increase of the base camp, the total number of troops under his command has reached 450,000.

This, of course, is the total strength on paper.

In fact, because of the combat losses, especially the battle with the independent regiment, the 69th Division was almost completely defeated, and the losses were very heavy, plus the combat losses in the Hengyang area, the total strength of the current army is only more than 410,000.

The loss was nearly thirty thousand.

Except for the siege of Hengyang, the rest of these troops were entangled with the Republic of China troops to avoid the Republic of China troops approaching to support Hengyang.

With the arrival of subsequent reinforcements, his strength will increase and strengthen.

This time, the 66th Division and the 17th Brigade were able to defeat the reinforcements and quickly support him in attacking Hengyang, which was really unexpected by Yokoyama Yong. In his projections, the next batch of reinforcements should arrive next week.

"According to the reports of the troops."

The staff officer's tone was a little strange:

"In recent times, the will to fight of many units of the Republic of China has been significantly reduced, and many troops have retreated at the first touch."

"Retreat?"

Isamu Yokoyama narrowed his eyes.

Fall back.

It's not a rout.

That is, to retreat on your own initiative and avoid fighting.

"What are you trying to do?"

Coming to the map and looking at the map updated by staff officers according to the telegrams from the front at all times, Isamu Yokoyama frowned and fell into deep thought.

The attitude of the preserved troops seemed to be a good thing for him, allowing him to mobilize more troops to attack Hengyang, and then continue to attack all the way to the west, pointing directly at the mountain city.

But.

The Eighth Route Army is very strong, terrifyingly strong, and it can't ignore the fruit preserved troops, the strength of this group of people should not be underestimated, the offense is not good, but the defense is still good.

After thinking about it for a long time, Yokoyama Yong didn't come up with a reason, and just when he was about to make a judgment after further gathering information, his eyes suddenly aimed at the independent regiment located in Song County.

Suddenly, Isamu Yokoyama understood.

Compared with the empire, the Republic of China is also not monolithic, and even more divided, plus there is no command and regulation at the highest level such as the Locust, and there are often military conflicts between them.

In the past few years, he has seen too much. Even the locust army has taken advantage of this division many times to divide the attack, so as to break them one by one.

This group of people is learning from Americans.

Retreat the territory first, give up the territory, create space, and prompt the locust army and Li Yunlong's troops in Songxian to fight and fight, and then reap the benefits of the fishermen when both sides suffered heavy losses.

"Ridiculous."

Yokoyama snorted coldly.

Planning to come out and reap the benefits at the end?

These idiots, do you think too highly of yourself?

I don't want to think about it, my attack was a victory?

Now that the Americans are retreating, the empire has no pressure from other sides and can go all out to deal with the Republic of China, and as far as he knows, the base camp is even planning to transfer the troops on the islands to the battlefield of the Republic of China to prompt the surrender of the Republic of China as quickly as possible.

The little strength that saved them, the Changheng region, whether it was the empire or the victory of Li Yunlong's independent regiment, in the end, it was not the turn of this group of people to clean up the mess.

Both sides can clean up casually.

Thinking of this, he rubbed his forehead again, and then sighed deeply.

Isamu Yokoyama was a little dazed.

The retreat of the preserved fruit troops will be of great benefit to him to take Hengyang, but what about after taking Hengyang? Leave the increasingly powerful independent regimental troops of Songxian alone, and then continue the offensive?

What the hell does the base camp think.

"General."

Beside him, the chief of staff of the Eleventh Imperial Army, that is, the staff officer of Isamu Yokoyama, an imperial major general saw the worries of his commander, and said silently:

"I'm afraid the base camp is gambling."

"Bet that we can force the preserved fruit to surrender as soon as possible, or even cause it to collapse."

"At present, the external passage of the mountain city has not been opened, and the Americans have suddenly withdrawn, and even reduced the number of air supplies, and they have lost the largest foreign aid."

"According to the intelligence of Tegaoke, the current mountain city, prices are soaring, the fiat currency has depreciated hundreds of times, the economy has collapsed, the industrial capacity has almost collapsed, and the morale of its troops is also rapidly decreasing."

"As long as we put some pressure on it, there is a good chance that it will collapse entirely."

"After all, Shancheng is the main controlling force of the Republic of China, once it collapses, there will inevitably be turmoil, and then we can do our best to deal with Li Yunlong and their forces."

"Hmph."

Isamu Yokoyama snorted coldly again:

"It's a beautiful idea."

Collapse of the Republic of China?

Don't look at the influence of Li Yunlong's gang now.

The fiat currency is depreciated, but the food stamps issued by the northwest of Jin Province even the locust army are in circulation by default, I am afraid that after the collapse and surrender of the mountain city, the internal friction of the division will be suspended, and the eight roads that have been replenished by talents will be stronger.

Li Yunlong's gang lacks nothing but talents.

However, what does this have to do with him Isamu Yokoyama?

He is just a general, just obey the command of the base camp, his current task is to take Hengyang, wait for the reinforcements to arrive tomorrow, and wait for the follow-up baggage convoy to arrive tomorrow, he can launch an attack.

And then at this very moment, a staff officer ran in:

"General, the number of transport planes that landed in Hengyang today has come out."

"How many?"

Isamu Yokoyama was very calm at this time.

"A total of three hundred and seventy-five sorties."

"How much?"

Yokoyama's eyes widened with disbelief.

"Three hundred and seventy-five."

The staff officer repeated.

"Three hundred and seventy-five."

The corners of Yokoyama's mouth twitched slightly, and he was full of disbelief in his own words.

Based on the transport volume of the independent regiment's transport planes, each of which is five tons, and three hundred and seventy-five, that is, 1,875 tons of weapons, ammunition and various weapons, the defenders of Hengyang are almost 100 kilograms per capita.

It's bad.

"Yaga."

Isamu Yokoyama couldn't hold back any longer.

Nearly 2,000 tons of supplies were transported in one day, so many materials, his 80,000 troops could not be used up, and even more than enough, and Hengyang only had less than 20,000 people, how could this battle be fought.

Fortunately, tomorrow the 17th Brigade will come.

Isamu Yokoyama quickly comforted himself.

As long as the independent air defense group of the 17th Brigade arrives, it can effectively threaten the transport aircraft of the independent regiment, forcing it to reduce or even stop air support for Hengyang. Then wait for the arrival of the baggage team tomorrow and storm the airport at night, and the dust will settle in Hengyang.

"General."

Suddenly, another devil staff officer ran in, holding a telegram in his hand, and his tone was panicked:

"At noon, the baggage brigade was bombed 50 kilometers east of Hengyang, and some of the baggage it carried was destroyed by the bombing, and only one-fifth of the supplies survived.

"Nani?"

Isamu Yokoyama's eyes widened again:

"What's the matter, why is the telegram sent now?"

"Don't destroy the radio station carried by the baggage brigade at the first time."

The staff officer explained.

Suddenly, Isamu Yokoyama's face was pale, his breathing was short, and he was a little unsteady on his feet.

In the end, he took a few heavy breaths, and at the same time comforted himself in his heart, there are still the 66th Division, and the 17th Brigade, although the heavy losses are very serious, there is still a way.

However, at this moment another staff officer rushed in, also with a telegram in his hand:

"General."

"The 66th Division and the 17th Brigade were bombed by more than 100 planes in the afternoon, and the troops suffered serious losses, a large number of heavy weapons were destroyed, and all the large-caliber antiaircraft guns of the air defense brigade were destroyed."

"Eight... Ga. ”

His mouth moved, and finally he held back a sentence of Baga, and then Yokoyama fell straight down.