"攻撃する!"

On the right side of Hengyang City, outside the Zhangjiashan position, a devil captain held a katana in his hand, let out a hysterical howl, and then stood on his shoulder with a katana in both hands, and then rushed towards Zhangjiashan madly.

Behind him, more than 1,200 devils in the entire brigade followed the steps of the captain and launched an attack on the opposite side of the Hengyang Tenth Army.

After being replenished with new recruits, after the surrounding troops arrived one after another, the strength of the devil troops besieging Hengyang increased greatly. There were 120,000 men, so most of the infantry brigades were fully manned.

"The Emperor is onboard!"

At the same time, more than a thousand devils also waved the 38 big cover with bayonets in their hands, howling hysterically.

It's like a pig assault.

However, even the pig assault that is known as a decisive charge, the devil's formation also puts on a wide skirmish line, even wider than the usual slow attack formation.

"The devils are attacking."

"The bullet lifts into the air."

In the face of the menacing group charge of the devils, the commander of the 7th Regiment of the 11th Division of the 10th Army on Zhangjiashan spoke in a very calm tone and gave orders in an orderly manner.

Suddenly, 900 meters behind the Zhangjiashan position, on the artillery position of the 7th Regiment, the dense 82 mortar muzzle fireworks burst out, and dozens of flares rose into the air.

Almost illuminated the entire front of the Zhangjiashan position.

It also illuminates the devil's attacking troops.

"Attention all artillerymen, unfold artillery fire coverage on the left kilometer-two-kilometer range, grenades."

Seeing the formation of the devils clearly, and finding that almost a brigade of devils was attacking their positions, the regiment commander still did not panic and continued to order the troops to launch artillery bombardment.

After replenishing the scattered stragglers, the total strength of the 7th Regiment now reached 2,000 men, with an artillery company of 18 82 mortars and 36 60 mortars sent to the company platoons.

Fifty-four mortars opened fire in unison.

Boom Boom Boom ·

One cannonball after another soared into the air, like meteors, first flying into the sky in an arc, then falling into the devil's position in an arc, and finally exploding, raising gunpowder smoke and rolling up dirt.

Many devils were hit, and the whole person was blown away, and even their limbs were scattered and shattered.

"Heavy machine gun, fire."

Immediately afterwards, a new order was given from the commander of the 7th regiment.

Knock knock...

Dull gunfire rang out, and eighteen heavy machine guns fired.

On the position, under the darkness of the night, the trajectory of the heavy machine gun with tracer bullets was particularly eye-catching, and the eighteen red horses were whipped on the devil's position like a whip, and through the illumination of the flares, it could be clearly seen that as long as the devil was hit by the 'whip', the whole person suddenly shattered.

The lightest is also a mutilated limb.

"攻撃する!"

In the face of such ferocious artillery fire, the devil captain's eyes involuntarily flashed a trace of panic, but then, as soon as he gritted his teeth, he howled frantically again, and continued to rush forward with a whoa.

In this operation, either he takes the position, or he dies on the position, there is no third possibility.

If you retreat, you will have to commit suicide.

"Fire."

Although the artillery fire was fierce, the cluster charge of a brigade of devils should not be underestimated, and the devils are now smart, with the help of smoke bombs and large skirmish lines, they managed to get close to the position at a distance of five or six hundred meters, especially the forward, which was only three hundred meters away from the position.

At this time, seeing that he was close to the position, the captain of the devil wing who supervised the battle in the rear decisively threw another brigade into the attack, and asked another brigade to attack the flank of Zhangjiashan to contain the defenders' firepower.

"All fire."

When the devil forward reached a distance of three hundred meters, the commander of the seventh regiment gave another order.

Hiss · ·

Da Da Da · ·

The seventh regiment, which had received the order, opened fire at full strength, more than a hundred general-purpose machine guns, and more than a thousand semi-automatic rifles joined the battle, and the dense rain of bullets suddenly put all the devil forwards who rushed to the nearest place.

The devil's offensive was suddenly forced to stop.

But the devils still did not retreat at all, and began to counterattack with grenadiers and crooked handles, especially grenadiers, which greatly suppressed the fire of the position, and the ballistics of the parabola threatened all machine-gun positions.

Recently, the devils who were blinded by artillery fire learned from the pain, gave up heavy machine guns, and equipped a large number of grenadiers with such weapons, which have spread to almost every infantry squad, that is, devil detachments.

Light machine guns and rifles were suppressed, but heavy machine guns were in concrete forts, not to mention grenadiers, even if it was a 75mm mountain gun, they didn't want to penetrate it, so they were naturally not affected, and they continued to slaughter with a bang.

The artillery positions in the rear were also unaffected, and flares and grenades were lifted into the air one after another.

In the night sky, the artillery fire was chaotic, the explosions were endless, the grenades that exploded suddenly, the flares that fell slowly, the incendiary bombs that scattered in all directions, and the firelight almost illuminated the entire night sky.

The battle was fought in a tragic manner.

The devils are menacing, fight to the death, the seventh regiment has fierce firepower, sufficient supplies, a tragic battle broke out on both sides, no one is willing to take a step back, especially after the arrival of the second devil brigade, the offensive is even more ferocious, coupled with the third brigade of devils flank harassment, dispersed the firepower of the defenders, once approached the position of the seventh regiment, there are many light machine guns dumb fire.

But on Zhangjia Mountain, the position of the Seventh Regiment stood firm and did not waver at all, driving the devils back every time.

Ten minutes later.

Boom Boom...

Suddenly, an even more violent explosion exploded in the devil's position.

The 120 mortar regiment of the division opened fire.

A thicker explosive fireball, a fatter explosion smoke, a more ferocious shock wave, and a wider killing range, even the devil's large skirmish line was blown up in all directions.

In the face of such a ferocious shelling, the devils also lost their morale and had to stop the attack, leaving behind nearly 700 corpses and retreating in a hurry.

"Fuck."

Seeing the devil retreat, the commander of the seventh regiment finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally cursed:

"It's a terrible battle."

With the help of the telephone line buried under the trenches, he could grasp the news from all over the position at any time, and knew that this time the devil attack seemed ferocious, and several times the devil rushed into the first line.

But in fact it is not dangerous, so far, he has one company of reserves that have not been used, and the casualties in each position can be said to be very small.

After all, the attacking devils only had three brigades, with a total strength of a little more than 3,000, and his seventh regiment had 2,000 people, and the difference in strength was not large, and he relied on his position and firepower superiority, so it was normal to hold the position.

But the battle lasted for more than an hour, and nearly 5,000 rounds of 82 mortar shells were fired alone, and more than 15,000 rounds of 60 mortars, and hundreds of thousands of bullets, and finally killed such a little devil.

Looking at the size of the corpses, the number of devils left behind is estimated at 600.

It really shouldn't.

The reason, in fact, is clear to the head of the regiment himself.

Although they had the advanced equipment they had dreamed of before and had sufficient supplies, the soldiers had a serious lack of mastery of the new equipment station, especially the artillery, and the experience was so poor that most of the shells were only heard.

Wasted.

If it weren't for the artillery unit of the last independent regiment, that is, the divisional artillery regiment, in which the gunners were all supported by the independent regiment, otherwise where would the 10th Army find so many masters who can play artillery and fight accurately.

Without this, I am afraid that his last reserve will have to be used, and then he will pay a lot of money to hold the position, and then there will be a maximum of five hundred devils left.

obviously has an advantage, but the fight is so aggrieved, which really makes the head of the regiment very unhappy.

"Nope."

Finally, he gritted his teeth fiercely:

"You have to think of a way to learn from the fighters of the Independent Regiment."

"Why are others so powerful, the cannon hits quickly and accurately, and my side is like setting off fireworks for devils."

"It's a shame."

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Meanwhile.

The captain of the Devil Wing, who was in charge of the attack, was also counting casualties.

"Seven hundred and eighty-seven people are missing."

"Seriously injured thirty-seven..."

Hearing the figures reported by the staff officer, the wing commander immediately felt dizzy.

The third brigade was a feint, not counting the attacking troops, but only a slight harassment to attract enemy fire, so the main attacking forces were two brigades, that is, two thousand and three hundred.

In more than an hour, more than a third of the 2,300-strong troops were missing, and the captain of the main attack was also broken.

Although this attack was a pig charge, but now it is night, and there are a large number of smoke bombs to cover, there are such heavy casualties, even more outrageous, he actually failed to take the opponent's first position.

The opponent's firepower was too fierce, and although the defending troops visible to the naked eye were naïve and unfamiliar and lacked firepower, they made up for this shortcoming with sufficient and powerful firepower.

And thanks to the other party's lack of experience, it seems that he is not proficient enough in the new equipment, otherwise he would not have only this casualty.

There is a more serious problem.

There are three wings in the attack tonight.

After two o'clock in the morning, Isamu Yokoyama received a message from the front:

"Tonight's attack, a total of 2,000 missing and jade shatters, failed to break through the enemy position."

"Got it."

Isamu Yokoyama's voice trembled a little, and then he waved his equally trembling hand and motioned for the staff officer to leave.

The headquarters then fell into a deathly silence.

In the overnight attack of the three wings, the troops besieging Hengyang lost 2,000 men, and this is still without counting the seriously wounded, and he has been launching a night attack of this scale for five consecutive days.

In the past five days, there have been more than 10,000 locust soldiers in Yusha, but fortunately, most of them are new recruits.

At first, Isamu Yokoyama had the idea of using recruits to consume the opponent's weapons and ammunition.

Because he found that after the Tenth Army replenished a large number of troops, although its firepower increased, the per capita ammunition consumed in each night battle was even larger, and a wing-level position consumed nearly 50 tons of ammunition in each night battle.

As long as there is a slight problem with the ammunition of the defenders of Hengyang, even if it is a day, no, one night, he can take Hengyang.

But after five days of attack, five days of continuous night attacks, the opponent's ammunition was like it could not be finished, and the attack continued, and Yokoyama did not see the slightest hope of victory.

Even a little bit.

Although reinforcements rushed up in waves, and the supply baggage was also transported to him at night, the Empire's flying troops were gradually assembling to regain air supremacy in the Changheng region.

But he still didn't see a glimmer of hope.

According to intelligence, in the Songxian area, the Independent Regiment had more than three hundred and fifty fighters, far exceeding the Empire.

"Someone."

After a long silence, Isamu Yokoyama wrote a telegram requesting a halt to the offensive on the condition of resignation.

This Hengyang, he really can't fight.

But at this time, a staff officer walked in:

"General, the Prime Minister's telegram."

"Prime Minister's telegram?"

Yokoyama was stunned.

The prime minister actually skipped General Shunroku Hata and personally sent him a telegram.

Immediately after, another staff officer came over:

"General, His Excellency Shunroku Hata has asked to speak to you personally."

"Huh? What happened? ”

Isamu Yokoyama suddenly realized that something big must have happened.

Otherwise, he would not have telegraphed to the base camp overnight and the phone call of the highest commander of the dispatch army.

What's going on?

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Time goes back to two hours ago.

Tokyo.

Inside the Prime Minister's Office.

When the news of Balikpapan reached Tokyo and reached the ears of Tojo's senior soldiers, it was already late at night.

At this time, the prime minister is lying on the map of the entire southwest Pacific, together with a group of aides and generals, in order to find the vitality of the empire and plan the glorious future of his brother.

Then, a staff officer rushed into the prime minister's office in a panicked tone and reported to Tojo the news of the bombing of Balikpapan, Palembang and other oil fields, as well as the devastating blow to the oil industry in Southeast Asia.

"Is the news true?"

At first, Tojo, who received the message, spoke in an unusually calm tone:

"Is the attacker an independent regiment?"

"How long will it take to fix?"

"It's true."

The staff officer nodded tremblingly:

"The attackers have not been identified at this time, and we have not been able to intercept the bombers."

"The repair time will take at least four months or more."

Although the prime minister did not lose his temper, however, the oil fields of Southeast Asia, which were the fuel future of the empire, are now blown up, and such an important thing failed, and it is clear that now the prime minister is only calm before the storm.

"Let's go down."

Contrary to the staff officer's expectations, Tojo simply waved his hand in a calm tone and motioned for the staff officer to leave.

The staff officer hurried away as if he were on the verge of amnesty.

Subsequently, the Prime Minister's Office fell into a deathly silence, and the rest of the staff also fell silent.

One of the issues they had just discussed was the freedom of the empire to fuel oil.

Now the empire is running at full capacity, transport ships can set sail, and overseas materials can be transported to the empire mainland from afar, all of which depend on fuel from the Republic of China.

And these heavy oils, in fact, were deliberately released by the other party, and they were poisons, which everyone knew very well.

The purpose is to prompt the empire to make a move against Britain and the United States, consume Britain and the United States, and then sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

What is even more dangerous is that the empire has reached a level of dependence on these fuels, and 90% of the country's fuel oil depends on these heavy oils to provide it. Once the other side cuts off the fuel supply, then the entire empire will be paralyzed.

It was precisely because of this that Tojo ordered people to make every effort to develop the oil fields in Southeast Asia.

Now, with the bombing of Southeast Asian oil fields, the other side has destroyed most of the region's refining capacity and more than half of its production capacity with just three planes, even though it only takes four months to repair.

But since the other side can bomb once, it will inevitably bomb a second time.

With the loss of oil fields and the failure of the empire's fuel freedom, his position as prime minister may not be kept.

"Order Isamu Yokoyama."

Hideki Tojo's tone was cold:

"Take Hengyang immediately, and then continue the offensive to force the Shancheng government to surrender."

"Whatever it takes."

He said heavily.

Now, only by forcing Yamashiro to surrender can he retain his position as prime minister and avoid the navy taking control of the giant ship of the Empire.

"Lord of Truth."

Finally, Tojo looked at the Minister of Operations, his confidant Yoichiro Truth:

"You personally went to Hengyang and urged Hengshan-kun to fight."

"Remember, Hengyang must be taken, and while the Shancheng government is weak, force it to surrender at all costs."

"Hey."

Ichiro Truth bowed his head heavily.

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Ping'an County.

During the routine settlement, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at the list provided by Brother Chen, and raised their eyebrows:

'The killing of the 10th Army in Hengyang is ours? ’

"Lao Kong, this kid can dig in the corner!"