Hengyang.

Inside the Devil's Command.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Faced with the telephone question of the commander of the Republic of China Dispatch Army, his direct boss Shunroku Hata on the phone, Isamu Yokoyama said bluntly:

"I think my previous operational report has made it very clear."

"Even if you and the base camp give me another 50,000, 100,000, or even more than 200,000 troops, I will not be able to continue to implement the No. 1 battle plan, and even Hengyang will not be able to capture it."

"Modern warfare is no longer a matter of victory with a simple superiority in troops, and you and I are very clear about this, and the prime minister and the base camp, as well as the locusts, are also very clear."

"Otherwise, the empire would have failed in the early stages of its war against China, and it would not have dragged on until now."

"Now."

Isamu Yokoyama raised his tone, and Shunroku Hatahata also pricked up his ears in silence:

"According to the intelligence of Tegaoke, the total strength of the Eighth Route in the Songxian area is close to the size of five divisions, with a large number of heavy artillery, tanks, and aircraft, and it is a powerful mechanized army."

"Although so far, they have not directly sent the army to intervene in the Battle of Changheng."

"But they have already built an airport in Wuxian, which is only 270 kilometers away from Hengyang."

"In the Hengyang area, air supremacy is firmly in the hands of the other party."

"Under good weather conditions, more than 1,500 tons of supplies can be airlifted to Hengyang every day, and the ammunition that our locust army can transport to the front line is less than 100 tons per day on average."

"They can also provide air support to the defenders of Hengyang for more than 500 sorties a day."

"In the face of the locust-like independent regimental group, our unit can only launch an attack at night, and does not dare to show its face during the day, and the baggage team can only march at night and hide during the day, even so, more than half of the baggage has been blown up by the enemy's air force."

After saying that, Isamu Yokoyama paused for a moment, and it seemed that Shunroku Hata, who was opposite, was arguing fiercely.

A minute later, Isamu Yokoyama continued, his tone more stern, as if he were the boss:

"I know that imperial fighters from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia are gathering, and the base camp is preparing to gather more than two hundred fighters to regain air supremacy in the Hengyang area, and it is expected that the assembly can be completed in half a month."

"But do you know how many enemy fighters there are in the Songxian area?"

"Three hundred and fifty."

"It's all fighters, not all planes!"

"And that's a week ago."

"Besides, with the foresight and accuracy of intelligence shown by Li Yunlong's gang in the previous battles, can our fighter group really succeed in assembling?"

"And, you know what?"

"In the current Hengyang area, if our department launches any abnormal night attack, it must start charging from a kilometer away!"

"Because the defenders of Hengyang are equipped with a large number of night vision devices, they can clearly see the locust army troops 1.5 kilometers away in the dark night, and we can't detect the slightest thing, like blind people."

"They even built a group of concrete forts around Hengyang."

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"Once the plan to regain air supremacy fails, once the independent regiment troops in the Songxian area begin to fight and cut off the rear route of our army, what will be the result? You should be well aware. ”

It was the first time for him to face such a serious tone and tough words from his subordinates, and Shunroku Hata was also a little embarrassed, and even a little ashamed.

He is actually more aware of these things.

In the Hengyang area, the chance of victory for the locusts army is actually very small, even if a large number of Division A and Division B with combat experience arrive now, the chances of victory are still not high.

Yes, at present, the locust army has an absolute superiority in strength, and the mechanized troops of the independent regiment in the Songxian area are limited by the terrain and cannot be deployed, so they cannot directly intervene in the battle for the time being.

But in modern warfare, pure superiority in forces actually has little effect, and in the early days of the war, when the empire did not defeat the superior forces of the Republic of China with a small number of troops.

The current Hengyang defenders, except for the strength of the army, have absolute superiority.

The superiority of supplies, fifteen thousand and a half hundred tons of supplies per day, fifteen times that of the Empire, superiority in position, well-developed groups of defensive positions, as well as strong concrete fortifications, as well as superiority in equipment, semi-automatic rifles, hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers.

If you want to win, the only chance of victory is to rely on the 200 aviation units that are being assembled, regain air supremacy in the south, cut off the air supply line of the defenders in Hengyang, and bomb the independent regimental bases in Songxian and Wuxian.

This plan has a success rate.

It's just that!

Once defeated, the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the south...

"Commander, I ask for a pause in the offensive."

Isamu Yokoyama finally lowered his tone and said in a pleading tone.

"Yokoyama-kun."

Shunroku Hata also sighed:

"Continuing to attack Hengyang is an instruction from the base camp and the locusts."

"I don't have a choice, and you don't have a choice."

"We must capture Hengyang as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the weakest period of the mountain city government to force it to surrender, as long as the regular government of the Republic of China surrenders or collapses, then the Republic of China will have civil strife, and then the empire will have a chance."

"In this way, Prime Minister Tojo can continue to take office, and the war against China can continue."

War is just a continuation of politics.

After a pause, Shunroku Hata continued:

"You also know very well that the defenders of Hengyang must have accumulated a large amount of supplies, and only by continuing to attack can the supplies of the defenders of Hengyang be consumed. In order to seize air supremacy, quickly occupy Hengyang. ”

"Hey."

moved his mouth, and in the end, Isamu Yokoyama chose to bow his head.

The two of them hung up the phone in unison, and then sighed deeply and stood by the phone for a long time.

"Another big gamble!"

Eventually, the two of them sighed in unison.

That night, the fighting in the Hengyang area was still raging, and the well-armed Hengshan Yong launched wave after wave of attacks, braving the heavy artillery fire and bullet rain of the 10th Army in Hengyang, and launched a charge.

Consume the ammunition of the 10th Army with flesh and blood.

Of course, the devils also learned a lesson, and instead of investing the strength of several brigades at once, they arranged a large skirmish line with half a brigade, that is, more than 500 people, and repeatedly attacked the defensive positions of the Tenth Army.

This move greatly reduced the casualties of the devil's attacking troops, and compressed the jade fragments to less than four digits while the offensive remained unchanged.

The 10th Army, on the other hand, responded to all changes with fierce artillery fire and fortified positions to defend against attacks from the devils again and again, and at the same time, began to build concrete fortifications around the city.

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Hengyang Airport.

Wang Xikui and Duan Peng received orders to prepare to take a plane to Songxian County to participate in the operation of the independent regiment.

When the two left, General Fang, Cai Jigang and all the high-level officials in Hengyang came to see them off.

"Goodbye."

Cai Jigang held the hands of the two and was reluctant.

"In the future, if there is a chance, we will welcome it again."

Including General Fang, the top leaders of the Tenth Army were the same, with reluctant expressions, and they wished that the two of them would stay in the Tenth Army.

It's not pretentious, and it's really reluctant.

Even if Duan Peng and Wang Xikui are in terms of identity, this is a first-level treatment, which is far lower than the status of everyone else, after all, as the top of the Tenth Army, even if everyone has already participated in the Eighth Route and participated in the Independent Regiment, their status is not low.

But after contact these days, everyone was deeply impressed by the two.

Wang Xikui, a sniper of the Independent Regiment, served as a squadron to kill devils during the one-month operation in Hengyang, and his ambush, concealment, and shooting theories greatly influenced the soldiers of the Tenth Army, and also affected the top of the Tenth Army. A large number of sharpshooter seedlings were also cultivated in the troops.

Duan Peng, a member of the special squad of the Independent Regiment, the king of individual soldiers, during the Hengyang operation, he repeatedly thwarted the infiltration of small-scale troops of the little devils at night, and led the team to carry out counter-infiltration, and also promoted the great improvement of the quality of individual soldiers in the troops.

The influence of the two on the Tenth Army was very great.

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Meanwhile.

Dingzhou.

A week later, the East Road of Independence Tu also launched another attack.

Under the cover of the fire of ten tank battalions, five hundred and forty tanks, hundreds of armored vehicles, and ten artillery battalions, they launched a mighty attack on the Dingzhou devil position.

Contrary to Yamamoto's expectations, this time the independent regiment changed its previous offensive style.

Ten tank battalions, five battalions mainly attacked the front, and under the cover of five artillery battalions, they destroyed all the way, and in less than an hour, they overturned the frontal position defended by the 118th Division of the Devils, and then drove all the way in.

"Nani!?"

Hearing that the frontal position was broken through frightened Yamamoto into a panic.

His special squad has been going well lately.

Seeking public gain.

Up to now, an elite special team of 200 people has been formed, and after rigorous training, each of them is the elite of the elite, much stronger than the samurai of the A Division, and there are many good seedlings among them.

The equipment is also all excellent weapons of the captured independent regiment, general-purpose machine guns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, and even recoilless guns, large-caliber heavy machine guns with tungsten alloy armor-piercing shells.

The only thing that makes him a pity is that so far the troops have not captured night sight devices.

But he is also well aware.

This most powerful special forces force in history, fighting head-on, is afraid that even a tank platoon can't do it.

Once he is surrounded, his settlement may not be too good.

Li Yunlong recently built a trial court in Yangcun, that is, the regimental headquarters of the former independent regiment, held a trial meeting, openly tried every imperial soldier, presented a stack of evidence to prove the so-called war criminals, and then publicized it by the media.

After that, the execution was carried out in public.

He even publicly offered a reward for imperial soldiers, and he Yamamoto was impressively listed, and the price was extremely high, higher than that of many generals, and he surpassed several imperial families and locusts.

And Kotaro Ito's ridiculously low price code.

So, Yamamoto, who didn't want to die, decisively prepared to run away.

On the frontal battlefield, among the remaining troops of the Independent Regiment, three tank battalions, three artillery battalions, and three infantry battalions were one way, attacking the left flank of the 15th Brigade and Regiment, and even special squads joined along the way.

The remaining two tank battalions, two artillery battalions, and three infantry battalions were one way to storm the right flank of the 15th Brigade.

The situation on the left flank developed as usual, and the armored units of the separate regiment easily broke through the defensive line and then drove straight in.

Even earlier than the middle lane.

Because the speed was too fast, on the position, 12 officers, including Captain Ono Uchitaka of the 79th Infantry Wing, and Captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 77th Infantry Wing, Kiyoshi Nakasa, were hit by a bombshell before they could leave the headquarters, and all of them died.

But it is very different from the middle and left positions.

The right wing has seen one of the most incredible things ever happen.

In charge of the position on the right flank were the entire 77th Infantry Wing, as well as the 5th Brigade of the 79th Infantry Wing, and the 7th Brigade of the 79th Infantry Wing, with a total strength of more than 4,000 men, which was 1,000 fewer than the left flank.

And this side not only blocked the attack of the independent regiment, but even counterattacked.

Not to mention repelling the attack of the Independence Regiment, it even surrounded a part of the troops, so that the Independence Regiment had to stop the offensive on the center and left flank, and transfer a part of the troops to the rescue.

It seems that the Independent Regiment never expected the course of the war to develop so much that the rhythm of the offensive was disrupted and it was forced to hastily end today's offensive.

Upon receiving this news, Yamamoto did not believe it at first, thinking that the 15th Brigade was lying about the military situation or false information from the enemy, but it was not until the news of the middle and left flanks came out that he believed this incredible fact.

"How did they do it?"

Yamamoto was puzzled.

More than 100 tanks, more than 100 armored vehicles, plus more than 100 artillery cover, plus more than 4,000 infantry support, were defeated by more than 4,000 locust troops with inferior equipment and little or no anti-tank weapons on open flat land, and even annihilated many enemy troops.

It's true and it makes Yamamoto incredible.

Unless the Independent Regiment deliberately retreated, this was almost impossible to happen, and he couldn't imagine how to win, but the reality was here, and the retreat of the Independent Regiment was indeed real, and even left some that he had to believe.

"Who is in charge of the defense on the left flank?"

Yamamoto then asked.

After a brief moment of disbelief, Yamamoto had already accepted the facts and quickly inquired about the process.

"The 77th Infantry Wing, Wing Commander Marugawa Daisuke Daisa, the 79th Infantry Wing's Fifth Brigade, Group Captain Tanikaku Kinakasa, the 79th Infantry Wing's Seventh Brigade, Captain Maru Shigerinakasa."

The staff officer quickly reported to the commander and the troops.

"That's amazing."

Ito, who was on the side, also praised:

"Defeat the enemy's mechanized forces with inferior forces and inferior equipment, this is the true samurai of the Empire."

"Such warriors should be widely publicized to boost the morale of all the locusts army, and report to the base camp and the locusts to apply for commendations."

"After Tanaka Qin's detailed report on the battle process comes up, I will send a report to the base camp and the locust."

Yamamoto nodded.

Even if there is bushido, even if there is strict brainwashing and training, the overall morale of the locust army is still rapidly decreasing, after all, it is difficult to completely block the spread of news even if it fails again and again, and no matter how strictly the news of failure is blocked.

Defeat will inevitably reduce the morale of the troops.

At this time, a victory, and a strong enemy with inferior forces, inferior equipment, advanced equipment, and superior troops, can greatly boost morale.

If the locusts come to give a commendation, personally award medals, and promote them, the morale boost effect will be doubled.

Seeing that Yamamoto agreed, the corners of Ito's mouth were slightly hooked, and he was very proud.

He Ito rose the first step.

It's out!

Prime Minister Ito, President Ito, shook his head, and threw away the thoughts in his heart, and curiosity appeared in Ito's heart.

The battle report on the right flank said that some equipment had been captured, including tanks and heavy artillery, which is understandable, and the independent regiment was definitely the master of no shortage of equipment, and it was said at the beginning that some equipment would be left behind.

But in the report, it is also said that a large number of enemies were killed, how is this done?

It's absolutely impossible to really kill the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, but Tanaka Ken will definitely not falsify this battle report, can it be said...

Ito thought of a possibility.

A method he used to do in Shou County.