"What's going on with the devil?"

Kong Jie led six armored battalions, six artillery battalions, fifteen infantry battalions, two boat bridge battalions, and one air defense battalion all the way south along the road that had just been built.

This time, the army of the Independent Regiment was unusual, giving full play to the advantages of mechanized troops, and marching towards Yanchang at high speed.

Because this time, the Separate Regiment is going to blitzkrieg.

A sword seals the throat of the 6th Division.

Considering the lack of troops and the lack of experience of the troops in the Songxian area, Kong Jie also mobilized the first, second, and third armored battalions, the first, second, and third artillery battalions, and the first, second, third, and fourth infantry battalions from Li Yunlong.

In order to transport these fighters, several flight battalions flew for weeks on end. For this reason, we had to reduce the air transportation to Hengyang, but fortunately, Hengyang has established a warehouse and no longer needs to rely on air transportation materials.

As night fell, the troops camped and rested, and Kong Jie found a few staff officers.

"Based on the intelligence provided by the headquarters, as well as our own reconnaissance."

A young staff officer replied:

"Near Yanchang, there are two groups of devil troops."

"One group is the original garrison of Tanchang, including two wings, the 177th Wing, the Wing Captain Mitsumoto Katsuo, and the 178th Wing, the Wing Captain is Horio Shigemitsu, with a total strength of about 6,300 people."

"There is also a group of the Sixth Division, with a total strength of about 11,000 people, including three infantry wings, an artillery brigade, an air defense brigade, and a newly formed anti-armor brigade."

"The devils have destroyed all the bridges around Yanchang and built a strong fortress complex in the bridgehead."

"Vulnerable."

Kong Jie snorted coldly.

After he gained a firm foothold in Songxian and began to build roads and railways to the south and extend the base area, the devil knew that Yanchang was threatened and began to strengthen Yanchang's defenses.

From the beginning, there was only one wing in Tanchang, which was strengthened to two wings, and then the Sixth Division was transferred to be stationed in Tanchang.

After that, although it did not continue to send the number of troops, it continued to increase the number of troops and expand the scale of the army. As a result, the strength of one division of these two wings has gradually increased, reaching the current total strength of nearly 20,000.

But in modern warfare, superiority in forces is no longer so important.

Not to mention, now the advantage in strength is in the independent regiment.

Although there is a so-called permanent division of the Sixth Division in Yanchang, even if the devil has adapted the equipment of the independent regiment and added the air brigade and the anti-armor brigade, it is still vulnerable.

Air defense is empty, ten defenses and nine air, unless you have enough in charge, but just one air defense brigade can really only be empty.

The new 75 mm anti-tank gun of the devil is not bad, the caliber has been improved a lot, and the progress is great, but it is a pity that it is useless, and it has been proved by Chengde that this thing can penetrate the No. 4 tank head-on within 100 meters.

Within a hundred meters, how many anti-tank guns will a tank cluster be afraid of?

As for destroying the river, building bridgehead fortresses to prevent the attackers from repairing the bridge, this trick will not work either.

Times have changed.

He now has two newest boat-bridge battalions with specially designed mechanized boat-bridge vehicles that can build enough bridges for mechanized troops to pass through in a matter of hours.

As for the bridgehead class, it will blow up with a random ground-penetrating bomb.

"Attack as planned."

Kong Jie waved his hand, murderous:

"Tomorrow we will maneuver at high speed to Tanchang, surround Chenchang, block all intersections, and not a single devil will be allowed to be spared, in this battle, I don't need a prisoner, and I don't want to see a prisoner"

"Yes."

The staff officer went to deliver the order.

Then Kong Jie looked at a staff officer in charge of logistics on the side:

"Is the logistics battalion leaving?"

Six armored battalions, six artillery battalions, and 15 infantry battalions consumed a huge amount of logistics materials.

Logistics transport battalions, each battalion is equipped with 200 to 300 ten-wheeled trucks, or half-track transport vehicles, depending on the road conditions, can transport 1,000 to 2,000 tons of materials at a time, when passing through dangerous areas, the transport battalion will also be equipped with tanks or armored vehicles to strengthen their own combat effectiveness.

"It's already gone."

The logistics staff nodded.

"Report something in a timely manner."

Zhi Zhi was in charge of the logistics staff officer, and at this time, there were only Kong Jie's guards left, as well as three guard soldiers armed with submachine guns, from the perspective of equipment, these three guard soldiers belonged to the regimental headquarters guard company, and belonged to the direct command of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

Among the three, one of the guards had a bomb pinned to his waist and a tin communicator.

"After the troops complete the encirclement, I will build a warehouse outside Yanchang, and when the time comes, you will immediately contact Boss Chen."

Kong Jie's tone was gloomy.

In this battle, how can only ten logistics and transportation battalions be enough?

At least tens of thousands of tons and hundreds of thousands of ammunition will have to be smashed down to relieve anger.

"Yes."

Said the guard with a tin communicator.

Before dawn the next day, that is, at four o'clock, Kong Jie led the team to continue the journey, and the 30 battalions rushed to Yanchang at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.

"Commander."

During this period, Ding Wei received a telegram:

"The guerrillas around Nanxian County were attacked by devils at two o'clock last night, and they have now broken away from the pursuit of devils, but the casualties of the troops are not small."

"South County guerrillas?"

This news made Kong Jie stunned.

He gathered the guerrillas in Nanxian County, changed their clothes, sent officers to train soldiers to provide military guidance, and the expansion of the troops was only secondary, the main purpose was to let them attack the important supply lines in the south of the devils.

Guangdong-Hankou Railway.

Although the flight battalions do not have the energy to sabotage the railway on a large scale, even occasional bombing patrols have greatly reduced the volume of traffic in the southern section.

It's just that the northern section is still in full swing because of the distance, and every day there are a series of devil trains carrying soldiers and materials to the Changheng area, and then transported to Hengyang by the baggage team, which is also one of the most important conditions for Yokoyama Yong to continue the offensive.

"What about the casualties?"

Kong Jie asked.

"There were more than 330 casualties, of which 117 were killed, which is not a small loss."

The staff officer replied.

1,300 people, more than 330 casualties, the casualty rate is more than a quarter, and 157 people were killed, the casualty rate is more than 12 percent, which can be said to be a heavy casualty.

"Who did it?"

Kong Jie was a little curious.

The plan to attack the southern section of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway has not yet been implemented, so why are there devils attacking the guerrillas in the Nanxian area? And the combat effectiveness is not bad.

"The twenty-third wing of the Sixth Division."

The staff officer replied.

"The 23rd Wing of the 6th Division?!"

Kong Jie was stunned.

He didn't expect this to be true.

Although this attack was temporarily organized, the Songxian base area has been infiltrating Yanchang, and the intention is obvious, this group of devils actually has the intention to attack the guerrillas in Nanxian?

"It seems."

Kong Jie's eyes showed a fierce light:

"The little devil in Changchang doesn't pay much attention to us."

"Order the troops, speed up, and surround Yanchang!"

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It was close to noon.

Hengyang.

Isamu Yokoyama is counting last night's casualties.

Yesterday, he organized three wings to attack the positions in Hengyang as usual, and the fighting did not stop until the morning.

"Fifteen hundred people were broken in jade, and five hundred and thirty people were seriously injured..."

The continuous night attack, the little devils around Hengyang also benefited a lot, for example, the statistics of casualties, not long after the end of the battle, you can get more accurate data.

It's several times faster than before!

Listening to the staff officer's report, Isamu Yokoyama nodded calmly.

This loss, as before, within his bearing, there was no war in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, the imperial forces continued to gather in the Republic of China, and the materials were far from being invested in the Republic of China, plus the full expansion of the army.

This casualty can be made up in a day.

"A total of seven planes landed at Hengyang Airport yesterday."

The staff officer reported another figure that Isamu Yokoyama was interested in.

"Yo Si."

Isamu Yokoyama was overjoyed.

I don't know why, but it's obviously a good thing for him.

At this time, a staff officer ran in in a panic:

"General."

"Chang urgent."

"Read!"

Yokoyama was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowed, and a bad premonition appeared in his heart.

If you are in a hurry, there is no good thing.

"Yanchang is surrounded by a large number of independent regiment troops, with a strength of about two divisions! No less than two hundred and fifty tanks! ”

The staff officer finished reading in a hurried tone.

"Nani!"

Isamu Yokoyama got up abruptly:

"It can't be!"

According to the news, yesterday morning, the troops of the Eighth Route were still more than 300 kilometers away from Chenchang, so why did they suddenly surround Yanchang?

Subsequently, Yokoyama's face was gloomy as water.

The strength of the two divisions, more than 250 tanks, means that the Chang is gone, and the sixth division is gone.

Yan Chang is gone.

Operation No. 1 will be troublesome.

I'm afraid that his hundreds of thousands of troops will also be in big trouble.

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Time goes back to half an hour ago.

Nan.

Ono Jin rushed out of a dense forest with a team of devils, the hand holding the katana couldn't help but tremble, and there was an uncontrollable solemnity in his eyes, as well as a trace of fear.

"MLRS!"

After a long time, he slowly spat out a word.

Last night's attack, at first, all went according to his plan.

With the help of the complicated environment, his wing quietly approached the guerrillas, and the elite soldiers of the 6th Division, as he expected, evaded the observation of night vision devices, and were not detected until they reached the predetermined attack distance of 300 meters from the guerrilla camp.

Then, at two o'clock, he was ready to attack.

The start was also smooth.

In the face of the night attack of the locust army, the group of guerrillas obviously did not expect it, and he quickly disrupted the formation and eliminated many people, but after five minutes of fighting, the situation suddenly changed.

The two battalions on his left flank, without warning, were covered by heavy artillery fire, and in less than ten seconds, hundreds of shells exploded in the ranks.

The density of fire in an instant is comparable to that of two heavy artillery brigades.

The sudden and ferocious artillery fire directly interrupted the attack of the two brigades, caused a lot of casualties, and even cut off the battlefield, giving the guerrillas a chance to breathe.

Relying on the cover of artillery fire, the guerrillas came out of the chaos, gathered their troops to launch a counterattack, relied on superior firepower, repelled the attack of a brigade on his right flank, and when the two brigades on the left flank reacted, they attacked again, and another round of dense shells fell.

The battle again shifted in favor of the partisans.

Of course, the shelling of the brigade level on two rounds, as well as the interval between the two shellings, made it clear to him that the square trolley found during the day was a kind of rocket artillery.

He had seen Americans use it in the Pacific Ocean.

But I've never seen such a small one, I've never seen such a good maneuverability.

During this period, he tried to mobilize troops to attack the enemy's rocket artillery positions, as long as the enemy's artillery fire was annihilated, he could win, but because of the difference in firepower between the two sides, as well as the difficulty of command at night, and the kind of rocket artillery seemed to be highly mobile, in the end he returned in vain.

The battle was under this round of sudden artillery fire, and finally the opponent fled.

According to post-war statistics, most of the casualties of the 23rd Wing were caused by that kind of rocket artillery.

"Send a report to the division commander."

Susumu Ohno put away the katana in his hand.

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Meanwhile.

Yan Chang.

The commander of the 6th Division, Kanda Masa, was in Yuya's patrol position at this time.

Although he looked down on the Eighth Road, he still thought that it was just a group of farmers who had been well equipped, far worse than the American army, and there was nothing to be afraid of, but when digging positions, he worked very hard.

Wide trenches, anti-tank fortifications, ring positions, concealed machine-gun emplacements and forts, anti-artillery holes were all available, and all dug to the highest standards.

At this moment, a telegram flew into his hand:

"General, 23rd Wing telegram."

"Then the guerrillas failed to annihilate and were escaped by the other side."

"During the battle, our unit found that the guerrillas were equipped with a large number of multiple rocket launchers, which could instantly launch intensive artillery strikes, with a power comparable to 100 caliber heavy artillery, and high mobility."

"Yaga."

Kanda Masashi immediately pulled out his katana and scolded:

"Waste."

But Kanda Masashi is not stupid, although he is angry, he also understands that in this battle, the defeat of the 23rd Wing, is because of the newly discovered MLRS.

He had seen rocket artillery and knew the advantages and disadvantages of rocket artillery, which could provide instantaneous dense and large fire coverage, but it was difficult to maneuver and slow to reload. If there is a rocket artillery with high mobility that can be carried by mule-horse infantry, it is really difficult to deal with.

However, before he could think further, a staff officer ran over:

"Division commander, Zhangzimiao, Wulipo, Luoting, Beisha found a large number of armored troops!"

The katana in Kanda's hand falls.

These place names, in an instant, Kanda Masa, realized that he was surrounded, and it was heavily surrounded by armored forces.

·······

Same.

Across the ocean.

Inside a white palace.

"President."

Donovan came to the president alone and lowered his voice:

"Based on the information currently available, the Germans should arrive within five days."

"But it's still not clear whether it's the scale, the goal, or the way."

"I see."

The man in the wheelchair nodded, his tone very calm.

Just like Pearl Harbor, sometimes you have to pay a little price if you want to win.

This price, the United States, can afford.