Rise from the sword

Chapter 560

"Repair the airport runway?"

Hearing Commander Fang's order, Commander Xu's eyes widened. He looked around the airport behind him, his tone full of disbelief:

"Now?"

His position was blocking the devils outside the airport, but the devils' artillery fire continued to fall on the airport, which caused serious damage to the runway, with a series of craters all over the runway, and they could not suppress the devils' artillery fire, so they could only let the devils continue to bombard .

Now the devil's artillery fire is still continuing, and it is estimated that the fifth round of attack may be about to start. At this time, the artillery shells are still falling on the airport continuously.

That is to say, they have to brave the devil's artillery fire and withstand the devil's attack to repair the airport runway.

What's the situation at this airport?
The devils attacked at any cost, five consecutive attacks in a day, and they were all brigade-level group charges, and their own army commander also ordered guards at any cost?
Could it be that whether the army can hold Hengyang depends on this airport?
and also.

Who are they?

"Correct."

Commander Fang gritted his teeth, and said to the guard battalion behind him and the people he summoned:

"Repair the airport at any cost, immediately, now."

The plane of the independent regiment has already taken off and will land in an hour. He must ensure that the airport can land the plane.

This is Hengyang's only chance.

The Tenth Army under his command has only 7000 people, and the supplies are not enough. The reinforcements are scattered, and the support is nowhere in sight. The devils have 5000 people, and there will be more and more troops. reached 10 people.

The power gap is too great.

Without the support of the independent regiment, how could he hold on.

Moreover, through some clues, he felt that after the Americans stopped bombing Japan and began to retreat, there seemed to be a voice in Guoguo, who planned to give up some territory and retreat to the mountain city area, prompting the Japanese to work hard with them, and finally reap the benefits profit.

If so, don't blame him.

He refused to grant hundreds of thousands of square meters of land in the Xu Changheng area, and nearly ten million citizens became abandoned children, just like Huayuankou back then.

"Yes."

The battalion commander of the guard battalion behind him immediately led people to start repairing the airport.

At this time, the Devil's artillery shells were still falling continuously. Fortunately, the Devil's main shelling locations were the outer positions, and there were not many artillery shells falling in the airport, so the maintenance work went smoothly.

"This airport is our only chance to keep Hengyang."

Commander Fang looked at Commander Xu in front of him and added something.

"Regimental Commander, Army Commander."

Before Captain Xu could speak, suddenly, a messenger rushed up:

"The devil is charging up again."

"Damn it."

Commander Xu is a veteran under Commander Fang, and when he saw the look in his commander's eyes, he immediately understood.

As the head of the regiment, he can naturally understand some things. The group of people who fought against the Japanese with Guoguo now have a complete range of aircraft, artillery and tanks, and their equipment is only luxurious.

And in Song County, which is more than 400 kilometers away from Hengyang, that group of people appeared.

He immediately drew his own gun:

"Brothers, come with me."

"Wait a moment."

Commander Fang called Commander Xu, stepped forward, held Commander Xu's hand, and handed him his gun:
"We must guard the airport."

The devils surrounded Hengyang on all sides, and the direction of attack was uncertain, so he had to deploy defenses on all sides. The number of troops was seriously insufficient, but after a squeeze, he was still able to draw more than 3000 people to guard the airport.

In fact, he still has a battalion, a reserve team of more than 500 people.

But this battalion was used when the plane of the independent regiment was preparing to land. At that time, the devils needed to be driven back to give the plane space and time to land.

"Yes."

Head Xu grabbed the gun handed over by the director, glanced at the soldiers who braved the artillery fire to repair the airport, and the volunteers who stayed in Hengyang, took a deep breath, gave a military salute, and then didn't look back rushed to the position.

At the same time, the artillery fire gradually ceased, and in the distance, rows of devils rushed towards the airport in skirmish lines, like waves of yellow waves.

The fierce offensive and defensive battle was triggered again.

An hour later, under the hand-to-hand combat led by regiment leader Xu, the devils' fifth attack was repulsed again. In front of the camp, corpses of devils were left behind. Of course, there were also corpses of thirty regiment soldiers.

In terms of numbers, the [-]th Regiment had more, with weak firepower and lack of solid positions. The Hengyang defenders fought very hard in this battle.

"You little devil."

Seeing the devils receding like a tide, Commander Xu got up from an old bomb crater.

His military uniform was full of holes, his body was dirty, the maroon soil was mixed with the blood-stained red, it was hideous and bleak.

After scolding the little devil every day, he spit out the dirt in his mouth, put away the pistol given by the army commander, glanced at the new bullet crater around him, and then reached out and pulled out the shrapnel stuck in his left arm.

When the devil was retreating, the devil seamlessly launched shelling, and a mountain artillery shell hit him at a distance of more than ten meters. Although he escaped in time by hiding in the crater beside him, his left arm was still hit by a shrapnel.

Fortunately, it was a piece of shrapnel stirred up by the explosion. It was not very lethal, and only punctured a little muscle and skin. After taking out the shrapnel, Commander Xu wrapped it up with gauze himself.

"Each battalion counts the casualties."

After organizing the troops to retreat to the artillery hole behind, Commander Xu ordered the staff to count the casualties.

"The head of the regiment is still alive, about 950 people, and there are 300 people in the guard battalion of the regiment headquarters."

In a hurry, the staff officer could only calculate an approximate figure.

"You little devil."

Hearing the numbers, Head Xu cursed again.

In just half a day and more than six hours of fighting, only half of his regiment of nearly 2000 people remained.

"Send the seriously wounded to the city."

Glancing at the position that was caught in the artillery fire again, and the devils gradually approaching in the distance, Commander Xu gritted his teeth and pulled out the gun given by the commander again:

"Further notice, as long as the [-]th Regiment is active, I will take a good gun and load the bullets..."

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at the same time.

"Report, the Hengyang garrison is repairing the airport runway."

Yokoyama Yong also received the observation report from the front line.

"Repairing the runway?"

Then Yokoyama Isamu actually laughed.

One of his full-staffed infantry regiments was attacking the airport with the support of two artillery brigades. They failed to win five consecutive group charges. Yusha's imperial army had a brigade, which made him very angry.

The Hengyang defenders were determined to guard the airport, which made him feel a little strange.

At this time, the news made him finally understand.

"Order."

Isamu Yokoyama continued to order:
"Heavy Artillery Brigade, shelling Hengyang Airport."

"Hi."

The staff officer bowed his head to convey the order.

At the same time, a staff officer walked in:

"Commander, a group of transport planes, about [-], were found [-] kilometers away from the flank."

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boom boom boom

A violent explosion rose at Hengyang Airport, blowing up the runway that had just been leveled, and blasting out new craters, which also caused Fang Junchang near the airport to explode:
"You little devil."

As he spoke, he slammed his fist on the table.

"Let the plane of the independent regiment go back!"

Cai Jigang looked at the airport in front of him and said immediately:

"This airport is no longer able to support the landing of the plane. If the plane lands, it will be forced to land. The plane must be damaged. Let them change it to airdrop."

Air-dropped materials will be much less than direct landing, and heavy weapons cannot be air-dropped, only light weapons can be air-dropped, and it is easy to fall on the devil's position, but this is the only way.

Otherwise, the plane will be lost.

"Send a telegram."

Commander Fang also sighed helplessly.

According to the news of the independent regiment, the first batch of transport opportunities brought them heavy artillery, which can suppress the devils.There are also a large number of machine guns, and a large number of Mauser pointed bullets.

But now, these heavy artillery are gone, and the machine guns and bullets are gone.

In the command room of the airport, everyone in the know also sighed.

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The voice of the radio station sounded behind everyone. After contacting Cai Jigang, the Independence Regiment and the Tenth Army exchanged a simple codebook. The telegrapher quickly completed the transmission, but immediately after, he received a telegram.

"Commander, the independent regiment is calling."

The telegraph operator looked at the new telegram in his hand, and his tone was a little unbelievable.

"what did they say?"

Commander Fang asked.

"they said."

The telegraph operator swallowed:

"The situation at Hengyang Airport has been known, and the crew will continue to land. Fifty transport planes have transported eight 105 new mountain guns, 10 120 mortars, three base shells, 100 general-purpose machine guns, and [-] million rounds of ammunition are about to land. "

"We just need to ensure that there are no devils in the airport."

"what?"

Commander Fang and Cai Jiheng were shocked:
"Are they going to land again? Are they crazy? The plane is gone?"

The current Hengyang Airport can indeed land, but after landing, all the planes will be scrapped. In order to transport this little material, [-] planes will be lost?
After the voice fell, fifty transport planes appeared in the distance.

"Order."

Gritting his teeth, Commander Fang ordered:

"The remaining troops of the guard battalion support the front line and drive out the devils, and the rest of them urgently repair the airport."

After speaking, he personally took a shovel and joined the airport maintenance team. Cai Jigang also carried a military shovel and started to repair the runway.

Following his orders, a guard battalion of more than 500 men joined the battlefield.

After the guard battalion, which is generally equipped with submachine guns, joined the battle, the devil's sixth round of attack was quickly repelled, and the defenders even attacked a certain distance.

At this time, fifty transport planes also began to land, gradually lowering their altitude.As for the escorting attack planes, they began to suppress the air defense firepower of the surrounding devils and clear the airspace for the transport planes.

Lower the landing gear, the speed decreases and the altitude decreases.

bang...

Although it has undergone emergency repairs, the runway has been potholed. Fortunately, the belly of the transport plane is strong, and all the planes landed in the airport by relying on the belly of the plane.

Fortunately, even though almost all the aircraft had their landing gear cracked, the belly skin fell off, the propeller fell off, the wings were broken, and some even fell over, none of them exploded or were damaged.

Of course, this also has something to do with draining the oil before landing.

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"quick."

The plane hadn't stopped yet, and he was burning with anxiety. Commander Fang, who was full of distress, immediately rushed up with his men:
"Just save people and supplies."

the other side.

"Yo Xi."

Looking at the fifty transport planes that fell, Isamu Yokoyama smiled all over his face:
"Although the Hengyang garrison got some supplies, the Independence Regiment also lost fifty planes."

"Not bad!"

"Command the troops."

Then, he looked at the sky, and it was just afternoon, so he ordered:
"Continue to attack and make sure to occupy Hengyang Airport."

(End of this chapter)