Rise from the sword

Chapter 577
July.

The month of summer.

Hengyang City is located in the southern monsoon zone. There are many thunderstorms in summer, and the rain is violent, which can often cause the river to swell, but the duration is short, and it will subside in a few days and the rain will clear.

Also like the present.

"General, the sky has cleared up."

Outside Hengyang City, in the humid Japanese headquarters, Yokoyama heard bad news.

He looked away from the map and walked out of the headquarters, only to find that the Hengyang thunderstorm that lasted only two and a half days had subsided, leaving only a few black clouds dissipating in the distant sky.

The sun penetrates the clouds and falls to the ground.

"idiot."

This scene made Yokohama curse.

In the era of black powder and paper shell casings, rain is the cessation of war, but technology has been developing. As the first military to enjoy technological achievements, modern warfare has no fear of clouds and rain.

The emergence of smokeless gunpowder and closed primer shells has made firearms and artillery unaffected by wind and rain, and wars can be waged anytime, anywhere.

However, the current rainy weather, especially thunderstorms, still has a great impact on the war.

Field of view, troop mobility, and logistical supply capabilities all have a great impact. The greater the rain, the more violent it is, the greater the impact. In this harsh environment, many troops do not want to fight.

Especially the side with a large number of heavy weapons and the advantage.

Severe weather will greatly weaken advanced weapons and equipment, the bonus effect of sufficient logistical supplies, rain cover, lack of effective observation, decreased accuracy of artillery fire, and muddy roads affect timely supplies, making it difficult to transport weapons and ammunition to the front line in time, and logistical supply capabilities decline.

Bad weather can also expand the strength of troops, morale, command and other advantages.

Therefore, the more inferior the weapons and the lack of supplies, the more they hope to fight in bad weather, attack at night, attack in rainy days, and attack in foggy days. Through bad weather, the distance will be shortened, the firepower advantage will be weakened, and contact warfare, or even hand-to-hand combat, will be launched.

Just like the devils outside Hengyang now.

As the commander, Yokoyama Yong even wished that the rain would be as heavy as possible, and as long as possible, the better.

But the sky failed the devil's wish.

"When will our next batch of supplies arrive?"

Yokoyama gritted his teeth and asked.

It has been a week since the base camp issued an order that Hengyang must be captured.

During this week, he launched a fierce attack on Hengyang. At the beginning, because the defenders in the city had obtained sufficient supplies and the well-established fortifications outside the city, he fought extremely hard.

During the three consecutive days of attack, he lost more than a full regiment, and failed to break through the outer positions. During this period, the Hengyang defenders showed morale and resilience, which made Yokohama break out in a cold sweat.

In all fairness, Yokoyama is very clear that even without the weapons and equipment supported by the independent regiment, with the perfect positions around Hengyang and the tenacity and morale of the defenders, his rhetoric of winning Hengyang in at most five days can only be a joke.

Just like at the beginning of the war, the empire advertised that it would defeat the Republic of China in three months, but three months later, the Battle of Songhu was not over yet.

But now, with the sufficient ammunition, weapons and equipment, shells and bullets transported by the independent regiment every day, it is a miracle that he can take Hengyang in fifty days, let alone five days.

Hengyang's defenders are less than 2. He currently has a total offensive force of 5000, and the continuous firepower displayed by the opponent is more than three times stronger than his, especially the artillery, which is suppressed almost every day.

Many attacks, before approaching the position, they were bombarded back by artillery fire.

The supplies transported by the independent regiment by plane every day are too sufficient. According to statistics, the number of planes that land in Hengyang every day is as high as 270 sorties, which is enough for the Hengyang defenders to fire no less than 60 rounds of shells every day. This is not counting [-] Such a mortar.

He later changed his attack to a night attack, but the enemy's flares almost covered the sky at night.

How is this fight going?
Fortunately, on the fourth day, hope came. The Hengyang area ushered in a thunderstorm, like a rain curtain, covering the entire surrounding area of ​​Hengyang City.

Yokoyama was overjoyed.

Taking advantage of the thunderstorm, he launched a fierce attack in the past two days, day and night, but the Hengyang defenders have established a complete defensive position outside Hengyang, and he lacks large-caliber siege guns, and the enemy's artillery is suppressed, so the attack is very difficult .

Already three alliances have been beaten to death.

However, the results were gratifying. In just two days, he captured three positions around Hengyang City, and even approached the airport. He also killed a large number of enemy troops, and the enemy's artillery fire weakened visibly.

Give him another day and he can destroy the airport.

It's a pity that the two-day continuous attack has almost exhausted his weapons and ammunition, and the rainy weather has also affected the efficiency of the locust army's logistics supply. Otherwise, he would definitely order the troops to launch an attack immediately, and destroy the airport before the independent regiment's transport plane arrives.

"The last few days have been sunny, and it is expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon."

The staff officer replied.

"Order the troops to suspend the attack."

Yokoyama gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"Hi."

The staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

"Take a look at the transport planes arriving in Hengyang today."

Finally, Yokoyama Isamu sighed.

He had a premonition that he had missed the last chance to occupy Hengyang.

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"It is bright."

In Hengyang City, Cai Jiheng looked at the sunshine from the sky and let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's finally sunny."

General Fang also let out a long sigh of relief.

In the past two days, the devils have been attacking wildly, day and night, one wing after another launching a group charge, especially the direction of the airport, which is the focus of the attack, which puts a lot of pressure on the two.

Because they don't know how long the rainy season will last and how the devil's follow-up troops will be, the two even reduced the consumption of ammunition and reduced the firepower to half of the original.

Of course, even if it is reduced to half, the artillery fire is still fierce.

"I thought it would last more than a week."

After taking a long breath of relief, General Fang quickly laughed, with a bit of pity and self-blame in his tone:

"There are more than 300 tons of ammunition left."

He was prepared to persist for more than half a month, so the consumption of artillery fire was reduced by more than half.

Faced with the devil's attack, the army had increased a lot of casualties. If he hadn't ordered to save shells, the casualties of a smaller battalion, that is, more than 400 people, could have been reduced.

Not a lot.

And if you don't save ammunition, those three positions will not be lost, at least not all of them will be lost.

"Who would have thought of this situation, it is always good to be prepared."

Cai Jigang on the side shook his head.

Taking advantage of the rain, the devils continued to launch fierce attacks on Hengyang. The offensive was fierce. When it was not clear when the follow-up supplies would arrive, saving ammunition was a normal choice.

"Report, Independent Regiment Telegram."

At this moment, a staff officer came in and handed Commander Fang a telegram.

After receiving the telegram, Commander Fang was overjoyed immediately after reading it. The telegram said that the transport fleet was coming, so Hengyang was ready to welcome it, and air support would also arrive this time.

"Let the Thirty Regiment, the Guard Battalion, and the Artillery Regiment strengthen the security of the airport, and at the same time make preparations for receiving transport planes."

Commander Fang ordered.

"Yes."

The staff officer's tone was also full of surprise.

Another supply came.

Then General Fang's pupils flashed fiercely:
"There is no movement from the devil."

In the past two days, in order to save ammunition, he has eaten a lot. Now that the supplies of the independent regiment are coming soon, the ammunition in stock is sufficient to overflow. General Fang is naturally ready to take revenge and let out a sigh of relief.

"From morning to now, the devil has not moved."

A staff officer answered immediately.

General Fang immediately walked to the table, looked at the map around Hengyang, thought for a moment, and said:

"Let the troops prepare for night attacks by devils."

"Notify the logistics department that from now on, there is no need to save ammunition, and I will let go of it. There are enough shells, and I will give as much as the front line wants."

After finishing speaking, General Fang slapped the table hard.

In the beginning, that is, when the independent regiment was supporting, the opponent let them out to fight hard and let go of their hands and feet. They didn't need to consider the issue of ammunition when fighting.

General Fang didn't believe it at first, but now, he does.

Moreover, with the arrival of this telegram, starting today, the situation in Hengyang will completely change.

"in addition."

General Fang continued:
"Order the 27th Regiment of the Tenth Temporary Division to go to the airport and drive out all the devils near the airport. The artillery regiment will give full support and take back all the positions I lost in the past two days."

Excellent weapons and equipment, mortars, large-caliber heavy machine guns, and bulletproof steel plates to reinforce the position greatly reduced the number of troops required to defend the position, enabling Commander Fang to mobilize troops to fight back.

'Yes. '

The staff officer was overjoyed and immediately went to issue an order.

"Brother, look, hahaha..."

General Fang then handed the telegram to Cai Jigang.

After receiving the telegram, with doubts, Cai Jigang's eyes widened after reading it:
"Wuxian County Airport has been repaired. Independent team fighters will attack the devil's transportation line, and from today on, they can directly call in air attack planes for ground support. This little devil is afraid..."

He finally understood why Fang Jiang was so happy.

Hearing Cai Jigang's voice, the rest of the staff in the headquarters also became happy. With the support of heavy bombs from attack planes during the day, the devils would not even think about attacking during the day.

Moreover, the devil's transport team will also encounter bombing, and the devil's supply will have a big problem.

Next, no matter how many devils come, Hengyang will not be afraid anymore.

Putting down the telegram, Cai Jigang looked at General Fang in front of him, and the overjoyed staff officers suddenly thought of something.

When the war is over, the Tenth Army has already adapted to the independent regiment, that is, the full set of weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army. After Hengyang is over, the Tenth Army may never go back.

No army can go back to the moment when every 82 mortar shot was cautious after getting used to the ferocious firepower.

There is no army, who can go back to eat eight-treasure rice with worms after eating a meal and eating enough meat.

So····
At that time, how will General Fang choose?
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