Rise from the sword

Chapter 579
In the evening of the day.

Hengyang, inside the Japanese command post.

"General."

A staff officer came in and said to Yokoyama:
"The No.60 Sixth Division telegram that it and the No.17 Brigade have defeated the Republic of China troops who came to support them. They are currently marching towards Hengyang and are expected to arrive in Hengyang at noon tomorrow."

"Yo Xi."

Hearing the news, Yokoyama was overjoyed.

The 66th Division and the [-]th Brigade have a total strength of [-] troops. With this new force, even if the recent loss of more than [-] is removed, the number of troops gathered near Hengyang will reach [-]. He can greatly strengthen the attack on Hengyang .

and.

The 66th Division is a B-type division. The newly formed division in the early post-war period has good combat effectiveness and excellent weapons and equipment. As for the No.17 brigade, it is a senior and old-fashioned brigade. It is comparable to the elite A-type division and can be called mechanized division.

and also.

The No.17 brigade is equipped with new large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, which can effectively threaten the independent regiment transport fleet near Hengyang. Although the number of anti-aircraft artillery is somewhat small, it is new equipment after all, and domestic production capacity is somewhat insufficient, but it is somewhat effective.

After the U.S. Navy retreated, the little devil finally spared some of his strength to temporarily design and manufacture a new 75-caliber anti-aircraft artillery, but the output was too low and the production speed was slow.

"Order."

Yokoyama Isamu lay down on the map and said:

"No.60 Sixth Division, No.17 Brigade approached Hengyang from the left, attacking the direction of the airport."

Now the domestic situation has been greatly eased.

The U.S. Navy temporarily retreated, and some capital ships were dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean. The Republic of China bomber fleet withdrew. The crisis of the local bombing was lifted. Southeast Asian resources continued to flow into the mainland, and the problem of lack of factory resources was resolved.

So he also got a lot of support here.

Both material and military strength have greatly increased.

As long as he can capture the airport, cut off the source of Hengyang's supplies, and then block the surrounding supporting Republican troops, then he will have a chance to take Hengyang and complete the orders of the prime minister and the base camp.

As for what to do next.

The Song County Independent Regiment is getting stronger and stronger. Airplanes, tanks, heavy artillery, and armored vehicles are all popping up in groups. Obviously, there will be a decisive battle between the imperial army and the opponent in the future. How to deal with this battle.

What does this have to do with him, Yokoyama Isamu.

He was only in charge of the second phase of Operation No. [-].

How to deal with the threat posed by the Song County Independence Regiment is a question that the base camp and the command of the dispatched army should consider, as long as he is in charge of implementing it.

He believed that the base camp's understanding of the Independence Regiment was no worse than him. After all, the affairs of the First Army and the battle on Chengde's side were all there, and Kazuki Yamamoto's investigation report couldn't be more clear.

"Hi."

The staff officer immediately went to convey the order.

"What about the rest of the surrounding Republic of China troops?"

Yokoyama asked.

At the beginning, he had an army of 36 to attack the Hengyang area, but now, with the continuous increase of the base camp, the total force under his command has reached 45.

Of course, this is the total force on paper.

In fact, due to combat losses, especially the battle with the Independent Regiment, the 69th Division was almost completely defeated, and the losses were very heavy. Coupled with the combat losses in the Hengyang area, the current total strength is only 41.

Nearly [-] were lost.

Except for the siege of Hengyang, the rest of these troops are entangled with the Republic of China troops to prevent the Republic of China troops from approaching and supporting Hengyang.

With the arrival of follow-up reinforcements, his strength will increase and his strength will become more and more exhausted.

This time the No.66 Brigade of the 17th Division was able to defeat the reinforcements and quickly support him to attack Hengyang, which was beyond Yokoyama's expectations.In his prediction, the next batch of reinforcements should arrive next week.

"According to reports from various troops."

The tone of the staff officer was a bit strange:
"Recently, the fighting will of many troops in the Republic of China has decreased significantly, and many troops retreated as soon as they were touched."

"retreat?"

Yokoyama narrowed his eyes.

retreat.

Not a retreat.

That is to take the initiative to retreat and avoid fighting.

"What do you want to do?"

Coming to the map and looking at the map updated by the staff every moment according to the front-line telegram, Yokoyama frowned and fell into deep thought.

The attitude of the preserved fruit army seems to be a good thing for him, allowing him to mobilize more troops to attack Hengyang, and then continue to attack westward all the way, pointing directly at the mountain city.

but.

The Eighth Route Army is very strong, terrifyingly strong, and the Guofu troops cannot be ignored. The strength of this group should not be underestimated. The offense is not good, but the defense is still good. The empire's previous battles in Changsha have all returned without success. See General.

After thinking for a long time, Yokoyama did not come up with a reason. Just when he was about to collect further information before making a judgment, his eyes suddenly fell on the independent regiment in Song County.

Suddenly, Yokoyama understood.

Compared with the empire, the Republic of China is also not monolithic, and even more divided. In addition, there is no top-level commander and adjustment such as the locust, and there are often military conflicts within the country.

In the past few years, he has seen too much.Even the locust army has used this division many times to divide their attacks and defeat them one by one.

The group of people like Guofu are learning from the Americans.

First retreat the territory, give up the territory, create space, and prompt the locust army and Li Yunlong's troops in Song County to fight and fight, and then reap the benefits when both sides have suffered heavy losses.

"ridiculous."

Yokoyama snorted coldly.

Planning to finally come out to reap the benefits?

Don't these idiots think too highly of themselves?
Don't even think about it, did you win that attack?

Now that the Americans are retreating, the empire has no other pressure and can deal with the Republic of China with all its strength. As far as he knows, the base camp is even planning to transfer the troops on the island to the battlefield of the Republic of China to prompt the Republic of China to surrender as quickly as possible.

With the little strength that saved them, in the Changheng area, whether it was the empire or the victory of Li Yunlong's independent regiment, it would not be the turn of this group of people to clean up the mess in the end.

Both sides can clean up casually.

Thinking of this, he rubbed his forehead again, and then sighed deeply.

Yokoyama was a little at a loss.

The retreat of the preserved fruit troops will be of great benefit to him in taking Hengyang, but what about after taking Hengyang?Let the increasingly powerful independent regiments in Songxian County ignore it, and then continue to attack?

What did the headquarters think.

"General."

Beside him, the Chief of Staff of the No.11 Army of the Empire, that is, the staff officer of Isamu Yokoyama, a major general of the Empire saw the worries of his commander, and said silently:
"The base camp is probably gambling."

"Bet that we can force the fruit to surrender as soon as possible, or even cause it to collapse."

"Currently, the mountain city's external passages have not been opened, and the Americans suddenly withdrew, and even reduced the amount of air supplies. They lost the largest foreign aid."

"According to TGK's information, in the current mountain city, the price of goods is soaring, the legal currency has depreciated hundreds of times, the economy has collapsed, and the industrial capacity is almost collapsed, and the morale of its troops is also rapidly declining."

"As long as we apply a certain amount of pressure, there is a good chance that the whole thing will collapse."

"Shancheng is, after all, the main controlling force of the Republic of China. Once it collapses, turmoil will inevitably occur. At that time, we will be able to deal with Li Yunlong and his group with all our strength."

"Humph."

Yokoyama Isamu snorted again:
"It's pretty beautiful to think about."

The collapse of the Republic of China?

Don't look at the influence of Li Yunlong's group now.

The French currency has depreciated, but the food coupons issued by Shanxi Northwest even the locust army has circulated by default. I am afraid that after the collapse and surrender of the mountain city, the division and internal friction will stop, and the Eight Routes will be stronger if they are supplemented by talents.

Li Yunlong's group lacked nothing but talents.

However, what does this have to do with him, Isamu Yokoyama?
He is just a general, and he just needs to follow the command of the base camp. His current task is to take down Hengyang. He can launch an attack when the reinforcements arrive tomorrow and the follow-up transport team arrives tomorrow.

Then at this moment, a staff officer ran in:
"General, the number of transport planes that landed in Hengyang today has been revealed."

"How many?"

Yokoyama is very calm at this time.

"A total of 370 five sorties."

"How many?"

Hengshan bravely opened his eyes wide, full of disbelief.

"370 five."

The staff officer repeated.

"370 five."

The corner of Yokoyama Isamu's mouth twitched a little, and he was full of disbelief when talking to himself.

Based on the transport capacity of the independent regiment's transport planes, each one is five tons, and five for 370, that is 870 five tons of weapons, ammunition and various weapons. The Hengyang defenders are almost [-] kilograms per capita.

This is his badass.

"idiot."

Yokoyama couldn't hold back any longer.

He transported nearly 2 tons of supplies in one day. With so much supplies, his [-] army would not be able to use up, or even more than enough, but Hengyang only had less than [-] people. How can this battle be fought.

Fortunately, the No.17 Brigade is coming tomorrow.

Yokoyama quickly comforted himself.

As long as the No.17 Brigade's independent air defense brigade arrives, it can effectively threaten the independent regiment's transport aircraft and force it to reduce or even stop its air support to Hengyang.Then wait for the convoy to arrive tomorrow and storm the airport at night, and the dust will settle in Hengyang.

"General."

Suddenly, another devil staff officer ran in, holding a telegram, with a panicked tone:

"At noon, the baggage convoy encountered a large-scale bombing fifty kilometers east of Hengyang, most of the baggage it carried was destroyed by the bombing, and only one-fifth of the supplies survived.

"Nani?"

Yokoyama Isamu widened his eyes again:
"What's the matter, why did you send the telegram now?"

"Don't destroy the radio station carried by the supply team at the first time."

The staff officer explained.

Immediately, Yokoyama Yong's face was ashen, his breathing was short, and he was a little unsteady in standing.

In the end, he took a few deep breaths, and at the same time comforted himself in his heart. There is still the 66th Division and the No.17 Brigade. Although the loss of supplies is serious, there is still a way.

However, another staff officer hurried in at this time, holding a telegram in his hand:
"General."

"The No.60 Sixth Division and the No.17 Brigade were bombed by more than [-] aircraft in the afternoon. The troops suffered serious losses, a large number of heavy weapons were destroyed, and all the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the Air Defense Brigade were destroyed."

"idiot."

His mouth moved, and finally he choked out a sentence of "Baga", and then Yokoyama fell down straight.

　The code on the mobile phone, help catch bugs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)