Rise from the sword

Chapter 594
"Attack Strike!"

On the right side of Hengyang City, outside Zhangjiashan's position, a devil captain held a samurai sword in his hand and howled hysterically.

Behind him, more than 1000 devils in the entire brigade followed the pace of the brigade leader and launched an attack on the Hengyang Tenth Army on the opposite side.

After receiving new recruits and the arrival of surrounding troops one after another, the strength of the devil troops besieging Hengyang increased greatly.There are a full 12 people, so most infantry brigades are fully loaded.

"The Emperor onboard!"

At the same time, more than a thousand devils also waved the [-] cover with bayonet in their hands, howling hysterically.

It was like a sudden pig attack.

However, even in the so-called deadly charge of the pig's sudden attack, the devil's formation also set up a wide skirmish line, even wider than the usual slow-step attack formation.

"The devil has launched an attack."

"Facing bombs lift off."

Facing the menacing group charge of the devils, the head of the Seventh Regiment of the Tenth Army's Temporary Eleventh Division on Zhangjiashan was very calm and gave orders in an orderly manner.

Immediately, 900 meters behind the Zhangjiashan position, on the artillery position of the seventh regiment, densely packed 82 mortar muzzle fireworks bloomed, and dozens of flares rose into the air.

Almost illuminated the front of the entire Zhangjiashan position.

It also illuminates every detail of the devil's attacking troops.

"Attention all artillerymen, launch artillery coverage to the left one to two kilometers, grenades."

Seeing the formation of the devils clearly, he found that almost a brigade of devils was attacking his position. The regiment leader still did not panic and continued to order the troops to start shelling.

After supplementing the scattered soldiers, the seventh regiment now has a total strength of 2000 people. There is an artillery company equipped with 18 82 mortars, and 36 60 mortars are distributed to each company and platoon.

54 mortars fired in unison.

boom boom boom

One after another, the shells soared into the sky, like meteors, first they flew into the sky through an arc, then fell into the devil's position through an arc, and finally exploded, billowing up smoke and rolling up the soil.

Many devils were hit, their whole bodies were blown away, and even their limbs were scattered.

"Heavy machine gun, fire."

Immediately afterwards, the head of the Seventh Regiment issued a new order.

Boom boom boom...

A dull gunshot sounded, and eighteen heavy machine guns fired.

On the battlefield, under the darkness of night, the trajectory of the heavy machine gun with tracer bullets is particularly eye-catching. Eighteen red horses are whipped on the devil's battlefield like whips. Through the illumination of the flares, it can be clearly seen that as long as it is hit by the 'whip' The devil, the whole person suddenly shattered.

The lightest one is also a handicap.

"Attack Strike!"

Facing such ferocious artillery fire, the captain of the devil team involuntarily flashed a look of panic, but then, he gritted his teeth, howled crazily again, and continued to charge forward screaming.

In this battle, either he won the position, or he died on the position, there is no third possibility.

If you retreat, you will have to commit seppuku.

"Fire."

Although the artillery fire is fierce, the group charge of a large group of devils should not be underestimated, and the devils are also smart now. With the help of smoke bombs and large skirmishers, they have successfully approached the position at a distance of 600 meters, especially the forwards, who are only 300 meters away from the position. [-] meters.

At this time, seeing that he was approaching the position, the captain of the Guizi United, who was supervising the battle in the rear, decisively invested another brigade to attack, and asked another brigade to attack the flank of Zhangjiashan to contain the firepower of the defenders.

"All fire."

When the Devil forward reached a distance of 300 meters, the head of the seventh regiment issued another order.

hiss...

Da da da··

The Seventh Regiment received the order to open fire, more than 100 general-purpose machine guns, and more than 1000 semi-automatic rifles joined the battle. The dense rain of bullets immediately released all the Devils who rushed to the nearest forward.

The devil's offensive was forced to stop immediately.

But the devils still did not retreat at all, and began to counterattack with grenades and crooked handles, especially grenades, which suppressed a lot of firepower on the ground, and the parabolic trajectory threatened all machine gun positions.

Recently, the devils, who were stunned by the artillery fire, learned from the pain, gave up heavy machine guns, and equipped a large number of weapons such as grenade grenades, which spread to almost every infantry squad, that is, devil detachments.

Light machine guns and rifles were suppressed, but heavy machine guns were inside the concrete fortress, let alone grenades, and even 75mm mountain guns couldn't penetrate them. Naturally, they were not affected, and continued to slaughter.

The artillery positions in the rear were also unaffected, and flares and grenades were launched into the air one after another.

In the night sky, the artillery fire was chaotic, and the explosions never stopped. The sudden explosion of the grenades, the slowly falling flares, and the scattered and overflowing incendiary bombs almost illuminated the entire night sky.

The fight is fought in a brutal fashion.

The devils came in menacingly, and it was a desperate battle. The seventh regiment had fierce firepower and sufficient supplies. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. The brigade of devils flanked and harassed, scattered the firepower of the defenders, and once approached the position of the seventh regiment, many light machine guns failed to fire.

But on Zhangjiashan, the Seventh Regiment's position stood firm and unshakable, driving the devils back every time.

ten minutes later.

boom boom boom

Suddenly, a more violent explosion exploded in the devil's position.

The division's 120 mortar regiment opened fire.

With a thicker explosion fireball, a fatter and larger explosion smoke, a more ferocious shock wave, and a wider killing range, even the devil's large straggler line was blown to pieces.

Facing such ferocious shelling, the devils' morale also collapsed, and they had to stop attacking, and retreated hastily after leaving nearly [-] corpses.

"Damn it."

Seeing the devil retreat, the head of the Seventh Regiment finally breathed a sigh of relief, and finally cursed:
"This battle is exhausting."

With the help of the telephone wires buried under the trenches, he could grasp the news from all parts of the position at any time. He knew that this time the devils attacked, seemingly ferocious, and the devils rushed into the first position several times.

But it was not actually dangerous. So far, he still had a company of reserves that had not been used, and the casualties in each position could be said to be very small.

After all, there were only three brigades of devils attacking, with a total strength of a little over 3000, while his seventh regiment had 2000 people, the difference in strength was not that big, and he relied on the position and had superior firepower, so it was normal to hold the position.

But the battle lasted for more than an hour. The 82 mortar shells alone fired nearly 60 rounds, and the [-] mortar shells exceeded [-] rounds, and there were hundreds of thousands of bullets. A bit of a devil.

Judging by the size of the corpses, there were probably six hundred devils left behind.

It really shouldn't.

The reason, in fact, the head of the group himself knows.

Although they had the advanced equipment and sufficient supplies that they had dreamed of before, the soldiers had a serious lack of mastery of the new equipment station, especially the artillery, who had too little experience, and most of the shells just heard a ring.

wasted.

If it hadn't been for the artillery unit of the independent regiment to come, that is, the artillery regiment belonging to the division, and the gunners were all supported by the independent regiment. Otherwise, how could the Tenth Army find so many masters who can play with artillery and can shoot accurately.

If he didn't do this, he might have to use his last reserve team, and then pay a big price to hold the position, and then there would be at most five hundred devils left behind.

He obviously has an advantage, but the team leader was really upset when he fought so aggrievedly.

"No."

Finally, he gritted his teeth fiercely:

"We have to find a way to find the soldiers of the independent regiment to learn from."

"Why are other people so powerful, and the cannons are so fast and accurate, my side seems to be setting off fireworks for the devils."

"It's really embarrassing."

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at the same time.

The leader of the Guizi Alliance who was in charge of the attack was also counting casualties.

"Yu Sui and 780 missing people."

"Seriously Injured 37..."

Hearing the numbers reported by the staff officer, the regiment leader immediately became dizzy.

The third brigade is a feint attack, not an attacking force, but a mild harassment to attract enemy firepower, so the main attacking force is two brigades, that is, 2000 and 300 people.

For more than an hour, more than one-third of the 300-strong army Yu Sui was missing, and Yu Sui, the main attacking team leader, was also missing.

Although this attack was a pig charge, but it was night and there were a lot of smoke bombs covering it, so it was fine that the casualties were so heavy. What was even more outrageous was that he couldn't even take down the opponent's first position.

The opponent's firepower is too fierce. Although the defenders visible to the naked eye are immature and rusty, and their firepower is insufficient, the sufficient and powerful firepower makes up for this shortcoming.

And thanks to the opponent's lack of experience, it seems that he is not proficient in the new equipment, otherwise he would not have only this casualty.

There is a more serious problem.

There are three alliances participating in the attack tonight.

After two o'clock in the morning, Isamu Yokoyama received a message from the front:
"Attack tonight, a total of 2000 people were missing and broken, and failed to break through the enemy's position."

"understood."

Yokoyama Isamu's voice trembled a little, and then waved with the same trembling hand, signaling the staff to leave.

Afterwards, the headquarters fell into a deathly silence.

In the overnight attack of the three alliances, the troops besieging Hengyang lost 2000 people. This is not counting the serious wounded, and he has launched such a large-scale night attack for five consecutive days.

In the past five days, Yu Sui's locust army has more than [-] soldiers, but fortunately most of them are recruits.

In the beginning, Isamu Yokoyama had the idea of ​​using recruits to consume the opponent's weapons and ammunition.

Because he found that after the tenth army replenished a large number of troops, although its firepower increased, the ammunition consumed per capita in each night battle was even greater. A wing-level position consumed nearly [-] tons of ammunition for each night battle.

As long as there is a slight problem with the ammunition of the Hengyang defenders, even in one day, no, one night, he can take Hengyang.

But after five days of attack and five days of consecutive night attacks, the opponent's ammunition seemed to be endless, and if he continued to attack, Yokoyama could not see the slightest hope of victory.

Even a little bit.

Although the reinforcements rushed up wave after wave, and the supplies and supplies were transported to him one by one at night, the imperial flying troops were also gradually gathering to regain the air supremacy in the Changheng area.

But he still sees no hope.

According to intelligence, in the Song County area, the Independent Regiment has more than 350 fighter jets, far surpassing the Empire.

"Come on."

After a long silence, Yokoyama wrote a telegram, planning to resign as the most conditional request to stop the attack.

This Hengyang, he really can't fight anymore.

But at this time, a staff officer came in:
"General, a telegram from the Prime Minister."

"Prime Minister's Telegram?"

Yokoyama was taken aback.

The Prime Minister actually skipped General Hata Junliu and sent him a telegram in person.

Immediately afterwards, another staff officer came over:
"General, Your Excellency Hata Shunroku has requested to speak to you personally."

"Huh? What happened?"

Yokoyama suddenly realized that something big must have happened.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent him a telegram from the base camp overnight and a phone call from the top officer of the dispatched army.

In the end what happened?
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Go back to two hours ago.

Tokyo.

Inside the prime minister's office.

It was already late at night when the news of Balikpapan reached Tokyo and reached the ears of Lieutenant Tojo.

At this time, the prime minister was lying on the entire Southwest Pacific map, together with a group of staff and generals, in order to find the vitality of the empire and plan the glorious future of his brother country.

Then, a staff officer rushed into the prime minister's office in a panic and reported to Tojo the news of the bombing of Balikpapan, Palembang and other oil fields, as well as the devastating blow to the Southeast Asian oil industry.

"Is the news true?"

At first, Tojo's tone was unusually calm when he received the news:

"Is the attacker an independent regiment?"

"How long will it take to fix?"

"true."

The staff officer Zhan Weiwei nodded:

"The identity of the attackers has not yet been determined, and we have not been able to intercept those bombers."

"The repair time will take at least four months."

Although the prime minister did not lose his temper, the oil fields in Southeast Asia are the fuel future of the empire. Now that they have been blown up, such an important matter has failed. Obviously, the prime minister is just the calm before the storm.

"Go down."

Contrary to the staff's expectations, Tojo just waved his hand in a calm tone, signaling the staff to leave.

The staff officer hurried away as if he was about to receive an amnesty.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister's Office fell into a deathly silence, and the rest of the staff also fell silent.

One of the issues they discussed just now is the freedom of fuel in the empire.

The reason why the empire is now able to operate at full capacity, one after another transport ships can set sail, and overseas materials can be transported far and continuously to the mainland of the empire, all rely on fuel oil from the Republic of China.

And these heavy oils were actually released on purpose by the other party, and they were poisons, everyone knew this very well.

The purpose is to prompt the empire to take action against Britain and the United States, consume them with Britain and the United States, and then sit back and watch the tigers fight.

What's more dangerous is that the empire has reached a level of dependence on these fuels. 90.00% of the country's fuel is provided by these heavy fuels.Once the opponent cuts off the fuel supply, the entire empire will be paralyzed.

It is precisely because of this that Tojo ordered people to fully develop the oil fields in Southeast Asia.

But now, the oilfields in Southeast Asia are being bombed, and the other party only dispatched three planes to destroy most of the local oil refining capacity and more than half of the mining capacity, although it only takes four months to repair.

But since the opponent can bomb once, it will definitely bomb the second time.

With the loss of oil fields and the failure of the empire's fuel freedom, his position as prime minister may not be able to be kept.

"Order Yokoyama Isamu."

Hideki Tojo's tone was cold:

"Take Hengyang immediately, and then continue to attack, forcing the Shancheng government to surrender."

"at all costs."

He said emphatically.

Now, only by forcing Shancheng to surrender can he keep his position as prime minister and avoid the navy from taking control of the giant ship of the empire.

"Mr. Truth."

Finally, Tojo looked to the Minister of Operations, his confidant Shinichiro:
"Go to Hengyang in person and urge Mr. Hengshan to fight."

"Remember, Hengyang must be taken down, and the Shancheng government is weak to force it to surrender, no matter what the cost."

"Hi."

Makoto Koichiro bowed his head heavily.

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Ping An County.

During the routine settlement, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at the list provided by Brother Chen and frowned:
"The killing of the Hengyang Tenth Army counts as ours?" '

"Old Kong is good at digging corners!"

　Help catch bugs...
　　This chapter is written in a hurry, so I have to help with work at night!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)