Rise from the sword

Chapter 595
Hengyang.

Inside Devil Command.

"Your Excellency, Commander."

Facing the phone call from the commander of the dispatched army of the Republic of China and his immediate superior, Shunroku Hata, Yokoyama spoke bluntly:

"I think my previous combat report has made it very clear."

"Even if you and the base camp give me another 20, [-], or even [-] troops, I can't continue to implement the No. [-] battle plan, and I can't even capture Hengyang."

"Modern warfare can no longer be won simply by superiority in military strength. You and I are very clear about this. The prime minister, the base camp, and the locust are also very clear."

"Otherwise, the empire should have failed at the beginning of its war against China, and it won't be delayed until now."

"now."

Yokoyama Isamu raised his tone, and Hata Shunroku also pricked up his ears silently:

"According to the information from TGK, the total strength of the Eighth Army in the Songxian area is close to the size of five divisions. It is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, tanks, and aircraft. It is a powerful mechanized army."

"Although so far, they have not directly sent the army to intervene in the Changheng battle."

"But they have already established an airport in Wu County, which is only 270 kilometers away from Hengyang in a straight line."

"In the Hengyang area, the air supremacy is firmly in the opponent's hands."

"With good weather conditions, more than [-] tons of supplies can be airlifted to Hengyang every day, and the ammunition that our locust army can transport to the front line is less than [-] tons per day on average."

"They can also provide air support for the Hengyang defenders with more than [-] sorties every day."

"In the face of the locust-like independent regiment fleet, our department can only launch attacks at night and dare not show up during the day, and the luggage team can only march at night and hide during the day. Even so, more than half of the luggage was bombed by the enemy air force. destroy."

After finishing speaking, Isamu Yokoyama paused for a while, it seemed that Shunroku Hata was having a heated debate.

One minute later, Isamu Yokoyama continued, his tone more severe, as if he was the boss:

"I know that imperial fighter planes from the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia are gathering. The base camp is preparing to assemble more than [-] fighter planes to regain the air supremacy in Hengyang area. The assembly is expected to be completed in half a month."

"But do you know how many enemy fighter jets there are in the Pine County area?"

"Four."

"All fighter jets, not all planes!"

"And, this is the data from a week ago."

"Besides, with the foresight and accuracy of intelligence shown by Li Yunlong and his group in the previous battles, can our fighter group really be successfully assembled?"

"Also, do you know?"

"In the current Hengyang area, any night attack launched by our department must start charging one kilometer away!"

"Because the defenders in Hengyang are equipped with a large number of night vision devices, they can see the locust army [-] kilometers away in the dark night, but we can't detect it, just like blind people."

"They even built concrete fortresses around Hengyang."

"..."

"Once the plan to regain air supremacy fails, once the independent regiment troops in the Song County area start to fight and cut off the retreat of our army, what will happen? You should know very well."

Facing such a serious tone and strong words from his subordinates for the first time, Hata Shunroku was also a little ashamed, even a little ashamed.

He is actually quite clear about these things.

In the Hengyang area, the locust army's chance of winning is actually very small. Even if a large number of Type A divisions and Type B divisions with combat experience arrive now, the chances of winning are still not high.

Yes, at present, the locust army has an absolute advantage in strength. The mechanized troops of the independent regiment in the Songxian area are limited by the terrain and cannot be deployed. For the time being, there is no way to directly intervene in the battle.

But in modern warfare, pure military superiority is not very useful. Think back to the early days of the war, which time the empire did not defeat the superior military force of the Republic of China with a small number of troops.

The current Hengyang defenders have absolute advantages except for their strength.

Supplies advantages, [-] tons of materials per day, fifteen times that of the empire, position advantages, perfect defensive positions, and solid concrete fortifications, as well as equipment advantages, semi-automatic rifles, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various calibers.

To win, the only chance of winning is to rely on the [-] air forces that are being assembled to regain the air supremacy in the south, cut off the air supply line of the Hengyang defenders, and bomb the independent regiment bases in Song County and Wu County.

This plan has a success rate.

only!

Once it fails, the hundreds of thousands of imperial troops in the south...
"Commander, I request a pause in the offensive."

Yokoyama finally lowered his tone and said in a pleading tone.

"Yokoyama-kun."

Hata Shunroku also sighed:

"Continuing to attack Hengyang is the instruction from the base camp and the locust."

"I have no choice, and neither do you."

"We must capture Hengyang as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the weakest period of the mountain city government to force it to surrender. As long as the official government of the Republic of China surrenders or collapses, the Republic of China will have civil strife, and then the empire will have a chance."

"That's why Prime Minister Tojo can continue to take office, and the war against China can continue."

War is just a continuation of politics.

After a pause, Hata Shunroku continued:
"You are also very clear that the Hengyang garrison must have accumulated a large amount of supplies. Only by continuing to attack can the supplies of the Hengyang garrison be consumed. Only after we seize the air supremacy can we quickly occupy Hengyang."

"Hi."

He moved his mouth, but Yokoyama finally chose to bow his head.

The two hung up the phone in unison, then sighed deeply, and stood by the phone for a long time.

"Another gamble!"

In the end, both of them sighed in unison.

That night, the fighting in the Hengyang area was still going on, and Heng Shanyong, with sufficient troops, launched wave after wave of attacks, braving the fierce artillery fire and bullet rain of the Tenth Hengyang Army, and launched a charge.

Consume the ammunition of the Tenth Army with flesh and blood.

Of course, the devils also learned a lesson, instead of investing several brigades at once, they arranged half a brigade, that is, more than 500 people, into a large skirmish line, and repeatedly attacked the tenth army's defensive positions.

This move greatly reduced the casualties of the devils' attacking troops, and compressed the jade fragments to less than four figures while the offensive remained unchanged.

The Tenth Army, on the other hand, responded to all changes without change, with fierce artillery fire and a solid position to defend against attacks from devils again and again. At the same time, it also began to build concrete fortifications around the city.

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Hengyang Airport.

Wang Xikui and Duan Peng received the order to take a plane and go to Song County to participate in the battle of the independent regiment.

When the two left, General Fang, Cai Jigang and all the high-level officials from Hengyang all came to see them off.

"Goodbye."

Cai Jigang held the hands of the two of them reluctantly.

"If there is a chance in the future, come and kill devils again, we welcome you at any time."

Including General Fang, the tenth army's high-level executives were the same, with a look of reluctance, wishing that the two of them would stay in the tenth army forever.

This is not hypocritical, but really reluctant.

Even in terms of status, Duan Peng and Wang Xikui were treated at the first level of the company, which was far lower than the status of the others. After all, as the top of the Tenth Army, even if everyone had joined the Eighth Route and the Independent Regiment, their status was not low.

But after contacting these days, everyone was deeply impressed by the two.

Wang Xikui, a sniper of the Independent Regiment, during the one-month battle in Hengyang, single-handedly killed devils close to a squadron, and his theory of ambush, concealment, and shooting greatly affected the soldiers of the Tenth Army, as well as the senior management of the Tenth Army.He also trained a large number of sharpshooter seedlings in the army.

Duan Peng, a member of the special team of the Independent Regiment, the king of individual soldiers. During the Hengyang operation, he repeatedly defeated the infiltration of small-scale troops at night by the little devils, and led the team to carry out reverse osmosis. He also promoted the great improvement of the quality of individual soldiers in the army.

The two had a great influence on the Tenth Army.

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at the same time.

Dingzhou.

A week later, Independent Tudong Road also launched an attack again.

Ten tank battalions, 540 tanks, and hundreds of armored vehicles, under the cover of fire from ten artillery battalions, launched a mighty attack on the Dingzhou devils' position.

Contrary to Yamamoto's expectations, this time the independent regiment changed its previous offensive style.

Ten tank battalions, five battalions mainly attacked the front, and under the cover of five artillery battalions, they destroyed all the way. In less than an hour, they overthrew the frontal positions defended by the Devil's 118th Division, and then drove straight in.

"Nani!?"

Hearing that the frontal position had been broken through, Yamamoto panicked.

His special team has been going well recently.

Using the public for personal gain.

So far, an elite special team of 200 people has been formed, and after rigorous training, each of them is the best of the best, much better than the warriors of the Class A division, and there are still many good seedlings among them.

The equipment is also all excellent weapons seized from the independent regiment, general-purpose machine guns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, even recoilless guns, and large-caliber heavy machine guns with tungsten alloy armor-piercing bullets.

The only pity for him is that so far, the troops have not seized the night vision device.

But he is also very clear.

This is the most powerful special force in history, fighting head-on, I am afraid that even a tank platoon can't do it.

Once he is surrounded, his end may not be too good.

Li Yunlong recently built a trial court in Yangcun, which was once the regiment headquarters of the independent regiment, held a trial meeting, publicly tried every imperial soldier, produced a stack of evidence to prove the so-called war criminals, and then publicized it in the media.

Afterwards, the execution was public.

He even publicly offered a bounty to the soldiers of the empire. He, Yamamoto, was on the list, and the price was extremely high, higher than all the generals, and even higher than several imperial families and the locusts.

And Ito Kotaro's price is ridiculously low.

So, Yamamoto, who didn't want to die, decided to run away.

On the frontal battlefield, among the remaining troops of the Independent Regiment, three tank battalions, three artillery battalions, and three infantry battalions formed a road to attack the left flank of the No.15 brigade. There were even special teams joining in this road.

The remaining two tank battalions, two artillery battalions, and three infantry battalions formed a road to attack the right flank of No.15 Brigade.

The situation on the left flank continued as usual, with the armored units of the Independence Regiment easily breaking through the line of defense and then driving straight in.

Even broke through earlier than the middle.

Because the speed was too fast, on the battlefield, twelve officers, including Infantry No. 70 Ninth Regiment Captain Ono Nataku, and Infantry No. Before he could leave the headquarters, he was hit by a blockbuster, killing everyone.

But it is completely different from the center position and the left wing position.

One of the most incredible things ever happened to the right.

In charge of the right-wing position is the entire 77th Infantry Regiment, the 79th Battalion of the 70th Infantry Regiment, and the 4000th Battalion of the No. 1000 Ninth Infantry Regiment with a total strength of more than [-], [-] fewer than the left wing.

And here not only blocked the independent regiment's attack, but even launched a counterattack.

Not to mention repelling the attack of the Independence Regiment, it even surrounded a part of the troops, so that the Independence Regiment had to stop the offensive in the center and the left wing, and mobilized some troops to rescue.

It seems that the independent regiment never expected that the course of the war would develop in such a way that the rhythm of the attack was disrupted, and it was forced to hastily end today's attack.

Upon receiving this news, Yamamoto didn't believe it at first, thinking that the No.15 brigade had lied about military information, or the enemy's false information, but it was not until the news from the center and the left wing that he believed this incredible fact.

"How did they do it?"

Yamamoto was puzzled.

More than 100 tanks, more than 100 armored vehicles, plus more than 100 artillery cover, plus more than 4000 infantry support, on the open ground, they were defeated by more than 4000 locusts who were inferiorly equipped and lacked or even had no anti-tank weapons. Annihilated many enemy troops.

The truth made Yamamoto unbelievable.

Unless the independent regiment retreated deliberately, it was almost impossible for him to imagine how to win, but the reality was here, the independent regiment retreated indeed, and even left some that he had to believe.

"Who is in charge of the defense on the left?"

Yamamoto continued.

After a short disbelief, Yamamoto has accepted the fact and quickly asked about the process.

"The 77th Infantry Regiment, Regiment Captain Daisuke Marukawa, the 79th Battalion of the 70th Infantry Regiment, Captain Tani Kaku, Commander, the [-]th Battalion of the No. [-] Ninth Regiment of the Infantry, and the Battalion Commander Shigeru Maruo Shigeru."

The staff quickly reported the commander and troops.

"Amazing."

Ito on the side also praised:

"Defeat the enemy's mechanized troops with inferior forces and inferior equipment. This is the true warrior of the empire."

"Such warriors should be widely publicized to boost the morale of the entire locust army, and report to the base camp, report to the locust, and apply for awards."

"After Tanaka Qin reports the detailed battle process, I will send a report to the base camp and the locust."

Yamamoto nodded.

Even with Bushido, even with rigorous brainwashing and training, the overall morale of the locust army is still declining rapidly. After all, it fails again and again, and even if the news of the failure is strictly blocked, it is difficult to completely block the spread of the news.

Failure will inevitably lower the morale of the troops.

At this time, a victory, and defeating a powerful enemy with inferior troops and inferior equipment, advanced equipment, and superior military strength can greatly boost morale.

If the locust comes with a commendation, personally awards a medal, and is promoted, the morale boosting effect will be doubled.

Seeing Yamamoto agreeing, the corners of Ito's mouth curled up slightly, feeling extremely proud.

He took the first step in Ito's rise.

step forward!
Prime Minister Ito..., President Ito... shook his head and put aside the thoughts in his heart. Curiosity emerged in Ito's heart.

The right-wing battle report said that some equipment was seized, including tanks and heavy artillery. This is understandable. The independent regiment is definitely the master who has no shortage of equipment. It was said at the beginning that some equipment would be left behind.

But in the report, it also said that a large number of enemies were killed. How did this happen?
It is absolutely impossible to really kill the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, but Tanaka Qin will never make a fake in this battle report. Could it be that...
Ito thought of a possibility.

A method he used to do in Shou County.

(End of this chapter)