Rise from the sword

Chapter 603
"What's the devil doing?"

Kong Jie took six armored battalions, six artillery battalions, fifteen infantry battalions, two pontoon battalions, and one air defense battalion along the newly built road, all the way south.

This time, the army of the Independent Regiment, uncharacteristically, took advantage of the mechanized troops and marched towards Changchang at high speed.

Because this time, the independent regiment is going to blitzkrieg.

A sword to seal the throat of the Sixth Division.

Considering the shortage of troops and inexperience in the Songxian area, Kong Jie also mobilized from Li Yunlong the first, second, and third armored battalions, the first, second, and third artillery battalions, and the first, second, and third infantry battalions. Second, third and fourth battalions.

In order to transport these fighters, several flying battalions flew for several weeks to complete the transport.For this reason, the air transportation to Hengyang had to be reduced. Fortunately, Hengyang has already established a warehouse, so there is no need to rely on air transportation of materials.

As night fell and the troops set up camp to rest, Kong Jie called in a few staff officers.

"According to the information provided by the headquarters, as well as our own investigation."

A young staff officer replied:
"Near Changchang, there are two groups of devil troops."

"One group is the original garrison force of Tomasaka, including two regiments, the 177th regiment, led by Katsuo Mitsumoto, and the 178th regiment, led by Horio Momitsu, with a total strength of about 300 troops."

"The other group is the Sixth Division, with a total strength of about 1000 people, including three infantry regiments, an artillery brigade, an air defense brigade, and a newly formed anti-armor brigade."

"The devils have destroyed all the bridges around Chechang and built a strong fortress at the bridgehead."

"Vulnerable."

Kong Jie snorted coldly.

After he established a firm foothold in Song County, he began to build roads and railways to the south, and after extending the base area, the devils knew that Changchang had been threatened and began to strengthen the defense of Changchang.

From the beginning, there was only one wing in Changchang, but it was strengthened to two wings, and then the sixth division was transferred to station in Changchang.

Afterwards, although no further troops were dispatched into formation, they continued to increase the number of troops in Changchang and expand the size of the troops in Changchang.As a result, the strength of the two regiments and one division has gradually increased, reaching the current total strength of nearly [-].

But in modern warfare, military superiority is no longer so important.

Not to mention, now the advantage in strength lies with the Independent Regiment.

Although Shi Chang has the so-called sixth division of the permanent division, even if the devils have adapted the equipment of the independent regiment and added an air brigade and an anti-armor brigade, they are still vulnerable.

Air defense and air defense, ten defenses and nine air defenses, unless you have enough weapons, but a mere air defense brigade can only be air defense.

The Devil's new 75mm anti-tank gun is pretty good. Its caliber has been improved a lot, and it has made great progress. It's a pity that it's not very useful. It has been proved by Chengde that it can penetrate the No. 100 tank head-on within [-] meters.

Within 100 meters, how many anti-tank guns will the tank group be afraid of?
As for destroying the river, building bridgehead fortresses to prevent attackers from repairing the bridge is not enough.

The times have changed.

He now brings two newest pontoon bridge battalions, equipped with specially designed mechanized pontoon vehicles, which can build bridges sufficient for mechanized troops to pass within a few hours.

As for the bridgeheads, any ground penetrating bomb would blow them up completely.

"Attack as planned."

Kong Jie waved his hand, murderous:
"Tomorrow, I will maneuver to Chechang at high speed, surround Chechang, block all intersections, and not allow a single devil to let go. I don't need prisoners in this battle, and I don't want to see a prisoner."

"Yes."

Staff to deliver orders.

Then Kong Jie looked at a staff officer in charge of logistics:
"Has the logistics battalion set off?"

Six armored battalions, six artillery battalions, and fifteen infantry battalions consumed a huge amount of logistics supplies. In order to meet the consumption of the troops, Kong Jie used ten logistics transportation battalions to transport supplies.

Logistics transport battalion, each battalion is equipped with [-] to [-] ten-wheel trucks or half-track transport vehicles, which can transport [-] to [-] tons of materials at a time according to road conditions. When passing through dangerous areas, the transport battalion will also be equipped with Tanks or armored vehicles to strengthen their combat effectiveness.

"Already set off."

The logistics staff officer nodded.

"Report in time if something happens."

The branch is responsible for the logistics staff. At this time, there are only Kong Jie's guards and three guards with submachine guns. From the perspective of equipment, these three guards belong to the guard company of the regiment headquarters and are under the direct command of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang. .

Among the three, there was a guard with a bomb on his waist and a metal communicator.

"After the troops complete the siege, I will build a warehouse outside Changchang. When the time comes, you should contact Boss Chen immediately."

Kong Jie's tone was gloomy.

In this battle, how can a mere ten logistics battalions be enough?
At least tens of thousands of tons, 10,000+ ammunition must be thrown down to relieve the anger.

"Yes."

The guard with the iron communicator said.

Before dawn the next day, that is, at four o'clock, Kong Jie led the team to continue the journey. Thirty battalions rushed towards Changchang at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour.

"Captain."

During this period, Ding Wei received a telegram:
"The guerrillas around Nan County were attacked by devils at two o'clock last night. They have now escaped from the devils' pursuit, but the troops suffered a lot of casualties."

"South County Guerrilla?"

Kong Jie was taken aback by this news.

He gathered the guerrillas in Nan County, changed their outfits, sent officers to train soldiers to provide military guidance, and expanding the troops was only secondary. The main purpose was to let them harass the important supply lines of the devils in the south.

Guangdong-Han Railway.

The southern section of this railway is currently within the radiation range of Songxian and Wuxian air forces. Although the flight battalions currently have no energy to destroy this railway on a large scale, even occasional bombing and patrols have greatly reduced the traffic volume of the southern section.

However, due to the distance, the northern section is still fully open to traffic. Every day, trains of devils arrive in the Changheng area with soldiers and supplies, and then transported to Hengyang by the convoy. This is also one of the most important conditions for Hengshan Yong to continue to attack .

"How about the casualties?"

Kong Jie asked.

"There were more than 330 casualties, of which 110 and seven were sacrificed. The loss was not small."

The staff officer replied.

There were 300 people, more than 330 casualties, and the casualty rate exceeded 150/12.00. [-] and [-] people were sacrificed, and the sacrifice rate exceeded [-]%. It can be said that the casualties were heavy.

"Who did it?"

Kong Jie was a little curious.

The plan to go south to harass the southern section of the Guangdong-Han Railway has not yet been implemented, so why did devils attack the guerrillas in the Nanxian area?And the fighting power is not bad.

"The 23rd Regiment of the Sixth Division."

The staff officer replied.

"The 23rd Regiment of the Sixth Division?!"

Kong Jie was taken aback.

This fact caught him by surprise.

Although this attack was organized temporarily, the base of Songxian County has been infiltrating into Changchang. The intention is obvious. These devils actually have the intention to attack the guerrillas in Nanxian County?

"It seems."

Kong Jie's eyes showed a fierce look:

"The little devils in Changchang don't pay much attention to us."

"Order the troops, speed up, and surround Chang Chang!"

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Near noon.

Hengyang.

Isamu Yokoyama was counting the casualties last night.

Yesterday, as usual, he organized three alliances to attack various positions in Hengyang, and the fighting did not stop until morning.

"One thousand and five hundred people were broken, and 500 people were seriously injured..."

The little devils around Hengyang also benefited a lot from the continuous night attack. For example, in terms of casualties, it was possible to get more accurate data not long after the battle ended.

More than several times faster than before!
Listening to the staff report, Yokoyama nodded calmly.

This loss is the same as before. Within his tolerance, there is no war in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia.

This casualty can be made up in a day.

"A total of seven planes landed at Hengyang Airport yesterday."

The staff reported another number that Yokoyama was interested in.

"Yo Xi."

Yokoyama was overjoyed immediately.

Although he didn't know why, it was obviously a good thing for him.

At this moment, a staff officer ran in in a panic:

"General."

"An urgent call from Yuchang."

"Read!"

Yokoyama was taken aback, frowned, and had a bad premonition in his heart.

Urgent call, there is no good thing.

"Chachang is surrounded by a large number of independent regiments, with about two divisions in strength! There are no less than 250 tanks!"

The staff officer finished reading in a hurry.

"Nani!"

Yokoyama stood up abruptly:
"This is impossible!"

According to news, yesterday morning, the troops of the Eighth Route Army were still more than 300 kilometers away from Changchang. Why did they suddenly surround Changchang?

Afterwards, Yokoyama Yong's face was as gloomy as water.

The strength of the two divisions, more than 250 tanks, means that Shaochang is gone, and the sixth division is gone.

Yu Chang is gone.

Fighting on the [-]st will be troublesome.

I am afraid that his hundreds of thousands of troops will also be in big trouble.

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Go back to half an hour ago.

south county.

Ohno Shin led a group of devils out of a dense forest, the hand holding the samurai sword couldn't help trembling, and there was unstoppable solemnity and a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Multiple rocket launchers!"

After a long time, he slowly spit out a word.

Last night's attack was carried out according to his plan at first.

With the help of the complex environment, his unit quietly approached the guerrillas. The elite sixth division soldiers, as he expected, avoided the observation of the night vision goggles until they were 300 meters away from the guerrilla camp, reaching the predetermined attack distance. None were found.

Then, at two o'clock, he was ready to attack.

It also got off to a good start.

Facing the night attack of the locust army, the group of guerrillas obviously did not expect it. He quickly disrupted their formation and wiped out many people. However, after 5 minutes of fighting, the situation suddenly changed.

The two brigades on his left flank were covered by heavy artillery fire without any warning. In less than ten seconds, hundreds of shells exploded in the ranks.

The instant firepower density is comparable to two heavy artillery brigades.

The sudden ferocious artillery fire directly interrupted the attacks of the two brigades, causing considerable casualties, and even cut off the battlefield, giving the guerrillas a chance to breathe.

Relying on the cover of artillery fire, the guerrillas came out of the chaos, assembled their troops to launch a counterattack, and relied on superior firepower to repel the attack of a brigade on his right wing. After the two brigades on the left wing reacted, they launched an attack again. Another round of intensive artillery shells drop.

The fighting shifted again to the guerrillas.

Of course, the two rounds of brigade-level shelling and the interval between the two shellings made him immediately understand that the square car he found during the day was a kind of rocket launcher.

He had seen Americans use it in the Pacific.

But I have never seen such a small one, and I have never seen such a good maneuverability.

During this period, he tried to mobilize troops to attack the opponent's rocket artillery position. As long as he wiped out the enemy's artillery fire, he could win, but because of the firepower gap between the two sides, the difficulty of commanding at night, and the rocket artillery seemed to be highly mobile, he finally returned without success.

The battle was under round after round of sudden artillery fire, and the opponent finally escaped.

According to post-war statistics, the 23rd Regiment suffered more than half of the brigade's casualties, most of which were caused by that kind of rocket launcher.

"Send it to the head of the division."

Ohno Shin put away the samurai sword in his hand.

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at the same time.

Yuchang.

Kanda Masaaki, the head of the Sixth Division, is currently patrolling the position of Youzai Youzai.

Although he looked down on the Eight Roads, he still thought that they were just a group of well-equipped farmers, far inferior to the U.S. military, and nothing to be afraid of, but when digging positions, he worked extra hard.

Wide ditches, anti-tank bases, ring positions, concealed machine gun positions and bunkers, and artillery holes are all available, and they are all excavated to the highest standards.

At this moment, a telegram flew into his hand:
"General, No. 20 Triple Regiment telegram."

"Then the guerrillas failed to annihilate them first, and were escaped by the opponent."

"During the battle, our department discovered that the guerrillas are equipped with a large number of multiple rocket launchers, which can launch intensive shelling in an instant. The power is comparable to 100 caliber heavy artillery, and the mobility is very high."

"idiot."

Kanda drew out his samurai sword immediately, and cursed:
"waste."

But Kanda is not stupid. Although he is angry, he also understands that the 23rd Regiment failed in this battle because of the newly discovered multiple rocket launchers.

He has seen rocket launchers before, and he also knows the advantages and disadvantages of rocket launchers. It can provide instant intensive firepower coverage, but it is difficult to maneuver and the loading speed is slow.If there is a rocket launcher that is highly mobile and can be carried by mule infantry, it is really difficult to deal with.

However, before he had time to think further, a staff officer ran over:
"Division commander, Zhang Zimiao, Wulipo, Luoting, and Beisha found a large number of armored troops!"

The samurai sword in Kanda Masa's hand fell.

These place names, in an instant, Kanda realized that he was surrounded, and surrounded by armored troops.

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the same day.

Across the ocean.

Inside a white palace.

"president."

Donovan came to the president alone and lowered his voice:

"According to the information currently available, the Germans should arrive within five days."

"But it is still impossible to determine the scale, the goal, or the method."

"I see."

The person in the wheelchair nodded with a very calm tone.

Like Pearl Harbor, sometimes there is a price to pay for victory.

This price, the United States, can afford it.

(End of this chapter)