Rise from the sword

Chapter 612
"The Eighth Air Force was completely wiped out?!"

After finishing the content of the telegram word by word, stumbled, holding the telegram from Hata Shunroku in his hand, Isamu Yokoyama, who was already hit by multiple blows, was stunned for a long time.

Like a clay sculpture.

Not even the wide-open, lifeless eyes didn't blink.

"General?"

The staff officer who came to report cautiously shouted.

Although General Heng Shanyong seldom fanned staff officers, the content of this telegram was too bad. As a staff officer, he knew very well that the Eighth Air Force was the hope of the [-]th Hengyang Army.

But now, the Eighth Air Force was almost wiped out, so he was prepared to be slapped before he came.

But the current situation is a bit beyond his expectations.

General, is this frightened?

After waiting for a while, Yokoyama recovered from the clay sculpture. At this time, he seemed to be more than ten years old all of a sudden. Although his hair was not as gray as Yoshio Shinozuka's, his original energy was gone. up.

Dying.

"Go down."

Yokoyama waved his hand, motioning for the three staff officers in the headquarters to leave.

Received bad news one after another, one more outrageous, one more desperate, at this time Yokoyama Isao was completely ashamed.

he does not know.

Why is the Song County Independent Group no longer airlifting supplies to Hengyang, and without any threat, if there are other things that hold up the transport fleet, it is understandable for a day or two, five or six days, but it will be obvious in half a month Not normal anymore.

he does not know.

Why can the Hengyang defenders maintain crazy heavy firepower for more than half a month without external supplies, and they can also take out new weapons and suddenly increase the firepower.

He didn't know either.

How did the Eighth Air Force be wiped out by the enemy in just two days. None of the more than 300 aircraft survived, and even more than 300 veteran pilots were all destroyed.

But he knew.

His No.11 Army, his Hengyang Battle, and his Southern Army are all over.

It won't be long before the independent regiment troops in Song County will advance towards Hengyang and Changsha under the cover of hundreds of tanks and aircraft. At the same time, they will be able to cut off his supplies through bombing and guerrillas.

And although he has an army of 20, and there are 10,000+ troops around him, and nearly [-] supplementary soldiers, he has an absolute advantage in strength, but in a frontal field battle, it is impossible to beat an armored force with absolute air superiority.

"Send a report to Prime Minister Tojo."

There was interception in the front and pursuit in the back, so we should be able to agree to retreat now... Yokoyama sighed with relief.

At this moment, the staff officer found that his commander seemed to have regained a lot of energy, as if he was five or six years younger.

"Hi."

The staff officer immediately went to prepare.

Suddenly, another staff officer ran in in a panic:

"General."

"The Guangdong-Han Railway was bombed on a large scale, and many railway stations, bridges, and junctions were destroyed. The railway has been interrupted at present."

The staff officer said hurriedly:

"The time is too short, and the specific damage has not yet been calculated. Mr. Yoneda of the railway garrison is leading people to make statistics, but it is estimated that traffic will not be restored within five days."

"Reports from the front line, a large number of transport planes have been spotted over Hengyang, about [-]."

"understood."

Hearing that his own logistics route was cut off, Yokoyama's expression remained the same, he waved his hand, and calmly asked the staff to leave by himself.

In the current situation, the logistics are cut off, which is not a big bad news.

As for the transport fleet of the independent regiment in Hengyang, it means that the reserves of the Hengyang army are almost exhausted, but in the current situation, this news is dispensable, anyway, it is impossible for him to take Hengyang.

"Hi."

The staff officer was really stunned for a moment before putting down the telegram and leaving.

He felt that his commander seemed a little happy when he heard the news?
After that, Yokoyama looked at the map of Hengyang and sighed deeply again.

He has been in the army for dozens of years, and he never thought that he would be blocked by a small city with a population of only over [-] for two months. After paying a price of [-] yuan, they still failed to capture the city.

Then, he issued a final order:
"Starting today, stop attacking Hengyang and turn to defense on the spot."

However, what Heng Shanyong didn't know was that the transport plane that landed at Hengyang Airport at this time did not bring supplies.

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"Transport the armored troops to Hengyang."

"Disrupt the battle?"

Seeing the telegram from Li Yunlong, Kong Jie was taken aback.

After occupying Changchang, annihilating the Sixth Division, and escorting Kanda Zheng and his group of Sixth Division executives back to Ping'an County, Li Yunlong sent a telegram to Kong Jie for the first time.

The content of the telegram gave Kong Jie a little suggestion.

Airlift an elite armored force directly to Hengyang, break through the No. 11 Devil Army outside Hengyang with armored forces, and then cooperate with Hengyang troops to completely defeat and disperse the No. 11 Devil Army, and cooperate with the guerrillas to encircle and suppress.

"This way..."

Kong Jie was lost in thought.

At first, Kong Jie directly cut off Li Yunlong's idea.

Around Hengyang, there are nearly 40 devils. Although the main supply channel was opened by radio-guided bombs by fifteen heavy bombers with ten rounds, and the guerrillas took the opportunity to destroy it on a large scale, it is impossible to recover within a week.

However, the supplies carried by the Japanese army in Hengyang can last at least a week or even two weeks of combat. As for the food, it is not a problem to last half a month or even more than a month, so it is still a normal army.

It doesn't take much for him to transport a team of elite armored troops, as long as the first, second, and third armored battalions are transported there, and combined with the Hengyang artillery, they can indeed defeat the devils outside the city.

But the Hengyang Tenth Army, even at present, is only less than [-], and at most one division can be wiped out, and if there is more, it will have to eat.Even if he transported all the armored troops and infantry, he could only annihilate two divisions.

Defeating and annihilating are two entirely different things.

At that time, the 40 devils will only eat two or three divisions, and the rest will run away. Wouldn't it be a blood loss?

Not to mention that there is a large factory that has wiped out [-] devils, and there are fifty masters. The tank business has increased so much that the price of devils has risen really sharply. As of August now, every time the independent regiment kills a devil, it will get one A Panzer IV—a Panzer IV without accessories.

Of course, there are also cement, food, fuel and other materials.

Although this number is completely mosquitoes for the amount that doubles every month, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

But Li Yunlong's analysis in the telegram was very clear.

With the nature of devils, even if they learn that Changchang is occupied, they will never retreat, but will try to fight decisively.

There are 40 devils near Hengyang, an unprecedented army in scale, and there has been no large-scale battle for more than a month. The reserves are sufficient, and the supply channels have not been completely cut off, but the amount of material transportation is much less.

It can be said that the soldiers are strong and the supplies are sufficient.

The devils will definitely concentrate their forces, take advantage of the complex terrain outside Hengyang City, build a position, replicate a 'Dingzhou' campaign, and completely eat up the independent regiment troops who came to attack.

There are many waterways and bridges in the south, and it is the rainy season now, so the mobility of the tank troops is severely restricted. If the army really starts from Changchang and goes to Hengyang, even with the help of the "warehouse" for supplies, it will take a long time to reach Hengyang.

Devils have enough time to prepare.

It is possible to directly attack the prepared devils' positions, but it is very troublesome.

But it is different if the troops gather directly in Hengyang. Even if you kill the little devil, you will never expect that there will be armored troops, and a large number of armored troops will emerge directly from Hengyang City.

At that time, a part of the armored troops will feign an attack from the front to attract the attention of the devils, and then a dozen or so armored battalions and dozens of infantry battalions will attack from Hengyang.

Although he currently only has eleven armored battalions, and other places cannot support his armored battalions, the division of troops is not suitable, but this problem is easy to solve.

Kong Jie immediately thought of a solution.

The terrain around Hengyang is a large plain, which is suitable for armored troops to maneuver. After the army of devils is disintegrated, eleven armored battalions and infantry will disperse and pursue them. Hundreds of attack aircraft and gunboats will shoot in the sky, in order to defeat the devils to the greatest extent. Scatter the devils as much as possible.

During the assembly period of the troops in Hengyang, strengthen the guerrillas in various places, change their outfits, train, be straightforward, supplement the elite squads drawn from the independent regiment, and strangle the scattered devils.

With one set, even if a devil escapes, it will definitely be indispensable.

"Let the Hengyang defenders expand their positions and expand their camps."

Li Yunlong's analysis moved Kong Jie, and he then issued an order.

In this armored raid, the most important thing is concealment. We must ensure that the troops are not discovered by the devils before launching the attack.

The equipment can be taken out secretly through the warehouse, but the troops need to be assembled before attacking. The positions occupied by the Hengyang defenders cannot provide concealment for the assembled armored troops. Therefore, before planning, it is necessary to help the Hengyang defenders expand their positions.

"Order to break up the eighth infantry battalion, the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion, and disperse them to the base areas around Hengyang to strengthen the strength of the local armed forces. Also, the seven infantry battalions who will come from Heyuan County in a few days A veteran battalion was also dispersed among the local armed forces around the Guangdong-Han Railway as ranking units."

Kong Jie continued with a sinister tone:

"Gather a group of soldiers who can drive cars, preferably selected from the original fruit troops, and then take a training class to train them to drive tanks."

There must be at least ten armored battalions that suddenly burst out from Hengyang, so there would be no armored battalions for the frontal feint attack troops, so Kong Jie planned to temporarily form several tank battalions.

Anyway, the tanks are ready-made.

Since the devil is going to have a "Dingzhou" show, then he, Uncle Kong Jiekong, naturally has to cooperate and recruit a group of real "novice" tank teams to let the devil know that the tank team of the independent regiment really doesn't know how to drive tanks.

　Tomorrow and daytime...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)