It is true that China already has control of the air, but the Japanese army is not in control.
As the 5th Aviation Corps gave in, the Chinese Expeditionary Forces Command urgently seconded three air defense brigades from the Kwantung Army to central China, and arrived at the outskirts of Hengyang on the eve of the Chinese airdrop.
It was a ground-based anti-aircraft artillery group consisting of more than 70 20mm anti-aircraft cannons and 16 75mm anti-aircraft guns. Although it could not completely prevent bombers from dropping bombs at high altitudes, it still maintained a certain deterrent effect in the air.
For example, on the night of June 24, under the coordination of the Air Force Liaison Office led by Lin Heng in Hengyang City, 10 transport planes roared from the direction of Guilin and entered low altitude only 10 kilometers away from Hengyang City. They planned to enter the light after they had already entered the city.
Controlling the airdrop of supplies over Hengyang City, which looks dark on the surface but has already been given light instructions.
As a result, after hearing the roar in the sky, the Japanese army immediately turned on their air searchlights and launched intensive launches at mid- to low-altitudes. This forced the transport fleet to fly to an altitude of 2,500 meters again, and dropped airdrops based on the extremely weak light indicators on the ground.
Materials.
The direction in which parachute-clad supply packages dropped from such a height depends entirely on God's will. If the wind direction changes, who knows where these supply packages will float?
After all, the total area of Hengyang City is less than 3 square kilometers, and including the Chinese-controlled positions outside the city, the total area will never exceed 6 square kilometers.
Moreover, the Japanese army besieged the city too tightly. The positions of the two armies in the suburbs were intertwined. Some positions were even less than 300 meters apart. Officers and soldiers on both sides did not dare to walk upright in the trenches for fear of being targeted by the other side's infantry if they showed up.
Sure enough, the wind direction was from west to east that night, and a large number of material packages swayed over Hengyang City, fell into the Xiang River under the noses of the Chinese soldiers and civilians, and flowed down the river along the rolling water.
This was good, and some even fell directly on the positions of the remnant troops of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division. This made Colonel Matsukami Yoshimasa, who was worried about food, very happy.
I originally thought that Amaterasu had given up on this unlucky boy, but it turns out that this is what the so-called "No Ji Tai Lai" means! His more than 2,000 remnant troops only had two days of rations left, but thousands of kilograms of rice and flour fell from the sky.
, this is really the legendary gift from heaven!
More than a thousand men of the 190th Division on the other side watched helplessly as the huge supply bags fell on the heads of the Japanese, and their lungs almost burst.
"The Air Force is afraid that they will not be able to feed the devils!" Yang Jihe, commander of the 1st Battalion, who was already hot-tempered, simply yelled in the trenches.
"Shut up, who can't make a mistake? What's so good about you is that you forgot how you clapped your hands and cheered that day when the Air Force fighter planes blew up the Japanese ships to pieces, right?" In the trenches, they were also ready to give orders to the officers and soldiers.
The colonel leader who went out to pick up supplies scolded his most powerful general.
The regiment and battalion commanders couldn't help but scold Liang, which shows how angry they were at the act of proactively "aiding the enemy" by airdropping supplies.
After communicating with Guilin Airport afterwards, it was found that the supplies that could be picked up inside and outside Hengyang City were only 12 tons, which was just over half of the total airdropped supplies, which also meant that nearly half of the supplies fell on the Japanese positions.
As soon as the results came out, not to mention the soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City who felt extremely aggrieved, even that man was very angry.
But even so, supplies still have to be airdropped. 12 tons of food is only two days of rations for Hengyang City, which has 70,000 people.
In order to make Fang Xianjue firm in his determination to hold on for another 10 days, that person not only called the Air Force Command every day to personally inquire about the airdrop plan for that day, but also simply asked his major general to fly to Guilin to personally serve as the dedicated airdrop specialist for Hengyang.
The head of the established logistics department.
This kind of treatment has never been seen before. The soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City were greatly moved. As the supreme commander, Fang Xianjue even had tears in his eyes. He expressed his position in public that the teacher supported the Hengyang defenders so much, let alone holding on for 10 more days.
So what if one day is a hundred days?
Tang Dao almost rushed forward and covered the mouth of the army lieutenant general who was obviously too emotional. In fact, once in time and space, he said that he would fight for another two months, but in the end, the good guy actually fought for almost two months.
Month, if the city had not been completely exhausted and not even a few bullets could be found, the remaining 13 days would have to be scraped together.
Now that the hundred-day FLAG suddenly penetrated, even a fierce person like Tang Da Tuanzuo was a little overwhelmed.
However, after the first day's experience, the commanders of the Hengyang headquarters realized that ground communication alone was not enough. The aircraft was thousands of meters above the ground, and if it wanted to deliver accurately, it must have clear enough ground instructions. Moreover,
This kind of clear ground instructions can only be discovered by high altitudes and not by the Japanese army, otherwise the Japanese artillery will not be vegetarian.
Therefore, after Tang Dao and Lin Heng discussed it, they used dozens of 'Qi Death Wind' lanterns to form a 'shape' with a diameter of more than ten meters in a wide area in Hengyang City, making the transport plane clearly visible in the air, aiming at the star.
Just carry out airdrops, so that even if the wind direction changes, it can ensure that most of the supplies will fall in the area controlled by China.
In addition, in order to avoid the light being seen by the Japanese army and causing artillery bombardment, Tang Dao suggested changing the airdrop from night to dusk. Such light conditions could ensure that the Japanese reconnaissance balloon staying 10 kilometers away could not see the airdrop mark point.
Then, every evening, the commanders in Hengyang were like young people in love, nervously holding their pocket watches and waiting for the transport fleet to arrive, while the officers and soldiers looked eagerly at the sky.
When the white parachute bags slowly fell into Hengyang City from the dim night, the men who usually did not shed tears when bullets penetrated their bodies burst into tears of happiness.
Don’t think that these airdropped material packages only contain food. In order to encourage the 70,000 soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City to continue to hold on, the man put a lot of thought into it. Under the advice of his think tank, Guilin City had already launched the plan half a month ago.
, they used a large amount of manpower to find the 10th Army that had retreated to Gui Province and the families of the civilians who stayed behind, and then asked them to write letters to their relatives who were still in Hengyang City.
Those who can write will write it themselves, and those who cannot write will be dictated by their family members, and young students will write for them. Not to mention a letter distributing 5 kilograms of rice and noodles, even if it is not distributed, the family members who miss their loved ones must also tell them about their current situation!
Although this is only a one-way connection, it is definitely the greatest psychological comfort to the Chinese soldiers and young civilians who are still in Hengyang City.
On the night of the 24th, a large package filled with 3,000 letters from home fell on the 190th Division position. After Rong Youlue personally delivered it to the headquarters, it was immediately distributed to various ministries according to the numbers and names on the letters the next day.
, among which there are hundreds of letters belonging to civilian husbands.
"Son! You don't have to worry about Mommy. Although Mommy's life here is not very good, fortunately, the weather is hot. As long as it doesn't rain, I can survive. I will hang on the bronze medal you brought back last time, wherever I go.
, there will always be someone to stutter, and you won’t be hungry.
I'm just worried about you! Mom knows your temper best. It's just that steel is easy to break. Son, please remember Mom's words. Mom is waiting for you to come back. Even if you are missing arms and legs, you will come back. Mom
I was able to raise you in the past, and I will be able to raise you in the future as well.
Okay, that’s all. I’ve said so much, but I don’t know if the little scholar understands it.”
"Mom!" A battalion commander with an unshaven beard and a major from the 10th Preliminary Division knelt on the ground and kowtowed fiercely to the southwest, with tears streaming down his face.
As a son, how could he not be sad when he received this letter from home? Although he was already a major officer and his military salary was not low, but his family was in Hengyang City, he could only reluctantly send his old mother, wife and children to flee.
The train was going very fast, so I took with me a total of more than twenty pieces of silver.
The number of people fleeing to Guilin this time is tens of thousands. Including those who escaped from Tanzhou, there are at least hundreds of thousands. The sudden increase in population will naturally cause the prices there to skyrocket. Accommodation and food may not be guaranteed. Normally,
The relatively respectable old lady could only use the medal of loyalty and bravery he left at home to find someone to ask for stuttering. How could he, a son, not feel sad?
Especially the sentence that I was able to raise you before, and I will be able to raise you in the future, even if you have no arms or legs, as long as you can come back.
This is mother!
She didn't say anything about her national sentiments. She knew what her son was going to do and she wouldn't stop it, but she hoped that her son would come back alive.
The officers next to him were all very sad, but they didn't know how to persuade him.
"Baby's father, the bosses came to me and asked me to write you a letter. I can't write or speak, but I just want to tell you that the baby and I miss you. Our family wouldn't be able to survive without you.
But I also know that you stayed in Hengyang to fight against the Japanese so that we ladies could live. I promise you that no matter what, I will feed a few children. When the children grow up, I will go to find you...
..”
Luo Dahu was one of the hundreds of lucky people. When he took the letter home from his wife who had been signed by someone else, the big rough man burst into tears.
He cried, not because he was moved or not, but because Commander Fang really kept his promise and transported the old, weak, women and children to Guilin by train. No matter what, in these war-torn years, as long as he was alive, he was already very happy.
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As a husband and father, his request is very simple, just to seek a way out for his wife and baby.
For this reason, if he stays in Hengyang, even if he loses more than a hundred kilograms, it will not be a loss!
The minds of the think tanks under his command are indeed very happy. This material and spiritual support has indeed boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City. Every day, the soldiers and civilians inside and outside Hengyang City eagerly await the arrival of the transport plane.
But such good days did not last more than two or three days, and the Japanese army gradually figured out the rules of Chinese airdrops. When the Chinese transport planes arrived to start airdrops, several Japanese fighter planes also flew over quietly.
The Japanese planes did not attack the transport group that was starting to pull up. Instead, they used the flames on the ground that had no time to remove as markers, dropped a wave of bombs, and then turned around and ran away.
The damage caused by this wave of bombs was considerable, resulting in dozens of casualties.
Later, the cunning Japanese army came up with new tricks. During the airdrop period, they also used lanterns to make a circle on their own positions. It looked almost the same from high altitude. As a result, a few transport planes directly
With such investment, the supplies naturally became the possession of the Japanese army.
Fang Xianjue and others in the city were so angry that they just jumped around, but there was nothing they could do!
Fortunately, those letters were basically from various departments of the 10th Army, and the news that the Hengyang defenders were mainly composed of the 10th Army had already spread at home and abroad, so the serial numbers were no longer considered secrets, otherwise those letters would have been picked up by the Japanese army.
In the past, secrets were leaked.
However, the Japanese army also found a treasure. At least through these letters, they clearly knew how many infantry regiments the 10th Army in Hengyang City now had. In the past, they could only rely on estimates.
It's not that the Japanese intelligence personnel are incompetent, but that the strength of the Chinese infantry divisions has always been a mystery. In order to quickly replenish troops, some infantry divisions directly recruited young people from the countryside to replenish them. Such illegal operations,
There are often many more personnel than the establishment; some obey the rules and have principles, waiting for the normal replenishment from the superiors, but often they are not welcomed by the superiors, so the replenishment is slow, and the number of soldiers is much less than the normal establishment.
This phenomenon, which is considered very common in the Chinese military, caused a lot of headaches for the Japanese military intelligence department. Instead, it unexpectedly became a means of keeping military secrets.
But this time, the 11th Army roughly knew from the large number of family letters thrown on the battlefield that the 10th Army had a total of 8 regiments in the city, plus the Si Xing Regiment and the Hengyang Guard Regiment, with an average of 2,000 people per regiment.
Hengshan Yongzheng's Juhua tightened his grip, that was 20,000 people, more or less.
No wonder the 116th and 68th divisions and the 6th Infantry Regiment and other elite elites of the empire had such difficulty. While waiting for smooth logistics and supplies to arrive, Isamu Yokoyama also began to think about how to increase the number of troops in Hengyang.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This undoubtedly filled up the difficulty bar again in the Hengyang Defense Battle, which was already a hell-level difficulty, but it also caused a problem for Yokoyama Isamu and Shimanuki Takeshi.
This misunderstanding means that there are only 20,000 people in Hengyang City.
As for those hundreds or even thousands of civilians, in the eyes of the elites of the Imperial Japanese Army, what are they? They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General and Japanese Army Colonel never imagined that there were not thousands of people, but nearly 50,000 people.
When 50,000 sheep run wild, the wolves have to retreat, not to mention the 50,000 young and middle-aged people who have hands, feet and enough strength? If they are pushed hard, even five for one or even ten for one can turn the Japanese into blood.
Muzzy.
Not to mention that the "intelligence" accidentally obtained by the Japanese army was destined to become a double-edged sword for them, let's just talk about robbing airdrop supplies.
Although the Japanese army frequently resorted to sabotage or misdirected their parachutes due to changes in the wind direction, and many other unexpected factors, the Japanese army earned a lot of food every day. Regardless of the weather, the planes were unable to take off and land normally and suspended airdrops. The rest of the time, they were desperately trying to fly into Hengyang City every day.
airdrop.
To this end, the entire Guangxi Province is raising food to send to the front line, and many of them are even transported by special planes from Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.
According to the attendant, how much food was stolen by the Japanese was a matter between the Air Force and God. He was only responsible for ensuring that the soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City had enough to eat before going to the battlefield when resisting the Japanese attack.
The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers!
There's nothing wrong with that, but there's nothing wrong with being so 'capital to the enemy' all the time, right?
It had to be Tang Dao, so he thought of a clever move.
The private salt granary empty of the 116th Division became one of the victims of Tang Tuanzuo's damaging move.
The 133rd Infantry Regiment to which Yangang Kong belonged was basically crippled in the Battle of Huangchaling. The entire infantry regiment had 3,870 men at full strength. After the battle, including artillery, baggage troops and other units, all that was left
Less than 900 people were killed, and the casualty rate was as high as 80%. To say they were disabled is a compliment.
The 133rd Infantry Regiment was ordered to withdraw to 10 miles away from the front line to rest and recuperate, waiting for the arrival of a new supplementary group to replenish them with troops before fighting again.
The Japanese private was very happy to have survived. The half-month period of rest was also the most comfortable time for him. His only regret was that he could not eat enough.
The rations of the imperial officers and soldiers on the front line must be guaranteed. The rations of those who are resting and those who are carrying logistics supplies are only half of the usual amount.
But fortunately, Amaterasu appeared, and a parachute dropped from the sky. There was a big bag under the umbrella, which was full of white rice.
The commander of the regiment asked the cooks to cook the rice and make it into rice balls for everyone to eat.
Then, at noon that day, the poor Japanese private collapsed.
Taking off his pants seven times in just one hour, the frequency of diarrhea, let alone short-handled bean sprouts like Yangangkong, even a man as strong as an ox would not be able to hold on!
What does it mean to be lustful? The Japanese private who had given up wearing pants and sat on the field with his bare buttocks understood this deeply. He had even given up the hygiene habit of wiping himself.
Because it’s of no use and will be repeated soon.
So insisting on that is like taking off your pants and farting, that's all!
The Japanese privates were not bothered by the corpses everywhere, but the smell of "dung dumps" everywhere left an indelible shadow on the Japanese privates' lives.
But the hundred soldiers of the infantry brigade where the salt barn is empty are still good. After all, it is just diarrhea and dehydration. The pain is very painful, but it is not to the point of killing people and life.
Another infantry brigade was in a miserable situation. Fifty or sixty people were frothing at the mouth. The military doctor arrived and was helpless. He could only watch these guys go to see Amaterasu in pain.
The Japanese Army Colonel quickly ordered the sealing of the food dropped by the Chinese and reported to superiors that the rice dropped by the Chinese was poisonous.
But it was still too late. Tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers ate the big rice "sent" by the Chinese that day, and more than a thousand of them died, and more than 200 people died of poisoning.
Although there were some Japanese soldiers who did not get into trouble, this really frightened the Japanese soldiers. There is a probability in this thing, but who knows whether it will 'win the prize'?
As for testing, you can throw it away! Do you really think that if it is poisonous, you can just use a silver needle to detect it? Then there is still enough time for professional personnel and professional testing equipment. If you have that time, it is better to go hungry.
Not only did they not dare to eat this batch of fallen food, many Japanese soldiers did not even dare to touch the food they had happily snatched before. Who knows if the Chinese had any evil intentions in the past?
Anyway, given the two options of eating half full and living well, the Japanese army happily chose the former.
So why are the Chinese not afraid of being poisoned? The Japanese know that there is something fishy in this, but they don’t know the trick even if they try hard.
In fact, it is very simple. Each grain package has a 4-digit number. Tang Dao made an agreement with the major general's attendant through the radio. If the number adds up to 14, such as 0077, or 2147, the rice has been specially processed.
Yes, as for whether to use laxatives or poisons, it depends on what kind of medicine is available.
Anyway, the main theme is one that will either kill you or disgust you to death.
However, all the ministries in Hengyang City issued orders that the packages whose sum totaled to "death" should be destroyed on the spot and could not be touched.
Of course, the number of such grain packages deliberately deceiving the Japanese is not large, accounting for only one-tenth of the total quantity.
After all, isn't the main purpose of the airdrop still to increase food reserves in Hengyang City?
In view of the current situation, the order of 'hold on for another 10 days' has long been changed to 'hold on for another 20 days'!
