The commander of the 116th Division, Iwa Yongwang, hurried to the field hospital station with two infantry brigades. The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who had always been in a stable mood even after losing the war, couldn't help but have red eyes at that moment.
Looking around, he saw devastation, corpses everywhere, and wounded soldiers who couldn't help but scream after seeing their colleagues arriving.
The Chinese were extremely vicious. They killed almost all the medical staff, stole a large amount of medicine, and destroyed everything they could not take away, including the temporary field tents they had set up. However, they did not continue to kill most of the wounded soldiers, but only used poison gas bombs or
It was the bomb that aggravated their injuries.
Nearly 3,000 of the 4,000 seriously wounded soldiers being treated in the field hospital are still alive, but now the dignified Japanese Army Lieutenant General cannot get any medicine to treat them. This group of Japanese wounded soldiers can only die wailing.
This is an extremely painful psychological torture for any army.
What made the Japanese Army Lieutenant General even more angry was that someone at the scene wrote several large blood-red characters on the ground with blood, "Blood debt must be paid with blood"!
"Eradicate him!" The chief of staff of the 116th Division, who was following the Japanese Army Lieutenant General, frowned and waved his arms fiercely.
"That's not right..." The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who was still immersed in grief, always felt that something was wrong. As soon as he said the words, he heard a loud "boom".
A Japanese second lieutenant and team leader, who was already working hard with tools in hand, flew high in front of the Japanese generals.
The Chinese buried a simple trigger mine under the big blood-red characters!
Second Lieutenant Cao Yingchong, who made this arrangement, mainly wanted to control who he was and who he was, so he had to get rid of him first!
This obedient Japanese Army second lieutenant became the last casualty in the revenge battle launched by the Four Troops in the early morning, but it was definitely not the last casualty!
Because, in the following days, the 3,000 severely wounded Japanese soldiers who had been specially left behind began to die on a large scale due to the shortage of medicine and almost no medical staff.
The despair of wailing and dying caused a psychological impact on the surviving Japanese soldiers, even more than being killed themselves.
The morale of the 116th Division fell to the bottom from this day on. Even if the main force of the 3rd Division arrived, even if the 27th Division had been ordered to rush to Hengyang, a supplementary division of 20,000 people had arrived within a short distance of Hengyang.
60 km location.
By then, the Japanese Imperial Army besieging Hengyang will number as many as 100,000!
But so what?
According to statistics from the post-war Japan-China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters, by July 3, the 68th Division had suffered more than 7,200 casualties in battle, which was almost half of the 68th Division’s troops deployed in the Battle of Hengyang, including bombings
An army lieutenant general of Xiao Jiji.
As the main division attacking Hengyang, the 116th Division was even more miserable, losing more than 11,000 officers and soldiers. The reason why it is not accurate to single digits is because there are still many people missing on the battlefield.
No one was seen alive, no body was found dead. All divisions listed them as missing persons according to the usual practice, but in fact they all knew that it was almost impossible for these missing persons to return. They were not destroyed by Chinese heavy artillery.
He was attacked and killed somewhere on the battlefield.
If we add the loss of more than 2,000 people from the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division, the infantry alone has lost more than 20,000 people in this month. Just in time, a supplementary division of 20,000 people can fill this hole.
superior.
However, even a fool will know what the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 new recruits will be like if we look at the outcome of the 133rd Infantry Regiment, which is filled with a large number of new recruits.
After the war, Colonel Kurose Hei was judged to be responsible for the defeat and was not even killed by a Chinese 7.92 caliber bullet. The fatal wound on his chest was actually caused by a 6.5mm Arisaka bullet.
However, the entire regiment had collapsed at that time, and the sky was dark, so no one knew where the fatal bullet came from.
But based on what several of the guards around him said, in order to let the frantically fleeing soldiers return to fight, Colonel Kurose Hei ordered his guards to shoot at the soldiers. He also pulled out his self-defense pistol and killed several soldiers in a row.
, can already guess the truth.
Even if the two divisions that had been beaten to a semi-disabled state were replenished with troops and returned to full strength in terms of organization, their combat effectiveness would no longer be the same as before arriving in Hengyang.
Everything depends on the two new forces arriving, the main force of the 3rd Division and the 27th Division.
On the Japanese side, despite the increasing number of troops, their morale is getting lower and lower. On the other hand, on the Chinese side, their morale is getting higher and higher.
The main force of nearly 20,000 Hengyang defenders waited all night without receiving any counterattack orders. It was not until dawn that they received a commendation order from the headquarters for the two infantry companies of the Four Lines Regiment. Only then did everyone realize that there were actually
More than 400 people from two infantry companies ran 40 miles at night, taking away a Japanese field hospital and killing nearly a thousand Japanese infantry.
What kind of magical operation could achieve this achievement? The entire Hengyang army was amazed, but more excited and inspired.
This is not only an honor, but also because I am determined because I have such awesome colleagues.
This is like a game in the future. You were overwhelmed by your opponents online, but then the top laner king returned and took three bloods in front of you. He asked you if your courage doubled? With him here, team battles
You won't lose.
On the morning of July 5, a Chinese Air Force transport plane dropped a package again. This time the package contained not only food, guns, ammunition and other supplies, but also letters from home and bundles of newspapers.
"Dagang Daily" is an old friend of the 10th army officers and soldiers. This newspaper is edited locally in Hengyang and distributed in several major cities in the Kuomintang-controlled area. It has always adhered to the purpose of "the country first, the people second" and has always used spicy writing.
, known for speaking out for justice, is not only deeply loved by the people, but also has many fans among the 10th Army.
This airdropped newspaper belongs to the "Dagang Daily". On the front page, the "Dagang Daily" reprinted the entire story of their special war correspondent Tantai Mingyue in Hengyang City about their attack on the 40-mile enemy rear position in the early morning of July 3.
War on Earth, and explained the underlying reasons for this adventure.
"The Kou Zhi's air force disregarded international treaties and brazenly dropped incendiary bombs on my field hospital station with a 'red cross' on it, killing nearly ten medical staff and wounding nearly a hundred soldiers. Our Hengyang defenders were under the rank of General Fang Xianjue.
Tens of thousands of people were furious and vowed to make the Japanese invaders pay the price.
Before sacrificing his life to care for the grave, the commander of the Tang Dao Regiment swore loudly on the ground: "The blood that the bandits left in our army's hearts will be repaid ten times and a hundred times by me and the entire Hengyang army!"
It was only then that the soldiers and civilians of Hengyang, who were deeply inspired by their awesome comrades, knew the reasons behind the "Black Snow" plan, not to mention the feelings that surged in their hearts.
It turns out that in the eyes of these big shots, the lives of these little people are never just numbers. They are colleagues, comrades, and brothers. As brothers, a group of senior commanders represented by Fang Xianjue and Tang Dao will also compete for the championship.
Anger is a comrade!
The so-called sharing weal and woe is nothing more than this.
The cohesion in Hengyang City reached its peak at that moment!
"Baga! Damn Tang Dao, it's him again, he's madly provoking the empire!" Hengshan Yong in Tanzhou angrily tore the Chinese newspaper into pieces, his eyes flashing fiercely.
At that moment, this fierce Japanese army lieutenant general even had the urge to kill all the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people in Tanzhou City.
Fortunately, the remaining sanity allowed him to regain some clarity.
The current war situation is no longer like that of previous years. The German Empire, which the empire relied on the most, is now trapped in its homeland. Several major Western powers have deployed millions of troops on their borders and launched the Normandy landing in early June.
The empire also showed its decline in the Pacific battlefield. If several major divisions under the dispatched army had not been transferred away, why would the empire have fought so hard on the Chinese battlefield, with a garrison of only more than 20,000 soldiers?
In Hengyang, we lost more than 20,000 soldiers and generals, but we still haven’t seen the shadow of the city wall?
The word defeat, which I had never thought of before, has flashed through my mind frequently in this month!
Those who lose the war will be liquidated! And the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people will not only make the Chinese people resist more intensely, but will not have any real help in the Battle of Hengyang.
Moreover, without these hundreds of thousands of people as a shield, the Chinese and American fleets would definitely visit Tanzhou with a large number of incendiary bombs.
When I think of the terrifying power of the napalm bombs of the Americans and the bravery of Isamu Yokoyama, I can't help but shudder!
"Tell the 5th Air Corps to focus on the battlefield and not to irritate the Chinese who are already destined to die. The lives of the Imperial Army are precious and cannot be wasted in a small town like this." Yokoyama calmed down and ordered Shimanuki Takeshi in a cold voice.
Hengshan Yong hated and feared Tang Dao, his old enemy. As the commander of the most powerful infantry army in the empire, when the 11th Army was at its strongest, he commanded an army of 200,000 to fight against the Chinese 9th Theater and the 5th Army.
The Fourth War Zone, but he has never seen an enemy like Tang Dao, who is tough and will retaliate.
In the Battle of Shipai, Tang Dao led the Four Lines Regiment not only to block the mad attack of nearly 20,000 troops under his command, but also surrounded more than 6,000 troops under his command in the final stage of retreat and completely trapped them in the mountains, which made him successful.
A humiliating defeat in his military career, which almost ended his military career.
The carefully planned assassination at the Imperial Headquarters and the Expeditionary Force Headquarters only killed 13 guards of Tang Dao. This guy broke into the heavily guarded Jiangxia City alone and killed an Imperial Major General and an Imperial Lieutenant General.
Soldiers take revenge.
This information was inadvertently revealed a year and a half later by a senior intelligence officer who had infiltrated a high-ranking Chinese official.
Tang Dao is a genius, and a genius who can enter a lunatic asylum!
If it were not forced by the situation, to be honest, Yokoyama Isamu would not want to confront such an unpredictable and terrifying Chinese commander. To the empire, that guy seemed like a devil returning from hell.
Tang Dao commanded the two most elite companies under his command. In just one battle, the supreme commander of the 11th Army, Yokoyama Isamu, was so painful that he even began to prepare to win the war by following the rules.
The Japanese Army Major General of the 5th Air Corps who received the telegram from the 11th Army was speechless. If it weren't for Isamu Yokoyama who had an 80% chance of serving as the commander of the front army after fighting this battle, he might have been an old man.
Just spit it out.
I don’t know who made an impassioned speech at the high-level military meeting of the dispatched army headquarters: “In this battle, our army will use all means that can attack the Chinese to make them quickly surrender and admit their defeat! Gentlemen, I am the 11th
All imperial officers and soldiers in the army are ready to serve the empire, and I hope you will be too!"
At this moment, the life of the Imperial Army cannot be wasted in vain. Where is your face?
Not to mention the fact that the Japanese are feeling heartbroken and distressed, the Chinese are publicizing the results of the Hengyang Defense War so far in various newspapers.
"Dagang Daily" wrote at the end of the front page headline: "In the past month, people across the country have been thinking about Hengyang every day. Compatriots across the country and the soldiers and civilians of Hengyang in the isolated city have shared the same breath and destiny. This newspaper
Donation points have been opened in 5 cities, hoping that people across the country will donate to purchase supplies for the Hengyang defenders. This newspaper also assures people across the country that from the beginning of the Hengyang battle to the end of the Hengyang battle, all proceeds from the sale of newspapers will be donated.
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"Sweeping News" was also a newspaper that moved from Hengyang before the war. The editorials of this newspaper have always been very literary. They wrote passionately in the newspaper: "This newspaper moved from Hengyang to report on the city of Hengyang and the defense war."
The defenders are born with a strong sense of courage, and I would like to pay them the highest respect for this.
Although we are thousands of miles away today and have been separated from you for a while, every day here, we are always looking forward to the left and right, leading us eastward.
We are free to write here and report to the people of the country with the news of your victory every day. Today we use the secret attack outside Hengyang to congratulate you on your victory!
In the future, I would like to write an epic poem for you with our own pen and hand. It will be sent by the wind, but I will never forget it. The paper is short but the love is long. I wish you cherish it!"
This newspaper was written with great literary talent, but more than 80% of the soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City could not understand or understand it. Just like Luo Dahu, who frequently asked questions: "What does Shenchi left and right mean? What does it mean to be sent by the wind?"
As the squad leader, A Dong......
I am better at fighting than you, but when it comes to culture, the two of you are not far behind!
However, this does not affect the soldiers reading the newspaper happily. It doesn't matter if they can't understand it. They are all praising us anyway, right?
These scholars are also bullshit, they even praise others in such a profound and unfathomable way!
How could the famous "Ta Kung Pao" lag behind others? Because "Dagang Bao" was the first to arrive, they were not able to specially hire famous war reporters like Tantai Mingyue, but their network of relationships was also very developed, and they were still with several other people in the city.
The war correspondents kept in touch and continued to report on the war situation inside and outside Hengyang every day.
"Dagang Pao" used the victory in the dark night attack as its front page headline. "Ta Kung Pao" published an article on its front page "Master Ge's shirtless battle against Zhangjiashan", although it described the massacre that broke out in Zhangjiashan half a month ago.
It's a battle, but it's still written vividly and vividly.
After looking at the officers and soldiers of the 10th Preliminary Division with smiles on their faces, it took a long time to realize that they also had a fierce commander in the 10th Preliminary Division, who was not inferior to Commander Tang who was outstanding in strategy.
"Damn it, when did the master go into battle shirtless? Why didn't I know? Could it be that he went up with the 30th regiment?" Zeng Jing, the leader of the 28th regiment, looked at the story in the newspaper with a look of surprise.
The chief of staff of the regiment on one side laughed and laughed: "If our division commanders are really required to go into battle shirtless one day, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to sit here and read the newspaper."
This is of course a story concocted by war correspondents and newspapers. Literature! It always comes from life but is higher than life.
The inspiration for his report came from the day when the Japanese army used 15 infantry brigades to violently attack Zhangjiashan, Tiger Nest and other positions. Ge Youcai, commander of the 10th Preliminary Division, personally arrived at Zhangjiashan with a guard company to supervise the battle.
Ge Youcai's original intention was that if the reserves of the three infantry regiments under his command were all used up, then the division headquarters security company he brought would take over.
Although the Japanese army retreated without using this guard in the end, there was still an episode in the middle. When General Ge was leading his troops to advance, a small Japanese team actually took advantage of the fierce fighting between the two warring parties to touch the enemy.
Enter the mountains and forests, and launch an attack on this group of Chinese troops who are obviously going to support the front line.
A bullet penetrated Master Ge's ribs and shot a hole through the cotton uniform.
That is to say, Master Ge never wore woolen general uniforms during the war, but the same cotton military uniforms as his regimental commanders. Otherwise, the Japanese army's superb shooting skills would have prevented the bullet from missing by just a few centimeters.
The soldiers under him panicked, but Master Ge, who had narrowly escaped death, did not take it seriously. When he arrived, he took off his military uniform and showed his shirtless commander the bullet marks left by the high-speed bullets on his ribs.
He is blessed by gods and Buddhas, and the enemy's bullets cannot hurt him at all.
Then, Mr. Ge, who "went shirtless", was scolded by Fang Xianjue on the phone after learning about this. He was Fang Xianjue's number one confidant in Hengyang. If he died like this in the hands of a small group of Japanese soldiers who came in,
, the blow to him, the supreme commander of Hengyang, can be imagined.
As a result, an incident that made the supreme commander Fang Xianjue furious was interpreted in this way, and was well received by the officers and soldiers of the 10th Preliminary Division!
As long as the officers and soldiers liked it, it was a good article. Fang Xianjue smiled while looking at the vivid stories written in the newspaper.
However, in response to the extremely high praise and support from several major newspapers, Fang Xianjue personally replied to the Shancheng Propaganda Department and asked them to pass it on to several newspapers: "Thank you to the compatriots across the country. We want to repay your deep friendship. Even if we, the Hengyang defenders,
Even if we have only one soldier and one bomb left, we will fight to the end and live or die with Hengyang!"
After seeing Fang Xianjue's reply in the newspaper, the man was very happy and called Fang Xianjue specifically: "As long as your Hengyang garrison fails to meet its expectations and the power generation is 'very stable', the Military Commission will resolve it within 48 hours."
Siege of Hengyang!"
"Teacher will never abandon his students." Fang Xianjue burst into tears when he received the telegram!
"I believe you, you damn old man is really bad!" Tang Dao's eyes almost rolled to the sky.
Fang Xianjie would never know that the sentence "reinforcements will arrive tomorrow" would be repeated 30 times in time and space.
