Chapter 1513 I Don’t Trust You!

At dawn on July 3!

The commander of the 116th Division, Yan Yongwang, led two infantry battalions to the field hospital station. The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who was always calm even after losing a war, couldn't help but shed tears at that moment.

Looking around, there were devastated and dead bodies everywhere, and wounded soldiers who couldn't help wailing after seeing their colleagues coming.

The Chinese were extremely vicious. They killed almost all the medical staff, robbed a lot of medicines and destroyed everything they couldn't take away, including the temporary field tents they built, but did not continue to kill most of the wounded. They just used poison gas bombs or bombs to aggravate their injuries.

Nearly 3,000 of the 4,000 seriously injured soldiers treated in the field hospital were still alive, but now the dignified Japanese Army Lieutenant General couldn't take out any medicine to treat them. These Japanese wounded soldiers could only wail and die. 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 a few blood-red characters on the ground with blood, "Blood debts must be paid with blood"!

"Knock him off!" The Chief of Staff of the 116th Division, who was following the Japanese Army Lieutenant General, frowned and waved his arms fiercely.

"No." The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who was still immersed in grief, always felt that something was wrong. As soon as he said it, he heard a loud "bang".

A Japanese second lieutenant squad leader who had already started working hard with tools flew high in front of the Japanese generals.

The Chinese buried a simple trigger mine under the blood-red characters!

The main purpose of Lieutenant Cao Yingchong who made this arrangement was to kill him first, no matter if he had people or not!

This obedient Japanese Army second lieutenant became the last person killed in the revenge war launched by the Four Lines Group in the early morning, but it was definitely not the last person to die!

Because, in the following days, the 3,000 Japanese soldiers who were left behind began to die in large numbers due to the shortage of medicine and almost no medical staff.

The despair of dying in wailing caused a psychological blow to the surviving Japanese soldiers, even more than being killed.

The morale of the 116th Division fell to the bottom from that 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 arrived less than 60 kilometers away from Hengyang.

By then, the Japanese Empire Army besieging Hengyang will be as high as 100,000!

But so what?

According to statistics from the post-war Japanese China Expeditionary Army Command, by July 3, the 68th Division had lost more than 7,200 officers and soldiers, almost half of the 68th Division's troops in the Battle of Hengyang, including a lieutenant general who blew up 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 the figures are not accurate to the single digit is that there are still many missing personnel on the battlefield.

No one is alive, no body is found, and each division lists them as missing personnel according to convention, but in fact, it is clear that these missing personnel are almost impossible to return. They were either blown to pieces by Chinese heavy artillery or killed in a corner of the battlefield.

If the loss of more than 2,000 people from the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division is added, the infantry alone has lost more than 20,000 people in this month. It happens that a supplementary division of 20,000 people can fill this gap.

However, what is the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 new recruits? Looking at the ending of the 133rd Infantry Regiment filled with new recruits, even a fool knows it.

Colonel Kurose Ping, who was judged to be responsible for the defeat after the war, did not even die from the 7.92 caliber bullet fired by the Chinese. The fatal wound on his chest was actually caused by a 6.5 mm 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 combined with what several guards around him said, in order to get the fleeing soldiers to return to the battle, Colonel Kurose Ping ordered his guards to shoot at the fleeing soldiers, and he also pulled out his self-defense pistol and killed several fleeing soldiers in succession, and the truth can be guessed.

Even if the two divisions that had been beaten to half-crippled were replenished and restored to full strength in terms of organization, their combat effectiveness was no longer the same as before arriving in Hengyang.

Everything depends on the main force of the 3rd Division and the two new forces of the 27th Division that arrived.

Although the Japanese have more and more troops, their morale is getting lower and lower. On the other hand, the morale of the Chinese side is getting higher and higher.

Nearly 20,000 main forces of Hengyang defenders were on alert all night, but they did not receive any orders to counterattack. It was not until dawn that they received a commendation order from the headquarters regarding the two infantry companies of the Sihang Regiment. Only then did everyone know that two infantry companies with more than 400 people ran 40 miles at night, not only destroyed a field hospital of the Japanese army, but also killed nearly a thousand Japanese infantrymen.

What kind of magical operation was this to achieve this achievement? The entire Hengyang army was amazed, but more excited and motivated.

This is not only an honor, but also a firm determination because of having such a great comrade.

This is like a future game. You were originally overwhelmed by your opponent online, but the top laner returned and took three bloods in front of you. Do you have doubled your courage? With him, you will not lose the team battle.

On the morning of July 5, the transport plane of the Chinese Air Force dropped packages again. This time, the packages contained not only food, guns, ammunition and other supplements, but also letters from home, and bundles of newspapers.

The Dagang Newspaper is an old friend of the officers and soldiers of the 10th Army. This newspaper, edited in Hengyang and distributed in several major cities in the Kuomintang-controlled area, has always adhered to the principle of "country first, people second". It has always been known for its sharp writing and righteous words. It is not only loved by the people, but also has many supporters in the 10th Army.

This airdropped newspaper belongs to the Dagang Newspaper. On the front page, the Dagang Newspaper reprinted the battle of their special war correspondent Tan Tai Mingyue in Hengyang City about the 40-mile raid on the enemy's rear base in the early morning of July 3, and explained the internal reasons for this adventure.

"The enemy's air force disregarded international treaties and brazenly bombed our field hospital station with a 'Red Cross', killing nearly ten medical staff and injuring nearly a hundred soldiers. The tens of thousands of our Hengyang defenders, including General Fang Xianjue, were furious and vowed to make the Japanese invaders pay the price.

In front of the grave of the deceased medical staff, the commander of the Tang Dao regiment swore loudly: "The blood that the enemy has left in our hearts, I and the soldiers of the entire Hengyang army will return tenfold and a hundredfold!"

It was not until this time that the Hengyang soldiers and civilians, who were deeply inspired by their awesome comrades, knew the reasons behind the 'Black Snow' plan, not to mention the touching feelings in their hearts.

It turned out that in the eyes of these big men, the lives of these little people were never just numbers. They were comrades, comrades-in-arms, and brothers. For brothers, a group of senior commanders represented by Fang Xianjue and Tang Dao would also fight for their comrades!

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 is madly provoking the empire! "Yokoyama Isamu in Tanzhou angrily tore the Chinese newspaper to pieces, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

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 rationality made him regain some clarity.

The current war situation is no longer like a few years ago. The German Empire, the empire's biggest reliance, is now trapped in its homeland. Several major Western powers have deployed millions of troops on its borders and launched the Normandy Landing in early June.

The empire also showed a decline in the Pacific battlefield. If the main divisions under the dispatched army had not been withdrawn, why would the empire fight so hard on the Chinese battlefield, so that Hengyang, a garrison of only more than 20,000 people, , they have lost more than 20,000 soldiers and still haven't seen the shadow of the city wall?

The word "defeat" that I had never thought of before flashed through my mind frequently in this month!

The loser will be liquidated! The massacre of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people will not help the Battle of Hengyang in any substantial way except that the Chinese people will resist more fiercely.

Moreover, if there were no hundreds of thousands of people as shields, the Chinese and American aircraft would certainly visit Tanzhou with a large number of incendiary bombs.

When I thought of the power of the Americans' terrifying napalm bombs, even with the bravery of Yokoyama Yong, I couldn't help but shudder!

"Tell the 5th Air Corps to focus on the battlefield and not to stimulate the Chinese who are already doomed to die. The lives of the Imperial Army are precious and cannot be wasted in a small city. "The calmed-down Yokoyama Isamu ordered Shimanuki Takeshi in a cold voice.

Yokoyama Isamu hated and feared the old enemy Tang Dao. As the commander of the most powerful infantry army in the empire, he led 200,000 troops to fight against the Chinese 9th War Zone and the 5th and 4th War Zones when the 11th Army was at its strongest. However, he had never seen an enemy like Tang Dao, who was strong and vindictive.

In the Battle of Shipai, Tang Dao led the Four-Line Regiment to not only block the crazy attack of his nearly 20,000 troops, but also in the final retreat stage. In one fell swoop, they surrounded his 6,000-strong army and trapped them in the mountains, which was a disgraceful defeat in his military career and almost ended his military career.

The assassination carefully planned by the Imperial Headquarters and the Expeditionary Force Command was just to kill 13 guards of Tang Dao. This guy broke into the heavily guarded Jiangxia City alone and killed an Imperial Major General and Imperial Lieutenant General to avenge his soldiers.

This was a year and a half later, by a senior spy who had infiltrated the side of a senior Chinese official. The intelligence was accidentally obtained by the intelligence personnel.

Tang Dao is a genius, and a genius who can be sent to a mental hospital!

If it were not for the situation, to be honest, Yokoyama Isamu would not want to fight against such an unpredictable and terrifying Chinese commander. For the empire, that guy seemed to be a devil returning from hell.

Tang Dao commanded the two most elite companies under his command, and with just one battle, he hurt Yokoyama Isamu, the highest commander of the 11th Army, so much that he even began to prepare to win this war in a rule-based way.

The Japanese Army Major General of the 5th Air Corps who received the telegram from the 11th Army was speechless. If it were not for the fact that Yokoyama Isamu had an 80% chance of becoming the commander of the front after this battle, he might have spit at him.

I don’t know who made a generous speech at the high-level military meeting of the Expeditionary Army Headquarters: "In this battle, our army must use all means to strike the Chinese, so that they will quickly surrender and admit their defeat! Gentlemen, all the officers and soldiers of the 11th Army of the Empire are ready to serve the Empire, and I hope you are too! "

At this moment, the lives of the imperial army cannot be wasted. Where is your face?

Not to mention that the Japanese were both heartbroken and distressed, but the Chinese were hyping up the results of the Hengyang Defense Battle 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, and they have been thinking about Hengyang; compatriots across the country and the soldiers and civilians of Hengyang in the isolated city have shared the same breath and destiny. This newspaper We have opened donation points in 5 cities and hope 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 Battle of Hengyang to the end of the Battle of Hengyang, all proceeds from the sale of newspapers will be donated. ”

"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 would like to pay their highest respect to them.

Although we are thousands of miles away today and have been separated from you for a while, every day here, we are eager to lead you to the east.

We are free to write here and report the news of your victory to the people of the country every day. Today we use the secret attack outside Hengyang to congratulate you on your victory!

In the future, we would like to write an epic poem for you with our own hands. We will send it to you because of the wind, but we 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: "What does Shenchi left and right mean? What does it mean to be sent by the wind?"

A Dong as the squad leader.

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, and they praise others in such a profound and unfathomable way!

How could the famous Ta Kung Pao lag behind others? Because "Dagang News" was the first to arrive, they were not able to hire famous war correspondents like Tantai Mingyue, but their network of relationships was also very developed. They still kept in touch with several other war reporters in the city, and reported daily news inside and outside Hengyang. Continuous coverage of the battle situation.

"Dagang Pao" made the front page headline with the victory of the dark night attack. "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. Fighting, but still written vividly and vividly.

The officers and soldiers of the 10th Preliminary Division were beaming with joy. After waiting for a long time, they realized that the 10th Preliminary Division also had a fierce commander, who was no less capable than Commander Tang, who had outstanding 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 surprised look on his face.

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."

Of course this is a story concocted by war correspondents and newspapers, it’s 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, Huxingchao 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 divisional 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, with the superb shooting skills of the Japanese army, the bullet would have missed 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 tell several newspapers: "Thank you to our compatriots across the country. We want to repay your deep friendship. Even if we, the Hengyang defenders, Even if there is only one soldier left, we will fight to the end and live and die with Hengyang!"

After seeing Fang Xianjue's reply in the newspaper, the man was very happy and specially called Fang Xianjue: "As long as your Hengyang garrison fails to meet its expectations and the power generation is 'very stable', within 48 hours, the Military Commission will resolve it." Siege of Hengyang!"

"Teacher will never abandon his students." Fang Xianjue burst into tears when he received the telegram!

"I don't trust you, the old man is very bad!" Tang Dao's eyes almost rolled up to the sky.

Fang Xianjue would never know that in the past time and space, the sentence "reinforcements will arrive tomorrow" would be repeated 30 times.