Chapter 1517: Thousands of Rivers Have Thousands of Moons

"A magical cannon! This is a magical cannon!"

At around 8 o'clock in the evening of the 9th, after the Japanese army completely stopped attacking, the commander of the 10th Division, Ge Youcai, immediately ran back to Hengyang City and finally saw the Storm 3 rocket launcher covered by the gun cover in the air-raid shelter.

A lieutenant general of the army stroked the slightly hot gun barrel with a frighteningly gentle look in his eyes, and tears almost dripped from the corners of his mouth.

"With such a magical cannon, if the little devils dare to come, we must blow them flat?" Ge Youcai looked at Tang Dao with expectation.

Don't say that Ge Youcai thought so, in fact, Fang Xianjue, Zhao Zili, Zhao Junmai, Sun Mingyu and other giants standing by all thought so.

Today, with only 4 rounds of salvos from these 9 rocket launchers, the two Japanese divisions in the south of the city were forced to retreat again, which was beyond everyone's imagination.

Does this mean that in the future, as long as the situation there is critical, the firepower support of this artillery can solve the problem?

"This time, the 9 Storm Rocket Launchers and a total of 972 rockets transferred by our Taihang Arsenal are the limit of what the arsenal can produce under the shortage of materials. Moreover, the aid experts invited from the Bear Country have returned home, and all the drawings have been burned. Our technicians can't imitate them even if they want to." Tang Dao shook his head lightly, completely wiping out the ambitions of the generals of the 10th Army.

"Based on the calculation of firing 108 shells in one salvo, the Storm Rocket Launcher can fire 9 rounds of salvos. Now 4 rounds have been fired. That is to say, with the current storage of rockets, at most 5 more rounds of salvos can be fired, and this is without any losses." Zhao Zili frowned and quickly and accurately calculated the sustained combat capability of the Storm Rocket Launcher.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be like this." Tang Dao sighed slightly.

It's not that the arsenal far away in Taihang Mountain can no longer manufacture rockets, but Tang Dao knows very well that this kind of rocket launcher and rocket should not appear in this era.

Unlike the various light weapons that the Four-line Regiment has now begun to equip, the Storm Rocket Launcher is already a heavy weapon, and it is even enough to change the direction of a battle.

It would have been fine if the Storm Rocket Launcher had not shown its power before, but now all the generals in Hengyang City have seen it, and the news is bound to reach that person's ears.

Tang Dao knows too well the manufacturing capacity of the modern industrial behemoth of the United States, and he must make certain trade-offs between the present and the future.

Before arriving in Hengyang City, Tang Dao also thought that the 9 guns transported were "disposable" consumables, and at least before the Japanese surrendered, they would never appear on the battlefield again.

If the Americans copied and developed it, it would cause more terrible losses to the future Chinese army.

Therefore, the Taihang Arsenal is destined not to provide subsequent rockets to Hengyang.

"What a pity! If there were a few more of these magic guns and enough shells, I could have blasted the 11th Army back to my grandmother's house." Ge Youcai's mood was unusually low.

"Yes! God really doesn't bless Hengyang!" Zhao Junmai's face was also heavy, and he was very discouraged.

Although Zhao Junmai was a scholar-manager who studied abroad, he had been suffering in this kind of war for several years, and his military knowledge was rich enough. He knew that although Hengyang had resisted the Japanese army for 40 days, the Japanese army had not made up its mind to attack Hengyang with all its strength. Their main force had been waiting around Hengyang, trying to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Chinese military that came to rescue Hengyang.

It was not until July 9 that the Japanese army besieging the city took out a full-scale attack. If it were not for the storm rocket launcher that turned out, I don't know how many positions in the south of the city would have been lost.

Thousands of casualties may be a huge disaster for the Hengyang defenders, but for the Japanese army, which has already reached 100,000 troops besieging the city, it is not a serious injury. What if the Japanese army comes back one day?

"You guys are typical greedy people. Director Tang has used the best equipment in his regiment to help us solve a big problem in Hengyang, but you are still not satisfied. You hope to blow the devils away with a few cannons. There is no such simple thing in the world. If we can do this, can we let the devils plunder in our China for so many years?" Fang Xianjue raised his eyebrows and said.

"These rocket launchers can also fire five rounds at once, which is a great help to our army's defense. If we use this kind of good steel on the blade, and don't use it normally, and wait until the critical moment to give the little devil a hard blow, it will definitely hurt Hengshan Yong!

By the way, I am announcing an order here. No matter who it is, no one is allowed to reveal the existence of the Storm Rocket to the outside world, so as not to be remembered by the devil's all-pervasive intelligence personnel. We are already struggling, and if the devil makes this kind of rocket, then how can we soldiers live?

If I know who leaked this information, no matter who it is, no matter how high his rank is, and how deep his comradeship with me is, for the sake of the Chinese nation, I will definitely enforce wartime military law!"

Fang Xianjue's somewhat cold eyes passed through the faces of the four lieutenant generals present. Including Ge Youcai, the four of them stood up straight and clearly stated that they accepted the order.

Fang Xian was indeed worthy of being the highest commander of Hengyang. When several of his subordinates were angry about the insufficient reserve of artillery shells, he saw the value of the few remaining rocket shells that could be used on the battlefield.

And the military order he just announced, perhaps only Tang Dao knew, was a return of favor from the highest commander of Hengyang.

Everyone knows that the Four Elements Regiment and the 80th Army have close contacts, but no one knows how far the relationship has gone. But today Tang Dao bluntly said that the rocket launchers came from the Taihang Arsenal and were manufactured under the guidance of experts from the Mao Xiong Kingdom. That actually put the relationship between the two armies in front of him, the Huangpu general.

Normally, he would have turned around and reported Tang Dao's incident to his teacher. Tang Dao and the officers and soldiers of the Sixings Regiment would probably never return to North China again in their lifetime.

But at this time, with 100,000 Japanese troops besieging the city, there was no dispute between the two parties, only a battlefield between the Chinese and the Japanese. Fang Xianjue also used this military order to tell Tang Dao that this matter would only stay in Hengyang. It will never be spread.

Fang Xian was definitely from the Huangpu family, but he was a relatively pure soldier. This was what Tang Dao was betting on when he ordered the rocket launchers to be sent to Hengyang.

Now it seems that he made the right bet.

"Mr. Fang is right. Even though there are not many rockets left, as long as they are used properly, they can still be of great effectiveness." Tang Dao showed a bright smile on his face.

"For example, we could beat them a few more times and then use a 'wait for the other shoe to drop' story."

"What's this story? Brother Tang, hurry up and tell us. Let's hear it." Ge Youcai no longer addressed Tang Dao as a military officer, but directly called him "brother" as an intimate title.

Some of them expressed gratitude to Tang Dao for helping him to prepare for the 10th division, and some directly told Tang Dao that from now on we are brothers, and those things you worry about will never happen to me, brother. At the same time, he also told Tang Dao that Fang Xianjue, I will never disobey your military orders, sir.

Black Zhang Fei's thoughts are not ordinary!

"That's right! Director Tang, please don't be too tight-lipped. Come on and let us all hear it. Director Tang and the Sixth Group should be the first to repulse the Japanese army's all-out attack today. Zhao, the HY City We can’t say goodbye, but it’s still okay to have a celebratory banquet and invite Commander Fang and his colleagues to enjoy the moon together.” Zhao Junmai also continued with a smile.

Zhao Junmai was not stupid either. He quickly realized that Tang Dao could even produce the secret weapon of the 80th Group Army, so why did it matter?

Looking around, it goes without saying that Fang Xianjue and Ge Youcai have already expressed their attitude. Zhao Zili, chief of staff of the 9th theater, has a close personal relationship with Tang Dao. Sun Mingyu, chief of staff of the 10th Army, is a young general promoted by Fang Xianjue. As a result, he was the only mayor of HY who became an outsider.

If he doesn't express his attitude, if this matter comes out in the future, it will all be blamed on him, Mayor Zhao.

If it were normal times, he wouldn't be afraid, but now everyone is in the same city sharing weal and woe, and everyone will be prosperous and suffer losses. If others are allowed to guard against him, how can he stay in the city?

It's better for the bachelor to join in. This moon-viewing supper after a small victory is his vote for the mayor of HY. If something happens to Tang Dao in the future, with his extremely suspicious temperament, they These comrades who have been in the same trench with Tang Dao for a long time will definitely not end up well!

"Haha! Okay, it's rare for Mayor Zhao to pluck his feathers from the iron rooster, so let Mayor Zhao invite us to a table and notify Mr. Rong and Mr. Zhou to come over. Consider it a small victory today." Fang Xianjue's mood at this time Not bad, he said with a hearty laugh.

Today is the 19th day of the lunar calendar, just a few days after the 15th full moon. At this time, the full moon is in the sky, and the watery moonlight is shining on the ground. Even without lights, the visibility is more than ten meters.

The crowd was escorted by guards to the Central Bank.

"Two tenants living in an apartment in Moscow. The gentleman upstairs slams his shoes on the floor every night. The two "dong dong" sounds have become a "compulsory lesson" for the tenants downstairs every night. The tenants downstairs Every time I hear two 'dong dong' sounds, I fall asleep peacefully.

Until one night, after the gentleman upstairs threw off one shoe, he suddenly realized that he did not throw away the second shoe. As a result, the poor gentleman downstairs did not have a good sleep all night because he had been waiting for the second shoe all night. Just throw off the shoe." Tang Dao started to tell the story he told before on the road.

"This is what my professor often calls inertial thinking! Once this kind of inertial thinking is suddenly broken, you will feel helpless." Zhao Junmai, who returned from studying in the West, sighed slightly.

"Hey! Mayor Zhao, you are very knowledgeable. I am not as good as you in this aspect, but I understand what Captain Tang wanted to express when he told this story just now and combined with our Hengyang battlefield is that this rocket launcher can blast the Japanese in a dog's way several times. Then it was detonated but not fired, which not only saved artillery shells, but also deterred the Japanese, so that they were always timid and did not dare to invest large-scale infantry. When they finally came to their senses, our army did not have enough reserves of such artillery shells. Several days have passed again.

In the past few days, even if our reinforcements have not arrived yet, they have been deployed at least, right? "The young Major General Chief of Staff over there who rarely expresses his opinions shook his head and said.

"That's right. I think the same thing as Chief of Staff Sun." Zhao Zili also nodded and looked at Tang Dao with burning eyes.

"When I was in Tanzhou in the past, Commander Xue mentioned Commander Tang to me several times, saying that there were over a thousand generals in China, but only a few of them could catch his eye, and Commander Tang, although you were still You are just a colonel, but once you advance to become a general in the future, your brilliant achievements will surely be on par with or even surpass those of these people.

This is also the main reason why I went there immediately when I heard that Zhongmin said that I would introduce you to me last fall. I'm really curious about what kind of person can be so proud and arrogant as Commander Xue praises him so much.

I really have to thank my curiosity! Otherwise, I, Zhao Zili, would have missed the opportunity to meet you, the future brilliant general.

Of course, I have to thank you, Captain Tang, for your analysis of the domestic and international war situation, which allowed me to more clearly understand the last struggle of the declining Japanese Empire. Although Commander Xue was unhappy, I was able to fight side by side with you in Hengyang, and I was very happy! "

When these words came out, several generals were all shocked!

They knew something about the quarrel between Zhao Zili and Commander Xue at Yuelu Mountain and the fact that they were eventually exiled to Hengyang, but they didn't expect that the root of the problem was Tang Dao.

Moreover, he predicted that the Japanese army would launch a large-scale campaign against Henan, Hunan and Guangxi more than half a year in advance. What kind of outstanding military talent was this?

They already thought they knew Tang Dao very well and were very clear about his military talent, but they didn't expect that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

"Brother Zili, you can praise others, but if you praise me like this, you will praise me to death. Think about it, if the Japanese knew that there was a super fortune teller in the enemy camp, would they kill him no matter what? I personally have an immature suggestion. When you praise others in the future, especially when you praise me, be appropriately reserved, so that my wife won't be proud after hearing it." Tang Dao blinked.

"Why is Dean Tan Tai proud? "Ge Youcai was slightly startled.

"Because, this proves that she has an invincible vision! Among thousands of scumbags, she only chose me. "

"What is a scumbag?" The young Sun Mingyu was stunned.

"Including but not limited to not doing housework, not spending enough time with his wife, thinking that handing in military pay is fulfilling his responsibilities as a husband and father, etc." Tang Dao answered seriously.

"In this case, such a man is indeed hateful and can be called a scumbag." Fang Xianjue said with a wry smile. "Then I can be considered an old scumbag."

"Haha! "Several generals couldn't help laughing.

It's really hard to be unhappy chatting with a young man like Tang Dao. I don't know what those who are enemies of him think. Anyway, they hope to be friends with such a person, not only because he is interesting enough, but also because he is terrible!

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Several people boarded the platform of the Central Bank. The dishes arranged on the table were ready, but they were not as rich as imagined. There were only a few cans of beef and canned fish. The biggest dish was just a steamed and air-dried chicken. The wine was the famous local wine "Hu Zi Wine" in Hengyang.

It is called a famous wine, but it is actually just rice wine brewed with glutinous rice. The wine tastes sweet, but it has a strong aftertaste. Hengyang Almost every farmer in Hengyang area brews it.

Go up to the platform, climb the tower and look far away. Under the watery moonlight, the whole city of Hengyang is in sight.

After 40 days of bombing and shelling in Hengyang, more than 40,000 houses have long been reduced to ruins. Only less than ten buildings built with reinforced concrete, such as the Central Bank, are still well preserved.

In this huge ruin, the waning moon painted the building, the breeze blew gently, and everything was silent, just like the ancient and silent city of Rome in the European black-and-white movie.

Tang Dao's eyes were firm and calm!

Because the little butterfly from the future knew that his nation and country would eventually rise again on the ruins after the war.

"There is a moon in Chang'an, and the sound of pounding clothes in thousands of households. The autumn wind can't stop blowing, but there is always the love of Yuguan. When will the Hu Lu be pacified and the beloved stop the expedition? "Looking at the Xiangjiang River in the distance, Fang Xianjue couldn't help chanting.

Looking at the bright moon reflected in the river, this famous iron-blooded general couldn't help but moisten his eyes.

As the saying goes, there are thousands of rivers and thousands of moons in them!

Tonight, the stars and the moon are bright, and the Milky Way is in the sky. At this moment, are his wife and children far away in Guilin looking up at the same bright moon as him?

Fang Xianjue rarely reveals his inner emotions, perhaps because he knows very well that in the days to come, he will never be as "leisurely" as tonight.

A mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood will become what he, the highest commander of Hengyang, has to face.

More than 60,000 soldiers and civilians inside and outside Hengyang City, including him and the officers present, everyone will become chess pieces. The chess pieces on the board will not be dropped until the end of this defense battle.

Whether the Japanese army breaks into the city or they hold on successfully, most of these chess pieces will be swept out of the chess game by the flames of war.

He doesn't want to be the kind of scumbag defined by Tang Dao, but the country and nation in the war need him more.

Fang Xianjue's mind once again reappeared that beautiful face, although that was 15 years ago.

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PS: Let me recommend Feng Yue's new book "Da Qi Trial of the Dead Official", which is a fantasy theme, but it follows the path of suspense and mystery. Book friends who like Lao Bai's style must not miss it! The reason for opening two books is that Ba Bai will be finished at the beginning of this month at the latest.