Chapter 1520 The Sunset over the Lonely City (Part 2)
"Who said we can't go back to the Taihang Mountains? The regimental commander told all of us during a military meeting some time ago that after this battle, our entire regiment will return to the Taihang Mountains to rest. Those who live in North China can take a family leave.
moon.
A month! When I left last time, my little girl cried so much. Three or four years have passed in a flash, and my little girl can hardly recognize my father." Boss Cao hugged himself.
The soldier's eyes flashed with sadness and hope.
After fighting fiercely in the city for nearly a month, his infantry platoon, which originally had only more than 30 people, was now only half of the people left.
But this is still good. It is said that the 7th company he belongs to can no longer gather the original platoon, and the area of the city that their 7th company is responsible for defending, after more than 20 days of repeated battles, there are still 16 positions that are firmly established.
It's in the hands of their 7th company.
Including Building 5102, where the five of them are now, although the building has long lost its value, in this ruins, if the Japanese army cannot kill all five of them, they will not be able to enter another neighborhood with peace of mind.
Because they couldn't guarantee whether there would be a gun sticking out from the ruins and firing at them. In the past 20 days, this kind of thing happened at any time.
The Japanese were forced to clear out their opponents house by house and then send troops to garrison them. This was exactly what the Hengyang headquarters wanted to see most.
The Japanese could only disperse their forces and enter the streets in small groups. Their strongest weapons could only be infantry guns or a few Type 97 tanks.
The 70mm infantry gun and the 47mm rapid-fire gun of the Type 97 tank are both small-caliber artillery. They can destroy a residential house, but they are not really effective against the various solid fortifications that China started to build three months ago.
The Hengyang headquarters even deliberately let go of some blocks, just so that after the Japanese infantry entered them, both sides would have me and me, making the Japanese 105,150 howitzers useless.
As a result, this urban street battle turned into a complete mess in nearly 30 days. Both sides did not worry about their organization, but almost numbly threw their soldiers into the ruins with a radius of only 2.8 kilometers to strangle each other.
The Japanese army has the advantage of having a sufficient number of troops, but the Chinese have the advantage of having an infantry communication system that surpasses this era and being familiar with the geographical environment.
Of course, the most important reason why China was able to fight the nearly 50,000 Japanese troops who entered the ruins for a month without any supplies was that there were tunnels extending in all directions and more than 40,000 reserves.
During the two months when the regular army fought fiercely with the Japanese army outside Hengyang City, the reserve forces in the city not only shouldered the important task of constantly replenishing the troops outside the city, but also worked day and night to dig underground tunnels.
They were like a group of industrious ants who dug out spider web-like passages under Hengyang City in 60 days. Although they did not lead to every house, there were at least 6 exits in one block.
It is completely possible to have caves for hiding soldiers and storage of food, water, ammunition, etc.
According to post-war statistics, the total length of the underground tunnels reached an astonishing 80 kilometers, and the earth dug out amounted to tens of thousands of tons. It can be called a miracle in the history of human war.
It can be seen what potential human beings can unleash when their lives are threatened.
It is precisely this miracle created by these young men who stayed in Hengyang City that Hengyang City is still in the hands of the Chinese. Even after a month has passed, the Chinese regular army is sacrificing hundreds of people every day, but the guns of Hengyang City are still in the hands of the Chinese side.
The sound never stopped for almost 24 hours.
For example, the 5102 position where Boss Cao is located has been fought for more than 10 times. The Japanese army used infantry artillery and Type 97 tanks to capture it during the day. Boss Cao took a group of people from Class 4 to hide in an underground tunnel, and then captured it back at night.
During the day, we will fight the Japanese again.
Just like this, the 4th squad has been reduced sharply from the original 9 people to 4 people. This does not include the 26 newly added reserve soldiers. They are not as lucky as Luo Dahu. In this month,
Inside, all were killed.
In this position alone, 31 Chinese people were killed.
There were no serious injuries, because in such street fighting, serious injury means death. No one has the ability to cross the line of fire and drag his comrades to a safe area dozens of meters away in a fierce battle.
They either silently stopped breathing behind their fighting comrades, or at the last moment of their lives, they pulled the grenade fuse and took away the enemy.
To some extent, it was the wounded soldiers themselves who were unwilling to continue living.
Because Hengyang at this time has already reached the point where it has run out of ammunition and food. The bullets and food are not bad. Due to some previous reserves, it can at least ensure that the soldiers and civilians in the city have food to eat. And as long as the Japanese army is killed, the Japanese army will carry guns with them.
Ammunition and biscuits can be replenished at any time, which is a typical battle to support war.
But the medicines had long been exhausted, and Tang Dao had already prepared for the rainy day. When hundreds of medical staff arrived, they carried more than ten tons of medicines and medical supplies, but even he did not expect that the battle would be so fierce or last for such a long time.
Since late July, the city has been running out of medicines, especially disinfectant and cotton wool. The small supply of medicines dropped by transport planes every day is just a drop in the bucket for the 13,000 seriously injured people in Hengyang.
In the end, the medical staff could only scald the cotton wool with boiling water to sterilize it. There were no medical bandages. Tantai Mingyue, director of the field hospital, took the lead. Hundreds of medical staff donated their shirts and sheets and directly tore them into strips.
Used to bandage wounds.
As the top commander of the city, Fang Xianjue knew that his direct unit, the Pre-10th Division, was almost completely wiped out in the south of the city. Four regiment commanders were killed, two were wounded and two were wounded, and seven of the main battalion commanders were killed. However, he did not cry.
On August 20, I cried when I inspected Tunnel No. 3 of the field hospital.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! That day, not long after the scorching sun set, the gunshots in Hengyang City were still ringing through the sky. Fang Xianjue decided to visit the wounded soldiers in the field hospital, and also brought the commander
All the officers of the department provided the canned meat that had been saved these days and some toffee that had just been airdropped to encourage these wounded soldiers for their efforts on the front line.
As soon as the person entered the tunnel, he heard deep and painful groans, as if coming from the depths of hell, accompanied by a smell of corruption and stench. What caught the eye of the lieutenant general was: wounded.
The soldiers were all weakly leaning on or lying on both sides of the tunnel. They were all skinny and skinny, with sunken eyes and hollow eyes. The seriously injured soldiers were missing arms and legs, but they could barely use a door panel as a stretcher to lie on.
However, what is shocking is that swarms of flies keep swooping at their wounds, but the wounded seem to be used to it and don't even bother to shoo them away.
"Military seat!" Suddenly, Fang Xianjue, who was feeling heartbroken and unbearable, heard someone calling him in a low voice. He turned around and saw a man leaning against the wall of the tunnel with an unkempt beard, thin cheeks, sunken eyes, and mumbling words.
Fang Xianjue hurriedly walked over and leaned down to look at the wounded soldier. His wound was wrapped in a bandage, but it should not have been cleaned with medicine for a long time. There was a foul smell coming from the bandage, and there were flies on it. Fang Xianjue
Xian Jue quickly waved his hand to drive them away, but soon the lieutenant general discovered that it was in vain. There were too many flies inside and they couldn't get rid of them.
However, this is still small compared to the ground.
Today's Hengyang City is not a hell but a hell! No matter you are standing inside or outside the city, as long as you look around, the first creature you see must be a fly, which is quite fat.
Because their food is really too rich.
There were corpses everywhere! The Japanese troops continued to gather on the banks of the Xiang River and burn them day and night, but they could not keep up with the rate at which corpses were being produced.
Before they even entered Hengyang City, the Japanese army killed another 35,000 people and injured 20,000 people, equivalent to the loss of two first-class divisions.
In the words of Zhao Junmai, who came from a wealthy family: There was really no food that day. Just these flies flying all over the sky were probably enough to feed the entire city of Hengyang for two days.
Although it is a bit disgusting, it is enough to show that flies were the largest biological group in Hengyang at this time.
Human beings are nothing more than their food and the carrier used to reproduce their offspring.
But at this time, Fang Xianjue also saw this person clearly. It turned out that he was the captain of the 9th Company of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division, who was saved by his sergeant squad leader despite serious military crimes.
This army captain was a squad leader under Fang Xianjue when he was still the regiment commander. He trained with Fang Xianjue in Jinhua. Fang Xianjue knew him and knew his surname was Dai.
At that time, Captain Dai was shot 4 times, and the most fatal bullet was in the right side of his chest. Fortunately, it was still some distance from his heart. He survived an operation at a field hospital, but he did not expect that 40 days had passed.
His injury still hasn't healed.
It turned out that the army captain survived the wound infection and survived. However, he encountered a shortage of medicine at the critical moment of wound healing. The army captain who had regained consciousness resolutely moved out of the basement of the Central Bank, which was specially designed for severely wounded soldiers.
Coming to Tunnel No. 3, which lacked medicine, caused the wounds that had not yet healed to become infected and rotten again.
As Hengyang entered August and entered street fighting, it was even more precious for the air-dropped medicines to fall into the hands of the Chinese. The nurses had to use only salt water to debridement, and the medical effect was obviously better than nothing.
Captain Dai looked at his commander with blank eyes and said angrily: "Commander, please believe me, I can still move. Send someone to carry me to the position. As long as there is a machine gun, I can't move."
Before I die, I will never let the Japanese come up to me. I will continue to kill the Japanese with my brothers in the 9th Company!"
Fang Xianjue burst into tears at that time. If he remembered correctly, the 28th Regiment reported that it was this 9th company that fought back against the main position of Zhangjiashan on July 20. The last 50 people who remained were unable to fight to the death with the Japanese.
After retreating, the whole company found 8 seriously wounded soldiers. Before they could be treated after being transported to the rear, 4 more died.
At that time, he informed the whole army in the name of Hengyang Command and named the company "Zhangjiashan Company" to commemorate the company's achievements in that battle.
But, what's the use of giving more rewards and commendations? Maybe, this Zhangjiashan Company will be left with only Miaomiao in front of him.
"Okay, if I, the Chinese soldier, can be like you, let alone one Hengyang, I can defend hundreds and thousands of Hengyangs. Here I promise you in my own name that Hengyang can be lost, but before that,
Our Xianjue head must be hung at the gate of the Central Bank first! You can relax and recuperate for the time being. After you recover, you will not only be a company commander, but also a battalion commander and a regiment commander, leading more brothers to kill the Japanese.
After all, Fang Xianjue did not tell the army captain the bad news about his infantry company. Instead, he leaned down, carried the veteran who had been with him for nearly 10 years, and walked out of Tunnel No. 3.
Whether it was out of years of friendship or for the "Zhangjiashan Company" that no longer had soldiers, this army captain had to survive.
Fang Xianjue, who respected Tantai Mingyue very much, rarely lost his temper at Field Hospital No. 1, and immediately returned to the headquarters and sent a message to the Military Commission: "I can lead the entire army to fight to the death in Hengyang, but I will never bear to sit back and watch as all my troops are killed."
The remaining soldiers died of injuries after fulfilling their duties as soldiers. I am willing to use all my wealth and rewards in exchange for medicines to treat the wounded!"
This was also the first time that Fang Xianjue failed to show enough respect for that person in his message, even though the person had said for almost 40 days that "reinforcements will arrive tomorrow."
But for the sake of 13,000 wounded soldiers, this famous general was willing to risk his life.
It was somewhat effective. Starting from August 21, the number of transport planes airdropping medicines into Hengyang City increased to 6 every night. The number of airdrops of medicines and medical equipment amounted to several tons. Although a small half of them were picked up by the Japanese army, it was still a good thing for Hengyang City.
kind of relief.
Otherwise, wound infection in this hot summer could kill half of the wounded soldiers in Hengyang City.
The 3rd Platoon and the 4th Squadron lost 31 people in the battle in the city. How many Japanese soldiers died?
According to the battle report of the Shima Detachment of the 68th Division, which was responsible for the main attack on this area, just to capture this building, the detachment killed 178 Imperial officers and soldiers, injured 97 people, and one and a half infantry squadrons were reimbursed. This does not include their detachment.
Major General Nagashima Genkichi also died three days ago when he personally arrived at the front line to supervise the battle.
Speaking of which, Major General Shima Genkichi deserved to die. This guy who was supposed to die in the battle on the outskirts of time and space should have been lucky enough to survive. However, as the wheels of history rolled around, Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, tried his best and failed.
If France changes its direction, how can a small Japanese army major general reverse it?
After this guy changed hands several times in several positions, including Position 5102, he became very angry and went to the front line in person to supervise the battle less than 200 meters away from the front line soldiers.
Unfortunately, Adong was lying in ambush on the third floor of the building that was about to collapse. Although Adong, who had lost one of his left arms, could no longer hit the target 400 meters away like before, he could still shoot at 250 meters.
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Although Major General Shima was wearing a helmet and military uniform, he was undoubtedly the same as the Japanese officers around him, but the golden thread inlaid in the scabbard of the command sword he was carrying shone brightly under the reflection of the sun, and was caught by Adong at once.
He didn't know how old this Japanese officer was, but the scabbard was inlaid with gold, which was very impressive.
All your awesomeness is on display, isn’t it just for people to cum in?
The single-arm-operated assault rifle is adjusted to single-shot mode and hits the target with one shot!
However, at a distance of more than 200 meters, the Japanese-style steel helmet was easily penetrated by a 7.92-caliber bullet. Under the protection of nearly ten Japanese soldiers, the Japanese army major general leaked his brain tissue and became the first Japanese general to be killed by a long-range sniper by Chinese infantry on the Hengyang battlefield.
The level of the Japanese generals who were killed by snipers was raised by one level again.
This also forced Yokoyama Isamu to personally order that all those with the rank of major general and above were not allowed to visit the front line in person, lest the name of another Japanese army general be added to the Chinese army's poor performance.
Yes, in Hengyang, Shima Genkichi was no longer the first Japanese army general to die in battle. His boss, the man whose body was blown away by the bomb, also died in the rear hospital due to wound infection.
Lieutenant General Shinkuro Ochiai, commander of the 27th Division, also visited the front line when he launched an all-out attack on Huangcha Ridge in early August. As a result, China's long-lost rocket launchers once again showed their power, but this time it was not against infantry, but against infantry.
Heavy machine gun positions and infantry artillery positions in the rear.
A rocket hit the trench where the frontline headquarters of the 27th Division was located, 700 meters away from the front line. What was even more unfortunate was that it was a phosphorus-aluminum incendiary bomb. They were waiting for the 27th Division to send people to put out the fire and save them.
When he was the division commander, the poor Japanese Army Lieutenant General was already semi-acquainted with him. It was only through the saber he carried that he confirmed that the black piece of meat exuding the smell of meat was Lieutenant General Ochiai Jinkuro.
The boot that China had not landed for a long time just revealed its ferocity!
If 2 Army Lieutenant Generals and 1 Army Major General are not enough to make Yokoyama lose his temper, what about adding 6 Colonels and 14 Majors?
The headquarters of the 11th Army located 8 kilometers away from Hengyang City is actually far from what the outside world sees. It is looking passionately at Hengyang City just around the corner, imagining the victory of annihilating the enemies of Hengyang and winning the battle.
On the contrary, there was a cry of mourning!
Even a fool, after entering Hengyang City for half a month, will understand that Hengyang City is now a hot potato that cannot be eaten or held.
Regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, it is only a matter of losses. Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, commander of the 11th Army, has already resigned.
The only uncertainty is whether he will be transferred back to his homeland and retire from active service in a decent manner, or whether he will be held accountable and sent to a military court.
The 11th Army has been fighting so far. It is not that it is exhausted and unable to fight anymore, but that it has been damaged and completely disabled.
Yes, it was not one division that was crippled, but the entire 11th Army.
This field army, known as the most powerful since the establishment of the Japanese Army, has completely lost the qualifications to fight the main force of China.
PS: Tomorrow Fengyue will send her daughter on the train to Chengdu. Because she didn’t buy a high-speed rail ticket, she can only take a sleeper berth, which will take 16 hours. She will arrive in Chengdu in the morning the day after tomorrow, and then accompany her to register at the school, arrange dormitories and other chores, 3
I will be in Chengdu to meet classmates and friends I haven’t seen for a long time. I will take the sleeper car back to Xiangyang on the evening of the 3rd and will not arrive home until the afternoon of the 4th. If I have time during this period, I will take the time to update. If I am really too busy, I can only wait until
Fengyue has returned home, and I would like to explain it to my book friends.
In addition, after finishing the book, there will be about 6 chapters of extra chapters, about Gu Xishui and Yao Meier, Tang Shanhe, etc.
