Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1513 I believe you!

Dawn of July 7!

The commander of the 116th Division, Iwanaga Osamu, hurried to the field hospital with two infantry battalions. The Japanese Army Lieutenant General, who was always emotionally stable even after losing a major battle, couldn't help but shed tears at that moment.

Looking around, one saw devastation and corpses everywhere, as well as wounded soldiers who could not help wailing when they saw 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 makeshift field tents they had built. However, they did not continue to kill most of the wounded soldiers, but only aggravated their injuries with poison gas bombs or bombs.

Of the 4000 seriously wounded soldiers being treated in the field hospital, nearly 3000 were still alive. But now the dignified Japanese Army Lieutenant General could not provide any medicine to treat them. These Japanese wounded soldiers could only waile as they walked towards death. This was an extremely painful psychological torture for any army.

  What made the Japanese Army Lieutenant General even more angry was that someone at the scene had written a few big blood-red words on the ground with blood: "Blood debt must be paid with blood"!

"Get rid of him!" 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, still immersed in grief, always felt that something was wrong. Just as he said this, he heard a loud bang.

A Japanese second lieutenant who was working hard with tools in hand was flying high in front of the Japanese generals and officers.

The Chinese buried a simple trigger mine under a few big blood-red words!

  The main purpose of Lieutenant Cao Yingchong who made this arrangement was to deal with him first without caring whether there were people there or not!

This obedient Japanese Army second lieutenant became the last casualty in the revenge battle launched by the Four-Line Regiment in the early morning, but he was definitely not the last casualty!

Because, in the following days, the 3000 seriously wounded Japanese soldiers who were left behind began to die in large numbers due to the severe shortage of medicine and almost no medical staff.

The despair of dying while wailing caused a psychological blow to the surviving Japanese soldiers that was even greater than being killed themselves.

The morale of the 116th Division fell to the bottom from that day on, even though the main force of the 3rd Division arrived and even though the 27th Division had been ordered to rush to Hengyang, a supplementary division of 2 people arrived less than 60 kilometers away from Hengyang.

  By then, the Japanese Imperial Army besieging Hengyang will number as many as 10!

But so what?

According to statistics from the post-war Japanese China Expeditionary Army Command, by July 7, the 3th Division had suffered more than 68 casualties, almost half of the 7200th Division's force in the Battle of Hengyang, including an army lieutenant general who killed Xiao Jiji.

As the main division attacking Hengyang, the 116th Division suffered even more miserably, losing more than 11000 officers and soldiers. The reason why the number is not accurate to the single digit is that there are still many missing on the battlefield.

No one was found alive, and no one was found dead. All divisions listed them as missing persons as per convention. But in fact, it was clear that it was almost impossible for these missing persons to return. They were either blown to pieces by Chinese heavy artillery or attacked and killed in some corner of the battlefield.

If we add the loss of more than 3 people from the 6th Infantry Regiment of the 2000rd Division, the infantry alone lost more than 2 people in this month. Just right, a supplementary division of 2 people can fill this gap.

However, what is the combat effectiveness of these 2 new recruits? Even a fool knows the outcome of the 133rd Infantry Regiment which was filled with a large number of new recruits.

Colonel Heiichi Kurose, who was judged to be responsible for the defeat after the war, did not even die from the 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 it was dark, so no one knew where the fatal bullet came from.

But combined with what several guards around him said, we can already guess the truth because Colonel Kurose Heiichi ordered his guards to shoot at the fleeing soldiers in order to make them return to fight, and he himself pulled out his self-defense pistol and killed several fleeing soldiers in succession.

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

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

Although the Japanese troops are increasing in number, their morale is getting lower and lower. On the other hand, the Chinese morale is getting higher and higher.

Nearly 2 main forces of the Hengyang defenders were on high alert all night, but received no 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 realize that the two infantry companies of more than 400 people had run 40 miles at night, not only destroyed a Japanese field hospital, but also killed nearly a thousand Japanese infantrymen.

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

This is not only a sense of honor, but also because I feel reassured by having such awesome comrades.

It's like a future game, where you're being overwhelmed by your opponent, and then the top laner comes back and takes three kills in front of you, asking you if your courage has doubled. With him around, you won't lose in teamfights.

On the morning of July 7, Chinese Air Force transport planes dropped packages again. This time the packages contained not only food, guns, ammunition and other supplies, but also letters from home and bundles of newspapers.

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

The airdropped newspaper belonged to the Dagang Newspaper. On the front page, the Dagang Newspaper reprinted the entire article written by their special war correspondent Tan Tai Mingyue in Hengyang City about the battle of the 7-mile raid on the enemy's rear base in the early morning of July 3, and explained the underlying reasons for this adventure.

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

In front of the grave of the deceased medical staff, the leader of the Tang Dao Regiment swore: "The blood that the enemy has shed on our hearts, I and all the soldiers of Hengyang will pay back tenfold and a hundredfold!"

It was not until this time that the Hengyang soldiers and civilians, deeply inspired by their awesome comrades, learned the reasons behind the "Black Snow" plan, not to mention the deep emotion that welled up in their hearts.

It turns out that in the eyes of these big shots, the lives of these little guys are never just numbers. They are comrades, friends-in-arms, and brothers. For the brothers, a group of senior commanders represented by Fang Xianjue and Tang Dao will also risk their lives for their comrades!

This is what we mean by sharing weal and woe.

The cohesion within Hengyang City reached its peak at that moment!

"Baga! Damn Tang Dao, it's him again. He is madly provoking the empire!" Hengshan Yong in Tanzhou angrily tore the Chinese newspaper into 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, his remaining sanity helped him regain some clarity.

  The current war situation is no longer the same as it was a few years ago. The German Empire, the Empire's biggest support, is now trapped in its homeland. Several Western powers have deployed millions of troops on its borders and launched the Normandy Landing in early June. The Empire is also in a state of decline on the Pacific battlefield. If the main divisions under the Expeditionary Force had not been withdrawn, why would the Empire have to fight so hard on the Chinese battlefield, to the point that Hengyang, with a garrison of only 6, lost more than 2 soldiers and still could not see the shadow of the city wall?

The word "defeat", which I had never thought about before, has frequently flashed through my mind in this month!

The defeated 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 serving as shields, Chinese and American aircraft would certainly attack Tanzhou with large numbers of incendiary bombs.

When he thought of the horrific power of the Americans' napalm bombs, even Yokoyama Isamu, who was so brave, couldn't help but shudder!

"Tell the 5th Air Corps to focus on the battlefield and not to provoke the Chinese who are already doomed to die. The lives of the Imperial Army are precious and cannot be wasted in a small city." After calming down, Isamu Yokoyama gave cold instructions to Takeshi Shimanuki.

Yokoyama Isamu hated and feared the Tang Dao, his old enemy. As the commander of the most powerful infantry army in the empire, he led an army of 11 to fight against the Chinese 20th War Zone and the 9th and th War Zones when the th Army was at its strongest. However, he had never seen an enemy as strong and vindictive as the Tang Dao.

In the Battle of Shipai, Tang Dao led the Four-Line Regiment to not only block the fierce attack of nearly 2 troops under his command, but also surrounded more than 6000 troops under his command in one fell swoop in the final stage of retreat, trapping them to death in the mountains, which resulted in a humiliating 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 nothing more than killing 13 Tang Dao's guards. This guy broke into the heavily guarded Jiangxia City alone and killed an Imperial Major General and an Imperial Lieutenant General to avenge his soldiers.

This information was accidentally discovered a year and a half later by a senior intelligence officer who infiltrated the side of a senior Chinese official.

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

To be honest, if the situation had not forced him, Yokoyama Isamu would not have wanted to fight against such an unpredictable and terrifying Chinese commander. To the empire, that guy was like a devil returning from hell.

Tang Dao commanded his two most elite companies and in just one battle he hurt the 11th Army's highest commander, Yokoyama Isamu. The pain was so severe that he even began to prepare to win the war by following the rules.

The Japanese Army Major General of the 11th Air Corps who received the telegram from the 5th Army was speechless. If it weren't for the fact that there was an % chance that Yokoyama Isamu would become the commander of the front after this battle, he would have probably spat at him.

I don't know who made the impassioned speech at the high-level military meeting of the expeditionary army headquarters: "In this battle, our army will 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 are ready to serve the empire, and I hope you will do the same!"

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

Not to mention the pain and grief the Japanese felt, the Chinese side was widely publicizing the results of the Hengyang Defense War so far in various newspapers.

At the end of the front-page headline, Dagang Daily wrote: "Over the past month, people across the country have been thinking about Hengyang every day; compatriots across the country and the soldiers and civilians in the isolated city of Hengyang share the same fate. This newspaper has opened donation points in five cities, hoping that people across the country will donate money to buy supplies for the troops defending Hengyang. This newspaper also assures the people across the country that all the proceeds from the sale of newspapers from the start to the end of the Hengyang battle will be donated."

The Saodang Newspaper was also a newspaper that moved out of Hengyang before the war. The editorials of this newspaper have always been quite literary. They wrote in the newspaper with great emotion: "This newspaper moved here from Hengyang. We have a deep affection for the city of Hengyang and the defenders in the defense battle. We would like to express our highest respect to them.

Although we are thousands of miles away today and have temporarily lost contact with you, every day here we are always thinking about you and leading you eastward.

  We have been writing here, reporting the news of your victory to the people every day. Today, we would like to congratulate you on the great victory in the surprise attack outside Hengyang!

In the future, we would like to write an epic poem for you with our own hands, and send it to you through the wind. I can’t express my feelings, but the words are short. I wish you all the best!”

This newspaper was written with great literary talent, but more than 80% of the soldiers and civilians in Hengyang City could not understand it, just like Luo Dahu repeatedly asked questions: "What does it mean to be in a state of panic? What does it mean to be sent by the wind?"

  Adong is the class monitor.

I’m better at fighting than you, but when it comes to culture, we’re not much different!

However, this did not affect the soldiers' joy in reading the newspaper. It did not matter if they did not understand it, because it was all praising us anyway, right?

  These scholars are so boastful that they praise others in such a profound and mysterious way!

How could the famous Ta Kung Pao fall behind? Because the Dagang Newspaper got there first, they were unable to invite a famous war correspondent like Tan Tai Ming Yue, but their network of connections was well developed, and they still kept in touch with several other war correspondents in the city, reporting on the battle situation inside and outside Hengyang every day.

The Dagang Daily used the great victory of the dark night attack as its front-page headline, and the Ta Kung Pao put an article on its front page titled "Division Commander Ge fights bare-chested in Zhangjiashan". Although it described the battle that broke out in Zhangjiashan half a month ago, it was also written vividly and vividly.

The officers and soldiers of the 10th Reserve Division were so happy to see this. After all, they found out that their 10th Reserve Division also had a fierce division commander who was no less strategic than the regimental commander Tang.

"Fuck, when did the division commander go into battle shirtless? How come I didn't know? Could it be that he went up with the 30th Regiment?" Zeng Jing, the commander of the 28th Regiment, was surprised when he read the story in the newspaper.

The regiment chief of staff laughed out loud: "If one day our division commander is really required to go into battle shirtless, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to sit here and read the newspaper."

This is of course a story made up by war correspondents and newspapers. Literature is always derived from life but is higher than life.

The inspiration for his report came from the day when the Japanese army mobilized 15 infantry battalions to attack Zhangjiashan, Huxingchao and other positions. The commander of the 10th Reserve Division, Ge Youcai, personally arrived at Zhangjiashan with a guard company to supervise the battle.

Ge Youcai's original intention was that if the reserve troops of the three infantry regiments under his command were all used up, then the division headquarters guard company he brought would take over.

Although the Japanese army retreated without using this guard company in the end, a small incident still occurred in the middle. When Master Ge was leading his troops forward, a small unit of the Japanese army took advantage of the fierce fighting between the two sides to sneak into the mountains and forests, and launched an attack on the Chinese army that was obviously going to support the front line.

A bullet passed through Master Ge's ribs and made a hole in his cotton military uniform.

That is to say, Master Ge never wore woolen general's uniform during wartime, but the same cotton military uniform as his regiment commanders. Otherwise, with the Japanese army's superb shooting skills, the bullet might have deviated by a few centimeters.

The soldiers under his command were extremely panicked, but Master Ge, who had escaped death, did not take it seriously. When they arrived at the place, he took off his military uniform and showed his bare chest to the regiment commander, where the bullet marks on his ribs were left by a high-speed bullet. He boasted that he was blessed by gods and Buddhas, and that the Japanese bullets could not hurt him at all.

Then, the "bare-chested" Master Ge was scolded on the phone by Fang Xianjue who learned about this. That was Fang Xianjue's most trusted general in Hengyang. If he died in the hands of a small group of Japanese troops who sneaked in, the blow to him as the highest commander of Hengyang could be imagined.

  As a result, a small episode that made the supreme commander Fang Xianjue furious was interpreted in this way and won high praise from the officers and soldiers of the 10th Reserve Division!

As long as the officers and soldiers like it, it is a good article. Fang Xianjue smiled as he looked at the vivid stories written in the newspaper.

However, in response to the extremely high evaluation and support from several major newspapers, Fang Xianjue personally sent a telegram to the Shancheng Propaganda Department, asking them to convey the message to several newspapers: "Thank you compatriots across the country. We want to repay your deep friendship. Even if the Hengyang defenders have only one soldier and one bullet left, we will fight to the end and live and die with Hengyang!"

The man who saw Fang Xianjue's reply published in the newspaper was very happy and specially called Fang Xianjue: "As long as your Hengyang defense forces are unable to do so, send the word 'very stable', and within 48 hours, the Military Commission will lift the siege of Hengyang!"

  "A teacher will never abandon his students." Fang Xianjue's eyes instantly filled with tears when he received the telegram!

"I don't believe you at all, this old man is so bad!" Tang Dao's eyes almost rolled to the sky.

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