12dz Chapter 814: Put down your weapons!
Chapter 814: Put down your weapons!
Inside the Pingshun military fortress, Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were in a good mood. With the support of aircraft attack, the armored division made rapid progress, and the mobile regiment followed up to take over the defense in one go.
"Old Li, our army is pressing on and blooming everywhere. I don't believe that Yokoyama Isamu will not turn back!"
"Haha, five armies and 300,000 troops are enough to give him a hard time. And I feel that if they can't hold on, the troops from Guangdong and Vietnam will also launch an attack on Guangxi, preparing to capture Hengyang and then turn back to save themselves!"
Wang Meng poked his finger at Baise.
"Although the Military Commission has not given us full support to enter Guangxi, I order Chu Yunfei to lead the 14th and 15th Armies to move to Baise Airport in small pieces and be ready to attack at any time!"
"Very good! Also, remind the First, Second, and Third Armies that if the Japanese want to take advantage of the emptiness of central Henan and southern Shandong, we must resolutely fight back!
Especially Dai Anlan's Third Army Group, there are still some Japanese troops in central and northern Shandong!"
"Don't worry, they are jealous of Li Jiayu who fought two tough battles in a row, and there is also Hu Lian who just arrived. I guess they have pushed their troops to the actual control line now, just waiting for the Japanese to be blind and come to invade, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop!"
Wang Meng's guess was correct. Zhang Dabiao of the First Army had already started cursing in the headquarters. Since they fought in Mongolia, they had not fought again and felt like they were sitting on the bench.
Therefore, he sent a number of small troops to harass the county town of the Japanese, but he did not expect that they would shrink inside the city one by one, resolutely refusing to fight and asking for trouble.
"I think the commander is biased. We should attack North China first and drive the Japanese out of Tianjin and Beijing!"
"Commander, you can complain, but please don't train us to death. Our soldiers are now working on production in the morning, training in the afternoon, and studying at night. They can't handle it!
Especially in terms of learning, although many of our soldiers are student soldiers, there are still some who cannot read a single word and ask our cadres questions every day. "
Zhang Dabiao was already in a bad mood, and when he heard the complaints from his subordinates, he got so angry that he took off his hat, threw it on the table, pointed at his nose and cursed!
"Why are you yelling? Am I not training with you too? The Chief of Staff has said that by then we will have all the most advanced weapons and equipment. If you can't read a single word, will you be able to understand them? Will you be able to use them? If we really give these weapons and equipment to other troops, don't yell!"
"No, Commander, I'm just talking. I'll go learn it right away and give them some strength!"
After saying that, he ran away, leaving Zhang Dabiao in a dishevel.
Another person who was in an equally mess as Zhang Dabiao was Hengshan Yong. The situation was originally very good, but unexpectedly a fire broke out in the backyard. He came out to fight and was having a great time, but then he lost his home?
Yokoyama Isamu was at a loss. Didn't they agree that the independent column would not participate in the war? Why did they suddenly come again?
"Baga, report the situation to the Chinese Expeditionary Force Headquarters immediately and ask them to confirm the Chinese government's attitude and the size of the independent column's troops participating in the war!"
"Hayi!"
According to intelligence from various places, within one day, the armored units of the independent column appeared in various areas north of the Yangtze River, catching them off guard.
The armored forces were indeed fast, but how could they be so fast? Unless they had been prepared for the attack long ago.
"Baga, is this a trick of the Chongqing government? Repairing the plank road in the open, but secretly attacking Chencang? The cunning Chang Guangzhou!"
Yokoyama Isamu really wronged Chang Guangzhou. He really didn't have such a strategy or courage. He was just forcing something into a trap.
Yokoyama Isamu, who was walking around in front of the sand table, seemed to be in a dilemma.
If we withdraw our troops immediately, the war that lasted for a month and a half would end hastily, and the hundreds of millions of dollars spent and the large number of soldiers killed would become meaningless.
If we ignore the consequences and continue to fight in Hengyang, unless the battle is resolved quickly, I am afraid that after crossing the Yangtze River, the armored divisions of the independent column will take their original attack route and encircle the Japanese 11th Army.
Therefore, Yokoyama Isamu made up his mind to capture Hengyang tomorrow and destroy China's will to resist. By the way, he would let the independent column stop north of the Yangtze River after seeing that Hengyang had been lost. This might lead to a turning point.
"Send a telegram to the Chinese Expeditionary Force Headquarters, requesting the 23rd Army in South China to send out elite troops to attack Guangxi and exert pressure on Hunan from the south!"
Yokoyama Isamu now has only one thought, which is to capture Hengyang, otherwise he would lose both the wife and the army.
At nightfall, Fang Xianqie, who was preparing to launch street fighting, made his final mobilization in the air-raid shelter. He used his last 3,000 soldiers to fight the Japanese for every house and alley.
At this time, a Chinese soldier wearing strange camouflage uniform appeared on the barricade.
"Don't shoot, we are Chinese soldiers, soldiers of the Independent Column!"
The officers on the barricade became alert and followed the sound, only to find that the man was holding an independent column army flag, which fluttered repeatedly in the dim firelight.
"You are from an independent column? How do you prove it?"
"Then let me sing a song 'Unity is Strength' for you!"
In a blink of an eye, the song "Unity is Strength" stirred Hengyang in the dark night.
"How is it, do you believe it?"
"Put your hands up high and come over here!"
The soldier of the independent column did exactly what he was told, and after his gun was removed, he entered the air-raid shelter.
Fang Xianjue looked at the soldier with murderous intent on his face, then thought of the Japanese officers who were killed a few days ago, and asked suspiciously:
"Independent Column? You were the ones who killed the commander of the 68th Division a few days ago?"
"Haha, it was us who did it. The Japs deserve to be killed, and those Japs officers deserve to be killed even more!"
"How many people did you dispatch?"
"Sorry, Commander Fang, this is our military secret and cannot be told!"
Fang Xianjue felt embarrassed, so he sent someone to inquire about the soldier's number. After confirming that he did belong to the independent column, he asked:
"You risked your life to come to this lonely city late at night. You didn't just want to chat with me, did you? If that's the case, then I can only apologize. The situation is critical now. We are ready to live and die with Hengyang City! Please leave?"
Although Fang Xianqie received a notice from the Military Commission that the Independent Column would go south to fight the war and help their 10th Army to defend Hengyang City.
But according to his understanding, the nearest troops of the independent column were thousands of kilometers away from Hengyang. Even if the mechanized troops marched at full speed, it would be difficult to arrive without seven or eight days.
Therefore, he was determined to die.
"Haha, a dark and windy night is indeed a good time for chatting, but now is probably not the right time. Soldiers guarding the city, please lay down your weapons."