12dz Chapter 802: The Battle of Changheng Begins
Chapter 802: The Battle of Changheng Begins
Since it was about survival in the wild, the full set of equipment was needed. Early the next morning, Wang Meng was soaked in dew and shivering. He ran around the mountain twice before he felt a little better.
"Luckily it's not the rainy season, or I would have been soaked to the skin!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he once again experienced the breakfast gifted by nature, a meal of green wild vegetables, and then left Wenshan and prepared to return the same way.
"Captain Chu, I'll leave this to you. Remember what I said. The battle can begin at any time!"
"Yes!"
After Chu Yunfei finished speaking, he saluted and watched Wang Meng leave.
After another day of tossing and turning in the Shiwanda Mountains, we finally moved into the Guandu Mountain Sanatorium Villa.
It was the first time that Wang Meng walked into the sanatorium. He was infected by the comfortable and quiet environment. Lying in the recliner, he seemed to have forgotten that this was during the war years.
Mao Hang thoughtfully prepared a bowl of hot and spicy rice noodles with minced meat, and a small dish of pickled radish, which made Wang Meng sweat profusely and exclaimed that it was so delicious.
After the meal, Wang Meng grabbed Mao Hang's hand and shook it hard.
"Director Mao, thank you for your outstanding contribution to our Guanfushan base. From now on, our heroes, model workers, and representatives from all walks of life can enter the sanatorium for recuperation!"
Mao Hang was somewhat touched. He originally thought that this was part of his job. After all, he had also received a lot of kickbacks from Wang Meng.
"Chief of Staff, I'm going to take you to a good place! Oh, and bring your pants!"
Wang Meng was shocked, and considering Mao Hang's touched expression, he thought it was not good. Could it be that Mao Hang decided to marry him?
But looking at Mao Hang's determined expression, it seemed that he was just informing him rather than asking for his opinion.
Mao Hang took Wang Meng to the back of the villa complex and found a steaming pool at the foot of the mountain.
“Is this a hot spring?”
Mao Hang nodded proudly.
“Well, we dug this out when we were digging the foundation. The workers didn’t recognize it, so they were going to block the spring with cement, but they didn’t recognize it. I do!
I immediately asked them to dig a pond on the spot, and then to dig around it to spread it out, until 17 or 18 springs of various sizes appeared!"
Wang Meng couldn't wait to lie down in the pool and soak in it comfortably. All the fatigue from sleeping in the open air for the past two days was swept away.
"Phew! Comfortable!"
Wang Meng gently stirred up the water with his feet, and then shouted to Mao Hang:
"Come and play, Mao!"
When Mao Hang heard this, his body trembled and he ran away immediately!
Wang Meng slept soundly in the villa area for a night, and then began to assign tasks to Mao Hang to expand the hospital of the original sanatorium and add more beds.
"Chief of Staff, our sanatorium hospital now has about a thousand beds. Do we need to expand it now?"
"Well, at least expand it to 5,000 beds. These villas have not been put into use yet, so they will be converted into wards first. In addition, prepare some tents and set them up on the open space.
At that time, the seriously injured will enter villas, houses and hotels, and the lightly injured will enter tents.
Medical supplies will be delivered to you in the next two days, and we will also send medical personnel, but we will also have to recruit some young students to make up for the shortage of manpower. "
Mao Hang was worried. He knew without asking that a larger battle was about to break out in Yunnan or the surrounding areas, and the situation was quite critical, otherwise the hospital would not be expanded so temporarily.
If the hospital is equipped with 5,000 beds, the number of casualties will reach at least 10,000, and it will inevitably be a battle between army groups.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"
"You will be given ten days to prepare supplies and three days to recruit students. Dean Ke Lihua will tell you the specific requirements. He will be here tomorrow!"
Wang Meng left a large amount of RMB to Mao Hang, telling him not to worry about the money and to make sure things were done perfectly.
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he turned into a flying man again and rushed to Pingshun again.
At this time, Zhao Gang in Lunan was also busy, arranging for the mobile regiment to take over the defense zone of the original 12th Army. Fortunately, because the 12th Army continued to expand its sphere of influence and infiltrate the surrounding areas, it had left enough safety distance.
Moreover, according to the command's plan, if the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army marched south to fight at the same time, the Eighth Army of the Third Army would march south to southern Shandong to deter the enemy.
In the blink of an eye, it was March 1944, 3. The commander of the Japanese 15th Division, Isamu Yokoyama, led seven divisions, one brigade, and the 11rd Aviation Division, a total of more than 1 people, and launched an attack on Changsha and Hengyang areas with the goal of capturing the Hunan-Guangxi Railway.
[Among them, the 39th Division, the 13th Division, and the 40th Division assembled in Huarong, Hubei, crossed the river from Changde and Yiyang, and attacked Changsha.]
策39师团师团长澄田睐四郎中将，驻湖北当阳地区。下辖：第39步兵团：步兵第231、第232、第233联队。搜索第39联队、野炮兵第39联队、工兵第39联队、轻重兵第39联队、通信队、兵器勤务队、卫生队；第1、2野战医院、病马厂。
第13师团师团长亦鹿理中将，驻湖北沙市地区。下辖：第13步兵团：步兵第65、104、116联队。山炮兵第19联队、工兵第13联队、轻重兵第13联队、师团骑兵队、通信队、兵器勤务队、卫生队、第1、3、4野战医院、病马厂。
第40师团师团长青本成一中将，驻湖南岳州地区。下辖：第40步兵团：步兵第234、235、236联队。山炮兵第40联队、工兵第40联队、轻重兵第40联队、师团骑兵队、通信队、兵器勤务队、卫生队、第1、第2野战医院、病马厂。
[The 3rd Division, 58th Division, and 17th Brigade assembled on the Yichun-Xinyu line to support the attack on Changsha.]
第3师团师团长山本三男中将，驻湖北应山地区。下辖：第3步兵团：步兵第6、34、68联队。骑兵第3联队、野炮兵第3联队、工兵第3联队、轻重兵第3联队、通信队、兵器勤务队、第1、2、4野战医院。
第58师团师团长毛利末广中将，驻湖北应城地区。下辖：步兵第51旅团：独立步兵第92、93、94、95大队。步兵第52旅团：独立步兵第96、106、107、108大队。工兵队、通信队、轻重队、野战区院、病马厂。
独立混成第17旅团，驻湖北咸宁地区。下辖：独立步兵第87、88、89、90、91大队、炮兵队、工兵队、通信队。
[The 34th Division and the 68th Division advanced to Ji'an, Jiangxi, threatening Hengyang. ]
第34师团师团长伴健雄中将，驻江西南昌地区。下辖：第34步兵团：步兵第216、217、218联队。搜索第34联队、野炮兵第34联队、工兵第34联队、轻重兵第34联队、通信队、卫生队、第1、第2野战医院、病马厂。
第68师团师团长佐久间为人中将，驻江西九江地区。下辖：步兵第57旅团：独立步兵第61、62、63、64大队。步兵第58旅团：独立步兵第65、115、116、117大队。工兵队、通信队、轻重队、野战医院、病马厂。