Chapter 1504: Keep it for another 10 days!
After Lin Heng was rescued, he was rushed to an underground field hospital in Hengyang City for treatment at around 3 pm that day.
Three giants in Hengyang Command went to the field hospital in person to visit. As a result, when they saw this man full of blood, Tang Dao, who ranked last, laughed loudly and stepped forward and hugged Lin Heng fiercely: "Tu Yunsheng said he had saved an Air Force Captain named Lin. I wondered if it was you, but I didn't expect it to be true. Fortunately, I snatched you back, otherwise Shen Chonghai wouldn't have to blame me to death."
"Captain Tang, Lin Heng, deputy captain of the 4th Flying Brigade, reported to you! You will have to take care of him later." Lin Heng saluted Tang Dao in a regular manner.
This scene made the two giants, Sun Mingyu and Zhao Junmai, stunned. They were one of them, one of them was a lieutenant general and the other one of them, and they were considered senior officers in the army. But those guys who were not from an elite family? They were also the most precious military branch in China. They naturally had a sense of arrogance. Even if they met an army general like them, they would just give a military salute and just classified themselves as subordinates without such a way.
Especially the person in front of him who was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old was promoted to deputy captain of the Flight Brigade, he must be the elite among the Air Force elites.
Sure enough, Lin Heng then bowed to these two people, but he was mainly etiquette and did not look like Tang Dao like this.
Not to mention the two shrewd generals, even the medical staff on the side could see that the air force elite's attitude towards Tang Dao was different from that of the two generals.
With this alone, the awesomeness of Tang Tuan has increased by 10% in everyone's hearts!
They underestimated the weight of Tang Dao in the hearts of this group of young Chinese pilots. Not to mention the gratitude and respect in the group of key pilots of the air force, Tang Dao took hundreds of pilots to A Sanguo to receive wildcat fighter planes two years ago.
A heroic regiment commander in the army actually flew the latest American fighter jets to the point of being decent, and frightened the American ace pilots. In the minds of the young pilots led by Lin Heng, Tang Dao existed like a god of war.
In the original words of Shen Chonghai, who has already served as the commander of the flight brigade: "Captain Tang likes to fight the Japanese with the white knife in the red knife, otherwise he will definitely be the ace among the aces when he comes to our Air Force with his talent."
"Yes, you have entered Hengyang City. With the current enemy situation around Hengyang, it is difficult for you to leave. However, your car has been blown up by artillery fire between both sides. If you, a big Air Force treasure, go to the front line with a gun, let alone Chief Zheng Shaoyu, you will jump to the foot if he knows it, even Chief Fang has to let me be locked in!" Tang Dao replied with a smile.
"I can be the ground liaison officer of the Air Force in Hengyang!" Lin Heng blurted out.
I think this idea has been brewing in his mind for a while. Perhaps from the moment he was rescued and watched the artillery fire between the two sides firing at the overwhelming number of artillery fires, the clear-headed Chinese Air Force elite already understood that it was impossible for him to leave Hengyang City.
Since he cannot do without it, he must fight with the military and civilians of this city to the end.
But if he really wanted to go to the front line with a gun, his level was probably no better than those reserve soldiers who had just picked up the gun. He had to use his strengths.
At that time, the Air Force and the Army had no future joint command organization. If the Army needed air support, they had to send telegrams to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and then coordinated with the Air Force Command. Finally, the Military Affairs Commission approved it before the precious Air Force could be dispatched.
There was the time gap that was going around, and I didn’t know how many rounds of fierce fighting were on the ground.
Or, it is the Air Force's separate operation, and the Army has no right to know. When the planes have reached the position, they will realize that their air support has arrived. But maybe the battle will be over and the Japanese will escape.
Although the air force aircraft group bombed the Japanese positions in a lively manner, it is completely different from the concepts of hiding fortifications and bombing in the wild.
"Okay! Deputy Captain Lin's proposal is very good. On behalf of Commander Fang, I will appoint you as the liaison officer of the Hengyang City Air Defense Force." Regarding Lin Heng's sudden proposal, Sun Mingyu, the chief of staff of the 10th Army, immediately responded and appointed him at the scene.
Tang Dao also patted Lin Heng on the shoulder hard, expressing his approval of his idea.
In this era, not to mention the Western world, the Japanese Army has also established its own land aviation. The purpose is to facilitate unified command. Once the infantry has demand, it will respond upward. The command will call the army aviation force to support it according to the actual combat situation. The response speed of its air support is very fast than that of China.
If Lin Heng, the Air Force liaison officer, could directly contact various airports and battalions based on his understanding of the Air Force, and could completely shorten the reaction time to one-fifth or even shorter.
Fang Xianjue was also very happy after receiving this news. He immediately reported the situation to the theater command and the Military Commission, hoping to use this opportunity to establish a channel directly contacting airports such as Zhijiang, Guilin, Liuzhou and other airports in Hengyang City. Even if he cannot directly command the air force to fight, he can still provide feedback on the ground combat situation or observed weather, air enemy situation to the air force at any time.
At this time, 90% of the fighter jets have already used radio stations, and after obtaining the frequency band, you can directly contact the air fighter jets even on the ground.
In the past, there were no Air Force people in the Hengyang Command. A group of laymen said they wanted to do this, and no one would feel at ease. But now there is a deputy captain of the flight brigade and an ace pilot who shot down 12 Japanese planes. Who can be more professional than him?
With the strong support of Major General Zheng Shaoyu, who had had an intersection with Tang Dao and had been promoted to Chief of Staff of the Air Force, at night, the person who finally agreed to establish an Air Force Liaison Office in Hengyang, Lin Heng was appointed as the director of the Liaison Office, with the rank of Air Force Major. All air force pilots rescued back to Hengyang City were placed under the jurisdiction of the Liaison Office.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Good guy, I’ve been promoted again. Tang Dao looked at the 3 stars that had been hanging on the seal for almost 7 years, and could only express sadly that he had to walk on the road he chose, even if he kneels down!
Fortunately, such days should not be too long. In just one year, the Japanese will succumb to the fireballs made by two big fat bombs and lose external troubles. The people and history will definitely make the most correct choice.
In order to ensure the normal operation of the Air Force Liaison Office, Fang Xianjue specially assigned one of the two long-wave radio stations in the 10th Army headquarters and the corresponding communications soldiers to Lin Heng's command. Tang Dao also transferred a wireless telephone and three walkie-talkie phones to Lin Heng.
In order to coordinate with the air force more quickly, Hengyang's unified land and air combat mode has the most important node.
The Japanese probably never expected that the original "excellent" record of the air defense brigade, which they had called "Sangmenxing", actually led to the strengthening of contact between the Hengyang defenders and the Air Force, which further led to the more obvious advantages of China's air supremacy over Hengyang.
For two consecutive days, before the Japanese bomber group arrived over Hengyang, Chinese fighter jets from the airport two hundred kilometers away had already taken off from the airport and arrived at the battlefield in less than 30 minutes to attack bombers that had not yet completed the bomb drop mission.
That's because when Fang Xianjue arrived in Hengyang 20 days ago, he followed Tang Dao's advice and sent three groups of infantry, engineers and communications soldiers to three directions 100 kilometers away in Hengyang.
Their mission is to stay on the top of a mountain without tactical value and use a telescope to observe the air. If there is a shadow or roar of enemy planes, they will immediately report to Hengyang Command using a field radio.
This early warning method, which is at least 15 minutes in advance, can give Hengyang military and civilians enough time to hide in the air raid shelter to reduce casualties.
However, in the past, because there were too many barriers to communicate with the Air Force, it was impossible to notify the Air Force to come to join the war in time. Therefore, many Japanese planes could still bomb the positions or Hengyang City, and many carefully constructed fortifications were blown up.
But now it is very different. Lin Heng’s Air Force Liaison Office can directly inform the Air Force through the radio station how far is the Japanese aircraft group from Hengyang, and the Air Force can decide how to participate in the war based on its own situation.
The number of fighter jets can also be informed of Chinese fighter jets that are still in the air as soon as possible, and they can make tactical changes accordingly.
The dozens of fighter jets that the Japanese army invested in were repeatedly hit in two days, directly pushing the reputation of Major Sasaki "Tiansha Lone Star" who has been regarded as the "imperial hero" to the top. In the end, even the major general of the Japanese Army who wanted to set an example could not bear it anymore. Not only did he no longer send Major Sasaki to the battle, but he even refused to send a plane to Hengyang battlefield.
Starting from June 12, the Japanese army's full-scale attack on Hengyang was changed to a key attack on the south side of the city. However, the large-scale attack in broad daylight was changed to a small-scale assault in squadrons and squads every night.
Every evening, while the Chinese aircraft fleet would not come again, the Japanese army mobilized various artillery to bombard the Chinese positions, and then the infantry attacked almost all night.
When it was almost dawn, when it knew that the Chinese fighter plane was coming again, the Japanese army immediately stopped and retreated immediately.
At dusk on the second day, we regained our momentum and made a comeback, and it continued every day as usual.
But obviously, night battles are not the director of the Japanese army, and for the Chinese army, what kind of arduous environment has never been fought? Night attacks on opponents were originally one of the ways they fought with the Japanese army. Now that the Japanese army uses the tactics they are proficient in to deal with themselves, it is naturally very welcome.
During the sixth day of the battle, the Chinese troops had two rotations, and the Japanese army was not allowed to advance.
At this point, the Battle of Hengyang has been outbreak for 15 days. In the bloody battle between the generals and soldiers led by Fang Xianjue, the Hengyang defenders blocked the Japanese army besieged from all sides in the mountains and ponds outside the city. Not to mention letting the Japanese army attack into the city, they had not even seen the shadow of the city wall.
The Hengyang defenders had only 24,000 troops, while the Japanese army invested 75,000 troops. Compared with the 1-3 troops, being able to make the defensive war like this is definitely a successful defensive war worth showing off to the whole of China and even the world.
The highest commander of Hengyang, who can achieve such a record, still frowns and his eyes are full of haze.
Because, when he was in the mountain city, he did what his teacher promised to defend the city for half a month, but what about the reinforcements his teacher promised?
The Mao hadn't seen it yet.
At this time, Fang Xianjue was very grateful to Tang Dao. If it weren't for Tang Dao's persuasion, he believed that the battle in Hengyang would never end around the 20th he expected, but would have to be more than one month or even longer, so that he would ask for a large amount of logistics supplies from the man.
He had previously felt that he had enough logistics reserves and would never be able to last for another week. Judging from the current situation where reinforcements are still missing, he really doesn't know when this defensive battle will be delayed.
Fang Xian had definitely tried to test the words of his teacher, but he also knew that the person who didn't like the most was that the general who commanded the army would generate a telephone call to the Military Commission for help when he encountered difficulties, so the question was more tactful and not so direct.
And that person was also fine, as if he had forgotten what he had said about defending the city for 15 days. He was just generous in praise of Hengyang's defense war, and reported to the Hengyang Command that all had military meritorious personnel, and all issued orders to be promoted and awarded medals.
But only those things must be entitled to be enjoyed by living people! Fang Xianjue felt extremely bitter, but he could only accept all these invisible medals and rewards.
So what is that teacher Fang Xianjue doing in the past half month?
In fact, at this time, China had six armies led by Wang Haowu and Li Yutang on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, and five armies personally commanded by the commander Xue on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River. There were 11 infantry troops with a total force of almost 280,000, which was completely enough to play a big game with the Japanese army.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! The 11th Army is also concerned about the existence of these Chinese infantry troops, and put the main force of 140,000 people on the periphery of Hengyang, and dare not use all the forces to attack Hengyang. Otherwise, even if Hengyang was cast with steel and iron, it would probably be flooded by these more than 200,000 Japanese troops.
But the person who was quite gentle and suspicious in his personality did not immediately transfer the army to Hengyang. It was not until June 13 that he ordered Li Yutang's corps to go from southwest to east of Hengyang, and the main force of the 9th War Zone went west from the mountainous area of Xiangdong to "attack fiercely" towards their respective predetermined targets. Then, on the second day after Fang Xianjue sent a telegram to inquire about reinforcements, he ordered the Hengyang defenders to hold on for another 10 days.
But after holding on for another 10 days, Fang Xianjue gritted his teeth and admitted that he would be able to do so as long as reinforcements could come.
Seeing that things had come to this point, the other generals and officials in the command center could only cheer themselves up. After all, they had to bear it on the 15th. What's so great about carrying him for another 10 days?
Perhaps only the silent Tang Dao sighed slightly, 10 days? If you come for another 3 10 days, I am afraid that reinforcements will not arrive in this city.
For example, this time the man finally made up his mind to mobilize eight infantry troops and planned to fight the Japanese army outside Hengyang. The three armies commanded by Li Yutang moved, but the five infantry troops of the commander Xue remained still on the spot.
The commander named Xue has always been an extremely confident and even conceited person. In the Military Commission, he could still listen to the words of General Chen, the leader of the Civil Engineering Department. One was the Supreme Commander, who had to listen, and the other was his political backer, and he had to listen.
But this time he was not obedient because deep down, he felt that these two military talents were not as good as him. He believed that the Japanese army's strategic purpose was to open up the Guangdong-Han Railway, and Hengyang was only an important node on the Guangdong-Han Railway. Whether to lose or not does not guarantee the complete smoothness of the Guangdong-Han Railway. As long as he locked in another node, the Japanese army had to point the front of him, and the Hengyang siege could be resolved, which was much more reliable than him mobilizing a large army to march for the decisive battle outside Hengyang.
Therefore, the commander named Xue insisted on leaving the five armies east of the Guangdong-Hankou Railway and relied on the rugged mountainous areas of the Hunan-Jiangxi border to deal with the Japanese army.
After staring at the map for an hour or two, it seemed like this was a good idea.
After receiving the news that the friendly forces had not moved, the 27th Army, which had already rushed towards the Japanese division 80 miles outside Hengyang, almost flashed its waist collectively.
More than 100,000 main forces did not move. Will these 60,000 people go to die? The 27th Army had to brake suddenly.
With this kind of slutty operation, more than 70,000 soldiers and civilians in Hengyang, do you think you can wait for the legendary reinforcements?
In Li Jiujin's original words, "It's better to begging for others than asking for others. I will stay here. If one fights two, then three. As long as the Japanese dare to exchange them sincerely, they will only replace them with their sons!"
This person! Only when he falls into the final desperate situation can he burst out with stronger power.
But obviously, Hengyang at this time still had expectations for some people.
Therefore, the Japanese army at this time had not realized that they had not encountered the craziest Chinese soldiers.
Chapter completed!