"On July 3, the Chinese attacked the field hospital of the 116th Division of our 11th Army. Although our army suffered heavy losses, it can also be seen that the Chinese have lost their skills and have only risked their lives to sneak out of the defense line to fight back against our army with suicide attacks.

Now, the 3rd Division and the 27th Division have arrived. Our army has encircled Hengyang with a total force of 100,000. In this small land of Hengyang, our army can easily break it!" Hengshan Yong said in a telegram sent to the commanders of the four lieutenant generals on the Hengyang frontline.

The reason why Yokoyama Yuki can send such confidence after repeated setbacks is naturally that he has enough strength.

At this time, the 3rd Division, Chen Bing, Hengyang City, and the 27th Division, joined forces to supplement the soldiers to form a total of 10,000 soldiers, and returned to the 20,000 troops. The 116th Division, which was mainly attacked the south of Hengyang City, and the 68th Division, located in the west of the city, also welcomed its new division commander, Lieutenant General Di Sanshu.

There are also two independent mixed brigades as reserve teams and as Hengyang's outer defense, stationed 15 kilometers away from Hengyang.

In addition, the Japanese army used two divisions to pave the road and finally achieved results. Not only did a large amount of materials arrive in Hengyang through the roads that had been built, but a heavy artillery brigade equipped with 32 150 heavy artillery also arrived in the south of the city. There was also a part of the 3rd Division of the chariot specially transferred by the Chinese Expeditionary Army Command to support.

The sharpest sword prepared for the Hengyang defenders in his mind was in place.

The difference between the 3rd Division of the Tanks and the 3rd Division is the word "chariot", but the two are completely different.

The world war has entered its third year, and mechanized forces are no longer a new term for the Western world, but this new thing is extremely rare in the East, both in China and Japan.

The 3rd Division of the Tanks belongs to one of Japan's extremely rare mechanized troops on the Chinese battlefield.

The division is organized by the 5th and 6th chariot brigade, each chariot brigade has two chariot brigades.

Take the 13th Regiment of the Tanks who came to Hengyang this time as an example. The tank corps is under the jurisdiction of a light tank squadron, equipped with Type 95 light tanks; 3 tank squadrons, equipped with Type 97 medium tanks; and 1 artillery tank squadron.

The 13th War Tanks have a total of 14 combat light tanks, 57 medium tanks, 27 cars, and 1,071 wing personnel.

The Type 95 light tank is easy to understand. This guy is the upgraded version commonly known as the Xiaodouding Type 94, but there is an additional 37mm rapid-fire gun. The armor protection is actually the same as the one with a force, and the armor thickness is 6~~12mm. Not to mention encountering a big guy like anti-tank gun, even a 12.7mm heavy machine gun equipped by the four-line regiment can tear off its armor at a direct shooting distance of 300 meters.

The Type 97 medium tank is quite rare. According to the Japanese self-test, the Type 97 medium tank protective armor can withstand direct shooting at 150 meters of the Type 94 rapid-fire gun, but at the same distance, it cannot withstand the Germanic 37mm war defense gun used by China at that time. However, its attack ability is not weak. It has a 47mm rapid-fire gun, which can penetrate 45mm thick steel armor at a shooting distance of 400 meters.

These two tanks are not comparable to the ultra-light tanks currently equipped by the Four Lines Group!

In addition to the 13th Regiment of the Tanks, the 3rd Warrior Division came to Hengyang, and other combat troops were sent by the 3rd Warrior Division, the 3rd Warrior Division, the 3rd Warrior Division, the 3rd Warrior Division, the 3rd Warrior Division, and the search team of the division.

The 3rd Mobile Infantry Regiment is one of the few Japanese mechanized units that have both combat vehicles and equip infantry with automobile transportation. In addition to the light armored vehicle squadron in its headquarters, the wing has three infantry brigades, wing artillery squadrons and preparation squadrons. There are a total of 25 combat vehicles, 15 armored personnel carriers, about 90 cars, and all combat personnel reaching 4,000.

The 3rd Regiment of the Mobile Artillery has three artillery brigades under its jurisdiction. The 1st Battalion has 12 types of car-torn 90 field artillery, and the 2nd and 3rd Battalions have 12 types of car-torn 91 105mm howitzers.

The division search team has 4 squadrons, of which 1 and 2 are light chariot squadrons, each with 15 Type 95 light chariots, while the 4th Squadron is a Type 97 medium chariot squadron, with 12 fighting chariots. The 3rd Squadron is a chariot infantry squadron. The search team has a total of more than 800 personnel.

Although the 3rd Division of the chariot transferred from Henan Province only has a force of about 6,000, it has 100 tanks and nearly 30 artillery pieces, and its combat capability is even stronger than that of a B Division.

This was fully reflected in the battle in Henan Province not long ago!

After capturing Xuchang, the Japanese North China Front Army carried out a lightning offensive to the flank areas where the troops of the generals surnamed Tang were assembled at that time, Shaanxi County, Linru and other places. In less than three days, it attacked Linru, an important town on the rear of the generals surnamed Tang.

At this point, the 12th Army, the main force of the Japanese army in Henan Province, had completely succeeded in the siege of the generals surnamed Tang. The 13th, 29th, and 85th Army, the three direct core troops of the generals surnamed Tang, were all besieged. The generals surnamed Tang had to command their troops to break through the mountainous areas around Song County, and the situation of the defeat in the entire Henan Province battle was decided.

Although the 3rd Division of the Tanks succeeded in the field battle, it was not so smooth in the attack on the city defense battle, especially in the first attack on Luoyang City. The 3rd Regiment of the Jibu was killed and killed 215 people. The Japanese chariot was destroyed by the war defense artillery of the 94th Division under Luoyang City.

The corps also suffered huge losses in the entire Henan Province Battle, with nearly a thousand casualties.

This also shows that the so-called mechanized division of the Japanese army is nothing more than pseudo-mechanized. Its ability to attack artillery fire and its own protection capabilities are far from the real mechanized division.

But, on the Chinese battlefield, it is enough!

In the summary report of the Battle of Henan Province, China also admitted that the participation of the Japanese armored troops "was like a storm, resulting in a complete defeat in the battle situation, which was heartbreaking."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this point, the total Japanese infantry siege that besieged Hengyang City reached 90,000, and there were more than 100 fighting chariots of various types, nearly 200 artillery pieces of various types, including 32 heavy artillery pieces of 150 caliber and 24 howitzers of 105.

Just looking at the number of people and equipment, it seems that there is no need to hit it. The numbers alone can crush Hengyang City.

To be precise, except for the 10th Japanese Army besieged Songjiang City with a 100,000 army in 1937, the Japanese army has never attacked a city defended by China with such a crushing advantage.

Judging from the amount of heavy equipment invested by the Japanese army, Hengyang City faces much more pressure than Songjiang this time.

After all, the 30,000 defenders in Songjiang that day received only guards the city for three days and nights, and bought time for the army to evacuate.

But at this time, Hengyang had no way out.

Hengshan Yong even gave up the essence of the siege battle of "surrounding three ques and one" and surrounded Hengyang tightly.

It would be a bit exaggerated to say that a fly cannot fly out of Hengyang City. One or two people or even dozens of people want to sneak out of the encirclement while the night is still possible, but if you want to say that the scale of hundreds of people leaves Hengyang, you can't even think about it.

On July 8, as the 4th Regiment of the Japanese Independent Baggage Force transported the shells to the suburbs of Hengyang, Hengshan Yong believed that the time was ripe for the second full-scale attack on Hengyang.

Hengyang City, which had been silent for 20 days, once again heard deafening explosions.

It is said that the thick smoke rising from Hengyang can be seen clearly even 30 kilometers away.

The routine of the Japanese attack was still the trilogy of "aircraft bombing, cannon bombing, infantry rushing". However, compared with the previous first round of attacks, the coordinated attack strength of the Japanese heavy firepower, especially the air force and artillery, increased exponentially than the previous attacks.

In the air, although the Japanese 5th Air Corps lost its precious bomber and had no time to replenish, with the full support of the Japanese Army Base Camp, more than 100 Zero fighter jets and 97 bomber jets were reinforced.

The 5th Air Corps, which received huge reinforcements, was full of morale and took the initiative to launch air strikes on Zhishan Airport and several important airports in Guilin and Liuzhou. China and the Mid-level team dispatched hundreds of fighter jets to respond.

On this day, China and Japan transferred the air combat from Hengyang to various parts of Guizhou Province. On July 9 alone, there were 29 pilots in the Chinese line of death, 39 fighter jets were lost, 12 pilots in the Mid-level line of death, and 28 fighter jets were lost.

The Japanese side even broke the record 87 downed fighter jets. Only 6 Japanese pilots parachuted and captured, and the rest were all killed in battle, creating a record of both sides' damage to fighters since the war began!

In terms of the number of lost fighter jets, China and the Mid should have won a small victory, but several important aircraft runways were destroyed by crazy Japanese fighter jets in the form of land crashes, resulting in the number of takeoffs and landings at several important airports in the next few days.

This is a terrible victory, and at least in the next week, air support to Hengyang will be greatly weakened.

This also led to no Chinese fighter jets appearing over Hengyang during the day on July 9. Instead, the Japanese dispatched the last 32 fighter jets to bomb the HY city and the mountain positions in the south and west of the city.

Although the four-way regiment air defense battalion fought back, the bombs were all fighter jets and they dropped bombs at an altitude of 3,000 meters. Only 40 mm anti-aircraft guns could pose a threat to Japanese aircraft. They only shot down three Japanese aircraft, but the bombs of Japanese aircraft were still thrown to Chinese positions.

In addition, the Japanese army concentrated all artillery to launch artillery bombardment on the south and west of the city, especially the 32 150mm heavy artillery, which poses a particularly huge threat to the Chinese position.

The artificial cliffs of the 221 highland of Zhangjiashan were bombarded continuously for 4 hours by 150mm heavy artillery, and eventually collapsed completely, becoming a slope that could be rushed up by running hard.

The deep trench ten meters deep in front was also collapsed by terrible artillery fire, and even the machine gun stronghold hidden in the deep trench was blown into ruins.

Even 16 soldiers from a machine gun squad hidden in the hidden soldiers' cave behind him were shocked to death.

But the Japanese army was still not satisfied. They launched artillery bombardment from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the artillery bombardment lasted for a full 10 hours, creating the best preparations for artillery fire for the Japanese army on the battlefield.

After the war, according to statistics, the Japanese army consumed 26,000 shells of various types including grenades, armor-piercing shells, poison gas bombs, etc. If calculated based on 10 hours and 36,000 seconds, an average of nearly one shell fell on the Chinese position every second.

This intensity may not be comparable to the intensity of the Battle of Five Sacred Mountains on the Northern Ice Field in the next few years to bombard China with 300,000 shots per day, but it is already a top player on the Chinese battlefield.

At dusk, the Japanese army launched a charge all over Hengyang!

North of the city!

The west of the city, defended by the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division, was defeated by Duxian Temple, Yanglin Temple, Qingshan Street, County Middle School and other positions. After being bombarded by 105 howitzers and poisonous gas bombs, more than 500 soldiers had been lost that day, and nearly 300 people were killed on the spot!

With sufficiently complete fortifications, the war still suffered 25% damage, which is enough to prove the terribleness of Japanese artillery fire.

But after suffering from artillery fire throughout the day, they had to face the attack of the 68th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division.

The 68th Infantry Regiment, which was the main force in the attack on the north of the city, directly dispatched three infantry brigades under its command, and under the cover of infantry artillery and heavy machine guns, charged against the six main positions defended by the 7th Regiment.

Even, there were 8 Type 97 tanks affiliated to the 13th tanks of the tanks, accompanied by the infantry charge!

The 47mm rapid-fire cannon equipped by the tank is enough to penetrate any heavy machine gun bunker that remains in the artillery fire but dares to fire.

The 7th Regiment of the 3rd Division only had two war defense artillery provided to them, and was used to deal with the eight Type 97 tanks that were staying 400 meters away to fire artillery to cover the infantry charge. They were really unable to do so.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Whether it is military strength or firepower, the 7th Regiment is far inferior to the Japanese army!

In normal times, the Chinese position, which only 1,500 people remained, was as likely to be broken through the defense line under the charge of the Japanese army at all costs.

But after a month of bloody battle and being inspired by the Chinese officers and soldiers who have been extremely firm in their will!

Moreover, in the past twenty days, they have not been waiting for the Japanese army to attack, and have long connected this line of defense, which is 1,800 meters wide on the front, with deep trenches.

The crisscrossing trenches not to mention the Japanese being dizzy when they entered, even the Chinese officers and soldiers who entered them did not look at the signs with road signs, and did not know which infantry company the position belonged to.

The 7th Regiment has been garrisoning the most in the past 20 days, not bullets, but grenades. On average, each officer and soldier allocated up to 30 grenades!

The tactics they adopted were very simple. They did not risk the rain of bullets fired from the Japanese heavy machine gun positions to suppress the fire, but instead allowed the Japanese army to approach forty or fifty meters. Amid the desperate roar of the observer, "Grenade, drop!"

Hundreds of grenades exploded in front of the position, forming a barrage, causing the Japanese troops who were rushing over to fly over and blood.

"cast!"

"cast!"

......

Accompanied by a roar, within 20 minutes, the 7th Regiment dropped nearly 10,000 grenades on various positions, consuming 40,000 bullets of various types.

This is the consumption that an infantry brigade completed in a whole day of combat. The 7th Regiment completed it in just 20 minutes. If it weren't even thought about it before.

The massive firepower coverage also achieved fruitful results. More than 400 Japanese corpses were left in front of each position, and the wailing sounds of wounded soldiers even overwhelmed the rumbling and explosions several times.

China did not remain silent either, with roars and howlings of pain.

Some wounded soldiers' arms were blown away, and some intestines were flowing out. They could only take off their military uniforms and wrap them around to avoid taking them out of their bodies.

Under that extreme pain, even the iron man made of steel would not help but howl to relieve his pain!

"Hold on, brothers, I will fight against the gods!"

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even the colonel leader of the regiment had a nearly six centimeter hole in his face, and his flesh rolled up to both sides. With the continuous roar of the army colonel, it opened and closed slightly, like a baby's mouth.

It was caused by many crazy Japanese troops breaking through the grenade barrage created by China and throwing grenades at the Chinese trenches dozens of meters away.

The Chinese officers and soldiers in the trench faced the melon thunder that fell into the trench, and had no room to hide. They could only stare at their blood-red eyes, throw the grenade in their hands, and crawled deep in the trench to wait for the verdict of fate.

If you die, you can only die!

Not dead, shaking his dizzy head, shaking off the soil on his body, and joining the battle again!
To be continued...