Although China won a great victory in this air bombing initiated by the Japanese army, there were losses both inside and outside Hengyang City!

There were signs of bombing on all positions in the south of the city. Although after more than a month of digging of tunnels, the air raid alarm was also sounded five minutes in advance, and the officers and soldiers hid in the air raid shelter, but because the Japanese army's heavy bombs were too powerful, they still suffered losses.

For example, the entrance of an air raid hole at the foot of Yueping Mountain was collapsed by a 500-pound bomb, and the entire air raid shelter was completely sealed by mud. There were 70 staff officers and soldiers from the Observatory of the Direct Observatory of the 10th Army's Military Department.

When the Air Defense Battalion of the Four Army Regiment began to fight back, the officers and soldiers who discovered this phenomenon around began to excavate and rescue the air raid shelter, but it was still a bit too late.

After spending about an hour digging the soil, most of the people in the cave were killed due to the exhaustion of oxygen, including a lieutenant colonel staff officer and an army captain company commander, with only 18 remaining survived.

The observation center of the 10th Division was also suffering losses. This observation center was hidden in a forest behind the main highland of Zhangjiashan. It can see the entire southwest of the city clearly from a high place, and can also avoid artillery fire attacks.

However, the heavy bomb dropped by the Japanese aircraft did not have the reverse slope. One bomb fell right above the bunker at this observation site. The soil layer as thick as 2 meters and the bunker supported by steel plates as the top logs were enough to withstand the bombardment of 150 heavy artillery, but in front of this heavy bomb, it was as fragile as an eggshell, and the entire bunker was destroyed.

A communications squad of the Preparatory 10th Division, who was on duty, and Lieutenant Colonel Liu Dengcai, deputy chief of the Combat Section of the General Staff Department of the Preparatory 10th Division, died on the spot.

According to the final statistics of the entire south position in the city, 232 officers and soldiers were sacrificed and 358 were injured in this bombing, and almost one infantry battalion was lost.

But the most serious thing is in Hengyang City!

Before the Hengyang Defense Battle began, the Hengyang Command originally formulated a fire protection plan under the leadership of Zhao Dengmai, planning to demolish one house every other, so that even if a big fire broke out, the camp would not burn. Unexpectedly, it was still a hundred secrets in the end.

All fire brigades were established and evacuated with the municipal government. Most of the 50,000 young and strong people left behind were the people in the city. That was their home. How could they bear to demolish their homes? The progress of demolishing the homes was extremely slow, and the Japanese army was approaching step by step, excavating various fortifications was the first priority. In the end, the original "demolition of houses and fires" plan was not fully implemented.

In this way, the incendiary bombs dropped by the Japanese bomber group showed their skills and burned the entire Hengyang City into a sea of ​​fire.

The soldiers were on the front line and could not take into account these things. They could only hand them over to tens of thousands of young and strong people hidden in the city. Without any handy tools, tens of thousands of people could only shuttle through the sea of ​​fire and extinguish the fire in extremely simple manual methods such as buckets. You can imagine how inefficient this is.

Fortunately, the important materials such as ammunition and food were previously ordered by Tang Dao to be placed in underground tunnels or air raid shelters at a depth of 10 meters, which avoided greater accidents and preserved the ability to fight the whole city of Hengyang for a long time.

Otherwise, the storm of fire that ignited nearly half of the city would have made 70,000 soldiers and civilians unable to last for three days.

Fang Xianjue was also extremely glad that after listening to Tang Dao's suggestion, he gave up the basement of the Central Bank where his command was located to the field hospital, otherwise the loss would not be great.

It turned out that after nearly a month of battle, the field hospital received more than 1,800 seriously injured soldiers, which was obviously not something that could be accommodated in a basement.

The several air raid shelters excavated around the field hospital were not able to accommodate all the wounded. Zhao Junmai, who was in charge of logistics, had no choice but to temporarily use a factory building as a ward in an area 300 meters away from the field hospital, and he originally planned to complete an air raid shelter, but the 300 wounded soldiers were removed.

As a result, the Japanese bombing came.

In fact, even if it is temporary, the "Red Cross Flag" is planted in this wounded soldier resettlement site according to international practice.

When the air defense alarm sounded, the medical staff carried, supported and carried them, but failed to evacuate all 300 wounded soldiers, and more than 100 wounded soldiers were stranded.

As a result, Japanese fighter jets also threw bombs into the temporary garrison of the field hospital with the "Red Cross Flag", killing and burning the injured on the spot, including more than 80 medical staff who had no time to evacuate, and only more than 30 survived.

In addition to being sad and angry, the only thing that shows is more of a glory is that if the field hospital is on the ground, I am afraid that the field hospital will be destroyed by the team in this round of bombing.

How much does Fang Xian attach to the wounded soldiers? Once upon a time and space, if there were not 8,000 seriously injured people in Hengyang City, Fang Xian would have never negotiated with the 11th Japanese Army, which had already been exhausted. Bloody battles were his only choice.

He did not want the wounded soldiers who had fulfilled their military responsibilities to die in vain, even if they bet on their reputation and military honors.

The major results of shooting down more than a dozen Japanese fighter jets and the serious losses in Hengyang City were naturally reported to the upper level. If you don’t do it well, you can try to airdrop some medicines and other materials. At this moment, you are also well aware of the truth that "the crying child has candy to eat".

Sure enough, the Military Commission's commendation telegram came, and the medal arrived later.

This is also the new trick that the man has played in recent days. Medals are not valuable. As long as the factory is ordered to work overtime, it is necessary to airdrop materials anyway. Can they even airdrop the medals be different?

Therefore, four days ago, there will be a medal gift package in every round of airdrop materials. No matter whether you have the 10th Army, the Fourth Army Regiment, or the Hengyang Security Regiment, as long as there is a report of military achievements, the Military Commission will send you a big pen!

On average, there are 1,000 medals in each bag, and more than 4,000 medals in four days. According to the number of soldiers in Hengyang City, the average number is 6 people per person!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! That's really a good guy. Each infantry squad has one less and two to three more. At this speed, it will be a matter of time before everyone hangs that thing on their chest.

What good things are worthless once they are too much. Many soldiers put this thing that they can't see normally and asked if they could exchange it for ten or twenty yuan for their families.

This is a time when you need to play with your life at all times, not to mention that the medal is not valuable and cannot arouse people's interest, even a big yellow croaker is not that exciting, right?

Fang Xian was absolutely helpless and wanted to say to the person: You can calm down a little, even if you use this parachute to send more bullets, it is better than that thing. But he also knows the person's temperament. If he says this, there will be nothing bad.

But that person has a lot of tricks. I heard that the temporary garrison of the field hospital was blown up by the Japanese. After the commendation order was issued, he sent a telegram to instruct: "We should use the exploded wooden boards, build a shed, use broken door panels as top covers, and use broken bricks as walls. This can not only hide from wind, rain, sunshine, and prevent bomb debris, and do not let my officers and soldiers sleep in the open."

A kind of micro-guided generals and schoolmen in Hengyang Command were speechless when they were very concerned and so meticulous.

You are the commander, pay attention to these minor matters every day. Are you tired? With this time, will you quickly mobilize the army to relieve the siege of Hengyang? Isn’t it good to have him?

This speechless "sweeping the bottom line" is actually the daily life of that person. Chinese generals are not used to it, but Stilwell, who has served as the chief of staff of the Chinese theater, expressed his lack of understanding for a long time and was greatly shocked!

For example, in 1942, when Stilwell first took over the Chinese Expeditionary Force, he demanded full control of the army, but he soon discovered that the Chinese were far better than they did.

The two deputy commanders-in-chief were good at listening to his words, but they followed the military orders of the one thousands of kilometers away.

That's all, after all, that was at least the commander of the Chinese theater. But the commander's face was so wide that Stilwell was incredible.

For example, when the war in Myanmar was at its most critical moment, Stilwell, who was in a hurry on the front line, received a telegram from the mountain city, saying: "I know there are watermelons in Myanmar. I hope you send one watermelon to every 4 Chinese soldiers!"

Stilwell, who received the telegram, said that he had not said a word for half an hour, and used practical actions to reflect what is truly speechless.

Stilwell is a very pure soldier. He evaluated his boss in China by generating electricity to his American boss: "Subtle changes in the situation may cause major changes, but the commander's orders from 3,000 kilometers away guided various actions and preparations, so many orders that cannot be made according to actual conditions seem extremely stupid when they arrive!"

Obviously, a commander who had hardly seen him on the front line but wanted to implement his concept of "love soldiers as children" was destined to be contradictory and failure.

However, if Stilwell dared to say this, Fang Xian would never dare to do so. He could only pinch his nose and send the entire army to the entire army, and then call the person again, saying that the Supreme Commander's concern made the morale of the army greatly boosted.

"Oh, Wo Ri! I'm sleeping in the air-raid shelter is cool and not afraid of shells. I want to live in a shack made of broken wood and broken bricks?" Luo Dahu stared at his big eyes and expressed his confusion.

He, who has never read a book, knows something that he doesn't believe.

The second lieutenant in the army led the team could only smile bitterly and could not answer when facing the confusion of his reserve soldiers.

Perhaps in that person's imagination, tens of thousands of people in Hengyang City were all fools standing on the ground waiting for the Japanese to throw bombs!

However, even though he knew that more than 100,000 Japanese troops were rushing fiercely, those who were still holding the gun in Hengyang City tightly, would be a little silly!

After this wave of ground-to-air battle, it was rare to calm inside and outside Hengyang City. The Japanese fighter planes almost stopped coming, and the sound of gunfire was less fierce.

But the generals and officers of the Hengyang Command, led by Fang Xianjue, knew that although the Japanese army did not have major military operations at present, this was just the calm before the storm. A more violent and cruel decisive battle could happen at any time.

The Hengyang Command issued a telegram, requiring all departments to make timely adjustments, adjust their forces, strengthen fortifications, and prepare for the upcoming new round of comprehensive attacks by the Japanese army.

After a month of fighting, all units have lost personnel. As the main force to defend the south of the city, the 10th Division sacrificed as a thousand officers and soldiers, and was seriously injured, with more than one-quarter of the battle losses. It has long been urgent to replenish troops.

The 50,000 reserves in the city are the best supplementary soldiers, but in order to express respect for the people of Hengyang who voluntarily stayed in Hengyang City and made their own efforts, Fang Xianjue specifically emphasized in the military order that he could only voluntarily not force him.

At the same time, propaganda personnel were also sent to various reserve forces to promote: "When the city is broken, how can there be a finished egg!" and focused on informing the reserve soldiers about how much casualties were there in the Japanese army.

What is the nature of the Japanese? The Chinese who have experienced seven years of war have long known that the Jinling Massacre was that the Japanese army suffered 20,000 to 30,000 casualties, and then retaliated against the people of Jinling?

Not to mention that the battle in Hengyang will continue, it depends on the current casualties. Once Hengyang City is broken, everyone will not be killed to vent their anger?

So what to do? You can only do it? Maybe the probability of surviving by yourself is even higher?

It is driven by this mentality that many people in the reserve team are eager to try.

Each ministries immediately selected personnel from the reserve service to supplement them, and in order to attract young and strong men from the people to join, each ministries offered conditions.

For example, the Commander Zeng Jing of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division was personally stationed in the conscription office of the 28th Regiment. There were a total of 400 places. For the first 20 applicants, each person was rewarded with 4 boxes of canned Japanese meat and a big red flower. Anyone who passed the shooting assessment in the trenches was directly awarded the rank of corporal.

In the evening, the 28th Regiment conscription office was crowded with people. The 400 places were snatched away, and the joy of the Captain Zeng was almost laughing.

The 190th Division directly sent its heroic battalion commander Yang Jihe to the conscription office. No reward was given, but a special person was sent to use a loudspeaker to tell about Yang Jihe's military achievements and achievements, including the military achievements of killing hundreds of Japanese troops halfway by the river some days ago.

At first, Yang Jihe was a little uncomfortable, but when he was too much, he became numb. He sat in the registration office to be the mascot of the 190th Division.

However, this trick is also very useful. The civilians are not stupid. With such a heroic battalion commander as the leader, the probability of living with him is obviously higher. So when will you not sign up?

In just 4 hours, the 400th place in the 586th Regiment of the 190th Division was fully recruited.

Of course, the Four-Entertainment Group is also recruiting people, but their quota is obviously smaller, with only 300 people.

This is because the casualties of the Four Lines Regiment are not that big. Secondly, the Four Lines Regiment is different from other infantry regiments. Others use rewards, but the Four Lines Regiment has strict requirements and no restrictions on registration. However, whether they can be selected depends on their physical conditions.

The conscription office of the Four-Royal Regiment was personally led by Long Yan, the hero platoon leader of the Mountain Infantry Company. He proposed two conditions to the applicants: First, pick up the 100-pound waste gun barrel and walk for 20 meters; second, run around Hengyang City with a circumference of about 6 kilometers, and it takes 28 minutes; third, you can calculate arithmetic problems within 100.

Strength and endurance are the basis for becoming elite soldiers, but this third condition is a bit incredible.

In this era, less than one-tenth of people can afford to read books, including the Four Lines Regiment's own soldiers. No more than one-fifth of them could write their own names before joining the Four Lines Regiment. As a result, a good guy came to recruit soldiers and asked to do arithmetic. You are not going to take the Whampoa Military Academy to take the exam.

Many young and strong people who came from the name of the Four-Shixing Group immediately started to make noise.

"Who said that when a soldier is in good health when he is in a war?" Platoon Leader Long was not afraid of this. He rolled his eyes and pointed at his head. "War is still based on his brain. If he has no brains, he doesn't know when to go in and when to retreat. If he goes to the front line, he will be a material for death. Then I would like to advise you not to go."

This is nothing wrong with saying it, it sounds a bit reasonable, and the clamoring sound suddenly went down.

"Of course, I understand your situation. The brain doesn't have to be expressed by arithmetic. In this way, I'll be the main idea. Anyone who can run for 25 minutes will be exempted from the third item. When I get to the army, I will teach you how to use your brain.

I will announce another thing. As long as we pass the assessment of our Four Corps, the military pay will be paid by the designated chamber of commerce to the reported homes of everyone. If the family fled to Guilin and Liuzhou because of their family members, the chamber of commerce will also send people to find and pay." Long Yan smiled like a fox who had just stole a fat chicken.

The military salary will be paid for three months after joining the army! And it will also work hard to pay it to your home, which is undoubtedly what the young and strong people care about the most.

The young and strong men who had come to join the Four-Entertainment Group were immediately quiet, and they were ready to pass this test even if they tried their best.

"Planer leader, you are too cruel. You are 6,000 meters in 25 minutes. We can't even do the training when we first joined the army!" A soldier muttered in a low voice.

"Stupid, there are 40,000 to 50,000 young people in this city. What's the point of choosing the best? You couldn't do it at that time, and now it's time for the enemy to be heavily invaded. The regiment commander said that the human body has great potential. If you don't force it, who knows what will happen?" Long Yanxun said.

"The platoon leader, you said 28 plus 83 is equal. I just read the question and couldn't figure it out for a long time. Teach me." The soldier scratched his head.

"Get out! If you ask me this broken thing, it proves that you don't have much brain." Long Yan kicked this brainless person away.

Isn’t this a pot that doesn’t open to pick up? I’ll run around the city for 20 minutes to show you if it’s OK?

Luo Dahu: I have to run for 25 minutes even if I fight to the death! For three months of military salary, for my wife and children, I can have a meal in the future.

"The Chinese in the city are crazily dispatching troops!" The rumbling sound of running scared the 6th Infantry Regiment on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River.

All the Japanese troops immediately entered the positions to prevent the Chinese from counterattacking.
Chapter completed!