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At that moment, Kong Jie asked eagerly again: "Chief Li, where is the ammunition? How much ammunition has been seized?"
"I don't have much ammunition." Li Xiaoxian's face collapsed, and he said a little depressed, "there are only twenty boxes of 70mm infantry ammunition, that is, sixty rounds, and thirty boxes of 7.7mm Arisaka heavy machine gun ammunition, that is, 6.5 rounds. 36 boxes of [-]mm Arisaka rifle ammunition, [-] rounds."
Ding Weiwei was disappointed: "Only so much?"
Kong Jie asked anxiously, "What about the 50mm caliber grenade?"
"I didn't find a box." Li Xiaoxian shook his head and said, "I found quite a few empty boxes."
"Damn it." Kong Jie scolded with a dark face, "it must have been blown up by the devil's grenadier."
Ding Wei then turned his gaze to Li Yunlong and asked, "Lao Li, I heard that you got [-] grenades in the last ambush at Yelang Valley?"
"Rumours, these are all rumors."
Li Yunlong denied it flatly: "There is nothing at all."
"Old Li, this is boring for you, old comrades are lying." Ding Wei said, "You make a price, I will exchange a gun with you for grenades, one [-] cap for ten grenades, what? Sample?"
"No, really not." Li Yunlong still denied it.
Li Yunlong is not stupid, and the current situation is becoming more and more clear.
As time went by, the devil's supplies also began to become tense.
This can be seen from the amount of ammunition carried by the devil.
At the beginning, when a devil's individual soldiers went into battle, they basically had 120 rounds of ammunition, but now, it's not bad for a devil's individual soldiers to carry [-] rounds of ammunition.
This shows what?
This shows that the devil's ammunition supply is becoming tight.
And the further you go to the back, the tighter the devil's ammunition supply will become.
Even if the devils are like this, it is even more conceivable to rely on the captured Eighth Route Army to live.
Therefore, there will be basically no shortage of weapons and equipment in the future, what is lacking is ammunition, Li Yunlong will not be so stupid as to use ammunition to exchange guns with Ding Wei and Kong Jie, especially not to use grenades to exchange guns.
"Fucking picky." Ding Wei scolded with a black face, "You also said that the two of us are rich men from Shanxi, and you are the real rich man from Shanxi. What's the matter?"
"Hey, it's not picky, it's true." Li Yunlong refused to admit it after beating him to death.
Kong Jie was an honest person, and suddenly thought of a question, and said, "By the way, Lao Li and Lao Ding, Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang failed to capture Taiyuan this time, so it is estimated that there will be no capture, but the casualties must be small." No, so, should we send a representative to Yunqi Town to visit him and express our condolences?"
"Condolences?" Li Yunlong sneered, "Old Kong, do you really think that Chu Yunfei will suffer?"
"What?" Kong Jie said in amazement, "Hearing your tone, can Chu Yunfei still make money?"
Li Yunlong said directly to Wang Ye: "Xiao Wang, tell Commander Kong how much benefit the two brigades of Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang can gain from Taiyuan?"
Wang Ye said: "Captain Kong, Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi, where wealth and supplies are gathered. Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang can scavenge a little to eat and drink."
"Search?" Kong Jie said, "Isn't that robbery?"
It is unimaginable for the Eighth Route Army to rob such a thing.
Even if the Eighth Route Army is suppressing the landlord Lao Cai, it still needs to follow the rules.
But the national army obviously has no such scruples, saying "I'm fighting on the front line, what's wrong with eating a little food from you" can openly extend the "hand of justice".
That's why the people in Henan scold flood and drought locust soup.
That's why the Shanxi people followed the devils to fight the Jinsui army.
Wang Ye said in disbelief: "For most of the national army, raiding civilians and robbing wealthy families is just a routine operation. The military discipline of Chu Yunfei's and Liang Gang's departments is already considered good, but they will only be polite to the people in the Kuomintang-controlled areas. We will never show mercy to those rich households in Taiyuan City who serve as obedient citizens to the Japanese."
"That's what I deserve." Li Yunlong snorted, "I'd be the dog's day."
Ding Wei and Kong Jie were relatively speechless, so Li Yunlong dared to say such things.
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Inner City of Taiyuan, Headquarters of the First Army.
Mizuhara Takuya quickly walked into the war room, bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander!"
"Oh, Mizuhara-kun is back, our hero is back." Yoshio Iwamatsu paced over with his injured leg, patted Takuya Mizuhara's shoulder affectionately, and asked with a smile, "Has the Chinese army retreated?"
"Yes, the Chinese army is already retreating." Mizuhara Takuya said.
"Yoxi." Yoshio Iwamatsu nodded happily, and said again, "However, you should not be careless. The Chinese army has always been cunning. Beware of their sudden return to the carbine."
"Hai." Mizuhara Takuya said with a pause, "We will be careful."
"Yoxi." Yoshio Yanmatsu said again, "The No.20 Infantry Regiment of the No.11 Sixth Division, the No.30th Infantry Regiment of the No.11th Division, and the No.[-] Sixth Division are speeding up. To help Taiyuan, if there is no accident, the No.[-] Infantry Regiment can arrive in Taiyuan before noon today, so it only needs to stick to Taiyuan for half a day to be completely safe."
"Hayi." Mizuhara Takuya paused again, and said again, "One more thing, Your Excellency Commander, the Jinsui Army and the Central China Army are robbing shops and wealthy households in the outer city. Does the Imperial Army need to send troops to fight back? "
"No." Yoshio Iwamatsu flatly refused, "This may also be a trick of the Chinese army to lure the enemy."
After the fierce battle yesterday afternoon and last night, Yoshio Iwamatsu has been psychologically shadowed.
What's more, for Yoshio Iwamatsu, ensuring that the inner city of Taiyuan is not lost is the top priority. As for the outer city and the shops and wealthy households outside the city, do they live or die?Therefore, Yoshio Iwamatsu would rather watch the Jinsui Army and the Central Army loot the whole city, and then calmly evacuate with a large amount of goods, rather than take the risk of going out of the city to pursue them.
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Chongqing Yunxiu Building.
After staying up for two consecutive nights, Chang Kaishen finally couldn't bear it anymore and went back to his room to sleep.
But after lying on the bed, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep well. The thick list of dead soldiers kept floating in front of his eyes.
Immediately, he put on his clothes and got up again.
Ask Chen Bulei to send up the list.
Turn back page by page, until at the end there is a striking number: 4018.
With a deep sigh, Chang Kaishen said, "Yanji, how many soldiers are there in the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army?"
Chen Bulei replied without hesitation: "The sole brigade of the Jinsui Army has three regiments, a mountain artillery battalion, a transport battalion and several teams directly under the brigade, with a total number of 7000 troops. Three regiments, one mountain artillery battalion, and several brigades directly under the brigade, the total number of troops should also be 94, but the actual number is only 7000."
Chang Kaishen said: "That is to say, the two brigades together only have more than eleven thousand people?"
"Yes, there are only more than [-] people in total." Chen Bulei said this, and then sighed, "However, [-] soldiers were killed in the first battle of Taiyuan, and the number of deaths alone exceeded One-third! With such intensity, it has already caught up with the Battle of Songhu, but after all, the Battle of Songhu lasted for more than three months, and the Battle of Taiyuan lasted only one day!"
Chang Kaishen couldn't help being a little distracted, and said quietly: "If all the senior generals of the party-state are like Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang, and if all the troops of the party-state are like the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army, what is the situation in the country? As for this? How dare the Japanese insult me?"
Thinking of this, Chang Kaishen no longer felt sleepy.
"Yanji." Chang Kaishen said, "Go to the Southwest by yourself, gather all the wounded from the former Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, the former Central Army's 36th Division, 87th Division, and 88th Division, and then send them to Shanxi Province. Go to the northwest, organize them all into the 94th Brigade of Liang Gangdu, and then transport the equipment and ammunition of the two mechanists who have just been transported to Chongqing to the northwest of Shanxi. And Liang Gang's hands."
After a pause, he said again: "You tell Liang Gang and Chu Yunfei personally for me."
"Let them quietly expand their army in secret, and expand the two brigades into two Class A divisions as soon as possible."
"But don't say anything. On the surface, I won't give the two of them division-level designations, so as not to attract retaliation and attack from the Japanese army."
"The appointment is wise."
Chen Bulei readily agreed.
Xin said that the committee finally made a wise decision.
It is undoubtedly the most wise decision to expand Liang Gang's 94th Brigade and Chu Yunfei's Only Brigade into divisions, and to equip these two divisions with beautiful weapons. More, because in comparison, Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang are the ones who are truly loyal to the principal.
The principal told them to beat Taiyuan to death, and they really beat to death.
Unlike Tang Enbo, who either lacked ammunition, or lacked funds for deployment, and various objective reasons, he just refused to send troops. Such a military leader will continue to sit back and eat back at himself sooner or later.
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Beiping, Iron Lion Alley NO.11.
Arisue Seizo walked into the war room quickly and reported: "Your Excellency, the No. 20 Infantry Regiment of the No. 11 Sixth Division and the First Battalion of the Independence Mountain Artillery have successfully arrived in Taiyuan."
Okamura Ningji nodded, and asked again: "Where did the reinforcements from the [-]th Division arrive?"
Arisue Seizo replied: "The 30th Infantry Regiment of the [-]th Division and the [-]rd Independence Mountain Artillery Battalion have passed Shouyang and are expected to arrive in Taiyuan in the evening. There is also the No.[-] Sixth Division The main force will arrive in Taiyuan around midnight tomorrow, and Taiyuan will be truly safe by then."
Neiji Okamura asked again: "Where is the Chinese army attacking Taiyuan?"
Arime Seizo replied: "The sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army of China have withdrawn to Heiyun Mountain, [-] kilometers away, after looting the outer city of Taiyuan and the rich shops and households outside the city."
Speaking of this pause, he said again: "Oh, by the way, Infantry No. 11 Regiment asked for instructions, whether to pursue it or not?"
"Forget it, there's no need to create extra problems." Ningji Okamura waved his hand, and continued, "It won't be too late to deal with Chu Yunfei and Liang Gang after the Central Plains Battle."
"Hayi." Yumo Jingsan paused and said.
Neiji Okamura turned his gaze to the sand table in front of him.
Then he asked Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe: "Tanabe-kun, how is the battle going on at Mount Nakajo? The temporary transfer of No. 30 Sixth Division didn't have a big impact on the battle situation, right?"
"It didn't make much of an impact."
Moritake Tanabe shook his head, and said again: "If you have to talk about the impact, it is that the number of troops blocking the gaps has decreased, and many Chinese routs have escaped from various gaps. It is estimated that the number of prisoners that can be captured in the end is more than expected Much less, we originally expected to capture at least [-] prisoners, but now... we can only capture [-] prisoners at most."
"Is it only [-] yuan?" Neiji Okamura frowned, "It's almost enough."
Chapter 336 The troubles of happiness
Two weeks passed quickly.
The time came to May 1941, 5.
The Battle of Zhongtiaoshan officially ended, the Japanese army was completely victorious, and the national army was completely defeated.
Although the sole brigade of the Jinsui Army and the 94th Brigade of the Central Army launched a suicide attack on Taiyuan with great courage, and also successfully forced the No. Even if the fighting situation in China has improved even a little bit, the reason is very simple. The national government dug a big hole before that.
This pit is so big that it directly buried the 20 Central Army on Zhongtiao Mountain.
Of the 20 troops, more than 4 were killed, and more than 3 were captured. The rest were all scattered and disappeared. Maybe they fled thousands of miles back to their hometown, maybe they died on the road, maybe there was no such person.
Even the Central Army also has a large area of empty pay.
The 20 Central Army that exists on the establishment list of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs may not have 20 troops at all, who knows?Anyway, the Japanese army counted the results of the battle, killed 4 people and captured 5000 people. There must have been routs of the national army that escaped through the gaps between the various Japanese army units, and there were quite a few of them.
But how many people there are, I am afraid only God knows.
Anyway, the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan has ended, and the world line has hardly changed.
"Yoshi!" Okamura Ningji put down the battle report and said to Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe, "Tanabe-kun, immediately in the name of the Front Army Command, send a telegram of condolences to the front-line divisions and brigades, and convey to the Emperor Greetings from His Majesty, they have worked hard, and by the way, tell them that the front army headquarters has prepared a large number of condolences, waiting for them to come back to enjoy."
After a pause, Ningji Okamura said again: "Oh, by the way, the Front Army Command temporarily recruited [-] comfort women from the mainland and Korea, so besides the condolences, there are also warm embraces waiting for you." They're back."
Hearing this, there was warm applause and yelling in the combat hall immediately. The senior generals and combat staff officers present were all excited, because they could be the first to enjoy this batch of fresh comfort women.
Speaking of which, although the imperial soldiers fighting on the front line worked hard, so did they.
In order to win the Battle of the Central Plains, they also did a lot of auxiliary work.
Neji Okamura did not ignore this point, and immediately turned around and bowed deeply to the crowd, saying: "Also, you have worked hard, the Central Plains battle can achieve such a hearty victory, and it is closely related to your hard work." Inseparable, so you also have a share in the condolences, and you can also go to the comfort station to enjoy the warm embrace and young body for free, so, lads, let's revel to the fullest, and don't use it for work for the next three days!"
"Onboard!" This time it was no longer grasping, but enthusiastic cheers.
That sound wave could almost pierce a person's eardrums, and even lift off the ceiling of the combat hall.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of combat staff officers from the headquarters rushed out of the war room and scattered in all directions.
"It's good to be young." Moritake Tanabe smiled, and then said to Neiji Okamura, "Your Excellency, this unprecedented victory in the Central Plains Battle depends on the bloody fighting of the imperial soldiers on the front line. The two rely on the protection of His Majesty the Emperor and the fate of the empire, and the third is Your Excellency, who is planning a strategy in Beiping thousands of miles away."
Yumo Seizo also said: "That's right, Your Excellency General's strategic vision, use of situations, and attainments at the level of tactical command are really unmatched, and I deeply admire the rank."
Neiji Okamura was also a little flustered.
Speaking of which, Neiji Okamura's record is really impressive.
Since he became the commander of the No.11 Army, although he made occasional mistakes on the battlefield, he has never suffered a single defeat in general. Among them, he won the most beautiful battle in the Central Plains.
At the meager cost of killing 20 people and injuring more than 4 people, they achieved a huge result of annihilating 1 Chinese Central Army, killing more than [-] people, and capturing more than [-] people. Such a special result, It has already broken the record since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, and it can really be called the No. [-] senior general of the Japanese army.
Not only Neiji Okamura thinks so, but also Moritake Tanabe, Seizo Yusue, and the staff officers of the North China Front Army Headquarters. If there is a selection, Neiji Okamura at this time is definitely the leader of all aspects of the Japanese army. Among the officer orders, the one who is most loved by his subordinates is also the one with the most prestige.
In contrast, Yoshio Iwamatsu really lost his prestige.
After taking office, he first failed to lure Yan Xishan to surrender, and then Taiyuan almost fell. This kind of performance can be said to be catching up with his predecessor Yoshio Shinozuka.
Fortunately, Taiyuan did not fall in the end.
Otherwise, he might really follow in the footsteps of Shinozuka Yoshio.
But in any case, punishment must be punished.
Moritake Tanabe said: "Your Excellency, Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the First Army, made a serious misjudgment in this battle. If it weren't for the great work done by Your Excellency in the early stage, Yoshio Iwamatsu's misjudgment is very likely. It led to the failure of the entire battle, so I suggest that he be dismissed and another capable general be selected as the commander of the First Army."