At the headquarters of the Northwest Military Region of Shanxi, the operational staff officers went in and out, and the phone kept ringing, a very busy picture!

The commander stood in front of the huge sand table, his eyes staring at it, motionless!

Every time the front-line troops kill a reinforcement unit of the Eighth Route Army, the small sun flag representing the Japanese army on the sand table will be pulled out!

"Commander: A total of twelve little devil reinforcement troops have been killed by us, and the remaining five are all squadron sizes, and there are also a lot of Imperial Cooperative Army! Seeing that the situation was not good, he decisively retreated to the high ground near the battlefield and held on to a high ground, which was very difficult to fight! The combat staff officer stood by and reported!

"Have all the artillery been transferred?" The commander asked rhetorically with a frown, obviously very dissatisfied with the performance of the front-line troops!

The combat staff officer hurriedly replied: "It's all transferred!" But the number is too small, and there are not many shells, so everyone is afraid to use them! ”

"I'm worried that I'm running out of shells and affecting the next battle! I'm worried that I won't be able to replenish it when I run out of shells! ”

"Those mortars and shells have always been hidden by the regiments like treasures, and they will definitely be reluctant to let them take out all of them in a battle!"

"Short-sighted!" The commander was dissatisfied and scolded!

But he quickly calmed down, took a deep breath and replied: "But it's also to blame me for not telling them clearly before the war!" ”

"To be honest, I don't believe that the garrison group can break through Datong City in such a short time! That's why I didn't tell you that the ultimate goal of our counteroffensive was Datong, for fear of disappointing everyone in the end! ”

"I didn't expect this concern to make everyone afraid!"

"Immediately give an order to our participating troops: all units will take out all the money for me, artillery shells, heavy machine gun bullets, all gone!"

"The garrison regiment has just sent a telegram, they have already had troops successfully enter the city, it will definitely be no problem to take Datong City tonight!"

"Tell all the regimental commanders that tonight they fired one shell, and after the battle I replenished them with three shells! Break one machine gun, I'll give them two more! ”

The combat staff officer replied with a twinkle in his eyes: "Commander, with your order, several regiments will definitely fight hard!" ”

After a change of words, he continued: "However, the family background of each regiment is very limited! ”

"Even if they take out all their family resources and fight with the devils, at most speed up the attack! It's still difficult to get a quick fix and solve the battle as quickly as possible! ”

The commander's wrinkled brows furrowed even deeper at this time!

He can't solve this problem either!

Seeing that the commander did not speak, the combat staff officer could only sigh and prepare to give orders!

Before anyone could move, the chief of staff hurried in with a smile on his face!

"Good news, Commander!"

"I have a way to make the regiments fight quickly and quickly deal with the Japanese puppet army they surround!"

The commander's eyes lit up and asked, "What way!" ”

"The garrison regiment is in a hurry, they have taken Datong City. Although the battle outside Datong City is not over yet, we can already enter and exit Lingqiu City through the East Gate! ”

"Under the order of Commander Li of the garrison regiment, a main battalion of the regiment and troops directly under the regimental headquarters have entered the city."

"And the garrison regiment has handed over the arsenal, material warehouse, and gendarmerie headquarters they occupied to the sixth regiment for protection!"

"The garrison regiment doesn't need a single bullet except for the equipment of the ammunition factory and the repair shop!"

"The commander of the Sixth Regiment and the commander of the garrison regiment Li sent us an urgent telegram at the same time: asking us to immediately organize troops to enter the city to carry the spoils of war! Be sure to get the food, weapons and ammunition out of the city before dawn! ”

"The commander of the sixth regiment also sent a list of supplies separately!"

"The trophies they have counted now include 8 million catties of grain, nearly 3,000 rifles, 200 light and heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry guns, mountain artillery, a total of more than 50 pieces, in addition to millions of rounds of ammunition and more than 20,000 shells of various kinds!"

"And that's not even counting the ones we captured on the battlefield and some scattered ammunition depots stockpiled!"

"If all of them are added up, our Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi will definitely be able to exchange all shotguns!"

"I suggest: immediately give an order to the battalion commander who is still fighting on the front line, immediately organize all the cavalry under his command to enter Datong City from the east gate, and go directly to the arsenal to get bullets and shells, if possible, a few heavy machine guns and a few mortars!"

"Directly strengthen the offensive firepower of the front-line troops, end the battle in the shortest possible time, and then enter the city to rush the loot!"

"Also, there are too many trophies in Datong City, and the troops alone are definitely not enough! I suggest that the headquarters immediately mobilize the common people, local guerrillas, local troops, bring the means of transport, and immediately go to Datong to help transport the spoils of war! ”

"Because of the limited time, we will first send the loot to the mountains near Datong to hide, and then send them back to the base after dark!"

On the Guantouling position, more than 200 devils and more than 300 puppet troops took advantage of the offensive gap to build a ring of fortifications on the high ground!

Two heavy machine guns, fifteen or sixteen light machine guns scattered in the fortifications!

Two mortars are mounted in the middle of the ring fortifications, ready to fire artillery support for the infantry!

The two battalions of the Fifth Regiment, the main force of the Northwest Military Region of Shanxi Province, and the troops directly under them, were nearly a thousand people!

In the eyes of regiment commander Chen Xu, this battle was very aggrieved!

The two main battalions attacked in turn as a company, and they have already attacked four times, all of which ended in failure!

The only three heavy machine guns in the regiment were also destroyed by the devils, and two were destroyed!

"Commander, why don't we use artillery too!" The chief of staff was in a hurry to remind!

Everyone is the old eight-way, and their own family knows their own affairs!

The Eighth Route Army has limited ammunition, and the last thing the devil lacks is ammunition, the longer the encirclement and annihilation battle lasts, the more unfavorable the Eighth Route Army will be!

The head of the regiment shook his head and replied: "What's the use?" We had two mortars and eight shells, and we couldn't even hit them for half a minute, and if we didn't hit the devil after we didn't open fire, we were killed instead! ”

A touch of helplessness flashed on the chief of staff's face, and he lowered his head and fell into deep thought!

He can't solve this problem!

Suddenly, the operator of the military district rushed over!

"Report to Regiment Commander Chen, the commander ordered: Let you gather all the cavalry and war horses in the regiment, and enter the city from the east gate of Datong City to receive weapons and ammunition!"

"The garrison regiment has taken Datong with our cooperation, and our Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province is going to change guns!"

The speed of the war horse was very fast, Chen Xu waited for less than two hours, and the cavalry platoon and the regimental headquarters communication squad returned, each soldier carried a large package, and there were also two ammunition boxes hanging on both sides of the saddle!

"Commander, we're rich!" The cavalry platoon commander jumped off his horse and shouted, his face was already full of joy, and it was all smiles!

"There are a lot of weapons and ammunition in the Datong arsenal! I've been fighting devils for so long, I've never seen so much, piled together, like a hill! ”

The regiment commander's face was also quickly covered with surprise, and he stared at his subordinates and asked, "You tell me how much equipment and ammunition you brought back first!" ”

The platoon commander hurriedly replied: "Because of the limited number of war horses, in order to ensure speed, I only brought two mortars and a hundred shells!" Two heavy machine guns, three boxes of 6,000 rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition, and another twenty boxes of 30,000 rounds of rifle machine gun ammunition! ”

"If the head of the regiment still needs it, we can make another trip!"

"The commander of the sixth regiment asked me to tell the regiment commander: the commander is on his way to Datong City, and when the time comes, he will personally distribute those weapons and ammunition to ensure that each main regiment has six mortars and six heavy machine guns! Each platoon of the main regiment is equipped with a crooked handle, and each company is equipped with two grenadiers! ”

"As long as we kill the little devil in front of us, we will lead the troops to Datong City to change their clothes, change all the rifles into all the same 38 covers, and then give each soldier fifty rifle bullets and two melon grenades, and then participate in the loot!

Shotgun for gun......

This is something that every commander of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi Province dreams of!

Because of the barren land, the Japanese puppet army and the harsh blockade of Chongqing, the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi was definitely the poorest equipped of all the Eighth Route Army, except for the troops left behind in Yan'an!

Faced with this pie-in-the-sky surprise, Chen Xu's face was directly covered with a smile!

Immediately shouted to the chief of staff around him who had not yet reacted from the shock!

"What are you still doing in a daze, immediately divide the weapons and ammunition they brought back, and we will also have a big battle tonight!"

"Tell the artillery platoon commander Zhang that all the shells and mortars he just brought back are all for him, don't save ammunition for Lao Tzu, this battle is fought tonight, and I will promote him to the commander of the artillery company tomorrow!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The four mortars soon roared, and the shells rained down on the mountain, and soon the whole mountain was covered in gunsmoke!

"Heavy machine gun fire, shoot with all your might, cover the attacking troops to press up!"

"Three companies in the first battalion, five companies in the second battalion, and the guard company, all press on me!"

"All the crooked handles of the whole regiment are strengthened to them, and each company is equipped with five, which are hung on the chest as submachine guns!"

"Under the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns, I feel under the noses of devils, and as soon as the shelling stops, I will rush up!"

"I'm going to kill the remaining little devils on the mountain in one assault, so that the little devils can also taste what it means to rain bullets!"

The Japanese Army Ammunition Factory in Datong City, Li Hao greeted Xiao Yuan as soon as he walked to the door, followed by a middle-aged man with glasses!

"Hello regiment commander, the commando team successfully completed the task, this is Comrade Li Yunshan, the leader of a production team of the ammunition factory that we found overnight, he is an underground party, our own people, and knows all the situation of the ammunition factory!"

"And he has mobilized more than 20 workers to come back overnight to help us disassemble the equipment!"

Li Yunshan was shocked by Li Hao's youth, and was stunned for a long time before he reacted!

Salute, report with an excited face!

"Hello chief, I've been lurking in the ammunition factory for almost a year, and I'm finally looking forward to the main force coming, so that I can leave this ghost place and get rid of the control of the little devils!"

"Hello Comrade Li Yunshan, as long as you are willing, I will immediately report to my superiors and appoint you as the deputy director of the arsenal to be established by our garrison regiment, which will be specially responsible for the production of ammunition!"

"I do!" Li Yunshan hurriedly replied!

Li Hao turned his head and ordered: "Chief of Staff, you go and contact this matter!" ”

"Comrade Li Yunshan must belong to the base area in the northwest of Shanxi, they are old base areas, there are many veterans, what we lack the most is veterans, explain the situation to them clearly, and they should agree!"

After speaking, Li Hao ordered Li Yunshan: "Comrade Li Yunshan, since you are an old man in the arsenal, then tell me about the situation in the ammunition factory, the more detailed the better!" ”