Chapter 522 Running Out of Ammunition (5,000 Words Offered!) Ask for a subscription! ）

Faced with the question of the division commander, the chief of staff replied confidently: "Division commander, after statistics, all the ammunition reserves in the entire county town have been added up, which is enough for our army to hold out for one day and one night. So, we are fully capable of holding out until the arrival of reinforcements. ”

"Very good," Lieutenant General Yoshimoto nodded in satisfaction, and then said.

However, what they didn't expect was that these Kwantung Army soldiers who had never had a shortage of clothes and ammunition and had become accustomed to luxury. In the face of the few bullets in his hand, can he really change the habits he has developed and do as much as possible to save bullets? The answer is yes.

And at this moment, it is hundreds of kilometers away from Baishan County. After receiving the personal order of the Supreme Commander of the Kwantung Army, General Umezu Mijiro, Major General Suzuki, the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army in Mukden, did not dare to neglect anything. As soon as possible, he recruited Saki Daisa, a logistics steward in Fengtian City who was in charge of the entire military factory and various arms materials.

After carefully reading the telegram that the headquarters had just received, Major General Suzuki said directly: "Saki-kun, you know the situation. Your Excellency's order is very clear. How about it, are you sure that within 24 hours, the 300 tons of ammunition and materials urgently needed by the front-line troops will be transported to Baishan County in a timely manner. ”

"Hai, Your Excellency, Commander. Before my arrival, after a month-long production of ammunition in our ammunition depot, we had already stockpiled several hundred tons of various ammunition materials. At the same time, we have concentrated three hundred trucks for the delivery of these shells. Your Excellency Commander Qing rest assured! Saki Osa said with an affirmative face.

"Very good, Saki-kun, since you are so confident, then, I will give you this matter completely, I hope you will not let me down. In addition, 300 tons of ammunition is not a lot of money for our Kwantung Army troops. Therefore, in the process of escorting, it is necessary to send the most elite field troops in the entire Fengtian City to serve as escorts. Major General Suzuki nodded in satisfaction and then ordered.

Half an hour later, one after another, trucks began to enter the huge compound in front of the bomb depot in Fengtian City. And with the trucks, slowly drove out of the arsenal. The carriage, which was empty just now, was already filled with all kinds of ammunition supplies urgently needed by Baishan County.

Minutes and seconds passed, and after a few hours, two hundred trucks loaded with bullets were neatly parked on the road outside Mukden City. At the same time, two infantry brigades, more than two thousand devil soldiers. Horses on horseback, carriages on carriages, neatly guarded beside two hundred bullet chariots.

Looking at the convoy in front of you, the length of more than two kilometers. In the middle of the convoy, there were two infantry brigades in charge of escorting, and two thousand elite Imperial soldiers. As the commander-in-chief of this escort, Osa Saki stood confidently in front of the commander, Major General Suzuki, and reported.

"Your Excellency Commander, you have lived up to the trust, and all the 300-ton bombs have been loaded. Among them were one hundred wagons of artillery shells of various calibers, sixty wagons of yao, thirty wagons of grenades, and ten wagons of various supplementary armaments. In addition, the two infantry brigades in charge of escorting are all ready to go out at any time, and I ask His Excellency the Commander to personally give orders. ”

Glancing at the convoy on the road, the mighty dangdang. When I saw Tsugi Daisa, who was standing in front of him with a confident face. The commander, Major General Suzuki, nodded with satisfaction, and then said:

"Yo Xi, Suzuki-kun, you deserve to be the best logistics officer in my Kwantung Army. This matter, jiao to you, I am very relieved. Now I order, the convoy will go out immediately. It is necessary to transport all of these bullets, one by one, to the hands of the commander of the Yoshimoto Division within twelve hours. ”

"Hayi, please rest assured, Your Excellency the Commander, I promise to complete the mission....Now I order, the convoy, go out immediately..."Querci Osa replied with a confident face. Turned around and got into the passenger seat of a truck next to me...

Moving in the opposite direction from the Japanese convoy were the 20,000 commanders and fighters of the fifth column.

Although, at this moment, the sky is already bright. However, the battle of Jīlie that took place around the county seat of Baishan attracted the attention of the Kwantung Army. And the fifth column, just like that, under the nose of the Kwantung Army, quickly pierced through the cha and rushed to the battlefield they had predetermined.

Finally, after several hours of continuous marching, the thirteenth and fourteenth two main divisions led by Commander Zhou Baozhong rushed to the final destination, Tieshugou. "Commander, here is a topographic map of the entire Iron Tree Gully. The entire Tieshugou, about five kilometers in length, is surrounded by mountains. And these mountains, most of which are about 200 meters above sea level, are definitely an excellent place for ambushes. Chief of Staff Chen Yuanbo pointed to the topographic map that the reconnaissance battalion had just drawn in his hand and said.

Looking at the hand-drawn map in front of him, Zhou Baozhong nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "The terrain is very good, here, there is absolutely no problem in fighting an ambush for Xiao devils." The Japanese convoy, which has now reached that position, how long is it left, will be able to reach Tieshugou. ”

The chief of staff replied: "According to the report of the intelligence officers in Fengtian City, the Japanese convoy has been out of the city for four hours. According to the degree of march of the Japanese convoy, at present, the entire convoy has reached this position. There are still four more hours left to reach our ambush circle, Tieshugou. ”

"Okay, four xiao, that's enough. Chief of Staff, now that time is pressing, we will not hold a pre-war meeting and immediately record the order. As soon as Chief of Staff Chen Yuanbo's words fell, Commander Zhou Baozhong said decisively.

Seeing Chen Yuanbo in front of him, who was ready to record, Zhou Baozhong continued: "Judging by the scene when the Japanese convoy came out: the entire convoy of the Japanese army was divided into three parts: two squadrons were arranged at the end and one at the end. The remaining brigade was arranged around the bullet car. Therefore, our forces are also divided into three. ”

"Order: The 37th Regiment of the 13th Division is ambushed in the northernmost part of Tieshugou and is responsible for cutting off the connection between the Japanese advance guard and the ammunition vehicles. Then, wipe them out. The 4O Regiment of the 14th Division, ambushed in the southernmost part of Tieshugou, was responsible for eating his tail. The remaining four main regiments of the two divisions: the 13th Division, were ambushed to the east of Tieshugou, and the 14th Division was ambushed to the west. The divisions, upon hearing the order to attack, immediately began to charge. During the whole battle, except for the two regiments of 37 and 4o, which could use artillery fire, the remaining four regiments were forbidden to use any artillery. ”

"Yes, Commander, I'll go and give orders to several division commanders right away...."After saying that, the chief of staff hurriedly rushed out of the temporary headquarters.

Time passed minute by minute. A few hours later, the two main divisions of Tieshugou hurried to more than 10,000 commanders and fighters. In the shortest possible time, covert ambushes were carried out to the predetermined combat positions.

At this moment, after the retouching of the reconnaissance battalion, there is no longer any sign of human activity in the Tieshugou.

And just when the fight was anxiously waiting, the sound of a motor reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield. Immediately afterwards, on the public highway south of Tieshugou, a long queue of trucks appeared, rushing towards the location of Tieshugou.

Thirty trucks, loaded with two infantry squadrons, appeared in everyone's eyes as the vanguard of the entire convoy. Subsequently, there were the transport trucks of the mighty dangdang, plus the troop carriers of an infantry brigade, which amounted to an astonishing two hundred and sixty units. And at the end, without accident, the two infantry squadrons in charge of the rear of the palace, riding thirty trucks, got into the pocket formation prepared for him by the soldiers.

Looking at the trucks full of all kinds of bullets and Xiao devils, Hao Hao Dangdang got into his ambush circle. Zhou Baozhong's face was as if he had seen gold ingots, and he was almost happy, and he ordered decisively to the chief of staff beside him.

"Trumpeter, blow the trumpet, and the troops begin to attack..."

"Tick tock... Tick tock..."

In an instant, at the gate of the headquarters, more than 20 trumpeters puffed out their cheeks at the same time and blew the trumpet in their hands. With the loud sound of the horn, they began to return to Dang in Tieshugou, and the four main regiments that were ambushed on both flanks of Tieshugou attacked first. Nearly 300 tǐng light and heavy machine guns, at the same time, spewed out one hot tongue after another at the trucks full of ghost soldiers in the encirclement.

An infantry company plus three tǐng light and heavy machine guns is responsible for a Xiao Devil personnel carrier. Tightly the first round of strafing, sixty troop carriers and nearly a thousand devil soldiers were caught between the bullet vehicles. Before he could make any reaction, he paid the price of more than half of the casualties in the dense rain of bullets.

Immediately after, just when the remaining hundreds of devil soldiers, who were lucky enough to escape the first round of strafing, jumped out of the car, and prepared to counterattack. More than 200 tǐng light and heavy machine guns, and a dense rain of bullets fired at the same time, immediately pressed them to have no chance to raise their heads.

And at this moment, there was still no movement just now, and only the neighing of light and heavy machine guns could be heard on the two hills. In the blink of an eye, countless warriors armed with rifles rushed out. One by one, the charging formation, like a sharp sword, is fast towards the long dragon of the convoy bsp; Of course, the nearly 1,000 Japanese troops in the middle of the convoy were only subjected to intensive fire from various light and heavy machine guns and rifles. In addition, with the talisman of the bullet yao car by his side, there is still a trace of room to fight back. And the nearly 1,000 Xiao devils who are located at the north and south exits of Tieshugou and are responsible for the avant-garde and rearguard are not so lucky. ,

The two main regiments, which were responsible for the total annihilation of the vanguard and rear guard of the Japanese army, took out almost all their own funds after the battle began. Mortars, grenadiers, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, rifles, grenades ... In a word, with his fastest and most effective degree, he poured all the ammunition he carried into the encirclement and the convoy of Xiao devils.

For a moment, thirty trucks full of soldiers in front of and behind the convoy were immediately completely enveloped by the sudden fierce fire.

Before the trucks had time to stop, they turned into huge fireballs in the explosion of shells, along with dozens of ghost soldiers in the carriages. Even those trucks that were lucky enough not to be directly detonated were completely surrounded by a dense net of fire fired by several tǐng light and heavy machine guns at the first time. Let the Xiao devil in the carriage only watch the flying bullets quickly burrow into his body, but there is no way...

The entire battle, more than 12,000 people, well-equipped and highly motivated Eighth Route Army troops. Dealing with two thousand Xiao devil escort troops, there were almost no surprises. In just half an hour, the two thousand escort troops, together with the Japanese commander Tsugi Daisa, all turned into a bloody corpse.

The battle was soon over. In the battle of half an hour, the huge results achieved by the troops were also reported to Commander Zhou Baozhong at the first time.

"Commander, after preliminary statistics on the battlefield: two thousand five hundred Xiao devils, none of them escaped the net, and all of them were wiped out. In addition, 689 soldiers of our army were killed, 432 were seriously wounded, and 1,129 were slightly wounded, but did not affect their combat effectiveness. Among them, the four main regiments responsible for attacking the main convoy of the Japanese army, because they could not use artillery, so the casualties of the troops were the largest. Holding the casualty report that had just been counted, Chief of Staff Chen Yuanbo said to the commander Zhou Baozhong in front of him.

"Without the use of heavy artillery, the ratio of casualties between friend and foe reached one to one. If it weren't for the bombing of these two hundred cars, our casualties would have been reduced by at least half. What is the result of the battle, the troops have paid such heavy casualties, and the two hundred carts of ammunition yao, is there any damage? Regarding the casualties of the troops, Zhou Baozhong nodded silently, and then asked.

"Commander, two hundred ammunition trucks, except for two trucks loaded with shells, were destroyed. The remaining 198 vehicles were all completely captured by us. In addition, in the course of the battle, we also captured 86 intact troop trucks of the Japanese army. ”

"Okay, well fought, 300 tons of ammunition, more than 200 taels of trucks, this battle is worth it. Communications staff officer, quickly, immediately report to the commander of Baishan County, go and report immediately. After listening to Chen Shengbo's report, Zhou Baozhong, who had a moving face, didn't think about it, and ordered excitedly to an operational staff officer in the headquarters.

Looking at the departing communications staff officer, Chief of Staff Li Shengbo immediately asked:

"Commander, what should we do next. Will the troops immediately return to Baishan County, and together with the recruit column, give Xiao Devil an internal and external attack, cutting off Xiao Devil's back road. ”

"Of course, this is a great opportunity to lose. The four main regiments of 38, 39, 41, and 42 were ordered to clean up the battlefield at once. Hide all the corpses and destroyed vehicles on the battlefield. In a word, we must not let the reconnaissance plane of the Xiao devil go through a battle here. As for the two main regiments of the 37 and 4o, replenish the ammunition on the spot, and ten minutes later, assemble outside the command headquarters and stand by. Zhou Baozhong ordered decisively.

Regarding Zhou Baozhong's order, Chief of Staff Li Shengbo, who has very rich command experience, immediately understood the commander's intentions and asked: "Commander, what do you mean, give Xiao devils a fish in troubled waters." ”

"Yes, it's a mothfish in muddy waters. Two regiments of 37,4o were ordered, as forward troops, from the south, to attack the county town of Baishan. The remaining four regiments, after cleaning up the battlefield, took all the transports with them and followed up. ”

In Baishan County, more than 8,000 devil soldiers were under the cover of more than a dozen planes overhead. Finally got through a day of dangerous and fierce battles. Although, the entire county town of Baishan is still in the hands of Xiao devils. However, after the heavy artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, the entire city defense force can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

More importantly, the troops defending the city faced the temptation of the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city to attack again and again. For a long time, there has never been a soldier of the Kwantung Army who has never been worried about the bullet and is used to being lavish. They all poured a dense rain of bullets in front of their positions without any scruples.

In this way, in less than a day, the bullet yao that could have been used for twenty-four xiao hours fell into a situation where the bullet yao could be exhausted at any time because of the squandering of the soldiers. As for the pre-war assurances of the chief of staff in front of Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, they also became forever history because of the profligacy of the soldiers. At this moment, full of blood, the stumps and severed arms of soldiers can be seen everywhere on the city walls. Two squadrons, more than 300 devil soldiers. Because of the lack of ammunition, he was taking advantage of the gap between the attacks of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, searching for ammunition that could continue to be used on the bodies of the fallen soldiers.

As for Baishan County, it is also not good to go there.

Under dozens of heavy artillery, continuous shelling. It can be said that the county seat, which has just been renovated for less than a few days after a month of construction, has once again become a ruin. The streets are littered with debris left behind by shelling, and houses emitting billowing smoke...

What's more, the county has become a ruin. Everywhere, you can see all kinds of light and serious wounded who have just been treated from the front line.

However, because of the lack of yao products in the county, coupled with the constant shelling. More than 1,000 lightly and seriously wounded could only lie on the bare streets, enduring the constant pain from the wounds and bursts of miserable wails. And these tragic wails also invisibly hit the morale of the remaining garrison troops in the county.

Because of the continuous shelling, in order to avoid the command being hit, the command headquarters has been re-transferred to the temporary headquarters of the division and regiment in the tent, and Lieutenant General Yoshimoto, with a gloomy face, is listening to the chief of staff in front of him, reporting on the specific situation of the entire Baishan county at this moment.

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