Chapter 106: Is It Empty?
"Hey."
"It's a humble job."
"Hi..."
In the Devil Field Command outside Shou County, Yoshio Shinozuka held the phone in his hand, and kept hi and hi, every time he was high, he bowed his head, and finally his old waist was bent at 90 degrees, and his head was almost pestle on the table.
Yamamoto bowed his head and remained silent behind Shinozuka, and the staff officers in the headquarters did not dare to come out.
Yesterday the Taiyuan airport was shelled, and it is not clear who did it, but the most likely and only suspect is Li Yunlong, who is the only one who may have pulled out a large-caliber mortar.
Even if there is no evidence.
Judging from the detailed battle reports sent later, the attackers fired at least two large-caliber heavy artillery shells and fired nearly 1,000 divisional and regimental heavy artillery shells, as well as four 82 mortars, firing more than 1,000 rounds of 82 mortar shells.
The Imperial 105 caliber artillery shells weighed almost fifteen kilograms, and Li Yunlong's 82 mortar shells were almost five kilograms, calculated that there were more than twenty tons of artillery shells alone, plus artillery and artillery units, how did such a huge baggage conceal through the vigilance system around Taiyuan?
Yamamoto couldn't figure this out after thinking about it all night, unless the Taiyuan defenders collaborated with the enemy on a large scale.
Loss statistics also came out quickly.
The Taiyuan airport was almost completely destroyed, the runway was completely destroyed, the logistics system was completely paralyzed, it was no longer possible to take off and land planes, 45 planes were scrapped, not a single plane in the airport at that time survived, all the warehouses around the airport were blown up, and more than ninety percent of the oil and ammunition reserves were lost.
There are also a large number of logistics personnel and more than thirty pilots.
Although more than 20 planes on duty at that time survived and made a forced landing around Taiyuan, there was no fuel and no logistical facilities, and for at least half a month, the First Army Flying Group was unable to perform any tasks.
The First Army Flying Brigade is equivalent to being abolished.
This has too much impact on this large-scale law and order war.
It is no wonder that General Gangcun called directly to hold him accountable.
"General Gangcun, I promise that within three days, I will definitely capture Shou County, and then continue to attack its core base along Shou County to clear out the armed personnel of the Eighth Route Army."
Finally, Yoshio Shinozuka bowed his head and hung up the phone.
"Has the Ninety-Seven Wing arrived?"
Raising his head, Yoshio Shinozuka spoke in a hideous tone.
"It's arrived."
Yamamoto hurriedly replied.
"Attack."
"Immediately, immediately."
Yoshio Shinozuka drew his katana and slammed it on the table.
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Headquarters.
The boss, division commander and others were all holding cigarettes, their faces were solemn, and the room was full of smoke.
The devil's sweep has been going on for more than four days.
The headquarters organs, logistics departments, hospitals, other organs and departments, the common people in the base areas, and various units are all moving rapidly to break through the encirclement and blockade circle of the devils one after another.
But at this time, whether it was the boss, the staff personnel, and everyone else, they were all anxious in their hearts.
According to intelligence speculation, there will be about 50,000 devils, plus more than 20,000 puppet troops to carry out a sweep of the Jinchaji base area, of which 10,000 devils and 5,000 puppet troops will attack Shou County, and the remaining 40,000 devils and 20,000 puppet troops will attack other base areas.
Headquarters is also doing a good job of coping.
But the facts were unexpected again, the devils actually used nearly 60,000 troops, even if Li Yunlong attracted 10,000, other base areas also faced a sweep of nearly 50,000 devils.
More than expected, there was one more brigade of devils.
This extra brigade, with more than 7,000 devils, made the already tight string in the base area even tighter.
The encirclement built by the devils will be tighter, there will be fewer weak points and loopholes, it will be more difficult to break through, there will be fewer routes for troops to intersperse, and the already seriously insufficient troops will be even more stretched.
In addition, it is necessary to cover the transfer of a large number of civilians in the base areas, because the transfer of the common people is slow, many troops are forced to fight positional warfare with the devils, but fortunately, the troops have a lot more weapons and ammunition recently, and if they are prepared, they can barely fight with the devils.
But the losses are still not small.
"Boss, division commander, good news."
At this time, Staff Officer Mo ran over quickly, and kept shouting with joy in his mouth:
"Great news."
"What's the good news?"
Everyone was stunned, and a series of doubts appeared in their hearts.
How can there be good news now, and great news at that?
All organs and troops are moving, there are still several devil blockades in front, it is still very early to get out of danger, there is a devil army chasing behind, no matter how good the news is, it is only temporary.
"The airport of the Taiyuan devil was served."
Staff Officer Mo held a telegram in his hand and couldn't help but wave it flexibly.
"Taiyuan's airport was taken up?"
Someone subconsciously repeated the question, and the tone was full of disbelief and even doubt.
In the vicinity of Jinchaji, there is only one Taiyuan airport in the Devil's Airport, which has combat capability, and although there are still some small airports in other places, they can only dock or have some reconnaissance planes, and there is not enough logistical capacity, which everyone knows.
But it's useless to know.
The vigilance ability around the devil Taiyuan is not ordinarily strong. The troops simply could not penetrate it. After Li Yunlong bombarded the Taiyuan airport more than a year ago, the devils greatly strengthened the airport's defenses, and even if the troops approached, they could not cause any damage to the airport.
"Heavy artillery shelling?"
The focus of the division elder is here.
Although their tone was shocked, they already believed nine points in their hearts, such a big piece of information has to be confirmed by many parties, and it is impossible to make a mistake, but the heavy artillery is intensively shelling, how can they approach Taiyuan Airport with heavy equipment?
It's impossible!
Before the war, they speculated how to destroy Taiyuan Airport, or carry out a sabotage to affect the take-off and landing of devil planes, and now the troops also have a lot of high-quality 82 mortars, with a maximum range of nearly four kilometers, and there are a lot of shells, they have this condition and ability, but in the end they all gave up.
With the vigilance measures around the Devil's Taiyuan, even if the Devil's army sweeps and weakens somewhat, only a small group of troops can pass through lightly, and with the defense means of the Devil's Airport, the lightly armed troops cannot carry many shells, and it is impossible to cause damage to the airport at all.
"The information has been confirmed by many parties, and according to the report of the latent comrades on the Taiyuan side, yesterday afternoon, the Taiyuan airport was intensively shelled by large-caliber heavy artillery, and the entire airport was bombed beyond recognition, and the oil depot is still burning."
"The airfield of the devil's First Army is crippled."
Staff Officer Mo's tone was extremely excited, because this news was so important, he ran over to deliver the letter himself.
"Great."
"Haha, Taiyuan Airport is gone, at least within half a month, the devil has no plane, it is indeed a great news..."
Suddenly, everyone in the headquarters was also excited.
Without the devil plane, it would be much more convenient for the transfer of ordinary people.
The huge scale of the common people can't avoid the devil's air force reconnaissance, which is also the most headache for the troops, and the devil's strafing will cause the transfer speed to drop greatly, as for the devils on land, this impact is not big, our own troops are not soft eggs!
There are also huge and complicated headquarters organs and headquarters hospitals, and devil planes are also a huge threat, although there are more than a dozen heavy machine guns that can defend the air, but it is a drop in the bucket.
"Speaking of which, it's true that it's noon today, and I haven't seen the devil's plane."
Elder Shi recalled this at this time, there were too many things, and the devil was biting like a wild dog and not relaxing, not relaxing for a moment, and he didn't notice it for a while.
"Large-caliber heavy artillery..."
They muttered to themselves, a message that reminded them of a news they had heard not long ago.
"Did he do it?"
"Eight or nine are not far from ten, and only he has heavy mortars, although the Jin Sui Army has recently replenished some American-style equipment, but at most there are only a few 75 field guns, and this kid still has a criminal record."
"But how did he sneak through the Taiyuan devil guard?"
"It's not clear, this kid has always had a lot of ideas for fighting ghosts, and the devil knows how he did it."
"I see, the ghost doesn't know, otherwise it wouldn't..."
"Hahaha·····"
The bombing of the Devil's Airport made everyone's faces at the headquarters turn better, and happy smiles appeared here again.
Although the situation is still grim, the troops are still very dangerous, and there are a large number of devils and puppet troops in front and behind, this is indeed a great news.
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Boom...
A 105-caliber grenade fell like a meteor and slammed into the rest of the north of Shou County, accompanied by the sound of explosions and rising gunsmoke, rolling up a circle of fine brick and stone debris.
Immediately afterward, dense shells rained down one after another, rolling up a large cloud of gunsmoke and debris...
Some of these falling shells are less powerful than before, but occasionally there will be more powerful shells than just now.
This is the north of Shou County, it is the position that the independent regiment and the devils have fought for nearly ten days, because of the intensive shelling, the masonry on the ground has been broken into slag, and now there is no intact wall, but piles of broken rubble, making the terrain here complicated and difficult to walk.
"Have you withdrawn?"
Looking at the north of the city that was caught in artillery fire in the distance, Zhang Dabiao looked around.
The battle has been going on for the tenth day, and after the Devil's Airport was shelled, the Devil launched an attack like crazy, whether it was the area north of the city or the high ground on both flanks, it was a heavy attack, and the independent regiment fought very hard.
All the companies of his battalion were reduced by more than half, and they had to draw some troops from the recruit reserve battalion to replenish them. The second battalion is similar, and the high ground on both flanks is also the key attack area of the devil, which will only be more difficult than him.
Many of the bricks on the ground in Beicheng District were dyed red.
"It's all withdrawn, and it's all gone into the anti-artillery hole."
Several company commanders responded.
"Not bad."
Zhang Dabiao nodded in satisfaction.
Although the battle was fierce and the troops suffered heavy casualties, it has to be said that after the tragic actual combat, the soldiers grew up extremely quickly, and the effect was much better than the training.
I remember that at the beginning, there were always problems with the retreat, the order was not conveyed in place, and the retreat was slow, which led to the troops falling into the artillery fire of the devils and the huge losses, but now, there is no need to command the order, these old fritters who survived from the battlefield The devils slipped away one by one to the anti-artillery holes, even if those recruits from the reserve battalion came over, they also learned quickly.
After a while, the devil's bombardment stopped, and a devil brigade and a lot of two devils pounced...
"It seems that there are not many devil shells."
After calculating the time, he found that the devil's shelling was much shorter than before, Zhang Dabiao muttered in his heart.
Everyone didn't move, but still quietly looked at the devil in the distance...
Boom Boom...
Suddenly, the fierce artillery fire roared from the rear of Shou County, smashing into the head of the devil, accompanied by the smoke of gunpowder and the debris rolled up by the shock wave, the attacking devil suffered heavy casualties, and the masonry debris all over the ground greatly strengthened the lethality of the shells.
The 2nd Artillery Company of the Independent Regiment struck.
But the shells came and went quickly, and they only lasted for two minutes, and then they stopped, and the devil's artillery was not bad, at this time the devil's artillery fire had already rushed to the location of the second artillery company, and Wang Chengzhu had to take people to transfer.
But for three minutes, twelve mortars bombarded intensively for two minutes, which also made the attacking devils miserable...
"Attack, attack..."
Under the command of the leader of the devil's squadron, the devil bowed down and rushed towards this side in a line of skirmishers.
As for the two devils, they also reluctantly attacked this side under the threat of the devil's gun, crying and sad one by one, full of unhappiness, which is very different from the voluntary and even active at the beginning, which can be described as a great change.
"Up..."
Zhang Dabiao snorted coldly and led the troops into Beicheng District of Shou County in advance.
A fierce battle ensued, but this time, Zhang Dabiao quickly ordered his troops to retreat and retreated all the way to the south of the city, leaving the north of Shou County to be occupied by the devils.
This is the order of the regiment commander today, and it is time to abandon the position in the north of the city.
Now, the battle has been fought for half a month, the devil's shells have been consumed a lot, the weakening of firepower is visible to the naked eye, and the 240 heavy gun has not been fired for a long time.
The fortifications in the northern part of the city are unreasonable, and the casualties here are too great. The tunnels in Nancheng District have also been reinforced, and the position has been rebuilt according to the experience of the past few days, so that the devils can be let in.
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Inside the Devil's Command.
"Occupied the northern part of the city?"
Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes widened, and his tone was a little incredulous.
During this period of time, the battle was extremely fierce, and after the arrival of the 97th Wing, he launched attacks in waves, but the Independent Regiment actually resisted, resisting his attacks again and again.
The bold words that let him go to Shou County in the three days were painful, and General Gangcun called him several times to reproach him.
Now, it's finally down.
"It seems that they are running out of weapons and ammunition, and their troops should be insufficient."
Yoshio Shinozuka said in a delightful tone.
As long as the Beicheng District is occupied, it can advance with the help of here, and then occupy the entire Shou County, and the independent regiment will forever lose the dozens of tons of weapons and ammunition in the underground ammunition depot.
After occupying the northern area of the city, the devil started digging as soon as possible, and even mobilized machinery and equipment, intending to dig out some ammunition to replenish, although there was a steady stream of supplies from the rear to transport up, but ten days of consumption, the little devil was also a little unbearable.
As a result, a pile of empty boxes was dug up.
"What, it's empty? The boxes inside the ammunition depot are empty? All empty? ”
But, immediately after, a bad news came, which directly made Yoshio Shinozuka stunned, and his body was shaky.
He spent ten days on the offensive, lost several brigades, and turned out to be an empty ammunition depot?
This news made Yamamoto feel abrupt.
He had always wondered if most of the enemy's ammunition was in the ammunition depot north of the city. For such a long time, the ammunition from the other party, it turned out that the ammunition depot in the north of the city was fake.