I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

Chapter 898: Are the Eighth Route Army just wasting artillery shells so casually?

Just when Yang Yuanshan and others felt full of confidence about tomorrow's battle.

On the Japanese side, the division commander Murata Takashige was not in a very good mood.

Although the passage into the city was opened, their own wounded and non-combat personnel were also entering the city smoothly.

But what he imagined, that the enemy would attack him halfway across the river, but he would be resolutely repelled by his own warriors, and finally he would successfully enter the city, did not happen at all!

Those Eighth Route Army troops who had retreated and given up their positions earlier neither launched a large-scale attack nor left. Instead, they stayed at a distance.

Using intensive artillery fire to bombard their own troops.

It was already dark now, and those artillery fire were just random. Logically speaking, it should just be a waste of shells.

But one of his divisions still has a huge force of more than 10,000 people. Even if they are crowded together, they still have to occupy a very large area.

What's more, now they have to adopt a battle formation and a defensive posture according to their own requirements.

This resulted in their people being basically everywhere in the vast area outside the west gate of Qubei County.

There were inevitably some unlucky people who were constantly killed or injured by the flying shells.

The morale, which had finally been boosted, continued to drop.

Especially those soldiers of the Locust Association on the periphery, who cry and scream and create panic at the slightest noise. They are simply incapable of accomplishing anything, and instead cause trouble.

Hearing the screams of his warriors after being hit, Murata Takashi couldn't help but roar:

"Baga! Are the Eighth Route Army going to waste artillery shells so casually?
This is simply unreasonable!
Doesn't their quartermaster have any control over the use of ammunition? "

If Yang Yuanshan heard what he said, he would probably laugh out loud.

——Our army these days has never had any proper military supply capabilities, so what’s the point of talking about quartermasters?
Especially for the unnumbered basic regiment like the Special Forces Regiment, basically, except for the time when it is established, when it can get some people and guns from its superiors at one time, the rest of the time it is completely left to fend for itself.

……

In addition to the continuous falling of artillery shells, they also sent out many small troops to rush over and harass, leaving Murata Takaaki helpless.

These people, each equipped with a machine gun, took advantage of darkness, sneaked up to seven or eight hundred meters outside their team, and began to fire crazily.

Completely disregarding bullet consumption.

When Murata Takasei sent his troops out to surround them, these people ran away without a trace, even faster than rabbits.

He could never understand why their heavy machine guns that made a "buzzing" sound were so light!
In desperation, Murata Takaaki could only order the Japanese soldiers on the periphery to continuously fire flares into the distance to prevent our army from infiltrating.

But he knew very well that this was not a long-term solution.

Although I have brought quite a few flares with me, they will run out sooner or later. What should I do then?
……

Just when Murata Takasei was at a loss and could only urge his men to speed up and enter the city, he received another piece of terrible bad news.

His division chief of staff, Colonel Shigenobu Nishimori, gathered the remnants of the 214th and 215th Regiments and slowly retreated westward.

Behind them, there were shells chasing and exploding them, causing screams from time to time.

Nishimori Shigenobu came to report to Murata Takasei with a sad face:
"Your Excellency, the 214th and 215th Regiments that attacked the eastern hilltop were mostly destroyed, and now only about 2000 warriors are left!
Many of them are still injured.”

"What? 2000 people?
Baghya Road!

Two regiments, less than half a day of fighting, only these few people are left?"

Murata Takasei almost vomited blood.

Although the 214rd Battalion of the 214th Regiment was stationed in Qubei County, the 3000th Regiment was not fully staffed when it attacked Xigang Mountain, with only about people.

But the 215th Regiment has a full staff of more than 4000 people!
The two regiments together had about 6,000 to 7,000 people, but now they had lost 4,000 to 5,000 people in one battle. It was simply unbelievable to him!
Of course, Nishimori Shigenobu also knew how outrageous the news he reported was.

He quickly recounted what had happened.

Upon hearing that his opponent not only launched fierce artillery fire, but also used vicious fire attacks, burning and injuring a large number of his warriors, Murata Takasei immediately roared:
“Bagya Road!
The insidious and vicious Tubalu!

I want to ask the Commander for special ammunition!!!"

"Nani? Special bullets???"
Your Excellency, the division commander, this——"

Nishimori Shigenobu didn't expect the other party to be so cruel.

Special bullets are useful but not pleasant to listen to.

"Baga! Do you sympathize with the Tubalu?

Shouldn't they be using special ammunition???"

Murata Takashi roared.

He stared at Nishimori Shigenobu, wishing he could draw his sword and chop him down immediately.

Xisen said confidently: Good guy, no wonder you can be promoted from colonel division chief of staff to major general acting division commander!
His heart is really dirty and cruel!
I feel inferior to him!
He shook his head quickly:

"No, no, no! How dare the Tubalu army burn our Locust Army warriors? They deserve to die!

Special bullets are the best response to them! " Seeing that he was honest, Murata Xiaosheng restrained his anger and nodded slightly:
"Yoshi! Xisen-kun, I'll leave this matter to you!
Send a telegram to the Commander immediately, requesting the baggage train to transport the special bombs!

The quantity must be sufficient!
This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers is very powerful and difficult to deal with!"

Hearing this, Nishimori Shigenobu suddenly felt numb.

I was screaming in my heart: Baka! You bastard, why did you throw this dirty work on me again? ? ?

I'm going to kill you!!!

Forcibly restraining his urge to shoot Murata Kosei, Nishimori Shigenobu's face twitched several times, but he finally bowed his head:
"Hi!"

……

Soon, Shigenobu Nishimori ordered the telegraph operator to send the situation of the 33rd Division's battle with the enemy today and the request for special bullets to the First Army Headquarters in Jinyang City.

The communications staff officer received the telegram and did not dare to delay, so he immediately went to report to Kazuo Iwamatsu.

When Kazuo Iwamatsu saw in the telegram that although the 33rd Division had successfully entered Qubei County, its four main infantry regiments had all suffered heavy losses, with a total loss of at least six to seven thousand people, he became furious.

He kept cursing Murata Takasei as a waste.

However, when he saw the other party requesting special bullets, he keenly felt: Maybe it was not that the other party was too useless, but that the enemy was too powerful!
Thinking of this, he immediately called Prince Asaka Sakuhiko and his chief of staff Yoshimoto Shinichi over.

Ask them for their opinion.

When Prince Asaka Sakuhiko heard that the 33rd Division had suffered such heavy losses, he was naturally very angry.

Back then, when he was in Shanghai and Nanjing, had he ever fought such a cowardly battle?
Without hesitation, he said:

“Yansong Jun, how many special ammunition do we have in stock in Jinyang City?
Transfer all of them to that idiot Murata immediately!
The dignity of my locust army is inviolable!
The Tubalu must pay the price in blood!"

Iwamatsu Kazuo took out a document from his desk drawer, looked it over, and then answered:

"There are about 2000 left!"

"For such a huge city like Jinyang, your First Army only prepared 2000 special bullets. You are really careless and negligent!
No wonder we keep losing! "

Prince Asaka Sakehiko scolded angrily.

Then he ordered:
"Iwamatsu-kun, send all these special bullets to the 33rd Division immediately!"

"What? All of them? General, isn't that too much?

Back then, our locust army used only more than 1400 special bullets in the Battle of Taierzhuang.

Now we have to deal with one or two divisions of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi. Using so many special bullets seems to be a waste! "

Iwamatsu Kazuo quickly expressed his objection.

For him, defending Jinyang City is the most important thing!
He hoped to keep half of them to deal with the possible Jinyang crisis.

"Baga! Are you questioning me?
Do you think that our locust army won beautifully in Taierzhuang that year? ? ? "

Prince Asaka Sakehiko roared.

As an army general, his words are always his bond.

Has anyone ever refuted me like this?
Yansong Yixiong was startled by his shout, and suddenly realized that the other party's status was higher than his, so he could only shake his head repeatedly:
"Your Excellency the General has misunderstood.

I am just worried about the lack of resources in the empire."

Seeing that he had behaved himself, Prince Sakuhiko of Prince Asaka did not go too far.

After all, the other party is the commander of the First Army.

Turning to Yoshimoto Shinichi next to him:
"Mr. Yoshimoto, send a telegram to General Okamura immediately and ask them to use a transport plane to deliver a batch of special ammunition to us tomorrow.

Replenish the inventory of Jinyang City.

In addition, considering that Murata Takashi's command ability is really poor, tomorrow morning, you should personally escort this batch of special bullets to the 33rd Division and replace them to command the warriors to eliminate the Tubalu in Qubei County!"

Hearing this, Yoshimoto Shinichi was pleasantly surprised and said quickly:

"Hey! Don't worry, General!
I will definitely wipe out the Tubalu!"

They say that if a staff officer is not accompanied by a chief, even his farts won’t make any noise.

Although he was the Chief of Staff of the First Army, he had no room to speak in front of Prince Asaka Sakuhiko and Kazuo Iwamatsu.

Now being able to lead troops and command specific operations is enough to make him very happy.

But he was happy, while Iwamatsu Kazuo was secretly groaning in his heart.

He clearly realized that if Shinichi Yoshimoto was in the headquarters, he, as the commander, would still have someone he could order around.

But once the other party leaves tomorrow, I will become the chief of staff of Prince Sakuhiko Asaka!

Bitter! Bitter!
……

(End of this chapter)