The strongest militia

Facing the yells from the captured soldiers outside the city, the city defense officers of Baoding City felt as if they had lifted a rock and hit themselves in the foot.Originally, he just wanted to reduce the number of people eating in the city, and to cause some trouble to the militia corps outside who were planning to trap them to death. Of course, it would be best to have some personnel losses.But now that this matter has come to an end, it seems that his thinking is too naive!

Listening to the captured soldiers outside the city shouting at their familiar people in the city with porridge and minced meat buns, the Japanese city defense officer knew that it was impossible for him to cope with the rations of these [-] soldiers for too long. .If there is no food supply, the militias surrounding them outside the city can save even the siege, and this method can directly destroy the morale of the soldiers in his city.After all, even if you can't get enough of this meal, you still have to fight a bloody battle!

It's just that the city defense officer is very clear that Baoding and Shijiazhuang have lost the channel of mutual support, and the reinforcements from Beiping have not arrived for a long time, and it can even be said that they will never arrive.As the city defense officer in Baoding, all he can do is to urge the commander of Gangcun Ningci in Beiping to send troops for reinforcements as soon as possible. In addition, if there are no troops to send airdrops of food and supplies, it would be good!This is better than surrendering the militia corps without a fight!

Knowing that Baoding was in a food shortage, Gangcun Ningci also knew that there was no way to send reinforcements, so he dispatched the few planes deployed in Beiping again, asking them to bring food instead of bombs to Baoding this time. It is good for the commander, Neiji Gangmura, to implement airdrops of supplies in the city, consume as much as possible the attacking spirit of the militia corps, and delay the war in North China for one more day.Moreover, once Baoding is captured, Shijiazhuang will really become an isolated city hanging in North China.

It is obviously impossible to send reinforcements from Beiping at this time. The only Japanese army in Jin Province that is close to Shijiazhuang is currently engaged in a battle with Yan Laoxi's main force.Not to mention that they couldn't break through the blocking line set up by the militia corps, just because they can keep the advantage of Jin Province is very good. It is impossible to agree to the invitation of Gangcun Ningji and send troops to meet the Japanese troops stationed in Shijiazhuang!

What's more, it leads to the direction of Jin Province.The two main divisions of the Jinsui Army were already watching the movements of the Japanese troops on the other side.In order to break through the blockade and siege of these two main divisions, neither the Japanese army who came to aid from Jin Province nor the defenders in Shijiazhuang had the ability to do so.For this reason, once Baoding was captured by the militia corps, the Japanese army in Shijiazhuang would undoubtedly die.

Once Shijiazhuang is captured, the North China Front Army will only be left with Beiping and Tianjin. For them, this Front Army is not close enough to be disbanded.This made Okamura Ningji, who finally became a commander of the front army, almost lost his chance to be promoted to general.This unbearable treatment made Okamura Neiji, who had always dreamed of becoming a first-class general, say.will be the biggest blow.

Moreover, without the important base in North China, the Japanese army's north-south strategy will suffer major deficiencies, especially when the Japanese navy is currently spending more energy on managing the Southeast Asian battlefield. , Both the cost and the speed are far beyond what their Japanese army can bear.With such a destructive failure, whether Okamura Ningji can keep his current rank of general is an uncertain factor.

So Okamura Ningji will not give up hope until the final step.It's just that when the air force unit with supplies from Baoding City arrived around Baoding City, it encountered the air defense unit that had been waiting for a long time.

When they heard that the plane had arrived, the Baoding City Defense Officer was more or less relieved.The commander, Neiji Gangmura, could not send reinforcements, but he could send planes to deliver supplies.They rely on the fortifications of Baoding City, and the militiamen outside the city can only hope to take Baoding City without any effort.

It just made him depressed and tangled.Before they could get excited, there was intense anti-aircraft artillery fire outside Baoding City, seeing that the transport planes had no way to lower their altitude.Otherwise, it is very likely to be shot down by anti-aircraft artillery fire outside the city.For a while, the Baoding Japanese city defense officer began to worry again, would the airdrop supplies that had been waiting so hard this time not be wasted?

Guessed early in the morning that there was a food shortage in Baoding, the little devil had no land transportation, and the only option left was airdrop.Liu Shuangquan ordered the air defense unit of the Artillery Division accompanying the army to deploy defenses around the outside of Baoding City, resolutely blocking the possible airdrops of supplies by the devils.

As a result, the situation he expected really happened. The North China Front Army far away in Beiping still sent the air force to drop supplies by air.Although the last air battle in Xingtai made the devil's naval aviation unit no longer willing to participate in the battle, the devil's army aviation unit still appeared on the battlefield from time to time.If it weren't for the air defense force of the militia corps, it would have been moving with the main force. I'm afraid that the airdrop supply that the devil remembered today might really come true.

Facing the fierce artillery fire rising from the ground, the Devil pilots who were in charge of this supply mission seemed terrified even though they had been prepared.It's just that they are very clear that if the supplies are not in place this time, the tens of thousands of Japanese troops below are likely to face the danger of food shortage.This is very unfavorable to their Japanese army.

Knowing that their supply of supplies almost determines how long the Baoding defense battle can last, the Japanese pilots immediately ordered the fighter jets escorting them to open a gap in the air defense firepower network around them as much as possible so that they can accurately drop supplies. To Baoding over.Otherwise, these transport planes lowered their heights and airdropped like this, which is no different from courting death.

The Devil fighter pilot, who had already dealt with the air defense force of the militia corps several times, could only hold the mentality of luck, lowered the nose, and shot towards the air defense force on the ground, paving the way for the following transport planes. Exit.

However, the air defense force, which had already been thoroughly stimulated by the air battle in Xingtai, faced these small numbers of fighter jets, and they would not retreat in defense.Seeing the fighter jets being shot down one by one, although the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground has been reduced, the sporadic anti-aircraft artillery fire will also pose a major threat to the following transport fleet.

When the last escorting fighter jet began to fall outside Baoding City with heavy smoke, they still knocked out some ground air defense forces for the transport fleet behind them at the cost of almost annihilating the whole army.But when these transport planes began to pass through the gap, the anti-aircraft units that continued to spray out artillery fire still let ten of them go in, and at least four to five would be shot down.

The transport plane that escaped was faced with anti-aircraft fire from the other three sides.It can only increase the height of some delivery materials as much as possible.At this altitude, the reliability of their delivery of supplies is undoubtedly reduced a lot.Seeing some supplies falling from the sky, when they staggered out of the city, the devils in the city couldn't help lamenting that there was another box of supplies missing.

Fortunately, these transport planes that risked their lives to supply supplies still delivered enough supplies for the almost desperate devils in the city, which was only enough for them for less than three days.Three days later, if the militiamen do not attack the city and continue to defend, it is really unknown whether they can get the second airdrop of supplies.

And what made the devils in the city even more angry was the militia artillery units deployed outside the city when they were packing up the supplies that fell from the sky.It also launched a fierce artillery attack to make matters worse.In addition to attacking military facilities in their city, many shells were fired at the area where they collected airdrops.The soldiers they sent out to collect supplies were killed and injured, not to mention that the damaged supplies alone were enough to supply the devils in the city for nearly a day or two.This is why, after shooting down so many planes, so many supplies were finally delivered.

When the Japanese soldiers in the city couldn't accept it, the three-day supply dropped by air was calculated based on their current daily supply.Except for the dry rice that can be eaten at noon, the rest of the morning and evening are still that kind of poor rice porridge.This is for Japanese soldiers who are on high alert every day.There are still many people who can't bear it.

It seems that the Japanese troops in the city were counted, and the airdrop supplies they received this time were not long. In addition to the daily shelling and harassment, Liu Shuangquan would send those Japanese troops kept at the front line to shout to the Japanese troops in the city sooner or later.And every time these Japanese soldiers ate.They all come in different styles.

When the Japanese soldiers in the city began to feel overwhelmed, the militiamen stationed in the forward position did not know where the courage came from, but they brazenly roasted whole sheep in front of the position.Moreover, the place where the whole lamb will be roasted at night is arranged under the eyes of the Japanese defenders.

In addition, these militiamen knew that their Japanese proficiency was not good, so they deliberately recruited from the captured Japanese army.They selected a few Japanese soldiers who were eloquent and honest, and shouted in front of the position with loudspeakers, announcing that the whole sheep on the fire had been roasted to a certain degree.This is undoubtedly more lethal than artillery shells for the Japanese defenders who are getting hungry day by day.

When the roasted whole lambs on the fire were finally sprinkled with spices, the scent blown in by the wind caused many Japanese soldiers hiding in the trenches to protest with disappointment in their stomachs.In addition, those Japanese captives who had advertised for a long time just now seldom enjoyed this delicious whole sheep taste, bragging about the benefits of surrendering to the militia, which made many new Japanese recruits who joined the Japanese army involuntarily want to go out of the city and become captives of the militia .

Facing the staring eyes of those grassroots officers, these recruits and even those veterans could only swallow their saliva desperately, and no one dared to be the first to propose surrendering out of the city.But some sharp-eyed soldiers also found that, in fact, looking at their grassroots officers, the rising throat joints in their throats also showed that these officers were also greedy.

Maybe one night's temptation was not enough to make these devils lose their resistance, but when they looked at the Japanese prisoners the next morning and lined up at the front of the position to lead them standing at the top of the city, they could see the steaming meat buns.A lot of guarding soldiers who finished their breakfast in one bite began to ignore the officers' scolding, and gathered together to chat in threes and fives. No one had any thoughts at all, and continued to defend the attack that they didn't know when they would launch.

Faced with the disintegration of the army in the city day by day, the Baoding city defense officer was naturally anxious, but it was useless to worry any more.Okamura Ningji learned that the last airdrop of supplies had been prepared for a week, and only less than one-third of the Japanese army in the city could get it. When he saw that all fighter jets and more than half of the transport planes were lost, he wanted to send them again. Air support, also think about those Army Aviation thinking.After all, the loss of this kind of airdrop supply is too great, and they are somewhat unacceptable.

In addition, Gangcun Ningci wanted these air forces to help maintain the increasingly severe situation around Beiping. For this reason, he could only shirk that he was preparing for another rescue call from the Baoding city defense officer.

After getting such a reply that it was almost obvious that there was no reinforcements, the Baoding city defense officer also lost the intention of reprimanding those subordinates. He sat in the command room in the city and waited peacefully for the gate of Baoding to be opened by his own people, and then let those outside the city The militiamen easily took their Baoding City.

His idea was quickly confirmed. Just when there was only one day's worth of food left in the city, the militiamen started to set up barbecue grills again at night.It didn't take long for the excited Japanese prisoners last night to persuade them, and the city gate at the front of their position was opened by a Japanese team that couldn't stand it.Seeing the Japanese prisoners approaching with their guns raised, the militia officers at the front immediately notified Liu Shuangquan of the good news at the rear, telling the commander that his food temptation battle had finally worked! (To be continued..)