Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 415: Prepare a big meal for the devils!

Yoshio Shinozuka stopped only after he had smashed 10 blue and white porcelain vases.

These blue and white porcelain vases were specially arranged by Yoshio Shinozuka's guard captain to be placed in the headquarters.

Yamamoto knew that every time the First Army suffered a major defeat, Lieutenant General Shinozuka would chop off a few vases to vent his anger, and this time he chopped off ten vases!

This is enough to show how angry Vice Admiral Shinozuka was.

3000 tons of combat supplies in Datong City were destroyed.

Then this battle plan will most likely fail.

Even if the other two attacking forces arrived at Jiangjunling, they would not have carried much dry food and ammunition, which would most likely be insufficient to support the destruction of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"General, are we going to continue this battle?"

Taking a deep breath, Yamamoto Ikki asked in a serious voice.

At this point in the battle, defeat is inevitable.

However, the responsibility for the defeat did not lie entirely with the First Army. Datong was the territory defended by the Mongolian Army. 3000 tons of combat supplies of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were destroyed in Datong by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and the Mongolian Army should bear the corresponding responsibility.

However, Yamamoto Ikki didn't have time to think so much now, as the battle was still going on.

Shinozuka Yoshio forced himself to calm down. "Yamamoto-kun, immediately transfer 1000 tons of combat supplies from Taiyuan to Jiangjunling in Ping'an County. The locust army will not lose this battle."

The current situation is...

Sakurada Takeshi and Tsuda Mitake were determined to fight the Eighth Route Army at Jiangjunling.

Even if Yoshio Shinozuka ordered them to retreat, they would not be able to retreat.

After spending so much effort and losing so many elite imperial soldiers, Shinozuka Yoshio would not be willing to withdraw his troops at this point if the other two troops did not go to the general.

In addition, the troops of the 4th Brigade and the Guards Mixed Brigade will soon be completely wiped out by the New 1st Regiment.

If the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade and the 4th Brigade were completely wiped out, both he and Yamamoto would have to bear the responsibility.

After all, before the war, Yoshio Shinozuka signed a military order with Sugiyama Motoko in order to obtain an additional 2,000 tons of combat supplies.

This time, Sugiyama Gen allocated 7,000 tons of combat supplies to the First Army, and the total amount carried by each unit was about 2,000 tons. The rations, fuel, and ammunition could sustain 60,000 troops for a week.

The other 5000 tons of combat supplies include 3000 tons in Datong and 2000 tons in Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka was glad that Yamamoto Ikki did not leave 5000 tons of combat supplies in Datong, otherwise he would have become a Muggle.

When the three attacking forces arrived at their ambush location, the food they carried was enough for seven days. They spent two days in ambush and two days in fighting. In other words, the food for each force could only sustain three days of combat.

In addition, there is not enough ammunition, which can only sustain combat for five days at most, so we have to fight sparingly.

"Hi."

Yamamoto lowered his head and said:

"The main forces of the Eighth Route Army in Central Shanxi and Northwest Shanxi are surrounded in their bases. The Beitongpu Railway is unobstructed, and 1000 tons of combat supplies can be delivered to Northwest Shanxi within two days."

1000 tons of combat supplies can at least sustain the two attacking forces for five days.

As for the remaining 1000 tons of combat supplies, Yoshio Shinozuka will decide whether to transfer them to northwest Shanxi based on the battle situation.

Then Yamamoto turned around and quickly arranged the transportation of combat supplies.

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Northwest Shanxi. The forward command post of the New 1st Regiment.

"Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong have done something really bad this time."

After listening to the communications staff read the telegram, Captain Li raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said in a satisfied tone.

The mountain artillery Li Yunlong sent came with two radios, giving him a clear view of what was happening in Datong. Although Chu Yunfei didn't send a telegram, he knew that the 358th Regiment had not only blown up the enemy's grain and ammunition depots in Datong, but also taken away more than tons of combat supplies.

According to the verbal agreement between the two, Li Yunlong also received half of the 200 tons of combat supplies.

Although there were more than 100 tons of combat supplies, and they were combat supplies for the Japanese, Li Yunlong looked down on them.

But no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Giving those weapons and ammunition to the militia for training can quickly improve the militia's combat effectiveness.

When these militias are reorganized into the main force in the future, the newly formed troops can form combat effectiveness more quickly.

At this time, the battle on this side of the highway had ended, and Zhang Dabiao was reporting to Li Yunlong on the casualties of both sides in this encirclement and annihilation battle.

"In this battle, approximately 1 Japanese soldiers from the 2st and 7000nd Guards Regiments were completely wiped out, and our regiment suffered approximately 1400 casualties."

The battle is not over yet, and the statistics are only approximate casualties.

At this time, Zhao Gang, who was in charge of logistics in Ping'an County, also arrived at the forward command post. After listening to Zhang Dabiao's report, he nodded and said, "The enemy is five to one. This casualty ratio is not bad."

The casualties between the elite troops of the National Army and the elite troops of the Japanese Army were five to one. In this battle, the New 1st Regiment and the Japanese Army were aces against aces, with a casualty ratio of one to five. Zhao Gang was quite satisfied with it.

"These casualties are quite average," Captain Li shook his head. "Back when we fought the Japanese 108th Division in the Xinzhou Basin, the casualty ratio was one to ten. One for us, ten for the Japanese."

Zhao Gang said, "After all, this Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade is a Type A division of the Japanese Army. Its combat effectiveness is one or two levels higher than that of the elite troops. Its combat effectiveness is also outstanding among the Type A divisions. To be able to achieve this casualty ratio, our troops are already very powerful."

"That depends on the situation," Li Yunlong said. "If it were a head-on confrontation, our regiment could have achieved this casualty ratio against the Guards Mixed Brigade, which would have been acceptable. But this was an encirclement and annihilation battle, and we deployed four artillery groups and a large number of mortars, firing over ten thousand rounds at the enemy, and yet we still suffered over fourteen hundred casualties. I feel really bad."

"Da Biao, after the war, have each infantry battalion commander submit a self-criticism, and each unit summarize their combat experience."

Although Li Yunlong knew very well that actual combat was the best training, when he heard the casualty figures, his local rich mentality started to take over again.

In Li Yunlong's opinion, if you don't earn enough, you will lose money.

"Yes." Zhang Dabiao nodded, his eyes sharp. "But Commander, now is not the time to write a self-criticism and summarize combat experience. The commander of the Second Anti-Aircraft Battalion just reported that the remnants of the Japanese Fourth Brigade and the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade are accelerating the construction of fortifications at Jiangjunling. It seems that those two old devils, Tsuda Mitake and Sakurada Takeshi, are planning to fight a desperate battle at Jiangjunling."

Zhao Gang narrowed his eyes and looked at the map. "The enemy's combat supplies have all been blown up by Chu Yunfei. Do you still want to continue fighting?"

"They must be unwilling to accept defeat," Zhang Dabiao said. "The Japs put in so much effort this time, only to have two infantry regiments completely wiped out, and they were the Tianhuang guards."

Li Yunlong stared at the map for a while and said, "Sakurada Takeshi and Tsuda Mitake are trying to use themselves as bait to hold back our regiment's main force. They'll wait for the other two main forces to arrive and eat us up in one fell swoop. So, let's eat up the enemy at Jiangjunling before the other two main forces arrive."

"General Ridge is easy to defend but difficult to attack." Zhao Gang frowned slightly, "It's not easy to attack."

Zhang Dabiao nodded in agreement. "The Japanese have probably discovered that we haven't collapsed the tunnels. Coupled with the concrete fortifications we've built... this battle won't be easy. But one thing that's in our favor is that the Japanese haven't trained in tunnel tactics."

"Who said it's hard to fight?" Li Yunlong said with a smile, "I anticipated this situation a long time ago. I prepared a feast for the devils."

"What feast?"*2
Li Yunlong asked in return: "Do you know what is the best way to deal with concrete fortifications?"

Zhao Gang said, "General concrete fortifications can be targeted and fired upon with bazookas and 152mm artillery shells. However, our concrete fortifications are built to the standards of the Maginot Line and can withstand 152mm howitzers. Even if the Japanese '45 Type 240mm howitzers come, they can withstand a few rounds."

Zhang Dabiao said sharply, "We can also use pepper bombs to force the Japanese out of bunkers and bunkers. We used this method in Jinzhong and it worked very well."

Li Yunlong chuckled, then his expression suddenly became serious and he gave orders in a stern face.

(End of this chapter)