The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 221 Li Yunlong: Still an old comrade in arms

"What kind of weapons and ammunition did you Captain Kong prepare for us... two radio stations are used. These are good things that we can't even capture if we want to!" Li Yunlong stared at the correspondent and asked!
"I don't know exactly what equipment it has!" The correspondent shook his head and replied.

"But we took down the Jinzhong arsenal...it was filled with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, and there were thousands of rounds of artillery shells alone..."

"The night before yesterday, we killed four or five thousand Japanese puppet troops at Jinzhong and Taiyuan airports, and we also seized their equipment and ammunition!"

"Last night, we used the company as a unit to attack the small and medium-sized strongholds around Taiyuan... and wiped out more than 24 devils, more than [-] puppet troops, captured [-] strongholds, and also seized a large amount of weapons and supplies!"

"Except for a small amount of weapons and ammunition to supplement the troops, all the remaining weapons and ammunition were sent to Jinzhong!"

"The weapons and ammunition there are enough to replace all your two regiments with all-Japanese equipment. You can get what you want!"

Li Yunlong seemed to have eaten honey, with a smile on his face, and immediately said to Ding Wei: "The old comrade-in-arms is kind!"

"After the troops successfully broke through, I was worried about weapons and ammunition every day... I didn't expect that the weapons and ammunition in Kong Jie's hands had piled up like a mountain, and I couldn't use them all up!"

"Ding Wei, our trip was not in vain..."

"I suggest that we take the time to rest and rush to Jinzhong to replenish weapons and ammunition as soon as possible!"

"Get the equipment early, we will have more confidence in fighting devils, and don't panic when we meet little devils!"

Ding Wei was also very happy, thought for a while and replied: "Let's rest for another three hours, and then rush to Jinzhong..."

"Replenish weapons and ammunition while resting, and contact Lao Kong by the way to find out the real purpose of our coming to Taiyuan!"

Yoshio Shinozuka of the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters rested during the day and worked at night as usual.

Appeared in the war room on time at five o'clock in the afternoon, and the chief of staff just finished counting the latest battle situation.

"Your Excellency, Commander... The Independent Regiment captured 24 of our strongholds last night..."

"The remaining troops lost 328 imperial troops and more than [-] imperial association troops, all of which are within controllable range..."

"Not a single county town or large stronghold was attacked... From this we can be sure that the Independence Regiment has suffered heavy casualties in continuous battles and has lost its ability to attack key points. The frontline mopping up troops can be assured of mopping up without worrying about the safety of Taiyuan.

Shinozuka Yoshio is not a person who puts his hopes on others in the battlefield.

Although they don't plan to send troops back from the front line, they are not blindly passive in defending Taiyuan.

Knowing that after the Independence Regiment attacked Jinzhong and Taiyuan Airport, they sent troops to reinforce Jinzhong and Taiyuan Airport, while strengthening the defense of Taiyuan, gathering armed expatriates in Taiyuan City, and defending Taiyuan together.

After the chief of staff reported, he asked with a serious face: "How many armed expatriates have the headquarters assembled to assist the remaining troops in defending Taiyuan?"

Mentioning this incident, the smile on the face of the chief of staff grew stronger: "Report to the commander... After mobilization, 1348 expatriates joined the city defense fortifications, and the humble position allowed them to form 27 squads, and every three squads formed an infantry Squadrons, nine squadrons in total!"

"The logistics department has distributed weapons and ammunition to them. Each infantry squad is equipped with three light machine guns and three grenade launchers!"

"It turned out that the retired veterans who had been heavy machine gunners and gunners were combined into a mixed squadron, equipped with six heavy machine guns, four mountain guns, and eight mortars..."

"Specially provide fire cover for the other eight infantry squadrons!"

The serious expression on Shinozuka Yoshio's face eased a lot, order now!

"Arrange them all on the wall of the outer city, deploy two squadrons in each direction, and then draw eight companies of the Imperial Association Army from the Taiyuan Garrison, four reinforcement squads, and divide them into four groups to help defend the outer city of Taiyuan!"

"The rest of the Taiyuan garrison will defend the inner city!"

In the former enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment outside the city, Kong Jie was meeting the commanders of the four main battalions under his command.

"It's [-]:[-] p.m.... I'll give everyone an hour and a half to prepare...[-] p.m., don't wait for my order, and launch an attack on the outer city of Taiyuan at the same time..."

"We don't distinguish between the main attack and the assist in this attack... Whoever enters the outer city first will be the winner!"

"The Assault Company and the Third Battalion..."

"After the third battalion took down the north gate, the assault company immediately entered the city and went straight to the Taiyuan arsenal, and took him as quickly as possible to prevent the Japanese army from blowing up the arsenal!"

Shen Quan was in charge of attacking the south gate, and after hearing the order, he made a promise: "Regiment leader, don't worry, in order to take down the south gate, I have prepared [-] rounds of mountain artillery and infantry artillery shells, and [-] rounds of mortar shells..."

"Even with shells, I will smash the Japanese and puppet troops defending the south gate to pieces..."

Kong Jie shook his head to remind: "Don't be careless!"

"The reconnaissance company reported that the Japanese army built a lot of machine gun bunkers on the walls of the outer city..."

"When attacking a city, you must use your brain more, don't be reckless, and don't just fill it with human life..."

"We are running out of troops, and we can't afford to fight a war of attrition. We must not only take down the outer city of Taiyuan, but also take it down at the lowest cost."

Shen Quan answered immediately: "Don't worry, I have already ordered the mountain artillery and infantry artillery of the first battalion to prepare for the bayonet on the cannon..."

"After the offensive began, they immediately pushed the artillery to the forefront of the battlefield..."

"Where there is a machine gun bunker, bombard it with shells, and minimize the damage caused by the bunker to us!"

At nine o'clock in the evening, the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan City was very calm.

Combat staff, communications staff... busy with their own affairs in an orderly manner.

Shinozuka Yoshio was not idle either, staring at the sand table to study the latest battle situation of the frontline mopping up troops, thinking about how to fight tomorrow...

The chief of staff also stood by and looked at the map. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

Until the commander suddenly said: "What are the independent regiments doing tonight...why haven't they heard anything from them so late!"

The chief of staff patted himself on the head suddenly, and suddenly realized: "Commander, I also feel that something is wrong tonight. It's so late, and I didn't receive the news that the independent group attacked our stronghold. This is too abnormal!"

"I'm going to contact the intelligence personnel monitoring the independent regiment now and ask them to report the latest situation of the independent regiment immediately!"

Before the person moved, the explosion sound of "rumbling..." was transmitted to the headquarters.

Everyone was taken aback. Several quick-response combat staff members rushed out of the war room, climbed to the commanding heights of the headquarters, and looked in the direction of the explosion, trying to figure out what happened to the explosion just now.

"General...the east gate of Taiyuan, the north gate...the south gate...there are all fireballs...[-]% are caused by the shell explosion!" A combat staff hurriedly ran to Yoshio Shinozuka to report.

"General, there are also fireballs rising from the west gate of Taiyuan..." Another communications staff officer ran into the war room to report.

"Dinglingling..." Before Yoshio Shinozuka could reply, the phone in the room rang, and the quiet war room suddenly became lively.

The phone soldier just grabbed a phone, and another phone rang...

"Your Excellency, Commander...the east of the city is being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army...the opponent is equipped with at least two mountain cannons and eight mortars...the firepower is very fierce...the defense troops in the east of the city have all climbed the city wall, and they have suffered a lot. Reinforcements are requested! "The telephone soldier who answered the call first reported.

"General... the north of the city is being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army..." Another telephone soldier reported while covering the microphone.

"The troops stationed in the north of the city resist desperately, but the Eighth Route Army's siege artillery fire is too fierce, and they have already lost more than [-] people... Casualties are still increasing sharply, please support!"

"Your Excellency, Commander...the intelligence department has just received an urgent message: all the main forces of the independent regiment have been killed outside Taiyuan City, carrying a large number of heavy weapons, as if they are going to attack Taiyuan!" The intelligence chief also ran over to join in the fun.

Shinozuka Yoshio became angry when he heard it, and cursed dissatisfiedly: "The independent regiment has already started attacking the city... What's the use of you sending the information now?"

The head of intelligence is also aggrieved.

Last night, the Independence Regiment captured more than [-] small and medium-sized strongholds outside the city.

On the surface, the loss of the Shanxi garrison was very small.

As long as the frontline mopping up troops return in time, these lost small and medium-sized strongholds can be easily regained.

Until just now, the person in charge of intelligence realized that the losses of the Shanxi garrison were far greater than what they saw on the surface.

The small and medium-sized strongholds are like the eyes and ears of the imperial army, watching every move around Taiyuan.

After the small and medium-sized strongholds were captured by the independent regiment, the left-behind troops in Taiyuan became blind and deaf.

Originally, there was a small stronghold every ten miles around Taiyuan, and they could contact Taiyuan City directly by phone.

After the intelligence personnel of the monitoring independent regiment find out some news, they only need to rush to the nearest stronghold, and the information can be transmitted to Taiyuan by phone.

After these small and medium-sized strongholds were all killed by the independent regiment, it would take at least twice as long for the intelligence agents to pass the information they found into Taiyuan.

That's why the person in charge of intelligence passed the news of the independent regiment's attack on Taiyuan to the headquarters so late.

He really wanted to explain to the commander, but seeing Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, his face was full of anger, and he swallowed the words that were on the verge of his lips.

In the end, I decided to stand aside with my head down and be scolded...

The chief of staff stepped forward in time to make a rescue: "Commander... Judging from the report of the city defense garrison, the independent regiment attacking us is equipped with at least [-] mortars, eight mountain guns and infantry guns!"

"Our troops defending the outer city are almost all armed by expatriates... The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is too fierce, I'm afraid they won't last long..."

"Bageyalu... We were tricked by the independent group!" Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly realized and cursed.

"Last night, we specially selected small and medium-sized strongholds to attack, making us mistakenly believe that they lost their troops and lost their ability to attack fortified areas, thus generating the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, and preparing for us to be caught off guard tonight..."

"What a cunning opponent, he played us all!"

"From the analysis of their offensive posture, they will not give up until they force the sweeping troops back!"

After finishing speaking, he met the eyes of the chief of staff and asked back: "If we defend the outer city at all costs... how long can we last..."

The chief of staff was silent for a long time before frowning and replied: "The artillery of the independent regiment is far superior to ours. As long as they have enough ammunition, they can use up all our limited troops with artillery shells!"

"The troops defending the outer city are almost all armed expatriates, and their will to fight is far inferior to ours!"

"According to their current loss rate, another hour will be good..."

"There are still more than [-] people in the inner city, and their combat power is twice as high as that of the armed expatriates. In addition, the independent regiment is partially consumed by the armed expatriates, so it should last for three to four hours!"

"It's too short!" Shinozuka Yoshio replied with a serious face.

"There are no troops to move around Taiyuan, so we can only deploy troops from the front line to help... No matter how fast they are, it will take two or three days..."

"When they return to Taiyuan, we will be wiped out by the independent regiment long ago!"

"Let all the troops stationed in the outer city retreat to the inner city, we abandon the outer city, and concentrate all our troops and firepower to defend the inner city..."

"The inner city is much smaller than the outer city, and defending the inner city can not only concentrate firepower but also concentrate troops. It will definitely be no problem to stick to it for three or four days!"

"Immediately send a telegram to the front-line mopping up troops...immediately dispatch three infantry brigades to return to Taiyuan..."

"No, three brigades are too few!"

"In the battle of Xingling, the independent regiment defeated our three brigades in one battle. The same thing must never happen again!"

"Directly dispatch six infantry brigades and one artillery brigade to march back to aid Taiyuan..."

"I want to wipe out the independent regiment in the outer city of Taiyuan!"

The chief of staff agreed with this style of play, but did not take orders immediately.

The outer city of Taiyuan is not only home to a large number of ordinary people and expatriates, but also a large number of military facilities. If all of them are abandoned, the Shanxi garrison will also suffer a great loss.

Immediately reminded Yoshio Shinozuka: "Commander... Taiyuan's arsenal is in the outer city... Abandoning the outer city is tantamount to giving up the arsenal... Or let the troops blow up the arsenal when they retreat... What we can't get is the Eighth Route Army Don't even think about it!"

"It can't be fried!" Yoshio Shinozuka shook his head like a rattle, denying it without hesitation.

"Is it the weapons and ammunition we usually use in the arsenal? Can we get replenished at any time if it blows up?"

"A lot of equipment in the arsenal is not only of high value, but also unique. There is no such thing in the whole of China... After it is bombed, it can only be shipped from China!"

"There are also a lot of domestic military equipment, it is impossible for us to give it to us if we want it!"

"If the arsenal is really blown up, maybe it won't be able to resume production in the next year!"

"You can be regarded as a high-level military officer of the Empire of Japan. You should know that the strategic direction and strategic focus of the empire have shifted..."

"Since last year, the domestic supply of weapons, ammunition and supplies to us has been decreasing."

"By the beginning of this year, we had less than half of the ammunition supplies we had in previous years!"

"However, we have fought more and more times and on a larger scale, consuming far more ammunition than in previous years."

"It means that half of the weapons and ammunition needed by the Shanxi garrison every year have to be solved by themselves!"

"Our only solution is the Taiyuan Arsenal!"

"If there is no Taiyuan Arsenal to produce a steady stream of weapons and ammunition for us, the ammunition consumption and reserves of all garrisons in Shanxi will be halved, then how can we fight wars, how can we fight big battles!"

"In order to ensure that there will be no problems with the ammunition supply of the Shanxi garrison, the Taiyuan Arsenal must not have any problems!"

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