Chapter 144 The Storm in Yangcun (4)

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Chapter 144 The Storm in Yangcun (4)

Stone Bay.

A group of new soldiers are carrying supplies.

The price in September is 10,000 60mm mortars and 20 million rounds of 60mm mortars.

60 pieces are packed in wooden boxes, and each door weighs 40 kilograms with spare parts.

Ten thousand doors with a total weight of 400 tons.

As for the cannonballs...

Cannonballs of the same caliber, the same type, and the same type will also be very different.

The shells of the U.S. M2-60 mortar system, ordinary grenades weigh 1.35 kilograms, and smoke grenades weigh 1.5 kilograms. On average, with wooden box packaging and buffer sleeve, each weighs 1.7 kilograms.

Twenty million pieces, that’s thirty-two thousand tons.

Ten thousand tons of ammunition!

This quantity far exceeds the current transportation capacity and even storage capacity of the army - more than 30,000 tons of artillery shells, and the army does not even have enough warehouses to store them.

The storage conditions for artillery shells are much more stringent than those for grain.

That means it can only be delivered in batches.

The Hundred Regiment War is still going on. Although the scale is weakening, the intensity has not diminished at all. Around the railway and the county town on the edge of the base area, the troops and the Japanese are fighting brutally between offense and defense.

At present, the main regiments have begun to equip the 60-gun. This kind of good thing has strong maneuverability, fast support speed, fierce firepower, and the key is a sufficient supply of artillery shells. It is very popular among the troops.

According to the assessment of the brigade headquarters, after several main regiments were equipped with ten 60-gun guns, their combat effectiveness almost doubled, and they could rely on the terrain to carry out field battles on the same scale as the Japanese.

The demand for artillery shells on the front line also increased sharply.

The brigade headquarters transportation team transported batch after batch of artillery shells from Shitou Bay to the front line, and stored some of them in the ammunition depot at the headquarters as a strategic reserve.

Nowadays, the army is rich and has a strong family background. While equipping all the troops, including the basic regiment, it has also stocked more than 50 million rounds of ammunition and more than 10,000 Czech guns.

However, considering that they still have no ability to resist the Japanese army and need to be transferred when necessary, it is naturally impossible to transfer these weapons and equipment with them. In order to store them safely, the superiors have spent a lot of thought.

The headquarters staff department is personally busy working on this matter.

Although it can be placed on Boss Mo's side, as a unit, we must maintain a certain degree of vigilance towards any allies.

Defenses can not do without.

"This is··"

Among the new recruits, a soldier from the fifth company of the recruit battalion looked at the cave-like warehouse not far away that was being covered with concealment. His pupils suddenly shrank. Then his eyes immediately returned to normal and he continued to move supplies silently.

···

"I don't know when the Japanese will find out."

Yangcun.

Independent Regiment Department.

Li Yunlong looked at the map of Yangcun on the table and muttered.

"The little Japs must be hiding spies in our recruit camp. It won't take long before they are discovered."

Zhao Gang said with a smile.

The Japanese are preparing for a new round of sweeps.

Moreover, the scale this time must be unprecedented. Both in terms of troop strength and duration, it far exceeds the raids suffered by the base area in the past. It is the biggest crisis for the base area.

No information is needed, you can figure it out just by thinking about it.

The troops launched a Hundred Regiment War, and the Japanese suffered heavy losses. They were determined to come back with revenge, and they were also prepared to annihilate the troops at once and complete their plan to turn North China into the Japanese rear area.

And this time, the independent group will be given priority.

Because of the recent weapons and ammunition, the strength of the army has increased a lot. The Japanese could not find Boss Mo, but it was not difficult to find that the Independent Regiment was the first place where weapons and equipment appeared.

Now the two hope that the Japanese will know that there is a warehouse storing a large number of weapons in Yangcun, where the Independent Regiment is based.

Then, to attract the attention of the Japanese, it would be best to send 10,000 to 20,000 troops to attack the independent regiment, or even a little more.

Firstly, it can relieve the pressure on other troops and give other base areas time to develop and face more difficult challenges. Secondly, if the independent regiment encounters an enemy that is difficult to face, it can ask Boss Mo for help.

"I hope the little devil will move faster."

Li Yunlong bared his teeth.

He naturally knew that the Japanese would find out about the supply base sooner or later.

After the strength of the army increased, the Japs suffered a lot, and they would definitely try their best to investigate the source of weapons and ammunition. Brother Mo and the Japs couldn't figure it out, but it was still very simple to infiltrate a few spies into the independent group.

He just hoped that the Japanese would move quickly.

The sooner the devil knows about the existence of the supply base station, the sooner he can ask Brother Mo for help, and the greater the benefits he will get.

"Captain, what if the Japanese don't fall for the trick?"

At the regiment headquarters, a new regiment staff officer said hesitantly:

"We have captured a spy before and know that there may be Japanese spies lurking among the recruits.

"Now that we are using new soldiers to transport supplies, the Japanese will definitely feel something is wrong and realize that we deliberately let the Japanese know about the existence of the warehouse."

"Our combat troops are all outside. There is no problem in dispatching new soldiers to carry supplies."

Zhao Gang explained:

"Moreover, the recruits who went to carry the supplies have all gone through more than one training and passed multiple levels of review. The Japanese will basically not think that this is a trap."

"So what if you know?"

Li Yunlong suddenly sneered and said:

"The mouse knew it was a trap, but when he saw the bait, he didn't just crawl into the cage obediently?"

Zhao Gang suddenly laughed.

Boss Mo's material transfer base station can be changed at any time and anywhere, as long as it is the station of an independent group and has a relatively large enclosed space.

Strictly speaking, it is not a warehouse, just an unloading point.

But the Japanese would never have thought of it.

After the Japanese discovered the base station in Shitou Bay, they would suddenly realize that they mistakenly thought that weapons, ammunition and supplies were inside. The underground of Shitou Bay was a huge warehouse or underground passage.

Then desperately sent troops to attack Yangcun and attack the independent regiment.

In fact, let alone the Japanese, who would have thought that there was nothing in the huge cave dwelling if they had not seen it with their own eyes.

This is a strategy brought about by information gap.

Unless the devils know the information about this logistics transfer base station, they will have no choice but to be fooled.

Didi didi...

Suddenly, the communicator on Li Yunlong's waist rang.

Captain Li took out the communicator, clicked on the screen, and found a message. After reading it, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:

"The buying and selling price in October has been increased to one hundred tons!"

"what happened?"

Zhao and Li looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.

Although Boss Mo is very generous, he took the initiative to raise the price temporarily. Something must have happened!

···

Macun.

The headquarters of the 57th Regiment of the 386th Brigade.

In the Jin region, there were not only the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army, but also the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army.

The Japs occupied all the territory along the railway lines and also controlled the territory around the main highways. It can be said that the Japs controlled the most essential territory in Shanxi.

However, in other areas, remote county towns, and the wider mountain villages and rural areas are controlled by the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, and the Central Army.

Macun is the core area of ​​Jindong base area, far away from the Japanese-occupied areas.

Therefore, the 57th Regiment is stationed here not to guard against the Japanese, but to guard against overzealous "friendly forces" and to consolidate the base.

Originally stationed opposite Macun was the 217th Regiment of the Central Army.

At the beginning, although the 217th Regiment of the Central Army was beaten up by the 57th Regiment, they were still unconvinced. They often made trouble and became tense at every turn, and the two sides even clashed several times.

However, with the arrival of batches of weapons and ammunition, the strength of the 57th Regiment increased steadily, and the 217th Regiment became more and more honest.

After the Czech style was popularized in the squadron and equipped with individual flamethrowers, the 217th Regiment never had any trouble. The two sides were harmonious and friendly, just like real friendly troops, and they often communicated eagerly.
To be continued...