Chapter 360 Li Yunlong: Lao Tzu has become a rich man
As he spoke, Li Yunlong suddenly had an expression of enlightenment on his face, turned back to the map and said: "I know!"
"It's probably because the little devils have a problem with the blockade between us and the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment!"
"Kong Er wanted to seize the blockade from the beginning. In order not to affect our ambush and mopping up troops, he held back. But they must have a way to conquer the blockade!"
"After the ambush started, they launched attacks on two blockades at the same time. As long as one of the blockades was captured, the main force of the independent regiment would continue to rush into our defense area and block the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"If the Japanese raid troops continue to reinforce here, even if the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement are rescued, they will face a joint attack from the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, and their situation will be even worse than now."
“Maybe we’ll trap the other mopping up troops as well.
After thinking about all this, Li Yunlong was no longer anxious and easily ordered: "Tell our troops!"
"The Japanese reinforcements have withdrawn. We have plenty of time to eliminate the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in the encirclement!"
"Everyone must fight steadily and don't be in a hurry... The battle must be ended at the minimum cost..."
"I don't want my troops to be wiped out after the battle is over!"
Huang Yu was not idle at Yantoupo battlefield either.
He led a platoon of guards everywhere to search for bomb-proof holes where the Japanese and puppet troops hid ammunition.
A crater more than two meters deep suddenly caught Huang Yu's attention.
This is a Japanese artillery position, and only mortars have fired shells here.
There is no way a mortar can blast such a big crater.
To put it bluntly, even if a heavy artillery fire missed, the heavy artillery shells would not be able to make such a deep crater.
After this analysis, Huang Yu vaguely felt that the crater under his feet was probably caused by collapse, and he immediately showed an expectant expression: "There must be an anti-blast hole below..."
"Next to it is the Japanese artillery position. Maybe the shells we urgently need are hidden inside... Excavate quickly...
A squad of soldiers started working at the same time and dug out the cave entrance in just ten minutes...
More than twenty ammunition boxes were piled neatly inside, and Huang Yu knew he had guessed correctly after just one glance.
"Battal Commander, there is indeed an artillery hole under the crater where the Japanese hid artillery shells. There are a total of twelve boxes of mortar shells and ten boxes of infantry artillery shells!" the guard platoon leader said with excitement as he emerged from the artillery hole.
"Battal Commander... We also found something here..." Wei Dayong, the commander of Tuyi Company, shouted from a distance.
After running to Huang Yu, he panted and reported: "Only four guns of the Japanese mortar squadron are still usable, and the other mortars have been blown up!"
"Two of the three infantry cannons were blown up, and one is still usable!"
"We also found three shell-proof holes where artillery shells were hidden, with a total of 380 mortar shells and 160 infantry artillery shells..."
Huang Yu became happy after hearing this, pointing to the gun-proof hole just dug by the guard platoon and said: "This is a bomb-proof hole that was collapsed by the bomb, and there are more than a hundred artillery shells hidden in it!"
"Other artillery positions must have bomb-proof holes like this. We must find them all!"
As soon as Wei Dayong left, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhong Chengjun ran over: "Battalion Commander, the blocking position has basically been cleared!"
"We used a lot of heavy artillery in the battle, which caused many weapons to be blown up, especially light and heavy machine guns!"
"We searched the entire blocking position, and we only found four heavy aircraft, 13 light machine guns, and 586 rifles, which is enough to form a battalion!"
"If we replace the equipment we lost first, the remaining equipment will be enough for us to form half a battalion!"
Huang Yu immediately showed a bitter look on his face.
Zhong Chengjun just counted the weapons lost by the troops in the battle, not the casualties suffered by the troops in the attack.
Hundreds of soldiers shed blood on the battlefield, and in the end only half a battalion of equipment was returned. It was definitely a very loss-making deal for the independent regiment.
Zhong Chengjun seemed to understand what Huang Yu was thinking and continued to report: "Weapons and equipment account for only a small part of all seizures. The real bulk is ammunition!"
"The Japanese also know that eggs cannot be placed in one basket. Every anti-gun hole in the blocking position has ammunition hidden in it, ranging from a few thousand rounds to ten or twenty thousand..."
"A little adds up, and now more than 420,000 rounds of 65-caliber bullets have been found, as well as 210,000 rounds of 79-caliber bullets, 200,000 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, and more than 20,000 grenades and hand grenades!
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"There are still many artillery-proof holes and machine gun bunkers that have been blown down. Battalion Commander Xiao is organizing troops to dig out. If all the ammunition inside is dug out, there will be no problem in seizing another 100,000 rounds of various bullets!"
Huang Yu's face suddenly became brighter.
Although the independent regiment's armory is reloading bullets, due to various restrictions and problems, it can currently only reload 79-caliber bullets and 65-caliber bullets. The quality is uneven, and it cannot be used in machine guns.
In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, those reloaded bullets are basically used in troop training.
In big battles and tough battles, only captured original bullets can be used.
As a result, the independent regiment still relies heavily on captured ammunition.
The troops seized 700,000 to 800,000 rounds of ammunition here at one time. Based on the ammunition consumption rate of the independent regiment, it was enough for the troops to fight several major battles.
Looking at Zhong Chengjun, he was very happy to order: "The troops will evacuate the battlefield before dawn!"
"Before evacuating, all soldiers should take action to find all the ammunition buried in the ground!"
"Take the bullet casings you find with you too!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops stayed here for nearly half a month, consuming 70,000 to 80,000 rounds of ammunition a day, which adds up to millions of rounds!"
"With so many bullet casings, you can not only take them back to reload bullets, but you can also recycle them to make new bullets!"
On another battlefield in the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie was waiting in the war room to observe the battle situation.
As soon as the heavy artillery battalion's artillery fire coverage of the blockade ended, a battalion of troops rushed forward.
In his plan, this was the final attack on the blockade.
Success or failure depended on this move, so he couldn't help but be nervous.
"Rumble..."
A thunderous explosion suddenly sounded at the blockade, and a huge fireball rose into the sky twenty or thirty meters high.
The heavy artillery battalion did not fire any artillery. The explosion just now could only be caused by the explosion of ammunition.
If it was just an accident, it would be nothing. At worst, the troops would seize less ammunition at the blockade.
If this was done intentionally by the Japanese and puppet troops, then it would be a disaster.
This shows that they have realized that the blockade cannot be defended, and want to blow up the excess weapons and ammunition, and die together with the blockade...
Or if you want to evacuate the blockade, blow up the weapons and ammunition that cannot be taken away, so that the independent group cannot capture any weapons.
Both reasons were not the results Kong Jie wanted.
He immediately raised his telescope and looked in the direction of the explosion.
"Rumble...Rumble..."
Two more explosions reached Kong Jie's ears.
One or two explosions could still be called accidents, but now three explosions occurred one after another, and it makes no sense to explain it as accidents.
The observation post on the side suddenly shouted: "Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops on the blockade seem to be running away!"
"We are taking turns to cover and retreat to the rear positions..."
Kong Jie looked in the direction of his subordinates' fingers and saw that a dozen Japanese and puppet troops were retreating to the second trench carrying weapons and ammunition...
The blocking fire from the first trench became significantly weaker...
Kong Jie instantly figured out the real intention of the Japanese and puppet troops to blow up the ammunition, and snorted coldly: "It's okay to retreat and run away, but don't blow up my ammunition!"
"The artillery fired immediately to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from blowing up the ammunition that could not be taken away, and forced them to retreat..."
"As soon as the three-minute artillery attack ended, the offensive troops pressed forward on me, captured the blockade with lightning speed, and drove the remaining Japanese and puppet troops out of the blockade."
"All the guard battalions pressed forward to let the Japanese and puppet troops see our determination to storm the blockade."
"If they delay retreating in order to blow up the ammunition that cannot be taken away, when our main force presses forward, they will not be able to leave even if they want to!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The rapid artillery fire started quickly and disappeared quickly.
The Guard Battalion and the Sixth Battalion then rushed into the blockade...
Except for the bombed-out trenches and corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers, there was not a single living person on the blockade covered with scorched earth.
After hearing the report, Kong Jie knew that his judgment was correct, and ordered with a happy face: "The troops will clean the battlefield immediately!"
"Xiao Huang called and reported that the Japanese and puppet troops hid ammunition in artillery holes and bunkers. Although the Japanese bombed some before leaving, many of the bomb holes and bunkers were destroyed by us, and the ammunition was buried in the soil.
The devils can't blow it up even if they want to!"
"If you find those gun-proof holes and machine gun bunkers, you will definitely find a lot of ammunition!"
"Don't miss the bullet casings on the blockade either!"
"Xiao Huang confiscated millions of bullet casings in Yantoupo. We will have no less of them here. Bringing them all back to the base is also a huge wealth!"
On the Zhaojiayu battlefield, as soon as the three rounds of artillery attacks ended, the attacking troops did not encounter any obstruction. One assault drowned the last Japanese and puppet troops in the crowd.
"Commander, political commissar, we have won!" Zhang Dabiao was the first to rush into the headquarters to report the good news.
"I went to take a look at the Japanese artillery position. At least half of the artillery was intact, including two large-caliber mountain cannons!"
"I have been fighting with the Japanese for so long, and this is the first time I have seen such a large-caliber artillery...the barrel is thicker than the mouth of a bowl!"
"There are also several large-caliber mortars and field guns, which can be used by the troops!"
"This time it's finally our turn to make a fortune!"
"I think after the battle, the artillery battalion directly under the regiment headquarters can be directly expanded into a heavy artillery battalion!"
"Where are the cannonballs?" Li Yunlong asked with eyes shining!
"Without cannonballs, no matter how good the artillery is, it is just a decoration!"
Zhang Dabiao immediately nodded: "There are cannonballs..."
"The three carts were all loaded with heavy mountain artillery shells, at least 240 rounds..."
"There are also seven or eight trucks of field artillery shells and large-caliber mortar shells. The largest number are 81 mm caliber mortar shells and infantry artillery shells, a total of 12 trucks..."
Li Yunlong laughed after hearing this: "Great, with these artillery and shells, I will become a rich man."
