War is an infectious disease that can turn anyone into a devil... Chapter 23 of Gao Hongming's Memoirs.
"Dear sirs, as of yesterday, our casualties have reached 26,531. Among them, the Jinsui Army has suffered the highest casualties, with 15,223 casualties. The Eighth Route Army has suffered 6,000 casualties.
The Liantai militia suffered more than 3,600 casualties.
The loss of supplies was: 8,754 rifles, 378 light and heavy machine guns, more than 200,000 grenades, 10.36 million bullets, 26,874 artillery shells, food..."
Listening to the numbers read out by Staff Officer Bai, several people present felt their eyelids jump, and Master Liu's hand holding the cup was trembling slightly.
They couldn't help but be frightened. Take the Eighth Route Army as an example. I am afraid that the ammunition used by the Eighth Route Army since the Anti-Japanese War could not compare with the ammunition consumed in the battle to recapture Taiyuan.
Although all the ammunition was reimbursed by Gao Hongming, they were also afraid that once the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army got used to such a "spending money like water" style of fighting, how would they fight without the support of the Liantai Militia.
This is not because Commander Liu is unfounded, but because he discovered that the Eighth Route Army already had this tendency.
As one of the five bosses of the joint command, Commander Liu receives telegrams every day from the division commanders, brigade commanders and even regimental commanders of the units below.
Take the 129th Division as an example. Nowadays, the most telegrams sent to them by the brigade commanders and even regimental commanders below are to send me a bombing squadron immediately to provide fire coverage to a certain target, or to call an artillery group to bomb a certain place.
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What's more, they even called for logistics to quickly deliver the ammunition, and they often had to replenish dozens or even millions of bullet supplies. He didn't know when the troops below no longer had much idea about ammunition consumption.
, as if as long as they say a number, the logistics force can immediately pull them over.
But the problem is that the reason why Commander Liu and even the current Eighth Route Army can live such a "luxurious" life is all because of the unconditional support of Gao Hongming, a big benefactor. Once this benefactor is lost, the Eighth Route Army will immediately be knocked back to its original shape.
, returning to the state of being short of guns and ammunition.
But many Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters have not realized this yet. This is the old saying that a young lady's heart is a maid's fate.
Thinking of this, Master Liu frowned deeply, but now is not the time to think about this.
He shook his head slightly, temporarily throwing away the worries in his mind and returning to reality.
"We can't continue fighting like this." Yang Aiyuan was the first to speak.
He said in a deep voice: "The Japanese army reinforced and thickened various buildings in the North Gate headquarters area, even deployed countless firepower points, and used the favorable terrain to block us.
However, we are so tied up due to various rules that we can’t even use the artillery, so we can only rely on our brothers to use their lives to fill it. This is not going to work!”
Speaking of this, Yang Aiyuan's eye circles were a little red.
"This morning I went to the temporary 49th Division. During the three-day battle of their division in the offensive headquarters, there were more than 11,000 people in the division, but less than 5,000 people were left. Even the division commander
Wei Yukun was also injured.
The situation of the temporary 47th and temporary 48th divisions is not much better.
Our Jinsui Army has dispatched five divisions this time, and three of them have been injured. If we continue to fight like this, I will not be able to explain it to Commander Yan."
"Although the situation of our Eighth Route Army is better, the losses are not small." Commander Liu said solemnly:
"Before fighting in Taiyuan, no one thought that this street fight would be so difficult.
Our war was advancing almost meter by meter, fighting the Japanese house by house, and the blood of soldiers was shed in almost every street and every house."
Gao Hongming looked at the two of them and asked, "So what do you two think?"
"I suggest mobilizing heavy artillery to attack the city." Yang Aiyuan said without hesitation.
"The enemy!"
Master Liu also nodded.
"Previously, we were worried that the heavy artillery attacking the city would accidentally injure the people in the city, but by now, most of the people in the city have fled, and even if there are still only a few people left.
Under such circumstances, it would be too pedantic for us to hold on to our original ideas, so I think the rule that heavy artillery cannot be used should be changed."
"Yes, brother Gao, we have killed and injured too many brothers in order to capture Taiyuan. If we still stick to the rules like this, it would be a woman's kindness!" Sun Chu also agreed at the side.
Seeing that everyone in the group was looking at him, Gao Hongming burst into laughter: "Okay, why are you all looking at me like this? I didn't say I disagreed.
Or, in your eyes, I am the kind of person who sticks to the rules and doesn’t know how to adapt?”
Sun Chu smiled coquettishly: "Brother Gao, don't get me wrong. I'm afraid that you are worried that this kind of thing will be reported by reporters, attracting national attention and damaging your reputation."
"I have a shitty reputation."
Gao Hongming uttered an expletive without politeness.
"How can there be a war without paying the price? We can't risk the lives of our brothers for that useless reputation and face, right? Besides, at best, we can only dispatch artillery to attack the city, which is better than the man in Chongqing who ordered the excavation
Is the Yellow River okay?"
"Brother Gao, be careful what you say!"
Hearing Gao Hongming talk about the Chongqing man so unscrupulously, Sun Chu quickly shouted to stop, only to see him smile bitterly and say: "Brother Gao is indeed a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers.
Of course, your Liantai militia is self-sufficient, so you don’t have to save face for that guy, but bro, Chief Yang and I still have to hang out in the World War II zone. If this sentence is spread out, if that guy gets angry, we will suffer.
food."
Seeing Sun Chu's frightened look, Gao Hongming, Commander Liu and Commissar Liu couldn't help laughing...
"boom……"
With a huge explosion, a three-story building reinforced with reinforced concrete by the Japanese army collapsed in the explosion. Seven or eight heavy machine guns that were pouring out tongues of fire were also turned into parts in the explosion and flew up.
Half empty.
"superior!"
Seeing that the building was bombed, Yan Xiaofu was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers of the Liantai Militia, who had been suppressed very hard, jumped out of their bunkers and rushed towards the collapsed building.
The first to rush to the front were three soldiers.
This is a standard tactical group. The leader is armed with an MP40 submachine gun, and the other two soldiers armed with 98K rifles are covering both sides. Behind them are three other tactical groups, and these people form a complete
infantry squad.
The three of them rushed to the collapsed building one after another. The leading soldier holding a submachine gun stopped behind a wall of rubble and winked at the back. The soldier behind immediately took out an M24 long-handled grenade and pulled the fuse.
Throwing it towards the window, there was only a bang, and a huge explosion immediately sounded inside, which seemed to be accompanied by several screams.