Yu Xiaobo was not as ignorant as those ordinary big-headed soldiers. As soon as he saw the items on the ground, his expression immediately changed, and even his voice became trembling: "Quick...come quickly, a few people will deliver these things immediately."
Go to the division headquarters! Immediately...immediately!"
"yes!"
"You all, please be careful. If anyone dares to bump into them, I won't spare him!" Yu Xiaobo shouted fearfully as he watched the soldiers hurriedly packing their things.
"Dean... what on earth are these things?" asked a curious female nurse next to her.
"Idiot, you don't even know the radio station."
Yu Xiaobo glared at the nurse angrily, and directed several soldiers to load the radio into the truck and drive quickly towards the headquarters. However, he knew that the division's radio had been damaged and he had been unable to contact the headquarters for several days.
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Sure enough, when Gao Jiwen saw the two radio stations sent by Yu Xiaobo, he was overjoyed and praised him severely. He immediately asked the communications troops to set up the radio stations and immediately sent a report to the headquarters.
Soon, a call back from the headquarters arrived.
"Master, call back from the headquarters."
In less than half an hour, the call back from the expeditionary force headquarters arrived.
"I have been informed of the situation in your unit, and Chief of Staff Zhou Zhirou has reported the situation in detail. The central government has now arranged for the flying corps of the Shanxi Liantai Militia to airdrop supplies to your army.
I hope that after your troops receive the supplies, they will carry forward Huangpu's spirit of sacrifice, unity, responsibility, and struggle, and stick it to Tonggu like a nail, waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and then the entire army will work together to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army.
Sincerely, Luo Yingzhuo, Commander of the First Route Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Army, November 5, 31 Years of the Republic of China."
Looking at the telegram in his hand, Gao Jiwen didn't know what to say.
If he had received this telegram an hour ago, Gao Jiwen would have thrown the telegram to the ground as waste paper without hesitation, but it was different now.
Judging from the dense dumpling-like parachutes in the sky just now, the supplies airdropped this time will definitely not be small, and a rough estimate is that it will not be less than a few hundred tons at least.
Even if only half of this amount of supplies is weapons and ammunition, it is still enough for the 200 Division to last for a while. From this point of view, Luo Zhuoying is really not trying to paint a pie for himself. They are really airdropping supplies to you.
However, it is too early to think about this now. The final decision will have to be made after the troops below have inventoried the supplies.
Facts have proved that Zhou Jiwen still underestimated the power that people in desperate situations can unleash.
After nearly life-threatening efforts by more than 5,000 soldiers, in less than two hours, all the more than 500 tons of supplies dropped by the aircraft fleet had been recovered. Even a box that fell into the pond was recovered by the soldiers.
They dug it out of the mud.
"Sir, all supplies have been accounted for."
In the simple headquarters, Liu Shuman, who was responsible for counting supplies, was flushed because he was so excited.
"This airdrop totaled 100 tons of dry food, 1,000 Mauser 98K rifles, 3 million rounds of 7.92mm rifle ammunition, 30,000 German M24 long-handled grenades, and 20 tons of TNT explosives.
In addition, there are 200 Czech machine guns, 50 Maxim heavy machine guns, 50 60 mortars, 30 81mm mortars, and are also equipped with 20 basic shells.
In addition, there are sulfonamide powder, gauze, iodophor, and a batch of Sakai penicillin medicine. Sir, we are rich!"
It’s no wonder that the Willow Tree Man lost his composure. These weapons were of no help to the 200th Division, which was already in dire straits.
Not to mention the troops who were almost out of ammunition and food, even the medicines in the field hospitals were exhausted. The doctors and nurses in the hospitals could only watch the wounded helpless.
Perhaps considering the threat of Japanese tanks, Gao Hongming even thoughtfully placed twenty PAK37 anti-aircraft guns in this batch of supplies.
We received supplies and resumed contact with the headquarters.
The morale of the officers and soldiers of the 200 Division, which was originally a little sluggish, was suddenly boosted. These supplies not only solved their urgent needs, but also sent a signal to everyone that the country has not given up on them, and tens of thousands of friendly troops are coming towards them from all directions.
What they have to do is to defend Tonggu City and wait for the arrival of reinforcements.
Now, all soldiers can be sure of one thing, that is, if the Japanese launch an attack on Tonggu City again, they will definitely suffer a bloody blow.
Just when the morale of the officers and soldiers of the 200 Division was greatly boosted, the huge fleet of aircraft that had emptied all supplies also landed at Sunshine Airport, 260 kilometers away from Tonggu.
A huge fleet of hundreds of aircraft, including transport planes and fighter planes, soon crowded Yangon Airport, and the originally quiet airport suddenly became bustling with people.
While the ground staff at the airport were busy refueling the fleet, a group of expeditionary force generals such as Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying also rushed to the airport after hearing the news.
Looking at the fleet of planes that almost filled the entire airport, Stilwell was excited: "God bless...with these planes, this battle will be much easier to fight!"
Luo Zhuoying, Du Yuming and other generals of the expeditionary force were no exception. These days, they were fed up with the Japanese aircraft. The British who were originally responsible for air support gave up their plans, and the promised air support has yet to show up.
Just when the situation was tilting toward unstoppable decline, domestic air support arrived in time, which made them feel agitated.
Do you see? This is a Chinese plane. I don’t have to ask the British anymore this time.
When Doolittle got off the plane, he immediately saw a group of generals wearing glittering military titles in front of him.
The leader, Stilwell, was the first to greet him and gave him a big bear hug, saying excitedly.
"Hey... Jimmy welcomes you. Thank you so much. If you hadn't arrived in time and airdropped supplies to the 200 Division, we would have been in big trouble."
Although Doolittle had never met Stilwell before, he recognized him at a glance from the military rank on Stilwell's shoulders.
After hearing Stilwell's words, he shook his head: "Joseph, thank you for your compliment.
It's a pity that your praise and gratitude may be in the wrong place. This air support actually has nothing to do with me. To be precise, I am just the air commander of this fleet.
But it was my boss who made this decision."
"Your boss?" Stilwell couldn't help but exclaimed. You must know that Doolittle was an active soldier in the U.S. Army. How could he have a boss like an ordinary employee?
"Yes, Joseph."
Perhaps seeing Stilwell's surprise, Doolittle explained: "According to Washington's order, my team members and I have to serve the Shanxi Liantai Militia for half a year. During this six months, we are led by the Liantai Militia."
The salary is based on the orders of the Liantai Militia, so we all call him the boss."