"Sir Xue, according to the current intensity of the battle, we can only support it for more than half a month. If there is no ammunition supply, we can only use bayonets and fists." Shangguan Yunxiang walked in angrily, and the big man with a golden sword sat down.
He said from his position, "Mr.
The ammunition for artillery fire is all gone, how can we fight this? Does Chongqing want us in Changsha? Brothers, we really can't fight this kind of war!"
As he spoke, Shangguan Yunxiang took off his hat and kept fanning the wind, which showed the anger in his heart.
Xue Yue smiled bitterly and said, "No, no, look, haven't there been a lot of ammunition recently? Chongqing has been looking at us, and the Chairman has always cared about us. Didn't you get a commendation a few days ago?"
After hearing this, Shangguan Yunxiang said angrily, "But what are they coming? They are all ammunition made by our domestic and German weapons, and what about the weapons in the hands of our brothers? They are all Su weapons, if that's the case
If so, then let our Suzhou troops come down, or give us German equipment and ammunition, and we can continue to fight!"
After saying that, Shangguan Yunxiang changed his expression again, and said with a look of sorrow and anger, "Let me tell you, Commander Xue, it's not that we are unwilling to fight. Our brothers have not prepared to go back since they left their hometown, but you go
Look, our brothers are suffering from bombings in the trenches every day. They can only wait for the Japanese to come up and then fight back or wait for dark to attack at night. Those mortars and machine guns are the courage of our brothers. If these are all
No more, I’m afraid the brothers won’t dare to fight anymore.”
Xue Yue took a long breath and said, "I will definitely help you solve this matter. In this way, there are thousands of machine rifles left by the fallen soldiers in the warehouse. You can take them all back first, and I will urge the rear."
"Crack!! Crash!"
At this moment, a bolt of lightning struck, and heavy rain began to fall in the sky.
"With this shower, the Japanese attack should be slower. Go back quickly and let the brothers rest for a while." Xue Yue advised again. Shangguan Yunxiang sighed, saluted a military salute, and retreated.
Wu Yizhi walked in from the back door and said, "Mr. Xue, if this matter is not handled well, it may lead to a mutiny."
Xue Yue rubbed his head, not knowing what to say.
Since the Soviet Union began to assist the National Army, the core force of the National Army has slowly changed from the original German weapon divisions to Soviet weapon divisions. Taking the Wuhan Battle as the midpoint, there were still many German weapons divisions before the Wuhan Battle.
After the Battle of Wuhan, the most elite troops who fought on the anti-Japanese battlefield began to slowly replace themselves with Soviet-style equipment.
For example, the Fifth Army that shined in southern Guangxi was equipped with all Soviet weapons except for some German tanks and armored vehicles, and most of the tanks were Soviet-style. The Fifth Army was still in the rear, and in the front line, it was in the most important position.
Changsha, the main battlefield, has gathered a lot of Soviet weapons troops.
The troops in Xue Yue's hands are the 15th, 19th, 20th, 27th, and 30th Group Armies plus other independent troops. Among them, the main force of the 19th Group Army is all Soviet weapons and equipment except the 26th Army. And among the other troops
, there are more or less Soviet weapon troops from one division to one corps. These troops are used by each group army as their main force. In the early battles, more than half of these troops have been lost, and the 19th Group Army was located in the rear.
, has been preserved. The core force in Changsha at this time is the 74th Army of the 19th Army. This army has more than 30,000 people, which is more than the entire army of some group armies. Its firepower is fierce and it is Xue Yue's trump card.
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Xue Yue stood up and looked at the rain outside, unable to help but fall into memories.
As early as the beginning of July, Xue Yue discovered that Suzhou's weapons and ammunition might not be enough. This was because he had consumed a large amount of ammunition during his active attack in the previous period, especially in order to make a rapid breakthrough. Basically, half of the shells were consumed. Originally, according to the
My own idea was that it would be enough to fight until Yueyang and withdraw the troops. However, the situation of the battle changed drastically, from an offensive war to a defensive war now, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were lost during the retreat. Now we are defending Changsha City.
, these ammunition were somewhat insufficient, but fortunately, the logistics line in Changsha was not cut off at that time, and there was a large amount of weapons and ammunition accumulated in Myanmar that had not been transported. As long as they were shipped in time, there should be no problem.
Xue Yue immediately sent a telegram to Chongqing reporting the need for supplies of Soviet weapons and ammunition. Upon seeing this, the Chiang intermediary immediately gave instructions to have the ammunition in Chongqing be transported up, while ordering Burma to take off the shipment.
Most of the ammunition from Chongqing arrived on time. Although some were missing, Xue Yue was too lazy to say anything. These ammunition played an extremely important role in the battle from the end of July to the beginning of August, especially the artillery shells. Although they could not be compared with
The Japanese army engaged in artillery battles, but they took advantage of the terrain and fired a few rounds before running away, which also made the Japanese army feel uncomfortable. According to the timetable, ammunition from Myanmar should be available by mid-August, so there would be no problems.
As a result, there is a big problem with Myanmar's ammunition. Kong Lingkan was so stupid that he actually asked the Ninth War Zone to give him a large bribe before releasing the supplies. Every day these supplies are delayed, Changsha doesn't know how much blood will be shed. Originally, this journey
Xue Yue was a little depressed after being constantly floated, and now he was asking for money openly. Xue Yue was so angry that he directly called Kong Lingkan to question him.
Kong Lingkan was really not afraid of Xue Yue. To put it bluntly, Xue Yue was Chen Cheng's general, and in front of Kong Xiangxi, a relative, Chen Cheng was nothing, so he directly said, "Without departure fees, these transport teams can't move by themselves.
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Xue Yue had no choice but to call Chen Cheng for help. After Chen Cheng learned about the incident, he asked him to call Kong Xiangxi directly, because at that time, the Changsha war situation had become the most important thing in Jiang Jie's mind. After Kong Xiangxi learned about it, he was also worried because of this
The problem involved him, so he forced Kong Lingkan to release the goods.
Kong Lingkan was extremely unhappy after receiving Lao Tzu's order. The incident with the Youth Army made him feel unhappy at the beginning, and now it was like this again. He said to the people around him, "Which army is not backed by a big boss? What if?
That’s it, why don’t we drink from the northwest wind?”
As a result, Kong Lingkan said to Xue Yue, "The money must be given, but you can get rid of your own share and give it a discount. The rules cannot be broken."
Xue Yue was anxious for ammunition, so he had no choice but to divert part of the military expenditure to Kong Lingkan. Fortunately, many Nationalist soldiers died in the battle in Changsha. This military expenditure matter was another confusing matter, and Kong Lingkan accepted it as soon as he saw it.
, started shipping, but the time has now reached mid-August.
Xue Yue walked to the map and looked at it and said, "Now that batch of ammunition and supplies has just entered China. It will take more than half a month to reach our Changsha. And whether the ammunition will come in by then is a problem...
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Wu Yizhi nodded and said, "General Shangguan just said that the army's artillery only has three to five days' worth of shells. The bullets can still last for a while, but without the artillery, they will not be able to support the Japanese attack."
"Boom, boom, boom, boom." At this time, bursts of explosions came faintly from the distance. Xue Yue looked into the distance, stretched his neck and said, "The Japanese army actually attacked in the rain. They started to get impatient."
Is it done?”
"Ding ring ring ring" a quick phone call rang, Xue Yue walked over and took it and said, "I'm Xue Yue!"
"Report to Commander Xue, this is Wang Yaowu of the 74th Army. The Japanese army suddenly launched a fierce attack. A large number of Japanese infantry appeared. Tanks are attacking. Our army is under great pressure. Please support us."
Xue Yue frowned and cursed, "How long have the cannons been firing? Do you need support? Can you fight?"
Over there, Wang Yaowu looked at the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles in the distance and almost cried, and said, "Mr.
Ah, I'm afraid that if I wait until the end to ask for support, when the support comes, we won't be able to defend Changsha. The enemy's artillery is not hitting our position, but the communication trench behind our position. This is to
Cut off ties with our army!"
Xue Yue was shocked when he heard this. He hung up the phone, picked up the helmet next to him and said to Wu Yizhi, "Let's go! Let's go to the front line and have a look."
It was raining heavily, and Xue Yue was not worried about Japanese plane attacks. The group of people quickly ran to the observation point on Yuelu Mountain and looked at the frontline battlefield in the distance.
He only saw the continuous artillery fire and the sound of killing on the frontline battlefield. Xue Yue picked up his telescope and looked at it. He only saw the Japanese tanks advancing hard in the muddy water in the heavy rain. The Japanese infantry continued to advance under the protection of the tanks.
, they are desperately counterattacking on the square position. The ballistics fired by machine guns and rifles can be clearly seen in the dim rainy day, but there are not many anti-tank guns joining the battle. This is because in the battle some time ago, anti-tank guns
It is the artillery that consumes the most ammunition. At this time, there are not many shells available for attack, so we can only attack nearby with great economy.
Xue Yue looked back, and sure enough he saw the Japanese heavy artillery attacking behind the front line position, which was intended to cut off traffic.
Xue Yue put down the telescope and handed it to Wu Yizhi and said, "Is this bastard Neji Okamura crazy? With so many tanks and armored vehicles dispatched in such weather, isn't he afraid that they will be completely lost?"
Wu Yizhi put down the telescope and sighed, "The Japanese have discovered that we are short of ammunition. It must be that when they made a tentative attack a few days ago, they discovered that our army's anti-tank artillery counterattacks are not as strong as before. The 74th Army cannot stop such an attack."
How long have you been staying?”
Xue Yue immediately turned around and said, "Order the 30th Group Army to come up with support immediately!"
The communications troops quickly went down to deliver the order. After a while, they saw several troops rushing towards the front line despite the rain and artillery fire. Xue Yue continued to watch the battle, only to see that these two troops wanted to bypass the Japanese artillery fire at first, but
Soon the Japanese army diverted artillery fire on their heads. After being suppressed for a while, they retreated leaving thousands of Tongze's corpses behind.
Xue Yue looked angrily and cursed, "How could Wang Lingji do this? Just retreat now?"
Wu Yizhi advised, "The Sichuan army has already suffered too heavy losses. I think we should let other troops go."
Xue Yue twisted his mouth. Of course he knew that the Sichuan Army's losses had been extremely heavy in the early stage, and he was just using the Sichuan Army as a test.
He said, "Then order the 20th Group Army to come forward. Let them take a detour and don't fly the military flag. Everyone should camouflage themselves with mud. The Japanese should have observation balloons, but in such heavy rain, they should not be able to see clearly."
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At this time, the front line has been broken through by the Japanese army and has begun to enter hand-to-hand combat. The 74th Army is an elite force and dares to fight. However, after all, it is not as good as the Japanese army in terms of proficiency. In addition, the Japanese tanks fire machine guns from time to time, which is extremely difficult.
It was a disadvantage, but because of the short distance, many Nationalist troops used self-destruction to attack the Japanese troops, and they became anxious for a while.
The main force of the 20th Group Army was the Shanxi-Sui Army and part of the National Army brought out by Shang Zhen. Xue Yue saw these troops trying to pass through the path without flying military flags. It was okay at first, but soon it was discovered that the Japanese heavy artillery was accurately
Hitting the heads of these troops, the supporting troops were driven back again.
The first line of defense has been breached.
Xue Yue turned around anxiously, and Wu Yizhi said, "This is wrong, how could the shooting be so accurate? It's raining heavily now, even if there is an observation balloon, it shouldn't be so accurate. It's as if someone is watching."
Xue Yue's mind flashed and he shouted, "Quick! Check Yuelu Mountain immediately to see if any Japanese intelligence troops have gotten in."
On the opposite side, Okamura Neiji looked at the new information and nodded and said, "Very good, Itagaki Seishiro's intelligence power is really powerful. Every move of the National Army is under our control. Let's see how Xue Yue fights with me."
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The staff officer next to him laughed and said, "Our army will concentrate its main force and use the rainy weather to attack with all its strength. People tend to be more impatient when it rains heavily. I think the National Army will be defeated soon."
Okamura Neji nodded and said, "Yes, the imperial meeting in Tokyo was held a few days ago. His Majesty the Emperor asked us to resolve the battle in Changsha as soon as possible. We have delayed it for too long. The order continues. We will never retreat until Changsha is broken.
The six divisions are divided into three, and they take turns to attack. I will use a continuous attack like a flood to completely defeat Xue Boling, who is known as Yue Fei's rebirth!"
The Japanese attack lasted for five hours, and the sky was completely dark. Xue Yue looked at the Japanese intelligence officer who had committed suicide in front of him, and was filled with resentment. He was actually touched on the mountain. The battle just now was completely played by Neji Okamura.
It's just fun, but now that it's dark, you may be able to use the sky to send reinforcements for a night attack. Xue Yue ordered, "Immediately order all units in the rear to mobilize death squads and prepare to counterattack!"
