"Your Majesty General, something happened!" An hour later, the chief of staff hurried into the headquarters to report.
"Reconnaissance force report: The battlefield is littered with corpses of the Imperial Army, and all the materials transported by the Eighth Route Army and us are missing. Also, two escorting planes have crashed, and there are still wreckage left by the crash on the battlefield!"
"Nani? How is it possible? Check, check immediately, how the Eighth Route Army did it! Xiaoye asked with an expression of disbelief.
"We have so many imperial troops, well-equipped, and escorted by planes. Even if we encounter a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, we can retreat unscathed. And they actually lost. This is simply a shame, a shame for the imperial army!"
"Hi! I will launch the intelligence department immediately and make sure to understand the entire battle process!" the chief of staff replied in a serious tone.
This failure was like a slap in the face, shattering the chief of staff's dream of quickly delivering supplies through air force escort.
And if the supplies cannot be transported to Laiyuan City in time, the Ono Brigade, which does not have enough supplies, will definitely have many worries in the subsequent encirclement and suppression operations and will not be able to use all its combat effectiveness.
Of course, the imperial army can also ignore it and continue to deliver supplies at the risk of the supplies being robbed and the escort troops being wiped out.
But in this case, the Ono Brigade's old rival, the Independent Regiment, will become more and more powerful as it obtains a large amount of supplies. At that time, if the Ono Brigade wants to eliminate them again, the price they have to pay will definitely be very huge.
Sure enough, just as he was about to leave, Ono added: "Contact the military department and stop delivering supplies to Laiyuan City until we find out the cause and come up with a solution. I don't want to see all these weapons and ammunition falling into the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
In our hands, we will strengthen our enemies!"
The headquarters of the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment was located in a village. As soon as Wang Ping entered, the instructor of the Second Battalion, Wang Liang, rushed in with an excited look on his face.
"Captain, we've made a fortune. Do you know what supplies we have seized? Our Second Battalion is really lucky today!"
Wang Ping didn't speak, but Zhang Yunshan asked impatiently: "What good things are there!"
"Artillery shells, so many artillery shells! Mortar shells, infantry artillery shells, and mountain field artillery shells, all of them, six thousand five hundred in total!"
Wang Ping also laughed at this time.
Today's independent regiment does not only have one mountain artillery company, one mortar company and four mortar platoons.
Through the joint efforts of the repair shop and Wang Ping, among the artillery bombed by the Japanese on the battlefield, two field cannons, three mountain cannons, and two infantry cannons were repaired. Now, the Independent Regiment has a veritable artillery battalion.
The number of shells that must be consumed in such a large artillery battle must be huge. But in front of me, the little devil sent them to him directly.
Suddenly there were more than 6,000 artillery shells. If the Independent Regiment had the opportunity to hit all these artillery shells on the Japanese and puppet troops. Even if all the Japanese and puppet troops came in the next counter-encirclement and suppression operation, they would not die if they faced so many artillery shells at once.
Take off a layer of skin!
"There are no guns or cannons. The enemy made them for us. The little devils are worthy of the name of our Eighth Route Army's transport team. They knew that we had artillery shells, and they sent us so many shells at once!" Wang Ping, who was happy, couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Liang continued to report: "There are not only artillery shells, but also 500,000 rounds of various bullets."
"In addition, three boxes of sixty Mauser pistols were found in a large truck, all of which were new, and each had twenty rings, as well as more than a dozen boxes of matching bullets!"
Zhang Yunshan's eyes immediately shot out two rays of light, he stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, with so many seizures, do you think you can leave us a box of pistols?"
"I want to equip the guard platoon. The regiment's security company has two guns. On the battlefield, it will be invincible when fighting the Japanese with bayonets. I plan to equip the guard platoon with double guns. When encountering bayonets in the future, the guard platoon will be able to overwhelm the Japanese.
The last straw!”
"I will leave you a box of twenty weapons and five boxes of ammunition, but I will take away all other equipment and ammunition, especially the equipment of the Japanese transport team!" Wang Ping made a decisive decision.
"Your Second Battalion has the advantage of the highway and has defeated the little devils a lot. Both the local troops and the guerrillas are equipped with all the equipment. But the First and Third Battalions are not as lucky as you. I want to give them these equipments."
Send them over and equip the guerrillas so that they can become combat effective as soon as possible."
At the Japanese Army Ono Brigade Headquarters in Laiyuan City, Ono felt very aggrieved after reading the battle process collected by the Intelligence Department.
Because, in a normal ambush battle, from the beginning to the end, the imperial army was involved in the independent regiment's calculations step by step.
"Baga, I didn't expect that the air superiority of the Imperial Army was offset by a close battle with the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. They are too cunning. They come up to bite us whenever they find an opportunity. They are indeed a powerful opponent that even the Imperial Army can't do anything about!
"Ono analyzed with a frown.
The chief of staff immediately reminded: "General, what's next!"
"Continue to deliver supplies to Laiyuan City!" Ono made a decision quickly.
"Now that we have found the problem of the attack on the transport troops, it will be easier to deal with next!"
"Further increase the escort force to ensure that there is no Eighth Route Army within a hundred meters along the highway. In addition, contact the Army Aviation Corps, and the mission of aircraft escort remains unchanged!"
"But this way, the transport troops will move much slower. I'm worried that the transport troops won't be able to reach Laiyuan City in one day!" the chief of staff reminded.
"If you can't get there in one day, then it will take two days!" Ono replied with his eyes lit up.
"We were attacked twice in a row in Qinggu Valley, and it is right between Laiyuan City and the military supply point. Since the transportation troops cannot reach Laiyuan City in one day, we will set up a material transfer station here!"
"Order the first and second infantry brigade of the brigade, the first brigade of the garrison division, and the two squadrons of the artillery brigade to set out tomorrow morning to garrison in the Qinggu Valley and build a material transfer station."
The chief of staff immediately reminded: "General, don't worry about the transfer station being attacked by the Eighth Route Army transfer station!"
"They will definitely attack the transfer station, which is why I dispatched five thousand imperial troops and imperial association troops to garrison Qinggu Valley at one time!" Ono replied.
"Five thousand Imperial Alliance troops, relying on the terrain for defense, plus sufficient artillery and air support. Even if all the independent regiments are dispatched, they will not be able to do anything to them!"
"If the Independent Regiment is really not afraid of death and has the courage to attack our transfer station, I wouldn't mind teaching the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army a big lesson in Qinggu Valley!"
"Also, Qinggu Valley is also located between Laiyuan County and the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. The surrounding terrain is flat and very suitable for defense. It can be our material transfer station, and it can also be our outpost to encircle and attack the Independent Regiment!"
"Through this outpost, we will gradually compress the independent regiment's living space outside the city and prepare for our next encirclement and suppression campaign!"
"Hi, General, you are wise. I will take care of my humble duty right away!" the chief of staff replied readily. He also felt that setting up a transfer station in Qinggu Valley was the best way to solve the problem, and it also served multiple purposes!
The first update is here! Please collect it, please subscribe! Please recommend it, and please reward it!