Six of the heavy mortars sent by Li Hao were left in the headquarters. They just participated in a battle a few days ago, and the deputy commander-in-chief witnessed its powerful power with his own eyes.
It can be used to attack when advancing, and it can be defended when retreating. It is definitely a killer weapon on the battlefield.
At that moment, the deputy commander seemed to see countless little Japs being blown away by heavy mortars.
Li Hao sent over sixty more at once, and the deputy commander-in-chief was certain that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness, especially its ability to attack difficult targets, would definitely be raised to a higher level with their arrival.
Immediately replied: "Deputy Chief of Staff, immediately organize manpower and material resources to take over this batch of weapons and ammunition, and send them safely to various bases at all costs to equip the troops."
"As for Comrade Li Hao, I will do as you say!"
"First send a telegram to the Chongqing office. If you can be transferred back, I will be transferred back. If you can't be transferred back, I will be seconded. I will return to the garrison immediately to take charge of the overall situation."
Li Hao personally escorted two thousand rounds of heavy mortar shells back to the garrison.
As soon as he entered the base area, he felt the tense atmosphere before the war.
"Captain, you are finally back." Seeing Li Hao, the happiest person was political commissar Wang Hong.
The head of the regiment and the political commissar shoulder the responsibility, and he can still do the job normally.
Encountering such an unprecedented battle, I obviously felt that I was under a lot of pressure and couldn't bear it any longer.
Li Hao quickly entered the state and asked directly without any nonsense: "Tell me the specific situation first. When I passed through the enemy-occupied area, I felt that the Japanese were more prepared for war than we were."
"There are military trucks loaded with supplies everywhere on the road. There are obviously more troops stationed at sentries, gun towers, and strongholds along the way than before, and they are heavily guarded. No pedestrians on the road are spared, and all are inspected, especially
People entering and leaving our base areas are subject to stricter inspections."
"I have a feeling that the Japanese attack on our garrison is about to begin."
Wang Hong nodded: "Our judgment is within ten days."
"According to the current speed of the Japanese army delivering supplies to the front line, in ten days, the front line Japanese army will be able to accumulate sufficient supplies and ammunition and then attack us."
Li Hao frowned: "The situation is worse than I imagined."
"Political Commissar, what are the various units doing now?"
"The main forces are strengthening fortifications on the front line. According to your order more than a month ago, each frontal battlefield must build a large-scale fortification three kilometers deep and arranged in steps."
"Because there are planes cruising above us all the time during the day, in order to avoid exposing the fortifications and alerting the enemy, a few Japanese bombs were blown up in advance. All our fortifications were built at night and hidden before dawn."
"So far, the four fortifications directly facing the Japanese army have been repaired, and the soldiers are reinforcing them, hoping that they can withstand attacks from ordinary mountain artillery and infantry artillery."
Wang Hong took out a drawing and spread it on the table and continued to introduce: "This is a defense fortification drawing completed by all the staff officers of the regiment and several battalion commanders. The four defensive positions were all built according to this drawing."
"In the entire defense system, trenches are built every 150 meters, and the trenches are connected by communication trenches."
"Machine gun firepower points, especially heavy machine gun firepower points, all avoid trenches and are arranged in bunkers between trenches."
"The bunkers are all built with logs, covered with two layers of logs, then covered with one meter thick sandbags and soil, and finally hidden."
"We have tested that ordinary mortars can only leave a crater half a meter deep. Unless ten mortar shells hit one point at the same time, they will not be able to destroy the bunker."
"However, if the little devil uses mountain cannons, only two of them can cover a bunker."
"For heavy artillery, as long as one shell hits it nearby, it can be destroyed."
"Even if there are no steel bars and concrete, these bunkers will definitely be able to withstand the continuous bombardment of mountain artillery, and the heavy artillery will not level it with a single shell hitting the nearby area."
Seeing the fleeting expression of disappointment on Wang Hong's face, Li Hao quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, political commissar."
"The reason why I let you build so many bunkers is that I want to win not with quality, but with quantity."
"There are five machine gun bunkers behind each line of defense, equipped with one heavy machine gun or two light machine guns. Before the Japanese use mountain artillery and heavy artillery, it only takes one bunker to kill one little devil, and there are fifty little Japanese in one line of defense."
"The entire defense system is three kilometers deep, with lines of defense every 150 to 200 meters, which adds up to nearly 20 lines of defense."
"If one line of defense kills fifty Japs, twenty lines of defense equals a thousand little Japs."
"In addition to those killed by other members of the army, if the Japanese want to capture our defense system, they will definitely not be able to do so without the loss of two thousand people."
"In addition, during the Japanese attack, in addition to defense, I have other tricks waiting for them to ensure that these defense systems will become the Waterloo of the little Japanese and these places will become the graves of the little Japanese."
Seeing that Li Hao became more confident as he spoke, Wang Hong's tense nerves relaxed visibly.
The report continued: "Local troops and guerrillas mainly do ideological work for the folks in the base area."
"After the autumn harvest, I followed your order, Commander, to buy grain from all the oceans in the garrison. I also tried my best to exchange the sweet potato flour, pork, and eggs produced in the base area with grain, and purchased almost all the extra grain in the base area."
"The remaining rations in the hands of the villagers were all buried under the mobilization of local troops and guerrillas, and only half a month's rations were left at home."
"After the Japanese started their attack, in just one day, the villagers along the route were able to move lightly into the mountains, fortify the walls and clear the fields, ensuring that the Japanese and puppet troops could not get a grain of food or a sip of clean water in our base area!"
Li Hao was very satisfied and asked: "How is the weapons and ammunition reserve?"
"Heavy mortar shells and heavy artillery shells were sent by the regiment commander, which is enough to support a large-scale war of attrition."
"Ordinary mortars have an average of 150 rounds per gun. Mountain cannons have a little less, only 60 rounds. They are all produced overnight by the arsenal in the base area."
"Heavy machine gun bullets can average 2,000 rounds per bullet, light machine gun bullets can average 1,500 rounds, and rifle bullets can average 300 rounds per person."
"In addition, there are more than 20,000 grenades and 500 explosive packs specially used for thunder cannons."
Li Hao frowned on the spot: "Too few."
"We all know that the larger the battle and the longer it lasts, the greater the ammunition consumption of the troops will be, and very few will be captured unless the battle is all over,"
"I have a hunch that the next anti-mopping campaign will be an unprecedented protracted battle. In the first half, our ammunition will only be consumed and almost no seizures will be made."
"Therefore, the arsenal must take advantage of this period before the war to speed up production."
"Order the arsenal to concentrate on the production of ordinary mortar shells, special explosive packs for mine cannons, heavy machine gun bullets, and grenades. The more the better."
"In addition, think of ways to produce a batch of Mauser pistols, the more the better."
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