coobybook Chapter 666: My Wife’s Chapter is related to the entire battle situation. If I don’t read it, I real
Chapter 666: My Wife’s Chapter is related to the entire battle situation. If I don’t read it, I real
Three days passed quickly. In order to quickly resolve the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Northwest Shanxi Military Sub-district, Yoshio Shinozuka came to the front line to supervise the battle in person. This time he did not hold back any strength and mobilized all the forces he could, including a total of 20 troops including the puppet army, and launched an attack on Taiyuan City.
Niangzi Pass, an important gateway to Taiyuan City, became the first target of the Japanese 12th Army. The Japanese dispatched a division and two puppet army divisions to launch a fierce attack on Niangzi Pass. They also urgently mobilized an aviation brigade to provide air fire support.
"College student, the situation at Niangzi Pass is very serious. The Japanese have mobilized 30,000 troops to attack Niangzi Pass. There are also Japanese fighter planes in the sky, which are constantly harassing us. I request the Air Force Regiment to provide immediate support. The two fighter squadrons stationed at Niangzi Pass have all been put into the air battle, but due to the huge difference in the number of enemy and our aircraft, we have no advantage at all."
"More than 20 artillery pieces deployed outside were destroyed by the Japanese. We urgently need a large amount of anti-aircraft weapons support. College students are requested to send people here immediately, otherwise the losses of the troops will be very large!" Zhang Dabiao reported anxiously with the intercom in his hand.
Lin Zhenhua said "I understand" and hung up the call. He gave an order with a serious face: "Order the Air Force Regiment to immediately mobilize two fighter squadrons to rush to the Niangzi Pass battlefield. At all costs, we must intercept the Japanese fighter planes and seize air supremacy over Niangzi Pass!"
"Order the militia battalions 1 and 2 on standby nearby to be ready to reinforce Niangzi Pass at any time. Tell them not to delay after receiving the reinforcement order, and rush to the battlefield in the shortest possible time to help the independent regiment hold its position."
"Old Li, Taiyuan City is very safe. The Japanese can't come here in a short time. Let's go to Niangzi Pass. I always feel that the Japanese are hiding a huge conspiracy. I won't feel at ease unless I personally command them!"
Li Yunlong was also worried about the battle at Niangzi Pass. Once Niangzi Pass was captured by the Japanese, Taiyuan City would be undefendable. No problem could occur at Niangzi Pass, otherwise the main force would be in crisis and most likely be wiped out.
"College student, it's too dangerous to go there during the day. Let's go at night. We can reach Niangzi Pass tomorrow morning. Our most important task now is to strengthen the defense of Taiyuan City, build more fortifications, and dig up some roads to cause trouble for the enemy's advance."
Chu Yunfei did not come to join in the fun. Half of his 358th Regiment suffered casualties when attacking Taiyuan City. They had to be replenished as soon as possible, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment would be seriously affected.
"Brother Ligong, you must immediately give orders to the First and Second Reserve Battalions, asking them to speed up their march and come to reinforce us at all costs to help us defend Taiyuan City!"
Chief of Staff Fang Ligong had no objection to this. He immediately left Taiyuan City and went personally to pass on orders to the First and Second Reserve Battalions. At the same time, he sent an urgent telegram to his old superior, requesting a regiment of troops to come to support.
Although the idea was good, it was difficult to implement. The Japanese's iron wall encirclement blocked the communication between the two sides. It was too difficult to break through the Japanese blockade. This made Chief of Staff Fang Ligong's request for help unsuccessful.
At the same time, the Zhaojiayu base expanded its troops once again, and the military strength increased dramatically in a short period of time. New recruits who had just been trained for ten days were sent to the front line to help defend positions and solve the dilemma of insufficient troops at the front.
At the Niangziguan line between Fu'an County and Pingding County, the Northwest Shanxi Military Sub-district engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese invaders, and the battle became intense from the beginning. The air-to-ground battle between the two sides lasted from day to evening without any rest in between, and both sides paid a huge price for it. On the first day of the war alone, the casualties of the Northwest Shanxi Military Sub-district reached more than 6000, which was completely beyond Lin Zhenhua's previous expectations. He really didn't expect the Japanese invaders to be so crazy.
"College student, the situation is much worse than we expected. Today is only the first day, and the troops have suffered 6326 casualties, including 3928 killed in action. We have also lost 22 fighters and 19 bombers. If we continue to fight at this rate of loss, our forces will be completely gone in half a month at most, and we will become prisoners of the Japanese." Chu Yunfei said with a grim look on his face.
Li Yunlong did not expect that the casualties would be so heavy, otherwise he would not have rushed back to Taiyuan City from Niangzi Pass. In order to take charge of the battle situation, he, Lin Zhenhua and Chu Yunfei will set up a temporary command center to be responsible for the army's defensive operations!
Just as Li Yunlong was about to reply, Zhao Gang hurried in and said anxiously, "College student, I came here for an important matter. Our transaction with Chen Minggeng has been suspended for half a month. We must find a way to restart it as soon as possible, otherwise it will seriously affect the weapons production of our arsenal."
"Over the past few days, we have increased the production capacity of various weapons, resulting in the bottom of our rubber reserves. Food is not too scarce, and we can still hold on for a while. However, as the area we occupy becomes larger and larger, there will definitely be a huge gap in food. We must restart the air transport line, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the war of attrition with the devils!"
Lin Zhenhua had anticipated this situation before, and he had deliberately stockpiled a large amount of food and raw materials in advance. However, plans could not keep up with changes. He did not expect that after the arsenal was running at full capacity, the consumption of resources would increase exponentially, and the resources he had painstakingly stockpiled had run out. Otherwise, Zhao Gang would never have come to the front line to tell him this news!
"Old Zhao, I agree with your proposal. Restart the air transport line immediately. First, withdraw a brigade of transport planes to maintain the material transportation of the air transport line and transport back the rubber and other resources we urgently need. At the same time, order the arsenal to increase the production capacity of transport planes and restart the production plan of wooden transport planes. Order the second and third transfer stations to be ready to receive the transfer of short-distance transport planes at any time to ensure the supply of raw materials to the base!"
"Also, get in touch with Chen Minggeng and ask him to help us purchase more rubber, from the original 1000 tons to 8000 tons. With the start of our fourth expansion of the arsenal, the demand for rubber will only increase. We must be prepared in advance!"
Zhao Gang immediately contacted Chen Minggeng via radio and told him to prepare more rubber. After everything was arranged, he started talking about the current war!