When the division commander was preparing to attack Xuzhou City, he let these 24 heavy howitzers show off their skills.
It would be a waste to use it to fight Japanese infantry.
In the previous artillery bombardment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese army, only half of the artillery firepower was used, and almost all of it was heavy artillery firepower.
Although artillery firepower is very powerful, ammunition is also consumed very quickly.
Without complete logistical supplies, the 129th Division would not be able to fight such a wealthy battle.
For 122, 150 and 152mm howitzer shells, the average shell plus packaging is about 50 kilograms.
The weight of one artillery shell is about 50 kilograms. 50x10,000 = 500,000 kilograms. When converted into tons, it is 500 tons.
This time, Commander Liu applied for an airdrop supply of 5,000 tons of heavy artillery shells, which is 100,000 rounds of heavy artillery shells.
In addition to heavy artillery shells, we have also applied for some mortar shells, 75mm mountain artillery shells, bullets, grenades and other ammunition, but the quantity is not large, and these ammunition are still sufficient for now.
After receiving the telegram, the division commander immediately ordered a unit to go to the airdrop site.
On the other hand, the political commissar immediately sent a telegram to notify all surrounding Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army base areas, and organized local troops to lead civilian transport teams to the transportation location in preparation for receiving airdrop supplies.
With such a large amount of airdropped supplies, it would be difficult for the 129th Division's logistics transport team to transport the airdropped supplies to the artillery positions within a few days.
daytime.
The Eighth Route Army infantry and tank troops, under the cover of artillery fire, launched an attack on the Japanese troops around Xuzhou.
However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower and offensive were much weaker than in the previous days.
However, the Eighth Route Army has air support. Fighters and bombers taking off from Xinxiang Airport can very well support the Xuzhou battlefield.
The Japanese army did not dare to launch a full-scale counterattack in broad daylight.
However, the various artillery regiments of the Japanese army have been dispersed and provided fire support to the Japanese infantry defending the position from hidden gun positions.
After fighting for a long time, the Eighth Route Army captured some Japanese positions. Seeing that they could not capture all the positions, they retreated.
Both sides suffered casualties on each other.
The casualties of the Japanese army were still greater than those of the Eighth Route Army, but the casualties between the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army were smaller than in the previous days, about 3 to 1.
Hengshan Yong was overjoyed and felt more and more that the Eighth Route Army was running out of ammunition.
Although the Eighth Route Army is very prosperous now, when your Eighth Route Army runs out of ammunition, it will be the Locust Army's turn to counterattack.
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.
Soon I will have the advantage!
And at the same time.
In an Eighth Route Army base about 30 kilometers away from Xuzhou, as more than 100 heavy strategic transport aircraft flew over, airdropped supplies fell all over the sky.
The leaders and soldiers who came to receive the airdrop supplies looked at the airdrop boxes and parachutes that covered the sky and blocked the sun. They all smiled, and the upturned corners of their mouths were harder to suppress than Type 56 submachine guns.
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(Some brothers said that there was no update the day before yesterday, but it was updated at around 12:00 the day before yesterday. I wrote it overnight. I really had something to do yesterday and the day before yesterday and couldn't update it.)
Chapter completed!