At this time, the Eighth Route Army soldiers raised their heads and stared at the dense airdrops in the sky with their eyes wide open.
There are soldiers with exaggerated expressions, whose eyes almost pop out.
Just because the scene in front of me was so shocking, densely packed airdrop boxes dropped with parachutes towards the location of the Eighth Route Army.
These parachutes are also made of good materials.
What's under the parachute must be all cannonballs.
On the Taigu defense line, the Japs looked at the densely packed airdrops of supplies covering the entire sky, and were so envious that they almost drooled.
The Japanese army also has transport aircraft and can sometimes call for airdrops of supplies.
But the scale is small, and airdrops with parachutes can easily land on enemy positions.
The airdrop supplies called by the Eighth Route Army were not only large in quantity, but also dropped very accurately. Almost all of them landed behind the Eighth Route Army's positions.
First, eight Japanese aircraft were shot down, and countless supplies were dropped from the Eighth Route Army, causing a huge psychological impact on soldiers on both sides.
However, the psychological impact on the Eighth Route Army soldiers was positive.
The psychological impact on Japanese soldiers was negative.
In the same battle, why is there such a big gap between air support and logistical supplies?
"Look, Miyazaki-kun, the Eighth Route Army received a large number of airdrops."
At the Japanese Army's Taigu Line of Defense headquarters, Major General Kaoru Motosen, commander of the 14th Brigade, Major General Taro Nakayaga, commander of the 18th Brigade, and Major General Masao Miyazaki, deputy chief of staff of the First Army, were looking at the sky with telescopes.
In the field of vision of the telescope, countless airdrops with parachutes were densely packed, slowly falling on the Eighth Route Army's positions and behind.
"Could these airdrops be artillery shells?" Taro Nakayaga said urgently.
"It should be the cannonball."
Masao Miyazaki said through gritted teeth.
This reminded him of the battle at Baozi Mountain, a humiliating battle in which a battalion of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army almost defeated half of his brigade.
In that battle, the battalion of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army also received airdropped supplies.
After that battle, his hat as commander of the 3rd Brigade was immediately removed and he was transferred to the First Army Headquarters as deputy chief of staff.
However, it was a blessing in disguise that he did not die at the hands of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Chongjian Yin Sanxiong, who succeeded him as the commander of the 3rd Brigade, was killed directly, and the 3rd Brigade was completely wiped out.
Masao Miyazaki made a rough calculation. Considering the scale of the airdrop, there must be at least 100,000 rounds of artillery shells.
Miyazaki Masao quickly walked to the phone, quickly shook the handle, and put the phone to his ear: "Moxi Moxi, this is the Taigu Defense Line Command Headquarters. Get me through the command immediately..."
Last night, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade organized several small troops.
Trying to penetrate into the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions and blow up some of the Eighth Route Army's cannons.
But whoever the division commander was, he had already ordered his troops to ambush around the artillery positions.
None of the Japanese who sneaked in escaped, they were all beaten into pieces by submachine guns.
After the Sword Squadron became famous in the first battle, the division commander himself also organized a special force and specially invited a combat team leader from the Sword Squadron to be the instructor.
The name is Sirius Commando Team, with more than 80 members, all of whom are elites selected from various units of the 129th Division, including many veterans of the Red Army. They have gone through extremely abnormal and cruel training and tests to become a special team member.
Unless Yamamoto personally leads the special team, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade will only be able to deliver food.
But having said that, the Eighth Route Army's 60,000 main elite troops are here, and if they are well prepared, even if Yamamoto personally leads the special agent team, they will only be wiped out.
Inside the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
Seeing the airdrop slowly landing, the division commander also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he knew that Boss Chen would definitely send airdrops, the division commander's heart was shattered when the shells actually came into his hands.
"Send me the order to shoot all the remaining half of the cannonballs from yesterday!"
The division commander issued the combat order in a stern tone.
An airdrop of this magnitude would definitely be seen by the Japanese on the opposite side.
If the Japanese commander hadn't been a fool, he would have guessed that the airdrop was artillery shells.
It takes a lot of time to collect so many airdrops and move them to the artillery position.
By the time the shell boxes were moved to the position, the Japanese might have escaped from the position.
Therefore, the division commander decided to take a preemptive strike and ordered all the artillery shells prepared on the position to be fired.
As long as you have cannonballs in your hands, you won't panic.
Once all the artillery shells are on the position, supplies will be available immediately.
"Yes!" the chief of staff turned around, took the walkie-talkie, and ordered loudly, "Shot all the remaining half of yesterday's artillery shells!"
As the command was issued, a string of red flares rose into the sky.
All, all, all...
On the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army, artillery shells had already been stuffed into the gun barrels. When they saw the signal flares rising into the air, the gunners immediately fired the shells.
Accompanied by a dense muffled sound, the fireworks from the cannon suddenly connected into pieces, and dust and mist flew into the air.
Crow-like shells suddenly fell in groups on the Japanese defense line in Taigu.
Boom boom boom, boom boom boom...
In an instant, the entire Japanese defense line was filled with continuous clouds of explosive mud and gunpowder smoke, and Japanese and puppet soldiers were flying with blood and flesh.
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"The Eighth Route Army attacking the Taigu defense line received an airdrop?"
Taiyuan.
In the First Army Headquarters, Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu put the phone to his ear and frowned slightly as he listened to Masao Miyazaki's hurried report.
Iwamatsu Yoshio scolded: "Miyazaki-kun, isn't it just the Eighth Route Army that got the airdrop? What's the fuss about?"
The Taigu Defense Line built by the Japanese army was Taiyuan's barrier against the Eighth Route Army in Southeast Shanxi.
The Eighth Route Army in southeastern Shanxi moved north from the south and could bypass the Taigu defense line.
But it can only be bypassed by a small road, but if the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops and heavy weapons with a caliber above 105 mm want to go north to attack Taiyuan, they must move along the highway.
Nowadays, Taiyuan's defense is very strong, and the 75mm caliber mountain cannon is no longer enough.
so.
Even though the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade suffered heavy losses, Yoshio Iwamatsu did not want to give up the Taigu defense line.
The 1st Cavalry Brigade is not in Taiyuan. Once the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade abandon the Taigu defense line, the Eighth Route Army can march straight in with heavy artillery and attack Taiyuan.
"Your Excellency, Commander."
Seeing that Yoshio Iwamatsu had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, Masao Miyazaki sounded panicked:
"The Eighth Route Army received a lot of air-dropped supplies, at least more than 100 large transport aircraft, which air-dropped a large amount of ammunition to the Eighth Route Army."
"The airdrop boxes cover the sky and are so densely packed that it's hard to count how many ammunition there are!"
"Also, the eight Locust Army aircraft that came to support the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade were also shot down by enemy planes!"
"Nani?" Iwamatsu Yoshio's face suddenly darkened: "So, the Eighth Route Army has artillery shells again and is shelling the Taigu defense line?"
"Yes, Commander," Masao Miyazaki said, "I recommend that the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade immediately move to the Xiaodian Town defense line."
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as Masao Miyazaki finished speaking, a continuous sound of explosions came from the receiver in Yoshio Iwamatsu's ear.
"Commander, Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army is shelling our Taigu defense line again!"
After a while, Miyazaki Masao's intermittent report came from the receiver.
Iwamatsu Kazuo's expression changed and he immediately said: "Immediately order the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade to move to the defense line of Xiaodian Town!"
Masao Miyazaki: "Hi!"
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"Commander, the enemy seems to be fleeing..."
On the front line, in the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the chief of staff of the 129th Division put down the telescope on his chest and reported to the division commander.
Commander Liu was lying on his stomach looking at a map with a magnifying glass. Hearing the words of the chief of staff, he quickly came to the window of the headquarters, leaned in front of the artillery mirror and looked at the Japanese position.
Through the field of view of the artillery mirror, we could see the defensive positions, civil fortifications, and the Japanese in the artillery holes, one after another getting out of the fortifications and retreating towards the back.
However, originally the Japanese were hiding in the fortifications and could still avoid the shelling.
The Japanese and puppet troops now had fortifications and were immediately exposed. Without fortifications, the Eighth Route Army's artillery firepower covered them with artillery fire.
The casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops increased instantly, with limbs and broken arms flying everywhere.
However, a considerable number of Japanese and puppet troops escaped from the defensive positions and ran towards the rear.
Seeing that all the Japanese and puppet troops were about to flee their positions.
The division commander smiled slightly and did not panic at all: "Chief of Staff, order each artillery group to use the Xu Jin barrage bombardment method, so that the artillery shells will follow the Japanese and puppet troops."
"yes!"
The chief of staff turned around and gave the order.
As the order from the division headquarters was issued, each artillery group launched a barrage of artillery fire at the enemy.
The dense artillery shells were like streaks of light, cutting graceful arcs in the sky, chasing the escaping Japanese and puppet troops with a sharp whistling sound.
About ten seconds later, a group of artillery shells fell in the middle of the crowd of Japanese and puppet soldiers. During the explosion, the broken limbs and flesh of the Japanese and puppet soldiers flew everywhere, and thick smoke rose.
However, the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were still alive turned a deaf ear and just ran forward.
The clever puppet soldiers pretended to fall to the ground and pretended to be dead. Whether they survived or not depended on God's will. The puppet soldiers no longer wanted to follow the Japanese back to Taiyuan.
The Eighth Route Army's firepower was so strong that these puppet troops had already lost their fighting spirit.
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"idiot!"
"Xu Jin barrage?"
"The Eighth Route Army actually understands Xu Jin's barrage!?"
Masao Miyazaki, who was riding wildly on horseback, turned around and saw the scene of the artillery shells following the fleeing Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army.
His face was full of disbelief.
On the side, the commander of the 14th Brigade, Motosen Kaoru, and the commander of the 18th Brigade, Taro Nakayaga, also looked like they had seen a ghost.
There is nothing commendable about the tactic of advancing barrages. The Japanese artillery will also advance barrages.
But at this time, the Xu Jin barrage used by the Eighth Route Army could definitely cause heavy casualties to the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade.
I originally thought that as long as the soldiers escaped from the fortifications, they would survive. Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army adopted the Xu Jin barrage tactic.
However, the three major generals and some officers had troops and horses, and the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells could not catch up.
But the soldiers of the Locust Army and the Locust Alliance Army were badly bombed.
Many soldiers abandoned heavy weapons such as Type 92 heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns and just ran away.