Zhu Shengzhong asked for orders, and Duanwu thought about it for a while. This was indeed a good idea, but it was not Zhu Shengzhong who led the people to fight, but Sun Shiyu's artillery.
The Dragon Boat Festival ordered: "Sun Shiyu, please take out a cannon and put out a grenade tonight. Go to the racecourse to find the important targets of the Japs and blast them. Remember not to force it. Shoot wherever there are more people."
Lao Snoring, your people sent two platoons to cover Sun Shiyu's artillery platoon. After the surprise attack on the Japs, you immediately evacuated. If there are Japs chasing after them, the secret service battalion will be responsible for covering them. If not, you all will evacuate quickly together.
Because the mission this time is to hit and run, let’s give the little devil a showdown first and see if the little devil makes any moves.”
"yes!"
Sun Shiyu and Lao Shou took the order and immediately went to prepare. Others also went back to rectify the soldiers and horses of each battalion. For example, each company and each platoon of the entire battalion counted the number of people and weapons configuration. What are the shortcomings? How big is the personnel gap, and
Are the weapons and ammunition conditions sufficient?
If it's not enough, you have to go to Laobaba immediately to allocate weapons and ammunition to each battalion.
So fighting a war is easier said than done, but once it gets started, without a few outstanding grassroots commanders, it might not be possible.
However, at this time, Li Yunlong saw that everyone was leaving and asked, "Dragon Boat Festival brothers? Is this the end?"
Duanwu said in surprise: "Yes, it's over!"
Li Yunlong smacked his lips and said: "Brother Dragon Boat Festival, don't you want to fight? Just shoot an artillery platoon, and the two infantry platoons go to scratch the little devil's itches? Is it possible to fight like this? How do I feel that you are playing house in the war?
Is it the same? If there is going to be a war, we will fight hard. If there is no war, and the Japanese are coming, we will fight.
You're so nice, you say it's a war, you're just joking. You say there's no war, but you still send people there. You say, this is too childish."
"hehe!"
Duanwu smiled, and then said: "Brother Li, now that the enemy's situation is unclear, can't we try to fight? And when we know the enemy's intentions, it will not be too late for us to use troops, otherwise there will be so many people and so many
Moving troops back and forth will make the soldiers physically and mentally exhausted."
"Well,."
Li Yunlong thought for a while and seemed to think that Duanwu was right.
But he thought for a while and then said: "Then tell us when you want to fight. Although our second column of decisive battles has not yet developed, my new soldiers are still capable of helping your Dragon Boat Festival brothers to carry the wounded and deliver ammunition.
.”
"Brother Li, don't worry. You will be indispensable in the war."
Duanwu smiled and patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder, then left and returned to his residence.
Of course, the Dragon Boat Festival is not about resting, but about in-depth study of the terrain from the racecourse to Jiazhuang.
The Dongyue Mountains stretch for more than a thousand kilometers, and there are countless mountains in them. They are very conducive to ambush warfare, guerrilla warfare, sparrow warfare, and other tactics.
But the little devils are not stupid. When they enter such a dangerous place, they will definitely conduct repeated reconnaissance. Otherwise, why didn't Momotaro come in after he chased him to the racecourse? And his scouts were all killed, so why didn't he look for it?
Because he knew that the terrain in Mount Tai was complicated and it was easy to get in, but it was difficult to get out again.
That's why he hunkered down at the racecourse and refused to come in, waiting for reinforcements.
The arrival of the Chaoxian Division became an opportunity. They were able to fight independently and were also good cannon fodder. Momotaro was then ready to enter Mount Tai.
At this time, he was also reorganizing the army, checking the status of soldiers, weapons and ammunition in each department. Moreover, the headquarters had allocated a large amount of weapons and ammunition, which had been transported to the racecourse just one day ago.
They were all light weapons requested by Momotaro, such as light machine guns and grenade launchers. He wanted to imitate the Dragon Boat Festival's rapid combat method. Although his plan to purchase automatic weapons was scolded by the headquarters, he still believed that
Automatic weapons will dominate the battlefield of the future.
But the gentlemen in the headquarters didn't listen, and there was nothing he could do.
So he could only do the next best thing and report to the superiors that the machine gun had been damaged a lot during the battle and needed a lot of replenishment, otherwise it would be difficult to achieve combat effectiveness.
So the headquarters sent him 100 light machine guns, 30 grenade launchers, 50,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition, 200 rounds of artillery shells, and then Type 38 rifles and bullets, etc.
Momotaro looked at the pitiful weapons and equipment and could only accept them with tears.
Because what should I do if I don’t accept it? If I don’t accept it, these things will be gone.
So he immediately accepted it and allocated more than half to his troops, while the remaining small part was allocated to the Kunisaki detachment.
As for the Fourth Division, Momotaro discovered when he arrived that it was a lazy force.
Perhaps he never dreamed that the empire's majestic main division would look like this.
So after the weapons and ammunition arrived this time, he split up with the Iron Triangle of the Kunisaki detachment.
Of course, Momotaro would not offend anyone easily. What he explained to Captain Matsuyama was that his troops and the Kunizaki detachment had suffered serious weapon and ammunition consumption in previous battles. If these weapons and ammunition were not replenished, the troops would
The combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Matsuyama agreed wholeheartedly, but Momotaro had no idea what Matsuyama thought.
Because just think about it, would the people in the Fourth Division be fools? They are called the Small Traders Division. Everyone has his own business experience in his mind.
And if such a person is a fool, then I'm afraid there will be no smart people in this world.
But why did Matsuyama agree directly without saying anything? Because those weapons and ammunition cannot be sold, and selling them would be very risky.
And what a good excuse that is?
The weapons and ammunition supplemented by the headquarters were divided between Momotaro's mixed brigade and Kunisaki detachment. His Matsuyama regiment did not receive weapons and equipment supplements, so its combat effectiveness was low and it was unable to fight head-on.
Damn it, is there any better excuse than this? Matsuyama almost woke up laughing.
His purpose in this battle was to follow Momotaro and collect military exploits. If he failed, he would be at the back and it would be easier to run away.
Anyway, that's what Matsuyama thought, and he explained it.
The little devils below naturally obeyed. Because they are the real smart people. They fought the Chinese like crazy, and then they died without even catching a single thing. What are they doing?
So as soon as Songshan's order was conveyed, not a single Japanese objected, they all raised their hands in approval.
But Momotaro didn't know, and simply believed that although the people of the Fourth Division looked a little useless, they were the Imperial Army after all. Once a war started, they should be much stronger than the Chaoxian Division.
So Momotaro was still treating Matsuyama as a reserve force, but little did he know that once the battle situation went unfavorable, Matsuyama would be the first to run away with his troops. Moreover, he had prepared the excuses, and Momotaro gave them to him as a gift.
So if Momotaro knew this would be the result, he would have arranged weapons and equipment for the Matsuyama Regiment no matter what!.