amaotonovel Chapter 425 The Independent Regiment is Poor
Chapter 425 The Independent Regiment is Poor
Chapter 425 The Independent Regiment is Poor
Two days later, in a temporary meeting room on the back mountain of Xianyaling, Wan Chenghai began to report on the overall situation of supplies and ammunition.
"Commander, we suffered heavy losses during the Japanese raids at the end of the year. We now have over 7,000 firearms of various types stored at our base, including over 400 Type 99 rifles and over 100 Type 92 heavy machine guns."
"Ninety M60 heavy machine guns, over two hundred grenade launchers, over sixty mortar infantry guns, twelve 107 rocket launchers, seven German-made heavy artillery pieces, and a total ammunition reserve of over three hundred thousand, of which eighteen thousand are M60s."
There are only 120,000 bullets for the light and heavy machine guns and the Type 38 rifle. Overall, it is very miserable and there is a serious shortage of bullets.
In fact, the independent regiment's spoils of war were generally much worse than those of the Eighth Route Army. For example, when Xiaolin and several thousand people were destroyed, almost all the spoils were given to Ji Guangshun and his men.
"Changfeng, aren't you being too generous? We don't even have enough reserves now."
Zhou Qianli looked at Gu Changfeng with some resentment.
Gu Changfeng's scalp suddenly tingled. Without thinking too much, he said directly: "Don't worry about the ammunition. You may have forgotten that our bullet production line has already entered China, and there are also a batch of supplies purchased by students."
"If it weren't for the Japanese encirclement and suppression of us, these things would have arrived long ago, so there's no need to worry about that."
This made everyone wake up, and smiles appeared on the faces of several battalion commanders. After all, without bullets, they would not be able to train new soldiers even if they recruited them. With a production line, there would be no problem.
"Lao Wan, report the other spoils and losses." Gu Changfeng continued hurriedly, fearing that they would ask questions again, as he didn't have many points.
After annihilating the 106th Division, the points were only about , which was not enough to buy anything.
Wan Chenghai nodded and continued, "The rocket artillery grenades are almost gone, the anti-aircraft guns and shells are also completely destroyed, and the rocket launcher shells have all been used up this time."
"There are only about 300 heavy artillery shells left in the base, as well as a few grenade launcher, mortar, and infantry gun shells, totaling less than 1,000."
"In addition, we also seized a lot of military supplies from the Japanese, such as helmets, bayonets, military uniforms, fur shoes, marching blankets, flashlights, etc. There are piles of them, so many that we can't count them at the moment."
"What about money?" Gu Changfeng asked.
"It's hard to count the gold right now, but I estimate it's around 300-400 taels, over 30,000 silver dollars, and the rest is mostly Japanese yen, so it's probably in the tens of millions."
This time, since we did not participate in siege battles, we mostly engaged in blocking battles and ambushes, so the spoils we captured were basically Japanese yen, gold and silver dollars carried by the devils and puppet soldiers, and there were very few other valuables.
This situation did not surprise Gu Changfeng. After all, many Japanese soldiers had died at their hands.
"Has the total number of injured soldiers been counted?" Gu Changfeng was still quite concerned about this issue, as these were all veterans.
Wan Chenghai nodded and said, "There are 1331 minor injuries and 463 serious injuries. The minor injuries have been effectively treated and are almost all fine. The serious injuries are mainly those who can't continue to fight even if they survive."
"Fortunately, our medicines are kept in the cave, otherwise we would have been in big trouble just from the Japanese bombing last time."
After hearing this, everyone felt better.
Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and said, "Brothers, our losses this time are indeed huge, but our results are also brilliant. Tens of thousands of Japanese and puppet troops died at our hands."
"In addition, the Japanese consumed a large amount of weapons, equipment, and supplies in this battle. Many of these were things they couldn't get in China, so they had to be transported thousands of miles from their homeland. This was a real drain on their national capital."
"As for the Japanese aircraft, the soldiers of the artillery battalion were quite brave last time. More than 40 Japanese aircraft were destroyed. This is the best proof."
"How many Japanese planes are there in Shanxi?"
"Every time we take down a fighter, they have one less fighter. Even if this national war is fought to the end, even if it's a battle of attrition, there will come a day when the Japanese themselves will not be able to keep up in the later stages."
"When the Japanese attack you so hard that you can't even afford to wear underwear, that's when you should get the Japanese out of China!"
"We lose 10,000 or 100,000. Can the Japanese afford that?"
"Even if China fights for another twenty years, it will still be China. The people on this land will continue to thrive, and the devils will never be able to defeat or kill them all!"
"Once our achievements spread, more and more people will join us, and the final victory will definitely belong to China!"
Gu Changfeng's words completely ignited everyone, and at the same time strengthened everyone's determination to fight the Japanese to the end!
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, after the Eighth Route Army annihilated the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade, they cooperated with the Laiyuan Independent Regiment to completely wipe out the Japanese 106th Division. The Japanese 6th Division was crippled, and the 26th Division is facing expulsion!"
"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, Laiyuan Independent Regiment, the Eighth Route Army successfully crushed the Japanese winter raid on Jinzhong, annihilating nearly 50,000 Japanese puppet troops!"
The newsboy's voice was almost hoarse. This result made everyone cry. People surrounded the newsboy and bought a newspaper with the money they had saved. They wanted to see with their own eyes whether it was true.
In fact, the number of 6 is still conservative. The devils dispatched more than 7 troops and puppet troops. Although the battle was almost in chaos later, the casualties of the puppet troops alone were close to .
If Matsuura had not disdained the quality of the puppet troops and transferred them away, perhaps even more people would have died.
Even so, the Japanese 106th Division was completely wiped out, and the 26th Division lost only the division headquarters and two battalions. The remaining 6th Division only lost two regiments, which was barely held together.
Adding on the fact that the Second Mixed Brigade was completely wiped out, there would be no more than 50,000 men.
In fact, this number is the result of communication between Gu Changfeng and Commander Yang, otherwise the reported number would definitely be more than this.
Naturally, this number may fool some ordinary people, but it will definitely not fool people in the government, so it is normal to be in an uproar.
In particular, the 106th Division was supposed to go to Jiangxi at the end of last year, but was later left in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei by Umezu Yoshijiro, which eventually led to the annihilation of the entire army. This result made many old Japanese soldiers sigh, and they were also particularly wary of the Laiyuan Independent Regiment.
In Hunan, at Tang Shengzhi's residence, a burst of laughter could be heard from far away. Tang Shengzhi, who had looked a little sick, seemed to have fully recovered, and his laughter was full of energy.
Tang Renli looked at his father with a smile and said, "Don't worry about me now, Dad. You should take good care of yourself during this period of time."
Recently, Tang Shengzhi's attention has been on Jinzhong. He has done a lot to support the Independent Regiment and the Eighth Route Army.
However, after thinking for a long time, he realized that the independent regiment seemed to have everything except talent, so he gave all the concentrated supplies to the Eighth Route Army.
"Hey, Renli, the battle in Jinzhong is over now. We need to quickly deliver the production line that Gu kid wants, and also deliver the things that the kid from the Hu family bought."
"Also, I have prepared a generous gift for him. I hope it will make this kid happy."
Tang Shengzhi said with a smile on his face.
He knew very well that after this battle, the commander of the First Army committed suicide and a large number of Japanese were killed. The Eighth Route Army and Gu Changfeng in Jinzhong would enter a period of rapid development, and the Japanese would not have any ideas about Jinzhong at all.
Even if you have an idea, you won't have the strength to deal with it without a year of preparation. This is easy to imagine.