The Japanese reacted quickly, and the artillery began to counterattack in just over a minute.

But the artillery units of the separate battalion were faster.

Five shells for one cannon, don't finish it in half a minute.

Then in groups of four or five people, carrying mortar parts, they began to disperse and transfer.

When the Japanese shells hit, the place was empty, and not even a single mortar could be seen.

As soon as the shelling of the independent battalion ended, the explosion at the baggage brigade station slowly stopped.

All the intact carts were pulled onto the road and dispersed to prevent shells from coming over.

Hundreds of little devils put out fires in the station, salvaging the burning food and scattered ammunition, and trying to recover the losses.

Half an hour later, the chief of staff walked into the tent with a calm face: "Wing Commander, the losses of the baggage team have been counted. ”

"The enemy fired five rounds of 100 shells at us, and the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army lost a total of 124 people, of which 89 were killed directly."

"Where's the baggage ammunition? Is the loss big? This was the Wing Commander's main concern, he immediately asked.

The chief of staff's face was obviously a little heavier than just now.

When the wing commander saw this, his heart jumped, and a trace of bad premonition appeared in his mind, and he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "Is the loss very large?" ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff replied with his head bowed.

"A total of 19 grain trucks were bombed, and we only grabbed less than 10,000 catties of grain, and all the others were burned."

"Eight trucks transporting ammunition and baggage were blown up, except for some of the bullets that did not detonate, they were blown up everywhere and were being collected everywhere, and the rest of the materials and ammunition were all destroyed."

The Wing Commander asked rhetorically with a calm face, "Does this mean that we have lost at least two more days of ammunition supplies?" ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff lowered his head and did not dare to say a word of nonsense.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road ......" The anger of the wing captain surged up at once, and he scolded.

"Ten days of ammunition supply, three days of loss on the road, two more days lost tonight, there are five days left before the troops start the offensive, there is no sufficient ammunition supply to support, how can we fight tomorrow's attack?"

"At most, if you attack in the direction of Lingqiu, you can't go any further!"

"And we must send a telegram to the logistics base now, asking them to immediately send us a new baggage team, send it out in the shortest possible time, and transport us ammunition supplies for 20 days at a time."

"We are attacking twenty kilometers forward, and the baggage team will have to walk an extra day on the road."

"When they come, we'll have just one day's supplies left."

"If the baggage team sets off a day late, or if there is an accident on the road and it is delayed, the remaining supplies will definitely not be able to last up to the new supplies, and the troops will run out of food."

"You immediately make a plan for tomorrow's attack, the troops can only attack twenty kilometers forward, and then find suitable terrain and camp, and only after all the new ammunition supplies are in place, can we continue to attack."

At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Huaiyuan County, the chief of staff was woken up by his subordinates as soon as he fell asleep.

When he walked into the headquarters, he was very dissatisfied and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry, can't you wait until tomorrow to deal with it?" ”

"The attacking troops on the east road are in a hurry!" The staff officer on duty reported carefully.

"They have just been attacked by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, and they have lost a lot of heavy ammunition supplies."

"The ammunition supply we just sent to them can last for five days, and we are asked to send new baggage troops to send them ammunition supplies immediately, preferably twenty days at a time."

"Nani, why did you lose so much?" The chief of staff exclaimed in surprise.

After reading the telegram handed over by the staff officer very carefully, he replied with a calm face: "What do the front-line troops do to eat, and the ammunition supply can't be held in the heavily protected camp, so what use do I want them to have?" ”

"For the supply of these ammunition, the imperial army not only lost a large number of escort troops, but also lost a large amount of supplies, and as a result, it could only last for five days, which is too costly."

The staff officer replied stubbornly: "Your Excellency Wing Commander, the price is a little bigger, but the baggage that should be sent over must still be sent, and the front-line troops should not be affected because of the problem of ammunition supply." ”

"Of course I know that I have to send a baggage team, but I can't be angry!" The wing captain was dissatisfied and scolded.

Then he looked at the commander of the baggage wing and ordered: "Prepare supplies for the front-line troops immediately, and do what they want, and give them twenty days of ammunition supplies at a time." ”

After the commander of the baggage wing ordered his subordinates to carry out the order, he hesitated and reminded: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, there is no problem with ammunition supply, we have hoarded 20,000 troops here for three full months of combat supplies, even if we lose some, the remaining supplies are enough for the front-line troops." ”

"But there aren't many troops left in the city."

"In the past few days, we have sent two baggage teams to the attacking troops on the eastern route, and one baggage team to the attacking troops on the middle and western roads."

"Except for the baggage team that was eaten on the east road, there was only one reinforced squadron to escort it, and the remaining three baggage teams all sent half a brigade of escort troops."

"With the addition of baggage troops, we have sent out more than 2,200 people in the past few days."

"The total garrison of Huaiyuan County is less than 6,000 imperial troops and a regiment of imperial army, and now there are more than 5,000 people left."

"Sending ammunition supplies to the front line for twenty days at a time, and resting for one night in the garrison regiment base area in between, will definitely require a large number of troops to escort it."

"If you go too much, there will definitely be so many people in the baggage teams sent to the attacking troops in the middle and west roads, and there will be fewer troops left in the city."

"If you go less, so many heavy ammunition will be unprotected in the garrison base area, and you will definitely be attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffer heavy losses."

"It's hard to figure out that when the twenty-day ammunition supply reaches the front-line troops, there will be ten days left."

The chief of staff frowned deeper and deeper, and after thinking for two minutes, he replied.

"The deeper the attacking troops go into the garrison regiment base area, the more difficult it will be for us to deliver ammunition supplies to them, and the greater the losses will be, and we must reduce the number of times we send ammunition supplies to the front line by increasing the volume of transportation, so as to achieve the goal of reducing losses."

"It's not just the East Offensive Army."

"Next, the ammunition supplies sent to the other two offensive troops will also be sent for twenty days at a time."

"As for the escort troops, they can send as many as they can."

"The garrison regiment has obviously set its sights on our baggage team, there are fewer escort troops, and the ammunition supplies sent over are either cheap for the garrison regiment or destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, which is not cost-effective."

"Huaiyuan is located in the hinterland of the imperial army's occupation area, and there are few activities of the Eighth Route Army."

"As long as the garrison of the county exceeds 2,000 people, plus the sufficient ammunition supply in the city, even if the Eighth Route Army pulls a division of troops to attack, I am not afraid."

"If you arrange it this way, it is best to have 1,000 escort troops and baggage troops on each road, and when you enter the garrison regiment base area, you must send troops to meet the front-line troops to ensure that the ammunition supply is safely delivered to the front line."

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