Chapter 1488 - Running the Train with a Full Mouth (First Update!) )
The Eighth Route Army's seven-inch shot was very accurate.
If the theater refused to compensate and reward the Eighth Route Army, they would have a reason to disobey the orders of the theater and occupy Datong.
Such a result was thought about in the theater of operations, and countermeasures were prepared.
In the past few days, the Jin Sui army has gathered a total of three main divisions on the edge of Datong, with more than 20,000 people.
If the negotiations break down, more than 20,000 troops will forcibly enter Datong and expel the Eighth Route Army from the territory by force.
Intelligence shows that the Eighth Route Army attacking Datong has only more than 10,000 people.
The Jin Sui army launched an attack with twice the strength advantage, and the Eighth Route Army would definitely not dare to carry it, because once this battle started, they would definitely kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 themselves, and finally be cheap little devils in vain.
In the style of the Eighth Route Army, as long as the Jin Sui army put on a posture of expulsion by force, they would withdraw their troops and try to avoid a conflict between the two sides.
However, this is all the analysis and judgment of a group of senior staff officers and intelligence personnel in the theater.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and any accident can happen.
If the expulsion of the Eighth Route Army by force did not develop according to their plan, the Eighth Route Army did not avoid the battle, and an armed conflict broke out between the two sides in Datong, not only would the Eighth Route Army kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 themselves, but the Jin Sui Army would also be uncomfortable.
It's not like it was a few years ago.
Since the Jin Sui army retreated to the southwest of Jin, life has become more and more difficult day by day, and its strength has weakened little by little, and it can no longer withstand big losses.
As a last resort, the Jin Sui Army did not want to break out into conflict with the Eighth Route Army.
Before leaving, the commander-in-chief repeatedly explained that the ownership of Datong could be resolved through negotiations, and that troops could only be dispatched when it was irretrievable, but it was necessary to avoid a conflict with the Eighth Route Army......
So the pressure on the lieutenant general is very high.
Although the opponent pinched Jin Suijun by seven inches at once, the lieutenant general still did not intend to give up negotiations.
looked at Li Hao and asked, "I don't know how much compensation your army needs, what kind of reward you need!" ”
"The compensation is simple!" Li Hao didn't talk nonsense, took out the list that had been prepared a long time ago, and looked at it to read.
"In order to capture Datong, our Eighth Route Army dispatched a total of eight main regiments and a large number of guerrillas, local troops, cavalry troops, and artillery units, with a total strength of more than 15,000 people."
"In the whole siege battle, we used up 8,658 shells of all kinds, 1,385,000 rounds of ammunition, 26,800 grenades and grenades, and 3,000 kilograms of explosives."
"In the course of the battle, a total of six mountain guns, four infantry guns, 21 mortars, 25 heavy machine guns, 85 light machine guns, and 2,865 rifles were destroyed."
"Please make up for these losses for us first."
"And then there's the pension."
"The siege battle lasted for three days, and our army lost 4,586 soldiers and 1,598 were seriously wounded and lost their combat effectiveness."
"More than 60 percent of the seriously injured will have their limbs amputated and will have to leave the unit."
"According to the current pension system, the war zone will give us a total of 1 million oceans in pensions."
"As for the commendation, we are subordinates, and it is definitely not easy to mention it to the above, and the specific reward depends on the meaning of the war zone."
"But our Eighth Route Army is poor and notoriously poorly equipped, if the war zone really wants to reward us, it is best to give us more weapons, ammunition and oceans."
The lieutenant general was dumbfounded when he heard this, where did Li Hao want to compensate, it was clearly a lion's mouth.
More than eight thousand shells, is this possible?
All the artillery shells of all the participating units of the Eighth Route Army may not add up to so many, how can they use so many.
There are also the bombed artillery pieces in the list, which add up to a full thirty-one artillery, including ten siege guns in the middle.
When did the equipment of the Eighth Route Army become so good.
There are as many as 31 artillery pieces destroyed, plus those that have not been destroyed, there are not more than 100 guns, and on average, each main regiment can be divided into more than 10 guns, how is this possible.
The Jin Sui Army, which is known for its large number of artillery, did not have so many guns in the main regiment, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, which was not equipped with rifles......
Thinking of this, the lieutenant general's heart was already clear: Li Hao was opening his mouth to his lion.
The Eighth Route Army did pay a huge price for capturing Datong, but it was certainly not as much as it was on the list.
Looking at Li Hao, he asked with a skeptical expression: "It's impossible to ......"
"Although Datong is difficult to fight, it will not lose so much equipment and ammunition!"
Speaking of this, the lieutenant general thought for a few seconds and then continued to speak: "And the life in the war zone is not easy, Chongqing's supplies to the war zone are getting less and less day by day, even if the war zone wants to replenish these weapons and ammunition for you, you are powerless." ”
"In this way, on behalf of the theater of operations, I can now promise your army: I will compensate you two mountain guns, ten mortars, ten heavy machine guns, thirty light machine guns, 1,000 rifles, 1,000 shells, 100,000 bullets, and a little more grenades, and give you 20,000 grenades."
"No way!" Li Hao refused on the spot.
didn't give the other party a face at all, and then sarcastically said: "You should be called Hanako." ”
"The weapons we lost in the siege are well documented, and if you don't believe it, you can send someone to see it."
"Blown up artillery, heavy machine guns, rifle machine guns, we all piled up in warehouses."
"Our Eighth Route Army is poor, and we are reluctant to throw away these broken copper and iron, and we are going to bring them back to the base area, and we will fight bayonets after they are melted."
"This ......" Lieutenant General was choked with Li Hao's words, and he couldn't say a word of rebuttal.
He said that if there is evidence to prove it, then there must be.
The lieutenant general did not expect the Eighth Route Army to be so well prepared, and did not give himself a chance to bargain at all.
But his own family knows his own affairs, and with the current strength of the war zone, although he can come up with so many weapons and ammunition, it will definitely hurt his muscles and bones. ”
With the character of the commander-in-chief, he would certainly not agree to this deal.
At this moment, the lieutenant general's eyes suddenly lit up, and he seemed to have thought of a way to solve it.
His face slowly returned to calm, and he looked at Li Hao and asked, "If I guessed correctly, after your army captured Datong, it should have captured a large number of weapons and ammunition in the city." ”
"Surely these seizures will make up for your losses?"
"Nope!" Li Hao blurted out.
"After the troops entered the city, the Japanese puppet army, which was hopeless in defending the city, began to commit suicide by seppuku, destroying weapons and ammunition."
"The arsenals, warehouses, and material warehouses in Datong City were either blown up or burned, and we only captured some sporadic ammunition and rifles, and even light machine guns were rarely captured."
"Everyone is a person who has fought devils, and they should all know that the Japanese army has the habit of destroying weapons and ammunition before dying."
"So the weapons and ammunition we captured in Datong are not enough to make up for the fraction of the losses in the siege battle. If the war zone does not compensate us for these weapons and ammunition, then we will lose in vain, and even if we agree to evacuate Datong, the soldiers will not agree, especially those soldiers who died in Datong. ”
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