After the end of this war, more than 500 American-made * and * alone were captured. There are more than 5,000 Chinese formal rifles, more than 200 light machine guns and Chinese-made Czech light machine guns. More than 70 guns and 81-millimeter mortars were captured.

There are also 11 American-made 37 anti-aircraft guns, as well as more than 30 Bazooka bazooka and 6*. This has three fully equipped formed regiments, as well as a large number of directly subordinate teams such as baggage battalions and automobile teams. The total strength of the army reached more than 10,000 people, almost catching up with the Jin Sui Army, which had only more than 10,000 troops per army because of the shortage of troops.

In addition to the artillery battalion directly under the command of eight mountain guns, as well as the automobile team and other heavily equipped units, they were left in the original station before they had time to be airlifted, and they escaped by luck. The rest of the troops were almost completely wiped out by Li Ziyuan, and even the field hospital and military band did not run away.

All divisions of the Youth Army are organized in accordance with the US armament units, and they are all fully equipped in terms of strength and structure. It was only because this division was formed later that the original U.S. weapons and equipment had undergone a lot of wear and tear, and they were already quite insufficient. It can't be like those previous divisions, all of which are all equipped with American weapons.

Except for a company of eighteen Thomson*, and one hundred and fifty* of the direct team's equipment, all of which were American weapons. Only half of the light machine guns are American-made machine guns, and the rest are Chinese-made Czech machine guns. The heavy machine guns are all domestically made Type 24, and there is no * heavy machine gun.

On the contrary, the 60 artillery and 81 mortars, anti-aircraft artillery, as well as chemical mortars and rocket launchers are all real US weapons. And they are all in accordance with the establishment, fully staffed. Although the number of mountain artillery is somewhat insufficient, the number of small arms is not only sufficient, it can even be said that it is excessive.

Although the division can only be regarded as a semi-American armament unit, it has not been able to mix with the most proud all-American armament unit over there. But because it is very important there, the equipment is still quite complete. In terms of weaponry and equipment, it is not inferior to any US armed unit, and the quality is no worse than that of those US armed units.

Each regiment had six eighty-one mm mortars and four anti-aircraft guns for the 37th battle. Each battalion had six heavy machine guns, two rocket launchers, and a company of six mortars. Each infantry company had more than ninety rifles, and each squad had one light machine gun and two*. Although the number of machine guns and mortars is not as good as that of the Jin Sui army, the quality is much better.

Moreover, because it is equipped with the mainstream 79 weapons in China, it is more secure than the all-American armament unit in terms of ammunition replenishment. After all, in terms of the inferior supply capacity over there, no matter how good the American weapons are, bullets are not everywhere after all, the central army is manufacturing, the local warlords are also manufacturing, and even their opponents are also making 79 calibers that are easy to find.

However, the problem is that although the rifles in the light weapons of this division are made in China, most of the automatic firepower is made in the United States. Light and heavy mortars and anti-aircraft artillery are also all American weapons. The caliber of these weapons is not the mainstream goods in China. Having run out of ammunition, there was hardly any room for replenishment, except for supplies in the rear.

The most critical people over there are dazzled by the Americans' victory in World War II and the great industrial capabilities they show. They stubbornly believe that US weapons are the guarantee of combat effectiveness and the representative of the strength of the troops. Therefore, not only are the various systems of the Central Army trying to find ways to change their own American weapons, but even the miscellaneous armies with stiffer waists are also trying to get some American weapons to decorate the façade.

These people have not considered in the slightest any way the difference in quality and performance between US weapons and Chinese-made light weapons. The real performance comparison, who is more suitable for them. The strength of the U.S. military, where is it? The strength of the Americans is not reflected in the P-51 fighters, * and American-made * guns.

This time, although it was airlifted to Taiyuan, although it did not carry equipment above the mountain artillery, more than 10 American-made jeeps were randomly airlifted. Because these guys believed the words of the Air Force, in order to ensure the supply of ammunition from the United States, which consumes a lot of ammunition, the ammunition Air Force will arrive by air.

In addition, the Taiyuan side guaranteed that as long as they could be in place as soon as possible, all the ammunition would be replenished by the Taiyuan side. At least seventy-nine bullets and Thomson* bullets, there will be absolutely no shortage of them. Therefore, these people first airlifted the officers at all levels and their direct teams in jeeps.

On the contrary, the ammunition that the troops should carry the most was not randomly airlifted in the first place. As a result, I was dumbfounded here, Taiyuan could provide a part of the seventy-nine bullets. However, not a single grain of ammunition used in American-made weapons can be provided. Because the Taiyuan Arsenal does not manufacture ammunition for American-made weapons at all.

Although Taiyuan also provided some of the same caliber bullets used by the United States Machinery * and manufactured for Jinzao*. But the problem is that the shoddy bullets here are obviously extremely unsuitable for the original American goods. Bullet jamming is commonplace, and it wears out your rifling quite badly.

For fear that the weapon will be damaged by the explosion, no one dares to use the bullets of the same caliber in Jinzao. And * and the American-made light machine guns, which account for half of the total, have no place to play with a single bullet. Although the 30th Army of friendly neighbors also has some American weapons, their * are all Canadian-made nine-millimeter goods.

Weapons are also because they are miscellaneous cards in the Central Army, and they are basically made weapons. There are also some Soviet-made light and heavy machine guns that have been eliminated by the descendants of the Central Army, and none of the bullets are universal. It was simply the same as watching the bullets run out, and then requesting an airdrop from Nanjing.

But how can Nanjing have the ability of the Americans to use the transport plane as a battlefield taxi on the battlefield and be on call when it is needed. Not to mention weapons, ammunition, and even birthday cakes can be airlifted.

is busy supplying the Huaihai battlefield, and the already insufficient airlift force has already used the transport aircraft group to the extreme, and it is simply impossible to be on call. As a result, the tragedy was that the American-made weapons that ran out of bullets became decorations. In the end, this division was basically wiped out.

Li Ziyuan's counterattack troops also sent the two mountain artillery regiments of the Jin Sui Army that provided cover behind them, plus a heavy mortar battalion of its mortar division, and two heavy infantry artillery companies were also attacked by a regiment. Dong Ping, who was crazy, even rushed to the east gate of Taiyuan in one go.

If it weren't for Li Ziyuan's repeated forced orders, he would have gone crazy, and his previous steadiness would have disappeared long ago. As early as during the Central Plains War, he looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Jin Sui Army. Dong Ping, who thought that the Jin Sui army would only defend the city and that the field level was a group of garbage, dared to attack the city directly.

This Taiyuan city is the most well-equipped and trained, and when it was first airlifted, it was full of the usual arrogance of the American armed forces. did not withstand the radical general method of the generals of the Jin Sui Army, and wanted to counterattack Dongshan to solve the biggest threat in the eastern part of the Taiyuan battlefield, and show his hand to those miscellaneous troops.

This army was too arrogant and looked down not only on the Jin Sui Army in the city, but also on the 30th Army, which also belonged to the Central Military System. Because the 30th Army was born in the old Northwest Army, it is also a miscellaneous card in the Central Army. Therefore, the protégés of the Son of Heaven in this division took the right of advice of the 30th Army as the wind in their ears.

As a result, instead of revealing this hand, instead of taking the Dongshan position, which is crucial to the defense of Taiyuan City, he put himself into it. Even the two regiments of the defenders who served as the northeast defense outside Taiyuan City were frightened by this fierce battle. Before the gunfire subsided, the other side took the initiative to lay down their weapons and surrender.

In the words of the regiment commander, they didn't want to fight this kind of battle. Even the aces of the Central Army of the United States are not opponents of the PLA, and they are even less opponents of the PLA. Rather than leaving your family to die here in vain, it is better to disarm and surrender.

The aftermath of this battle was not only the surrender of these two regiments. Since the end of this counterattack and the launch of a general attack on Taiyuan, the number of lower-level officers and soldiers in the city who have come to surrender has increased day by day. Even later, it developed to the disarming of the entire battalion and the entire company. Among them are not only recruits who have been forcibly recruited in the city, but also many veterans who have been recruited for many years.

On the first day, the air supplies proposed to Xi'an and then to Nanjing arrived slowly. Several transport planes arrived from Xi'an and Wuhan respectively, like a group of industrious porters, from the take-off airport to the battlefield several times back and forth. Although due to the ground fire, the method of high-altitude airdrop can only be adopted, but this does not prevent the materials from landing.

These transport planes not only airdropped a large amount of US weapons and ammunition, but also airdropped a batch of pig's head meat and flatbread, plus dozens of boxes of American canned food and camel cigarettes. Perhaps this division is really the heart and soul of the highest authorities and the crown prince over there, and these transport planes that keep going and returning, in addition to airdropping a large number of ammunition and supplies.

In the last airdrop, the division also airdropped 200 brand-new Thomson*, more than 50 American-made light machine guns, and five American-made large-caliber machine guns. and enough ammunition to last three months, plus a large shipment of American-made*, plus three walkie-talkies.

I am afraid that these things will be snatched by the Jin Sui army, or I am worried that the transport plane will be attacked by the People's Liberation Army when it lands. What are the losses caused by the transport aircraft, which is even playing a decisive role at the moment. So in the end, the choice was not to land and unload, but to directly airdrop to Nanjing on the battlefield.

But they didn't expect that they had an army of more than 100,000 as their backhand, and the ace division that still had an absolute advantage in firepower collapsed so quickly. As a result, this batch of weapons and ammunition, as well as a large number of supplies, were finally cheaper than Li Ziyuan. The troops who cleaned up the battlefield brought back the supplies along with the prisoners.

Compared with the division that wanted to show its combat effectiveness, it was defeated by Li Ziyuan's backhand. The column that received the report over there, and even the corps, were quite surprised. Although the column has strengthened a regiment, Li Ziyuan, who has not had time to replenish, has only two-thirds of the opponent's troops at hand.

As a result, the opponent with superior firepower and troops and equipment was defeated by Li Ziyuan. If it weren't for the fact that the central government transferred an artillery brigade from North China, as well as the previous Linfen and Jinzhong battles, a lot of artillery was captured, and the troops of the First Corps had almost no means of attacking fortifications.

Even in the Central Plains and Central China battlefields, there are so many elite and strong generals of the two major field armies, and there is very few brigades that can defeat a half-American division on the opposite side one-on-one, and even when the strength is still at a disadvantage. Li Ziyuan's battle can almost be said to have created a miracle.