The newly arrived liberation fighters were given an additional four* in addition to sixty rounds of ammunition each. The column could not send personnel to reinforce Li Ziyuan's headquarters for a while, so they sent two truckloads to Li Ziyuan*. Now Li Ziyuan does not have enough soldiers, but the number of * is definitely more than enough.

Since you can't fight the firepower over there, then use * to level. * is a good thing, at least for the current PLA. At the beginning, when this brigade was formed by relying on the Taihang Military Region and the backbone armed forces of several sub-divisions, there was only one Jin-made 12-type mountain cannon in the whole brigade, and there were less than 20 rounds of artillery shells. Although there were five mortars, there were only 17 shells.

It turned out that the eleven mountain artillery battalions of the old Ludong Division, as well as the mountain artillery company of the reorganized Second Independent Regiment and the mountain artillery company of the old Independent First Regiment. When the first was formed in the third column, the column was formed directly under the mountain artillery battalion. The remaining two followed their subordinate units and were incorporated into the Sixth and Ninth Columns respectively. After the formation of the new independent brigade of the Taihang Military Region, an old-fashioned mountain artillery remained.

The whole brigade of heavy machine guns taken together is not as good as a battalion of the 2nd Independent Regiment of Lao Ludong before. Light machine guns, three regiments together had only more than thirty units. The most important thing is that there is a serious shortage of ammunition, and the whole brigade cannot muster together 50,000 rounds of ammunition. There is nothing at all about weapons of mass destruction, except *.

Therefore, in all the battles, Li Ziyuan gave more to the soldiers as much as possible as long as he could move. He may not be satisfied with the bullet for a while, but he still needs to be as satisfied as possible in other aspects. This habit has continued until now, and as long as Li Ziyuan's troops go to the battlefield, they have always been overstaffed.

After the new unit was formed, Li Ziyuan commanded the troops to take the initiative to attack, liberating seven county towns in succession and annihilating nearly 10,000 enemy troops. By the time the battles of Linfen and Jinzhong were over, each battalion of the brigade had six heavy machine guns, the regiment had six mortars, and each squad had one light machine gun.

The Taiyuan Arsenal and the confiscated Japanese weapons, as well as a large number of weapons and equipment provided for the Jin Sui Army, eventually became the sophisticated equipment in Li Ziyuan's hands. Although it is not as good as the US weapons and equipment, and there is a certain gap in quality with the weapons produced in Nanjing, the whole brigade is also fully loaded, but Li Ziyuan's habit has not changed.

After the death of the guard company, Li Ziyuan finally gave up his attempt to recapture position No. 5 and switched to fire control. In fact, this kind of passive beating does not conform to the habit of always advocating taking the initiative to attack Li Ziyuan. But unless he changes the entire operational thinking and transfers Dong Ping's regiment.

Otherwise, the troops, which had already suffered heavy casualties, could only hold on to a limited number of strongholds now, and would not be able to attack at all. Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Ziyuan turned his head to He Sanliang beside him and said, "Old He, let all the troops in front immediately abandon other strongholds and retreat into the core position." ”

"When I continue to fight like this, I can't hold on to what I want. Also, the three hundred and eighty soldiers you will leave behind, the first three regiments will be supplemented with two hundred, and the remaining two regiments will be supplemented with ninety men each. Tell the front-line troops to send all the personnel of the organs, except for the regiment commander and the guards of the political commissar, to the front. ”

"You have organized the non-combatants of the brigade supply office as well. Rear personnel, not a single one should be left. In a word, the whole brigade smashed the pot and sold iron, and today it has to gnaw this hard bone down. Even if the Taiyuan Battle is over, it doesn't mean that we will let Nanshan go. ”

"Before, we have always fought against the Jin Sui Army, and we lack experience in fighting against the US Central Army. After we get out of Shanxi, I guess we will be transferred to the northwest battlefield. In addition to the Ma Family's army, it is mainly the Central Army of semi-American weapons. In this battle, even if we pay a certain price, we can accumulate experience in dealing with the Central Army. ”

Regarding Li Ziyuan's order, He Sanliang hesitated for a moment and said: "Is it right to launch a counterattack now, it is a drop in the bucket for less than 400 people to be added to the front." If they continue to carry it so hard, it may be difficult for the front-line troops to hold out for too long. We have too little vitality now. ”

He Sanliang's suggestion, Li Ziyuan hesitated. But then he said resolutely: "No, it's not the right time." The enemy has not yet shown signs of fatigue, so let's launch a counterattack now, and all the previous costs will be in vain. Tell the troops to hold out for a while. ”

Knowing that Li Ziyuan had always been on the battlefield, and He Sanliang, who would not turn back once he made up his mind, reluctantly glanced at Ma Yongcheng, and could only first replenish the three hundred people left behind, taking advantage of the weakening of the enemy's artillery fire, to all three regiments on the front line.

The flesh and blood in front of him flew sideways, and Dong Ping in the back couldn't bear to ask for instructions to attack several times, but he was held down by Li Ziyuan. In addition to answering the phone and reading telegrams, Li Ziyuan hardly put down the telescope in his hand. His attention was now on the battlefield, and he watched every change in the enemy's attack tactics.

Fortunately, investing more than 300 people is a drop in the bucket for the entire battlefield. But it is a little less, but after all, it is a new force that has just entered the battlefield. This force of less than 400 people has obviously changed the situation in front of us after it was put into the battlefield. At the very least, the situation in which the strength of the three regiments was used to the extreme could be somewhat alleviated.

Compared with the situation of the other two regiments, the three regiments that stuck to the front line of the temple tower, relying on the exceptionally strong fortifications built by the Jin Sui army before the war, after receiving reinforcements from 200 people, the situation became less passive. Not only withstood the subsequent attacks of the enemy in front of them, but even restored an important position on the right flank of the temple for a time.

As the positions of the three regiments re-stabilized, the momentum of the enemy in front of them stagnated. In addition, in the previous battle, Li Ziyuan's troops suffered heavy casualties, but the casualties of the attacking side were also not light. More than half of the three regiments on Li Ziyuan's front line suffered casualties, and the three regiments on the other side also suffered heavy casualties.

As the number of casualties continued to rise, not only did the intensity of the attack gradually begin to decline, but the density of fire was much less than before. Perhaps due to the decline in the morale of the forward troops, the artillery support behind them has also dropped significantly. From covering firing at every turn, it has gradually been reduced to only shelling key areas.

The ammunition in the hands of the infantry, the rate of fire and the density are also much less than before. In some units, ammunition has run out. Many automatic firearms have been changed from bursts to short bursts. There was no replacement of troops, except for a friendly and neighboring army, but for the sake of the face of the Central Army, a division was dispatched to deal with it.

Just such a division has been the top until now, not only have there been heavy casualties, but also the ammunition it carries has also been consumed too much. Especially those light and heavy machine guns with a fast rate of fire, as well as weapons of the * and * categories. The problem is that some Czech and Maxim heavy machine guns can use seven or nine bullets, and it is not possible to transfer some from rifles with more ammunition left.

However, the ammunition for the key *, *, and part* light machine guns may not be able to find ammunition of the same caliber even if they have searched through the entire Taiyuan City. Once the ammunition is exhausted, it is almost a pile of scrap metal. Just as Li Ziyuan judged, when this division was airlifted, it only had the ammunition that the soldiers carried with them.

The ammunition that should be allocated in the future, because the transport plane that airlifted them over was urgently transferred to the Xu Beng battlefield, and there was no time to transport it at all. Except for some American-made jeeps, Taiyuan City, which did not have any American weapons, was unable to replenish their ammunition. Of course, seventy-nine bullets can still be replenished in Taiyuan City. But the key issue is not here.

Because of the particularity of the formation, the division commander even had the rank of lieutenant general. Therefore, this semi-American armament unit, although it is not from light weapons to heavy weapons, is all American. Except for * and mortars, which are American weapons, the rest are mainly national weapons. But half of the light machine guns, are * light machine guns.

Without follow-up ammunition replenishment, these weapons, which can effectively make up for the lack of melee ability of the troops over there, basically lose their proper role. The enemy's morale declined very quickly, due to the lack of capture, excessive casualties, and excessive consumption of ammunition. The spirit that never retreated from the previous battle has almost disappeared.

A lot of times that's how it is, and no one complains when it's downwind. But in times of adversity, especially when he was fighting a bloody battle on his side, hundreds of thousands of friendly troops in the city were there watching, and they did nothing but carry out tentative attacks to contain the surrounding communist forces. No one will be happy if they change. On one side, in particular, it is the descendants of the Central Army, which has never looked down on miscellaneous troops at all.

I originally wanted to come to Taiyuan for the first time, make a result and gnaw a hard bone to deter those miscellaneous troops. It's just that I didn't expect that the bones didn't gnaw down, and I broke most of my teeth. Despite the fact that the surface positions have been captured, the core positions of the defenders are like a swarm of nails, firmly nailed there, and they cannot be gnawed at anything.

Obviously, there are few defenders left, but no matter how much they try, they can't solve the problem. The three regiments have been divided into three reinforced battalions, but the other side is fighting to the death. After learning that these fortifications were built by the original Jin Sui army. The division of the Youth Army, which served as the main attacker, could only look up to the sky and sigh at this group of bastards.

With such a strong fortification group, not to mention the advantage in the comparison of troops, there are more than 900 mountain artillery pieces in the city behind him, and if you add light and heavy mortars, there are enough small 2,000 artillery pieces to support. Not to mention the condescending Dongshan position, he still fucking left such a strong fortification for the communist army to deal with himself.

A cannonball goes up, and it leaves a white mark on the fortification. Even if he has a mouth full of iron teeth and steel teeth, he really can't gnaw on this fortification group. Looking at the last line of defense held by the defenders in front of him, the attacking young army division was full of exhaustion and grievances, plus extreme pain.

When this battle, after having been fought for half a day plus a night. Although the defenders have suffered casualties and embers, the morale of the enemy army is getting lower and weaker, and the follow-up attack is getting weaker and weaker. Some troops have even begun to cope with errands. Although the attacks are continuous, they are basically making a show.

Seeing that the ministry already had plans to retreat, Li Ziyuan put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head to He Sanliang and said, "Old He, hit the red signal flare and tell Dong Ping to let him attack on all fronts immediately." Tell him that I want a war of annihilation, not a battle of defeat. also told Zhou Tong to let his artillery shoot all the shells for me, and don't keep a single shot. ”