But for the Ninth Division, even this not very easy anti-tank weapon has consumed the embers because it is a disposable weapon in itself. When the enemy attacked again, after running out of ammunition, they could only fight with the enemy with bayonets. It's just that in the dense small arms firepower of the enemy infantry, it is difficult to say whether it will give itself this opportunity.

In addition to being helpless against the United tank cluster, the problem of ammunition has become the biggest headache for Lieutenant General Hara. Although the base camp of the Japanese army in this battle prepared up to four pieces of ammunition for the two divisions that landed. This number is not insufficient for two divisions.

However, the problem is that most of the ammunition was destroyed by Du Kaishan on the landing ship with artillery fire, or was blown into the Bohai Bay by mines along with the transport ship. Some of the ammunition that had barely been sent ashore had already set out, either because it had not yet had time to be issued, and the Ninth Division, which had resolutely carried out the order.

Or because most of the trucks, mules and horses were either wrecked on the beachhead or sunk in the sea along with the ships transporting them, resulting in an extreme shortage of means of transport. It could not be quickly delivered to the hands of the 9th Division, so it could only be temporarily piled up on the beachhead temporary hoarding point.

The Japanese army, which itself had a very poor ability to maneuver and supply, lost a large number of trucks and mules and horses, and could only rely on manpower to transport ammunition and supplies when it was unable to collect mules and horses on the spot. As a result, the replenishment rate was rather slow, and the ammunition brought ashore could not be distributed.

When the 9th Division set out, in addition to the infantry being fully equipped with 120 rounds of ammunition per person, the light and heavy machine guns only relied on the infantry to help carry most of the base ammunition. Artillery ammunition is even more pitiful. And with just such a small amount of ammunition, in any case, it will not be able to support the 9th Division to fight for too long.

Originally, according to Yoshio last month's plan, the 93rd Wing, the 9th Division and the 44th Division, two squadrons of the engineer wing and one squadron of baggage soldiers who participated in the landing operation, were the last wave to go ashore. Another major task, in addition to reinforcing the main force for operations, is to transport supply ammunition to the main forces of the two divisions in front.

As a result, the 93rd Wing, which was responsible for the operation of the second echelon and the supply of ammunition for the front-line troops, was intercepted halfway by Du Kaishan.

The large amount of ammunition and supplies he carried not only did not deliver a single bullet to the two divisions, but he also took a division commander on the first day.

After intercepting and killing the 93rd Wing, the troops participating in the operation captured more than 5,000 rounds of Type 94 mountain artillery shells and Type 41 mountain artillery shells alone when they were cleaning up the battlefield around the battlefield. The number of mortars, grenadiers, and infantry shells added up to 3,000 rounds.

The quantity of all kinds of light weapons and ammunition is even larger. In particular, hundreds of thousands of rounds of light and heavy machine gun ammunition were cleared. In addition to the huge amount of ammunition, there was also a large amount of canned food, biscuits and other field food. Most of the Japanese-style artillery shells smashed on the head of the 93rd Wing by the troops of the Bohai Naval Region were made from local materials, and the spoils of war were directly converted into their own ammunition.

The 93rd Wing was scattered by Du Kaishan's tanks on the way, and the ammunition and supplies that the former lieutenant general had been waiting for directly turned into a pile of bubbles. In addition to these ammunition that was cut off by Du Kaishan halfway, the remaining ammunition was temporarily hoarded at the beachhead, and Du Kaishan's bomber group turned into a fireworks.

The direct consequence of this series of losses was the Ninth Division of Tiger Wolf Village. After running out of ammunition, there was no hope of getting supplies from the rear, at least for a short time. The Japanese army, which had relied on sophisticated weapons for many years and had always been strong in firepower, finally tasted the taste of the lack of follow-up ammunition replenishment after the weapons were exhausted by the limited ammunition they carried.

Although as soon as he arrived at the front line of Tiger Wolf Village, the chief of staff of the Ninth Division, Kakura Haruhi Daisa, strictly controlled the use of ammunition in accordance with the orders of Lieutenant General Yuan Shou. But even if the use of zhì is strictly controlled, after all, the total amount of ammunition carried is still limited. Infantry has to march to fight, and one person carrying one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition is already the limit.

After dozens of hours of fierce fighting, no matter how much ammunition the team carries and uses it sparingly, under this high-intensity combat situation, it will be almost consumed. What's more, when the 9th Division set off, it didn't carry much ammunition at all. Even the baggage wing has not yet had time to land.

The former lieutenant general, who was in a difficult situation at home and abroad but could not do anything, could only keep sending reports to Yoshio last month, hoping that even if there were no reinforcements, even if he could drop some ammunition to him in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, when the anti-Japanese alliance in front of them completes the adjustment and deployment and launches another attack, the rest of the Ninth Division will really have to rely on bayonets to fight hand-to-hand with the enemy's tanks.

received a telegram from the former lieutenant general, and learned that the battle situation on the front line of Qikou had been completely eroded. The 44th Division and the Marine Corps have all been wiped out, and only the 9th Division is left on the entire Qikou line. Lieutenant General Liangfu last month seemed to be crazy, and regardless of the danger of interception by the anti-coalition fighter group, he and Major General Long Baoxiong, a staff officer of the army, rushed to Jinan on a small plane together. The commander of the 12th Army, Eitaro Uchiyama, was asked to immediately transfer troops to reinforce the Qikou battlefield.

For Lieutenant General Yoshio last month, it was too late to ask for the base camp and dispatch troops at this time, because the water source could not quench the thirst. It's better to find Uchiyama Eitaro, an old classmate from the 21st phase of his army non-commissioned officer school, and it's more enjoyable. The entire strength of one of his armies was on the battlefield on the Jilu border.

Last month, Lieutenant General Yoshio thought that Uchiyama Eitaro's 12th Army was not in a way to draw reinforcements now. At least he still has a considerable number of troops in the 48th Division in Jiaodong, and at the same time there is a field supplementary team on the Jiaodong Peninsula. If these forces are used to strengthen the 120th Division on the Leling line, it will be completely possible to form a superiority in strength on the Leling line and break through the enemy's defense line.

In the face of his old classmate, he would rather have a considerable part of his troops idle in the rear than increase his troops to the front. With a large number of troops in hand, but the accusation that he would not save himself from death on the battlefield of Qikou, Uchiyama Eitaro could only smile bitterly and shake his head. It's not a question of whether to save or not, it's that his 12th Army really can't be saved.

The 120th Division on the front line of Leling has been tug-of-war with the enemy forces in front of it. At the same time as the Qikou landing battle began, all the troops were put into the front line. But it is impossible to break through the defenses of the enemy forces in front of them, under the cover of aircraft and artillery. He was also attacked by a medium-sized tactical counterattack by the enemy, and was almost half-paralyzed.

If it weren't for the commander of the division, all the non-combatants, plus the baggage and engineer teams, would have been pulled up at the critical moment, and it would have been desperate to block the enemy's counterattack. One hundred and twenty divisions, if you don't do it, the entire front will be crushed. At present, it is not easy for the 120th Division to barely maintain the battle line.

Counting on this two-brigade system, the number of heavy weapons is insufficient. The division and regiment with third-rate combat effectiveness and third-rate equipment have suffered considerable losses after fighting for such a long time at present. Breaking through the enemy's defense system in a short period of time, which had been fighting fiercely for nearly a month and not being able to break through, the lone army that was running hundreds of kilometers went deep to rescue the Ninth Division.

Not only is it quite unrealistic, but even if it breaks through the enemy's resistance. But in the face of the enemy's two tank divisions, there can only be one result, and that is to sell one and catch the other. In addition to the 120th Division, which is closest to Qikou, the 12th Army has really not been able to draw any troops to reinforce the 9th Division on the Qikou battlefield.

The 9th Division in the Qikou Battlefield was struggling, and the 100th Division in the battlefield west of Dezhou was also struggling. The 65th Division, which was the main force of the internal and external flanking periphery, and other troops in the battlefield west of Texas, filled in a complete brigade almost every day.

At this rate of casualties, the 65th Division had already suffered more than half of its casualties in a few days, and it could almost be said that it had lost its ability to attack. The entire battlefield west of Texas will not take more than a few days, and all the troops participating in the war will also be filled in. The situation in the entire battlefield west of Texas was no better than that of the Qikou line.

In the adjacent frontal battlefield of Texas and the entire battlefield north of the Maji River, the casualties were also extremely heavy. The left and right flanks of the 22nd Division had been broken through by the enemy. The entire frontal battlefield of Texas and the battlefield west of Texas have so far been completely severed.

And the various troops involved in the siege on the Jiaodong Peninsula, especially the main 48th Division, can no longer draw any troops. If the troops are to be transferred again, the blockade area, which has been painstakingly constructed with great painstaking efforts, will become a net that cannot be carried out by anything.

He didn't know about Yoshio last month, but Eitaro Uchiyama still knew it. Once the blockade zone in Jiaodong is invalid and a large number of North China communist troops in Jiaodong are allowed to get out of trouble, what will it mean for the whole of Shandong? Unless his 12th Army does not want supply lines, this opening must not be opened.

At present, after the 48th Division was transferred away, the already insufficient blockade circle was already exhausted to cope with the continuous attacks of the communist army in Shandong. If the blockade line is in name only, once the communist army is allowed to attack a large number of troops along the Jinpu Road, not only will it not be able to save the Ninth Division, but the entire Shandong battlefield will also be completely eroded.

Now that he has reached the point where he is in a situation where he is too busy to take care of himself and still needs a large number of reinforcements, where to find reinforcements for the Ninth Division? He was summoned by his husband last month, isn't he in a hurry? If the battle of Qikou was completely defeated, he would not be able to keep the position of commander of this army last month. If the two major battlefields in the east and west of Texas are lost, he, the commander of the 12th Army, will have to throw away his black hat.

However, Lieutenant General Yoshio Kamitsuki, who went crazy, did not listen to his explanation, and directly told Sù Uchiyama Eitaro that reinforcements must be obtained within 24 hours. Within five hours, a batch of ammunition had to be airdropped to the Ninth Division. Otherwise, he would report directly to the base camp that the Twelfth Army and the North China Front would not be saved when they saw death.

Facing the unusually crazy Yoshio Kamitsuki, Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro has an abnormal headache. Where is he going to find reinforcements for this old classmate who has fallen into madness? Don't say no, even if you have, how can you send it to the Qikou battlefield? Could it be that he is all muddy when the enemy army is made, or when his own troops are all winged, and he can reach it for hundreds of kilometers?

As for the issue of air-dropped ammunition, he has it, but where can he find this transport plane? At present, there are very few combat planes left of the North China Front. At present, the war situation in the entire Jilu border region is supported by naval aircraft. Even if the planes are transferred from other theaters, let alone five hours, even fifteen hours, the airdrop cannot be carried out.

It's just Qikou's predicament, and Uchiyama Eitaro can't ignore it at all. After all, once the enemy in Qikou frees up his hands, the strength of the two tank divisions will definitely have a disastrous impact on his various units participating in the battle on the Jilu border battlefield. The battlefield east of Texas, which was already exhausted, could not have completely collapsed. The longer the Ninth Division dragged on in Qikou, the more beneficial it would be to the entire 12th Army on the Jilu border battlefield.

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