Kong Jie was much more steady and did not nod immediately because of Li Yunlong's affirmation.
After Huang Yu finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Have you considered the issue of ammunition?"
"Even if we have enough time to storm Baoding."
"After all, there are tens of thousands of puppet troops in the city."
"Siege warfare consumes the most ammunition. After a battle, an average of fifty rounds of bullets can kill one Japanese and puppet soldier, which is considered to have saved bullets."
"Baoding's city defense is strong, and the Japanese and puppet troops are defending the city. After the entire siege, if we can kill one Japanese and puppet army with a hundred rounds of bullets, it will be a great victory."
"There are more than 10,000 puppet troops in the city. At this rate of loss, millions of rounds of light bullets will be consumed."
"The artillery shells must be at least several thousand rounds."
"The base area has just undergone a major sweep, and the previous reserves of ammunition have been almost exhausted."
"We are just waiting to capture Baoding and replenish the ammunition and supplies that the Japanese army has stored in Baoding City."
"Even if we have the conditions to attack Baoding now, we still can't have that much ammunition reserve."
"If the battle reaches the halfway point, the troops will run out of ammunition. Not only will they not be able to capture Baoding, but the ammunition they consumed previously will also be in vain."
"If Okamura Neiji takes the opportunity to send heavy troops to attack the Yizhong base area, we will have to fight the Japanese and puppet troops with empty guns, and it is very likely that even the base area will be lost."
Huang Yu thought for a moment and replied: "Captain..."
"We may not be able to get one million rounds of ammunition, but we definitely have six to seven hundred thousand rounds of ammunition."
"If we don't have enough artillery shells, we can use explosive bags to make up for it."
"It is directly loaded with black powder, although it is not as powerful as high explosives."
"But as long as the charge is large enough, the power is still much greater than that of ordinary mortar shells."
"Before you come to Baoding."
"Shunping garrison captured several military columns."
"Especially the special forces posing as railway guerrillas."
"Successfully captured two military columns and transported a hundred carts of ammunition."
"With the seizures from other battles, I can gather half a million rounds of ammunition and two thousand artillery shells here."
Although Li Yunlong is the kind of master who only enters but never exits, he can still distinguish the priorities in the face of the overall situation.
Seeing Kong Jie's heartache, he said: "The only regiment has won a lot of victories since entering Baoding. If we reduce the losses, we can collect 200,000 rounds of ammunition and 500 cannonballs."
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"If other troops need it, I can take out all this ammunition."
Huang Yu followed up: "The base area has been producing black powder."
"All are made into special explosive packs for thunder cannons, and high explosives are used to make propellant."
"It will definitely be no problem to make a thousand."
"It's equivalent to us having a thousand more mountain artillery shells."
"Although Shunping garrison and Wangdu garrison did not enter Baoding to participate in the battle."
"But both regiments seized a lot of weapons and ammunition during the last counter-sweep operation."
"Both regiments can definitely collect 100,000 rounds of ammunition and six to seven hundred artillery shells."
Li Yunlong became excited again and immediately asked Kong Jie: "There are 900,000 rounds of ammunition and almost 5,000 rounds of various artillery shells."
"After entering Baoding, the Du Er Regiment captured many strongholds along the railway, and also cooperated with the Du Er Regiment in two annihilation battles. They should have gained a lot. They will definitely be able to collect 150,000 rounds of ammunition."
"That's more than a million rounds."
"Kong Erluzi, the ammunition problem you were worried about has been solved."
"In order to give us a little more time to attack the city, I suggest that the troops start taking action tonight."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Huang Yu: "Xiao Huang..."
"How do you want to attack Baoding..."
"To be more specific, Kong Erluzi and I will help you with your advice. If we can do it, we'll do it right away."
Huang Yu strode to the table, picked up a pencil and started drawing on a piece of paper. Kong Jie and Li Yunlong hurried over.
After a while, the expressions on their faces were replaced by shock...
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At six o'clock in the afternoon, the last troops from along the railway entered Baoding.
The open city was immediately closed.
More than a hundred puppet troops rushed into the city gate carrying explosives, intending to completely seal the city gate.
Although Li Yunlong failed to win Baoding last time, he successfully broke through the north gate.
The key is that the Eighth Route Army used mountain cannons to blow open the city gate. The Eighth Route Army took advantage of the lack of strength of the city defense troops and took the opportunity to enter the city.
If the north gate at that time was sealed with sandbags, no matter how many mountain cannons the Eighth Route Army equipped, they would not be able to blow open the city gate.
This is a bloody lesson.
No matter how stupid Major General Kawasaki is, he will never make the same mistake twice.
After guessing that the Yizhong Eighth Route Army might storm Baoding, he issued an order to block the city gate.
If the return force arrived an hour later, they would have to enter the city via a gondola.
Major General Kawasaki stood on the city gate tower, watching the last city gate in Baoding being slowly sealed, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up.
With more than 10,000 troops, relying on Baoding's solid city defenses and sufficient ammunition, they can receive air support at any time. In ten days, at least one division will reinforce Baoding.
Under such circumstances, Major General Kawasaki was at least 95% sure of holding Baoding and defeating all invading enemies.
Cun Shangzhongzuo is very good at reading people's eyes. Taking advantage of Major General Kawasaki's good mood, he quickly reported: "General..."
"Defend the city as planned."
"There are 900 imperial troops stationed in each direction of Baoding and two battalions of the Imperial Association Army, totaling more than 1,500 people."
"Equipped with ten heavy machine guns and more than forty light machine guns."
"Enough to build the four city walls into copper and iron walls."
"As long as the Yizhong Eighth Route Army dares to come, I guarantee that they will be beaten to death outside the city."
"There are more than 4,000 troops left to assist in the city, and a thousand of them are patrolling and guarding the city to eliminate possible troublemakers."
"The remaining three thousand people serve as mobile units directly under the headquarters, ready to reinforce the battlefield and check for leaks and fill gaps."
"Where is the artillery?" Major General Kawasaki asked a very critical question.
"Our several defeats at the hands of the Eighth Route Army in the Wing were caused by their artillery."
"They had a battalion of sixteen-gun field artillery a few months ago."
"After such a long period of development, this artillery unit must be strong rather than weak."
"If we concentrate the bombardment on one point, there is still a high chance that a gap will be blown out of the city of Baoding."
"The best way is to fight tooth for tooth and eat the trump card in the hands of the Eighth Route Army."
Cun Shang Zhongzuo was well aware of every unit in the city and said bluntly: "There is a total of one field artillery squadron, three mountain artillery squadrons, and a total of sixteen mountain field artillery in the city."
"But the Baoding Arsenal also reserves two field guns and six mountain guns."
"The humble duty divided them into four and strengthened four mountain artillery squadrons respectively."
"The number of field cannons that can participate in the battle in the city has been directly increased to twenty-two."
"As long as the Eighth Route Army Field Artillery Battalion dares to take action, I guarantee that they will never come back."
"There are also five infantry artillery squads with ten infantry artillery subordinates."
"Five mortar squadrons, six mortar squads, a total of 68 mortars."
"Both the quantity and quality far exceed that of the artillery units under the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong."
