"The mules, horses and cars in the hands of the common people can be purchased with oceans. The price can be slightly higher. The common people must not suffer a loss!" Huang Yu continued to order.
"As for the mules, horses and cars in the hands of the Japanese and traitors..."
"Don't be polite, just grab it back for me."
"Collect a group of mules, horses and cars and send a group to the inner city..."
"When the smoke released by the troops covers Taiyuan City, our troops will be able to transport the loot under the nose of the Japanese aircraft."
"Each mule and horse transports four boxes of ammunition..."
"Send them to the outer city gate and wait for them. After dark, each soldier in the army will be responsible for a mule and horse, and they will immediately leave the city and evacuate Taiyuan."
Li Yunlong was also worried about transportation problems when he first entered the arsenal.
The base area is too far away from here, and there are only so many troops in the army. It is too difficult to transport all the weapons and ammunition in the arsenal to the base area.
After hearing this idea, he realized that he had been worrying too much.
He patted Huang Yu on the shoulder and said, "Damn it..."
"You kid is simply a genius..."
"One mule and four boxes of ammunition..."
"Including the mules and horses we brought ourselves, if we can gather 3,000 mules and horses, wouldn't we be able to transport 12,000 boxes of ammunition?"
"My dear..."
"There are ten mortar shells in a box, five mountain artillery shells in a box, four large-caliber mortar shells in a box, and two heavy artillery shells in a box..."
"If all the artillery shells were transported, there would be no more than 40,000 or 50,000..."
"It's enough to use our base in the wing for a year or two."
Huang Yu continued to order: "All the rifle bullets and heavy machine gun bullets in the arsenal are dismantled and packed in bags..."
"Each mule and horse carries a weight of two hundred and fifty kilograms..."
"If it's not heavy enough, you can add more bullets."
"When retreating, each soldier's marching backpack should be loaded with 500 rounds of ammunition and five grenades..."
"If there are soldiers who think they have good physical strength, it doesn't matter if they pretend to be more..."
"But it must not affect the marching speed of the troops."
"The extra weapons and ammunition, as well as the military equipment we seized at the Taiyuan Arsenal, were all transported by car."
"Taiyuan City is so big. It is also the capital of SX Province and the seat of the Shanxi Garrison Headquarters. There are a large number of small devils' chambers of commerce in the city. They basically have their own transport fleets. It will definitely be no problem to collect two to three hundred transport vehicles."
"In this raid on Taiyuan, I asked the special forces to bring enough drivers..."
“As long as we can get the car back, someone will drive it.”
"One car transports four thousand kilograms of supplies...Three hundred cars add up to 1.2 million kilograms, which is 600 tons of supplies!"
"Even if the Taiyuan arsenal cannot be emptied, it can be almost cleared..."
"The infantry returned to the base through the same route in the mountains..."
"The special forces protected the transport vehicles and returned to the base area by road."
"After Taiyuan Airport was completely destroyed by us, the Japanese army could only deploy aircraft from other places to attack us!"
"The flight distance is long, the time in the air is short, and the number of aircraft is not as many as taking off from Taiyuan Airport. The air defense pressure of the troops will be at least half reduced."
"Coupled with the anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns we seized from Taiyuan Airport and Taiyuan City Defense Forces, we should be able to reduce the air threat faced by the transport team by several percent."
"This way we can march during the day."
"It took us one day and two nights to return to the base area and not give the Japanese army a chance to mobilize troops to surround us."
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At the temporary Japanese army station northeast of Taiyuan, Yoshio Iwamatsu was hiding in a tent and pacing back and forth.
Okamura Neiji promised that his plane support had already set off, and all he needed to do next was to wait for news.
The Eighth Route Army that attacked Taiyuan was very powerful, and their combat effectiveness was far beyond their imagination.
There are only about a thousand people left in the Taiyuan garrison on hand. No matter how bold Iwamatsu Yoshio is, he does not dare to send people to Taiyuan for reconnaissance and kill people in the tiger's mouth.
Ground reconnaissance had no way of knowing the situation of the Eighth Route Army in Taiyuan. He could only rely on aviation, hoping that planes could detect every move of the Eighth Route Army from the sky.
"Your Excellency Commander..."
The operator suddenly opened the tent and walked in with a very solemn expression. Yoshio Iwamatsu knew from his expression that what he brought was not good news.
"The Front Army Headquarters forwarded an urgent message to the aviation force..."
"The Eighth Route Army released a large amount of smoke in Taiyuan City..."
"The whole Taiyuan was shrouded in smoke."
"The Eighth Route Army has also deployed a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy machine guns for anti-aircraft shooting in the city."
"The aviation force was attacked by anti-aircraft fire when it rushed into the smoke, losing one aircraft and seriously damaging another aircraft..."
"The remaining aircraft can only detect above the smoke..."
"I didn't see anything in the end..."
"Trash..." Iwamatsu Yoshio was so angry that he opened his mouth and began to curse.
"After fighting for so long, the Taiyuan garrison is almost exhausted. We don't even know how many people our opponent has. It's so embarrassing."
"Contact the aviation force immediately..."
"Let them find out what the Eighth Route Army is doing in the city at all costs."
"Block Taiyuan and not allow any Eighth Route Army soldier to leave Taiyuan, let alone allow them to send weapons, ammunition and supplies out of Taiyuan."
Seeing the operator leave, Yoshio Iwamatsu immediately looked at the chief of staff: "Where are the reinforcement troops from northwest Shanxi?"
"No matter what the Eighth Route Army is doing in Taiyuan City!"
"As long as the reinforcements from northwestern Shanxi come back in time and surround Taiyuan..."
"The Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong will not be able to escape from our grasp. Sooner or later, we will kill them all and recapture Taiyuan."
The chief of staff pointed to a point on the map and said: "The fastest return force has arrived here to rest..."
"Sent out in about two hours, and will return to Taiyuan at three o'clock in the morning tonight."
After hearing this, Yoshio Iwamatsu said angrily: "Hagaya Road..."
"What time has it been... they are still in the mood to rest on the way."
"Don't you know that if you come back an hour later, the Eighth Route Army that conquered Taiyuan will have one more chance to escape?"
The chief of staff was puzzled: "The troops are too tired."
"From the moment we receive the rescue order..."
"They have been marching continuously for eighteen hours... and even walking while eating..."
"Keep going and the troops are likely to collapse on the road."
"The troops are resting and recuperating while on the road, and they can also preserve their physical strength as much as possible. They can join the battle as soon as they reach Taiyuan."
Iwamatsu Yoshio did not reject this reason. He thought for a few seconds and then replied: "Let them set off in one hour..."
"Go back to Taiyuan before two o'clock in the morning..."
"Deploy two more squadrons and a small team to lurk outside Taiyuan City on standby!"
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely transport loot outside the city after dark."
"Although the latent troops are no match for the Eighth Route Army, they can keep an eye on them, attack them secretly, and slow down their transfer of loot."
"When the return troops are in place, we can go straight to the target and eliminate the Eighth Route Army sent by Yi Zhong. There is no need to send people to find them... kill two birds with one stone."
