Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 424: Supplies in place, siege begins

424 Supplies in place, siege begins

"Hey, Old Sun.

When will the ammunition for your logistics transport team be delivered?

I know. A batch just arrived.

But it’s not enough. I need at least three base numbers of shells.

Now you haven’t delivered even half of it.

Okay, stop explaining. I know there was interference from the Japanese air force.

But I don't want to hear the explanation.

Three days. I will give you three days. You must transport the remaining shells to Fuzhou.

Otherwise, I will report you to the commander-in-chief."

boom!

Zhou Pingkou hung up the phone.

The logistics camp of the 208th Division was set up near Zhuangyuanling, more than ten kilometers away.

At this time, the logistics chief Sun Mingxu was in charge here personally.

Sun Mingxu was also very angry after Zhou Pingkou hung up the phone on him.

He didn’t care that Zhou Pingkou had hung up the phone and couldn’t hear him anymore, and he continued to yell into the phone: “Damn it, Zhou Pingkou.

If you have the guts, go to the military commander and complain to me.

I'm not afraid of you.

If you don’t tell me, you’re a puppy.”

After yelling, Sun Mingxu threw the phone away and walked out of the command room.

At this time, in this logistics camp, there were still convoys and mule teams coming out of the mountains in the north.

All the supplies transported here were for the 208th Division.

Most of them are ammunition, and artillery shells are the main type of ammunition.

The scale of this logistics camp is larger than the camp where the main force of the 208th Division is stationed more than ten kilometers ahead.

"Adjutant Liu, when will the next batch of ammunition be delivered?"

After a moment, Sun Mingxu asked a major adjutant next to him.

“Sir, the next batch of ammunition will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon.

Just received a telegram, they have just set out not long ago."

the adjutant replied.

“No, it’s too slow.

Can't it be faster?"

Sun Mingxu shook his head.

Zhou Pingkou kept urging him.

The general attack was about to begin, and Sun Mingxu also understood Zhou Pingkou's need for ammunition.

At the beginning, Sun Mingxu also promised Zhou Pingkou.

In wartime, their entire division must be guaranteed ammunition supplies.

However, the three basic numbers of artillery shells requested by Zhou Pingkou and the rate at which their division consumed ammunition still exceeded Sun Mingxu's expectations.

As a result, Sun Mingxu has not completed the goal he promised at the beginning.

“Sir, it’s not that we don’t want to hurry.

It really can't be faster.

Although, now we don’t have to worry about the Japanese bombing.

However, last night, there was a heavy rain in Ningde.

That section of road is now so muddy that trucks can no longer pass.

We had no choice but to abandon trucks and rely entirely on mule teams and manpower to transport ammunition.

The efficiency is much slower.

There is nothing we can do about it.”

The adjutant looked bitter and said helplessly.

Sun Mingxu frowned. No one could have predicted such a natural disaster.

"Hey!

Before the war, I thought our transport team had dozens of trucks.

There are more than 200 mule carts with enough transportation capacity to supply supplies to Lao Zhou's entire division.

completely fine.

Now it seems that I was thinking too simply.

The ammunition consumed by a US-equipped division in full-fire combat is something that not everyone can afford!"

Sun Mingxu also had a headache.

But at this time, he couldn't go to Ye Qingshan to complain about the difficulties he encountered.

You have to find a way to solve it yourself.

Especially, because the roads are impassable for trucks.

Sun Mingxu needs to find a way to make up for the carrying capacity of these dozens of trucks.

"By the way, the 208th Division fought their way here, and the Japanese alone wiped out two regiments.

The puppet army should have captured quite a few as well.

These puppet prisoners of war can be used as transport labor."

After a moment, Sun Mingxu came up with a solution.

"Adjutant Liu, go contact the 208th Division's POW department and have them send all the puppet army POWs to our logistics camp."

Sun Mingxu said happily.

"Yes!"

Not long after, Adjutant Liu came back.

“Sir, just contacted the 208th Division POW Department, they said.

Two thousand puppet army prisoners of war will be sent to us this afternoon."

Adjutant Liu replied.

"Um?

Why are there only two thousand people?

That’s all?”

Sun Mingxu frowned.

"Sir, I just made an inquiry.

I heard that Commander Zhou and his men encountered many puppet troops who helped the Japanese resist us along the way.

As for those puppet troops who put up a stubborn resistance, they were all killed by Commander Zhou and his men.

Only about 2,000 people were left. "

Adjutant Liu said with a helpless look on his face.

Sun Mingxu immediately became even angrier: "Damn it, Zhou Pingkou and his 208th Division are a bunch of heartless guys.

Fighting a war is like being a madman, without any brains.

Who made him kill so many puppet army prisoners of war?

Don't be so hasty to kill it. Why don't you try to make use of it first?

Now, even if you send me two thousand puppet prisoners of war, it is not enough."

"Forget it, I'll go find Zhou Xinghai.

He is now in charge of the anti-bandit operations in the rear, and should be able to capture a lot of prisoners."

Sun Mingxu remembered this and quickly sent a telegram to Zhou Xinghai.

At this time, Zhou Xinghai was leading a militia to besiege Zhaojiabao in Lianjiang County.

That is the hometown of the die-hard traitor Zhao Tongming.

"Old Sun sent a telegram asking us to capture more traitor prisoners?"

“Okay, tell Lao Sun.

I understand. Tomorrow, I will send him three thousand prisoners.

It just so happened that my militia raided the homes of many traitors in Ningde, Luoyuan and Lianjiang.

Many traitors were arrested.

If Old Sun wants it, give it to him."

Zhou Xinghai said with a chuckle.

He knew that Sun Mingxu asked for traitor prisoners mostly for the purpose of transporting logistical supplies.

On the evening of the 21st, Ye Qingshan also sent a telegram to Sun Mingxu.

I know the difficulties Sun Mingxu encountered.

So, Ye Qingshan dispatched a labor team to assist their logistics department in transporting supplies.

"It's the commander who is considerate of our logistics department."

Sun Mingxu was very moved after receiving the news.

Afterwards, Sun Mingxu's transport team gave up truck transportation and relied entirely on mule teams and handcarts to transport ammunition.

Finally, before Zhou Ping launched a general attack on Fuzhou City.

Two-thirds of the three base ammunition were delivered.

The remaining one third will be delivered in batches during the subsequent combat operations of the 208th Division.

Ensure that the 208th Division’s siege will not be delayed.

“The construction of the logistics team needs to be expanded.

Truck transportation is prone to problems.

The transportation problems encountered in reality reported by Sun Mingxu are worth summarizing. "

Ye Qingshan also expressed his emotion after receiving Sun Mingxu's report telegram.

At this time, the poor road conditions in the country make it difficult to ensure smooth truck transportation.

Especially in southern Zhejiang and Fujian Province where they are now, there are mountains everywhere.

Truck transportation is more likely to have problems when traveling on mountain roads.

It is still necessary to maintain sufficient human and animal transportation to fill the gaps in truck transportation at critical moments.

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The 23rd soon arrived.

With the replenishment of reserve soldiers in the rear, the fully replenished Second and Fourth Regiments, as well as the Heavy Artillery Regiment and the Rocket Artillery Regiment, all arrived outside the city of Fuzhou.

Zhou Pingkou also issued an order to attack Fuzhou City.

Whoosh whoosh!

Boom boom boom!

One after another, 132mm tail-fin rockets, dragging long flames, streaked across the sky and landed on the Wushan position of the Japanese in Fuzhou City.

This was the first time that Ye Qingshan's rocket artillery regiment participated in a battle.

This rocket artillery regiment was an expansion of Ye Qingshan’s rocket artillery battalion in Jinling, with twelve rocket launcher vehicles.

At this time, the rocket artillery regiment had a total of thirty-six rocket launchers.

The entire regiment can fire out 576 rockets in one salvo, enough to cover half of the city of Fuzhou.

Now, a battalion of the rocket artillery regiment and twelve rocket launchers are enough to launch a round of covering strikes against the Japanese troops defending on Wushan Mountain.

After the three battalions have launched a wave of covering strikes in succession, the infantry outside the city will launch an attack under the cover of mortars and rocket launchers.

As for the heavy artillery regiment, it continued to bombard the Japanese who were defending the city walls.

There was heavy Japanese firepower there, so the heavy artillery regiment focused its bombardment there.

Clear obstacles for the attacking infantry.

The defending Japanese also had an artillery regiment inside the city.

However, they were mainly equipped with 75mm field guns and ten 120mm howitzers.

In terms of firepower, it could pose a threat to the 208th Division attacking the city.

But it is far inferior to the heavy artillery regiment in Zhou Pingkou's hands at this time.

After the war broke out, the Japanese defending in the city were suppressed by firepower.

This kind of situation is not common among the Japanese.

After all, they were the ones who suppressed the national army with firepower in the past.

"Damn it, the strength of Ye Qingshan's troops is growing too fast."

Yuto Tanosho looked at the deafening artillery fire coming in from outside the city, his face as gloomy as water.

This time it was the turn of the Japanese soldiers defending the city to withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.

This time, there was actually nothing particularly remarkable about Zhou Pingkou's siege deployment.

It's about advancing point by point and eliminating the important defense points of the Japanese in Fuzhou city.

Eventually they captured the entire city.

It is difficult to have any fancy tactics in siege warfare.

It is impossible to use field combat tactics such as infiltration, flanking and encirclement.

It’s all about hard power.

If your troops are not strong enough, it is best not to engage in siege warfare.

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Buzz!

As the 208th Division launched a general attack on Fuzhou City, the Japanese aircraft fleet appeared again in the sky.

This time, more than thirty Type 97 fighter jets flew over from the other side of the river.

No bombers followed.

It is obvious that the purpose of the Japanese sending out these fighter planes this time is to annihilate Meng Jifei's fighter squadron.

Regain air supremacy over Fuzhou.

At that time, the Japanese bombers would be able to come back and bomb the Kuomintang soldiers attacking the city with impunity.

In that case, the siege might fail.

Even at the last moment, the 208th Division withstood the Japanese bombing and captured the city of Fuzhou.

The casualties would certainly be greater.

Not long after, twenty-three P40 fighter jets led by Meng Jifei also appeared over Fuzhou.

Although Ye Qingshan did not have a radar station in Fuzhou, he could not detect the takeoff of the Japanese fighter planes on the other side.

But Ye Qingshan knew.

As soon as Zhou Pingkou's 208th Division began to attack the city, the Japanese fighter planes on the other side would take off to provide support.

If Meng Jifei and his men fly over to join the battle, they will definitely encounter the Japanese aircraft group.

"Damn, so many Japanese fighter planes?"

When Meng Jifei and other pilots flew over Fuzhou and discovered the group of Japanese fighter planes attacking from the east, they also looked solemn.