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War is an infectious disease that can turn anyone into a demon... Gao Hongming's Memoirs Chapter 23.

"Gentlemen, as of yesterday, our casualties have reached 530, among which the Jinsui Army suffered the highest casualties, reaching 5000, 23, the Eighth Route Army suffered more than [-] casualties, and the Liantai Militia Corps suffered casualties. More than [-] people.

The loss of supplies is 8754 rifles, 378 light and heavy machine guns, more than 36 hand grenades, 26874 million bullets, [-] artillery shells, food..."

Listening to the numbers read out by Staff Officer Bai, the eyelids of those present felt their eyelids twitch, and Master Liu's hand holding the cup trembled slightly.

They can't help but be alarmed. Take the Eighth Route Army as an example. I am afraid that the ammunition used by the Eighth Route Army since the War of Resistance is not as good as the ammunition consumed in this battle to recover Taiyuan.

Although all the ammunition was reimbursed by Gao Hongming, they were also afraid that once the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army got used to such a "spending money like dirt" style of fighting, how would they fight without the support of the Liantai militia.

This is not because Master Liu is worrying unnecessarily, but because he has discovered that the Eighth Route Army has already had such signs.

As one of the five leaders of the Joint Command, Commander Liu can receive telegrams from the division commanders, brigade commanders and even regimental commanders of the troops below him every day.

Take the 129th Division as an example. Now the brigade commander and even the regimental commander below send them the most telegrams, sending me a bombing squadron immediately to cover a certain target with firepower, or call the artillery group to bomb a certain place. .

What's more, he even called the logistics to send the ammunition up quickly, and it was necessary to replenish dozens or even millions of ammunition supplies. He didn't know when, the troops below had no idea about ammunition consumption. It seems that as long as they say a number, the logistics force can immediately pull them over.

But the problem is that Master Liu and even the Eighth Route Army can live such a "luxury" life because of the unconditional support of Gao Hongming, a big benefactor. Once this benefactor is lost, the Eighth Route Army will be beaten back to its original form immediately , Return to the state of lack of guns and ammunition.

But many Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters have not realized this. This is the old saying that having a lady's heart is a maid's life.

Thinking of this, Master Liu frowned deeply, but now is not the time to think about it.

He shook his head slightly, temporarily throwing away the worries in his mind, and returned to reality.

"We can't continue fighting like this." Yang Aiyuan spoke first.

He said in a deep voice: "The Japanese army reinforced and thickened various buildings around the headquarters at the North Gate, even deployed countless firepower points, and used the favorable terrain to block us.

But because of various rules and regulations, we are so restrained that we can't even use artillery, so we can only rely on brothers to fill it with their lives. This is not acceptable! "

Speaking of this, Yang Aiyuan's eye circles were a little red.

"I went to the temporary 49th division this morning. During the three-day battle of their attacking headquarters, there were more than 1000 people in the division, and there were only less than 5000 left. Even the division commander Wei Yu Kun was also wounded.

The situation of the temporary 47th and 48th divisions is not much better.

Our Jinsui army has dispatched five divisions this time, and three of them have already lost their vitality. If the fight continues like this, I will have no way to explain it to Chief Yan. "

"Although the situation of our Eighth Route Army is better, the losses are not small." Master Liu said in a deep voice:
"Before fighting Taiyuan, no one thought that this street fight would be so difficult.

Our war is almost 1.1 meters forward, and the Japanese are fighting house by house. Almost every street and every house is shed with the blood of soldiers. "

Gao Hongming looked at the two and asked, "So what do you two think?"

"I suggest mobilizing heavy artillery to attack the city." Yang Aiyuan said without hesitation.

"Right!"

Master Liu also nodded.

"In the past, we were worried that the deployment of heavy artillery to attack the city would accidentally injure the people in the city, but now that the battle has been fought, the people in the city have almost run away, and even if there are still a few people.

In this case, it would be too pedantic if we still hold on to the original idea, so I think the rule that heavy artillery cannot be used should be changed. "

"That's right, brother Gao, in order to win Taiyuan, we have already killed and injured too many brothers. If we still stick to the rules like this, it would be a woman's benevolence!" Sun Chu also echoed.

Seeing the group of people looking at him, Gao Hongming laughed dumbfounded: "Okay, why are you all looking at me like this, I didn't say I disagreed.

Or, in your eyes, I am the kind of person who sticks to the rules and doesn't know how to adapt? "

Sun Chu smiled sheepishly: "Brother Gao, don't get me wrong, brother, I'm afraid you're worried that this kind of thing will be reported by reporters, causing national attention and damaging your reputation."

"I have a fart reputation."

Gao Hongming unceremoniously swears.

"How can there be a price in war? We can't put the lives of our brothers at risk for that useless reputation and face, right? Besides, we are at best just mobilizing artillery to attack the city. It is better than the one in Chongqing who ordered to dig How about the Yellow River?"

"Brother Gao, speak carefully!"

Hearing Gao Hongming talking about the one from Chongqing so unscrupulously, Sun Chu hurriedly called to stop, only to see him wryly smile and say: "Brother Gao is indeed a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

Your Liantai militia is self-sufficient, of course you don’t need to save face for that guy, but my brother, Chief Yang and I have to hang out in the World War II zone. If this sentence is leaked, if that guy gets angry, we will suffer food. "

Seeing Sun Chu's lingering fear, Gao Hongming, Liu Shichang and Heping Political Commissar couldn't help laughing out loud...

"boom……"

Accompanied by a huge explosion, a three-story building reinforced with reinforced concrete by the Japanese army collapsed in the sound of the explosion. The seven or eight heavy machine guns that were pouring flames also became parts and flew up to the ground in the sound of the explosion. up in the air.

"on!"

Seeing that the building was bombed, Yan Xiaofu was overjoyed. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers of the Liantai militia, who had been suppressed very hard, jumped out of their bunkers and rushed towards the collapsed building.

The first to rush to the front were three soldiers.

This is a standard tactical team. The leading soldier is holding an MP40 submachine gun, the other two soldiers holding 98K rifles are covering on both sides, and there are three other tactical teams behind, and these people form a complete team. infantry squad.

The three of them rushed to the collapsed building one after the other. The leading soldier with a submachine gun stopped behind a wall of ruins and winked at the back. The soldiers behind immediately took out the M24 long-handled grenade and pulled the fuse. Throwing it towards the window, there was only a bang, and there was a huge explosion immediately inside, which seemed to be accompanied by a few screams.