Canteen System Assistance Notes

In the original time and space, the Shandong base area in 1945 could boast 27 regular troops, 50 militiamen, and 150 million part-time self-defense groups and guerrillas. In this current Shandong base area, which has access to rear support and can receive supplies from the US military, and where the Japanese and puppet forces are far weaker than in the original time and space, the 101st commanded at least 20 field troops and even larger local forces. While these units' equipment couldn't compare to the industrially-backed Northwest, North China, and Central Plains field armies, let alone the "mobile corps," they were still forces capable of reaching the standards of Japanese packhorse divisions!

The enemy army has achieved sufficient ammunition for grassroots units, supporting firearms for battalions, companies and regiments, mountain artillery for division-level units, and field artillery for support, with a total number of more than 20... This means that even if the Communist Army deployed more than 2 troops in Weihai to deal with the Kwantung Army, and there were about 10 Communist troops in Yanzhou, the "enemy chief" 101 still had a reserve force of nearly 10 people in his hands.

This does not include the local forces that can assist in carrying out the mission!

What should Kita Seiichi do when he has no manpower at all?

Currently, the Feng Corps (66th Division, formerly the 17th Independent Mixed Unit) is required to garrison Dezhou, the Yi Corps (59th Division, formerly the 10th Independent Mixed Unit) is required to garrison Liaocheng, the Qiu Corps (55th Division, formerly the 6th Independent Mixed Unit) is required to advance to garrison Quancheng and Tai'an, and the Tong Corps (54th Division, formerly the 5th Independent Mixed Unit) is isolated in Yantai and Jiao'ao. Only the Lu Corps (32nd Division) is struggling to hold out around Yanzhou... The Communist Army in northern Jiangsu has also cut off the route for the Po Corps (21st Division) to reinforce northward from Xuzhou.

"To defend His Majesty the Emperor's land, the Ren Corps has implemented Plan 2. Although our soldiers fight selflessly and can defeat ten enemies with one, the Communist army is outnumbered. Without the guidance and coordination of friendly forces, we will be unable to defeat them. Therefore, we sincerely hope that friendly forces will reinforce us from the north to the south to recapture Cang County and restore the operation of the Jinpu Railway. The Ren Corps looks forward to your reply and expresses our gratitude..."

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According to the eight pre-war contingency plans of the Japanese army, if the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army launched an attack in Shandong Province, the North China Army should immediately implement the plan numbered Protector 2. On the one hand, it should hold on in Shandong and wait for reinforcements, and on the other hand, it should gather troops in Peiping and use the strength of more than four divisions to forcibly attack the Jinpu Road from north to south and recapture Cang County from the Communist Army. After the railway was opened, it should immediately establish a support channel for the 12th Army in Shandong Province to assist it in holding its positions and transportation lines.

If this plan is implemented smoothly, the Japanese army with nearly 20 troops arriving in Shandong Province will not only be able to complete the defense task, but also use railway mobility to find a way to eliminate enough Eighth Route Army troops in Shandong Province, and even cooperate with the Japanese army in Hebei and Henan provinces to advance from the east and west to reopen the Shide Railway and reconstruct the network that divides the Eighth Route Army base.

But, but!

The hidden premise of this plan was that the Eighth Route Army would launch the main offensive in Shandong Province. That is, the Eighth Route Army would launch the main offensive only in Shandong Province! Currently, the Eighth Route Army had already launched an offensive far exceeding the scale of the "main offensive" around Zheng County, while simultaneously launching an offensive on the scale of the "main offensive" in Shandong Province...

At the moment when the "Protection No. 8" plan was being implemented to defend Yang Jisheng's mobile corps, where would the Japanese army in North China get the reinforcements of 4 divisions?

Just as the Japanese army was scratching their heads, the battle around Yanzhou had already started as scheduled.

The 75mm M mountain cannon roared, and the captured Japanese 75mm field guns, 150 howitzers and 25-pound artillery returned from the Jiaodong area formed a field artillery unit. Under the command of the artillery observation team, they suppressed the Japanese artillery positions with a reaction speed beyond the times; and after the artillery was suppressed, the infantry soldiers supported by turtle fist rocket launchers, recoilless guns, large-caliber mortars and flamethrowers suddenly pressed towards the Japanese line.

Compared to other field armies, the slightly lacking firepower reserves directly led to the Shandong Province Field Army's preference for concentrating almost all available firepower on the main attack direction during combat, with a sufficient density of firepower to suffocate the front line, intending to overwhelm the Japanese defense line in the main attack direction;

At the same time, in order to ensure that they could completely annihilate the enemy in front of them, or force them to retreat in a predetermined direction, they would often use their strong tactical mobility to launch a detour to the flanks of the Japanese army, in order to launch an attack on the flank of the Japanese army simultaneously with the main attack direction, and ensure that the enemy in front of them had to deal with fierce attacks from two directions at any time.

In addition, the military and civilians of Shandong Province, which is rich in miners, mines, and homemade explosives, are very happy to carry "portable explosives" that exceed the rated carrying capacity of a single person during the attack.

Used to demolish buildings or to send Japanese troops occupying houses into the sky.

After the attack was launched, the mountain warriors, who adhered to the principle of "fight hard, charge hard, and pursue hard", would follow the attack channel opened by the rocket-propelled explosives disposal cords, gradually move forward in pursuit of the artillery fire, and after penetrating the Japanese defense, quickly disperse to the left and right, and launch a sweeping attack on the rest of the defense line and fortifications, causing the Japanese defense line to quickly lose organization and then collapse completely.

After the Japanese army's battle defense system collapsed, the highly mobile troops riding biological and mechanical horses would penetrate through the weak points and loopholes in the defense line.

They ran left and right on the flat land of Qilu, chasing the Japanese and puppet troops who were "transiting". Once they encountered Japanese troops that still maintained their organization and could organize a circular defense, or found key logistical nodes and heavily defended long-range artillery positions that they could not swallow in one go, the local guerrilla fighters and air-to-ground guidance teams carrying Yanwu radios and sitting in Mazdas would call for Pirate fighters to take off from the base areas of Shandong Province and the Hebei-Shandong-Henan base areas, and deliver 82/122mm air-to-air rockets or aerial bombs full of blessings to the stubbornly resisting Japanese troops.

In less than a week, wars broke out in many places centered on Yanzhou and Jining. Many township strongholds guarded by squadrons and battalions could not hold out for more than a day and were declared collapsed or destroyed.

-————One by one

"The plan to march south from Tianjin was problematic from the start. The four divisions are flanked by the Communist Army's Bohai base. Even if we had the manpower, we wouldn't be able to get far!"

Tell the Ren Bingtuan that the general army cannot send him support, and that the other side is not the Communist Party.

The main direction of the production army!

"Their main force must be somewhere else, definitely! Definitely! Attacking Yanzhou means attacking a place our army must support, forcing us to split up our forces—have you forgotten? The Communist troops in Henan Province haven't continued their advance north yet. Our troops in Hebiji, Puyang, and Anyang haven't even discovered the Communist mecha units yet!"

"If it was that naked mecha unit, how could they have stayed in Henan Province for so long? The Communist troops in Henan Province haven't continued to move north yet. Hebi Ji...

Our troops in Puyang and Anyang haven't even discovered the Communist Army's mecha units! It must be

Suspects! Their mecha troops haven't appeared on the battlefield yet—

"Yes, that must be the case, that must be the case. All of this is not their main attack! You little Communist thieves, don't even think about disrupting our morale!"

At the backup headquarters in Mikawa County, Okamura Yasuji yelled at the top of his lungs. His voice was sharp, his articulation fragmented, like a man stretching his neck, flapping his wings and kicking his feet violently as someone grabbed his neck. He hadn't gone fishing today; he was just pacing the staff headquarters, shouting.

"Hang up the Chinese army... The line is disconnected? Just send them a radio message!"

"Tell the Chinese army to send troops to support immediately! From Nanjing, from Shanghai! They also formed three new divisions last year, don't tell me there are no soldiers! If they refuse, tell them that the Communist army has taken Yanzhou, and the next step is Zaozhuang, that is,

Xuzhou! None of these guys, standing with their hands behind their backs and glaring, can escape!"

Okamura Yasuji, who no longer cared about his so-called Japanese dignity and ventriloquism, roared orders to the signalman.

"Tell headquarters! Immediately coordinate with the Chinese army to send reinforcements north along the Jinpu Road!"

"At this critical moment of life and death, if you have the guts, just fire me!" He unbuttoned the discipline button of his general uniform, like a gambler with red eyes.

"I want to see who else is willing to take my place!"

“Hi..Hi!”

The signalmen stood at attention and bowed one by one, responding tremblingly.

He had never seen such a commander, let alone such a scene of collapse and such an atmosphere like a gunpowder explosion. However, he knew that the telegraph room, which was responsible for drafting the specific content of the telegram and sending the message, would probably have to

The crime was suffered.

If I were to be held accountable later... I'd probably be subjected to such "treasonous" and "violent" telegrams...

"Wait! What's your last name? Takayama, right? Takayama-kun?"

"Hey! Your Excellency, Chief of Staff! I am Gao Shan...

Ojodo Sanji waved his hand, interrupting the signalman, Takayama. He glanced around, making sure the corridor was clear, and whispered, "Did you take note of what the Commander just said?"

Hi...remember...remember"

"Then, when you send the telegram to the Central China Army, write it as usual... ventriloquism, you understand?

"Understood, understood!" Signalman Gao Shan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he could stop being a bad guy. "Then, sir... the one sent to headquarters, right?"

Oshiroto Sanji, whose emotions were still relatively stable, pondered for a while and finally sighed.

"For the letter to the headquarters...just write as General Okamura said.

Chapter 789: Offensive Clouds (3) Offensive Strategy

In early March 1943, the Yanzhou-Zaozhuang offensive was in full swing. More than 100,000 field troops and more local troops were under the command of the Shandong Provincial Front Command, fighting in the area where Jiangsu and Shandong provinces met. After all, the attack on Yanzhou was a

The battle of the six counties was not just a simple battle between the Shandong Field Army and the Japanese 32nd Division. It was a battle between the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to completely liberate the vast area east of Weishan Lake. Naturally, they had to consider a larger battlefield and more enemies.

The Japanese 21st Division in the south of Yanzhou is naturally the target that the Eighth Route Army should guard against. Although this three-unit division needs to defend a large area starting from Lianyungang, including Tongyang, Subei, Xuzhou, and Zaozhuang, it is impossible to withdraw

What mobile troops? But if the Central China Front Army sends troops north to support the enemy, they will have to pass through here, right?

Therefore, at the same time as the Yanzhou offensive was launched, the Shandong Field Army and the New Fourth Army's "Central China Field Army" in northern Jiangsu also launched an attack on the Japanese troops in the Taijiazhuangji area.

To fight a war, you need supplies; supplies need to be stored; and to store them, you need an ammunition depot - in the Jiuli Mountain area northwest of Xuzhou City, the Japanese army built a fairly large ammunition depot.

This ammunition depot stored enough ammunition, fodder, fuel and weapons to support several divisions to fight a whole battle. According to the Japanese army's expectation, it could support the North China Army to fight southward, and also support the Central China Japanese Army to reinforce northward.

However, the above one is completely impossible to use now - if the Japanese army in central China finally withdraws troops to the north under the strong coordination of the headquarters, then they will definitely extract ammunition from here and join in the battle with our army.

So, is it possible to think of a way to blow this place up? After all, while fighting the enemy with a grand formation, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army never rule out trying out some "unique strategies" appropriately.

Especially when objective conditions are sufficient to support "strange plans".

"I knew you had some food hidden at home! Get out! Bring it out!"

"Sir! Sir! This is the last bit of food in my family! Please, please, please, please be kind! Leave some food for our family!"

In a village called Yaolou, west of Xuzhou, a group of "Wang Puppet Army" led by the Japanese army was collecting grain. They happened to collect grain from a farmer's house with an earthen wall at the entrance of the village. Amid the sound of ping-pang bells, the men cried and the women

Holding his baby and wiping his tears, the only old man folded his arms and bowed vigorously to the man in military uniform in front of him, hoping that these elders would show some leniency.

The other people in the village were trembling with fear and dared not come out of their houses. They were even more afraid that these plague gods would find their leaders. Although everyone had heard that the Japanese devils were defeated by the Communists, at that moment, the one at the door

The Japanese soldiers carrying Japanese swords and the group of puppet soldiers carrying guns still represent the highest level of violence in this small village.

"Nonsense! The Imperial Army commander is watching outside! Take the bullet or hand over the rations, how can you not see clearly! Shoot!"

A puppet soldier immediately took his whip from his horse and cracked it in the air, making a threatening sound. However, seeing that the men in the houses still refused to hand over the "food", he could only mutter "I'm sorry, fellow villagers" and then cracked the whip hard.

And then....

"Hurry up and yell! Call me fellow villager! Just think of it as a spanking!" someone warned, "Don't go out for the next few days. Stay in bed!"

Oh...oh...the man nodded immediately and then screamed loudly. As a "fortress resident", this was not the first time he had done this. His screams were so miserable, as if the whip was really hitting him.

"Uh--

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The Japanese army's lack of food was not news. With the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army controlling a large number of villages, the Japanese and puppet troops could only collect food from the farming areas close to the city.

As food became increasingly scarce, these grain-collecting teams had to risk being intercepted by the New Fourth Army and go a little deeper into the countryside to steal food.

Although the success rate was still very low, the objective increase in the "number of attacks" did slightly increase the amount of food looted - correspondingly, the number of food-collecting teams led by a "Japanese army" and escorted by a "puppet army" also increased - so this also gave some strange "Japanese-puppet mixed forces" an "opportunity to take advantage of".

-A rather deadly "opportunity".

After collecting grain from Yaolou Village, the "grain-collecting team" continued their journey toward Xuzhou City. After walking about 5 kilometers, they disappeared into the confusing darkness of the Yellow River floodplain.

The leading "Japanese officer" swung his flashlight around and looked around, then whispered to the "puppet army leader" next to him, and then gave instructions: the other members of the squad quickly extinguished their torches, turned off their flashlights, and followed some fluorescent sticks and fluorescent lights.

Following the guidance of the light board, we walked down the road and followed the ridge into the depths of the field.

They soon found the surveying and marking objects left here during the day's "food collection".

"Okay, you guys, are you all ready?"

"Ready! Matsuno-kun... Ugh! Matsuno-kun!

Under the green glow of the fluorescent stick, the "Matsuno Taijun" laughed: "There's no one else here, comrades, it's not good to get too immersed in the role."

"Comrade Matsuno, you're probably the one who's too engrossed in the role." A soldier retorted, "Just now when we were passing that checkpoint, you slapped that fake soldier and yelled at him like a bastard. It was so lifelike! If I hadn't known you were our

Comrade, I must have thought I was a prisoner of the Japanese and was being sent back!

"Comrade Matsuno Kaku said that in the Japanese puppet army, the higher the rank, the more powerful the officer, and the Japanese taijun is the most powerful - we can't bring our system of equality between officers and soldiers over here."

The puppet army chief interrupted the teasing conversation, looked at the fluorescent dial on his hand, and said, "It's almost time, comrades, we are here today with a mission - the Air Force comrades will be in the air in an hour, we

We need to set up the beacons immediately, everyone take your positions, and start moving immediately!"

“Good!” “Hi!”

Outside Xuzhou, the dim moon was nowhere to be seen, and the distant lights were also invisible. From the Japanese liberation fighter Matsuno Jue to the commander of the New Fourth Army's 4th Division Special Reconnaissance Company Xu Duo, everyone was busy. For safety, they could not

They couldn't light torches in the room, and they couldn't use flashlights for a long time without being camouflaged. They could only speed up their work with a few fluorescent sticks and flashlights that were mostly covered by black cloth.

However, as long as they look up, they can see the brilliant galaxy in the sky and the stars shining in the night sky.

They dispersed, and someone untied the "food bag" from the horse's back, took out the strange device wrapped in bubble paper, and according to the muscle memory from the previous dark training, they laid it out, raised it, connected it, and briefly raised the orange fluorescent light.

Stick, send a signal to the comrades in the distance, indicating that the work on his side has been completed.

Someone patted the beloved warhorse and made it kneel on the ground, hiding in the wheat fields that had sprouted. In the lush, green wheat fields, he might have to pull the horse's reins, pat the big cheeks that were about to move, and let them go.

Ma L, smacking his lips, refused to gnaw on his fellow villagers' wheat seedlings.

Another person took out a radio hidden in a backpack and installed the folded antenna. After connecting an extra battery pack, he fished a key from his pocket, inserted it into the radio, turned it 180 degrees clockwise, and pressed the send button.

High-density encrypted signals burst out from the Yellow River flood area, which was born in the Northern Song Dynasty, and shot into the night sky. In the automatic burst of Morse code, an information bridge spanning hundreds of miles was instantly built.

"Prague, Paris has laid out the constellations,' over."

Not long after, a string of information was transmitted back, which was then automatically decrypted and converted into plain text on the LCD screen.

"Prague, received. Contact has been made to Minsk. Minsk will soon begin star search. ETA, 45 minutes. Paris, please keep constellations on."

"Also, there is no 'advanced equipment' in Minsk, please use 'traditional handshakes', over.

"Paris understands."

The breeze blew gently, the wheat seedlings rustled, and the 45-minute wait passed quickly.

"Earth, constellations, Milky Way, 'Minsk' calling Paris, 'Minsk calling 'Paris'," over.

In the darkness, there was only the chirping of insects and the wind, and the occasional whistle on the distant railway. The distant and confused roar of propellers seemed to be heard. After the lengthy process of "turn, direction, turn", the "clear" method of triangulating the direction of the beacon station was finally found.

The "Ye-2" bomber regiment, a group of 10 fighter planes operating under the name of the second-generation "Soviet Volunteer Air Force", is gradually approaching the area where the small team is located.

Each of them was equipped with four Y6AK-500 powered gliding guided bombs with a preset descent rate, ready to drop devastation enough to wipe out everything on the Jiulishan ammunition depot covering an area of ​​4 acres.

"Galaxy, Constellation, Earth, Paris to Minsk, I'm receiving, signal clear and good, over."

The operator in charge of communications slowed down the sending rate of the automatic key and sent feedback to the fighter planes in the night sky.

"Paris, please turn on Pulse, over."

"Minsk, 'Pulse' is on, 'Sun is 5 kilometers in the direction of 'Pulse', 'Sun is 5 kilometers in the direction of 'Pulse', over!"

Beside the ancient abandoned Yellow River, amidst the green wheat fields, a strobe signal with clear directionality flashed and lit up, and the T-shaped communication board light array shot its light into the sky - in this dark earth, its light seemed so small, as if it would soon

It will be swallowed up by the darkness; but it seems to contain the power of the ancient and modern times, the Chinese and foreign cultures, and is about to ignite a "sun" that will tear through the night.

"Paris, pulse detected, pulse detected! Please evacuate immediately, please evacuate immediately!"