Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 1184

Under the command of Tang Tuanzuo, all the ministries that had occupied Shimen let go and posted announcements on the streets of Shimen when it was already dark.

The content is probably to recruit young and middle-aged laborers as civilian laborers, and you can give out grain as a reward in advance. If you want to return to your hometown after moving the supplies, you will also be given travel expenses home. If you are willing to take your family with you from southeastern Shanxi to Shaanxi Province, you are welcome. Not to mention, the food needed for the journey will also be distributed to the family members. If they are willing to help with transportation, the elderly, women, and children can be given half of the youth's salary!

As the most important transportation hub on the Ping-Han Line, Shimen is much larger than a small county like Licheng, and its population is definitely more than 100,000.

Those who can become group leaders are fools. They not only take a fancy to Shimen's mountains of seized materials, but also take a fancy to Shimen's population resources.

With a population of 100,000, there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 young men. As long as half of them can be fooled into going to the war zone, that will be more than 10,000, which is enough to make up for half of the losses of more than 20,000 people who were killed, seriously injured and disabled in the Shanxi East War.

Moreover, it can also fundamentally eliminate the possibility of the angry Japanese army venting their anger on ordinary people in Shimen City.

It is true that the ministries of Shimen now have little money, and it is impossible to use the white flowers to send out military expenditures on the spot, but they have food in their hands! Three million catties of polished rice and more than one million catties of white flour are their confidence.

Even after consulting the opinions of various ministries, General Baifa, the top commander of the Shimen front line, immediately took out 800,000 kilograms of white flour as a reward. Those who were willing to be civilian husbands were given 60 kilograms of white flour and 40 kilograms of wheat flour per person, and distributed them on site.

By the time the war started, prices had already soared. A pound of white flour had already grown from ten pounds a year ago to two pounds a year ago, a five-fold increase. Ordinary families could not even eat white noodles, let alone buckwheat noodles. Gotta save on eating.

This reward is worth 40 oceans, which is a sky-high price. If you miss this time, it is estimated that many people will never encounter such a good thing in their lives.

Moreover, as long as the elderly, women, and children are willing to move things, they will be paid the same, even if it is only half of the young and middle-aged people. But if a family of eight people go out together, and 3 young adults bring 5 old, weak, women and children, they can get all kinds of rewards. There are 550 kilograms of grain. With the careful matching of the hostess, it is enough to feed a family for at least half a year.

In order to attract young people to sign up, in addition to posting notices on the streets, various ministries also used teams of soldiers holding tin trumpets to loudly advertise along various alleys.

Most of the people were still watching for the first half hour, but as young adults who couldn't stand the temptation of white noodles registered their names, addresses and fingerprints and then went home carrying hundreds of kilograms of grain, the people became restless. .

Human biology itself is a group animal, with a strong herd mentality. As more and more people receive food to go home, more people choose to join in. After receiving the food, more than half of them discuss it with their family members at home. , and even more resolutely took the whole family to join the team of transporting supplies.

The reason is very simple. No one is a fool. They know very well that their transportation team, which joins the national army, may never have a chance to return to Shimen City until the war is over.

Rather than this, it is better for the family to be bound together and either live or die together. Although the people in Shaanxi Province are not familiar with the place, it is a place of Chinese people after all. There is no need to live in fear every day, as long as you are willing With hard work and a few hundred kilograms of food as a base, as long as the family survives starvation, there will always be a day when the clouds clear and the moon shines.

It is precisely because of this simple concept that by the afternoon of the 17th, a total of 70,000 to 80,000 ordinary people responded to the call and were willing to participate in material transportation, accounting for almost 80% of the total population of Shimen City.

This is a considerable number, and it is an extremely spectacular sight.

At least every household of the northern residents who participated in the transportation had a wheelbarrow. The few tattered belongings at home, pots and pans, mattresses, and infant babies were all placed on this wheelbarrow. The white-haired old man at home carried them. pushing.

Young people, including women in their prime and even children in their teens, all carried grain bags on their shoulders and on their chests. The average weight per person was nearly 60 kilograms. They walked slowly but firmly along the roads and various paths towards Jingxing. go ahead.

On the traffic line of more than 40 kilometers, in addition to soldiers, there are more ordinary people carrying handbags on their shoulders.

The reconnaissance planes of the North China Front passed over such a spectacular transport army more than once, but no aircraft had the chance to shoot.

It's not that they didn't want to, but the air defense company of the Fourth Row Regiment had already been dispatched before, setting up defenses along the hilltop of this transportation line. All kinds of anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns had already raised their muzzles.

Japanese reconnaissance planes would be greeted by a hail of bullets if they dropped to 2,000 meters, let alone 1,000 meters!

If you want to destroy this large-scale transport-type "retreat" jointly constructed by more than 100,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians, let alone reconnaissance aircraft, even a fleet formation, I am afraid that at least 20 sorties will be required.

In the afternoon, Yuan Shanshan received the news reported by the Army Aviation. Naturally he understood the consequences of so many supplies being snatched by the Chinese. He gritted his teeth and demanded that the North China Front Army's Provisional Army Aviation Corps overcome all difficulties and dispatch at least 20 troops. A bomber bombed this large-scale transportation convoy that carried the hopes of the Chinese!

If this is the case, this transport team composed of civilians and tens of thousands of soldiers will suffer a loss of at least 20%.

There may be people in the mountainous area near the simple road where they can hide, but the loss of materials will inevitably be huge.

In this situation, not even Tang Tuanzuo can do anything.

This is the tragedy of losing air supremacy. The Chinese army on the ice sheet in the next ten years will also face the same situation. The only thing they can do is to blow up as many as you can and transport as many as you want. Even 60,000 apples can eventually be destroyed. Only one was sent to the front line.

Although there were four regiment air defense companies deployed along the way, General Baifa and Tang Tuanzuo also made psychological predictions of losses of more than 20%.

For this reason, the three trains that already had train drivers were still staying in the suburbs near Shimen Railway Station. They did not start loading immediately, but planned to wait until nightfall to start.

However, perhaps due to God's blessing, the area around Shimen, which was still sunny and sunny at noon, began to become gloomy in the afternoon. By three or four o'clock in the afternoon, it actually started to rain continuously, similar to that in Jiangnan.

The rain was not heavy, but it was enough to make the mountain roads slippery, adding more difficulty to the Chinese soldiers and civilians who were struggling to move forward on the mountain roads.

But the smiles on the faces of the Chinese soldiers who were on guard along the way were much stronger than before.

They had a difficult journey, but compared to the countless casualties caused by the Japanese air raids, they were much happier.

There are no all-weather pilots nowadays. Fog and rainy days are obstacles for aircraft to take off. Even if the visibility is 100 meters on the ground, it will be blind to aircraft at high altitudes.

Faced with this kind of weather, the bombers of Japan's North China Front Army's Provisional Army Aviation Corps, which were already preparing to take off at the airport or even already taking off, could either continue to wait for the weather to clear or return in despair.

Shanshan Yuan, who is located in Pingbei City, was so angry that he even threw several of his favorite tea cups. Faced with this sudden drizzle, he could only look at the rain and sigh!

As the supreme commander of the entire Japanese North China Front, he knew very well that if he missed this afternoon, he would have lost the best opportunity for air strikes.

When the Chinese's huge transport team arrives in the Shandong area during the day tomorrow, even if their fighter planes can take off, the Chinese's crazy ground firepower will set off, and the mutton will not be eaten, which will make them irritated.

The Provisional Army Aviation Corps, which has lost dozens of fighter planes in a row, can no longer withstand such a torment. If it loses this last trump card, the Chinese army in southern Shanxi may launch a major counterattack inspired by the victory in the Shanxi East War.

Even though there are more than 100,000 troops deployed there, without air support, the outcome of the two sides will be 50-50.

He has been losing wildly in Eastern Jin Dynasty for a while. The battlefield in Southern Shanxi is his last bottom line, or the last bottom line in the base camp. If there is another problem there, no matter how hard His Majesty the Emperor supports him, he will probably have to take the initiative to submit his resignation. , leaving this battlefield in despair.

"Without my military order, not a single bomber is allowed to take off!" As darkness approached, the Provisional Army Aviation Corps, which had been waiting all afternoon for no improvement in the weather, received the last military order from Yuan Shanshan regarding the Shimen battlefield.

The two mixed brigades and an infantry division that were being assembled under orders also slowed down their march towards Baoding.

Shan Shan Yuan, who wanted to keep his bottom line, completely gave up on Shimen, a battlefield that was rotten to the core.

For the Jindong armies who were stepping up transportation on the Shimen battlefield, it was completely a carnival of transporting supplies.

Taking advantage of the darkness, almost all the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment and the 772th Regiment who were left behind at Shimen went into battle. In addition to 800 Japanese prisoners of war and more than 4,000 young men, more than 10,000 people loaded all kinds of materials that had not been moved into the train. The load capacity of a wagon is 60 tons, which can hold 20 wagons.

One locomotive couldn't pull it, and finally it took two locomotives working together, spewing black smoke all over the sky, to pull a trainload of supplies to Jingxing County.

Three trains were loaded in one night, containing almost all the captured light and heavy weapons, ammunition, and machine tools, but thousands of tons of materials were still left in the warehouse.

After receiving the news, Brigadier Cheng, who led another main regiment under his command, the 771st Regiment, had arrived in Jingxing County, and called the front line overnight. As the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi Eastern Counterattack Army, Commander Liu was unable to mobilize manpower, but the order was already on his wife's side. The 12th Division and the 101st Division, which were resting after Guan Houyi, rushed to Jingxing. The two infantry divisions all marched quickly with light equipment, and all the baggage was left at the rest area.

With such military orders, the two infantry divisions marched 40 kilometers at night and arrived at Jingxing County in just six hours!

Ordinary officers and soldiers did not know this, but the commanders of the two infantry divisions knew that they were not going to fight this time, but to be porters.

This batch of materials must be unloaded from Jingxing County Railway Station and moved into the mountains as quickly as possible. Otherwise, when the weather improves, a plane bomb will wipe out everyone's joy.

These two are not only first-class warriors in fighting, but they are also first-class in their cunning.

As early as noon on the 17th, I had received a report from the commanders of my regiments from the Shimen front line. I knew that the number captured in Shimen was astronomical.

Although Master Zhao over there has promised that the supplies will be distributed to each regiment participating in the Battle of Shimen according to the number of troops sent and military merit, but until the things are distributed, it is all a mirage, and it may be just a beautiful dream.

In this battle of Jindong, the two infantry divisions that fought against the Fifth Division suffered heavy losses. If they did not capture some to compensate, it would be difficult to explain to their respective commanders and they would not be able to provide necessary pensions to the soldiers. The division commander has been continuously sending power to the headquarters since the afternoon, hoping to participate in the Shimen material transportation task.

However, in order to prevent the Japanese troops from moving and protect the already depleted Niangziguan rear wing, Commander Liu had been reluctant. Suddenly, he received a military order to arrive at Jingxing. The two infantry divisions were not allowed to go into battle lightly for fear of running too slowly. If you don't get it, you won't be able to distribute supplies.

Good guy, the mountain roads were slippery under the drizzle, and it was night time. Two infantry divisions with a total of 12,000 horses were covered in mud and covered nearly 40 kilometers of mountain roads in only 6 hours. The cliffs created their greatest success since the founding of the army. Record.

However, this trip is definitely worth it!

The soldiers and civilians who set out from Shimen, under the threat of death, managed to carry rice, flour and other supplies across nearly 50 kilometers in only 13 hours. At around six o'clock in the morning on the 18th, two people had just rested. After three hours of eager anticipation, the infantry division officers and soldiers gradually arrived at Jingxing County.

This may also be the busiest day since the small Jingxing County was founded. Including the indigenous people, more than 120,000 people and up to 5 million kilograms of grain and other materials gathered inside and outside the small county.

Throughout the morning, Jingxing County, which was still raining lightly, was shrouded in blue smoke. Let alone no chance to come, even if there was a chance, it would probably be in vain.

Because, I can't see clearly at all.

That is the green smoke rising from at least more than 10,000 fires, which are used for both cooking and necessary heating.

It was also the first time in this era that Chinese people ate freely. Bags of rice were opened and rice porridge thick enough to be used as rice was served as breakfast, and each person could also share a spoonful of sugar!

What would have been an extremely simple breakfast in the future has become an unforgettable memory for the 120,000 soldiers and civilians in Jingxing County.

Really, eat until your belly is full.

It is said that Lieutenant Colonel Zhuang Shisan, who was in charge of the distribution of supplies that day, almost cried. How could one have used 50,000 kilograms of polished rice and 3,000 kilograms of sugar for just one breakfast? Even the Four Elements Group has never been so luxurious.

The millions of kilograms of grain certainly made the two masters who had seen the world feel very happy, but after eating these, they would be gone, and there were still 80,000 Shimen people who had been transferred from Shimen who needed to be resettled. The food consumed was not small. Not to mention that one-third of this batch of grain will go out.

Twenty thousand young men are also a rare resource, but why don't each army get a point? For them who are still on the battlefield, weapons and ammunition are what they value most.

Especially those artillery pieces, when they think about it, they feel itchy and anxious.

Then, the two masters who were sitting at Jingxing Railway Station saw such a spectacular scene.

To be precise, it was a scene in which the 15,000 Chinese troops, who had already eaten and drank enough, were collectively stunned.

Two locomotives were emitting black smoke, dragging a train with no beginning or end, traveling from the direction of Shimen at a speed of no more than 15 kilometers, and there were actually three such trains.

The interface of the carriage and even the roof were full of people. This was definitely not the main reason for the slow speed of the train. When the soldiers opened the door of the canister carriage, there were countless weapons and equipment and everyone wrapped in wooden boxes. Man, maybe that's the main reason why both locomotives can't run fast.

Preliminary estimates indicate that the three trains carried more than 3,000 tons of materials, which is a terrifying figure just in terms of weight.

That old guy Shanshan Yuan must be crying with snot all over his face right now! The Chinese officers and soldiers thought so unanimously.

The train was no longer able to run after it arrived at Shimen. It was not because Tang Tuanzuo was reluctant to part with the coal, but because of the stingy old man.

When this thief was in charge of Shanxi Province, in order to prevent someone from stealing his home, he actually made a cunning operation. The original narrow-gauge railway tracks in Shanxi Province were retained at the original 1-meter wide standard. This is worse than Shimen The standard track arriving at Jingxing is almost 43 centimeters narrower.

This means that any materials and personnel who want to enter Jin Province via railway must change trains.

Without the train, these 3,000 tons of materials would have to be transported manually. Fortunately, after yesterday's light rain, a large number of soldiers and civilians have arrived in Jingxing County. The air defense company of the Fourth Line Regiment can shrink its position. 24 anti-aircraft guns and 48 anti-aircraft machine guns are in place. At 10 a.m., the defenses around Jingxing County were completed.

As long as more than 30 bomber formations do not attack at once, the air defense position is fully confident that it can protect most of the materials in the city.

The tens of thousands of people here only need to transport these materials to Snowflake Mountain. Basically, this large-scale transportation of materials and personnel will be considered a victory.

Large equipment such as machine tools were wrapped in wooden boxes, transported by the third train, and guarded by officers and soldiers of the Fourth Line Regiment and the 772nd Regiment. Although the two division commanders did not know what was inside, they knew that the weapons and ammunition were contained in the Four Lines After Tuan didn't want these things, he wisely didn't pursue them, or even asked.

These two are smart people who know their own value. An infantry regiment's all-Japanese equipment, sufficient ammunition, and three months of food supplies are enough to make up for the losses in the Jindong counterattack or even exceed it.

Moreover, the theater headquarters has already promised to pay soldiers' pensions and various military exploits. It can be said that this war did not suffer losses but made a lot of money. Why bother to be so tough with the 921st Division and the Fourth Army Regiment for a few seizures? The friendly forces are making trouble!

It's just that if the senior commander from the 101st Division of the Jinsui Military Department knew that all the guys in this train were the confidants of his boss, he might not be so kind.

That was the foundation of China's largest arsenal at the time. Who wouldn't feel sad if it were replaced?

But the dazzling array of Japanese ordnance and ammunition made this smart man overwhelmed with joy at the time, and he missed the opportunity to make up for the wealth of a stingy old man.

With the arrival of tens of thousands of civilians and more than 10,000 regular troops organized by the 80th Army Group in Southeast Shanxi, this round of transportation has entered its final climax.

Transportation in Shimen was completely completed by the 19th. The entire Shimen baggage belonging to the Japanese army was carried away, and there were less than 15,000 Chinese people left in the city who were unwilling to leave their homes.

The transportation from Jingxing County to the southeastern Shanxi region lasted for 20 days. A large number of transport teams composed of civilians and regular troops passed by on the mountain roads and in the dense forests almost every day.

But no Japanese army dared to harass them. The number of Chinese regular troops operating throughout Shandong to transport this huge batch of materials even exceeded 100,000 at its peak, which was two more infantry divisions than when it fought the Japanese army before.

The 108th Division and the 109th Division, which were huddled in the county seat, could only tremble when they looked at this number. Even if they could see the huge transport team in the mountains through the telescope, they did not dare to send out a single soldier or even dare to do so. Fire one shot after another.

Afraid of angering the Chinese who were busy transporting supplies, they even captured Shimen. Isn't it a piece of cake to attack a small county town with only one or two thousand soldiers?

Unprecedented aggrieved, this was the mentality of the Japanese troops in southeastern Shanxi at this time, but they could not be defeated, and no matter how aggrieved they were, they could only suppress it.

As for Jindong, except for the remnants of the 18th Division and the 20th Division, which have ended their confrontation with the 921st Division and the 104th Division, the rest are all corpses!

The 21st Division, which retreated to the mountains, reoccupied the deserted important town of Shimen on September 23, six days after the entire Shimen was captured.

It was not until October 6 that the Jindong Counterattack Command, which had basically shipped supplies back to southeastern Shanxi, officially announced that the Jindong Counterattack was over successfully!

At the same time, the "Jin Province Anti-Japanese War Briefing" led by the Second Theater Command began to massively publicize the victory news!

PS: Fengyue didn't expect that traditional etiquette is so complicated, especially as Fengyue's nephew, she had to participate in the whole process. So yesterday, Fengyue didn't get home until 10 o'clock in the evening because she stayed up all night the night before and was really exhausted. Time It's also urgent, which makes it impossible to fulfill the promise. I apologize to everyone here!

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