Chapter 89: Battle of Taiyuan [Eight]
As night began to fall, Han Ling sat in the command center with his eyes closed as if he was thinking about something.
"Master! Today's casualties are counted!"
Huang Kelin walked up to him with a document and said.
"Come out? Tell me!"
The index finger gently tapped the tabletop.
"Today our army was killed 1,132 people, slightly injured 1,095 people, and seriously injured 226 people."
"I was a bit fierce today! I suffered about 2,500 casualties on the first day. I can't fight like this next!"
Han Ling was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice.
"Do you count the casualties of the Jinsui Army?"
Han Ling continued to ask after he finished speaking.
"The front-line troops have roughly counted! The soldiers killed in the Jinsui Army today were about 20,000, but we don't know the specific data!"
Huang Kelin looked at the document.
In fact, if you want to talk about the specific data, let alone Ping Yuanjun is not clear, this is still true.
The bodies of many Jinsui soldiers were torn to pieces by heavy artillery shells. How to count this?
On the front battlefield, you often don’t see a complete corpse.
Those who lack arms and legs are better.
But many corpses are fragments.
Where is one leg, one hand, and one head placed.
As for other parts of their bodies, they really don’t know where they were blown up.
"Around 20,000? Is it ten to one?"
Han Ling couldn't help but murmur after hearing this.
“How is our logistics going?”
After a while, Han Ling came to his senses!
"Our airship brigade is constantly transporting various supplies, and our logistics is not under pressure!"
Logistics are not stressful!
There are not many people who dare to say this in China at present, and Pingyuanjun is definitely the leader among them.
When time came here, Pingyuanjun produced a total of twenty-five airships.
The load capacity of an airship is 60 tons.
Twenty-five airships run by one trip will cost 1,500 tons!
One thousand five hundred tons!
Even if you use semi-automatic rifles and cannons, you can't use them all.
Not to mention that this is just a trip.
The straight line distance from Guisui to here is about 330 kilometers.
The maximum speed of an airship is 150 kilometers per hour, and the cruise speed is 80 kilometers per hour.
But how can you use cruise speed during this war?
One hundred and twenty an hour, one hundred and thirty a speed still needs to fly.
This speed is only at this distance, and it will be transported in more than two hours.
One round trip, plus the unloading time, is just over six hours.
If a two-shift system is implemented, four trips can be transported a day.
Four trips a day, how many tons are there?
Six thousand tons!
Ship 6,000 tons of various supplies a day!
Even if Han Ling smashed the Jinsui army with artillery shells, he could still kill the Jinsui army.
Moreover, these airships can also bring the wounded back when they go back.
It can be said that who is incomparable to Pingyuan Army’s logistics capabilities now?
You can't compare with the train!
"Since you'll be diligent, it's easy to do it! Staff, record the orders!"
Han Ling stood up with a serious expression and looked at the map and said.
And the staff officers on the side immediately prepared the record!
"From 8:00 tomorrow morning, the heavy artillery divisions and the artillery regiments of various infantry divisions will be ordered to carry out covered carpet bombing of the entire Jinsui Army's positions!
At the same time, the Air Force was ordered to start key bombing of the front and rear positions of the Jinsui Army starting tomorrow morning!
In addition, some aircraft were drawn to spread leaflets on the positions of the Jinsui Army.
Let the soldiers of the Shanxi Sui Army surrender, our Pingyuan Army treat the prisoners preferentially. And tell them, Han Ling, I, don’t want Shanxi people to attack Shanxi people! If they are obsessed with it and do not surrender within three days, my Pingyuan Army will not accept the prisoners!"
"yes!"
The next morning, the rising sun began to rise.
The rising sun in October is about to come, and it is very warm on people's body.
This morning, Han Ling and Huang Kelin did not eat porridge or other things, but ate a bowl of rice noodles.
After eating, Han Ling wiped his mouth casually and walked out of the command center.
I raised my wrist and looked at the time. It was only past seven o'clock now.
There is still some time before the attack begins.
"Xingru! I didn't feel right this morning! It's almost 7:30 now, and Pingyuan's army has not yet attacked. This is really a bit abnormal!"
In Yang Aiyuan's command center, Sun Chu couldn't help but say in confusion when he saw that it was already 7:30 now, and Pingyuan's heavy artillery had not even sounded.
"I don't know! I always have a bad premonition in my heart! Do you think Ping Yuanjun has any conspiracy?"
Yang Aiyuan's face was also a little confused. Ping Yuanjun today was indeed a bit abnormal.
It was already 7:30, and it was already dawn. But Pingyuan's army had not yet attacked.
"A bad premonition? I have it in my heart too! But now we don't know what conspiracy Pingyuan Army is going to do! Should we send troops to test Pingyuan Army first?"
Sun Chu thought for a while and looked at Yang Aiyuan.
"Send troops to test the Pingyuan Army? I think it's OK! You can also see what the hell is Pingyuan Army doing!"
After thinking about it, Yang Aiyuan agreed to Sun Chu's suggestion, and then ordered a battalion troops on the front line to test it!
7:40!
Under the orders of their commanders, an infantry battalion of the Jinsui Army began to approach the Pingyuan Army's position carefully.
At this time, there were still twenty minutes before the Pingyuan Army's artillery bombardment.
Han Ling Command!
Han Ling was watching Huang Kelin make pictures on the map after dinner.
"Report! A telegram came from the front line, and the Jinsui Army sent a battalion troops to attack!"
"Send a battalion troops to attack?"
After hearing this, Han Ling couldn't help but curl his lips.
In the battle between hundreds of thousands of troops, one battalion is useless!
attack?
It's better to say it's a test!
"Order the front line troops to fight me back! A battalion troops come to attack, and the Jinsui Army is really embarrassed to take action!"
"yes!"
"Xingru, a telegram came from the front line. Which of our battalions was beaten back! Pingyuan Army did not pursue it!"
Sun Chu held the telegram in his hand and said.
"No pursuit? This is not like Pingyuanjun's style! What is their purpose?"
When Yang Aiyuan heard Sun Chu's words, the doubts in his eyes became even more intense.
However, the doubts will be answered soon.
7:59!
The heavy artillery divisions of Pingyuan Army and the artillery regiments of each division are all ready.
Their targets were the front-line and rear-line positions of the Jinsui Army.
At exactly eight o'clock! Under the waving of the commander's flag on the artillery position, all the heavy artillery began to roar at this moment.
Chapter completed!