in2ebook Chapter 573 A great victory
Chapter 573 A great victory
Due to the fierce air strikes and precise artillery fire,
Huang Baitao's Corps' premeditated breakout turned into a rout!
After the 1st Battle Group set out in pursuit,
The 8th Column in the east, the 4th Column in the north, and the 9th Column in the south all pressed westward!
On the way of pursuit,
Fang Cuntao, the commander of the No. 3 assault gun of the st Armored Regiment, saw a large number of dead bodies, prisoners of war with their hands raised, burning trucks, and various discarded artillery pieces everywhere.
He encountered little resistance.
At an intersection,
He saw Kuomintang soldiers running everywhere.
The chariot followed behind and knocked the man down, crushing him into a meat pie.
The voice of the company commander came from his headset.
"Attention, entire company! Turn left, follow my car, and continue the pursuit!"
On the left was a large farmland, but there were more than a thousand enemy soldiers fleeing in the farmland.
Fang Cuntao was a little depressed. The assault gun had only 600 rounds of ammunition for the machine gun, which had been used up after killing all the way!
Although he wanted to stop and replenish his ammunition, they had already split up and taken small paths many times when they arrived here.
The supply trucks carrying the bullets simply couldn't keep up!
He could only let the gunner fire a shot from time to time.
Fortunately, these Kuomintang soldiers were only concerned with escaping and would not fight back at all!
Fang Cuntao took out his M1 carbine and was about to lift the lid and go out for some fresh air.
All of a sudden, the tank, which was charging forward, encountered a malfunction and came to an abrupt stop. The heavy steel body, which had been unstoppable, now seemed to be under a spell, unable to move at all.
The tracks stopped turning and the roar of the engine stopped abruptly, leaving only the noise of gunfire and shouting around.
The driver Li Meng's face suddenly became solemn. He checked the problem and restarted the engine several times, but to no avail. So he quickly reported to Fang Cuntao: "Report to the driver, the engine has stalled due to a fault!"
Fang Cuntao was so angry that he slammed the lid and said angrily,
"What's going on? What's wrong at this time?"
The 3rd assault gun is quite durable, with a low failure rate, and is more useful than Japanese tanks and even the American Sherman! It is probably because it has been running too much mileage recently and has not had time for maintenance.
Fang Cuntao opened the lid.
Dust was flying all around.
The other tanks in the company had already moved forward,
He hurriedly reported the situation to the company commander, who asked him to stay where he was and wait for rescue!
Fang Cuntao looked around and found that the nearest village was two or three kilometers away. He took out the map and had no idea where he was.
At this time, behind the tanks, the Huaye soldiers from all over the mountains also surrounded them. Some were busy collecting prisoners of war, while others were still greeting Fang Cuntao while running.
He looked at his watch and saw that it was already afternoon. He contacted the logistics and supply company of the regiment, and several people started eating dry food in the car!
After eating the dry food, Fang Cuntao's eyelids were fighting each other. People tend to feel sleepy after eating. Besides, the outcome of today's battle should be decided, so he relaxed a lot!
I don’t know how long I slept!
Suddenly, a conversation was heard from the observation hole.
"Commander, we have to run west quickly! There are Communist troops everywhere!"
"Alas, why was I so stupid as to wait for the 44th Army for two days in Xin'an Town? I waited for two days in Xin'an Town, why didn't I know to build a few floating bridges on the canal earlier? Li Mi, that bastard, why couldn't he wait for me for one day in Caobaji?"
"Hey, Commander, there's no point in saying anything now, let's run!"
The sound faded away.
Although Fang Cuntao didn't know how many people were outside, he knew in his heart that it must be a big fish. He immediately opened the lid and got out.
At this moment, it is dark.
He turned his head and saw two dark figures walking forward in the moonlight.
Fang Cuntao raised his carbine, pointed it at the shadow, and pulled the trigger.
Bang, bang, bang, a burst of gunfire.
After firing ten shots in one breath, Fang Cuntao emptied the magazine!
Two dark shadows also fell down!
He immediately called out to his comrades in the car.
"Let's go and take a look!"
Several people ran over, took out their flashlights and looked.
Two men in soldier's uniforms were lying on the ground, dead!
Mulan County,
Yin Xinjun, who was working hard on drawing at home, heard the electronic sound again.
"Ding! It was detected that Fang Cuntao, a soldier under the host, killed Huang Baitao, the commander of the enemy's Seventh Corps. Two mines and one synthetic ammonia production line are awarded as rewards!"
That night, this electronic sound actually sounded three times. As long as his subordinates killed or captured enemy officers at the army level or above, he would be rewarded, so that night, he got four mines!
This synthetic ammonia production line also came at a very timely moment. Although the Mulan Special Zone Chemical Plant has a synthetic ammonia production line, the output is not large and the supply of synthetic ammonia is extremely tight, resulting in very low capacity utilization rates of the five fertilizer plants of various sizes in Mulan County!
Because synthetic ammonia has two major uses, one is fertilizer and the other is explosives. In the current special period, the demand for fertilizers and explosives is very large, so the synthetic ammonia of Mulan Chemical Plant cannot keep up with the demand!
Yin Xinjun looked at the production capacity and found that 1000 tons of synthetic ammonia can be produced every day, which means the annual supply is 36.5 tons. However, there are currently only two chemical plants in Northeast China that can supply it, namely the Mulan Chemical Plant with an annual output of 6 tons and the Dalian Chemical Plant with an annual output of 5 tons!
With this synthetic ammonia production line, the supply of fertilizers will increase significantly next year! This means that next year's grain harvest will be good again.
Among the six mines, he also chose two each for coal, steel, and oil, which are currently consumed in the largest quantities!
Since coal and oil are sold cheaply in the department stores of the Supply and Marketing Bureau, they are also used in large quantities in the chemical industry chain and have promoted the development of the entire chemical industry, so there is simply a shortage of supply!
The main reason for the rapid development of the current Mulan Special Zone is the low price of upstream raw materials! Even though the demand is huge, the raw materials of the Mulan City Supply and Marketing Bureau not only did not increase in price, but also lowered the supply price twice throughout 1948, which led to the rapid development of many related industries!
Yin Xinjun immediately started drawing a picture. This synthetic ammonia plant must replicate the production line as soon as possible. From the perspective of the entire Northeast, the gap in synthetic ammonia is still relatively large!
The sky finally dawned,
Huaye Front Command,
The good news of victory also came. After a night of fierce fighting, our army finally wiped out more than 12.2 people of the Seventh Corps, including 8.6 captured!
What is particularly important is that our army’s casualties were less than 1, which resulted in a jaw-dropping exchange ratio!
Several leaders were also discussing this.
"This time, we must commend the First Air Combat Group of the East Field Army for providing strong air support by dispatching more than 1 aircraft every day!"
"There is also the Mulan Military Sub-district Logistics Department in Yantai. We asked for 15 sets of cotton-padded clothes, and they finally sent 37.6 sets, as well as a large amount of food, shoes, and socks!"
"I heard that the columns have consumed 490 million boxes of canned food in the past few days! The soldiers are also very energetic when fighting! "
The entire command center was filled with joy, but no one noticed that the leader in charge of the overall command had fallen into a deep sleep. After all, he hadn't slept for five consecutive days!