The Japanese air-raid shelters were built by reinforcing and rebuilding the existing ones in Taiyuan.
While it can withstand more intense bombing, it can't stop people from bombing it directly.
While a 40mm machine gun might not cause much damage to such a military air defense structure, the impact of data on its quality cannot be ignored.
The siege of Taiyuan lasted for two hours.
Sun Desheng led his tank company and bombarded the Japanese headquarters for two hours.
Two hundred tanks, bombarding the area with 2.2 million 40mm machine guns per minute.
In two hours, a total of 264 million machine gun rounds were fired.
The combined weight of these shells could have crushed the Japanese headquarters.
When the commander heard the number of shells consumed, he clutched his chest and gasped for breath.
"My God, this is just a headquarters!"
"Old Chen, isn't this style of play a bit too extravagant?"
The boss was genuinely heartbroken. He was used to a life of hardship, and this sudden windfall left him somewhat bewildered.
This is just the cost of one company's firepower; the shells fired by other soldiers of the New First Regiment are not included in the calculation.
If you add all of these together, it would probably be three or four hundred million shells.
Keep in mind that China only has a population of 400 million, while the Japanese army in China numbered only around 4 million. It would take each Japanese soldier taking 100 bullets to survive the amount of ammunition used in the attack on Taiyuan.
Although he knew the tank had an unlimited supply of ammunition, the boss still couldn't help but feel a pang of regret after doing the math.
These shells were enough for the Eighth Army to liberate all of China.
Isn't it a bit too extravagant to use it to take care of Yoshio Shinotsuka alone?
Seeing the pained expressions on the faces of the commander-in-chief and the division commander, the brigade commander couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Back in the Ming Dynasty, when he first saw Li Chang'an directing tanks to fire, he almost had a cardiac arrest when he heard the number of machine guns and cannons expended.
If it weren't for the claim that the tank had unlimited ammunition, the brigade commander would have skinned Li Yunlong alive on the spot.
Seeing the pained expressions on the faces of the boss and the division commander, he imitated Li Chang'an and waved his hand.
"As long as we can fight the Japanese devils, shells and such are minor issues."
"Back then, in order to train the accuracy of the new regiment, we fired hundreds of billions of shells every day during training."
"These tank drivers have each fired at least hundreds of billions of shells, otherwise how could they be so accurate, taking down a bunker with a single shot?"
Seeing the brigade commander's arrogant demeanor, the general and the division commander both fell silent.
They had always felt that they had given these tanks enough attention, but now it seems that they still hadn't given them enough attention.
Now, with this batch of weapons, the Eighth Army can do much more than just drive away the Japanese devils.
The future world order may very well be changed because of these tanks.
By the time the sun set, the battle within Taiyuan City was over.
Yoshio Shinotsuka's officer's sword was also recovered from the ruins by the soldiers.
Along with the officer's sword was half of his head.
It was incredibly fortunate that Yoshio Shinotsuka was able to keep half of his head after being subjected to intense artillery bombardment.
The other Japanese soldiers who hid in the air-raid shelters were basically scattered in different places.
There wasn't a single intact body to be found.
The boss looked at Yoshio Shinotsuka's half-headed head, then at the katana broken in two in his hand, and burst into laughter.
"From today onwards, the roles of offense and defense will be reversed. Now it's the Japanese devils' turn to be surrounded and annihilated by us."
"Li Yunlong, you've been here before, let's take a picture together."
"We need to send a telegram to the whole of China now, so that they all know that our Eighth Army has liberated Taiyuan, and this place will be our base from now on."
The boss was incredibly excited; he was simply too excited.
This was the first time that the Eighth Army had liberated a provincial capital with only two regiments on the main battlefield, revitalizing the entire Jin-Cha-Ji Anti-Japanese Base Area.
Heading east, one can advance into the capital; heading southwest, one can travel directly to Luoyang.
Now that they have occupied Taiyuan, it is equivalent to cutting off the Japanese army's connection throughout the Jin-Cha-Ji region.
They were like a nail driven into the Japanese devils' Achilles' heel.
Moreover, with the presence of tanks, they can now attack the Japanese whenever they want.
There's absolutely no need to worry about being unable to hold Taiyuan City after we've taken it.
Now they need to consider where to attack next.
As the camera clicked, a photograph appeared in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Daily and was subsequently sent to every corner of China.
In addition to newspaper publicity, the boss also sent a radio message to the Japanese in plain language, saying that he was in Taiyuan and that the Japanese had no choice but to come over.
When the other factions received this telegram, they thought Tu Ba Lu had gone mad and sent such a joking telegram.
It wasn't until the spies in Taiyuan passed the intelligence to various factions that they realized this was no joke.
This group of Tu Ba Lu actually occupied Taiyuan City.
Not only were they not besieged, but they also liberated Taiyuan City, killed all the Japanese soldiers inside, and even killed Yoshio Shinotsuka.
Following the report in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Daily, and seeing the photo of the boss holding Yoshio Shinotsuka's head and standing amidst ruins, others finally believed that it was all true.
In an instant, the whole of China was excited.
Countless ordinary people flooded the streets, weeping with joy.
Some patriots, on the other hand, tried various means to contact the Eighth Army, wanting to donate weapons and money to express their joy.
They desperately needed this victory. All they had heard about was lost territory and defeats, and this victory was simply unbelievable.
Our own army can truly confront the Japanese head-on, and can truly liberate occupied cities from the hands of the Japanese.
It should be noted that the Kuomintang army, on which everyone had placed their hopes, suffered defeats while defending and retreating all the way when facing the Japanese in direct combat.
The Eighth Army, also known as the "Beggar's Army," was always the least noticeable unit in propaganda.
However, the results they achieved this time were something that all the forces combined could not match.
The general public was excited, but other forces reacted in various ways.
Yan Laoxi looked at the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Daily in his hand, his eyes reddening and his whole body trembling.
He dreamed of driving the Japanese devils out of Taiyuan, taking back the city, and then publishing the news throughout China to clear his name, but his strength simply didn't allow it.
Now, seeing this group of idiots liberate Taiyuan, receive congratulations from all sides, the love of the people, and donations from patriots, he was so jealous he felt like he was going to explode.
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