newbobooks Chapter 235 Begging for supplies
Chapter 235 Begging for supplies
235 Asking for Supplies
When Ye Qingshan returned to the headquarters in the city, he was warmly welcomed.
At this time, the people gathered in the headquarters' air-raid shelter also learned the news that Ye Qingshan and his men had sunk three Japanese warships.
Before Ye Qingshan and the others returned, they had already started celebrating spontaneously.
“Listening to the sound of gunfire in the city, it seems to be much quieter than before.
The devils retreated?"
After Ye Qingshan finally dealt with the enthusiastic crowd outside, he returned to the headquarters and asked with a smile.
"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, this morning, many of the attacking Japanese troops in the city retreated one after another.
Deputy Commander Xiao, news has also come from the 87th and 51st Divisions.
The two groups of Japanese troops that attempted to attack the shelter and our headquarters also withdrew.
Now, the defense line between our army and the Japanese has almost returned to what it was five days ago."
A national army combat staff officer said to Ye Qingshan with a smile.
"It seems that there is a problem with the high-level command of the Japanese.
Could it be that the Japanese commander has been replaced? "
Ye Qingshan guessed.
"Chief of Staff, your guess is too accurate."
Just at this moment, Ning Yongchen came over with a smile, holding a telegram in his hand.
He handed it to Ye Qingshan and said, “I just received the latest information.
The Japanese commander who attacked Nanjing was indeed replaced.
That devil, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, was replaced by our old acquaintance."
"Old devil Matsui Iwane?"
"Correct!"
"Well, a Japanese prince left, and here comes a more cunning old Japanese.
Now, the next battle may be even more difficult to fight."
Ye Qingshan was not happy at all.
In Ye Qingshan's opinion, an old Japanese soldier like Matsui Iwane, who has rich combat experience, is much more difficult to deal with than that Japanese prince.
“No matter how difficult it was, we managed to get through it, even the most difficult time.
Looking back to when the Japanese invaders broke into the city, no one in our army could have imagined it.
We have been able to hold out in the city until now.
They were able to achieve brilliant results time and time again, not only annihilating tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, but also defeating their several large-scale attacks.
Even the warships they sent to cut off our supply lines were sunk by you and your men, Chief of Staff.
At this time, the morale of our troops in the city was absolutely unprecedented.
As long as we unite as one, I firmly believe that the devils cannot win."
Ning Yongchen looked at Ye Qingshan at this time, and was glad for his original decision, and said.
"Haha, my Chief of Staff Ning.
You are absolutely right.”
Ning Yongchen's words also satisfied Ye Qingshan.
With one victory after another, the Battle of Nanjing was no longer as hopeless for the National Army as it had been at the beginning.
It even put the Japanese in a difficult situation.
“However, after this battle, our city’s supplies and ammunition were consumed greatly.
Fortunately, I guess the situation on the Japanese side is not much better.
The Japanese attack on Nanjing was already hasty.
The ammunition and supplies they carried were not very large in quantity.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be so eager to seize the granaries and arsenals in our city.
After this battle, the Japanese will probably lose their offensive capability for a short period of time.
At least, before the Japanese transported enough weapons and ammunition from their country, they no longer had the ability to launch a large-scale attack.
This gave us some time to rest.
During this period of time, in addition to actively training troops in the city and training hundreds of thousands of militiamen into veterans.
Also, we need to obtain sufficient ammunition and supplies.
I asked you to send a telegram to the headquarters asking for more supplies and ammunition. Do you have a reply?"
Ye Qingshan said this and looked at Ning Yongchen and asked.
As a result, Ning Yongchen's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, and he said unhappily: "Chief of Staff, don't mention it.
I get angry when I talk about this.
You asked me to send telegrams requesting ammunition and supplies, and I did so several times every day.
But in the end, the answers were always the same.
That's let's wait and see.
Even though we destroyed three Japanese warships, the headquarters sent us a commendation.
Not a word about supplies.
There is nothing I can do about it.”
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan's eyes turned cold.
This attitude of the top military officials is truly disheartening.
“As for supplies, they have to give us some anyway.
You don't have to worry about this matter. I will personally go to Commander Chen Cheng to ask for an explanation.
However, we cannot rely solely on these for material supplies.
I have other channels that can also get some supplies."
Ye Qingshan had never thought of relying entirely on the logistical supplies of the National Army. If that were the case, there would be no need to fight this battle.
Anyway, Ye Qingshan just received a large interest-free loan of US dollars from the Pitt family.
Ye Qingshan exchanged all this money for arms.
Moreover, the Pitt family guarantees that transportation will be included.
Of course, it is only transported to Hong Kong.
In this way, Ye Qingshan would not have to worry about arms, and he did not expect the top leaders of the National Army to replenish his arms.
That thing was urgently needed by the national army itself at that time.
However, they must at least provide some support for daily necessities such as food, cotton cloth, etc.
Soon, Ye Qingshan personally contacted Chen Cheng by phone.
Chen Cheng promised that he would send a batch of food and cotton cloth to Nanjing.
This finally made Ye Qingshan a little satisfied.
At two o'clock in the afternoon on the 23rd, shortly after Ye Qingshan returned to the headquarters.
Suddenly, a staff officer came running over in a hurry. Ye Qingshan looked at the other person's panic, frowned and shouted: "Why are you so flustered?
Stay calm, the sky is not falling."
After being scolded by Ye Qingshan, the Kuomintang staff officer immediately stood up straight without bothering to explain.
He immediately shouted: "Chief of Staff, urgent telegram from the 51st Division on the front line.
The Japanese suddenly fired a large number of poison gas bombs towards the shelter.
Right now, the shelter is in complete chaos.
The 51st Division was worried that the Japanese would take advantage of the situation and attack the shelter again, so they requested emergency support.
"what?"
As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Ye Qingshan's eyes suddenly widened.
Other national army officers also looked over.
"The devils fired poison gas bombs at civilians in the shelter?
How dare they! "
A National Army colonel shouted angrily with an angry look on his face.
In their view, this behavior is simply inhumane.
It was unacceptable for the Japanese to use poison gas bombs against the National Army during combat.
Now, they even dared to fire poison gas bombs directly at the shelters in the city, which were full of women and children.
This is simply a massacre, a shameless and cruel massacre.
For a moment, all the National Army officers in the entire command center became angry and cursed at the Japanese.
Ye Qingshan had a gloomy face.
He had previously speculated that the Japanese prince might retaliate against the National Army after being dismissed from office.
But Ye Qingshan did not expect that the other party's revenge would be so cruel and shameless.