The political commissar quickly expressed his worries, but the group leader was not affected at all. He looked at his partner and explained: "Don't worry about this problem, the group leader Zhou has helped us solve it."

"After the Japanese army severely damaged the field infantry regiment transferred from the front line, the entire regiment would not need to be dispatched for the next attack."

"In addition to the guerrillas and assembly teams that have been active in the enemy-occupied areas, the main force is battalion unit, each battalion dispatches a main company at a time to sneak into the enemy-occupied areas to cooperate with the local guerrillas and operation teams to fight the Japanese."

"The actions of each company are limited to five days. Once the time comes, no matter whether the results are achieved or not, they must return to the base area unconditionally and replace it with a new main force company to continue attacking."

"In this way, our troops can not only attack the enemy-occupied areas, make the Japanese-occupied areas uneasy, but also have enough time to rest and replenish new recruits!"

After Major General Honda's withdrawal order was issued at the Yangquan Japanese Army Brigade Command, the other two brigades sent war damage telegrams one after another.

The captain of the infantry brigade who swept the Yangquan occupied area appeared in the war room again!

Compared to more than two hours ago, the captain's expression is heavier now, and obviously he has not brought any good news!

"General, we have all returned from the other three troops that have swept the Yangquan occupied area!" The captain lowered his head and reported, speaking less than the buzzing sound of mosquitoes, his face full of shame, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

"Their experience is exactly the same as their humble position. They were all attacked endlessly by the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army, and suffered huge losses!"

The captain stopped when he said this. He was really embarrassed to continue the following words.

The brigade commander ignored these things and stared at the captain's eyes and asked: "How much loss is, please make it clear. How many people are left in your brigade so far? Can you continue to attack the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army that are active in the occupied areas tomorrow!"

Faced with the chief's fierce gaze, the captain could only report with a tough blow: "In addition to the infantry led by Beizhi, we killed a total of 586 people, including 431 infantry, 39 cavalry, 116 baggage and artillery and heavy machine gunners."

"There are 106 people who have lost their combat effectiveness, and there are 556 people left in the entire infantry brigade to continue fighting, but there are less than 300 infantry among these people, and even two infantry squadrons cannot get enough. The remaining soldiers are all baggage and technical troops!"

"I want to temporarily draw some people from artillery, baggage, and heavy machine gun troops to supplement the combat troops? Reduce the remaining forces of the combat troops into two squadrons!"

The brigade commander kept pinching his fist? Because he was angry, his nails were almost pinching into his flesh, but he didn't feel any pain.

The troops suffered too much? Nothing smaller than the infantry squadron that had reinforced and pacified? far exceeds his ability to withstand.

The chief of staff came over, not knowing that the brigade commander was angry about the heavy casualties of the troops? The report was like adding fuel to the fire: "General, the battle report of the three and four brigades has been reported? The situation is similar to the first brigade that was reinforced and pacified!"

"I want specific data!" The brigade commander gritted his teeth and ordered.

The chief of staff then felt something was wrong with the brigade commander? But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. While handing over the telegram, he reported: "The casualties of both brigades were very serious. There were 682 people left in the third brigade, and 62 people were seriously injured? Temporarily lost combat power? The remaining soldiers were all killed in battle, and four mortars, five heavy machine guns, 12 light machine guns, and nearly two hundred rifles!"

"There are 618 people left in the Fourth Infantry Brigade to continue fighting? 83 people were seriously injured, and all the remaining soldiers were killed in battle? Five mortars and one infantry gun? Five heavy machine guns and 15 light machine guns? Nearly 300 rifles!"

"Crazy..."

After the Chief of Staff finished his last sentence, the angry brigade commander suddenly took action? He swept all the things on the table to the ground.

The atmosphere in the war room was already very depressing. After this accident, everyone didn't even dare to speak and was cautious in doing things, fearing that it would get angry.

The brigade commander who had smashed the things was still not satisfied, so he raised the table in front of him, and then cursed: "The National Salvation Army, the Eighth Route Army, our beams have been settled!"

"I just took office as the brigade commander and prepared such a big surprise for me. I will always remember the shame of today!"

Seeing that the brigade commander finally spoke, the chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief: "God relieve your anger, you have a debt and a master, and we will definitely be able to repay the shame we have suffered today."

"Beizhi has studied the battle reports of several brigades, including the second infantry brigade that reinforced Yangquan. Nearly one-third of our combat losses were caused by the enemy's cold guns and cold artillery, and the remaining two-thirds of the combat losses were caused by the enemy's ambush!"

"The troops have just been transferred from the front line to the enemy's back. I don't know the combat style of the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army behind the enemy. It is certain that they suffer a loss rashly, but I didn't expect the losses to be so great."

"This also proves on the other hand that the reminder of Asagawa and Kobayashi are correct."

"Fortunately, we ordered the Third and Fourth Brigades to withdraw to the county town in time, otherwise their losses would be even greater!"

"But I believe: as long as everyone understands the combat style of the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army, the right medicine will be used in the future, and they will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory and defeat them!"

The brigade commander slowly calmed down: "I was too impulsive. I shouldn't have ordered the troops to attack the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army as soon as I entered Yangquan."

"Although they have strong combat power, they are not familiar with the place, and they don't even know the tactics and tactics they use, so they will definitely suffer."

"I will take all the responsibility for this defeat. Tell a few captains: Don't have a psychological burden. Start tomorrow, all the troops will stop and rest. All officers above the squad will concentrate on learning the tactics and tactics of the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army, carefully understand our opponents, and then seek revenge on them."

"This time we lost about 2,000 elite soldiers a day, and it is impossible to make up for it at once, but I will find a way to ask the Front Army Command to ask 1,000 new recruits to come back, temporarily replenish 250 new recruits to each infantry brigade, and then draw 200 veterans from the baggage team and the command center to replenish each brigade."

"While officers at all levels understand our opponents, the troops should also strengthen training and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

The Chief of Staff asked while recording: "What should I do if the occupied area?"

"The field troops suspended their operations, and the garrisons had not yet formed combat effectiveness, so they would definitely not attack. We would not have troops to confront the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army in the occupied areas!"

"Let them be arrogant for a few days first!" The brigade commander blurted out.

The Chief of Staff did not have such courage, so he quickly reminded: "Sir, think twice!"

"The front army command assigned us a 15 million kilogram of grain. Including the troops' rations for the next year, we will collect at least 30 million kilograms of grain."

"But so far, we have only collected less than five million kilograms and have just completed one-third of the grain collection task. If we ignore the occupied areas and allow the Eighth Route Army and the National Salvation Army to operate in the occupied areas, they will definitely take away all the excess grain in the occupied areas, and we will not be able to collect food ourselves!"

The brigade commander replied firmly: "I can't bear to let my child go and can't trap the wolf. This matter is decided. I don't care about the occupied area first, concentrate on training the troops, understand the opponent, and then turn defeat into victory."

"And the Front Army Command did not specify the final time to deliver the grain, and at most it would be later. When we defeat the National Salvation Army and the Eighth Route Army, all the food they had in their hands would be ours, and we would not have to worry about not completing the grain collection task."

The Chief of Staff still felt that it was a bit inappropriate, but Major General Honda was the brigade commander and said so firmly that he could not find a reason to refute him and could only nod.
Chapter completed!