The command center of the National Salvation Army, the regiment commander Zhou Cheng, the deputy regiment commander Tang Yufeng, and the deputy regiment commander Zheng Yunshan, who was in charge of intelligence, all sat in their own positions without saying a word, with a heavy expression.

Zheng Yunshan wanted to speak several times, but he swallowed it back when he was at his mouth.

He provided the information on the Japanese army transporting weapons and ammunition from Shimen to Taiyuan. Now the intelligence error has caused the operation to fail. The intelligence department has an unshirkable responsibility, and he can't find a reason if he wants to explain.

In the end, the Chief of Staff, who came hurriedly, broke the depressing atmosphere in the room and looked at Zhou Cheng with a solemn report: "Captain, the troops that can be withdrawn have basically returned to the defense zone!"

"The reconnaissance company reported that the Japanese and puppet troops who had reached the raid site were cleaning the battlefield under the cover of the plane. Those troops that had not withdrawn should not be able to return?"

Zhou Cheng didn't talk nonsense and directly asked a question he was most concerned about: "How many people did we lose in total?"

At this moment, Tang Yufeng and Zheng Yunshan's eyes all gathered on Chen Zhengyu and waited for him to answer.

"The first battalion suffered the greatest losses!" Chen Zhengyu sighed and replied.

"They were responsible for raiding the train, and were caught off guard by the Japanese ambushed on the train, and suffered heavy losses. On the way back to the defense zone, they were hit by two more aviation bombs, and in the end there were less than 300 people left to return to the defense zone alive, and most of them were artillery and machine gunners. There were less than 100 infantrymen who could actually go to the battlefield."

Zhou Cheng's hands clenched into fists again, stared at his red eyes and asked, "I remember that there were more than 800 troops participating in the first battalion, and less than 300 people came back. Could it be that the remaining more than 500 people were beaten away!"

Chen Zhengyu lowered his head and did not respond, but silence was also the best answer.

After a while, Zhou Chengcai reacted from the bad news and looked at Chen Zhenyu and continued to ask: "Is the losses of other troops participating in the war have been great? I want specific numbers!"

When asked this question, Zhou Cheng's eyes had never left Chen Zhengyu, but his tone was obviously a little more nervous than before.

The heavy casualties of the first battalion gave him a scare. He is now particularly worried that the casualties of other participating troops will also scare him, so the raid he launched will be a huge loss.

Compared with just now, Chen Zhengyu's heavy expression on his face was soothing. After taking a deep breath, he reported: "The Second Battalion lost nearly 300 people, the Third Battalion lost more than 200 people, the Cavalry Battalion lost nearly 300 people, the Mobile Battalion lost nearly 200 people, and the Guard Battalion lost more than 200 people. The artillery, reconnaissance company, and the logistics battalion lost a total of more than 200 people!"

"If all the losses are added together, we will lose 1,926 people in total, accounting for almost 35% of the troops of the attacking troops!"

"In addition to this, we also lost a lot of weapons and equipment!"

"In order to evacuate the enemy-occupied area as soon as possible and reduce the casualties caused to us by aircraft bombing, we basically did not bring back the weapons and ammunition equipped by the soldiers!"

"Bang..." Zhou Cheng couldn't bear it anymore and punched the table in front of him, answering with anger and reluctance: "We shouldn't be greedy for small gains!"

"Not only did not rob a rifle, but also lost nearly 2,000 rifles, and lost nearly 2,000 lives. The real compensation for the wife and the soldiers!"

"Dog Japanese, I will write down this account with you first. Sooner or later, I will make you pay the blood debt and blood! "

Zheng Yunshan was also frightened by the casualties reported by Chen Zhengyu. His first reaction was to blame himself. If there were no false information provided to the regiment headquarters, the casualties reported by the Chief of Staff would not have appeared.

Or if you discover the Japanese conspiracy earlier and give the regiment commander a warning in advance, the casualties of the troops will not be that great.

He stood up and apologized: "Captain, the main responsibility for this defeat lies with me. I requested the regiment headquarters to punish me, otherwise I will not be able to sleep at night!"

"Sit down first!" Zhou Cheng shook his head and ordered!

"This is a military operation planned by the Japanese. The confidentiality measures are very good. Even if you are cautious, you will still be deceived. After all, the bait released by the Japanese happens to be the weapons and ammunition urgently needed by our national rescue army."

"If I hadn't been too greedy and had targeted the bait released by the Japanese, we wouldn't have fought this war. If we really wanted to hold the responsibility accountable, I, the leader of the regiment, would be the first to be the leader."

"I will send a telegram to my superiors and ask for punishment."

After saying that, he looked at the Chief of Staff and asked: "How is the training of the recruit battalion? If I remember correctly, there are more than 2,000 recruits in the recruit battalion!"

"The recruit training has been completed and the troops can be replenished at any time!" Chen Zhengyu blurted out.

Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and made a decision: "We need to do two things next!"

"Chief of Staff, immediately draw people from the recruit battalion to supplement the main force, so that the participating troops can be fully reorganized within two days, and then conduct integrated training immediately to form combat effectiveness within five days!"

"Old Tang, you will recruit new recruits in the defense zone tomorrow. You will claim to recruit 5,000 new recruits, and actually recruit 2,000 people. Make up for the vacancies in the new recruits. The faster the better!"

"In five days, we will go to the Japanese to take revenge and let them pay their blood debts and be responsible for today's stupid behavior!"

Chen Zhengyu was confused when he heard this, and looked at Zhou Cheng with disbelief and asked, "Captain, will it be too fast!"

"Although five days are enough for each battalion to integrate and replenish their recruits, the equipment they lack has not been solved yet. We can't let them go to the battlefield to fight the Japanese on their own. This is too risky!"

Tang Yufeng also showed a worried expression: "Captain, I also think it's too soon to take revenge on the Japanese in five days!"

"The army just finished a defeat and morale is at a low point. We have to give everyone some time to recover. And the question raised by the Chief of Staff just now is very important: I don't know what the target of your attack on the revenge of the Japanese, but no matter how we take revenge on the Japanese, we cannot let the soldiers go to the battlefield empty-handed!"

Zhou Cheng kept tapping on the table with his index finger, frowned and fell into deep thought. No one knew what he was thinking.

Chen Zhengyu thought the group leader had been moved by him and was ready to continue persuading him.

Little did he know that Zhou Cheng did not hesitate about whether to fight or not. The reason why he did not respond to their concerns immediately was to find one or two reasons to convince them.

Before Chen Zhengyu could speak again, he asked the two of them: "Old Tang, Chief of Staff, according to the normal idea, our National Salvation Army had just finished a defeat, the troops suffered heavy casualties, were depressed, and needed rest in an urgent manner. No battle would be launched in a short period of time."

"You two are based on this idea to analyze the current status of the National Salvation Army, and then believe that the National Salvation Army should not retaliate against the Japanese, but should stay in the defense zone to restore its strength!"

"As our national rescue army, you all think so, and our opponent, the Japanese will definitely think so. If we can overcome difficulties and send troops to retaliate against the Japanese, we can definitely catch them off guard, and then take the lead and take the initiative in the battlefield!"

Tang Yufeng understood and suddenly thought of a task Zhou Cheng had just given him, and his eyes lit up: "Captain, if you ask me to recruit 5,000 soldiers in the defense zone, you will not create conditions for this revenge operation as well!"

"By recruiting large-scale recruits, the Japanese army mistakenly thought that our National Salvation Army suffered heavy casualties in the just-concluded raid, confusing them and letting them relax their guard against us. We took the opportunity to retaliate against the Japanese and caught them off guard!"

Zhou Cheng nodded and smiled and replied: "I do have ideas in this regard!"

"The Japanese can plan to eat up two thousand of our elite soldiers. Our National Salvation Army is not a vegetarian. We must use some fake news to confuse the Japanese, and catch them off guard on the battlefield!"

Chen Zhengyu was also convinced by Zhou Cheng's analysis, but as long as the army lacked equipment was not solved, he would not agree to the regiment commander let the soldiers go to the battlefield with empty hands.

Facing Zhou Cheng's eyes, he expressed his thoughts after compromising: "Captain, I agree to send troops to retaliate against the Japanese immediately. But we must solve the equipment lacking in the main force before sending troops!"

Zhou Cheng laughed after hearing this, and looked at his two partners and answered confidently: "This is easy to deal with!"

"In the military operation to retaliate against the Japanese, I will definitely not let the warriors without weapons go to the battlefield!"

"And I can also assure you that at most half of this battle to retaliate against the Japanese, I can fill all the equipment lacking in the main force,"

"When our battle to retaliate against the Japanese will be successfully concluded, the extra weapons and equipment can also fill in the missing equipment of the ten independent battalions, and truly kill two birds with one stone!"

Hearing this, a very bold idea suddenly popped up in Chen Zhengyu's mind, his eyes quickly widened, staring at Zhou Cheng and asked tentatively: "Captain, why do I think your target of revenge on the Japanese is Jinzhong County!"

"I just thought about it. Only Jinzhong and Shimen around us can provide us with a large amount of weapons and equipment. Although there are not many garrisons in Shimen, there are a large number of Japanese soldiers stationed around us. There are currently no conditions to attack him!"

"There are not so many concerns in Jinzhong. We still have several secret passages that can send the troops to the county town quietly. If you have internal help, you can attack inside and outside the army and get rid of Jinzhong at a very small price!"

"Captain, you don't want to start our combat plan to attack Shimen in advance!"

Zhou Cheng did not answer the conversation immediately, but his default means admitting.

After hearing Chen Zhengyu's guess, Tang Yufeng's constantly changing face was also very strange. Not only did he not object as he had just said, but his eyes shone with an expression of approval.

Then Chen Zhengyu continued to ask: "Captain, if you really plan to retaliate against the Japanese by attacking Jinzhong County, we will attack Shimen in advance in advance, I agree."

Seeing Chen Zhengyu staring at him with confusion, Tang Yufeng quickly said his reasons: "The Chief of Staff said just now that with the help of authenticity, we can win Jinzhong at a very small price."

"Since the troops can easily win Jinzhong, and now there is another chance to catch the Japanese off guard, then we will definitely win when we attack Jinzhong!"

"A big victory that must be won is in front of us, and we have no reason to give up!"

Zhou Cheng smiled even happier.

Although he has the power to be arbitrary in the National Salvation Army, as long as he firmly wants to retaliate against the Japanese, it will be useless for Tang Yufeng and Chen Zhengyu to oppose it. However, in this way, there will definitely be some barriers between the two sides, which will affect the subsequent command, create an illusion of disharmony between the National Salvation Army, and ultimately affect the military morale and morale of the troops.

Now with the support of two people, the three of them can fight the next big battle together.

Immediately ordered: "Then this matter is settled!"

"Chief of Staff, you are responsible for the training of the troops, Lao Tang, you are responsible for recruiting soldiers, and by the way, you are responsible for the Japanese to have the illusion of heavy casualties in our national-savior army. Lao Zheng, you are still responsible for intelligence collection."

"In order to severely damage us, the Japanese garrison of Shanxi transferred half of their mobile troops to the Zhengtai Railway Line. You must keep an eye on these mobile troops to the death of the situation. You must not let them run to Jinzhong to make trouble!"

"If you have the chance, you can also release a fake news to the Japanese!"

"Just say that in order to save face, our National Salvation Army decided to get up from where to fall. In order to supplement the lost weapons and equipment of the troops, we decided to continue to intercept the army on the Zhengtai Railway Line!"

"If necessary, you can ask the Yangquan garrison to cooperate with two raids!"

The Chief of Staff of the Taiyuan Japanese Army Headquarters was bathed in spring breeze and walked to the commander with a happy look on his face: "Sir, our plan has been successful!"

"The frontline command reported that the troops of the National Salvation Army's raiding trains were devastatingly hit by us on the battlefield, and the troops suffered heavy casualties!"

"After the battle, the railway line and the retreat road of the National Salvation Army were filled with corpses and ammunition they had discarded, and there were more than two thousand bodies left in our occupied area alone."

"In addition to the bodies and wounded people brought back to the defense zone by the National Salvation Army, their losses in this operation must have exceeded 3,000 people!"

"Our army except for the infantry brigades operating in the chariot, the cavalry brigade suffered a lot of casualties, and the other troops suffered very little casualties, which should not exceed one thousand."

"In addition, the purpose of the National Salvation Army's attack was to grab weapons, but they did not seize a rifle during the operation, but instead lost more than 2,000 rifles and a large number of heavy weapons in vain!"

"In this way, the equipment gap of the National Salvation Army has not only not alleviated, but has become larger and larger!"

"Yo Xi..." The commander was very happy and snatched the telegram sent by the Chief of Staff.

After reading the telegram, my face was already full of joy, just like eating candied fruit, and I was very happy.

He fought back and forth with the National Savior Army for more than ten times, almost all ended in a crushing defeat. It would be a blessing in disgrace between the two sides. Unexpectedly, he had the opportunity to defeat the National Savior Army once today.

Looking at the Chief of Staff, he was very happy to order: "It seems that we will find more opportunities to calculate the National Savior Army in the future. Today, we will kill more than 3,000 National Savior Army in one layout, and the results will be greater than that of us launching a major sweep!"

"If we make more arrangements, the little force of the National Salvation Army will sooner or later be consumed by us!"

After saying that, he saw the Chief of Staff ask: "What is the situation of the National Salvation Army? We killed two or three thousand people in one battle, and we got nothing. We really lost our wife and soldiers."

"If I were their commander, I would definitely be a turtle in the next two or three months!"

The chief of staff smiled and replied: "The chief is wise, the National Salvation Army is indeed hiding in the defense zone as a turtle with its head!"

"Information shows that they are recruiting recruits on a large scale in the defense zone to supplement their losses on the battlefield."

"In addition, their intelligence system is strengthening its intelligence collection capabilities along the Zhengtai Railway, and it seems that it wants to intercept the army."

The commander smiled and snorted coldly and replied: "They have nothing more than two purposes. One is to get up from wherever they fall, so as to restore the troops' low morale after the defeat of the war!"

"The second purpose must be for weapons. Their weapon gap is getting bigger and bigger. Only the Zhengtai Railway can allow them to grab a large number of weapons at the minimum cost!"

"Chief of the Staff, if you do this, the National Salvation Army wants to get up wherever they fall, then we will use a trick to make them fall again!"
Chapter completed!