After Ono finally calmed down, the Chief of Staff, who was also promoted to colonel, quickly reminded: "Hamasaki Tamaru was broken, and the passage between the Eighth Route Army and the mountains was opened! Now the reorganization of the troops is imminent, and Laiyuan must not be in chaos. What should I do next? Please make the brigade commander make a decision as soon as possible!"

Thinking of the bad situation he is facing now, Ono Qi doesn't fight.

He frowned and replied angrily: "What can I do? I just received a thousand new recruits yesterday. Even if I am reorganized now, I will take at least half a month to complete the running-in training and initially form combat effectiveness. Now let them go to Xiaguancun, what is the difference between letting them die!"

"Then we don't care about Xiaguan Village and let the Eighth Route Army enter and exit the mountains." The Chief of Staff asked with a frown.

"It's not that I don't care, it's because I don't have the strength to care for the time being!" Major General Ono's face gradually became serious, and then he analyzed with a calm face.

"Now we are competing with the Eighth Route Army for time. As long as the brigade can have a brigade to form combat effectiveness, then go to Xiaguancun and block the passage between the Eighth Route Army and the mountains. As for the Eighth Route Army, although the Eighth Route Army has eaten all the defenders of our Xiaguancun, I believe that Hamasaki's command ability, the Imperial Army he commands will definitely make the Eighth Route Army suffer a considerable casualties."

"So I judge that the Eighth Route Army will not be able to dispatch its main force to come out in a short period of time, and they also need to restore their combat effectiveness."

"This means that we must complete the reorganization and integration training of at least one infantry brigade before the Eighth Route Army recovers its strength. Then quickly occupy Xiaguan and block the passage between the main force of the Eighth Route Army in and out of the mountains.

"Of course, we do not rule out that the Eighth Route Army sent a small group of troops out of the mountains to attack our strongholds and harass us. We must know that the Eighth Route Army is best at such small-scale quarrels that are almost stealing. Therefore, from now on, all strongholds must strengthen their vigilance and guard against the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks. At the same time, speed up the construction of the artillery tower. As long as the artillery tower is good, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army comes out of the mountains, it will not be so easy to take down the strongholds that we own the artillery tower!"

"Chief of Staff, you can't wait here. You can reorganize as many new recruits as the military headquarters sends, and then let them train day and night. I will give you ten days, and a brigade of new recruits must initially form combat effectiveness!"

"Hi! Please rest assured, General, and ensure that the task is completed!" The Chief of Staff quickly answered.

Before he returned to the station, Wang Ping saw the instructor Cheng Xiaoyuan walk out of the station to greet him.

More than 300 Japanese devils and puppet troops in one battalion can be called a great victory even if they are placed on the main regiment, not to mention the battalion-level army that has just been formed.

Therefore, Cheng Xiao was very happy when he received the news and wanted to go out to the battlefield to see what happened. Because the station had to be left behind, there was no way to go, Cheng Xiao left the station to welcome Wang Ping back one mile and expressed his happiness and excitement.

"Fortunately, the instructor has fulfilled his fate and successfully opened the door to us to enter and exit the mountain. The comrades have been busy all night and are so tired. Today I plan to give everyone a good rest during the day. So, I'll trouble you next!"

"As long as you can win the battle ahead, I will have all the logistics work. I bought a bite of a big fat pig from the village, and all the stewed ones are waiting for the comrades to come back and eat it!" Cheng Xiao answered readily.

Wang Ping was very satisfied with Cheng Xiao's reaction. At least so far, Wang Ping has not seen any shortcomings of the instructor Cheng Xiao. Then he was very happy to answer: "Then I will scold the instructor. After dark, I plan to hold a summary meeting. I hope the instructor can prepare!"

After all, this was the first time since the establishment of the Independent Battalion that such a big battle was concentrated, and all officers above the platoon of the battalion were asked by Wang Ping to attend the meeting.

At the beginning, the atmosphere of the meeting was very lively, especially after listening to the results of Zeng Quanquan and the seizure, everyone's face was replaced by a smile.

Several company commanders and instructors were even more direct, and they were clamoring to ask Wang Ping to fill in the crooked handles and heavy machine guns that he had given them at the time.

At this moment, "Bang..." Wang Ping slapped the table violently.

Dozens of subordinates closed their mouths and looked at Wang Ping, some of whom were confused, some were shocked, some were suspicious... all kinds of expressions were included.

"What? Everyone thinks that I have won a big victory and is invincible in the world!" Wang Ping questioned everyone with dissatisfied eyes.

"After statistics, in this battle, a total of 89 soldiers and cadres were sacrificed in the entire battalion, including one platoon leader, two deputy platoon leaders and two squad leaders. Another 27 people were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. As for the minor injuries, there were more than 30 people, but they did not affect combat effectiveness."

"These casualties are concentrated on the first company, causing more than half of the soldiers to be injured. However, my soldiers are not going to say anything about the first company. Eighty percent of the Japanese on the battlefield have been killed by the first company. Although the first company still has many shortcomings in the attack. But as a newly formed army, it is already very good, and I am very satisfied!"

"But what about the Second Company and the Third Company? The puppet army that dealt with one company actually lost thirty or forty people. I want to know how you command the battle!"

Zeng Quan quickly stood up and explained: "Battery Commander, this is my fault. When he really fought the puppet army, the losses were not big, only about a dozen people. The soldiers retreated too slowly and were bombed by the Japanese counterattack artillery fire. The casualties were so great. I requested punishment!"

Wang Ping waved his hand and said, "Lao Zeng, don't take all the responsibilities on yourself. I know the specific reason!"

After saying that, he called out to his subordinate in front of him: "Planer Li, I want to ask you, do you like fighting bayonets with the enemy? Are the machine guns I give you all fire sticks? Why do you need to fight bayonets with the puppet army and show off? Do you know that because you show off, the two squads in your hands did not retreat in time and got two Japanese shells!"

"There are also Deputy Company Commander Liu, Deputy Instructor Zhou, and Platoon Commander Luo. Before the battle begins, have I told you that if the enemy can be solved with shells, it will not be solved with bullets. If it can be solved with bullets, it will never be used to fight with bayonets!"

"The casualties of the second and third companies were basically caused by you fighting bayonets."

"I discussed with the instructor and I must give you a few punishments, otherwise I will be sorry for those who died. The above said that all the people were demoted to one level, and the deputy company commander and deputy instructor were demoted to platoon leader, and the platoon leader was demoted to deputy platoon leader!"

Seeing that several people were lowering their heads and not talking, Cheng Xiao said, "You are all old Red Army and old cadres. This setback is definitely not a problem for you. So, cheer me up and learn how our independent battalion fought. Don't rely on your seniority to rely on your seniority. This will suffer a big loss. This time it's just a relegation, and the next time it will not be punished so lightly."

Wang Ping nodded in agreement with Cheng Xiao's meaning, and then continued: "I would like to remind you that in my independent battalion, I will definitely not use bullets to solve the enemy when fighting in my independent battalion, and I will definitely not fight against bayonets if I can use bullets. No matter what kind of battle it is, you must ensure that the casualties cannot be too great. Otherwise, even if you win, I will punish you."

"In my eyes, the soldiers' lives are much more precious than bullets and shells!"
Chapter completed!