In this battle, more than 1,200 members of the Takeda Battalion were wiped out. Captain Takeda committed suicide. Except for a few Japanese soldiers who jumped into the latrine to hide and escaped, only 23 Japanese soldiers chose to surrender.
After Li Yunlong learned about the killing pit in Xue Quyuan Village, he pulled out a box cannon several times to shoot the surrendered Japanese, but was forcibly stopped by Zhao Gang and his guards.
However, it can be seen that the guards are not willing to stop him. What they want to stop is Zhao Gang, because they themselves want to take out their guns and kill these idiots.
However, discipline is discipline after all, and Zhao Gang can be said to be the discipline standard of this army. With him, the independent regiment can maintain a delicate balance.
Five regiments of the Eighth Route Army successfully broke out of the encirclement through this gap, bringing with them a large number of fleeing civilians.
If anyone is unhappy.
One is Li Changfu, the leader of the Hundred Battle Regiment. Although he won the battle, he even broke into the Japanese defense circle at the last moment and became the main force in defeating the enemy.
But he knew very well that in this battle, the Independent Regiment was leading the overall situation, and the Hundred Battle Regiment only played a cooperating role. Without the Independent Regiment, the Hundred Battle Regiment would not even be able to enter the village, let alone defeat the enemy.
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Another unhappy person was Major General Rikishi Shigekawa, commander of the 9th Brigade, who then arrived at Xue Ququan Village.
All he saw were piles of Japanese corpses, weapons, ammunition, and even military uniforms and shoes had been stripped clean.
But at this moment, there was a muffled sound and a scream... Another Japanese soldier stepped on a bullet mine.
Of course, the Eighth Route Army would not just withdraw from Xue Ququan Village. They left some gifts for the Japanese.
The independent regiment still retreated to Zhaojiayu.
Although Zhaojiayu is not far from the Japs, as mentioned before, the terrain here is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you can retreat to the back mountains at any time without worrying about the Japs attacking.
In fact, most of the Japanese would not choose to attack such a village. It's not that they can't defeat it, but it's pointless to defeat it.
During this battle, the third battalion commander Guan Dashan was ordered to lead his troops to the roads on both sides to cooperate with the county brigade's guerrillas in laying mines and blocking Japanese reinforcements. After completing the mission, he returned to Zhaojiayu as ordered.
When I arrived, I was stunned when I saw that the Seventh Company had many more wounded and more equipment. Before returning to the company headquarters, Wu Lei came to find him and asked excitedly: "We Seventh Company went up to fight? How was the fight?"
"Of course!" Wu Lei puffed up his chest proudly and replied: "Battalion Commander, please rest assured, no matter what the Seventh Company does, we can't embarrass the Third Battalion! Our company has made a great contribution this time, look at it
Those 38-year-olds with more troops in our army... surrendered more than 30 guns, and more than 500 rounds of original ammunition! There are not many grenades left..."
Guan Dashan's eyes immediately lit up and he asked: "How did you do it? Aren't you even on standby?"
Guan Dashan felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he should have stayed in Xueququan Village and "standby" with the Seventh Company.
Wu Lei said "Hi" and replied: "Battal Commander, this is nothing, we also surrendered tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, 'ghost cannons' and a bunch of shells!"
After saying that, Wu Lei told Guan Dashan what happened.
After hearing this, Guan Dashan said excitedly: "Okay, Shitou, so... our third battalion... has hope?"
"There must be hope!" Wu Lei patted his chest: "Although there were more than fifty casualties, we were placed in the main offensive position. Moreover, this unit is getting stronger and stronger as it fights. We must continue to fight like this, Captain
Are you still embarrassed to treat us as a backup force?"
Guan Dashan nodded heavily, and then there were some tears in his eyes.
He, the commander of the third battalion, feels aggrieved. He is more like an instructor than a battalion commander. The recruits are led in batches, taught in batches, taught in batches, and taught in batches... These are all from the same regiment.
, why should Sanying make wedding clothes for others?
Every time he went to the regimental commander to argue, Li Yunlong always said: "Don't your battalion have no equipment? Are you asking the first and second battalions to give their equipment to the third battalion? Can they agree? If they agree, I have no problem!"
Guan Dashan said aggrievedly: "Captain, what you said is not true. As soon as there is meat to eat, you will let the first battalion and the second battalion go up. The third battalion can't even touch the bowl. How can it be equipped?"
At this time, Li Yunlong would say again: "Isn't this right? Your third battalion doesn't even have a few decent guns. Why should I let you go to the battlefield? Give heads to the Japanese? I won't do that stupid thing!"
So I went around and around here, but no matter what, Li Yunlong was right.
Well, now, the Third Battalion finally got some equipment. Let’s see what Li Yunlong has to say later!
Then Wu Lei came up and said: "Batalion Commander, that Xiao Dongbei is really..."
As he said this, Wu Lei gave a thumbs up and looked around as if he was hiding his wealth. Seeing that no one was listening, he lowered his voice and said to Guan Dashan: "He has made meritorious deeds one after another since he came here. Let's do it right away."
The shotgun has been replaced by the cannon, so you have to keep a close eye on this treasure. I heard that the first and second battalion commanders are asking for help from the regimental commander!"
"What? Why!" Guan Dashan's eyes widened: "It's rare for the third battalion to have good soldiers, why should we give them to them?"
"That's what I said too!" Wu Lei clapped his hands and said angrily: "But battalion commander, it's useless for you to tell me, it's not me who wants to transfer Xiao Dongbei away!"
Guan Dashan thought for a while and said: "No, I have to ask the regiment leader for an explanation, otherwise it will be too late to issue the order!"
Saying that, he went straight to the regiment headquarters without looking back.
The first battalion commander and the second battalion commander were indeed asking for Wang Xuexin.
This is mainly because there was a tradition before that most of the good soldiers from the third battalion were transferred to the first and second battalions. This time the two battalion commanders thought they should follow the old rules.
The first person to find Li Yunlong was First Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao.
He had already seen how powerful Xiao Dongbei was. During the first battle, Li Jiapo directly stole his role and discussed it with the group leader.
Originally, Zhang Dabiao thought it would only be for a while, but he didn't expect that as long as this little northeastern city lasts for a day, Zhang Dabiao would have nothing to do with him. Li Yunlong no longer discussed the war with him, but just gave orders directly.
After the battle in Xueququan Village, he heard that Xiaodongbei had made another meritorious service. At that time, he had an idea in his mind: "Damn it, don't all the good soldiers usually go to the first battalion? The regiment commander got the whip this time.
Why are you so crazy? Arrange Xiao Dongbei to be assigned to the third battalion? No, you have to find the regiment leader!"
So on the way back to Zhaojiayu, he reported to Li Yunlong: "Commander, the first battalion suffered heavy casualties, we need to call in more people!"
"Sure!" Li Yunlong replied without thinking: "I will give you priority to replenish your troops then!"
Zhang Dabiao felt something was wrong as soon as he heard this. He usually said "go to the third battalion to pick up the troops yourself". Why did he become the "priority to replenish troops" today?
After thinking about it, Zhang Dabiao pretended not to understand and responded: "Yes, then I will go to the third camp to recruit people!"
When Zhang Dabiao said the words "Go to Sanying", he deliberately turned his tongue to make the three words unclear, hoping that Li Yunlong would not understand him so that he could strike first.
He had made up his mind to pick Xiao Dongbei without anyone this time, so as not to have too many objections from the Third Battalion.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Li Yunlong before he had walked a few steps: "Come back! Who asked you to go to the third camp to recruit people? Do you still have a sense of the overall situation? The third camp does not want people! You treat the third camp as your home