After Ono finally calmed down, the chief of staff, who was also promoted to colonel, quickly reminded: "Hamasaki Tamaki, the passage for the Eighth Route Army to enter and leave the mountains will be opened! Now that the army is about to be reorganized, Laiyuan must not be in chaos. What should we do next?
Please ask the brigade leader to make a decision as soon as possible!"
Thinking of the bad situation he was facing now, Xiao Ye was not angry at all.
He frowned and replied angrily: "What can I do? I just received a thousand recruits yesterday. Even if we reorganize them now, it will take at least half a month for them to complete the running-in training and initially form combat effectiveness. Let them go now.
Guancun, what’s the difference between that and letting them die!”
"Then we will ignore Xiaguan Village and let the Eighth Route Army enter and leave the mountains." the chief of staff asked with a frown.
"It's not that I don't care, it's that I don't have the strength to take care of it for the time being!" Major General Ono's face slowly became serious, and then he analyzed with a stern face.
"Now we and the Eighth Route Army are competing for time. As long as the brigade can have a large group to form combat effectiveness, then go to Xiaguan Village and block the Eighth Route Army's passage in and out of the mountains. As for the Eighth Route Army, even though the Eighth Route Army has eaten all our defenders in Xiaguan Village,
But I believe in Hamasaki’s commanding ability, and the Imperial Army under his command will definitely inflict a lot of casualties on the Eighth Route Army.”
"So I judge that it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to dispatch its main troops out of the mountains in a short period of time. They also need to restore their combat effectiveness."
"This means that we have to complete the reorganization and integration training of at least one infantry brigade before the Eighth Route Army regains its strength. Then we quickly occupy Xiaguan and block the main entrance and exit of the Eighth Route Army into the mountains.
"Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that the Eighth Route Army will send out small groups to sneak attack our various strongholds and harass us. We must know that the Eighth Route Army is best at this kind of petty fighting that is almost sneaky. Therefore, from now on, each stronghold must be strengthened
Be alert and be prepared for sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, speed up the construction progress of the gun towers. As long as the gun towers are ready, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army comes out, it will not be so easy to capture our stronghold with the gun towers!"
"Chief of Staff, you can't wait any longer here. You can reorganize as many recruits as the military headquarters sends over, and then train them day and night. I'll give you ten days to allow a brigade of recruits to initially form combat effectiveness!"
"Hi! General, please rest assured and promise to complete the mission!" the chief of staff quickly replied.
Before returning to the station, Wang Ping saw instructor Cheng Xiao walking out of the station to greet him.
More than 300 Japs, a battalion of puppet troops, can be considered a great victory even if they are placed against the main force, let alone the Independent Battalion, a battalion-level force that has just been formed.
Therefore, Cheng Xiao was very happy after receiving the news and wanted to go directly to the battlefield to see what was going on. Because someone had to stay at the garrison and there was no way to go, so Cheng Xiao walked nearly a mile away from the garrison to welcome Wang Ping back, expressing his happiness and excitement.
"Instructor, fortunately, you have fulfilled your duty and successfully opened the door for us to enter and exit the mountain. Comrades have been busy all night and are too tired. I plan to let everyone have a good rest today. So, I will trouble you next!"
"As long as you can win the battle at the front, I will take care of all the logistics. I bought a big fat pig from the village and stewed it, waiting for the comrades to come back to eat!" Cheng Xiao replied readily.
Wang Ping was very satisfied with Cheng Xiao's reaction. At least so far, Wang Ping has not found any shortcomings in Cheng Xiao as an instructor. Then he happily replied: "Then I will scold the instructor. After dark, I plan to hold a summary meeting
, I hope the instructor can prepare it!"
After all, this was the first time since the establishment of the independent battalion that the independent battalion fought such a big battle together. All officers from the platoon and above in the battalion were asked by Wang Ping to attend the meeting.
At the beginning, the atmosphere of the meeting was very lively, especially after hearing Zeng Quan’s statistics of the results and seizures, everyone’s face was replaced by a smile.
Several company commanders and instructors were more direct, directly clamoring for Wang Ping to provide them with the missing crooked weapons and heavy machine guns.
At this moment, "Pa..." Wang Ping slammed the table.
Dozens of subordinates closed their mouths and looked at Wang Ping in unison, with expressions ranging from incomprehension to shock to doubt.
"What? You all think you have won the battle and are invincible!" Wang Ping asked everyone with dissatisfied eyes.
"According to statistics, a total of 89 soldiers and cadres of the battalion were killed in this battle, including one platoon leader, two deputy platoon leaders, and two squad leaders. In addition, 27 people were seriously injured and temporarily lost their combat effectiveness. As for those who were slightly injured, some
There are more than thirty people, but it does not affect the combat effectiveness."
"These casualties of 7cd were concentrated on the First Company, causing the First Company to lose more than half of its soldiers. However, our soldiers are not prepared to say anything about the First Company. More than 80% of the Japanese on the battlefield were killed by the First Company. Although the First Company still had many shortcomings in the attack. But as a company
The newly formed unit is already very good and I am very satisfied!"
"But what about the second and third companies? We lost thirty or forty people against one company of puppet troops. I want to know how you commanded the battle!"
Zeng Quan quickly stood up and explained: "Battal Commander, it's my fault. When we actually fought against the puppet troops, the losses were not big, only about ten people. It was because the soldiers retreated too slowly and were blown up by the Japanese counterattack artillery fire, causing casualties."
You are only that old, I beg for punishment!"
Wang Ping waved his hand and said: "Old Zeng, you don't want to take any responsibility on yourself. I know the specific reasons!"
After saying that, he directly faced his subordinates and called them by name: "Platoon Commander Li, I want to ask you, do you like to fight with the enemy with bayonets? Are the machine guns I allocate to you all fire sticks? Why should you fight with a problem that can be solved with bullets?
The puppet troops fought with bayonets and were trying to be brave! Do you know that just because you were brave, the two squads in your hand did not retreat in time and took two Japanese artillery shells!"
"Also, Deputy Company Commander Liu, Deputy Instructor Zhou, and Platoon Leader Luo, before the battle begins, did I tell you that if the enemy can be defeated with artillery shells, then bullets will not be used; if the enemy can be defeated with bullets, then there will be no bayonets!"
"The casualties in the second and third companies were basically caused by you fighting with bayonets."
"I discussed with the instructor, and I must give you some punishments, otherwise I will be sorry for those soldiers who sacrificed their lives. The people mentioned above have all been demoted to one level. The deputy company commander and deputy instructor have been demoted to platoon leaders, and the platoon leader has been demoted to deputy platoon.
long!"
Seeing that several people lowered their heads and said nothing, Cheng Xiao said: "You are all old Red Army and veteran cadres. This setback is definitely not a problem for you. So, cheer up and learn from us."
How does the independent battalion fight? Don't rely on your old skills and act on your old skills just because you are an old Red Army soldier, otherwise you will suffer a big loss. This time it's just a demotion, and the next time you won't be punished so lightly."
Wang Ping nodded to agree with Cheng Xiao, and then continued: "I would like to remind you once, when fighting in our independent battalion, if you can use artillery shells to defeat the enemy, you will definitely not use bullets, if you can use bullets to defeat the enemy, you will definitely not use bayonet. No matter what it is.
In battle, you must ensure that the casualties are not too large. Otherwise, even if you win, I will punish you."
"In my eyes, the lives of soldiers are much more precious than bullets and cannonballs!"
"Please rest assured, battalion commander, and promise not to show off in the future!" Several demoted cadres looked at each other and stood up at the same time to promise.