When the three Japanese Air Force planes rushed to the battlefield with roaring sounds, the last cart full of food was pulled into the woods and hidden.
The fighting along the defense line, which stretched for more than 20 kilometers, also stopped.
The Eighth Route Army hurriedly retreated with the spoils of war to defend their positions to avoid possible air attacks by the Japanese aviation force.
After circling the battlefield twice, the Japanese plane couldn't find its bombing target. When it finally left, it had no choice but to throw the bomb at the Eighth Route Army's defense line.
Although it also caused a lot of casualties to the troops stationed on the defense line, they were all within the range that the troops could bear.
At the station of the second regiment, Commander Wang, the chief of staff, the commanders of the first and second regiments, Wang Ping, as well as the commander of the reconnaissance battalion and the captain of the direct team Li Wen, gathered around two tables, all with smiles.
Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, the results were also very great.
More importantly, this victory does not include the hundreds of carts of food and supplies Wang Ping brought back from Liulin County.
Therefore, whether it was Commander Wang or the commander of the Second Regiment, all the gloom on their faces had been wiped away at this moment, waiting for the reconnaissance battalion commander to report on the results of the raid on Liulin County.
"Chief, under the command of Commander Wang, during the entire raid on Liulin County, the reconnaissance battalion only suffered 83 casualties, of which 32 were killed~"
"However, we eliminated 427 little Japs, including the Japs' captain, and also captured 259 puppet soldiers..."
"The seizures include weapons, ammunition, food, and other supplies!"
"A total of 1.2 million kilograms of food that we urgently needed were found, all of which were rice and white flour... In addition, 10,000 kilograms of salt and 600 boxes of canned food were seized, all of which were canned beef, mutton, and pork!"
"We have seized all the weapons and ammunition of all the garrison equipment in Liulin County. We also found a large amount of ammunition in stock in the ammunition depot, including various bullets, artillery shells, grenades, which totaled more than 1,500 boxes. I transported them all back in one go. Details
The quantity and classification have not been calculated yet!”
"In addition, according to the order of Commander Wang, we also took down the Japanese field hospital in Liulin and several foreign companies opened by Japanese!"
"More than two tons of various medical equipment and drugs were seized from the field hospital!"
"A total of four foreign companies seized 650,000 catties of grain alone, in addition to 30,000 catties of salt, 100,000 catties of cotton, and more than 200,000 catties of coarse grains..."
"In addition, 56,315 yuan, a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, and gold nuggets were also seized. They must be little devils plundering our people's finances!"
"However, I spent more than 5,000 yuan on the captured oceans. In order to collect a sufficient number of large trucks to transport these materials, I followed the order of Commander Wang and paid all the owners of the large trucks five times the remuneration at once, and then
We just collected nearly 800 large trucks to transport the things back!"
Commander Wang stood up from his seat excitedly, and then shouted excitedly: "Okay... good fight... If I had known that Liulin County had so many good things hoarded, I would not have frowned even if I lost another regiment.
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"Wang Ping, you have made another great contribution!"
"I immediately sent a telegram to the commander-in-chief to tell him that the operation ended successfully and the results far exceeded our imagination!"
Then he stared at Wang Ping and continued: "You don't know, with these grains, not only the food problem of our Suide Military Region has been solved, but the food problem of the border area has also been solved!"
At this time, at the Japanese division headquarters several hundred kilometers away, the division commander was furious.
After the reconnaissance battalion withdrew from Liulin County, at five o'clock in the morning, the first Japanese communications officer led people into the county.
Seeing the corpses of the imperial army scattered all over the city, the communications officer rushed straight to the headquarters.
At this moment, the scene he least wanted to see appeared.
The commander of the regiment fell to the ground covered in blood, with several soldiers lying next to him.
There was no one left alive in the entire headquarters, and everything that could be taken away, including the map, was confiscated by the reconnaissance battalion.
Because there is no communication equipment, the communication officer can only grab a war horse in the city, and then ride the war horse back to the station to report to his brigade captain. After passing the brigade captain, the message will be sent to the division headquarters hundreds of kilometers away!
"Division Commander, based on our judgment, the Eighth Route Army that attacked Liulin County should have entered the city in advance, and then lurked near the headquarters and launched a sudden attack. Otherwise, Colonel Yamada would not have had time to send a telegram to the outside world!"
"The supplies and ammunition we had hoarded in Liulin County were robbed by the Eighth Route Army, including the food hoarded by several foreign companies. I am sure that the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked Liulin County just for the more than one million we had hoarded there.
Kilograms of grain!”
According to usual practice, this is the time when the Eighth Route Army is most scarce in supplies, especially food!"
The division commander asked with a stern face: "Bageya Road, what's the use of talking about it now? Colonel Yamada is dead, and the food stored in Liulin was also robbed by the Eighth Route Army. More importantly, last night plus yesterday
During the day, our garrison in Liulin suffered heavy losses. However, our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, received a large amount of food supplies, weapons and ammunition. This problem must be solved as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the development speed of the Eighth Route Army, it will not take long.
In time, Liulin County will become part of the Suide Military Region of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Hi~" the chief of staff replied, lowering his head.
"An infantry brigade we sent out last night has entered Liulin and should be able to reach the front line tonight~"
The division commander shook his head and replied: "One infantry brigade is too few!"
"Didn't you read the report just now? In three days, Liulin Garrison's Imperial Army alone lost more than 1,500 people, and that doesn't even count the Imperial Alliance Army as a regiment!"
"An infantry brigade killed them, leaving a squadron to guard the county town. The remaining troops couldn't even replace the troops lost on the front line!"
"Don't forget, our mixed artillery brigade in Liulin is gone. As expected, more than a dozen mountain field artillery must have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. If they launch an attack again tonight with these artillery, Liulin will
Can the remaining troops of the Lin Garrison and an infantry brigade on the way there be able to defend Liulin?"
There is no doubt about this answer.
The chief of staff is very confident in the combat effectiveness of the imperial army. On the frontal battlefield, it is possible for a brigade to resist a division of the Chinese army.
However, there is a prerequisite for this. The imperial army must have absolute air superiority and artillery superiority.
As for the Liulin frontline tonight, there is definitely no air superiority. Not only that, there is no artillery superiority either, and it's still on the side of the Eighth Route Army.
Sixteen mountain field artillery pieces were fired at the same time. Not only did one have only one group of infantry, but even a regiment of infantry would be blown up to almost the same extent!
Thinking of this, the chief of staff's face turned pale. And for a while, he couldn't think of a solution.
In the end, I can only place my hope on the division commander in front of me: "Division commander, what do you mean?"
"Order all the troops stationed on the front line to abandon all the gun towers on the front line, and concentrate the limited forces on strongholds with difficult terrain for defense. As long as the strongholds are still in our hands, we can recapture those lost gun towers at any time!"
The chief of staff's eyes lit up and he replied: "What a good idea~"
"Although the Liulin garrison suffered heavy losses, there are still more than 2,000 troops left. They are scattered and concentrated at four or five strongholds on the front line. Each stronghold can be assigned at least 500 people. As long as the Eighth Route Army does not use heavy artillery, they will be fine.
Sending out two regiments to attack one of our strongholds will not be able to do anything to us!"
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