Chapter 1168 The scar is healed and the pain is forgotten
After the reports of several battalion commanders, Chief of Staff Zhong Chenggong concluded.
"Commander, I have calculated that from the beginning of the war to now, excluding the cavalry battalion, we have suffered a total of 1,651 casualties, 1,219 of whom were directly killed, and the rest have lost combat effectiveness due to minor or serious injuries!"
"Almost two entire battalions of troops were lost!" Wang Ping replied with a sullen face.
Seeing Wang Ping frowning and not speaking, Zhong Chenggong quickly added: "Although the casualties are a bit heavy, the results are also very great!"
"Except for the fact that 13 grain trucks were bombed and some grain was lost, the rest of the grain transported by the Japs is intact. Now it is impossible for the Japs' planes to come over. As expected, these grains have completely fallen into our pockets and become our trophies.
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"Preliminary estimates suggest that three million kilograms of grain is just a lot more!"
"There are also ammunition. On the five-kilometer stretch of road, the Japanese scattered more than 1,500 ammunition boxes of various kinds. Thirty percent of the ammunition boxes are ordinary rifle machine gun bullets, and the remaining ammunition boxes are all artillery shells and grenades."
"Preliminary statistics show that there are more than one million rounds of rifle machine gun bullets, more than 20,000 grenades, and more than 5,000 mountain field artillery shells and mortar shells of various calibers!"
"In addition, of the rifles captured on the entire battlefield, after excluding losses and supplements, there are at least a thousand rifles left. The number of light and heavy machine guns is very small and is not enough for troop losses, so there is no statistics."
"If there were no Japanese plane bombings, we would have nearly a thousand more rifles!"
"The power of aviation bombs is too great. If a bomb hits it, all living things within a few dozen meters will be completely blown away, and weapons will be blown into a pile of scrap metal."
"More than 80% of the various weapons lost on the battlefield were caused by Japanese bombings!"
Wang Ping frowned and replied: "No matter what, the price we paid in this battle is too high..."
At this moment, the deputy commander of the communications company suddenly rushed over.
"Regiment leader, chief of staff, political commissar urgent message..."
Zhong successfully grabbed the telegram and read it, his face became solemn, he frowned and reported.
"We are surrounded!"
"The intelligence department has just received information that the Japanese army deployed five infantry brigades to surround us. Four of them surrounded us. One infantry brigade, one cavalry brigade, and one field artillery brigade attacked us under the cover of aircraft!"
Before Wang Ping opened his mouth, a very excited smile appeared on Rong Jun's face.
"Captain, this is fat meat delivered to your door!"
"With the three battalions I brought, plus the guard battalion, air defense battalion, and cavalry battalion, we have an absolute advantage in strength!"
"We are not bad in terms of firepower. We have nearly ten anti-aircraft machine guns, six mountain cannons, six infantry cannons, and nine mortars. As long as we find an opportunity, we can definitely kill them!"
"I suggest that the troops hide on the spot and wait for the Japanese to kill them, then find an opportunity to eat them!"
"Anyway, there are four brigades of Japanese soldiers blocking the surrounding area, and we have brought millions of kilograms of food, weapons and ammunition. We will definitely not be able to return to the base area in a short time by road!"
Wang Ping frowned and cursed: "Your scar is healed and you forgot about the pain~ No, the scar is not healed yet!"
"Are you a fool to think that the Japs led more than a thousand people into our encirclement and were eaten by us?"
"Aviation, the Japanese have a powerful aviation. As a commander, you must never forget this advantage at any time!"
Rong Jun reacted immediately and replied with an embarrassed look on his face: "Captain, you mean that a kid from the infantry brigade came into the encirclement to surround us. It was just a pretense..."
"I don't know if it's a cover, but I'm sure of one thing: the Japanese will definitely send a large number of planes to deal with us!"
"This can be seen from the battle just now!"
"Three planes were just repelled by us, and three more planes came right after them. When did the little devils pay so much attention to our Eighth Route Army!"
"No!" At this point, Wang Ping's face became more and more serious.
Then he continued his analysis: "But today, the little devil actually did something. He sent six planes to deal with us before and after an ambush!"
"Look at the current layout of the Japanese. They just sent people to surround us and surround us here. They did not directly reinforce this place or attack us!"
"Don't you think this behavior is abnormal?"
Zhong Chenggong also frowned, and replied thoughtfully: "The Japs are scared of being beaten by us... We don't know about the Japs in other places, but the little Japs in Linfen City must be scared of being beaten by us, and they don't dare to act rashly."
Sending troops here, we are afraid that the reinforcements we finally mobilized will be swallowed up by us..."
"Not bad..." Wang Ping affirmed.
"The Japanese division commander who just took office is very smart. He will not fight us head-on. He will try his best to use his own advantages on the battlefield, aviation!"
"I would rather dispatch a large number of aircraft to reinforce the battlefield than send troops to attack us!"
"If I guess correctly, the Japanese definitely want to use a large group of infantry and a large group of cavalry to enter the encirclement to search for us. After finding us, they will dispatch a large number of aircraft to attack us from the air!"
At this time, another operator from the communications company rushed over.
"Regiment commander, chief of staff, urgent call from the reconnaissance company!"
Wang Ping directly received the telegram, glanced at the contents of the telegram and marked four points on the map!
Zhong successfully read the telegram and saw the four points marked by Wang Ping on the map, and immediately reacted.
"Captain, I'm sure your judgment just now is correct!"
"A large number of Japs are stationed at these four points on the map. Each point has more than half of the infantry brigade, and they are building fortifications. These four points are the only way for us to leave here by road. This move of the Japs will directly
Block us here!"
"Now for us, there are only three options..."
"Either give up the food and lead the troops to take the small road back to the base area. Or attack one of the four points with the food, fight a bloody road, and bring the food and ammunition back to the base area!"
"The last option is to stay here with food and wait for an opportunity to break out!"
"We are fighting this battle so hard for food, and there is no way we will give up!"
"It is unrealistic to attack the four points where the Japanese are heavily defended. If I am not wrong, this is what the Japanese want to see the most."
"The terrain of these four points is difficult, and there are seven to eight hundred Japs stationed there. It will be very difficult to break through in a short period of time. It is certain that the troops will suffer heavy casualties. Maybe they will be surrounded by the Japs and be completely wiped out!
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"So, only the third option is suitable for us! However, there is also a big problem here!"
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