Lieutenant General Fujino was in a good mood, but Yan Song, who was following him all the way, couldn't laugh and felt like crying.
The actual casualties of the Third Battalion and the newly formed Third Battalion were far greater than what the Japanese calculated.
Under the cover of darkness, many casualties were not counted by the little devils.
"How could this happen? In just a few hours, we lost more than 400 people, and we lost them in night battles, which we are good at. If such battle reports are reported to the regiment headquarters, our third battalion will definitely become the entire new regiment.
The laughingstock!" Looking at the battle report sent by the deputy battalion commander, Yan Song was frightened. He was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing, and then he yelled.
"This time, we are really humiliated. We suffered such a big loss in night fighting and guerrilla warfare, which we are best at!"
The instructor wanted to be more sensible and asked the deputy battalion commander: "As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet? I believe that the combat effectiveness of our troops, especially the guerrilla warfare and night combat capabilities, is better than that of several company commanders."
He is an old Red Army soldier, a master of guerrilla warfare and night fighting. There must be some reason why the troops suffered such heavy losses?"
"Lao Yang, have you figured out what the reason is?"
"It's clear!" the deputy battalion commander replied immediately, and showed an angry expression with gritted teeth.
"The Japs are too cunning. They are playing the tit-for-tat card... they send out a large number of troops in small groups to lurk around the main force and march. We only want to catch up with the Japs and use guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to slow down their march, so
The vigilance of the troops was much lower, and then they were attacked by a group of devils lurking in the night, causing heavy casualties!"
"So that's it!" Yan Song had a look of sudden realization on his face.
After thinking for a long time with a sullen face, he analyzed: "The enemy's offensive artillery this time is different~ I probably guessed their tactics!"
"Rest under the cover of aircraft during the day to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops. March at night, because we don't know the target of their attack. No matter how many troops we gather, we can't prepare in advance. We can ambush them and attack them on the road they must pass!"
"In this way, they will take the initiative on the battlefield, and we will become passive and can only fight hastily behind them!"
"As long as we become chaotic and anxious, the Japs will have their chance. In turn, they will use guerrilla warfare to deal with us, just like the pursuit war that just ended!"
The political commissar also reacted and asked with a stern face: "Then what should we do!"
"There is a way. As long as we have enough troops, set up defenses everywhere on the road where the Japanese may attack, and prepare in advance, we can turn from passive to active!" Yan Song replied.
Following the change of subject, he replied helplessly: "However, the little devils obviously saw this clearly and knew that we did not have enough troops to deal with them, so they used this tactic to attack us!"
"In this case, I will report the analysis just now to the regiment headquarters. The regiment leader has many ideas and will definitely be able to think of ways to deal with them!"
The atmosphere at the new regiment headquarters was very solemn.
After several hours of fighting, not only the third battalion suffered heavy losses, but the newly formed third battalion also suffered heavy losses.
In order to slow down the Japs' attack on Tianyuan Town, even though they knew that the Japs had laid a dragnet for them in front, the troops could only rush forward one platoon after another. The entire newly formed third battalion was almost crippled.
"Captain, the urgent telegram sent by Yan Song at this time was analyzed by him based on the past few hours of fighting. And frankly, he has no way to solve the new tactics of the Japanese." Zhong Chenggong handed the telegram to Wang Ping.
Finally, he frowned and reported.
Then he added: "I basically agree with Yan Song's analysis and have not thought of a solution. This time, Fujino has given us a big problem!"
Wang Ping alternately read the analysis in the telegram, and then glanced at the combat sandbox in front of him. It lasted nearly half an hour before speaking.
"You and Yan Song have made a good analysis. With our current strength, there is really no good way to resist the Japanese attacking troops!"
"And the longer we carry it, the greater our losses will be. The losses outweigh the gains.)"
"Last night, the casualty ratio between us and the Japs was one to three. This was the first time the Japs used guerrilla warfare and field warfare to attack us. In the next few days, the Japs became more and more skilled in fighting, and after they became more comfortable, the casualties
The ratio will expand even more!”
"There are more than 8,000 Japs who have entered our base area. Even if we use up all the main troops, local troops, garrison troops, and guerrillas of our new regiment, we still can't kill them!"
"Then there's nothing we can do?" Zhong Chenggong's face slowly turned desperate.
Like Yan Song, their hope lies in the leader. If even the leader can't do anything, then this new problem created by the Japanese will really be unsolvable!
"No!" At the critical moment, Wang Ping shook his head and objected.
"I just said that there is no way to deal with the Japs' attacking troops. I didn't say that this problem cannot be solved!"
Zhong Chenggong's brows suddenly wrinkled: "What's the difference?"
"Of course!" Wang Ping affirmed.
Then he answered with confidence: "We only need to push back the Japs and let them withdraw from our base. Then we will win this counter-mopping operation!"
"And there are many ways to force them back. You don't necessarily have to face this problem directly and go head-to-head with the Japs' attacking troops!"
Zhong Chenggong quickly reacted: "Captain, you mean to attack the little devils' rear area and cut off their logistics!"
"No!" Zhong Chenggong immediately rejected his previous judgment!
"According to intelligence, the Japanese have made special preparations for this attack in order to guard against our attack. They have brought with them at least a month's supply of food and ammunition, so cutting off logistics will have basically no impact!"
"You want to attack their rear area!"
Wang Ping did not hide anything and directly affirmed: "Yes, we must not only attack their rear area, but also directly capture Linfen City and pull out the nail that the Japanese have planted in our hearts!"
"Without Linfen, these little devils will have no home base. Even if they carry a month's worth of combat supplies, they will not have the guts to go deep into our base and fight alone without losing them in the rear. That is no different from risking death!"
"In this way, Chief of Staff, from now on, we and the little Japs will fight on our own terms!"
"Our new regiment is divided into two, and part of the troops stay on the inside to fight. The mission is only one, not to let a single civilian or a grain of food fall into the hands of the little devil. If it doesn't work, we will conduct another strategy for the combat area where the devil may attack.
Evacuation. Didn’t we get a lot of food from Chief Yan some time ago? As long as we have food to support us, we don’t have to worry about how many people are evacuated and moved!"
"The next step is to harass and attack the little devils. But the passive situation last night must be changed!"
"If we don't have many troops, we can deploy a company in each direction where the Japs may attack. If we have more troops, we can deploy a battalion. We don't need to kill many people, just keep an eye on them!"
"The other way, go directly to Linfen City!"
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