After being silent for almost a minute, Zeng Quan replied in a serious tone: "Captain, you are right, the casualties of the troops are indeed very heavy!"
"Especially the one battalion that mistook the Japs for the Imperial Army, and the three battalions and one company that blocked the Japanese army head-on. More than half of them suffered casualties!"
"I want specific data!" Wang Ping asked with a stern face.
"The first battalion sacrificed 159 people, 47 people were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and 206 people were directly reduced, including two deputy company commanders and two deputy instructors! The second battalion sacrificed 81 people, 15 people were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and 96 people were directly reduced! The third battalion died
153 people, 71 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and 224 people were directly reduced! 52 people from the troops directly under the regiment headquarters were killed, 17 were seriously injured, and 69 people were directly reduced. The total reduction of the entire regiment was 595 people, which does not include the minor casualties of nearly 400 people.
Wounded!"
"The consumption of the troops is also very high: the fifty rounds of ammunition and three grenades per person brought out by the infantry are basically used up, and the mortar shells and grenade grenades brought out are almost used up. More importantly,
What’s more, we also lost nine grenade launchers, one heavy machine gun, seven crooked weapons, and more than two hundred rifles!”
"If not for the large number of seizures in this battle, the combat effectiveness of our independent regiment would have been greatly reduced."
The already heavy and depressing atmosphere became even more depressing at this time.
Wang Ping said at this time: "Killing one thousand enemies will cost you eight hundred! This is the result of us being prepared and carefully arranged, and the Japs had many new recruits, so we concentrated our superior forces to defeat them. If we were not prepared, we would encounter the Japs on the battlefield.
, fight hard against each other, even if our independent regiment is not completely wiped out by the Japanese, we will still suffer almost the same losses!"
"However, we have not gained nothing." Wang Ping changed the topic and continued.
"The chief of staff has just talked about the results and captures, so I won't say more. In addition to this, our independent regiment also has another gain, which is more than a thousand veterans! Once and captured soldiers and recruits, as long as they survive on the battlefield
Come down, and now they are all veterans!"
"As long as we replenish the weapons and ammunition lost on the battlefield, and add some new soldiers to each battalion and company, it won't take long before the independent regiment's combat effectiveness will be different from what it was before, far exceeding the independent regiment before the battle!"
"As battalion and company commanders, you must do the following things after returning to the station: First, and the most important thing, gather the troops for a summary meeting. Every soldier alive must participate and analyze the troops.
Various problems that arise during the battle, and suggestions for improvement, how to fight to minimize troop casualties."
"At that time, each platoon will have to produce a battle summary, which will be summarized in the hands of the battalion commander for centralized study! After that, each company will also have to produce a copy and hand it directly to the regiment headquarters. The political commissar and the chief of staff and I will
Want to see!"
"The second thing is to train and train the troops on various problems that will arise on the battlefield."
"The third thing is to train the new recruits well. When we return to the station, I will ask the chief of staff to replenish the new recruits and equipment for you as soon as possible. You must train the troops well for us. Now we have killed two Japanese brigades.
The Japanese troops in Laiyuan City will definitely not give up!"
At the Japanese headquarters in Laiyuan City, two brigades were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, and Major General Ono still knew about it.
But because the Eighth Route Army blocked the entire battlefield, those intelligence networks did not know the news that the two brigades were completely destroyed.
It wasn't until the independent regiment withdrew from the battlefield that the Japanese intelligence officers had the courage to walk into the battlefield and see the cleanly skinned corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers everywhere.
"Baga, how did the Eighth Route Army do it? More than a thousand elite imperial troops, including hundreds of cavalry, were eaten by them in just one day~ Can any of you tell me how many people there are in the Eighth Route Army and what their combat effectiveness is? We
How many troops need to be dispatched to eliminate them!" Ono, who received the news, did not believe it at first. He was silent for five minutes before shouting a curse, like an angry lion.
All the staff members in the headquarters lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
This battle was planned and personally directed by Commander Ono. Not only was he defeated, but all the attacking troops were wiped out. For Ono, this can definitely be said to be a resounding slap in the face.
Therefore, everyone did not dare to talk to Xiaoye at this time, for fear that Xiaoye would vent his anger on themselves.
Others can be dull, but the brigade chief of staff cannot.
He frowned and reminded: "General, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan far exceeds our imagination. We still know too little about the Eighth Route Army!"
"Intelligence, what does the intelligence department do?" Ono immediately reacted and stared at the intelligence staff officer not far away and asked!
The intelligence staff member quickly replied: "General, please calm down. The intelligence network of the Special High School has just extended to Laiyuan City. As for the villages and towns surrounding Laiyuan City, it has not been affected at all, let alone the Eighth Route Army-controlled areas. Now we are outside the city.
There is only one source of information, provided by the Chinese who surrendered to the imperial army!"
"But there is a problem. After all, they are not professional intelligence personnel. A lot of the intelligence sent to the headquarters is not only useless, but also misleading!"
"Then can't you set up your own intelligence network? You are from an intelligence background. If I remember correctly, you have also been in the Special High School. Why can't you train a few intelligence agents on your own? You rely on the Special High School for everything. Why does the empire support you?
!" Ono cursed directly.
Having said this, Ono seemed to have found a solution and gave the order directly.
"I am giving the intelligence department a chance. In half a month, no matter what method is used, we must find out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, including how many troops it has, what kind of equipment it has, and what kind of ammunition supplies it has. All this must be done for me.
clear!"
"Chief of Staff, during this period, if the intelligence department wants money, you can give it to them. If they want people, you can give them people. I will satisfy them in all their requests. After half a month, if you still can't figure out what I want, I will ask an officer above the rank of Major of the Intelligence Department to
All go to court martial!"
Ono's calmness made the chief of staff couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and then asked: "General, what's next for the troops? Do you want to continue leaving the city?"
"All operations have stopped. Unless we have accurate information about the Eighth Route Army, all troops will remain in the city."
Lieutenant Colonel Nakamura, the deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence, felt aggrieved. As a senior intelligence officer, he knew better than anyone else the embarrassing position of the intelligence department in the military.
When useful, those officers can put the intelligence service on a pedestal.
When it's useless, they can forget about the intelligence agency, or even let the intelligence agency take the blame.
In the Japanese army, which upholds the spirit of Bushido, almost everyone believes that intelligence warriors operate in secret and cannot be upright, so they are looked down upon by everyone.
Although there was a lot of pain in his heart, facing Ono's questioning look at him, Nakamura could only choose to take the blame and compromise with the brigade leader.
But he knows better than anyone else that this task is extremely difficult!
After discussing with the chief of staff for half an hour, the two finally worked out a solution that was not a solution.
Two days later, a small group of Japanese soldiers and a company of Imperial Army troops suddenly left the city.
If the Independent Regiment had just eaten two of their brigades and sent this small number of troops out of the city, wouldn't it be a risk of death? This was the first thought of Xu Hu, the reconnaissance platoon leader.