Political commissar Cheng Xiao rushed directly to the highway to assist the troops in treating the wounded and counting the losses.
In less than twenty minutes, Cheng Xiao walked over with a serious look on his face.
"Captain, the losses have been revealed. In the bombing just now, we directly sacrificed 394 people, 82 were seriously injured, and more than 200 were slightly injured... including a deputy battalion commander, a deputy instructor, two company commanders, and three instructors.
, three deputy company commanders, and four deputy instructors!"
"More than half of the casualties!" Wang Ping replied with a gloomy face.
Then he smashed his clenched fist on the grain bags piled on the cart next to him, and shouted angrily: "You little devil, I will make you pay with blood sooner or later! Political commissar, organize the troops to retreat immediately, as soon as possible
Go back into the mountains. Only when we enter the mountains will we not be afraid of the bombings of the little devils!"
"Also, send a telegram to the chief of staff and ask him to prepare for the air attack by the Japs. No one can guarantee whether the Japs will bomb them after they bomb us!"
"The little devil's revenge is cruel enough. Now it seems that the gains of our independent regiment's expedition outweigh the losses! After I return, I will send a telegram to the commander to request punishment!"
"I am also responsible!" Cheng Xiao said, and then commanded the troops to start retreating.
By night, all the soldiers of the independent regiment who were active outside the mountain retreated to the mountain.
After Wang Ping hurriedly ate something to fill his stomach, he entered the conference room with a serious look on his face.
The several party committee members of the Independent League were all sitting in their seats, and everyone looked unhappy.
"Captain!" Several people stood up to greet Wang Ping.
Wang Ping waved his hand and said: "Everyone sit down, let's stop talking nonsense and get straight to the point. Political Commissar, you know the results and losses best, and you will report them to everyone!"
"Yes! Captain!" Cheng Xiao replied seriously.
"After statistics, in this battle, all the main forces of our regiment were dispatched, and there were also six new companies to cooperate with each other. The total strength when we set off yesterday was more than 2,600 people!"
"However, during the day today, we only returned more than 1,700 people, including 154 seriously injured people. Many of them will not be able to return to the army even if they recover."
"There are more than 1,600 people left and more than 500 slightly injured people, but this does not affect the combat effectiveness!"
"I did not mention that all the more than 900 soldiers and cadres who died were sacrificed, and most of the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers were not brought back due to various reasons!"
"I am responsible for the heavy casualties. On the way back, I underestimated the enemy. I did not expect that the Japanese would send planes to bomb us. If I had been more cautious and prepared early, we would have sacrificed at least 400 fewer comrades!" Wang Ping suddenly said
Interjected.
"After the meeting is over, I will personally send a telegram to the military division and ask for punishment!"
Cheng Xiao immediately responded: "I am the political commissar, and I was also present at the time. If you are talking about responsibility, I also have it!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "I am the military commander, and the responsibility lies with me. Political Commissar, please don't take the responsibility on yourself. Continue, so that everyone can understand our losses and gains in this battle as soon as possible."
Cheng Xiao reluctantly replied: "Captain, no matter what you say, responsibility is responsibility. After the meeting, I will also send a telegram to the military division asking for disciplinary action."
After saying that, we got back to business: "Comrades, although the casualties are heavy, our results are not small."
"According to the battle results reported by each battalion and company, we wiped out at least two battalions of the Imperial Association Army and 700 Japanese troops in the battle last night!"
"The real results must be higher than this number. After all, during the whole night of the battle, most of us were on the defensive. We only counted the number of enemies annihilated during the defense without any doubts!"
"In addition, two Imperial Association military camps were wiped out, and more than 300 Imperial Army soldiers became our prisoners!"
"Finally, let's talk about our gains: excluding the ones that were blown up by Japanese planes on the way back, we still have two mountain cannons, two infantry cannons, six mortars, eight heavy machine guns, and 19 crooked guns.
There are 7 domestically produced Czech guns, 16 grenades, and 586 38 caps, of which 300 38 caps were seized from the Japanese material warehouse. They are not even oiled, they are brand new!"
"In addition, there are 452 pieces of Chinese formal equipment for the Imperial Alliance Army, Mauser!"
"In terms of ammunition, there are a total of 300 mountain artillery shells, 800 infantry artillery shells, more than 1,600 mortar shells, a total of 42 boxes of heavy machine gun bullets, and a total of two boxes of rifle and crooked bullets.
One hundred and five boxes, fifty-three boxes of grenades and grenade-specific grenades, and a large number of other supplies, all shipped back, the most important of which is 210,000 kilograms of grain!"
In the face of the huge victory, the solemn expressions on everyone's faces became much less severe.
But at this moment, Cheng Xiao changed the topic and continued: "However, our consumption in this battle is also very huge, and Director Jiang has the most say here!"
Jiang Hongchun stood up immediately: "Comrades, according to the orders of the regiment commander and political commissar, when the troops go on an expedition, each ordinary soldier is equipped with fifty rounds of ammunition. In addition, in order to avoid accidents, the baggage company also brought fifty boxes of one hundred thousand rounds of ammunition as backup.
All added up to 230,000 rounds of ammunition."
"When the troops came back, I saw that most of the soldiers had about the same amount of bullets. This means that in this battle, we used 200,000 rifle bullets alone."
"The remaining artillery shells, grenades, and heavy machine gun bullets, whatever was brought out, are basically used up."
"On the surface, we have captured a large amount of equipment and ammunition, but after excluding the losses, it would be good to have half of it left!"
"The only thing that everyone is happy about is the mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns! With these equipment, our artillery company finally lives up to its name!"
The huge casualties and losses all told Wang Ping that this proactive attack did not achieve the results everyone wanted.
Therefore, as soon as the briefing meeting ended, Wang Ping locked himself in the room with a solemn expression.
It took half an hour for him to come out, and then he handed a densely written telegram into Xu Guang's hands.
"Platoon Commander Xu, please send the telegram to the military division immediately. The military division will send it to me as soon as you call back."
What Wang Ping didn't expect was that as soon as he left, political commissar Cheng Xiao rushed over and signed his name on the telegram before Xu Guang sent it.
At the military division headquarters, Commander Yang Chengwu was just about to take a rest after dinner when Xiong Botao barged in.
"Commander, telegram from the Independent Regiment..."
"Wang Ping's independent regiment, has he won another battle? The last time he won the battle, he completely wiped out a Japanese cavalry brigade. Although there were only three to four hundred Japanese soldiers, his influence was so great that even the head of the headquarters was alarmed. More importantly,
Yes, he got two infantry cannons and the equipment of a cavalry company, which made me so greedy that I wanted to rush directly to the independent regiment station to get those good equipment back!" Yang Chengwu suddenly became energetic.
Chief of Staff Xiong Botao replied with an embarrassed look: "Commander, the Independent Regiment has indeed just fought a battle, but it is not a victory that you need to judge. This is a self-request for punishment jointly sent by the leader of the Independent Regiment, Wang Ping, and political commissar Cheng Xiao.
telegraph!"
"Are you asking for punishment?" Yang Chengwu frowned immediately, grabbed the telegram and began to read it!
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