Using the same method, it took the Japanese army nearly two hours to capture the fifth line of defense of the independent regiment.
At this time, there was only more than an hour left before dark. For safety reasons, the Japanese aircraft that had been cruising over the battlefield for nearly an hour had to return to their nest.
Losing air cover, Ono decisively ordered the troops to stop the attack and wait until dawn on the third day before attacking again.
"General, the losses have been calculated. We have a total of 621 casualties. However, there are only 205 Imperial Army personnel among them, and the rest are all Imperial Alliance Army members!" the brigade chief of staff happily ran over to report.
"Yo Xi!" Ono also had a rare smile on his face.
But it didn't last long before he returned to his usual serious expression.
"According to this loss rate, tomorrow we will be able to capture the last line of defense of the Independent Regiment by losing at most half an infantry squadron, and then engage in a decisive battle with the Independent Regiment to eliminate them and take revenge! However, tonight, we must be prepared to counter the Eighth Route Army's night attack.
Get ready. We must learn the lesson from last night and never do it again!"
The chief of staff immediately replied, "General, please rest assured that I will never make the same mistake twice."
The atmosphere at the enemy headquarters in front of the Independent Regiment was very bad, and the entire headquarters was enveloped in a solemn and tense atmosphere.
As soon as Chief of Staff Zeng Quan returned to the headquarters, political commissar Cheng Xiao asked: "Old Zeng, how are the troop casualties?"
"It's big!" Zeng Quan replied, shaking his head.
"The casualty rate of the troops participating in the battle, whether veterans or new recruits, reached an astonishing 70%!"
"In addition, the firepower companies of the two battalions were almost completely wiped out. The infantry artillery company had one gun left and most of its personnel were lost!"
"It's over!" These two words suddenly popped into Cheng Xiao's mind.
"This time our independent regiment was crippled if not completely wiped out! Nearly two thousand soldiers are just gone. The little devils are simply beasts!"
Speaking of this, Cheng Xiao actually exuded a fierce murderous aura, and then he frowned and shouted to Wang Ping.
"Captain, didn't you say that tonight is the time for us to fight back? I have only one request, kill the Japs, kill the most Japs, and use the Japs' lives to avenge the sacrificed soldiers! Only in this way can I have the face to see those sacrificed soldiers.
Only soldiers have the dignity to see their families!"
"Don't worry, political commissar, tonight, the enemy will definitely suffer the fate of the invaders!" Wang Ping replied with certainty.
Then he ordered everyone: "Okay, let's get down to business. We have been waiting for so long, and nearly two thousand soldiers have sacrificed their lives, just for this moment to come. So, tonight, the independent regiment, from myself down, all cheer up and fight.
Well, in tonight’s counterattack, no one can miss the mark!”
After reminding everyone, Wang Ping directly began to issue orders: "Chief of Staff, contact the First Battalion Commander Zhang Qing on the radio immediately!"
"Deploy a company and set off immediately to destroy the highway, slow down the Japanese army's return to Laiyuan City, and force the Japanese infantry, baggage troops, and artillery troops to march separately!"
"Other troops, including guard companies and reconnaissance platoons, are hiding in the Luojiawan area, waiting for new combat orders!"
"The cavalry company will be dispatched in an hour to attack the patrols and checkpoints arranged by the Japanese army around the mountains and slow down their assembly speed!"
"What about us?" Second Battalion Commander Zhang Yunshan and Third Battalion Commander Yan Song stared at Wang Ping and asked.
After two afternoons and one night of fighting, the Independent Regiment lost all their men. If they wanted to take revenge and kill the Japanese, the two of them must have wanted it more than anyone else in the Independent Regiment.
In Wang Ping's plan, both battalions have tasks.
But thinking of the current casualties of the two battalions, Wang Ping hesitated.
You can't fight all the two battalions in one battle! If you really kill all the troops, you won't even have the seeds to reorganize the two battalions in the future.
Zhang Yunshan saw Wang Ping's thoughts and immediately called for battle: "The regiment commander, the political commissar, the second battalion plus the four additional recruit companies, there are still about two hundred people who can continue to fight. I temporarily formed a company, and the remaining
We, the Second Battalion, must stay in the station together with more than a hundred wounded soldiers as the seeds for the reorganization of the Second Battalion. Therefore, our Second Battalion must participate in tonight’s counterattack. Even if we kill all the more than a hundred soldiers, we still have to go to the battlefield to pay tribute to the sacrificed soldiers.
Let’s take revenge!”
The commander of the third battalion, Yan Song, immediately said: "I have compressed the first and second companies of the third battalion into one company. After adding some new recruits, the third battalion can produce two full-strength main companies. Please give orders from the regiment commander and political commissar!"
"Okay, count you in!" Wang Ping made a decisive decision.
Laiyuan City is located in a small forest less than two kilometers away. A tent is hidden in the forest and cannot be seen by outsiders.
At this time, the commander of the first regiment of the military division, who was also the commander of the former enemy headquarters that attacked Laiyuan City, Chen, was staring at the map with a serious face and issuing combat orders.
"Comrades, the commander just sent us a telegram. Tonight, we must capture Laiyuan City, then take the captured troops and quickly return to the base!"
"Now I order two regiments, one regiment and two battalions, to conduct a frontal attack. With the cooperation of the internal forces, they will break through Laiyuan City and advance into Laiyuan City. The second regiment will use battalions as units to launch attacks from the other three city gates. To
At that time, we also had the cooperation of our troops hidden in the city."
"In order to disperse the limited defenders of Laiyuan City and disrupt their arrangements, we will not distinguish between main attack and feint attack in this attack. All siege troops will be the main attack."
"The three battalions of the first regiment immediately rushed to Shilipu to build a blocking position to block the Japanese troops coming back from the direction of the independent regiment. It is now eight o'clock in the evening. No matter when the Japanese come back, the third battalion must hammer me in like a nail.
You can't retreat until five o'clock in the morning, and then retreat directly to the base area, be careful of the Japanese planes!"
"The troops directly under the two regiments serve as reserves and are ready to go into battle at any time!"
"Two artillery companies, a heavy machine gun company, and a mountain artillery company handed over to us by the commander to disperse and support the troops in the siege!"
"I will give everyone an hour to prepare. After one hour, we will launch the attack on time. We will strive to enter Laiyuan City in half an hour and occupy the entire Laiyuan City in one hour!"
At the military division headquarters, the commander and chief of staff were not sleepy at all. They stared at the map spread on the table without moving.
As a burst of rapid footsteps came over, the two people looked up at the door of the war room at the same time.
As soon as he saw that it was the communications staff who came in, the commander hurriedly asked: "Is it a telegram from Commander Chen or from Wang Ping of the Independent Regiment!"
"Telegram from Commander Wang of the Independent Regiment. They have assembled all the remaining troops of the Independent Regiment and are preparing to take advantage of the Japanese army's return to support Laiyuan City to fight back against the Japanese! Commander, Chief of Staff, this is a telegram!" the communications staff member hurried back.
After quickly reading the telegram and handing it to the commander, Xiong Botao's brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" character.
"Commander, although the casualties of the Independent Regiment were not stated clearly at 3:30, the total number of troops still able to move was less than 1,300. It can be seen that the two days of bloody battles have left the Independent Regiment injured. You must know
, the strength reported by the independent regiment before the war was over 3,500 men!"
"But this is a perfect opportunity to severely inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army and take revenge!" the commander answered sharply.
"Wang Ping is very discerning. It is difficult to encounter such a fighter plane. You must seize it. Call Wang Ping immediately. I agree with him to fight back against the Japanese, but you must take it easy and control the casualties. Don't give me the independent regiment.
No more fights!"
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