The commander of the military division headquarters has been guarding the map for almost three hours.
Several people, including the chief of staff, advised him to take a rest, but he remained unmoved and continued to stand in front of the map, staring at it motionless.
Finally, the wait paid off.
Before the communications staff officer rushed into the war room, an excited voice came in.
"Commander! Good news, good news for the independent regiment!"
"The Japanese army's baggage brigade, artillery brigade, and engineering brigade, a total of more than 1,400 Japanese, were all wiped out by the independent regiment, and countless were captured. Now the independent regiment is cleaning the battlefield!"
"Okay!" The commander's tense nerves relaxed by half.
Then he said happily: "Chief of Staff, with the addition of these more than a thousand Japanese troops, the number of Japanese troops that the independent regiment destroyed this time should be almost three thousand! The total of three thousand Japanese troops, although half of them were technical troops, was still an unprecedented battle.
A great victory. This time, the independent regiment will take the first credit!"
"There must be no less than three thousand Japs, and there are also quite a few Imperial Army troops." the Chief of Staff affirmed.
Then he answered very confidently: "This time, the little devil lost his wife and lost his troops. As long as we take Laiyuan, we will kill more than half of their newly established security brigade before they really enter the battlefield. It will be so happy!"
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After saying that Cao Cao was about to arrive, another staff officer rushed in with excitement on his face.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, and Commander Chen telegraphed: Laiyuan City has been taken by us, more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops were eliminated, one Japanese lieutenant was killed, and the Laiyuan City arsenal was completely captured. Now the troops are seizing the time to rush to transport supplies.
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"Immediately order the logistics department to enter Laiyuan and receive supplies!" the commander immediately ordered.
"These things were bought by the soldiers with their lives. They must be brought back intact!"
After giving the order, the commander walked directly into the still brightly lit radio room without saying a word.
"Immediately send a telegram to Commander Nie of the Military Region: Mission accomplished. More than 4,000 Japanese troops were wiped out, more than 2,000 puppet troops were wiped out, and countless seizures were made! In addition, the Independent Regiment withstood the Japanese attack for two days with the strength of one regiment, and wiped out nearly three Japanese troops.
Thousands of people, the troops suffered heavy losses, and this is definitely the first meritorious service. I recommend that the whole army be rewarded!"
The chief of staff next to him was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Commander, once your telegram reaches the military region, it will be difficult for the Independent Regiment and Wang Ping to become famous. Maybe it will alert the headquarters!"
The commander replied with confidence: "I just want to alarm the headquarters. When we established the independent regiment and asked Wang Ping to be the leader, many people opposed it. Now I will tell them with facts and military exploits that Wang Ping deserves to be the leader!"
"Well, the battle is over and the telegram has been sent. I can finally have a good rest!"
"Also, remember to rush to Wang Ping. The Independent Regiment has made such a great contribution this time. The military region and headquarters will definitely send someone over to ask him to tally all the results and captures. Don't make any mistakes at the critical moment."
The chief of staff answered with understanding: "Don't worry, commander, with political commissar Cheng Xiao watching over you, there will definitely be no problem!"
On the battlefield where the Independent Regiment eliminated the Japanese artillery brigade and the baggage brigade, Chief of Staff Zeng Quan suddenly walked up to Wang Ping and reported mysteriously: "Regiment Commander, we found a large truckload of artillery shells among the seized supplies. It is not like ordinary
Cannonballs! The soldiers don’t know yet, do you want to go and have a look?”
When Wang Ping got closer, the first thing he saw was a skull logo.
Wang Ping had seen such boxes with skulls printed on them in later museums, so he judged at a glance that these boxes contained poison gas bombs.
In an instant, the excited expression on Wang Ping's face disappeared, and he broke out in cold sweats.
"Chief of Staff, arrange for people to be on guard. No one can touch the things above!"
After everyone left, Wang Ping breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "Old Zeng, have you ever heard of poison gas bombs? This is the poison gas bomb that the little devil used on the battlefield."
"If a round of poison gas bombs hits you, you will lose your combat effectiveness, or you will be directly poisoned to death. Fortunately, the little Japanese did not use poison gas bombs on the battlefield, otherwise even if there are two independent groups, they will not be the opponent of the Japanese."
Zeng Quan's brows suddenly wrinkled into a big "Sichuan" sign, his face instantly turned pale, and then he looked at the ammunition box full of the car with disbelief.
It took a full minute to react: "This is a poison gas bomb! Captain, the poison gas bomb is too powerful. I have heard that many soldiers on the front battlefield were poisoned by poison gas bombs. I will contact you and destroy the poison gas immediately."
Bomb, it’s too dangerous!”
"But do you know how to rush the meeting? You might even hurt your own people." Wang Ping shook his head and refused.
"Then what should we do? How about we report it to the military region immediately? Someone in the military region and the headquarters must know about it!" After hearing about the gas bombs, Zeng Quan didn't want to stand with these gas bombs for a minute and wanted to destroy them now.
"No, if the headquarters knows about it, according to our Eighth Route Army's policy, it will definitely be taken away and destroyed!"
Zeng Quan immediately understood the meaning of Wang Ping's words.
"Commander, don't you want to destroy these gas bombs?"
Wang Ping sneered and said: "Why destroy it? The devils can use gas bombs on us, and we can also use gas bombs on the devils!"
"No, this is against discipline and I don't agree!" Zeng Quan refused without saying a word.
Wang Ping did not answer the question directly, but retorted with a serious face: "Old Zeng, do you want to see that when the Japanese use poison gas bombs on us in the future, we will have no room to fight back and watch the soldiers being poisoned to death?
You don’t even have a chance to take revenge on them!”
"Also, if the devils can use it on us, why can't we use it on them? To hit them with gas bombs produced by themselves is to reap the consequences and retribution!"
"I must keep these gas bombs and not let the political commissar know. If you don't agree, Lao Zeng, then just forget that you didn't see these gas bombs!"
Seeing Wang Ping's resolute look and the lack of any tone of discussion in his words, Zeng Quan, as an old partner, could only agree.
"Captain, if something happens, I will bear the responsibility with you. But I also have a request. Gas bombs must not be used unless absolutely necessary."
"These shells are too powerful and prone to accidents. If the headquarters knows about it, we might even be shot!"
"Okay, I'll remember what you said!" Wang Ping answered without thinking.
Then Zhong Yusheng of the security company was specially called, and a dozen of the most trusted guards were transferred from the security company to personally escort a car full of poisonous gas to bounce back to the station, and then hide it.
Seeing the gas bombs being carried away, Zeng Quan's tense heart finally relaxed and a smile appeared on his face.
Wang Ping immediately asked: "Chief of Staff, have the results been calculated?"
"Only heavy weapons have been counted! Captain, I can only tell you that this time, we made a fortune!"
"The Japanese Artillery Battalion and the Royal Associated Army Mountain Artillery Battery have a total of eighteen mountain artillery pieces and six field artillery pieces. Excluding the bombed ones, there are still ten mountain artillery pieces and three field artillery pieces left!"
"The Japs who entered the mountain had three infantry brigades, equipped with a total of six infantry cannons. After excluding those that were bombed, four were left."
"Even those bombed artillery pieces are not useless at all. I asked Zhang Bing to take a look and piece together the parts. At least two of them can be repaired."
"Not to mention anything else, these mountain field guns and infantry guns alone are enough for us to form a veritable artillery battalion!"
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