After daybreak, the battlefield that had been noisy all night finally returned to peace.
Facing a large number of troops that were missing, everyone in the temporary command headquarters had a solemn look on their faces, staring at each other without saying a word.
Finally, it was Commander Zhou of the Guard Corps who broke the atmosphere: "Captain Wang, this battle has been fought very well."
"To tell you the truth, when I arrived, I listened to the enemy situation introduced by the military region chief and the tasks that the guard regiment needed to complete. I was thinking that this time the guard regiment was finished. How could the two regiments face the Japanese and puppet troops of more than 10,000 people?
Not being able to keep the arsenal is a problem, let alone defeat them!"
"Expiration, your actions last night gave me hope of holding on to the arsenal!"
"Not to mention anything else, a reinforced battalion under my command led more than 4,000 puppet troops in circles in the woods. In the end, although less than 200 people came back alive, they also lost most of their weapons and ammunition, especially the heavy machine guns.
However, in a few hours of fighting, we must have killed and wounded no less than 500 Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Commander Wang, you have destroyed even more Japanese and puppet troops!"
"We know from the prisoners of the Imperial Association Army captured through interrogation that in the northeast corner of the Japanese and puppet army station there is not only a Japanese army baggage brigade, but also an infantry brigade and a regiment of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of nearly 3,000 people!"
"Yesterday's artillery fire was so fierce that it almost razed the Japanese garrison to the ground. In addition, the attacking troops killed more than 3,000 Japanese and puppet troops. Even if they were not completely wiped out, they were almost there. What's more, we also destroyed the Japanese and puppet troops.
All the reserve ammunition!"
"Captain Wang, when I came here, there were nearly 2,500 people in the Military Region Guard Corps. Now, although there are less than 500 people with the wounded, I don't mean to blame you at all. If you weren't there, let me take command myself.
In battle, even if the entire guard regiment is exhausted, it can only defeat 2,000 Japanese and puppet troops at most, and it cannot blow up the reserve ammunition of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
Wang Ping, who was silent, finally spoke: "Second Battalion Commander, how many people are left in our guard regiment!"
"Including the wounded, there are 296 left, and only 176 of them can continue to fight! Because the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, many of the wounded had no time to retreat!" Second Battalion Commander Yi Jun replied with a serious look.
Wang Ping's face suddenly darkened, and he frowned and replied: "In other words, including the military region guard regiment, our two regiments lost more than 3,000 people last night, and they were all sacrificed!"
"Yes, Commander!" Yi Jun didn't want to answer this question and hesitated for a long time before he answered bravely.
At this time, Commander Zhou promptly responded: “Although the casualties were heavy, the results were equally great.
"Commander Wang, preliminary inference is that we killed at least 5,000 Japanese puppet troops last night, and more than half of them were real Japs!"
"What's more important is that we destroyed the enemy's reserve ammunition. If the enemy still wants to attack the arsenal today, that would be nonsense!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of rapid footsteps reached the ears of several people. The platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon of the security regiment rushed in with an excited look on his face.
"Commander, good news, the Japanese did not attack the arsenal today!"
"Looking from a distance, it looks like they are collecting the remains of the fallen soldiers, packing up excess weapons and ammunition, and preparing to retreat!"
"Are you sure!" The heavy expression on Wang Ping's face finally changed a little, and he stared at the other person and asked.
"I'm sure, I saw with my own eyes the Japanese packing the extra weapons into the truck, and the cannons also started to be hung on the back of the truck!" the reconnaissance platoon leader immediately confirmed.
"Also, I also saw that the remaining puppet troops in the garrison were arranged by the Japanese to collect scattered bullets on the battlefield. They must have lost their irritability, so they took the initiative to collect scattered bullets that they would not even look at at ordinary times!"
"The Japs finally retreated, and the arsenal was saved! Commander Wang, I didn't expect that we actually completed a mission that many people thought was impossible. As long as the arsenal was saved, the sacrifices of those soldiers would not have been in vain.
, a worthy death!”
The Japanese troops withdrew, and Wang Ping could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But when he thought of the huge casualties suffered by the troops last night, the anger Wang Ping had been holding in his stomach began to rise.
Supporting losses and not taking advantage has never been Wang Ping's style of fighting.
With so many troops lost this time, it is impossible for Wang Ping not to be angry.
He frowned and stared at the excited Captain Zhou next to him and asked.
"Captain Zhou, if the Japs retreat, our mission is logically completed. However, I don't want the Japs to leave safely like this, without leaving anything behind. We have suffered such heavy losses and cannot leave anything behind from the Japs.
, that’s such a loss!”
"Do it!" Captain Zhou replied through gritted teeth.
Commander Zhou is also very clear about the rationale for beating up a drowned dog. Although the Japanese and puppet troops have not yet reached the point of beating up a drowned dog. However, they have a fatal flaw, ammunition!
Insufficient ammunition means that the longer these Japanese and puppet troops stay in the hinterland of the base, the more dangerous they will be.
If you can take advantage of this fatal flaw of the Japs, maybe you can really let the Japs leave something behind.
Captain Zhou, with some expectation, immediately stared at Wang Ping and replied: "Total of all the combat personnel in the guard regiment, there are more than 360 people. Now these people are all under your command, Captain Wang, and so am I!"
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"I killed so many soldiers last night. If I don't let the Japanese leave anything behind, I will feel sorry for those soldiers who died!"
Everywhere where the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed were huge craters caused by 120mm caliber mortar shells.
It took more than 7,000 days for the puppet troops to sort out thousands of bodies for a whole morning.
The Japanese's own corpses were all gathered up to make it easier to transport them back.
As for the corpses of the Imperial Association Army and the corpses left by the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield, the Japanese simply chose to ignore them and planned to leave them to the Eighth Route Army for disposal.
In the temporary headquarters, Major General Yoshino looked very ugly. He stared at the Chief of Staff, his eyes looked like they could kill someone, full of murderous intent and edge.
"Bagya Road, when did the Imperial Japanese Army fall to this point? The average rifleman has less than a hundred rounds of bullets. If they encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, these bullets will not even last half a day of high-intensity fighting.
I can’t hold on!”
The chief of staff replied bravely: "General, the troops who attacked last night consumed too much ammunition. Because it was night and faced with danger, we can only use the most powerful firepower to counterattack and suppress it! When the troops come back
, the ammunition I brought with me has been almost used up!”
"The ammunition in everyone's hands now is still scattered ammunition collected by the Imperial Association Army from the garrison of the baggage troops under the humble command of the Imperial Army!"
Seeing that the anger on Major General Yoshino's face was quickly replaced by helplessness, the chief of staff immediately suggested.
"Your Majesty General, I think we should withdraw immediately and join the nearest imperial army!"
"We have air superiority during the day, and Tubal Road will definitely not dare to attack us. But it is different at night. Once the soldiers run out of ammunition, we will have to fight with bayonets when faced with Tubal Road's attack!"
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