The chief of staff hesitated and replied: "I think there are reasons for this!"
"Many of our troops participating in the battle are new recruits. Although the Eighth Route Army also has many new recruits participating in the battle, generals should not forget that because there is no base area, their sources of troops are not ordinary people, but the Imperial Army and soldiers we have trained.
Prisoners of war inside!”
"They all have combat experience. With a little training, the troops can form combat effectiveness!"
"So I believe that the fact that the battle is fought like this has something to do with the combat effectiveness of the troops!"
Major General Matsumoto had a sullen face and did not answer. Although he also wanted to solve this mystery, now was not the time.
After hesitating for a moment, he ordered the chief of staff: "According to the telegram, send a telegram to the aviation force!"
"If we can catch up, we will reinforce the mopping up troops and cooperate with them to counterattack the Eighth Route Army. If we can't catch up, we will carry out indiscriminate bombing on the entire battlefield, destroying the weapons and ammunition on the battlefield, so that the Eighth Route Army cannot be replenished!"
"Contact the remaining half of the infantry brigade in the north of Linfen. The reinforcement mission remains unchanged. Rush to the battlefield and let the aviation force cooperate to pursue and annihilate the Eighth Route Army operating in the north of Linfen!"
"They have just finished a big battle. Their troops suffered heavy losses, and their equipment and ammunition have been greatly consumed and cannot be replenished. This is our perfect opportunity to hunt them down!"
"Half of our infantry brigade must not be lost in vain. The Eighth Route Army must pay the price!"
The battle in Sanquan Town has come to an end.
Mountain artillery bombardment, mortar heavy machine gun cover, infantry attack...
The Japs, who were invincible on the Chinese battlefield, encountered such a joint attack for the first time. Many people were directly stunned during the battle.
In less than half an hour, the ring fortifications hurriedly organized by the Japanese and puppet troops were breached.
"Captain, in ten more minutes, the battle will be over. The puppet troops are scared and will surrender when they see our attacking troops. Only the sporadic Japanese hiding among the puppet troops need to be eliminated..." Rong Jun rushed to
Wang Ping reported with excitement on his face.
After Wang Ping looked at the watch on his wrist, he looked up at the sky and replied: "It's too slow. Notify the troops to retreat while destroying the remaining enemies. Within twenty minutes, all troops will withdraw from the battlefield!"
Rong Jun reacted immediately: "Commander, is the Japanese plane coming?"
"It'll be here in about half an hour!" Wang Ping affirmed.
Then he continued the order: "When the Japanese plane arrives, it will definitely look for us everywhere. We must leave enough time to evacuate the battlefield and hide ourselves!"
"Also, let the commander of the mountain artillery company come over!"
Within five minutes, Wang Binhe, commander of the mountain artillery company, rushed over panting.
"Captain, what's going on?" Wang Binhe shouted excitedly as soon as he saw Wang Ping.
As a company commander, he has the capital to be proud of.
In addition to the four mountain cannons that were just captured, he already had eight mountain cannons in his hands, a total of two mountain cannon companies.
If you look at other Eighth Route Army units, with these eight mountain cannons, you would at least be the commander of the mountain cannon battalion.
Wang Ping interrupted Wang Binhe's sweet dream and asked with a frown: "Are the wooden cannons I asked you to prepare ready?"
"It's ready! The materials are all ready-made. We bought them directly from the villagers' homes. Then we also found a few carpenters in nearby villages. It only took less than half an hour to make eight wooden cannons.
Yes. Unless you look closer, you can't tell they are made of wood!" Wang Binhe replied immediately.
Then he stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, what do you want?"
Wang Ping directly ordered: "Put out the wooden cannons according to the way of setting up artillery positions. Hide all the real mountain cannons for me. Move them after dark. The Japanese planes are coming soon. I want the Japanese planes to blow us up."
Mountain artillery unit, let the Japanese think this way before!)"
Wang Binhe reacted as soon as his eyes lit up: "The Japanese think that our mountain artillery unit has been destroyed, but in fact it has not. On the future battlefield, if these mountain artillery are suddenly taken out, the Japanese will definitely be shocked! Commander, this
Good idea!"
Now that Wang Binhe had seen what he was thinking, Wang Ping no longer concealed it and answered directly: "Yes, I just want these eight mountain cannons to become the trump card of our new regiment, and it is also a trump card that the Japanese don't know about.
Take it out at the critical moment and give the Japanese a fatal attack!"
"Also, from now on, the mountain artillery company will be separated from the artillery battalion and form a separate army! In the entire new regiment, only I, the chief of staff, and the four battalion commanders know of your existence!"
"You now have eight mountain artillery pieces, so it is inappropriate to call it a company. I have decided to expand the mountain artillery company into a mountain artillery battalion, and form two mountain artillery companies and a transport guard company! The total strength is 300 people. For the missing soldiers, I will recruit new soldiers.
I’ll make up for it for you.”
"There will definitely be no fighting in the entire mountain artillery battalion in the next two months. Therefore, you have only one task, troop training. All the gunners in the mountain artillery battalion are required to master the mountain artillery in our hands. If you pull them out, they can be used as retired gunners!"
"In order to increase the actual combat capability of the mountain artillery battalion, I will give you five rounds of shells for each cannon for training. In the end, it depends on you how well the mountain artillery battalion can be trained."
"But when it comes time to go to the battlefield, the Mountain Artillery Battalion must not give me the job. Otherwise, you will not be the battalion commander!"
In just a few minutes, his dream became a reality, and he jumped directly from the commander of the mountain artillery company to the commander of the mountain artillery battalion.
Wang Binhe was stunned for ten seconds before he reacted.
He replied with excitement: "Captain, please rest assured, Wang Binhe promises to complete the task.
Due to the extensive use of mountain cannons and explosive charges, many weapons and equipment on the battlefield were damaged.
However, Wang Ping did not waste it and still ordered his troops to pick it all up.
As for the corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers, they were left untouched for the time being.
No matter how scrupulous they are, with the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, the planes they are rushing over will definitely have many scruples and will not dare to bomb casually!
At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Linfen City, Major General Matsumoto had been standing next to the sand table with a sullen face for almost an hour, still motionless.
Staring at the distribution of enemies and enemies on the sand table, my mind was very confused.
As one imperial army unit after another was wiped out by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Matsumoto gradually understood that the New Regiment used its own armed forces to grab food. Not only did it kill a large number of its troops, but it also took Sanquan Town.
It connects Linfen South and Linfen North.
This means that, except for the villages and towns around Linfen West and Linfen City, all the other places in Linfen, a large city, fell into the hands of the new group.
The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has a larger base area, the number of troops will definitely increase further, and the room for maneuver will be larger, which means that it will definitely be more and more difficult for the Imperial Army to eliminate them in the future.
When he thought that the new group was developing and growing step by step under his nose, Major General Matsumoto felt aggrieved and irritable.
His face keeps changing with his mood, sometimes he is red, sometimes he is angry, sometimes he is helpless...
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