"Captain...it's true..." After reading the telegram, Huang Yuanqiang's face was enveloped in excitement.
"On the battlefield, we found one Japanese colonel, three lieutenants, six majors, and one Japanese infantry regiment with no major or above officers. They were all captured by us."
"In addition to senior Japanese officers, 3,958 intact corpses of little Japanese were also found on the battlefield. Including those damaged by artillery shells, the total number of Japanese killed must have exceeded 4,200. One infantry regiment and two brigades only managed to escape.
With less than three hundred skirmishers, this is another unprecedented victory!"
"Zhong Chenggong played well!" Another worry in Wang Ping's heart was relieved.
"After this battle, Lao Zhong is not only qualified as the regiment chief of staff, but he has no problem becoming the regiment leader or even the brigade chief of staff!"
Huang Yuanqiang was very happy and agreed: "The chief of staff has indeed made great progress!"
"Because he jumped directly from the deputy battalion commander to the position of chief of staff of the regiment, his foundation is very weak. However, he loves to learn very much. Whenever he has time, he will take the battle reports notified to us by the military region and the battles we have fought ourselves, and follow them
If you study the map, it will be impossible if you don’t make progress!”
At this point, Huang Yuanqiang handed the telegram in his hand to Wang Ping and continued: "The rest are all captured, which is similar to what we have here - a field artillery brigade, all the equipment of a heavy artillery brigade. There is also a mountain artillery squadron,
All the equipment of a squadron of rapid-fire guns!”
"Twenty-five mortars were seized, 31 heavy machine guns were seized, and there were even more light machine guns, a total of 68, and more than 2,200 other long and short guns!"
"The situation of ammunition is the same as ours. The ammunition reserves of the baggage troops were all blown up by the Japs at the critical moment. The ammunition seized from the combat troops did not even replenish half of the battlefield consumption!"
"Although the gains and results were great, the casualties of the troops were also great."
"Three main battalions plus the armored battalion, the total number of troops participating in the war exceeds 4,000. Now there are less than 2,000 who can still move, and 1,658 people were directly sacrificed. The armored battalion lost five armored vehicles that we modified ourselves, and the original Japanese weapons were seized.
Two armored vehicles. If it weren’t for the armored vehicles participating in the battle, the two brigades the Japanese separated from had no anti-tank weapons. Even if all the 4,000 of us in the past were used up, we still wouldn’t be able to defeat the Japanese infantry regiment!”
Wang Ping first nodded thoughtfully, and then directly stated his reasons and confidence for fighting this battle.
"This is called using one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses. It is precisely because I know that the Japanese are not equipped with anti-tank weapons that I have the courage to ask the Chief of Staff to fight this battle. Otherwise, I would not have the courage even with two or four thousand men.
Go fight a field infantry regiment against the Japanese!"
"You know, on the frontal battlefield, a Japanese field infantry regiment can easily withstand the attack of a main division of the Shanxi-Sui Army. What's more, this infantry regiment has also been strengthened by a field artillery brigade and a heavy artillery brigade..."
"Although the casualties are a bit higher, the foundation of the troops is still there."
"Furthermore, after this great defeat, the Japanese who suffered heavy losses will not be able to regain their strength in just a few months. This means that after the current counter-encirclement and suppression campaign is over, we will have at least three months of rest, and maybe half a year.
possible!"
"As long as there is time and the foundation of the army is still there, plus the equipment we captured in this battle, it will not take a few months for the army to regain its strength!"
When everyone in the headquarters was immersed in the joy of victory, the communications platoon leader rushed in again.
"The telegrams from the regimental commander, political commissar, and cavalry battalion are also good news!"
This time Wang Ping directly received the telegram. After reading it, his face was covered with a thick smile, and then he announced loudly: "Comrades, the cavalry battalion and the engineer company also won a great victory!"
"There were more than 1,300 cavalrymen in the Japanese Cavalry Regiment. Except for less than 300 cavalrymen who escaped, the remaining more than 1,000 cavalrymen were all killed by the cavalry battalion!"
"In the entire battle, they captured a total of 589 horses and 1,085 sets of cavalry equipment. The remaining horses were either killed or injured and could not recover. As expected, our new regiment will continue to come for a month. Dundun
There will be horse meat to eat and horse bone soup to drink!”
"There was also the engineering company, which was not to be outdone. They dragged the Japanese tanks until they ran out of fuel, and successfully captured the tank detachment of the Japanese tanks, capturing 12 intact tanks, destroying two, and one was buried.
One car exploded into the river, but it can definitely be towed out..."
Huang Yuanqiang has seen the power of armored vehicles on the battlefield.
Tanks are more powerful on the battlefield. If the new regiment is also equipped with tanks, its combat effectiveness will definitely skyrocket.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but keep his eyes open and asked: "Commander, with these dozen tanks, can our new regiment set up a tank battalion!"
"If there is a battalion of tanks and we encounter little Japs on the battlefield, our tanks can run rampant on the battlefield and slaughter the Japs!"
Wang Ping did not answer.
Regardless of whether the little devils were equipped with light tanks or armored vehicles, Wang Ping looked down upon them.
As long as the opponent is equipped with an anti-tank gun or a large-caliber machine gun, whether it is an armored vehicle or a thin-skinned tank, it will immediately turn into an iron coffin. The more it goes up, the more it will be destroyed by the opponent.
As for why the new regiment set up an armored battalion, it is because armored vehicles are lighter, easier to maintain, and have less demanding requirements on terrain. More importantly, armored vehicles have strong firepower and are more suitable for covering infantry to launch assaults.
But the tank is different. It is too heavy and cannot travel on other roads except main roads in the base area.
More importantly, because tanks use specialized engines, maintenance and operation are very difficult. Therefore, except for a small number of these tanks that will be equipped to armored battalions to train a group of qualified armored soldiers for the troops, the remaining tank kings
Ping does not intend to equip the troops, but to use it for other things!
"Let's not talk about this first!" Wang Ping brought up the topic in one sentence, and then turned his attention back to the map in front of him!
"Political Commissar, we already know the results of the night. This means that the Japanese army that encircled and suppressed us now has only one 136th Regiment and more than 2,000 people left in their division headquarters!"
"According to the report of the reconnaissance company, they are retreating with all their strength under the cover of aircraft. They want to quickly exit our base and return to Linfen!"
"My idea is that we can't let the little devil leave so easily!"
"I have asked all the cavalry correspondents at the regiment to set out overnight and order all local troops, guerrillas, and militia along the route to clear the country and destroy the highway to slow down the Japanese retreat!"
"This is not enough. I plan to mobilize troops to kill them and continue to sneak attack them through mobile warfare, guerrilla warfare, and night warfare. At the very least, I must leave all the heavy weapons in the hands of the Japanese in the base area, even if they are blown up!"
"As long as the Japs don't have heavy weapons, we will kill another thousand people on the way back. If the Japs want to regain their strength and re-attack to retaliate against us, it will take longer!"
"There is a guard battalion in the 136th Regiment, but it is not enough. Send a telegram to the Chief of Staff: The third battalion should replenish the equipment, bring all the ammunition, and quickly move closer to the location of the Japanese 136th Regiment in platoon units. Order a new third battalion,
Supplement the equipment, bring enough ammunition, and move closer to the 136th Regiment in the same way!"
"Guard Battalion, Third Battalion, newly formed three battalions, under the unified command of the Chief of Staff, to attack the Japanese 136th Regiment!"
"I'm going to send a telegram now!" the political commissar rushed out in a hurry.
Wang Ping quickly stopped him: "Wait a minute... After the three battalions followed the Japanese all the way to the outside of Linfen City, they didn't need to retreat, they just bypassed Linfen and captured this place for me..."
Wang Ping pointed directly to Ji County and Xiangning County, southwest of Linfen City on the map.
The political commissar looked at the map with his mouth open and a look of shock on his face. He didn't react for a long time!
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