Ten minutes later, a lieutenant covered in gunpowder smoke and with a strong smell of blood came over, lowered his head and reported.
"Sir, the losses of the attacking troops have been calculated."
"Our squadron leader was killed by a thunder cannon. In addition, 98 Imperial soldiers were killed in battle, and 21 Imperial soldiers were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness."
"Forty-eight members of the Imperial Alliance Army died, and 19 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness."
The chief of staff's fists clenched loudly, his face was full of anger, and his eyes were red and red, as if he could spit out fire.
After a long time, he finally spoke: "How many Eighth Route Army corpses are there on the battlefield!"
The lieutenant bent his head even lower, wishing to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. After a long time, he answered bravely: "Only less than ten Eighth Route Army corpses were found."
Seeing the chief of staff, he subconsciously wanted to curse, so he quickly added: "There must have been many corpses that were blown to pieces in the artillery preparations just now, and there are no bones left. Judging from the weapon parts that were blown to pieces on the position, the attack just now at least killed the defenders.
Regiment half an infantry company."
The chief of staff's anger did not disappear because of this. He stared at the lieutenant and asked: "The offensive force lost nearly two hundred people before killing half a company of the Eighth Route Army. Do you think this is glorious?"
"No, in addition to nearly two hundred casualties, we also used hundreds of artillery shells of various calibers."
"In the end, we achieved this little result. It would be embarrassing to tell anyone about it."
The lieutenant lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
The Major next to him quickly came to the rescue and said: "Sir, please calm down. I think the reason why this attack went like this is not their fault. It is really the Eighth Route Army that is too cunning and deceived all of us."
"But no matter what, we have taken the position."
"As long as we continue to attack, occupy the entire assembly area, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army inside, the final winner will still be us."
The chief of staff slowly calmed down, regained his fighting spirit, and then ordered with murderous intent: "The troops continue to attack."
"I will kill all the Eighth Route Army soldiers inside and avenge the warriors who died in the battle..."
The assembly area is a small village hidden in the mountains, with dozens of small and large houses scattered here and there.
Because of the war, the village was deserted two years ago.
Many houses are in a state of semi-collapse because they are in disrepair due to being unoccupied.
After the troops arrived here, they first simply repaired some houses, then set up dozens of tents, and finally formed the current camp.
The position just captured by the Japanese and puppet troops was temporarily repaired by the Hunyuan Independent Battalion with hundreds of prisoners last night, blocking the only way for the Japanese troops to enter the village.
After crossing this line of defense, the village was completely exposed to the Japanese and puppet troops.
Dozens of tents and dozens of houses are scattered in an orderly manner on the mountainside.
Looking at all this, the chief of staff's first feeling was that the gathering place of the garrison was too quiet, which was incompatible with the surrounding fighting atmosphere.
Abnormalities must lead to monsters. Anyone with a little military experience knows this truth.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army must be ambushing in the village and trying to engage in street fighting with our attacking troops." the major judged.
"In order to avoid accidental damage, the imperial army's artillery superiority and air support will be gone, and we will have to fight with them in a melee."
"The Eighth Route Army is familiar with the terrain inside and is good at sneak attacks. The imperial army will definitely suffer heavy losses in a melee."
The chief of staff showed an expression of approval, and then ordered with a murderous look: "Then use artillery bombardment, use aircraft bombing, and raze the village to the ground. I'll see what the Eighth Route Army hiding inside can do with us in street fighting."
The chief of staff had suffered heavy losses in the attack just now, and now he was in urgent need of a victory to regain the lost face.
In addition, the reconnaissance force repeatedly assured itself that the main force of the garrison was still at the assembly area and had not left.
Therefore, he firmly believed from the bottom of his heart that the Eighth Route Army was in the village ahead, and that it was the main force of the garrison he was looking for.
As long as you capture the village in front of you, you will win this battle.
On the highway 25 kilometers north of Datong City, more than 300 puppet troops carried heavy machine guns and mortars, escorted more than 500 prisoners of war, and marched toward Datong City in a mighty manner.
Last night at one o'clock in the morning, they had a battle with the rear troops of the Jinsui Army and captured more than 300 people.
You must not take prisoners with you in the pursuit battle. The leader of the team immediately made a decision and sent a reinforced team to escort the prisoners back to Datong City. He led the main force to continue to pursue the breakout troops of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
The kid who returned to Datong City first was killed by the cavalry battalion at four o'clock in the morning.
Because they were not equipped with radios and the entire army was destroyed, the captain who continued to pursue the Jinsui Army did not know all this.
At six o'clock in the morning, the Japanese and puppet troops who had been traveling all night finally blocked the remaining Shanxi-Sui Army fifty kilometers north of the city.
Without much effort, the exhausted Jinsui Army chose to surrender.
After half an hour of rest on the battlefield, the captain returned to Datong City with the prisoners and captures.
"Batalion Commander, the Japanese will be here in half an hour." A cavalryman rushed to Zhou Wu and reported.
"Let's use the old method!" Zhou Wu thought for a moment and replied.
"First lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory, forcing the little devils to split up and chase the bait we put out. Then the cavalry will make a surprise attack and kill them, consuming those hundreds of little devils little by little."
"Da da da……"
Soon there was a series of machine gun fire on the side of the highway. There were Czech-made equipment from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and crooked guns equipped by the Japanese themselves. It was very dense.
"Sir, the rear troops are under attack. The enemy is equipped with six light machine guns and has powerful firepower. But judging from the sound of rifle firing, they only have one infantry company."
"It must be that the Shanxi-Sui army that broke through the siege slipped through the net and wanted to rescue the prisoners in our hands." The captain made his judgment without much hesitation.
"How about dividing your troops and eating them?" the subordinate suggested.
"Of course, this is just fat meat served to your mouth. If you don't eat it, you won't eat it for free." The captain replied arrogantly.
The planes that arrived at a moment's notice during the day gave him strong combat confidence.
Even if this was a conspiracy, he was not afraid. At worst, he would call for air support and ask other nearby pursuit units to come over and help.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers and more than thirty puppet soldiers, carrying heavy machine guns and mortars, quickly broke away from the team and attacked the opponent.
The Japanese who stayed on the road were not idle either. While providing fire support to the attacking troops, they also occupied nearby commanding heights, mounted light and heavy machine guns, and prepared for battle.
"Sir, the enemy who attacked us is retreating!" the subordinate reminded.
"The attacking troops will go over and send two detachments to outflank them and intercept them. I will annihilate them all." The captain replied with an arrogant look on his face.
His subordinates also looked arrogant.
His confidence and confidence also came from the aircraft and other nearby pursuit forces.
Even if the enemy sets a trap in front and wants to lure the enemy in to kill the attacking troops, you are not afraid.
More than a hundred imperial troops, with a certain number of heavy machine guns and mortars, can hold out for more than half an hour when ambushed by four to five hundred Shanxi-Suiyuan troops. At that time, aircraft support will definitely arrive.
Based on my understanding of the Jinsui Army, in order to avoid being bombed and causing too many casualties, they will definitely retreat on their own after seeing the plane. At that time, the attacking troops can turn defeat into victory, chase down the retreating Jinsui Army under the cover of the plane, and then fight again.
A great victory.
As for more Jinsui troops, it is completely impossible.
Because it was impossible for the large Shanxi-Sui army to escape the eyes of the imperial army's reconnaissance force.