The military commander quietly thought about the deputy chief of staff's guess, sometimes frowning and sometimes relaxing.
I have to admit that if the deputy chief of staff's judgment is true, then all the problems currently troubling my mind will be easily solved.
There is a saying called first impression.
The military commander was eager to solve the problems in his mind, and the deputy chief of staff's judgment could just explain these problems.
After thinking about it, I began to agree with this judgment.
Then replied: "Your analysis is reasonable, but there is no evidence to support your judgment."
"Once again, give an order to the intelligence department and the troops stationed in surrounding counties: Intelligence personnel and reconnaissance troops must go deep into the battlefield in the shortest possible time and figure out what is going on there."
At six o'clock in the evening, just after dark, more than a thousand soldiers began to have dinner.
After a day's rest, the fatigue on everyone's faces was obviously gone.
Although my physical strength has not yet fully recovered, as long as I eat well at night and feel full, I will definitely be able to march thirty kilometers.
Li Hao has already calculated that the ambush battle will take place in two days. In addition to marching and building positions at night during these two days, he can rest during the day.
When the battle begins, the soldiers must have enough physical strength and energy.
At the headquarters of the Lingqiu garrison regiment, political commissar Wang Hong had a very solemn expression.
This situation has lasted for several days.
Every day at dawn, as soon as you enter the headquarters, the staff officer on duty will send you a stack of casualty reports.
For the next whole day, the headquarters would receive a telegram every hour, all from three independent battalions on the front line. The contents were all without exception. Where did the Japanese attack again today? How many were burned?
In the village, how many people were killed or injured by the troops while protecting the people...
At six o'clock in the evening, several staff members of the headquarters were lying on the table to sort out the losses of the troops in the past few days.
Half an hour later, a staff officer came over with a serious expression: "Political Commissar, the losses have been calculated!"
"In the past few days when the Japanese and puppet troops entered the base area, a total of 258 villages and towns were burned down. The only good thing is that there were not many casualties among the people. Only 398 villagers were killed and captured by the Japanese because of the slow transfer speed or other reasons."
"The main force, guerrillas, local troops, and three independent battalions, a total of 4,365 people died, 1,086 people were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and they were slightly injured and could not leave the firing line. They continued to participate in the battle after simple treatment."
"He Jun, the commander of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, reported that he still has 1,359 troops in his hands."
"Zhang Yun, commander of the Guangling Independent Battalion, reported: He still has 1,853 people in his hands."
"Zhao Wen, commander of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, reported: He still has 1,683 people in his hands!"
"More than 40% of the equipment was lost. By supporting war with war, the troops are still sufficient for the time being."
"Ordinary ammunition is enough, but the shells are a little short. I hope the regiment can replenish them."
Wang Hong frowned and asked, "Is something wrong?"
"Judging from the casualty figures, they have lost more than 5,000 people."
"There are still nearly 5,000 people who can fight now, which adds up to 10,000 people. If I remember correctly, before the counter-mopping up began, there were three independent battalions, three main battalions of left-behind troops, new barracks, and supply battalions to cooperate with them in fighting.
The total number of local troops and guerrillas is less than 7,000. Could it be that the remaining 3,000-odd people are the prisoners they mobilized?"
The staff officer nodded and replied: "That's true, otherwise our troops would have been wiped out long ago."
After taking a look at the statistical data in his hand, he continued to report: "The Japanese and puppet troops invaded our base area with a mopping up force of more than 22,000 people. The troops were divided into three groups, with more than 7,000 people in each group, minus the specially strengthened artillery.
and cavalry troops, and the remaining Japanese and puppet troops are half and half, commanded by a captain of the Colonel Corps."
"In the past few days of sweeps, six transport teams have entered the base area."
"Some were eliminated by us, and most of the transport teams successfully reached the front line to supplement the mopping up troops."
"There are more than four thousand people in total."
"So, there are more than 26,000 Japanese and puppet troops who entered our base area."
"Up to now, the three-pronged mopping up force has a total of 17,000 troops left, with more than 9,000 direct losses, including nearly 4,000 Japanese troops and more than 5,000 puppet troops."
"Most of the puppet troops were captured, nearly 4,000 of them. After mobilization, more than 3,000 of them joined our Eighth Route Army, directly replenishing the troops and greatly making up for our army's loss of strength on the battlefield."
It was a happy thing to have three thousand more soldiers to fight for no reason, but Wang Hong couldn't laugh at all.
Having been a political commissar in the garrison for so long, under the influence of Li Hao, every time I calculated the troop casualty ratio, I automatically omitted the puppet troops.
In Li Hao's words: One soldier in the garrison is not worth the price for the lives of ten puppet soldiers.
Excluding the puppet troops, it was equivalent to the direct loss of more than 5,000 garrison troops to kill less than 4,000 Japs, which did not even reach a one-to-one casualty ratio.
If such results were reported to the group leader, they would definitely be criticized.
For Wang Hong, being criticized was no big deal. The only thing he couldn't let go of was that the defense team had paid too high a price for this counter-mopping operation.
If we continue to hold on like this, the defense team will undoubtedly lose.
The more Wang Hong thought about it, the deeper his frown deepened, and the atmosphere in the headquarters became more and more depressing.
"Political commissar, there's an urgent call from the regiment leader!" The operator suddenly rushed in with a smile on his face.
Wang Hong glanced at him, thought of the secret mission the regiment leader was performing, and immediately understood something, and asked with expectation on his face.
"Did the leader succeed?"
The operator nodded quickly and answered happily,
"Not only was it successful, the real results were much greater than planned!"
"The regiment leader captured the county seat the night before yesterday. In order to keep it secret and further expand the results, he did not inform us of the good news for the time being."
"Last night, the regiment commander and the independent regiment annihilated more than 2,000 reinforcements from Zhangjiakou."
"So far, the news that the county seat was occupied by us has not leaked out."
"The head of the regiment specifically confessed in the telegram: Without his order, this good news cannot be spread."
"In addition, there are several orders in the telegram that need you, the political commissar, to execute."
Wang Hong received the telegram with surprise, and the smile on his face became even wider after reading it.
From these orders, he could already see the regimental commander's even bigger battle plan.
If they win, the defense team will definitely gain unprecedented huge benefits, and it will also give the defense team at least half a year of rest time.
Forcibly suppressing his excitement, he looked at the operator and asked with a serious look on his face.
"Who else has read this telegram besides you and me."
"No one else." The operator shook his head and replied.
"Very good." The political commissar replied: "You already know the regimental commander's order, and you must know how to do it."
"I emphasize again that the contents of the telegram cannot be disclosed to anyone without my order."
"Also, from now on, you will be responsible for sending and receiving all telegrams to communicate with the regiment leader."
"I'm going to write a few telegrams now, and you can send them out personally without letting anyone interfere."
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