Wushan'ao battlefield, the battle ended half an hour ago.
Political Commissar Wang Hong arrived here at that time, and looked at the corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers everywhere, and the weapons and ammunition scattered everywhere, with a smile on his face.
"Captain, this battle is so unexpected. I heard about it just now. The Japanese mopping up troops in the middle road were also jointly killed by the heavy artillery battalion, the cavalry battalion, the tank company, and the Guangling Independent Battalion. In addition, the Japanese and puppets were killed here.
The army is more than ten thousand people."
"I never dreamed that the garrison could kill so many enemies in one battle."
Li Hao was not dazzled by the victory and replied calmly: "Political Commissar, this is not the credit of a unit of our garrison."
"Without Commander Zhou's independent regiment, I certainly wouldn't have dared to fight this battle."
"With the support of the independent regiment, we first captured the Japanese and puppet army logistics base and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition."
"Then I will have the confidence to fight this ambush battle here."
"Do you know how many artillery pieces and how many rounds of artillery shells we used in the battle just now?"
"There are more than 120 mortars of various calibers alone, as well as 20 to 30 mountain guns, field guns, infantry guns, and large-caliber mortars."
"More than 10,000 rounds of various artillery shells were fired, and more than 3,000 kilograms of gunpowder were fired."
"Hiss, hiss..." Wang Hong took a breath.
Although the garrison has a large business and has its own arsenal, it can produce some weapons and ammunition.
But it will take at least two years to produce so many shells, and they are limited to ordinary mortar shells, large-caliber mortar shells, mountain artillery shells, and heavy artillery shells. The arsenal is not yet capable of producing them.
It is equivalent to the regiment commander wiping out two years of artillery shell production of the arsenal in one battle.
If you were to take command yourself, you would definitely not have such generosity and courage, and you would not be able to fight such a big battle and eliminate so many Japanese and puppet troops.
But in terms of results, this battle was definitely profitable.
Without these more than 10,000 troops, the Japanese and puppet troops around the base area will not have the strength to attack the garrison again for at least half a year, and everyone will have more than half a year to recover.
The benefits brought by this alone are huge.
As for the more than 10,000 artillery shells consumed by the troops for this battle, they were all captured from Huaiyuan by the garrison regiment and the independent regiment. The garrison regiment itself did not suffer much losses.
Even if there were, the weapons and ammunition captured by the troops on the battlefield would be enough to make up for the losses.
As Wang Hong thought about it, the shock on his face turned into a smile, and he immediately said: "The price is all worth it."
"I just had a rough understanding. We captured more than 4,000 prisoners in these two battles. With their supplementary troops, the main force of the garrison can be restored to strength in at most three months."
"We also seized a large number of weapons and ammunition on the battlefield."
"Only one-third of the weapons and ammunition equipped by the puppet troops of more than 10,000 days can be recovered to make up for our losses on the battlefield. But with your combat style, commander, the real seizure must be more than one-third."
"This doesn't count what you captured in Huaiyuan County, Commander."
"Add it all together, we will definitely make no more than a loss."
Li Hao did not answer, but thought for a moment and replied: "We did make a profit in this battle, but the losses were also huge."
"So we cannot take it lightly and the combat effectiveness of the troops must be restored as soon as possible."
"Under normal circumstances, it would take at least half a year for the enemy to regain the strength to attack us with only the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Shanxi, but no one can guarantee that accidents will happen on the battlefield."
"If we fight this battle too hard, we will definitely attract the attention of more Japanese and puppet troops."
"Maybe the Japanese will send troops from other places to reinforce the Shanxi garrison."
"In this case, it will take at most two months for the Japanese and puppet troops around the base area to regain their strength."
"If you hurry up, you can regain your strength in a month."
The smile on Wang Hong's face disappeared.
I was shocked by the battle the commander fought, not to mention the little Jaap who lost his troops and generals.
Unbeknownst to the other Japs, the Japanese North China Front would definitely be furious and further increase their determination to destroy the garrison.
If they mobilize troops from all over North China, it is really possible to gather a sufficient number of troops to attack the garrison within a month.
Launch an attack when the garrison is at its weakest, deliver a fatal blow, and wipe out the garrison in one fell swoop.
Wang Hong became anxious and immediately expressed his thoughts: "Captain, please hand over the prisoners to me now."
"Strive to mobilize at least 3,000 people to join our garrison within three days,"
"They are all trained veterans, and they can regain their combat effectiveness with a little time."
Li Hao thought for a moment and replied: "I can only give you two thousand people, and I will give the remaining two thousand prisoners to Commander Zhou."
"In order to support our garrison group in the anti-mopping operations, Captain Zhou brought out 2,000 people, and after fighting all the way, there were still 500 or 600 people left."
"Prisoners are the highest source of troops to replenish the troops. We cannot allow 2,000 people from the independent regiment to come over and 500 to 600 people go back."
"Political Commissar, you must mobilize at least 1,500 people from the 2,000 prisoners to join the garrison within three days."
"A thousand more people will be drawn from the guerrillas and local troops to supplement the main force."
"Finally, we will recruit 3,000 new soldiers from the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have been driven into our base area by the Japanese."
"Captive soldiers and local troops directly supplement the main force."
"Half of the three thousand recruits will be taken to supplement the main force and form their own recruit companies and baggage companies. The remaining half of the supplementary regiments will be directly under the recruit battalion and baggage battalion."
"The captured equipment and ammunition will be given priority to replenish the main force, and then local forces. If there is still more, we will support the neighboring troops near the base area."
"Order the field hospital to concentrate all its efforts on treating the wounded, including those captured by the puppet troops. Once they recover, they will become the backbone of the army's veterans. Political Commissar, you must be extremely cautious and not give up every wounded person."
"The main force and each independent battalion will be ready for battle immediately after replenishing their troops, weapons and ammunition?"
"Are we still going to fight?" Wang Hong asked in confusion.
Hong Linfeng was also frightened by the sudden idea from the group leader and quickly reminded him.
"Captain, think twice..."
"The troops fought continuously and everyone was very tired."
"Even if they recover to full strength in a short period of time, they will not be able to regain their combat effectiveness. Moreover, after the Japanese are defeated, they will definitely order the west route mopping up troops to withdraw from our base. Even if they want to continue fighting, they will have no opponents."
Hong Linfeng's reminder is not unreasonable.
Although the captive soldiers have combat effectiveness, they must go through training.
If you omit this step, no matter how powerful a veteran's individual combat effectiveness is, he will become a piece of loose sand when he goes to the battlefield and will be unable to achieve combat effectiveness.
Not to mention there are many new soldiers to replenish the army, so I don't agree to continue fighting.
Li Hao was not affected by his two partners and answered firmly: "Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, this battle must be fought."
"If we win this battle successfully, we will have more time to restore our strength and face greater challenges."