Chapter 1385 gnawed his teeth and swallowed it by himself
Half an hour later, communications platoon leader Zhou Liang walked in with a serious look on his face.
"The regimental commander, political commissar, and battalion commander Zhao sent an urgent message: All the remains of the soldiers who died last night were burned by the Japanese. Some of the discarded weapons and ammunition were used by the Japanese troops themselves, and the rest were blown into scrap metal."
"They found nothing on the battlefield except bullet casings."
Li Hao's face suddenly darkened: "The devils are going to destroy the body and eliminate all traces!"
"Political Commissar, Zhao Yun cannot collect evidence that the Japanese and puppet troops used poison gas bombs. Even if we report to our superiors, the headquarters will not be able to expose the Japanese crimes."
"What a cunning little devil, he made us bite our teeth and swallow it ourselves!"
Wang Hong's expression was also ugly.
Looking at Li Hao, he replied: "The devil's move really exceeded our expectations."
"It's just that those soldiers who died were too aggrieved. They sacrificed their lives to fight the Japanese. In the end, they didn't even leave a complete body."
"Captain, we must resolve this matter, otherwise it will definitely have a huge impact on our military morale and morale."
Li Hao nodded in agreement: "It must be resolved properly."
"It is impossible to burn more than two thousand corpses without leaving any trace. I asked Zhao Wen to search for me carefully. He also dug three feet into the ground to find the ashes of the soldiers, and then erected a monument at the ashes to mark the remains of the soldiers who died.
Carve all the names on them, and when we kill these Japanese and puppet troops who have invaded our base area, I will use this military achievement to honor them in person."
Wang Hong thought for a moment and agreed: "This is the best way to deal with it, just do it."
As soon as Zhou Liang left, Hong Linfeng rushed in: "The regimental commander, political commissar, 1st and 2nd Battalions, special agent company, and independent company have all returned to their bases."
"I have given an order to the two independent battalions: the two main companies required by the regiment must be mobilized within two days."
"The cadres will be able to prepare them for them tonight."
"With all the deputies drawn from the third battalion, plus the remaining cadres and veterans from each unit, plus the cadres in reserve at the regiment headquarters and the veterans and cadres who have recovered from the field hospital, there will definitely be no problem in setting up an airs."
"The only thing missing now is equipment."
"Two main battalions, two directly-affiliated companies, plus the guard company and the reconnaissance company, are short of six mountain field guns, six large-caliber mortars, thirty ordinary mortars, 24 heavy machine guns, and eighty light machine guns.
How many, at least two thousand rifles."
"The equipment previously produced and repaired by the arsenal has been given to the main force for replacement."
"The weapons that were replaced were either given to independent battalions or to local troops and guerrillas."
"Before coming here, I asked the arsenal: minus the equipment we purchased for the surrounding Eighth Route Army, we only have 300 rifles, ten light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, and one 81mm caliber mortar."
"There are no mountain guns or large-caliber mortars."
"When the arsenal is operating at full capacity, excluding the equipment used to purchase supplies, we can have 400 rifles, 20 light machine guns, five heavy machine guns, and five 81 mm caliber mortars left a month."
"At this rate, it will take four months to fill the shortage of rifle machine guns, and half a year to fill the shortage of heavy machine guns and 81 mm caliber mortars."
"The arsenal does not yet have the strength to produce mountain field guns and large-caliber mortars, so it can only fill the gap through seizures."
Before Li Hao could speak, political commissar Wang Hong already had a worried look on his face.
"Captain, half a year is too long. We can't afford to wait. Datong City can't afford to wait."
Li Hao was not too worried. He looked at Wang Hong and replied: "Don't worry, political commissar, it won't take too long."
"The devils can use it to seize our weapons and ammunition, and we can also use it to seize theirs."
"Zhao Wen reported that there are more than 2,300 Japanese and puppet troops in total."
"The total vacancies for the first and second battalions, independent companies, special agent companies, guard companies, and reconnaissance companies are exactly 2,340 people."
"Kill them and we'll have our weapons."
"Chief of Staff, tell several battalion and company commanders that they can train without weapons. In five days at most, I will provide them with all the equipment they need."
"The old rule is, in our independent group, you can wait for equipment, but you can never wait for equipment."
Hong Linfeng did not move. It was not that he had not thought about the group leader's suggestion.
But the Japanese and puppet troops were too strong, and they also had poison gas bombs as their trump card.
On the other hand, the garrison, minus last night's losses, is in need of men and no equipment, and its strength is not at the same level. How can we fight?
Don't end up like last night, losing your wife and losing your troops, then the gain will outweigh the loss.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the leader's suggestion was unreliable, so I quickly asked: "Captain, how do you plan to fight?"
Hong Linfeng had already made up his mind when he asked.
If the leader's method doesn't work, I will try my best to stop this decision even if I fall out with him.
After last night's defeat, the garrison could no longer withstand a new defeat.
As the chief of staff of the garrison, I must remind the regiment leader to stay calm at all times.
Li Hao has been thinking about how to deal with the Japanese gas bombs since he withdrew his troops last night.
It really reminded him of it two hours ago.
The Japs have gas masks and can fight in poison gas.
There are also garrison regiments.
After wiping out so many Japanese and puppet troops, there were not only 1,000 but also 500 or 600 gas masks seized.
Because the number was too small, the troops rarely encountered poison gas when searching for them, so these gas masks were not distributed to the troops.
Now that the Japanese have used poison gas bombs, these gas masks piled in the warehouse have finally been put to use.
As for the military strength and firepower that the political commissar and chief of staff were worried about, Li Hao was also worried at first.
But a solution soon came to mind.
The Japanese have advantages in strength and firepower, and the garrison regiment is not bad either. They can use heavy artillery battalions and air defense battalions to suppress them. If they don't have enough troops, they can use heavy artillery.
Gas bombs are the enemy's trump card, and these two battalions are the garrison's trump card.
If we use these two killer weapons well, coupled with the third battalion and hundreds of gas masks, we will definitely be able to kill more than 2,000 Japanese puppet troops.
Looking at Hong Linfeng and Wang Hong, they started giving orders directly without explaining.
"This is how we fight!"
"Political Commissar, you are responsible for strengthening the walls and clearing the country. You must protect the safety of the villagers along the route where the Japanese and puppet troops attack."
"Chief of Staff, you have to do one thing now: mobilize all forces to figure out the ultimate purpose of this Japanese and puppet army."
"The reconnaissance company, the third battalion and the seventh company, the two companies of the Laiyuan independent battalion that monitors the Japanese and puppet troops, and all local troops and guerrillas along the line are all under your command. Get the information I want in the shortest possible time."
"Commander Wang, please immediately send someone to contact the air defense battalion. Be sure to arrive at the regiment headquarters at ten o'clock tonight to report."
"Contact the heavy artillery battalion to prepare for dispatching troops. The radio is turned on 24 hours a day. He must set off within half an hour after receiving the order and rush to the place where I want him to set up artillery positions."
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