Major Noda directly threw the telegram in his hand to Tian Chengzhi.
After receiving the telegram and reading it quickly, Tian Chengzhi was once again stunned.
He believed in his investigation, but the battle report in his hand made him involuntarily doubt the results of his investigation.
Major Noda was right just now. No matter how powerful the Eighth Route Army was in fighting, it would be impossible to kill more than 200 imperial troops and more than 100 puppet troops, including a squadron of elite cavalry, in just one day.
Now that things have happened, there is only one explanation. The intelligence of my investigation was wrong. The strength of the Eighth Route Army is far more than those dozens of people.
After hesitating for a long time, Tian Chengzhi decided to believe in himself.
Because I have experienced all those investigations first-hand, there will definitely be no problems.
"Sir, I still believe in my investigation results. As for how the Eighth Route Army managed to kill so many of our troops with this small force, I don't know!"
Major Noda did not expect Tian Chengzhi to be so tough, and he was not so sure about the security battalion's investigation intelligence.
After taking a deep breath, he replied: "I will find out about this matter!"
"If the intelligence from your security battalion is wrong, I will definitely hold you accountable."
"In addition, there is one more thing I want to confirm again. Whether half of the troops in this Eighth Route Army are seriously wounded!"
"I'm sure I'm in a humble position. If I dare to use my head as a guarantee, there will definitely be no problem with this information!" Tian Chengzhi answered without hesitation.
"That's good!" A smile slowly appeared on Major Noda's serious face.
He followed the order: "Send a telegram to Captain Tanaka immediately and ask them to clean up the battlefield and retreat. We won't pursue them anymore~ I already have a new way to deal with those Eighth Route Army troops!"
"Hi!" the adjutant standing nearby replied quickly.
But he did not leave immediately. He frowned and reminded: "Captain Zhou of the puppet army left the county with two battalions two hours ago and is on the way to Hongquan Village. Do you want to order them to withdraw as well and end the operation?"
"
"No need!" Major Noda shook his head and replied.
"Their operations continue!"
"In addition, give them a radio station so that Captain Zhou can report the casualties of the troops at any time. If the casualties exceed two companies, they will retreat directly to the Hongquan Village stronghold!"
The adjutant was confused and didn't know what method Noda was talking about.
Major Noda did not explain and continued to order: "Also, the gendarmerie and the security battalion will be dispatched at dawn tomorrow to control all pharmacies in Lingqiu and confiscate all anti-inflammatory and gunshot wound medicines."
"Tell those pharmacies that these drugs have been classified as contraband by us. They can only be sold in hospitals controlled by the military. If necessary, you can only buy them at the hospital!"
"Finally, dispatch two infantry teams to the hospital to ensure the safety of the hospital and prevent anyone from robbing medicines!"
The adjutant replied with a look of realization: "I understand, captain, you want to use medicine as bait to force the Eighth Route Army to come out, and then take the opportunity to kill them all!"
"good idea!"
"According to the information provided by the security battalion, the total number of wounded in this Eighth Route Army exceeds fifty, and today's battle will definitely increase by a lot!"
"With so many seriously injured people, if we want them to survive, we need to consume a lot of medicine every day, and the medicine the Eighth Route Army has in hand is definitely not enough!"
"If we release a batch of medicines at this time, the Eighth Route Army will definitely be very jealous and get it at all costs!"
"What we need to do is wait and see, wait for them to take the bait, and then kill them!"
Major Noda smiled and said nothing.
Without confirming or denying, I thought for a few seconds and then started to give the order: "Execute the order, arrange the troops, and we will start taking action at dawn tomorrow!"
"Hi!"
At five o'clock in the morning, the two troops led by Li Hao and Hong Linfeng returned to the secret camp almost at the same time.
Seeing the large number of seriously wounded soldiers and weapons and ammunition brought back by Hong Linfeng, Li Hao pulled back more than thirty war horses, each of which was strapped with weapons, ammunition, saddles and other cavalry equipment.
The dozen or so soldiers who stayed behind in the secret camp knew at a glance that the troops had won another battle.
Li Hao was also very excited. Although the troops suffered a lot of casualties when they went out, the large amount of equipment and ammunition and dozens of seriously injured people they brought back were enough to make up for these losses.
So from the moment he entered the secret camp, Li Hao's tense nerves completely relaxed.
After glancing at the monitors who were gathered around, the smile on his face became even wider.
"Hong Linfeng, you are responsible for counting the seizures and casualties of the troops, and squad leader Jiang Tianhong is responsible for cooking. Take a horse leg from the horse meat I brought back, and we will eat stewed horse meat!"
"The soldiers have worked hard for a day and two nights without any rest. They must take a good rest and then have a good sleep!"
"From now on, except for the guard posts, the rest of the troops will take two days of rest to recover their physical strength and spirit!"
"Yes, Platoon Commander!"
The aroma of stewed horse meat in a large pot soon spread throughout the station. Smelling this aroma, Li Hao, who had eaten dry food for a day and two nights, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Hong Linfeng also rushed over at this time, with an excited look on his face.
"Platoon leader, all seizures have been tallied..."
"You can't believe how many good things we have seized, it's amazing!"
"Speak directly, don't talk nonsense, everyone is waiting for your report!" Li Hao asked with expectation.
The smile on Hong Linfeng's face disappeared, and he replied with a serious face: "I brought back a total of 4 crooked handles, 59 38 covers, 12 bastard box pistols, five grenade launchers, and 71 horse rifles specially used by the Japanese cavalry.
strips, 79 sabers, and 82 sets of cavalry equipment.”
"There are also 36 intact war horses. The total horse meat adds up to more than 10,000 kilograms, which is enough for us to eat for two months!"
"The last step is to capture the puppet army's equipment: a total of 89 rifles of various types, including two in a box!"
"The other weapons were all damaged, including two crooked handles. But the platoon leader gave the order, so I brought them all back!"
"There is not a lot of ammunition. We used more than 2,000 rounds of various bullets in the attack on the Japanese cavalry and the ambush battle, as well as more than 50 grenades, 20 hand grenades, and more than 30 grenades."
"Excluding these used ones, we only brought back more than 3,600 rounds of bullets for the 38-meter cover and crooked handle, 2,300 rounds of 7.9mm caliber bullets, and 35 grenades left.
There are 128 left and 31 grenades left..."
"In the end, there were 29 puppet prisoners."
"We sacrificed a total of 12 soldiers, and 6 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, but we rescued 34 seriously injured people in Lijia'ao!"
"very good!"
This result did not disappoint Li Hao, who answered with excitement.
"These weapons and ammunition are our capital for fighting the Japanese and developing and growing in the future. We must hide them!"
"Deputy Platoon Commander Hong, you are still in charge. Hidden in the same place. No one can move without my order!"
"The last thing is the war horses. These war horses are all good horses carefully selected by the Japanese. It would be a waste not to use them as cavalry, so I decided to form a cavalry class!"
"Luo Tianpeng from the first class has good horse riding skills and has learned several cavalry tactics. He is temporarily the squad leader!"
"As long as there are soldiers in the platoon who can ride a horse, send them all to him!"
"The cavalry squad has only one mission before it becomes combat effective. Take good care of the horses and train them well. You must not let the horses lose fat. Just tell me what you need and I will find a way to solve it!"
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