As soon as the deputy captain and the lieutenant returned to the headquarters, they saw a second lieutenant rushing out in panic and almost bumped into each other.
"Sir, something happened!" The lieutenant colonel, who was in a bad mood, was about to curse, but the second lieutenant, who looked panicked, reported first.
"His Excellency the Commander committed suicide in his own office!"
"What?" Lieutenant Colonel was shocked.
He pushed the second lieutenant away and rushed into the headquarters.
The door to the office was open. Major Noda was kneeling on the ground, facing east, with a command knife for seppuku inserted into his stomach. A trace of blood flowed from the corner of his smiling mouth, and he remained motionless for examination by a military doctor.
"Sir, your Excellency, the Commander, is broken into pieces!" the military doctor came out and reported with his head lowered.
Lieutenant Colonel slowly recovered from the shock and understood why Major Noda had such a big reaction at the celebration just now. It turned out that he had already made this decision at that time, but he just didn't say it out loud.
After waving his hand to signal the military doctor to leave, he sighed: "Committing seppuku and retaining the honor of a soldier may not be a good destination for Noda-kun!"
Then he ordered the deputy captain: "You are responsible for collecting Noda-kun's body... I want to contact the general immediately to report the situation here!"
"Now that Lingqiu County has no commander and has just lost a battle, we must send a capable commander over immediately to regroup and kill the Eighth Route Army that Mr. Noda failed to kill as soon as possible and avenge the warriors who died in the battle!"
When the Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Chief of Staff returned to the war room, his face had lost its previous solemnity, and instead had a faint smile.
The deputy captain rushed to greet him and reported: "Sir, Noda-kun's body has been recovered!"
"I don't know what the superiors are going to do with us!"
"I am now here to announce an order from His Majesty the General!" Lieutenant Colonel nodded and said seriously.
A dozen officers, big and small, in the war room immediately stood at attention and stared at the lieutenant colonel.
"The general has decided that I will temporarily take over the position of Lingqiu garrison commander and lead the invasion to eliminate the anti-Japanese armed forces in Lingqiu as soon as possible!"
The captain and deputy captain immediately understood why there was a smile on Lieutenant Colonel's face just now.
A lieutenant general and deputy chief of staff who has little real power is inferior to a commander who holds real power and can act arbitrarily.
More importantly, it is easy to achieve success in the position of commander, and you can be promoted to captain of the Colonel-General.
As for the position of Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Chief of Staff, it appears to be a very high-level position, but it is difficult to achieve results, so he cannot be promoted.
Thinking of this, the captain quickly complimented: "Congratulations, sir, from now on you will be the supreme commander of Lingqiu County. In your humble position, I promise to obey orders and cooperate with the commander to eliminate the anti-Japanese armed forces in Lingqiu as soon as possible!"
"Hello, sir!" More than a dozen officers, big and small, in the war room shouted at the same time.
Lieutenant Colonel Ida was very satisfied with everyone's performance.
When he was at the brigade headquarters, he had never been called "sir" so respectfully by his subordinates.
The smile on his face grew wider, and he decisively ordered: "Everyone continue to do your own thing~ Vice-captain, you come to my office after lunch!"
"I want to know the specific situation of Lingqiu, organize troops as soon as possible, and kill the Eighth Route Army that captured our stronghold in Hongquan Village! This is not only an explanation for the warriors of the Imperial Army who died in the battle, but also an explanation for my superiors!"
At the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in Hongquan Village, Li Hao had just returned with his troops when Zhao Wen, the third platoon leader who stayed behind at the stronghold, came over with an excited look on his face.
"Captain, we are getting rich, our guerrillas are getting rich!"
"You can't imagine what I found in the material warehouse of the stronghold. There are guns, ammunition, food, medicine, and artillery shells. In short, almost everything our guerrillas lack can be found here. It's so surprising!"
Seeing the platoon leaders behind him staring at Zhao Wen with bright eyes, Li Hao also asked with expectation.
"Be specific!"
"Yes, captain!" Zhao Wen replied immediately.
"The Japs don't have many weapons. They only have 20 38-shaped caps and one crooked handle!"
"But the puppet troops are equipped with many weapons, all of which were captured from the Jinsui Army and the Central Army on the frontal battlefield. There are a hundred 79-caliber rifles alone, and there are two more made in the Czech Republic, and there are ten in the box!"
"I asked Commander Zhou Yunian. These weapons were shipped by the Japanese the day before yesterday to expand the puppet army. Now they are all at our advantage!"
"There is more ammunition. The entire stronghold has more than 500 days' worth of combat supplies for the puppet troops for three months."
"There are 2,000 rounds of 65-caliber bullets in one box. There are 50 boxes of 100,000 rounds of 65-caliber bullets. The 79-caliber bullets are a little less, but there are also 20 boxes of 40,000 rounds. There are 10 boxes of heavy machine gun bullets with 15,000 rounds. They are specially used for box guns.
Two boxes of bullets with 4,000 rounds, ten boxes of grenades with 500 rounds, forty boxes with 800 grenades, two hundred rounds of special grenade grenades, thirty boxes of 81 mm caliber mortar shells with 300 rounds! Four explosives
Two hundred pounds per box!”
"The rest is food and other supplies!"
"There are 60,000 kilograms of rice and white flour, 20 boxes of various cans, and 300 sets of winter coats!"
"There are too many supplies left and they are too miscellaneous, so I have no statistics. I plan to move them all back together and then do the calculations!"
"Hiss... so many..."
Hong Linfeng, a veteran of the Red Army, took a breath and exclaimed.
The guerrillas now have a lot of ammunition and equipment reserves. Compared with the Red Army, they can definitely be called rich.
But compared with the materials, equipment and ammunition seized in the stronghold, that reserve is absolutely insignificant.
Then he stared at Li Hao and replied: "Captain, with so many weapons and ammunition, our guerrillas can directly form a battalion without any problem!"
"Yes, there are too many pieces of equipment and ammunition. Instead of letting them rust in the warehouse, it is better to use them as armed forces to fight the Japanese!" Platoon leader Jiang Tianhong added immediately.
"I agree with the deputy captain's intention to use the captured equipment to expand the troops and directly expand our guerrillas into battalions!"
Li Hao smiled, but he was very calm and not as impulsive as his subordinates.
After a moment of hesitation, he refused and said, "Don't think about expansion for the time being. Our guerrillas don't have that strength yet!"
"Three battles and three victories. Our guerrillas did indeed fight an unprecedented victory. We captured a lot and achieved great results. However, our casualties were also very high!"
"Although there are no specific statistics, I made an estimate on the way back."
"Not to mention anything else, the total number of soldiers who died alone exceeds a hundred!"
"With so many troops lost at once, it will be difficult to even replenish the full force. How can we expand it?"
"You have to eat your food one bite at a time, and you have to walk the road step by step. Don't be impatient when doing anything, especially leading troops to fight!"
The smiles on the faces of several platoon leaders disappeared. There is no doubt that they all thought of those comrades and comrades who died on the battlefield!
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