Walking into the station with corpses everywhere, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe looked gloomy and had thoughts of murder.
Within the field of vision, there were corpses lying on the ground in various postures, including those from the Imperial Alliance Army and those from the Imperial Army, with the Imperial Army accounting for the majority.
In the artillery position in the middle of the station, six mountain guns are still standing with their muzzles raised, and there are several gunners lying next to each gun. However, the black barrel of the gun has been blown into several pieces, and there is no possibility of repair...
"Sir, I just checked and found that there is not a single living person in the station. They are all dead!" The new commander of the puppet army who had just taken office lowered his head and reported.
"Where are the supplies? Are there any left?" Lieutenant Commander Watanabe asked with a stern face.
The leader lowered his head and answered carefully: "They were all blown up!"
"All the supply carts were destroyed, especially the ammunition. Because the artillery shells exploded, all the ammunition was destroyed!!"
"It's over!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe shouted with a look of despair as if all his strength had been drained out of him in an instant.
"Without supplies and artillery, there is no way we can continue our raids!"
"We had been so cautious along the way, but in the end we miscalculated and were fooled. We lost before the real sweep began!"
"If there is anything else you want to report, tell it all at once. Don't hesitate. How can I stand it?"
"Hi!"
The deputy captain next to him said: "Sir, out of the entire mountain artillery squadron and infantry artillery squad, of the nearly two hundred gunners, less than thirty survived with the Imperial Alliance Army, and all the other soldiers died in the battle!"
"Without the gunners, even if we temporarily supplement the artillery, we have no one to operate it! We must ask our superiors to supplement us into an organic artillery unit."
"Also, we found the corpses of the imperial troops from the three-pronged attack around the station!"
"All the imperial troops were killed in the battle, and more than a third of the Imperial Association troops were killed in the battle. The others are missing. They must have been captured by the Eighth Route Army that attacked them!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's face became even worse, and he shouted with despair: "In other words, in just one night, we not only lost all the ammunition supplies, but also lost an infantry squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and an infantry artillery squad!"
"Except for the more than 100 people in front of us, all the Imperial Alliance troops who cooperated with us were wiped out, and the entire army was almost destroyed!"
"Yes, Captain!" The vice-captain also lowered his head, not daring to look at Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe fell into deep thought with a sullen face, and it took a long time before he made the decision: Our attack must stop before we receive new ammunition supplies and artillery supplies!"
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning. There is no ammunition supply, no artillery support, and the Imperial Alliance Army has also suffered total losses. There is no difference between continuing to attack with the few troops we have left and risking death!"
"Pass my order, the troops should take time to rest!"
"After dawn tomorrow, we will go directly to Lingqiu County and wait until all supplies and artillery are in place before continuing the attack!"
"I will report our battle and battle losses to the commander in a moment, and ask the commander to provide us with tactical guidance and replenish ammunition and artillery!"
"If possible, send another Royal Association Legion here!"
It was already daybreak when Li Hao rushed back to the temporary gathering place of the guerrillas with the guard platoon.
After a night of fighting, everyone in the guerrillas was very tired from top to bottom.
But no one showed it on their faces.
Li Hao glanced over, and almost everything he looked at was filled with excitement!
As soon as Li Hao walked into the assembly area, he saw weapons and ammunition piled up like a hill in the middle of the assembly area.
Hong Linfeng was leading a group of soldiers to count the trophies among the weapons. The smile on his face almost never stopped because he was so happy.
When he saw Li Hao coming back, he immediately rushed over to report.
"Captain, I had a great time fighting this night. I killed a lot of Japanese, captured a lot of prisoners, and captured a lot of trophies, but my own casualties were very small!"
"The weapons brought back have been counted. There are more than 600 light rifles, 15 machine guns, more than 30 pistols, and 20 light box cannons. I asked the prisoners and they were all fake.
All the equipment of the military guard company is at our advantage!"
Li Hao also had a smile on his face, stared at Hong Linfeng and asked: "Where is the prisoner?"
"With these weapons, we have the equipment to expand the independent battalion in the future, and then only the soldiers are left!"
"Prisoners are the best source for us to obtain supplementary soldiers. They are well-trained and have been on the battlefield, and the supplementary troops can participate in the battle. The more prisoners there are, the more recruits we can mobilize in the future!"
"It's definitely enough!" The smile on Hong Linfeng's face became even wider!
"We ambushed three Japanese and puppet troops and attacked their base. We brought back a total of 598 prisoners. Half of the puppet regiment was captured alive by us!"
"Captain, you are absolutely right. These puppet soldiers were anti-Japanese soldiers a month ago. They were forced by their superiors to become puppet soldiers. In their hearts, they did not want to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese!"
"Seeing us attacking, not only are we not afraid, but we are very happy!"
"Many puppet soldiers didn't even take their guns. They just lay on the ground with their heads in their hands and surrendered when we came to kill them!"
"After interrogation, we learned that except for more than 100 people in a regiment of the Royal Association Army that cooperated with the Japanese army to encircle and suppress us, they broke out and escaped with their regiment leader. We killed all the others, and almost the entire army was destroyed!"
"Also, the first infantry squadron sent by the Japanese army was also killed by us!"
"The mountain artillery squadron and the infantry artillery squad were also killed by us, and all the artillery were destroyed by us!"
Platoon leader Jiang Tianhong and artillery platoon Yuan Qingfeng suddenly rushed over and reported excitedly after seeing Li Hao.
"Hello, captain, we have already counted the seized ammunition!"
"Excluding those seized from the Japanese and puppet troops, we brought back a total of 186 ammunition boxes!"
"Including 48 boxes of 75-caliber mountain artillery shells, a total of 240 rounds, 52 boxes of 81-mm mortar shells, a total of 520 rounds, and 24 boxes of infantry artillery shells, a total of 120 rounds.
Ten rounds of artillery shells, and the rest were bullets and grenades."
"Including 45 boxes of 65-caliber bullets, totaling 90,000 rounds of ammunition. Ten boxes of heavy machine gun bullets, totaling 15,000 rounds. The rest are all grenades, a total of seven boxes of 350 rounds!"
"Although there is no statistics on the weapons and ammunition seized from the Japanese and puppet troops, a rifle with an average of fifty rounds of ammunition and two grenades or hand grenades is still no problem!"
"All in all, there are more than 30,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 1,000 grenades and hand grenades!"
"Captain, this is definitely an unprecedented victory, and the result is no less than the victory over the Hongquan Village stronghold."
"If it weren't for the limited time and too few troops participating in the battle, we would have captured several times more ammunition!"
Li Hao replied with a smile on his face: "Well done!"
"After this battle, the little devil must have been injured."
"I judge that they will definitely suspend the attack and go to Lingqiu County first. After ammunition supplies and artillery units are in place, they will continue to attack our military division!"
"Where's the reconnaissance platoon? Let them work harder. Let's go now and keep an eye on the remaining Japanese and puppet troops for me."
"If they turn directly to Lingqiu County, don't worry about following them!"
"If they continue to attack, report back immediately!"
"Without ammunition supplies and artillery, the little devil is just a hungry wolf without fangs. If they choose to continue attacking the military division, I will definitely give them an unforgettable lesson so that they will never dare to underestimate our Eighth Route Army again. Listen.
We, the Eighth Route Army, are afraid!"
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