Fifteen artillery shells were thrown at him, with a hit rate of less than 30%, but he still killed more than a dozen Japanese troops.
Under the attack from the garrison platoon and the artillery platoon, more than a dozen Japanese were all killed in less than two minutes!
"Report to the company commander, the garrison platoon successfully completed its mission, defended the mountain pass, and severely damaged the Japanese attacking troops!" Zhang Yun rushed over and reported with excitement.
Li Hao was very satisfied with the performance of the defensive platoon on the battlefield.
"Platoon Commander Zhang, the defense platoon fought very well in this battle, which was completely beyond my expectation."
"Your performance is so astonishing, especially when you deliberately showed weakness to the Japanese on the battlefield, luring the Japanese to continuously attack the mountain pass, and then continued to consume them through blocking battles. This trick is simply amazing!"
"Not only did they consume them, but they also dragged them on the battlefield until the main force of the company came over and killed two birds with one stone!"
Zhang Yun was embarrassed to answer: "Company Commander, I learned this from you!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "No matter who you learn from, the most important thing is to be able to apply what you learn."
"No commander is born with the ability to fight, they all grow up through continuous learning!"
"Okay, no more nonsense, the battle is not over yet!"
"Other troops are chasing the Japs. The defense platoon can only work harder and organize troops to clean up the battlefield immediately!"
"After dawn tomorrow, all cadres above the platoon of the independent company must arrive at our station in Hongquan Village for a meeting!"
In Hongquan Village, there were nearly 300 corpses of Japanese soldiers and soldiers of the Independent Company.
It took the common people a whole night to clear out the camp.
"Company Commander, I'm back!" Hong Linfeng reported to Li Hao when he returned to the station with the prisoners and seizures.
"The instructor died, the supplies were reorganized, and the entire recruit platoon was wiped out. The cavalry excluded the two soldiers guarding the horses, and all the others also died!" Li Hao answered with a sullen face, looking very ugly.
"What?" Hong Linfeng shouted with a look of shock.
Then the whole person became angry and chased Li Hao and asked: "Where are the Japanese? We must kill them and avenge the sacrificed soldiers!"
Li Hao's face looked much better: "Kill all the little Japs who entered our station, including the captain of the Lingqiu County Japs Guard Brigade and a lieutenant colonel!"
"That's good!" The anger on Hong Linfeng's face calmed down a lot.
"With these little Japs buried with them, including a Japs Lieutenant Colonel, those sacrificed soldiers will surely be able to rest in peace!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several platoon leaders rushed over, everyone with smiles on their faces.
"Company commander, the battlefield has been cleaned and all the results have been tallied!" Zhang Yun, the garrison platoon leader, reported.
"All the little Japs who entered the mountain were wiped out, not a single one escaped. We seized three intact heavy machine guns, five mortars, 8 crooked handles, 219 38 guns, and a total of more than 40,000 pieces of various ammunition.
Fire, 146 mortar shells!”
"There are three heavy machine guns left, one mortar, seven crooked handles, and more than sixty 38-shaped covers that were damaged by artillery shells and need to be repaired before they can be used!"
The reconnaissance platoon leader Dong Xulin then added: "All the lightly and seriously injured little Japs who were left guarding our station outside the mountain have also been killed!"
"In addition to those killed by the instructor, there were nearly a squadron of Japs!"
"57 rifles were seized, with three crooked handles and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition..."
"The only regret is that both the instructor and the Yamagai troops died!"
"But they used their sacrifices to buy us enough time to return reinforcements, allowing us to come back in time and kill all the little devils!"
Li Hao spoke: "Everyone needs to look further!"
"According to intelligence: the Lingqiu Japanese garrison has less than 500 soldiers in the county. It also includes artillery, heavy machine gun troops, and military police. The real combat force is only more than 200 people!"
"The Watanabe brigade that just entered Lingqiu has three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, and a mortar squadron. Together with other units directly under the brigade, the total strength is nearly a thousand people!"
"But in a battle before we returned for reinforcements, we almost killed all the supporting troops sent by the Watanabe Brigade!"
"This means there are more than 800 people left in the Watanabe Brigade!"
"The two armies combined total only 1,300 people!"
"Lao Hong, have you ever counted how many little Japanese soldiers entered our camp?"
Hong Linfeng replied with a serious face: "The Japs have obviously dispatched two infantry squadrons, half a mortar squadron, half a heavy machine gun squadron, plus a guard team, the total strength is about 500 people!"
Li Hao nodded and continued to ask: "How many people are left after subtracting 500 from the 1,300 people?"
"Eight hundred people!" Hong Linfeng replied subconsciously.
Then he suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand!"
"Company Commander, you mean that there are only 800 little Japs left in Lingqiu County!"
"Eight hundred little devils, at least 500 people are needed to defend the county. This means that the Watanabe Brigade can only recruit 300 people at most to continue attacking the military division."
"Even if they wait for replenishment in Lingqiu, there won't be too many troops!"
"This small number of troops can attack our base area alone. Not only will they not be able to put pressure on a subdivision, but they may also be beaten by meat buns, and they will never come back!"
"As long as the little devil commander has any sense, he will not make such a decision!"
"If the Watanabe Brigade stops at Lingqiu and no longer attacks the base because of this, then our blocking mission will be completed!"
Li Hao replied with a look of appreciation: "The analysis is very thorough!"
"My judgment is the same as yours. The Watanabe Brigade will probably stay in Lingqiu County and end its attack on the base area!"
"Maybe this Watanabe Brigade will never leave again!"
"We killed the Lieutenant Colonel of the Lingqiu garrison brigade. Today, Lingqiu not only loses troops, but also lacks commanders. The Watanabe brigade directly stationed in Lingqiu County is the best choice for the Japanese army!"
"My idea is that since the Japanese Watanabe Brigade's attack is likely to end, we must seize this period to expand our troops, strengthen training, and restore the independent company to its pre-war combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"
Hong Linfeng asked in confusion: "Do you want to expand the troops?"
"Company Commander, after the prisoners mobilized by Platoon Commander Dong replenished the troops, each platoon has been fully staffed, and there are many more people. They can definitely form a second platoon!"
"As for the new recruit platoon, cavalry platoon, and baggage platoon, there are still many prisoners who have joined our Eighth Route Army. There should be no problem in reorganizing these three platoons. There is no need to expand them!"
"No!" Li Hao shook his head and objected.
"In this battle, I found that the biggest problem of our independent company is the lack of troops!"
"On the battlefield, weapons are piled up there and no one is using them!"
"After casualties occur in the combat troops, untrained recruits should be replenished in time to ensure the combat effectiveness of the combat troops!"
"This has little impact on short-term battles, but for long-term stalemate battles, the impact is fatal!"
"I have to fix it this time!"
"Platoon leader Dong, you are the most powerful political worker among the platoon leaders. First, hand over the reconnaissance platoon to your deputy. You will temporarily act as the instructor of our independent company and manage and mobilize all the puppet prisoners we have brought back!"
"The fire platoon, artillery platoon, and guard platoon will set off in a moment, fight to Huangtu Slope, capture the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in Yantou Village, and break the Japanese blockade on us!"
"Then all other troops crossed Yantou Village. Taking advantage of the fact that we had just won the battle and the Japanese had suffered heavy losses and were short of troops, they went into the Japanese-occupied areas to recruit troops. The more the better!"
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