After hearing these words, Li Hao suddenly fell silent and showed a thoughtful expression.
A word awakened the dreamer, and the mission of a narrow escape before him was over. However, as long as the Japanese were still in China, the Independence Camp might encounter the same problem again at any time.
Could it be that the next operation will be the same as today's operation, temporarily transferring people from the army to form an action team, and then complete this narrow escape mission?
"Absolutely not?"
This idea was rejected by Li Hao himself as soon as it came to his mind.
Soldiers who are not afraid of death and actively sign up to join the death squads are undoubtedly elite members of the military.
But if they are temporarily formed into a unit and sent directly to the battlefield, no matter how elite the soldiers are, they will not be able to coordinate seamlessly with each other.
The troops did not cooperate well, and the mission was a narrow escape.
The result will be like the operation before us. Even if the mission is completed, the operation team will suffer heavy casualties.
"We must form a special force, conduct special training, and perform this kind of near-death mission!" Li Hao suddenly made this very bold decision in his heart.
Only in this way will the success rate of the troops in carrying out such tasks be greatly increased, and casualties will be greatly reduced because the troops are well-trained and cooperate with each other properly!
"We must form a commando team dedicated to performing special tasks in the independent battalion like those commando teams of later generations!" Li Hao secretly made a decision in his heart.
Although the Xiao Yuan in front of me has only commanded one operation, judging from his performance at the Japanese military station, he has the potential to be a commando captain.
The troops were divided into separate operations, and grenades were used to deliberately create chaos on the battlefield...
Taking advantage of the chaos to sow discord and let the devils kill each other...
And during the final breakout, you can seize the opportunity and launch an attack from behind the Japanese army in time...
These are all essential qualities for a commando leader!
With these foundations and his own training, sooner or later he will grow into a real commando commander.
However, the Independent Battalion is currently on the battlefield and has no time or energy to do this. It will have to wait for the counter-mopping up to be completed at the earliest.
But Li Hao already had a rough idea.
He immediately replied: "The remaining eight members of the commando team are temporarily staying in the guard company and will not return to the old army. I will be useful when the time comes!"
"Take them back to the army and have a good rest! The troops must be very tired after continuous fighting."
"If nothing unexpected happens, we will have at least two days to rest and replenish our strength!"
"Yes, battalion commander!" Li Hao looked puzzled, but still answered readily.
As soon as Xiao Yuan left, Hong Linfeng chased after him: "Batalion Commander, the casualties of the troops have been counted!"
"Because it was a head-on confrontation with the Japs, and the fighting took a long time, all the participating troops suffered casualties this time!"
"After statistics, the entire battalion, except for the reconnaissance platoon, cavalry platoon, baggage company, and recruit company, did not participate in the battle. A total of 129 people from other companies and platoons were killed, and 12 people were seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness. Almost two companies were lost!"
Li Hao's face instantly darkened, and he sighed deeply.
"The casualties are too great. We killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses!"
"Order the troops to rush outside Linfen City immediately to rendezvous with the reconnaissance platoon. Send the seriously wounded back to the station. At the same time, bring back all the captured soldiers in the station who can immediately replenish the troops to replenish the troops!"
"The combat effectiveness of several main companies must be restored as soon as possible!"
"Although the Japanese reinforcements suffered heavy losses, there are still more than a thousand people. We can even climb to Lingqiu City before dark today."
"By then, the total strength of the Watanabe Brigade will exceed 2,000, and they will all be little Japs."
"Whether you attack us or attack the military division, it will bring us a huge threat!"
In Lingqiu City, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe looked very ugly. Despite all the precautions, his old rival, the Independent Battalion, took advantage of the loophole.
After reading the telegram forwarded by the brigade headquarters again, a long sigh suddenly came from Watanabe's mouth.
"It seems our battle plan is about to change again!"
"The brigade headquarters sent a telegram that the reinforcements coming this time are all the mobile forces they can mobilize. No matter how many people are lost, we will no longer have new reinforcements!"
"The reinforcements originally consisted of three fully-equipped infantry squadrons, three squadrons of supplementary troops, one squadron of cavalry, and one squadron of baggage trains. Plus a heavy machine gun squadron and two artillery squadrons, the total strength exceeds 2,000 people!"
"Now these troops have lost nearly 800 people before they reached Lingqiu, and most of them are combat troops and supplementary troops!"
"Even if there are more than a thousand people left to reach Lingqiu safely, half of the combat troops inside will supplement our Watanabe Brigade. These troops cannot satisfy us at the same time to defend Lingqiu and attack the Independence Battalion and the Eighth Route Army's First Division Headquarters together!"
"I decided to change the two-pronged attack to one focused attack!"
"Leave an infantry squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mortar squadron, plus the Lingqiu garrison brigade, and the remaining imperial troops of the gendarmerie to defend Lingqiu City!"
"The other troops are under my personal command and have been ordered to attack the Eighth Route Army's First Division Headquarters!"
The adjutant next to him was anxious: "What about this independent battalion that has caused us repeated defeats? Just let him go!"
"I made some statistics and found out that more than 500 Imperial soldiers from our Watanabe Brigade alone died at the hands of this independent battalion!"
"If we can't kill them, those imperial soldiers who died in the battle will definitely not rest in peace!"
The adjutant has already entered into conflict with the independent battalion and will not give up until we kill them!
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe did not get angry because of the rebuttals and questions from his subordinates.
The entire brigade, not just the adjutant, but all the officers including himself, were in conflict with this independent battalion.
But as a commander, I must not only consider revenge, let the fallen warriors rest in peace, and let the living soldiers vent their grievances and anger, but I must also consider the overall situation, the overall situation of the entire counter-mopping up!
For the sake of the overall situation, I had to give up the anger in front of me.
But before making a real decision, he must appease these tiger generals in his hands, otherwise the morale of the army will definitely be shaken.
He replied with a serious face: "This independent battalion will definitely not let us easily leave Lingqiu and kill their first division headquarters!"
"The two lines of mopping up troops that had already entered their base area suffered heavy losses along the way because they underestimated the enemy. Only then did the current situation of insufficient troops appear, and we are in urgent need of reinforcements!"
"But the First Division of the Eighth Route Army is not much better. It can be seen from the battle situation reported by the two brigades now!"
"Recently, the Eighth Route Army has made sneak attacks on them less frequently than before, and they are saving more ammunition!"
"From this, I am sure that the Eighth Route Army ambushed us last time. Although they retreated in time without much loss, they must have consumed a lot of ammunition and did not receive any replenishment!"
"If we kill them now, it will definitely put huge pressure on the first division, so they will stop us from leaving Lingqiu at all costs!"
"And 80% of this task will fall on the independent battalion that has hit us hard many times!"
"The faster we break out of Lingqiu and the fiercer the offensive against their division, the more anxious this independent battalion will be, and then they will have to be forced out to fight us!"
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