"Chief, urgent call from the Independent Battalion!"
Just as the chief of staff was about to give the order, the communications staff officer rushed over with a smile on his face.
After receiving the telegram and just glancing at it, the chief of staff's face lit up with joy and he shouted excitedly.
"That's good news~ Commander, we are saying that Cao Cao is about to arrive. The Independent Battalion has come to report victory to us!"
"The Watanabe Brigade retreated, and it retreated in embarrassment. Nearly 1,500 troops were sent from Lingqiu County, but only more than 500 were withdrawn!"
The commander's mood today is like the changeable weather, with ups and downs.
Just after he calmed down from the shock and finally calmed down, the chief of staff's words stirred up his heart again, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat. He was afraid that he had heard wrongly, so he stared at the chief of staff and asked.
"How much? Please tell me the data again!"
"Comrade Li Hao reported that the Watanabe Brigade has retreated. More than 1,400 people have left the city, but only more than 500 people have returned, resulting in a direct loss of more than 800 people!"
"I remember that the Watanabe Brigade left Lingqiu Castle yesterday morning, right?" the commander continued to ask with shock on his face.
The chief of staff confirmed: "I left the city yesterday morning and walked more than 20 kilometers before being blocked by the Independent Battalion in Dongtian Village!"
The commander finally recovered from the shock and shouted with excitement: "A miracle, this can definitely be called a miracle!"
"In less than two days, he killed more than 800 little Japs. How did Li Hao do it?"
"There is an introduction in the telegram!" the chief of staff replied quickly.
"Yesterday afternoon, they first took advantage of the complex terrain of Dongtian Village to lure the Japanese into the village and fight with them in the streets!"
"This morning, they continued to set up a second ambush in Dongtian Village, successfully intercepting the Japanese artillery and baggage troops, and repelled the Japanese infantry counterattack, forcing them to abandon the artillery and baggage troops, and then concentrated their forces to annihilate them!"
"Both battles were fought in Dongtian Village. A total of more than 800 Japanese were killed and countless seizures were made!"
"However, the losses of the independent battalion were also great. The deputy battalion commander was seriously injured, one company commander was killed, another company commander was injured, and one company was completely wiped out. From the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle, all battalion commanders died alone. Four hundred and twenty
There are so many people, and the entire independent camp has almost changed!"
"If they hadn't had a tactic of mobilizing prisoners to join the Eighth Route Army, and recruiting new recruits while fighting on the battlefield, the Independent Battalion might have been completely destroyed!"
"Even so, the total number of combat troops in the Independent Battalion is less than 200, and one-third of them are seriously wounded. There are not many intact and uninjured soldiers in the entire battalion!"
The smile on the commander's face disappeared. After reading the contents of the telegram carefully, his face was slowly replaced by solemnity.
After taking a deep breath, he replied: "The Independence Battalion fought very fiercely, otherwise the casualties would not be so heavy!"
"However, more than 800 Japs were killed in two battles. In terms of casualty ratio, those casualties were all worth it. With so many Japs buried with them, those soldiers who died should be able to rest in peace!"
"Reply a telegram to the Independence Battalion immediately: Summarize such a detailed battle report as soon as possible, I want to see it!"
"The independent battalion will not assign any combat missions to the military division for the next three months. We must seize this time and restore our strength as soon as possible!"
"Keep all the equipment and ammunition captured by the Independent Battalion in this battle for yourself to expand the army!"
"In addition, order the first and second brigades to select ten squad and platoon-level cadres from each to reinforce the independent battalion!"
"The ammunition for the two major battles of the military division was supported by the independent battalion. It is time for the military division to support them this time!"
"The troops suffered such a heavy loss. Almost all the soldiers were replaced, and the losses among the cadres must also be very great. Twenty squad and platoon cadres should be able to help Li Hao a lot!"
"As for the reward, tell Li Hao that I will record this great achievement for him for the time being. I will not give any reward this time. It only took them a few months to expand from the anti-Japanese guerrillas to the independent battalion. If the army continues to expand, it will be too big a step.
, will shake the combat effectiveness of the troops!"
At the independent battalion station in Hongquan Village, as soon as Li Hao walked into the headquarters, deputy communications platoon leader Zhou Liang chased him in.
"Battal commander, instructor, urgent call from the military division!"
"Give it to me quickly!" Li Hao grabbed the message and started browsing it.
Soon, Li Hao's face lit up with joy, and he exclaimed excitedly: "Okay... The commander is like a roundworm in our stomachs. He will bring us whatever we need!"
"On the way back, I was still thinking about how to reorganize the first company. Now that we have twenty squad platoon cadres sent from the division, the first company's frame can be set up immediately! The sacrificed squad leaders of several other companies can also be replaced immediately!"
Instructor Wang Hong also had a happy face.
He has seen all the seizures brought back by the troops. As the chief steward of the independent battalion, what he is most worried about is that most of this equipment and ammunition will be taken away by the military division before he can warm it up.
The Independence Battalion suffered huge losses in this great battle. It was short of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, everything.
Once those weapons and ammunition are separated by military divisions, it will definitely be impossible for the independent battalion to expand in one go.
Now, the commander made it clear that all the seizures of the independent battalion in this battle were kept. This way, his concerns and worries were gone, and he didn't need to think about how to keep more.
His eyes lit up and he replied: "There are also those equipment and ammunition. The commander asked us to keep them all. In this way, as long as there are soldiers, our independent battalion can expand to
"Time will not wait for me, expand the troops now!" Li Hao ordered unexpectedly.
The instructor hesitated and reminded: "Are you too hasty?"
"The troops have just returned from the war, so they need to take a rest!"
"There are also those who are lightly or seriously injured, they also need time to recover!"
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "I can't wait any longer!"
"Now the total number of combat troops in the entire battalion is only over 100. If the Japanese take the opportunity to attack our base, we don't even have the strength to resist, so we can only run for our lives like ducks in a row!"
Then he turned his attention to Chen Wei, the reconnaissance platoon leader next to him.
"Has there been any movement since the Watanabe brigade returned to Lingqiu County? What I'm most worried about now is that he knows our true strength, and then takes the opportunity to send troops to attack us. By then we really won't even have room to fight back!"
"The gate of the Watanabe Brigade of more than 500 people has been closed since they returned to Lingqiu City, and it has not been opened until now!"
"The city is full of Japanese patrolling back and forth. Even the puppet troops are very rare. The security is very tight."
"Half of the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon are watching outside the city, and there is also a low-power radio. No matter what happens, we can know it immediately!"
He Wenlin, the leader of the internal guard platoon, stood up and said: "Inside the independent battalion, please rest assured, battalion commander, during the period when the troops were on the expedition, we interrogated the Japanese and puppet spies that we had captured and took advantage of them, and we have killed all the Japanese and puppet spies around the station!
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"And now that the city gate of Lingqiu City is closed, it is not easy for news to get in. I guarantee that Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe of Lingqiu City will not be able to figure out our true strength within ten days!"
"God help me!" Li Hao suddenly shouted, with a smile on his face.
"The Watanabe Brigade is cowering in the city. Except for the three strongholds in Lingqiu, there are no Japanese and puppet troops that can threaten us..."
"The great Lingqiu has completely embraced us. If we don't seize the opportunity to capture these places now and turn Lingqiu into an isolated city, it will be difficult to encounter such a good opportunity in the future!"
Instructor Wang Hong was also moved, and replied with bright eyes: "This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
"The only problem is that the troops are too tired and we have too few troops!"
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