"Company commander, the seizure statistics are out!" Instructor Liu Wenxuan rushed to Zhao Wen and reported, his face full of excitement.
"The little devil must be planning to defend the Anji Town stronghold for a long time. He has stocked up a large amount of supplies and ammunition in the stronghold, enough for three hundred people to consume for three months. Now they are all at an advantage to us! The food alone is more than 50,000 kilograms, and all kinds of ammunition
It’s also more than 50,000 rounds!”
Zhao Wen's serious face finally showed a satisfied smile.
With these gains, I can not only make up for today's battlefield losses, but also make a lot of money.
He raised his brows and ordered: "Bring back all the seizures. As for the stronghold at our feet, it is located on a traffic thoroughfare. The Japanese will definitely not let us occupy it. After cleaning the battlefield, we will directly mobilize the people to destroy it!"
"In addition, because of concerns about the stronghold in Anji Town and because there are too many new recruits in the army, we have not moved in Anji Town and several surrounding villages!"
"If I remember correctly, the traitors in these villages and towns are still there, relying on the Japanese to support them, and they have been causing harm to the people in the countryside!"
"Now that the little devils in Anji Town are gone, it's our turn to settle the accounts with these traitors!"
"The three main platoons will immediately divide their forces and attack. Before these traitors know that our stronghold in Anji Town has been destroyed, immediately surround them and kill them!"
"Also, contact local cadres to go with them, establish bases in those villages, and form guerrillas."
"Although we cannot capture Anji Town at our feet, we can isolate Anji Town. Even if the Japs deploy heavy troops to reoccupy this transportation thoroughfare, I want them to be unable to leave the town and remain surrounded by us!"
"I'll give the order right away!" Instructor Liu Wenxuan replied with approval.
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Lingqiu City, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe has been stationed in the war room since the reinforcements left the city, studying the map and waiting for the results.
"Jingle Bell……"
The crisp ringtone of the phone broke the silent atmosphere in the war room.
The communications staff officer next to him quickly picked up the microphone and put it to his ear. As soon as he said a few words, the staff officer's face suddenly turned pale.
None of this escaped the eyes of Lieutenant Colonel Duan Bei, who asked calmly: "Did something happen again?"
The staff officer covered the microphone and reported: "Sir, the Xinzhuang stronghold reported that they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army had heavy machine guns, mortars, and mountain artillery. The garrison suffered heavy casualties. Please reinforce!"
The adjutant reacted quickly. He immediately marked the location of Xinzhuang on the map and then introduced it.
"Sir, the Xinzhuang stronghold is one of the three imperial army strongholds outside the city. The terrain there is flat and very suitable for farming. More than 30% of Lingqiu's food every year comes from Xinzhuang and several surrounding villages!"
"In order to control these grains, we specially stationed troops in Xinzhuang. There are a reinforcement team of the Imperial Army and a company of the Imperial Association Army, with a total strength of nearly 200 people!"
"Food!" Lieutenant Commander Watanabe said to himself.
Then he made a decision: "There is an order from the top. Starting from this year, all food supplies for the imperial army stationed in various places will be raised by ourselves, and part of the food will be handed over to support the imperial troops on the front line. Therefore, there must be no accidents with food!"
"Call them back immediately and be sure to hold on to the stronghold. Reinforcements will arrive soon!"
After seeing the staff officer repeating the order into the microphone, the adjutant hesitated and reminded: "Sir, there are three infantry squadrons left in Lingqiu City, and there are no cars to transport them. I don't know which squadron the commander plans to dispatch to attack!"
"Let the Second Squadron come up!" Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe replied decisively.
Several squadron commanders, like Watanabe, were all guarding the war room.
The captain of the second squadron had just stood up and before he could speak, the phone rang again.
The same staff officer answered the phone just now. The only difference is that the staff officer's face is paler than before.
"Sir, the Xiongjia Town stronghold was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The garrison suffered heavy casualties and is in urgent need of reinforcements!"
"Sir, something happened..." Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe raised his eyebrows, but before he could speak, a lieutenant rushed in from outside.
"Our troops reinforcing the stronghold in Anji Town were defeated. The cavalry returned with a disastrous defeat. There are only a dozen people left in one squadron. The infantry squadron is still on its way back to the county town. They have lost all their cars and are being chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Army!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe was so frightened that he did not react to the bad news for a long time.
The captain of the cavalry squadron also rushed in at this time, his face was pale, and when he saw Watanabe, he cried: "Sir, we have been fooled!"
"In addition to wanting to capture the stronghold of Anji Town, the Eighth Route Army also dispatched heavy troops to ambush us on the roads we must pass and encircle the points for reinforcements!"
"The cavalry squadron suffered heavy losses and was almost wiped out. The infantry squadron also suffered more than half of its casualties, and the car transport team was also lost. Please, sir, you must avenge us!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe finally came to his senses and forced himself to calm down. Then he stared at the cavalry squadron leader with his big eyes and asked, "Say what you just said again. What about encircling the spot for reinforcements?"
The cavalry squadron leader replied bravely: "Sir, we have been fooled. In addition to taking the emergency power of Anji Town, the Eighth Route Army also wants to eat our reinforcements!"
The adjutant hesitated and asked: "Sir, the troops reinforcing Anji Town were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way, and suffered heavy casualties! Do you want the second squadron to reinforce the Xinzhuang stronghold to set off!"
"Why are we setting out? Are we going to let them leave the city to die?" Watanabe asked angrily.
"What about the Xinzhuang stronghold and the Xiongjia Town stronghold?" the adjutant continued to ask.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe had a ferocious look on his face, and his mind was running rapidly, trying to find a solution.
Disappointingly, all the methods he could think of were rejected in a short period of time.
Finally, he took a long breath, like a defeated rooster, and replied helplessly: "Tell them to hold on to the stronghold!"
"If I can hold out until dawn, I will request planes to support them! If not, then be prepared to sacrifice your life for His Majesty the Emperor!"
After saying that, Lieutenant Commander Watanabe seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and he slumped down on the stool with a pale face.
When Xiao Yuan led the guard company back to the battlefield, many soldiers had two guns on their backs.
When he found Li Hao, he reported excitedly: "Batalion Commander, the killing just now was so exciting!"
"At first, we chased and killed more than a dozen Japs, and then we left more than thirty people behind, but we wiped them all out. In the end, only more than thirty people escaped!"
"We brought back a total of 48 rifles, two crooked handles, one grenade, and more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition!"
Li Hao also had a smile on his face and answered happily: "One cavalry squadron and one infantry squadron, less than fifty people escaped, and all the cars in Lingqiu City were lost. I guess this old devil Watanabe
After hearing this news, I will definitely be so angry that I will vomit blood!"
"With so many troops lost all at once, the Japanese troops in Lingqiu City are definitely not strong enough to support their continued attack on us!"
"The power in front of our independent battalion has been lifted. If nothing happens, the Japanese will not come out of the city to deal with us for at least two months!"
First company commander Chen Bing rushed over at some point, with the same excitement on his face, and spoke after him.
"Battal Commander, I have even more exciting news here!"
"Including the previous captures, we collected a total of 58 horses on the battlefield. All of them are intact and can be fought with additional troops."
"102 sets of cavalry equipment were seized, six war horses were injured but could be used as draft horses, and the remaining nearly forty war horses were all killed!"
"In addition, 68 38 caps, 3 crooked handles, and 2 grenades were seized~"
The smile on Li Hao's face grew wider, and he shouted excitedly: "Haha... With these seizures, our cavalry company is finally full, and we did not fight this battle in vain!"
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