"Batalion Commander, I'm back!" When the discussion for a long time failed to reach a conclusion, Li Hao's familiar voice suddenly sounded from the door of the tent.
Then deputy battalion commander Hong Linfeng led the cavalry company commander into the tent.
Zhou Wu smiled and reported excitedly when he saw Li Hao.
"Report to the battalion commander, the cavalry company has honored its mission and cooperated with the three main companies to kill all the invading Japanese and puppet troops in three consecutive battles, annihilating nearly a thousand enemies and capturing more than 400 puppet troops! Now I am ordered to return to the team and ask for instructions from the battalion commander!
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"Good fight!" Li Hao shouted excitedly, and the solemn expression just now disappeared immediately.
Then he stared at Zhou Wu and asked: "How are the casualties of the cavalry company? Are they serious? Can they continue to participate in the battle?"
"Not big..." Zhou Wu quickly replied.
"There were 36 casualties, 28 people died, and 94 people can continue to fight!"
Then he looked eager to fight and said: "Battalion Commander, just give the order, the cavalry company will definitely not let everyone down!"
"Don't worry yet!" Li Hao shook his head and replied!
"Even if the soldiers don't need to rest, the war horses also need to rest~ I order the cavalry company to return to the team immediately, rest on the spot, and replenish their physical strength. There will be no missions before dark tomorrow!"
After saying that, Li Hao turned his attention to Hong Linfeng: "Old Hong, how big are the casualties of the three main companies? When will they get here!"
"They are not big either!" Hong Linfeng replied happily.
"The combined casualties of the three companies were less than 150. After adding new recruits to each platoon, all the main forces were restored to full strength, and the combat effectiveness has not been weakened at all!"
"The Third Company will be here soon. The Second Company and the First Company will definitely be here before dawn!"
"That's good!" Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became wider.
"With the three main companies, plus the cavalry company, guard company, and independent company, we have a thousand troops at our disposal!"
Hong Linfeng was the person who knew Li Hao best in the independent camp. He smelled something different from this sentence and immediately asked.
"Battal Commander, is there a big battle to fight?"
Li Hao nodded and replied: "Xiao Yuan, please tell the deputy battalion commander what we discussed just now!"
Soon, Hong Linfeng's brows also knitted into the Chinese character "Chuan", and after taking a deep breath, he said: "Batalion Commander, we must not let the little devil continue to burn like this, otherwise the morale of the soldiers and people of our independent battalion will definitely be lost!"
"But if we continue to use guerrilla warfare to harass them and consume them, this attack is too weak and will not hurt them in a short time. If it lasts too long, the entire base will be burned down by them, and we cannot afford to lose it!"
"It's even worse to go out and fight the Japanese head-on. We are too weak and we are definitely no match. Captain Xiao's analysis on this point is correct!"
"Besides these two methods, I can't think of any other way to solve this problem!"
After finishing speaking, Hong Linfeng's already frowning eyebrows now furrowed even deeper.
Li Hao spoke at this time, and his words were shocking as soon as he opened his mouth.
"I decided to fulfill the little devil's wish!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops are sweeping away the superiority and burning down the houses. The ultimate goal is to force us out, so we will fight out and fight Watanabe head-on!"
"Batalion Commander, don't be impulsive, stay calm!" Hong Linfeng reminded anxiously.
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops is more than 1,900, and the real Japanese did not lose much along the way. There must be thousands of people in total. This is their strength advantage!"
"There are also equipment advantages, heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain artillery, we have a lot of them, and there are also armored vehicles and aircraft that we don't have!"
"Especially when planes attack us from the sky, a single bomb can wipe out half of our company. We have no way to counterattack and can only be passively bombed!"
"The advantage lies almost entirely with the Japanese. How can we fight hard?"
"I firmly oppose going out and fighting the Japanese!"
Li Hao retorted seriously: "No, we have advantages, and there are many advantages!"
"Impossible!" Hong Linfeng shook his head like a rattle, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
Several company commanders also looked suspicious.
Li Hao explained directly: "Since you don't believe it, let me analyze it for you!"
"Let's look at the strength advantage first. Our independent battalion indeed only has a thousand men who can participate in the battle. Don't forget that the military division also sent us a battalion of reinforcements."
"If nothing else, these five hundred people will be here soon."
"One thousand five hundred people are fighting against one thousand nine hundred Japanese puppet troops. Although our strength is still a little small, don't forget that nearly half of the troops in Watanabe's hands are puppet troops, and hundreds of them can hardly participate in the battle.
technical arms. So we are not at a disadvantage in terms of military strength!"
“Let’s look at the equipment!”
"I remember what you said just now, Lao Hong, that the three main companies brought all the captured heavy weapons, and also brought a lot of light machine guns and grenade launchers!"
"That's right!" Hong Linfeng affirmed.
"One heavy machine gun was destroyed, and five were left. All mortars were captured, six in total."
"Then the enemy's equipment advantage will be even more non-existent!" Li Hao's serious face gradually became more confident.
Then he ordered the reconnaissance platoon leader: "Platoon leader Chen, you know best the current situation of the Japs. Tell everyone how many heavy weapons the Japs have left!"
"Yes, battalion commander!"
Chen Wei thought for a moment and replied: "They also have six heavy machine guns, nine mortars, six mountain guns, and five armored vehicles!"
"What about us?" Li Hao continued to ask.
Chen Wei did not hesitate this time: "Including the three main companies that have just been captured and the commando equipment, we have seventeen mortars, sixteen heavy machine guns, and six mountain cannons!"
"That's right!" Li Hao's face became more and more confident, and his words became more and more confident!
"We have eight more mortars than the Japanese, almost twice the numerical advantage!"
"There are more heavy machine guns, which is almost three times the numerical advantage!"
"In addition to armored vehicles, we can definitely defeat the Japanese with other heavy weapons on the battlefield!"
The worry on Hong Linfeng's face did not disappear and he continued to ask.
"And what about planes? Planes are the biggest threat to us. Even if we have two thousand, five hundred people, they won't be enough to blow up!"
Li Hao looked calm and confident as before.
"Then there's no need to worry!"
"As long as we choose the battlefield at night, no matter how powerful the plane is, it won't be able to come!"
"In addition, we have a very important advantage. Don't forget. Even if we are forced by the Japanese to go out and fight them, we have the final say on how to fight, when to fight, and even where to choose the battlefield!"
"This means that the initiative on the battlefield will be in the hands of our independent battalion!"
"Watanabe was still too careless. He made a good move by setting fire to the village and forcing our independent battalion to come out, but he ignored one problem: in the end, even if his goal was achieved, our independent battalion was forced to come out and fight him.
, but the decisive battle he is facing is not what he wants in his heart!"
"In his eyes, our Eighth Route Army is not good at frontal combat and not good at fighting tough battles. This time our independent battalion will teach him a lesson. Our Eighth Route Army is not only good at fighting guerrillas, but also not bad at fighting tough battles!"
"Since Watanabe wants a decisive battle, then we will fight decisively!"
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