Looking at the six company commanders and deputy company commanders with their heads lowered in front of them, some with grief and anger, some with heartache, some with anger...with different expressions, Li Hao didn't waste any nonsense and asked directly!
"First, let's report our respective casualties. Knowing ourselves and our enemies will ensure that we can survive a hundred battles. Only in this way can we have the confidence to fight."
Gong Wenshan, instructor of the First Company of the Independent Battalion, was the first to stand up: "Our company has suffered more than 30 casualties. The company commander was seriously injured and has been sent for rescue!"
Second company commander Zhang Yun followed up with the report: "The second company suffered more than 40 casualties, and almost a platoon was lost!"
"Thirty-eight casualties were caused by the third company, and 25 people were directly killed..."
After everyone had finished reporting, Li Hao's already frowning frown deepened.
He took a deep breath and replied: "This means that you suffered nearly 200 casualties within ten minutes of entering the village, and the battle line only advanced fifty meters, destroying more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops!"
Seeing several people lowering their heads and saying nothing, Li Hao's anger suddenly emerged and he couldn't help but curse: "Put your heads up, I asked you to come here not to make you regret coming, but also
It’s not about holding people accountable, it’s about changing tactics and solving problems.”
"As I said just now, street fighting is not how you fight."
"The Japanese and puppet troops are in the dark, and you are in the open. They just attack along the village road. The Japanese and puppet troops hide in the house and wait with their bows drawn. They are just sending them to the gunpoint of the Japanese and puppet troops to kill. There are no casualties.
Mostly impossible."
"Now I order each company to divide into three groups, attack along the village road, and the other two groups hide in the houses next to the village road to attack over the wall. To climb over the wall, you have to search the houses one by one in front to ensure that there are no enemies in the future.
Just keep pushing forward.”
"The attacking troops walking along the village road will rush to the rear. I will equip each of your companies with a mountain cannon. When you encounter the Japanese and puppet troops relying on houses to defend, don't be polite, and don't think about saving ammunition. This is not what you should consider.
Question, come up and blast them with mountain cannons, and blow them all to smithereens!"
"Don't be polite to the troops who attack over the wall. Use grenades and hand grenades to deal with the enemy. Don't be afraid of destroying houses!"
"As long as the Japanese and puppet troops in the village can be killed with minimal casualties, our independent battalion will compensate all the destroyed houses at the price!"
"Now start the attack again, and I will set a goal for each of your companies: in the next battle, each company's casualties cannot exceed twenty!"
"If it exceeds the limit, I will punish you even if you kill that old devil Watanabe!"
"Bullets, grenades, artillery shells...I'll give you whatever you want, replenish as much as you need, but you must control the casualties!"
The fighting in the village started again, and this time there were obviously more explosions than before.
He Jun, commander of the first company and platoon of the Independent Battalion, led more than thirty soldiers to climb over the wall and attack.
After successfully occupying one courtyard, He Jun stopped a squad leader who wanted to climb over the wall and enter another courtyard, and ordered in a deep voice.
"Why are you so anxious? If there are Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the yard next to you, you will be a living target for the Japanese and puppet troops when you show up."
"The machine gunner goes up to the roof, provides cover fire, throws two grenades over first, and then climbs over the wall!"
"Boom boom..."
Two explosions soon sounded in the courtyard separated by a wall, followed by two screams.
A flash of joy quickly flashed across the face of the squad leader, and he was grateful to glance at the platoon leader.
If it hadn't been for his reminder, I would have gone to see the King of Hell by now.
"Da da da……"
The machine gun mounted on the roof suddenly fired, and bullets flew into the yard next to it, and then there was another scream.
"Platoon commander, a Japanese soldier and a puppet soldier escaped into the house!" the machine gunner shouted at the top of his lungs.
He Jun glanced at the courtyard wall in front of him and knew how to defeat the enemy: "Let's climb over from the corner of the wall. The enemy is in the house and can't hit us!"
"Don't rush to attack when you enter the yard. It's better to blow it up with grenades first, then use machine guns to sweep it, and finally fight in to resolve the battle!"
“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
After three grenades exploded in a row, the machine gun fired at the wooden door and windows, using up two bullets and ten bullets before stopping.
"Kill in!" He Jun ordered decisively.
The squad leader who reached the door kicked the door open and rushed in.
"Platoon commander, both Japanese and puppet soldiers are dead!"
He Jun finally showed a long-lost smile!
Including the corpses in the yard, a total of six Japanese and puppet troops were killed, including two Japanese soldiers, with zero casualties. This result can definitely be called a victory.
With an excited look on his face, he ordered: "Let's continue to attack forward and use the same attack method just now!"
"The battalion commander is the battalion commander. If the attack method changes slightly, the Japanese and puppet army's tactics will be ineffective!"
The first battalion and the first company have also undergone great changes. After using the new tactics, the troops have successfully advanced thirty meters and killed more than thirty Japanese puppet troops. Not only did they lose two people, and both of them were injured!
"Da da da……"
A sudden burst of gunfire from the front attracted the attention of the deputy company commander, and then he saw three platoons of people climbing over the wall to attack, rushing towards them.
"Deputy company commander, there are many Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the yard in front. They are also equipped with light and heavy machine guns. They dug shooting holes in the courtyard wall and fired at us from the shooting holes. The firepower is too fierce and we can't get close to them at all!"
The deputy company commander's brows suddenly frowned.
In the past, when fighting troops encountered this problem, they had only two solutions, either to charge hard, or to find a way to build earthen tanks, approach the courtyard wall under the cover of earthen tanks, and then use grenades to blow up the courtyard wall.
It's definitely not possible to rush in forcefully now. Li Hao has determined the casualty range. If he rushes in forcefully, the casualties will be too great.
It is possible to build an earthen tank, but it is not possible in time.
Just as the deputy company commander frowned and thought about a solution, the squad leader of the second squad of the mountain artillery company who had been following the action stood up.
"Deputy Company Commander Zhang, why did you forget about our mountain artillery company? It's just a courtyard with an earthen wall. Just wait, our mountain artillery company will destroy it for you with two shells in five minutes at most."
After saying that, without waiting for Deputy Company Commander Zhang to react, he ordered his men to start setting up artillery.
"Boom...boom..."
After two consecutive explosions, two huge gaps more than three meters wide were blown out of the thick courtyard wall. The shooting holes and machine guns in the gaps were blown away without a trace!
Dozens of soldiers quickly rushed towards the gap under the cover of machine guns. After a burst of grenade explosions, the yard was occupied.
Only then did Deputy Company Commander Zhang react from the shock, and then sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Mountain cannon is indeed a treasure. If we can also equip a mountain cannon, it will be easy to encounter tough battles in the future."
"Deputy company commander, we have caught a big fish. There are more than a dozen Japs in the yard, and there is also a Japs captain!" A platoon leader rushed out to report, holding a command knife in his hand.
As soon as he finished speaking, another platoon leader rushed over.
"Get rich, company commander, we found a lot of war horses in the backyard. The entire backyard and the house are all full of war horses, at least a hundred of them!"
The deputy company commander immediately reacted: "It's the Japanese cavalry squadron. I didn't expect that we took over their cavalry squadron headquarters. Well done!"
"The guard squad stays and watches the horses. Nothing can go wrong with any of them! The others will continue to attack with me. There are big fish in front of us staring at us. Try to catch them all!"
"Also, send someone to inform the battalion commander about the war horses! There are so many war horses and our retreat time is short, so it is best to move in advance!"
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