At the Hongquan Village Independent Battalion, the telegram from the military division was like a thunder, alarming everyone in the battalion headquarters.
The independent battalion expanded into an independent regiment, the battalion commander became the regiment leader, and all officers and non-commissioned officers were promoted to one level. This means that even an ordinary soldier in the independent battalion is now the deputy squad leader.
No one doesn't like to be promoted, even if we are all revolutionary fighters.
So everyone in the Independent Battalion Department who received the news first had a smile on their face!
In the headquarters, when he learned that Li Hao had been promoted to regimental commander, Peng Yunfeng did not show any unconvinced expression.
This counter-mopping made him clearly realize the gap between himself and Li Hao. In the words of the deputy chief of staff, Li Hao deserved to be the leader of the independent regiment.
"Captain Li, congratulations on your appointment as the leader of the Independent Regiment, and congratulations to Political Commissar Wang on your appointment as the political commissar of the Independent Regiment!" Peng Yunfeng saluted each of them with a military salute, and then said with a serious face!
Li Hao shook his head and replied: "There is nothing to congratulate!"
"As the old saying goes, one general can make thousands of bones dry up. The reason why the Independence Battalion was able to achieve such a great result, the reason why we were able to win this counter-mopping operation and kill that old Japanese soldier Watanabe is because of the merits of the soldiers who died and were injured on the battlefield.
It’s a must!”
"Also, without Battalion Commander Peng's first battalion, our independent battalion would never have been able to fight so efficiently in this battle, so your first battalion is also indispensable."
"If I'm not wrong, when you return to the army, Commander Peng, you will definitely receive a commendation from the deputy regiment!"
After saying that, Li Hao turned his attention to Wang Hong.
"Old Wang, I think we still need to study the expansion of the independent battalion and the independent regiment. The top priority now is to count losses, count casualties, and count results."
"Especially the battle results and casualties, these two points are crucial to whether our independent battalion can be expanded into a real independent regiment!"
"I don't want our independent regiment to be a showy regiment because we don't have the people and equipment after the expansion order from our superiors comes down!"
The smile on Wang Hong's face disappeared in an instant, and there was even a flash of solemnity, and then he replied with a serious face: "Basically everything has been calculated!"
"In the final decisive battle plus three surprise battles, as well as guerrilla warfare, a total of 598 soldiers of the independent battalion were sacrificed, and a total of 58 soldiers of the local district team and guerrillas were sacrificed, for a total of 656 sacrifices!"
"There are 42 soldiers who were seriously injured and disabled and had to leave the combat unit. This means that the main force will directly reduce the number of 640 people!"
"211 people were slightly or seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness. All these soldiers have been sent to intensive treatment!"
"The total number of combat troops before the Independence Battalion was more than 1,500, and now the total strength of each company is still 750!"
Li Hao nodded, and his expression became serious. The casualties were greater than he expected, especially the direct reduction in personnel.
He turned his attention to Peng Yunfeng next to him, took a deep breath and asked, "Where are you, Lao Peng?"
Peng Yunfeng's face also became gloomy: "The casualties on my side are smaller, after all, I only participated in the decisive battle later."
"The whole battalion was sacrificed and seriously injured, 168 people were disabled, and more than 80 people were slightly injured!"
"The seriously wounded have been handed over to Political Commissar Wang and sent to your secret camp for treatment. The lightly wounded are moving with the team. There are still about 300 people!"
Li Hao sighed and replied: "The two armies directly lost nearly 900 people. Including the lightly wounded, we lost almost 1,300 people. It really complies with the old saying, kill the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800 by yourself!"
Wang Hong immediately said: "Captain, I think the situation is far better than killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred!"
"According to the accounts of the puppet army officers we captured, the Japanese and puppet troops sent a total of 3,400 troops in this sweep. All of these people were wiped out by us. In terms of casualty ratio, it has almost reached one to three. It can definitely be called
A great victory."
Li Hao shook his head and retorted: "You can't settle the account like this!"
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops is more than 3,000, but puppets account for more than half of them, and only a little more than one-third are real Japs!"
"If you calculate it this way, the casualty ratio between us and the Japs is almost one to one!"
Wang Hong's face gradually became serious: "After statistics, there are less than 1,500 real Japs in the more than 3,000-day puppet army, including four infantry squadrons, a cavalry squadron, and a mortar squadron.
A mountain artillery squadron, a baggage train, and the other is Watanabe's guard!"
"If we only count the Japanese troops, the casualty ratio is indeed a little more than one to one!"
The atmosphere in the command headquarters suddenly became depressing. At this time, Peng Yunfeng spoke: "Captain Li, even if this counter-mopping up is a tragic victory, then we have won!"
"Although the casualties of the troops are a bit heavy, with the weapons and ammunition captured on the battlefield, it won't take long for us to make up for these losses!"
"Not bad!" Li Hao's face looked a little better.
"Battle Commander Peng is right. Although the losses of the troops are heavy, those who remain are elites! With these elites as the foundation, and our gains from this battle, it will be sooner or later that we regain our strength! Political Commissar, please continue, say something
Let’s talk about our gains!”
Wang Hong's solemn facial expression relaxed a lot, and he thought for a moment before answering: "Let's talk about the equipment first, and it is intact."
"A total of three mountain guns, thirteen mortars, twelve heavy machine guns, 38 grenade launchers, and 46 light machine guns!"
"There are two types of rifles, the 38-gauge rifle and the 79-gauge rifle. The 79-gauge rifle has more rifles, a total of 820 rifles, and the 38-gauge rifle has fewer rifles, a total of 560 rifles!"
"There are also 159 war horses, including those from the Little Japanese Cavalry Squadron, officers' mounts, and messengers."
"There are 128 sets of cavalry equipment, about 1,400 sets of Japanese infantry equipment, and about 2,000 sets of puppet army equipment!"
“With these quilts and equipment, our independent group won’t have to worry about spending the winter this year!”
"Let's talk about the equipment that was damaged by artillery shells and aircraft: three mountain guns, eight mortars, nine heavy machine guns, 12 grenades, 31 light machine guns, and more than 700 rifles of all kinds!"
Li Hao's face looked even better, and he asked: "Where is the ammunition?"
Wang Hong took out another list and reported: 89 boxes of mountain artillery shells, mortar shells were seized in several battlefields, a total of fifty-six boxes, a total of 8,000 hand grenades, and a total of six heavy machine gun bullets.
Ten thousand rounds, there are two types of rifle bullets, 180,000 rounds of 79-caliber bullets, and a little more than 65-caliber bullets, a total of 210,000 rounds!"
Li Hao continued to ask: "How many weapons and ammunition have we lost?"
Wang Hong took out another list: "These are the losses reported by each company. Although there are some exaggerations, they are not much different!"
"Including one mortar, two heavy machine guns, nine light machine guns, and 358 rifles, they were all blown up by the enemy's artillery!"
"There is a lot of ammunition. A total of 489 mortar shells, 192 mountain artillery shells, 2,800 grenades and grenades, 28,500 heavy machine gun bullets, and 192 rifle rounds were used.
There are 110,000 rounds of machine gun bullets, plus our additional battalion, the total is 170,000 rounds!"
Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Fortunately, there is no loss in weapons and ammunition, and there is still a lot of profit, especially grenades and mountain cannon shells!"
Wang Hong continued: "In addition to these actual seizures, Commander, you asked the troops to pick up all the bullet casings and artillery shell casings on the battlefield. The number is very large, more than 300,000 in total, maybe 400,000, almost two
Thousands of kilograms, all piled up in the warehouse!"
"Now we mobilize the common people in the base area to help us collect bullet casings. I estimate that the bullet casings produced in the battle with the Japanese six months ago or even a year ago can be found, and the number will be even greater, at least 600,000 rounds!"
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