At six o'clock in the evening, the Japanese and puppet troops who had been arrogant all day in the base area finally stopped!
The remaining troops of the Independent Regiment relaxed their nerves after a tense day and began to replenish ammunition and recruits, and treat the wounded!
The results and losses were gradually summarized to the commanders of both sides!
In Lingqiu City, the commander of the Major General Brigade was the first to receive the news!
Feeling very good!
At the end of the day, the three-pronged raiding force killed more than 300 people!
Although many people inside are guerrillas and do not wear Eighth Route Army uniforms, they are not real Eighth Route Army soldiers!
But the brigade commander knew very well that as long as the Eighth Route Army is willing, these people can become soldiers at any time!
Killing them now would be equivalent to killing potential members of the Eighth Route Army!
Moreover, these guerrillas all have guns in their hands. Even if they are not the Eighth Route Army, they are still anti-Japanese armed forces. In the eyes of the brigade commander, they deserve to be killed just like the Eighth Route Army!
Including yesterday's results, the mopping up troops have killed more than 700 people from the independent regiment!
As long as the progress of this sweep remains unchanged and there are no accidents, within three days at most, there will be no troops available in the independent regiment's base area, and this sweep will end with a complete victory!
Thinking of this, the brigade leader couldn't help but feel happy!
The worries and worries caused by the death of the chief of staff during the day were all wiped away at this time, and he could concentrate on dealing with the battle that might break out in Lingqiu City tonight!
"Are all the city defense troops ready?" His eyes quickly shifted to the acting chief of staff, and he asked with a raised brow!
The deputy chief of staff quickly replied: "General, don't worry, all troops have entered the position!"
"We opened the ammunition depot and replenished all the equipment and ammunition that the defenders lacked. We also added a thousand grenades in each direction!"
"The Eighth Route Army has no artillery. If they want to enter Lingqiu City, they can only attack by force!"
"We rely on the city fortifications to defend from a high position. As long as we have enough grenades and keep throwing grenades outside the city, no matter how many people the Eighth Route Army has, they will not be able to get close to the city wall, let alone enter Lingqiu City!"
"The first and third squads of the Guards serve as reserves to protect the safety of the headquarters and are ready to reinforce the battlefield at any time!"
The brigade commander replied with satisfaction: "The entire battle will be carried out according to your arrangements. I will stay here tonight and watch you severely inflict heavy losses on the main force of the independent regiment and make contributions to the empire!"
At the independent regiment's temporary headquarters, Li Hao suddenly felt bad when he saw the casualty report forwarded by the political commissar!
In just one day, the base area lost nearly 400 people, half of whom were guerrillas and district teams alone!
This result is something Li Hao cannot accept no matter what.
He frowned and cursed with dissatisfaction: "What does Zhao Wen of the Independent Battalion do for food? Before I left, I repeatedly explained that unless the main force is exhausted, the district squad and guerrillas must not be allowed to go directly to the battlefield!"
"The guerrillas have not been systematically trained, and if they are directly sent to the battlefield to face the Japs, that is no different from committing suicide!"
Hong Linfeng hesitated and reminded: "Captain, Commander Zhao and the others must have difficulties that we don't know about!"
"I judge that the reason is probably that the troops left behind suffered too many casualties yesterday!"
"Yesterday we lost almost all our main force. More than 400 people were killed directly in battle. With the injuries, almost an independent battalion was wiped out!"
"There are only so many troops left behind, and more than half of them were casualties in one fell swoop. Even if all the remaining main forces are deployed, it is impossible to keep an eye on so many Japanese and puppet troops in the base area!"
"If the main force is not enough, local troops and guerrillas must take over, otherwise the people will suffer!"
Li Hao was silent and replied with a long sigh: "You are right, the situation in the base area must be worse than we imagined!"
"The political commissar didn't want to distract us, so he didn't inform us!"
"Okay, let's get down to business!"
Li Hao's face quickly returned to the serious expression just now!
"Everyone has read the political commissar's battle report. We can be sure that the base area has reached the final moment of life and death! In order to rescue the base area, we must not return without success tonight, otherwise the base area will be gone!"
"After calculation and interrogation of the prisoners, the total number of Japanese and puppet troops remaining in Lingqiu City is at most 700, so I decided to capture Lingqiu City at all costs tonight, kill the Japanese Major General Brigade Commander, and then force the Japanese in the base area
The puppet troops return to support."
"Of course, forcing the Japanese to return for reinforcements is only the first step in the entire combat plan!"
"Even if we kill the Japanese Major General Brigade Commander and capture Lingqiu City, after the Japanese and puppet troops return to Lingqiu, their main force will be thrown away!"
"As long as they re-appoint a commander and re-establish the headquarters, they will definitely launch a new round of offensive to kill them again and avenge their brigade commander!"
"This brings us to the second step of our entire combat plan, which is to encircle and reinforce the points we have always wanted to attack but the Japanese have never been fooled by!"
"But we need to make some changes. If we don't attack Lingqiu City if we besiege it, or if we don't fight hard, the Japanese will not send troops to come back for reinforcements! So if we want to attack Lingqiu City for reinforcements, we must first capture Lingqiu City.
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"So tonight, we have to do two things: attack Lingqiu City first, and leave a small number of troops to continue fighting after the city is broken, to completely capture Lingqiu City!"
"Then the main force will follow me to fight the Japanese reinforcements, and kill the Japanese at all costs to mop up the troops along the way!"
Everyone was frightened by Li Hao's huge appetite!
A few words shocked everyone!
If this decision had been made the night before yesterday, everyone would still have some confidence!
As of now, I have no confidence at all!
Last night, the first battalion attacked Lingqiu City and lost more than 300 people!
To eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops attacking during the day, even if the independent regiment had the superiority in troops and firepower, the battle damage and the strafing by Imp aircraft still exceeded 200 casualties, more than one-third of which were caused by Imp aircraft!
When the troops were divided, the total strength of the external troops exceeded 2,000, and the combat troops alone had 1,780 people!
Now the total strength is less than 1,800 people, and there are only less than 1,500 combat troops left!
Although there are not many Japanese and puppet troops left in Lingqiu, they rely on the city wall fortifications to defend from a high position, and they have sufficient ammunition. If the independent group wants to completely capture it, they will definitely have to pay a lot of casualties!
This means that the number of combat troops who will go to fight for reinforcements with the regiment leader will probably not exceed a thousand!
Even if the Japanese and puppet troops' three-way mopping up troops suffered a lot of casualties in the past two days, there must still be 1,300 or 400 people left. Is it possible to win with a thousand people to attack them?
Don't worry, if the Japanese are not killed by then, you will be hit by a counterattack, losing your wife and losing your troops!
Everyone in front of Li Hao has no confidence!
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