"Have the casualties and losses been calculated?" The brigade leader had a bad premonition in his mind and asked hurriedly before the other party could speak!
"Hi!" The captain turned around and affirmed!
"The forward troops, as well as the First Squadron whose main force was at the forefront, were not only attacked by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire and cavalry, but also attacked by the Eighth Route Army's infantry!"
"Two infantry squadrons were wiped out!"
"The third infantry squadron was attacked by a joint attack by artillery and cavalry, with more than half of the casualties!"
"The troops behind were only attacked by the Eighth Route Army's artillery, and the casualties were still within our tolerance!"
"But the total casualties of all the troops are still a large number!"
"This does not include the casualties caused to us by sneak attacks by small units of the surrounding Eighth Route Army!"
The brigade commander stared closely at the captain and asked: "I don't want to listen to these nonsense, I just want the specific number of casualties! How many people did we lose in the battle just now!"
"How many people inside were killed directly in battle, and how many were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
The captain quickly replied: "Currently, a total of 495 people have been killed in battle, and 189 people have been seriously injured and have lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Because the Eighth Route Army is still hiding around and continuing to attack us, there must be many missing figures on the battlefield!"
The brigade commander's face immediately turned red with anger, and his eyes seemed to be able to breathe fire. He cursed loudly: "In other words, in the battle that took less than an hour just now, we directly lost more than 700 people!"
"And our enemy, the Eighth Route Army, only dispatched more than 20 artillery pieces, more than 100 cavalry, and less than 100 infantry in the battle!"
"Hi!"
The captain lowered his head and did not dare to say any nonsense!
The brigade leader must be on the verge of rage now. If he says the wrong thing, all the pent-up anger will definitely be vented on himself!
"Da da da……"
A series of gunshots not far away interrupted the brigade commander's curse!
The gunfire was so dense that at least five or six light machine guns fired at the same time to create such a sound!
"The attacking troops must have blocked the Eighth Route Army that sneaked up on us!" a staff officer next to him whispered!
For the brigade leader, this news can definitely be like drinking nectar!
All the news I heard just now was bad news. Block the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops and kill them. Although the results are small and even a little unworthy of mentioning, it is a victory after all!
Immediately raise the telescope and look at the battlefield two hundred meters away!
Six crooked handles are arranged in a semi-circle, and the fire is directed at a point in the middle!
Under the cover of night, the bullets fired by the light machine gun are particularly dazzling, like meteors, and the flight path can be clearly seen!
"Yo Xi, the attacking force did a good job. They blocked an Eighth Route Army sneak attack force as soon as they came out!" A rare smile appeared on the solemn face of the brigade commander, and he ordered happily!
"I ordered the troops to attack to kill them. I want to kill all the Eighth Route Army troops they encountered in Lingqiu, to avenge the Imperial Army who died in the battle, and to vent my hatred!"
As soon as the messenger left, the brigade commander's eyelids twitched unconsciously, and then he saw a crooked handle that misfired!
In less than three seconds, another crooked handle misfired!
"Da da da……"
Several tongues of flames emerged from behind the attacking troops, and bullets flew toward the counterattacking troops!
Three of the crooked guns that were shooting misfired at the same time, and the formation began to become chaotic at this time!
People are constantly being killed by bullets flying inexplicably around them!
"Baga! There must be an enemy behind our counterattack force!" the captain shouted!
"Pa bang bang..."
As soon as he finished speaking, more intensive gunshots came one after another!
There is not only the sound of machine gun fire, but also the sound of box cannon shooting, and the sound of box cannon shooting is even denser!
The formation of the counterattack troops became even more chaotic. Many soldiers were lying on the ground like headless flies, shooting randomly at the surroundings!
All six crooked handles misfired!
Even if a machine gun popped up and fired, the firing lasted less than two seconds and then stopped!
"Baga, it must be the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack force that got behind the counterattack force!" The brigade leader also understood at this time!
Immediately ordered: "What are you doing here? Send another squadron to go out, reinforce the attacking troops, and attack us from the front and back to kill the Eighth Route Army that sneaked up on us!"
What surprised the brigade commander was that as soon as the reinforcements moved, the gunfire on the battlefield stopped!
Everything was dark, as if nothing happened just now!
After waiting for less than five minutes, the brigade commander saw the attacking troops coming back to reply with orders!
The team of more than 150 people at the time of the attack was now much shorter, and there were still many seriously injured people in it!
"General, I didn't perform my humble duty well! Please be punished!" the captain walked up to the brigade commander, like a defeated rooster, lowering his head and reported!
The brigade commander was furious and yelled: "You are a stupid pig. With so many troops, you can't even deal with dozens of Eighth Route Army troops, and you let them beat you and then successfully escape. This is simply the behavior of the imperial army."
shame!"
"Hey, the general taught you a lesson!" the captain replied with his head lowered, not daring to refute a word!
Two hours later, Major General Sakai finally led his troops to Lingqiu City!
Because the troops were marching in a hurry and the radio was not turned on, the brigade commander Major General Sakai did not know that the siege troops had been driven out of Lingqiu City by Hong Linfeng!
Seeing the three captains and one deputy captain who came to greet them all with their heads lowered, Major General Sakai's first reaction was bafflement!
My eyes first fell on the vice-captain!
You guessed it right, this deputy captain is the deputy to the temporary commander-in-chief of the siege force!
Now he has been dismissed from his post, and he is still guilty!
As the newly appointed major general brigade commander, his direct boss dared not come to greet him!
The brigade leader's first reaction was that he was insulted. Even a guilty person dared not come to greet him and looked down on him!
After the troops were attacked, the anger that had been suppressed all the way was like a ignited powder keg, which was detonated instantly!
He stared at the deputy captain and cursed: "Where is your captain? Why didn't you come over?"
"Don't he know that I brought him the order from the military department?"
The deputy captain's rank is only captain. In his eyes, the major general brigade commander is definitely someone he looks up to!
The other party can easily decide their future with just a move of their fingers, just like crushing an ant!
So when faced with the brigade leader's obviously angry questioning, the deputy captain's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he felt a huge pressure rushing towards him!
Then he suppressed the fear in his heart and reported: "Report to the general... Our captain... performed a caesarean section at the headquarters to apologize!"
"Nani?" the brigade leader asked with wide eyes!
The deputy captain quickly explained: "After the telegram to the military headquarters was sent, the captain drove us out of the headquarters, and no one was allowed to go near there!"
"At the beginning, we could still hear some noises from the headquarters!"
"In the early morning, there was no movement at the headquarters. By the time we rushed in, the captain had already expired!"
"That's it!"
The anger on the brigade leader's face slowly disappeared!
He took a deep breath and replied: "Perhaps a caesarean section is the best outcome for your captain. At least you can preserve your honor as a soldier and you don't have to be sent to a military court!"
"I will report this matter to the military headquarters. Since your captain is dead and you are the deputy captain, you will temporarily act as the captain!"
"Let's go into the city now and go to your headquarters. I want to know all the battles you encountered yesterday afternoon. As soon as daybreak, we will launch an attack on the remaining Eighth Route Army in the city. The battle must be ended within one day and we must kill them!"
The captains did not move, and their heads that were already lowered were even lower now!
Major General Sakai's anger suddenly rose again, and he yelled: "Baga, why don't you execute the order!"
The captain, who carried the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on his shoulders, replied bravely: "General, calm down!"
"It's not that we didn't carry out the order, it's that Lingqiu City was lost!"
"We were still in the city in the first half of the night, completely controlling all areas along the city wall! But starting from the second half of the night, we were attacked by the Eighth Route Army one after another, and the troops suffered heavy casualties! In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, we did not give the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to take advantage of it, so we had to give up.
Lingqiu City, take the initiative to withdraw and camp outside the city!"
The brigade leader's eyes turned red again, as if he could spit out fire.
He stared at the three captains for a full minute before speaking!
"That means you were driven out of Lingqiu City by the Eighth Route Army?"
"Yesterday afternoon, the imperial army lost more than 2,000 people. The city of Lingqiu, which was captured with great difficulty, was completely lost by you in one night. What kind of hell is this war? Are they all stupid pigs? No, stupid pigs are not as cowardly as you.
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"Do you know what losing Lingqiu City means to us?"
"The more than two thousand imperial troops who died in the battle yesterday afternoon were all in vain, and the whole afternoon's battle was in vain!"
"After daybreak, we will attack Lingqiu again and enter the city. We will have to do everything over again, and we will also lose a large number of imperial troops!"
Seeing that the three brigade captains all lowered their heads and said nothing, the brigade leader became more and more angry as he cursed and even thought of vomiting blood!
At the Japanese Army Headquarters in Taiyuan, the Chief of Staff held a telegram in his hand and stood in front of the Army Commander. He opened and closed his mouth and hesitated for a long time without saying a word!
Seeing the military commander suddenly looking up at him, he could only answer bravely: "Sir, Commander Sakai Brigade has an urgent call!"
"He led his troops and was attacked by the Eighth Route Army ten kilometers away from Lingqiu City. The enemy was equipped with two brigades of artillery. The artillery and cavalry cooperated with each other to attack us. The troops suffered heavy casualties and nearly one brigades lost their combat effectiveness!"
"After the troops arrived at Lingqiu City, all our troops who entered Lingqiu City were driven out by the Eighth Route Army, and more than 300 soldiers were lost in the battle. All the results achieved by the troops yesterday afternoon were all in vain!"
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