"Report to the head of the regiment, He Jun, acting commander of the 1st Battalion, has been ordered to come and greet us!" Walking on the street littered with corpses, he saw Li Hao intact and uninjured on the opposite side. He Jun breathed a sigh of relief and quickly saluted and reported!
"Captain He, I heard your name more than once outside the city!" Li Hao replied with an appreciative look on his face!
"The street fighting is particularly powerful. A dissatisfied company beat the Japanese back steadily!"
"The lone army got behind the Japs and circled them around. They couldn't even find the Japs from the south, south, east, west, or west. They also killed and wounded them in large numbers to reduce the pressure on the Chief of Staff's frontal defense!"
"This battle just now showed me how powerful you are!"
"Command two infantry squads to chase down an infantry squadron of Japanese soldiers. Be brave and strategic, and then make a smart decision to block the Japanese soldiers' retreat. Cooperate with the commando team to annihilate the squadron in one fell swoop!"
"With this battle alone, you are qualified to remove the word "acting" from the name of acting battalion commander on your head!"
"Now I announce: Comrade He Jun has officially become the commander of the first battalion. When we return to the base area, I will ask the political commissar to issue the official appointment document and then report it to the military division!"
He Jun's face lit up with joy and he immediately replied: "Commander, please rest assured, I will be a good battalion commander!"
In order to drag the Japs into the city and reduce the pressure on the regiment commander to enter the city, the pressure on the defending troops was also great!
Sometimes, in order to prevent the Japanese from evacuating Lingqiu City and blocking the regiment leader's way into the city, the counterattack troops had to stand in front of the Japanese and fight head-on!
After Li Hao successfully entered the city, the chief of staff decisively sent a signal to stop the fighting!
The little devils trapped in the city were released as if they were guilty. No matter what, they would seize the opportunity and rush out of the city!
The lively night battle ended suddenly like this!
At the temporary headquarters of the garrison, several battalion and company commanders were all sitting around a table made of ammunition boxes. Some were serious, some were excited, some were nervous, and their expressions were very complicated!
Li Hao was very happy and fortunate to finally meet these old subordinates again after two days!
Although there are several faces missing, most people survived this bloody battle!
"No further nonsense, let's get straight to the point, and then take the time to rest for tomorrow's battle!" Li Hao said straight to the point without any nonsense!
"I guessed it right. Most of you probably haven't slept for two days and two nights. This is not okay!"
Hong Linfeng smiled bitterly and replied: "Captain, we also want to sleep, but we don't dare!"
"The devils are right under our noses. If they touch us while we are asleep, we will lose our lives!"
"So everyone would rather be tired than lose their lives just because of rest!"
Li Hao made a decisive decision: "Then I will issue an order now: after the meeting, all security tasks will be handed over to the guard company and commando team. You all give me a rest!"
"Street fighting is not a field battle, nor is it guerrilla warfare in the woods. The enemy is always in the open! This battle has been going on for two days. The Japanese must have found some ways to treat others in their own way and use street fighting to fight back against us.
!So everyone must be vigilant at all times to prevent the Japanese from applying what they have learned and sneaking up on us quietly!"
"We will fight this battle for two more days. If everyone doesn't get a good rest, we will definitely not be able to stay alert all the time, and the casualties will increase greatly!"
"To make a long story short, each battalion will report its casualties first!"
"He Jun, you come first. The first battalion has been fighting behind the Japanese since daytime. It is the enemy's key target for encirclement and annihilation. The casualties must be huge!"
He Jun immediately replied: "There are still 137 people in the first battalion who can continue to fight!"
"Except for the artillery, I assigned everyone else to three main companies, ensuring that each company has four direct squads available!"
Li Hao was stunned for a moment, with a flash of shock clearly flashing across his face, but he didn't say much.
Then he turned his attention to Second Battalion Commander Zhang Yun!
"There are still 127 people in the second battalion!" Zhang Yun reported with understanding!
Huang Sheng followed closely: "There are still 134 people in the third battalion who can continue fighting!"
"There are still 34 people in the reconnaissance company who can continue to fight!" Chen Wei, commander of the reconnaissance company, reported afterwards!
"The guard company is a strengthened company, and there are still 72 people who can continue to fight!" Sun Jiawu said!
Xiao Yuan finally reported: "There are still nine people in the commando team!"
The chief of staff did not move, but his mind was not idle. As soon as Xiao Yuan finished speaking, he added: "Commander, plus the two of us, there are still 515 people in the garrison in the city! Yesterday, during the day and tonight, we have another
Nearly four hundred people were lost!"
"But, we killed at least 800 little Japs in the city!"
Xiao Yuan said: "Chief of Staff, when we entered the city just now, with the cooperation of the artillery battalion, we also killed at least 300 Japs, which adds up to 1,100 Japs. An entire infantry brigade is gone!"
Speaking of the results of the battle, several battalion company commanders who had solemn expressions just now smiled involuntarily!
Li Hao's expression did not change, he was as serious as ever, and he interrupted directly: "Don't be too happy too early!"
"Don't forget, according to the headquarters' orders, we have to guard Lingqiu City for two days!"
"We lost nearly 400 men in one day yesterday. At this rate of loss, our few troops will be completely consumed by the Japanese without waiting for a breakout!"
"So our tactics have to change. While fighting against the Japanese, we should continue to find ways to reduce casualties!"
After saying that, Li Hao turned his attention to He Jun: "Captain He, the First Battalion has been fighting behind the Japs, and has been attacked by the Japs. Logically, the casualties should not be so small!"
"I'm already prepared for the entire battalion to be lost!"
"I didn't expect you to bring me another surprise. After fighting for a whole day and a night under heavy raids by Japanese soldiers, so many soldiers survived in the end!"
He Jun quickly reported: "Captain, I was about to report this matter!"
"We discovered quite a few cellars during the battle!"
"There are cellars dug in many yards in the city. When we were surrounded by the devils and had no way to escape, we hid in the cellars. As long as we hid the entrances of the cellars well, even if the devils walked over us, they wouldn't be able to find us!"
"Because it was suddenly discovered during the battle, and there was a Japanese blockade between us and the Chief of Staff, and then there was no report!"
Li Hao's eyes lit up, he stared at He Jun and asked: "Are there many cellars? How many people can be hidden in each cellar? Is it hidden?"
He Jun didn't understand why the leader was so excited all of a sudden, and asked himself three questions in a row!
But he knew that the head of the group would definitely not aim at nothing!
After thinking for a moment, he answered with certainty: "A lot!"
"There are many in the courtyards. The big ones can hide an infantry squad, and the smaller ones can hide half a squad."
"Some cellar entrances are very hidden, and some cellar entrances are not hidden, but we can help her disguise it to ensure that even if the little devil walks up to her, she won't be able to find her!"
"good!"
Li Hao was even more excited than before and shouted loudly!
Then he looked at He Jun and said with emotion: "Battle Commander He, you saved our defense regiment!"
"With your discovery, at least hundreds of people from our defense team will die in Lingqiu City!"
"I was just thinking about how many of the more than 500 soldiers in the city will be able to break out of the encirclement in two days. Now that you have discovered this, I want most of the more than 500 comrades to survive until two days later, and then we can break out of the encirclement together.
Lingqiu City!”
"Before dawn, the Japs will come over to two more infantry brigades. These little Japs are at their peak. If you fight with them rashly, the casualties among your comrades will definitely be huge! So I decided that in addition to the guard company and commando team taking the initiative to engage in firefights with the Japs tomorrow day, I will not do anything else."
Everyone, please rest and avoid fighting!"
"Don't the Japanese want to annihilate our independent group in Lingqiu City and completely occupy Lingqiu City? I will satisfy their wish during the day tomorrow, first make them happy, and then let them rejoice in vain!"
At five o'clock in the morning, the Japanese reinforcements arrived at the South Gate on time!
Seeing them, Major General Sakai regained some confidence on his solemn face!
Decisively ordered: "The troops seize the time to rest, and we will start attacking as soon as daybreak!"
"Contact the aviation force. At 8:30 in the morning, all planes will rush to the sky above Lingqiu City. I will blow up all the remaining houses with a radius of more than 500 meters in the center of the city, and then the infantry will attack!"
"We must completely capture Lingqiu City during the day today, eliminate the garrison, and take revenge!"
"Hi!"
A circle of seven majors and lieutenants shouted in unison!
With so many troops fighting in Lingqiu City for such a long time, not even a single regiment of the Eighth Route Army could be dealt with. Not only did Major General Sakai lose face, but they, the captains, also lost face!
If they can't kill the garrison during the day, they will not be able to hold their heads high in front of their colleagues in the future, and they will be ridiculed by them. In a few years, they will not be promoted because of this fiasco!
"Rumble..."
At 8:30 in the morning, an explosion sounded in the city on time!
A group of three planes took turns dropping bombs one after another into the center of the city!
After the bombing ended, there was no longer a complete courtyard in the center of the city!
The bomb craters are one after another, dotted all over the center of the city. At a glance, they look like dense craters on the moon!
Many wooden houses were set on fire during the bombing and burned to rubble bit by bit!
These scenes were all witnessed by Major General Sakai, who raised his eyebrows and ordered: "The infantry begins to attack!"
"This time we have enough offensive troops, so if the troops are attacked on the offensive road, we will immediately send troops to counterattack!"
"When you find an Eighth Route Army soldier and kill one, you must not let them escape again!"
“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
Less than five minutes after the troops entered the city, gunfire rang out on the battlefield!
Major General Sakai stood on the top of the city. His face was tense at first, then slowly relaxed, and finally a smile appeared on his face!
The offensive troops are making great progress today!
Although the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops also caused many casualties to them, as long as the attacking troops counterattack, these Eighth Route Army will be "killed"!
In just two hours, the attacking troops reached the defense line built by the troops yesterday afternoon!
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