After the intelligence staff officer showed off his attitude of not being afraid of boiling water, no matter how angry the army commander became, there was nothing he could do to him.
The chief of staff made a timely rescue and said: "Sir! The breakout troops of the garrison have now returned to their base in Lingqiu, and they have also brought back thousands of supplementary soldiers who were absent from work and a large amount of military equipment!"
"Those absentees were all Chinese soldiers captured by the imperial army on the battlefield. Because they were unwilling to cooperate with the imperial army, they were sent to the coal mines to exploit them and earn profits for the empire!"
"So they are full of hatred for the empire. As long as you give them a gun, they will immediately become the enemy of the empire and a serious problem!"
"I judge that after the breakout troops of the garrison regiment return to the base area, their strength will definitely expand rapidly, even more than before we launched the raid!"
"Originally, we deployed five brigades in Lingqiu, two brigades to fight the reinforcements sent from the 1st Division of the Eighth Route Army, and three brigades to deal with the garrison!"
"Now the entire Sasaki Brigade has been destroyed, leaving only two brigades to deal with the garrison!"
"As the strength of the garrison continues to expand, these two brigades no longer have any advantage, and they may even be defeated by them one by one!"
"So I believe that we should immediately end the sweep of the garrison base area and change the attack to a blockade!"
"Wait until the imperial army recovers from this defeat, and then assemble heavy troops to deal with the garrison!"
The military commander was noncommittal!
"It's time to end!"
After letting out a long sigh, his eyes became hot again, and he continued with determination!
"But I believe that Lady Luck will definitely be on our side in the next raid!"
"The garrison brought back a large amount of military equipment from Datong, and they must be building their own arsenal!"
"The intelligence agency must find the specific location of this arsenal!"
"Once this arsenal is established, the garrison will become a big business, with more and more care and burdens! You can no longer fight as flexibly and freely as before on the battlefield. You can break into the mountains when you want, and you can escape when you want.
, this will actually help the imperial army to sweep away the independent regiment’s base area and kill them!"
On the second day after Li Hao led his convoy into the mountains, the Japanese and puppet raiding forces began to withdraw from the base one after another!
Of course, they didn't retreat completely!
Three infantry brigades were stationed around the base area, and the Japanese army reoccupied Lingqiu County, which directly cut off all major transportation routes from the Lingqiu base area to the outside world, and surrounded the base area tightly!
However, this blockade cannot really trap the garrison!
The garrison regiment once had the strength to swallow up a large group of the Japanese army in one go, so dividing the troops has become a taboo for the Japanese army to deal with the garrison regiment!"
Don't pay attention to the large number of Japanese troops guarding the defense regiment!
These Japanese troops did not dare to divide their troops. They took the group as a unit and blocked the three-day highway from Lingqiu to the outside world!
As for the various small roads and mountain roads, even if the Japanese army wanted to defend them, they would be powerless!
On the same day, Hong Linfeng returned to the base one after another with a battalion and two thousand extra workers!
The four giants of the defense team who have been separated for nearly a month are reunited!
"Political commissar, deputy commander, please tell us each of your base areas' losses in this counter-mopping up!" Li Hao asked straight to the point in the simple conference room.
"Let me speak first!" Deputy leader Luo Yun stood up first, with a solemn look on his face!
"Before our garrison occupied Lingqiu, the Japanese killed people, burned down houses, and robbed things in the base area in order to force us out, but they were not too excessive!"
"Ever since we captured Lingqiu, successfully broke through, and made the Japanese lose face!"
"The little devils who invaded our base area are like crazy, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil!"
"During the entire anti-mopping up period, more than 700 villagers in two villages were massacred by the Japanese!"
"In addition, more than three hundred ordinary people died at the hands of the Japanese for various reasons!"
"Even more civilians were injured and killed by the Japanese. The total number of civilians was at least 2,000, accounting for almost 10% of all civilians in the entire base area!"
"As for the houses that were burned down, they are countless!"
"Currently, 21 villages have been burned to ashes, and nearly 10,000 people have lost their houses, accounting for half of all people in the base area!"
"In addition, in order to support this counter-mopping up and reduce the losses of the people in the base area, the independent battalion, the special agent company, and hundreds of soldiers who stayed in the base area have almost been replaced twice!"
"Captain, the independent battalion and special agent company you see now are the second batch of recruits given to them by the regiment headquarters!"
"595 people of the two troops were directly killed, and 258 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"The weapons and ammunition that the regiment headquarters finally accumulated are basically used up!"
"There is not a single machine gun in the logistics warehouse now, and there are still thirty rifles in stock!"
"There are still 20,000 rounds of bullets left, but I have been holding back and dare not use them!"
"Thanks to the ammunition team of the repair shop, they made a breakthrough during the counter-mopping up. They concentrated all personnel and equipment in the mountain to reload ammunition, and worked overtime day and night to reload nearly 50,000 rounds of ammunition for the troops. The ammunition in the hands of the troops was not destroyed.
Exhausted!"
"There is another loss that is also important!"
"We are running out of medicines in stock!"
"There are more than 2,000 injured civilians in the base area, and more than 200 injured people in the independent battalion and the special agent company. The amount of medicines used every day can be said to be astronomical!"
"In the past few days of fighting, the independent battalion has brought back nearly 200 seriously injured people, plus more than 300 wounded people brought back by the main force. The daily consumption of medicines has at least doubled!"
"If I remember correctly, with the medicines we currently have in stock, we can last for ten days at most before running out of medicines!"
Wang Hong stood up at this time!
The worry on his face is no less than that of Luo Yun!
He took a deep breath and replied: "Captain. Let me add one more thing!"
"Now the delay in confidants is to solve the problem of medicine, and then to appease the people!"
"In order to reduce the losses of the people during this period and let everyone continue to trust our defense team, I set an example and stay with everyone every day. I know their thoughts very well!"
"Many people no longer have the same trust and support for our Eighth Route Army as before!"
"There are even rumors in the base area: before our Eighth Route Army came, they lived a hard life under the Japanese occupation, and some people could not survive the winter and died of starvation and freezing, but after all, they were very few, only a few people in each village!"
"Now that our Eighth Route Army is here, although we let them have food to eat and prevent them from starving to death and freezing to death, more people will die!"
"A whole village of people were massacred by the Japanese to vent their anger. This incident brought great shock and fear to the people!"
Li Hao's frown deepened and he thought for a long time before speaking: "I will solve the problem of medicines!"
"Political Commissar, you can find a way to raise 50,000 yuan to buy medicines. If I remember correctly, the headquarters will agree to support us soon!"
"As for appeasing the people's hearts, we can't rush it!"
"As for the rumors you just mentioned, political commissar, they must have been deliberately instigated by some thoughtful people, and there must be little devils standing behind these thoughtful people!"
"After the meeting is over, immediately order the security department to investigate this matter thoroughly, and we must root out all the Japanese traitors lurking in our base area!"
"This time I brought back more than 2,000 absentees from Datong, and they haven't replenished the troops yet! From now on, these people will all be given to the political commissars!"
"Including the puppet prisoners we are undergoing transformation and have just captured, there must be 3,000 people!"
"In the next few months, they will be the main force in our reconstruction of the base area!"
"In addition, spend 20,000 yuan to support the reconstruction of the base area!"
"We will pay all the people who participate in the reconstruction of the base area!"
"All the extra ocean left will be used to compensate the soldiers and civilians who died in the base area during this counter-mopping up. If it's not enough, I'll find a way!"
Wang Hong hesitated and reminded: "Should we let the troops also participate?"
"The main force totals more than 2,000 people. With them joining us, the pressure on rebuilding the base will definitely be much less!"
Li Hao shook his head and refused: "No!"
"The main task of the main force now is only one: to train, and to train desperately, to form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time!"
"The Japs are watching us eagerly around the base area. If we don't have a strong force to protect the base area, even if we rebuild the base area, as long as the Japs launch another raid, the base area will still suffer a devastating blow!"
"This matter is settled! Chief of Staff, tell us about the situation of the troops!"
Hong Linfeng stood up, his face very solemn, he read the list in his hand over and over again, and finally he sighed and said!
"The situation in the army is not optimistic either!"
"The three main battalions are the same as the independent battalion and the special agent company. The soldiers have at least changed!"
"As of now, we still have three main battalions, an independent battalion, a special agent company, a guard company, a reconnaissance company, and a commando team!"
"The cavalry battalion is temporarily reduced to a cavalry company, the artillery battalion is reduced to an artillery company, and the supply camp is in name only!"
"There are still 2,153 soldiers in the entire regiment!"
"The first battalion has about 500 people, the second battalion has about 450 people, the third battalion has about 380 people, the independent battalion has about 300 people, and the secret agent company has about 100 people!"
"There are more than 500 people left who belong to the guard company, reconnaissance company, cavalry company, artillery company, supply camp, regiment headquarters and commando team!"
"In addition to the huge loss of troops, the equipment was also extremely depleted!"
"There is one mountain cannon left in the artillery battery!"
"Although the other artillery pieces are hidden outside Lingqiu City, that area is now occupied by the Japs. It will be very difficult to get them back!"
"And even if we get it back, we won't have any artillery shells to use!"
"There are six mortars left in the entire regiment, and the total number of shells is less than 200 rounds!"
"There are seven heavy machine guns left and less than 3,000 rounds of ammunition left!"
"There are still 39 troops left in the crooked regiment, which is not half as many as before the war!"
"The only thing that is not missing is the 38-meter cover, which is basically one per person!"
"This is also thanks to the armory. Although it has been moved deep into the mountains, it has not stopped repairing weapons!"
"In less than a month, they provided at least 300 rifles and ten crooked rifles to the main force!"
"But there is a serious shortage of ammunition. Except for the 20,000 rounds in stock at the regiment headquarters, ordinary soldiers don't even have enough 50 rounds per person!"
"But this problem has been solved!"
"The ammunition reassembly at the armory has not stopped. Now with the military equipment and a large number of semi-finished bullets we brought back from Datong, they can definitely assemble at least 100,000 rounds of bullets for us within a month!"
Li Hao was silent for a long time before speaking!
He sighed and replied: "Political commissar, chief of staff, deputy commander, our garrison has been transformed from landlords into tenants in a single battle. We are completely destitute!"
"From now on, everything has to start from scratch!"
