Half a month later, Li Hao and Lin Xinran returned to Chongqing safely.
During the entire rescue operation, a total of 8 members of the commando team were sacrificed and two were seriously injured, which can be described as a heavy loss.
After this battle, only one of the three commando units is left ready to participate in the battle.
Effort and gain are often directly proportional.
The greater the effort, the greater the gain.
Major General Kikuta, head of the Nanjing Special High School and commander of the military police, faced one defeat after another and did not hesitate to have a caesarean section in his office to save his last honor as a soldier.
A large number of officers from the Nanjing Gendarmerie Headquarters, the Special High School Section, the Special Service Team, and the Plainclothes Team were held accountable and replaced.
The underground party and the intelligence organization under Chongqing took the opportunity to expand their strength. Not only was the intelligence network not damaged by this rescue operation, but it was greatly strengthened.
Li Hao also had an unexpected gain.
The finances looted from the bank, except for counterfeit currency, were used by the underground party and intelligence organizations under Chongqing command. All gold and foreign currency were brought back to Chongqing.
After more than a month of going back and forth, the pharmaceutical factory has also undergone tremendous changes.
With the support of the pharmaceutical factory's abundant funds, the garrison battalion was restored to full strength in only ten days.
Pharmaceutical factories also resumed production within half a month.
All new factories were built in air-raid shelters to prevent further Japanese bombings.
The construction speed of Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory is also very fast.
In more than a month, the pharmaceutical factory sent things to Xi'an three times, including equipment and raw materials, as well as weapons and ammunition.
"Captain, so far, we have sent a total of 60 heavy mortars and 3,000 rounds of supporting artillery shells. In addition, we have also sent 1,200 rounds of heavy artillery shells and 1,500 rounds of heavy mortar shells to the old troops." Stay behind.
A commando team leader from the pharmaceutical factory reported.
Li Hao frowned: "The speed is still too slow."
If I remember correctly, the Hundred Regiment War will begin in more than a month.
According to the current speed, it is certainly impossible to send all 150 heavy mortars to the base area to participate in the war before the war.
After thinking for a while, he made a decision: "We will organize a transportation in two days, and this time I will personally escort the vehicle."
"You should contact the trucks now and get thirty of them. I will transport sixty mortars and five thousand rounds of supporting shells at one time."
"Three thousand rounds of artillery shells are distributed to sixty heavy mortars, and two thousand rounds are distributed to the garrison."
"Ever since the news came out from the headquarters that the arsenal of our garrison regiment can produce heavy mortars on a small scale, the garrison regiment has once again become a thorn in the eyes and a thorn in the flesh of the little Japanese."
"According to intelligence: The Japanese have assembled a main division around the garrison and are determined to swallow us up and destroy the arsenal."
"The pressure on the garrison will definitely be unprecedented. If it does not have a sufficient amount of ammunition reserves, it will never be an opponent."
At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the deputy commander-in-chief and deputy chief of staff were also discussing the garrison regiment.
The Japanese's reaction was completely beyond both of their expectations.
Although the garrison regiment is very powerful, it is a regiment-level unit after all, and its total strength is only that much.
To kill a main brigade and local garrison troops was to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer.
But they didn't expect that they would dispatch a main division to kill them. This was not at all like the little devil's fighting style.
In fact, this is not the fault of the Japanese army.
The garrison was so capable that countless Japanese officers were defeated by them.
Once bitten, twice shy.
I heard that the front army was going to attack the garrison regiment again, but no officer below the rank of major general in the entire front army dared to step on the landmine of the garrison regiment.
What happened to Nakata Yamaro is still fresh in their minds.
A main brigade and the full support of the Nakata family were defeated in the end, and they ended up retiring from active service.
They have no background, no family backing, and the possibility of defeat is definitely greater than Nakata Yamaro.
Nakata Yamaro had a background, and the price he paid after the defeat was to retire from active service.
He has nothing. After defeat, he will definitely be sent to a military court, and he will not even have a chance to retire from active service.
No one wanted to be a former enemy commander of an offensive garrison.
If the front army headquarters forcibly issues an order, this commander will not have confidence.
If even the commander is not confident of winning a battle, the morale of the troops will definitely be low, and the battle will definitely be lost.
After much thought, the commander felt that he could not risk a brigade and fight a battle with almost no chance of winning.
It was decided on the spot to add a brigade to a division.
"Boss, although the pressure on the garrison has increased, the pressure on other units has decreased." The deputy chief of staff replied with a twinkle in his eye.
"In order to assemble this division, the North China Front transferred many people from other base areas."
"This will definitely be of great benefit to our next major counterattack."
"Coupled with the 60 heavy mortars and 3,000 rounds of supporting artillery shells that Comrade Li Hao has sent to the army, our major counterattack will definitely be even more powerful and smoother."
"I think this tactic is feasible at the expense of local sacrifices in exchange for overall victory."
The deputy commander was silent for a moment and replied: "It is feasible, but there is a problem."
"A Japanese division has been assembled and may launch an attack at any time as long as the supplies and ammunition are in place."
"And our counterattack is still in the preparation stage, which means that the garrison will have to support the attack of a Japanese division for at least a month."
"The strength gap is there, and Comrade Li Hao is not here, can they hold on?"
The deputy chief of staff reminded: "Boss, according to intelligence, Comrade Li Hao has safely responded to Chongqing and successfully rescued Comrade Lin Xinran."
"How about we transfer him back to the garrison."
"If Chongqing still can't do without him, then let him be temporarily seconded until our major counterattack begins and the crisis in the garrison is resolved, and then let him return to Chongqing."
The deputy commander-in-chief looked happy, and just as he was about to speak, the communications staff officer hurried over and attracted his attention.
"Chief, there is an urgent telegram from Chongqing, and it is an encrypted telegram!"
The deputy chief of staff took the telegram and sat at the table to translate it. As soon as he was halfway through the translation, a smile appeared on his face.
"Boss, God is helping our Eighth Route Army."
"I just asked Comrade Li Hao to temporarily return to the army, and the news about him came."
"Comrade Li Hao decided to personally escort a batch of weapons and ammunition to Xi'an. This time the quantity was a bit large, a total of sixty heavy mortars and 5,000 rounds of matching artillery shells. Except for the 2,000 rounds of artillery shells that were given to the garrison, the remaining weapons and ammunition
It's all for us, so let's be ready to take over."
The smile on the deputy commander's face became even thicker, this was definitely a
Great news.
"Comrade Li Hao is indeed our blessed general."
"With sixty heavy mortars joining the battle, the offensive capabilities of the troops will definitely be greatly enhanced, and the losses during the counterattack will also be reduced. He will do us a big favor!"
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