After being silent for almost a minute, Zeng Quan replied in a heavy tone: "Captain, you are right, the casualties of the troops are indeed very large!"

"Especially, treating the Japanese as the first battalion attacked by the Imperial Army, and also the third battalion and one company that blocked the Japanese army head-on, more than half of the casualties!"

"I want specific data!" Wang Ping asked with a calm face.

"The first battalion sacrificed 159 people, seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and directly reduced 206 people, including two deputy company commanders and two deputy instructors! The second battalion sacrificed 81 people, seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and directly reduced 96 people! The third battalion sacrificed 153 people, seriously injured and lost combat effectiveness, and directly reduced 224 people! The troops directly under the regiment headquarters sacrificed 52 people, seriously injured and seriously injured, and directly reduced 69 people. A total of 595 people were reduced in the entire regiment, which does not include nearly 400 minor wounded people!"

"The troops also consume a lot: the average person of fifty bullets and three grenades brought out by the infantry were basically used up, and the mortar shells brought out were similar to the grenade special grenades. More importantly, we also lost nine grenades, a heavy machine gun, 7 crooked handles, and more than 200 rifles!"

"If it weren't for the more confiscations of this battle, the combat effectiveness of our independent regiment would have been reduced a lot."

The already heavy and depressing atmosphere became even more depressing at this time.

Wang Ping said at this time: "Kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself! We are still prepared and carefully arranged, with many new Japanese soldiers, and concentrated their superior forces to attack them. If we are not prepared, we will encounter the Japanese on the battlefield and fight hard against each other. Even if our independent regiment is not completely wiped out by the Japanese, we will lose almost the same amount!"

"But we have not gained nothing." Wang Ping changed his sentence and continued.

"The results and seizures of the Chief of Staff have just said, so I won't say much. In addition to this, our independent regiment has another gain, that is, more than a thousand veterans! Once with the captive soldiers and new soldiers, as long as they survived on the battlefield, they are now veterans!"

"As long as we make up for the loss of the battlefield and add some new recruits to each battalion company, it won't take too long, and the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment will be different from the previous independent regiment!"

"As the battalion company commander, you must do the following things after returning to the garrison: First and most important thing, convene the troops to hold a summary meeting, and every living soldier must participate, analyze the various problems that the troops have in the battle, and put forward suggestions for improvement, how to fight, so as to minimize the casualties of the troops."

"At that time, each platoon will have a summary of the battle, summarize it into the battalion commander, and study in a concentrated manner! After that, each company will also have a copy and hand it over to the regiment headquarters. My political commissar and the chief of staff will see it!"

"The second thing is training, train the various problems that the troops show on the battlefield."

"The third thing is to train the recruits well. When I return to the garrison, I will ask the Chief of Staff to fill in the recruits and equipment for you as soon as possible. You must train the troops for us. Now that we have eaten two Japanese brigades, the Japanese army in Laiyuan City will definitely not give up!"

Major General Ono still knew about the two brigades of the Japanese Army Headquarters in Laiyuan City who were attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

But because the Eighth Route Army blocked the entire battlefield, the intelligence networks did not know the news that the two brigades were destroyed.

It was not until the Independent Regiment withdrew from the battlefield that the Japanese intelligence personnel had the courage to enter the battlefield and saw the bodies of Japanese and puppet troops stripped everywhere.

"Baga, how did the Eighth Route Army do it? More than a thousand elite imperial army, including hundreds of cavalry, were eaten by them in just one day. Who can tell me how many people the Eighth Route Army has, how powerful the combat effectiveness, and how many troops we need to dispatch to destroy them!" Ono, who received the news, did not believe the news at first, and was silent for five minutes before cursing loudly, just like an angry lion.

The commander's officers lowered their heads and dared not speak.

This battle was planned and personally directed by Commander Ono. Now he has not only been defeated, but even the attacking troops have been destroyed. This can definitely be said to be a loud slap for Ono.

Therefore, no one dared to talk to Ono at this time, for fear that Ono would vent his anger on him.

Others can be boring, but the chief of staff of the brigade cannot.

He frowned and reminded: "General, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Laiyuan is far more powerful than we imagined. We still know too little about the Eighth Route Army!"

"Information, what does the intelligence department do for food!" Ono reacted and stared at the intelligence staff not far away and questioned!

The intelligence officer quickly replied: "Please calm down. The intelligence network of the Special High School Class has just extended to Laiyuan City. As for the villages and towns around Laiyuan City, it has not been affected at all, let alone the Eighth Route Army controlled areas. Now we have only one source of intelligence outside the city, which is provided by the Chinese people who surrendered to the Imperial Army!"

"But there is a problem with this. After all, they are not professional intelligence personnel. Many of the intelligence sent to the headquarters are not only useless, but also have some misleading effects!"

"Then can't you build your own intelligence network? You are from intelligence. If you remember correctly, you have been in the special high school class. Can't you train a few intelligence officers by yourself? Relying on the special high school class for everything, what do the empire support you?" Ono cursed directly.

Speaking of this, Ono seemed to have found a solution and directly ordered it.

"I am giving the intelligence department a chance. In half a month, no matter what method is used, I must figure out the true strength of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, the specific number of troops, what kind of equipment, and how much ammunition supply is, I must figure out the details!"

"Chief of Staff, during this period, you will give money when the intelligence department asks for money, and if you ask for people, you will give people when you ask for them, all the requirements will be met. Half a month later, if you still don't know what I want, all the officers at the Intelligence Department or above will go to the military court!"

Ono's calmness made the Chief of Staff breathe a sigh of relief, and then asked: "General, who will do that next force? Should you continue to leave the city!"

"All operations stop, unless we have accurate Eighth Route Army intelligence, otherwise all the troops will remain in the city."

Nakamura Nakamura, deputy chief of staff in charge of intelligence, was very frustrated. As a senior intelligence officer, he knew better than anyone else about the embarrassing position of the intelligence department in the army.

When it is useful, those officers can bring the intelligence department to heaven.

When it is useless, they can forget the intelligence department and even let the intelligence department take the blame.

In the Japanese army that advocates the spirit of Bushido, almost everyone thinks that the warriors who engage in intelligence are acting secretly and cannot be upright, so they are looked down upon by everyone.

Although he felt a lot of pain in his heart, facing Ono's questioning gaze at him, Nakamura had to choose to take the blame and then compromise with the brigade commander.

But he knew better than anyone else that this task was very difficult!

After discussing with the Chief of Staff for a full half hour, a solution that was not in the way was finally formulated by the two.

Two days later, a small team of Japanese soldiers and a company of Imperial Army suddenly left the city.
Chapter completed!