Chapter 687: Lose or Win?
"Battleman Xiong, no one expected that the Japanese were so cruel that they would not even let their own people go!" Li Wen, who had never thought that other words came to comfort Xiong Changhe, could only say with a tough bullet.
"However, we have to be glad that the cannons were lined up behind and were not bombarded. All mortars were good. It was only three o'clock in the morning and there were still many shells. I think we should continue to use cannons to attack the Japanese and avenge the sacrificed soldiers!
"Avenge!" Xiong Changhe gritted his teeth and said these two words.
The Japanese brigade captain was very happy. The subsequent attack troops reported that more than 100 bodies of the Eighth Route Army and many light machine guns that the Eighth Route Army had no time to take away were found on the battlefield.
Weapons are the most important thing for soldiers after their lives, and are even more important for the Eighth Route Army with low-level equipment.
He even didn't want a machine gun, which shows how heavy the Eighth Route Army that sneaked into his attacks suffered from the shelling. In order to survive, he had to give up those equipment.
"Congratulations to the sir, for destroying so many Eighth Route Army!" the adjutant said with a compliment.
The deputy captain next to him followed and said, "I can finally have a good rest. Sir, the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops suffered heavy losses and retreated like a dog in the family. I will definitely not dare to attack us again. Do you want to order the troops to hurry up and rest!"
"Yes!" the captain answered confidently.
Amid the compliments from his subordinates, the captain was about to return to the tent, and the cannon sound he least wanted to hear again.
The captain was stunned and it took him a long time to react.
"These Eighth Route Army have not left yet. Do you really want to fight us to the end here?" The captain, who was slapped in the face by the Eighth Route Army again, couldn't help but curse as soon as he spoke.
The subordinates who had just left gathered over again.
The deputy captain directly suggested: "Sir, I think we should continue to deal with them in the way we just did until they were wiped out!"
The captain frowned and made a decisive decision: "Yes, you can make arrangements!"
What disappointed him was that Xiong Changhe had no idea of fighting with him this time.
Although he was jealous, he still ordered rationally: "Captain Li, it's still the same rule. Take your people and the guard platoon, investigate the platoon, fight guerrillas with them, slowly consume them, and hold them until they retreat!"
"I will bring the cannon platoon and continue to shell the Japanese station!"
In the next three hours, every half an hour, the Japanese station would be hit by more than a dozen shells.
The pursuit troops could have easily caught up with the artillery platoon commanded by Xiong Changhe, and then chased Xiong Changhe to fight, so that the artillery had no time to set up artillery.
However, there are too many ways for Li Wen to deal with them.
A long-distance sneak attack, the only way to go is to use grenades to arrange thunders, or even to directly arrange traps...
Various levels of means forced the Japanese to attack the troops to reduce the amount of casualties.
The shelling that finally stopped, which made the Japanese feel annoying, finally stopped.
The captain who walked out of the tent with a pair of dark circles in his eyes asked anxiously as soon as he saw the adjutant.
"Calculate the casualties of the troops immediately. Knowing yourself and knowing others will win every battle. Yesterday, the Eighth Route Army harassed us for half a night, and many troops must have been crippled!"
The deputy captain came over with a serious look on his face, and directly called the adjutant who was about to leave.
"No need to go, I have counted the casualties!"
"Sir, the second squadron that took the initiative to attack, except for 38 warriors who survived by chance, all the others were killed in battle. Among the 38 people, 11 minor and serious wounded lost their combat effectiveness and could not participate in the next battle!"
"The first squadron of the First Squadron was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army when they attacked! The remaining two squads lost 26 people in their artillery sneak attack!"
"The third squadron also attacked. Under the attack of small units of the Eighth Route Army, 42 people were lost, of which 29 were killed directly!"
"The Fourth Squadron is responsible for patrol and guarding, and lost two patrol teams and some guard posts, a total of 32 people."
"The direct troops lost a total of 51 people under the gunfire attack of the Eighth Route Army!"
"In addition to the minor and serious wounded people who lost their combat effectiveness, the entire army lost nearly 400 people, and 316 people were killed directly in battle!"
The captain opened his mouth and looked shocked.
Unexpectedly, one night, it caused such a large casualties to the troops.
More importantly, the opponents who caused such great casualties to me have never encountered them head-on until now.
At this time, the deputy captain spoke again: "In addition, there is still one hour of air support. Should we continue to attack today? If so, we should start preparing now!"
"Attack, follow the plan formulated yesterday, and launch an attack on the Eighth Route Army on time!" The captain finally reacted and gritted his teeth and ordered.
After thinking for a while, he added: "However, because the Imperial Army suffered too much loss, today's attack, the puppet army that cooperated with our operations had to undertake more tasks."
"Also, break up several broken troops and add to other troops that can fight. The baggage brigades are also added to combat troops. If there is not enough, transfer people from the guards. It is necessary to ensure that the three infantry squadrons are fully organized!"
On the way back to the station, Xiong Changhe kept frowning, not talking, and a worried expression on his face.
Last night, the first battalion of Japanese devils could see more than 200 people alone. In addition, those killed by shells were definitely indispensable.
However, the results of the battle are great and the casualties are also great.
The subordinates of more than 300 people were beaten to only a hundred people left, not even a single one.
The equipment also suffered heavy losses. The three heavy machine guns equipped in the entire battalion were thrown on the battlefield covered by Japanese artillery fire. Nearly twenty light machine guns were brought out, and all the remaining ones were lost.
With such a huge loss, plus the nearly 200 mortar shells he used in half a night, Xiong Changhe himself didn't know whether he won or lost the battle.
I don’t know how I would give the leader an explanation after seeing him.
Especially the nearly 200 soldiers who died in the shelling, they were all elite soldiers who had been trained by the New Orlean regiment for more than a month.
Because the regiment commander was used for training, even if the combat effectiveness was still somewhat different from that of the old Eighth Route Army, the word "elite" could definitely be described as "elite".
Originally they were going to compete with the Japanese on the battlefield.
But unexpectedly, after a gunfire was covered, all the Japanese were sacrificed without seeing them.
"Captain, I didn't fight the sneak attack last night, and I also lost so many troops and equipment. Do you punish me? Even if I kill me directly, I don't say a word of nonsense!" As soon as I saw the regiment commander Wang Ping, Xiong Changhe replied with his head down, and there was no trace of usual arrogance on his face.
"I'll talk about your affairs later. I'll finish this battle first!" Wang Ping replied to Xiong Botao and began to check the results of yesterday night.
Although the reason for such a huge loss was not Xiong Changhe. Even if he commanded it himself, the loss would not be too small. However, Wang Ping was still angry.
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