At the cost of more than 30 casualties, a Japanese artillery wing lost its long-range firepower output capability, and such an operation could be regarded as a great victory in both the National Army and the Eighth Route Army. "Idiot, don't have a long brain, if this had been put in the past, Lao Tzu would have ordered the three of you to be shot." Chen Geng, who hated iron but not steel, scolded, and Ma Dacheng and the three of them could only hang their heads and let them scold.

Ma Dacheng's confinement order was issued by Zhuo Fei himself, and he rushed to the camp of the 1st Independent Division with Zhuo Yan and a team of foreign mercenaries, just in time for Ma Dacheng and them to return to the camp safely. Just when the officers and soldiers of the 1st Independent Division were cheering, Zhuo Fei ordered Ma Dacheng and the three of them to be locked up with a black face, and Chen Geng and the others who didn't know what was going on wanted to make it clear, but they were taught a hard lesson by Zhuo Fei, if it weren't for this, Chen Geng would not have scolded Ma Dacheng and them.

"Looks like the three of you are not convinced, are you?" Xu was aware of Ma Dacheng's disbelief, Chen Geng laughed angrily, then turned around and pointed to the weapons and equipment on the table beside him and said angrily, "You are scouts, selected from tens of thousands of people, and you have been trained for a whole year. Do you know how much the equipment that was given to you is worth? Equipping a scout is enough for Lao Tzu to arm a squad of infantry, not counting the supplies you have consumed in this year. ”

"What is a Scout? The Independence Scouts are not just scouts, scouting and searching for enemy information, you are also tasked with jungle warfare. I remember when I first trained you, the instructors should have told you that you come and go like the wind, and you will leave without leaving a trace. These 12 words are to ask you to become a special unit that can make the Japanese army fearful, not to become a simple infantry unit that fights to the death all day long. ”

Chen Geng is not very familiar with the role of scouts, what he just said is completely a general retelling of what Zhuo Fei said to him, as for how much Ma Dacheng and the three of them can listen to, Chen Geng does not care very much. More than 30 scouts were killed, which was not a loss for Zhuo Fei, and the reason why Zhuo Fei behaved so abnormally was because he placed too much hope on the scout troops.

was beaten by Chen Geng's nose is not a nose and a face is not a face, Ma Dacheng and the three of them thought that this matter would be in the past, but they didn't expect that the three of them were called to the crowded division headquarters conference room. More than 30 combat staff officers and high-ranking officers of the 1st Independent Division gathered in the conference room, Zhuo Fei, who had a cold face and did not say a word, sat on the main seat, and Zhuo Yan, who was sturdy, stood behind Zhuo Fei.

Seeing that Ma Dacheng and the three of them had been brought in, Zhuo Fei stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the table, and said to the three of them in a cold voice, "Take a look, this is a sand table made based on your post-war summary report, see where there are still shortcomings, and say it now." Ma Dacheng and the three of them walked forward in unison, looked at the sand table on the table, and then whispered to several young combat staff officers for a while, and the latter continued to improve the sand table on the table according to the opinions put forward by the three of them.

In the war room, except for the sound of the combat staff officers perfecting the sand table, only the sound of everyone's breathing remained, and Ma Dacheng and the three of them looked at each other, not knowing why the division headquarters made such a scene. The sand table was quickly perfected, and under Zhuo Fei's instructions, the operational staff officers planted the red and blue flags representing the identities of the enemy and the enemy on the sand table according to the post-war summary report of Ma Dacheng and the three of them.

"Let's see, this is the combat sand table of the reconnaissance unit's night attack on the Japanese 55th Artillery Wing, and our side won a great victory in this battle, destroying all the artillery and most of the ammunition of the Japanese 55th Artillery Wing in one fell swoop at the cost of the death of more than 30 scouts." Zhuo Fei stood up, held the table with both hands, and then looked around the people in the conference room with cold eyes, especially Ma Dacheng and the others. "I know you think this is a big victory, and I won't erase the Scout's record. But what I'm trying to say is, do you really think that using our most elite reconnaissance unit to fight the Japanese army is really a big victory? ”

Zhuo Fei's last rhetorical question, how much made everyone present listen a little confused, in exchange for more than 30 people in exchange for the paralysis of a Japanese artillery wing, this is of course a big victory, is there anything else that can't be said here? Everyone looked at Zhuo Fei suspiciously, the latter stretched out his hand and pointed to the sand table on the table, and said coldly, "At the beginning of the operation, the seventh reconnaissance team found the Japanese artillery wing, and it did not act rashly at the first time but chose to contact the surrounding reconnaissance teams, which is very right. ”

Then, after gathering the other two reconnaissance units in the vicinity, they actively carried out reconnaissance of the Japanese artillery wing, which was also done well. If we want to outmaneuver the enemy, we must have a certain grasp of the enemy's situation before the operation begins. Zhuo Fei's affirmation of the action made Ma Dacheng and the three of them happy, but Zhuo Fei's next words made Ma Dacheng and the three of them fidget.

"I remember that there were tactics in the training camp that were designed to deal with the disparity between the enemy and our forces, and the scouts who could be recognized by the training camp should have learned such tactics, and I want to know what made you make the decision to attack an artillery wing with 160 men? It's a good thing to be outnumbered, but I'm just sorry that you forgot the operational nature of the Scouting Force. If you don't fight positional warfare, offensive and defensive warfare, and don't fight uncertain battles, have you even forgotten these things? ”

Zhuo Fei's questioning made Ma Dacheng and the three of them dare not raise their heads, in fact, after they attacked the 55th Artillery Wing and evacuated, they were also afraid for a while, and only used 160 people to attack an artillery wing, such a thing may only be done by a madman. Probably realizing that his words were a little heavy, Zhuo Fei immediately changed his tone, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sand table on the table and said, "If I were to command these 160 scouts, I would have worked out two tactics to deal with the Japanese army's 55th Artillery Wing." ”

"First, after meeting up with the other two reconnaissance teams, I will carry out an approach reconnaissance of the Japanese artillery wing, and at the same time transmit the news of the discovery of the Japanese artillery wing back to the division headquarters. One of your Scouts' training courses is called Long Range Fire Call, and I wonder why you didn't call for air fire support at that time? It seems that your 1st Independent Division is also equipped with fighters, don't you know that it will not take half an hour for fighters to take off and fly to your position with bombs? ”

When Zhuo Fei mentioned air fire support, Ma Dacheng and the three of them came back to their senses, and it was true, if he had informed the division headquarters of the situation at that time and asked the division headquarters to provide air fire support, maybe there would have been no casualties among his companions. After thinking about the key to the problem, Ma Dacheng and the three of them regretted it, and there was a little moisture in their eyes. Zhuo Fei reached out and took out a grenade with red trim from Zhuo Yan's chest and put it on the table, "I have another question, since you have already entered the Japanese barracks under the cover of rain, why don't you have to distribute you smoke bombs?" ”

"As mentioned in your post-war summary, the Japanese slept in tents, and each of you had two smoke bombs like this. I want to know, after you have entered the enemy camp, since you still have to divide your troops to control the Japanese machine-gun positions, why don't you use smoke grenades to attack the Japanese soldiers sleeping in the tents first? Cannons are dead and alive, as long as you kill the Japanese soldiers who operate the cannons, can those cannons fire themselves? ”

"The reason for this deviation is that you didn't have a well-thought-out plan of action in advance, and in your post-battle summary, I saw only a night attack by ordinary infantrymen, not a precision strike carried out by a group of scouts." At this time, the group of staff officers and high-ranking officers gathered in the conference room understood why Zhuo Fei had such a reaction, it was because Zhuo Fei had too many expectations for the scouts.

The operational staff officers carried out the deduction according to the two action plans mentioned by Zhuo Fei, and found that no matter which one they were, the casualties of the scouts would not be more than 30 people, while the casualties of the 55th Artillery Wing of the Japanese army were much greater. "We need to train a scout, and the energy and materials required to train a squad of ordinary troops, sometimes even more, so I don't want our scouts to just want to fight like ordinary soldiers. I hope that you will give full play to your abilities and apply all the abilities you have learned to the Japanese army, so that they will be terrified when they hear your name. ”

Just when Ma Dacheng and the three of them were depressed and accepted the punishment of confinement, the Japanese 55th Division, which was facing off with the British army in Mandalay, was bleak, especially the division commander Takeuchi Kuan was even more angry. The 33rd Division, which was scheduled to appear, did not arrive at its position on time, and its own 55th Mountain Artillery Wing suffered another night attack, resulting in the destruction of all mountain artillery. Without artillery as a reliance, relying only on the light and heavy machine guns and light mortars equipped by the division, it was difficult for the 55th Division to break through the British defensive line, not to mention that the British army still had an armored unit waiting for them.

The 55th Division's offensive was weak, but the British troops who held Mandalay were reborn, and when they learned that the troops of the Nationalist Government moving south had successfully attacked the mountain artillery wing of the 55th Division, the British troops in Mandalay actually rejected the reinforcements sent by the 1st Independent Division, and instead planned to transfer troops from India to Burma, and they thought that the Japanese army did not seem to be very difficult to fight.