After the first battalion commander Liu Zheping finished speaking, Yang Chen turned his head to look at Xu Ming, Li Da and others, and asked, "How many of your battalions are there?"

"We're in a similar situation, with a lot of losses." Xu Ming, Li Da, Rong Hao, Li Jiufu and others all drooped their heads, with sad and indignant expressions: "Maybe the situation in the fifth battalion is a little better."

"Hmm." The commander of the fifth battalion, Wen Xiansheng, nodded and said, "That's right, there are about 500 people in our fifth battalion.

Because the reserve team was the last to participate in the battle, the situation was slightly better. ”

"Our artillery regiment was countered by the fire of the little devils, as well as the air raid of the fighters, with nearly half of the casualties and nearly 400 brothers."

After Zhang Dali finished speaking, Xu Hailang continued: "Our reconnaissance battalion, like the fifth battalion, participated in the battle as a reserve last, so the casualties were only one-third. ”

"The casualties of our baggage battalion are also about one-third."

"Our tank tank tank battalion did not participate in the battle, and there were basically no casualties."

"Our cavalry battalion was attacked by little devils, and about 10% of the casualties were lost."

After everyone finished reporting one after another, Yang Chen nodded and said: "In this way, there are only the cavalry battalions guarding the west gate and the north gate, and the tank and combat vehicle battalions, because they did not participate in the battle, so the casualties are the least."

Saying that, Yang Chen's face became more and more solemn: "In less than a day, the casualties of my Tiger Ben Regiment have exceeded half.

If we continue to fight like this, tomorrow our Tiger Ben Group may cease to exist!"

The mood of everyone was also very heavy, and their faces were gloomy, and they did not say a word.

Yang Chen thought about it for a while, and immediately said: "Therefore, I have decided that as soon as it gets dark tonight, we will immediately retreat and give up Zhoukou!"

"Don't keep it" Liao Yong, the deputy head of the regiment, was stunned for a moment, and then frowned with some concern: "At this time, it is a wise choice to abandon Zhoukou."

It's just that I'm worried that this will not give people a handle, which will not be conducive to the reputation of you and our Tiger Ben Regiment!"

"Don't worry about this, personal fame is not worth mentioning compared to the lives of our entire regiment soldiers.

Be a person and do things, but just be worthy of your heart.

Besides, what I do is not for fame or fortune at all.

It is enough to look up to the sky and to the earth!

As for whether someone will put small shoes on me because of this, I don't care even more.

Moreover, we abandoned Zhoukou this time, not really giving up.

We can use harassment tactics to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the Pinghan Railway.

Of course, it would be better if the devils pursued us.

We can take the opportunity to lead them to the Dabie Mountain and use the morning glory tactics to contain the little devils, so that we can also buy time for friendly and neighboring troops such as the First War Zone.

At the same time, we can also find opportunities in the movement to annihilate the enemy army, so that we can achieve our goals and save ourselves.

It is undoubtedly the best choice when the enemy is strong and I am weak. ”

"I agree with the decision of the group, and with the little devil's hatred for my tiger group, as long as we are defeated, the little devil will definitely chase after us.

It is not only for shame and hatred, but also for fame!

After all, my Tiger Ben group has now become a big problem for the little devils, and our group seat is even more at the top of the little devils' must-kill list.

The ranking is still above the chairman!

The little devil knows very well how powerful my tiger group is, and he doesn't dare to chase after him when there are few soldiers; If there are too many troops, the remaining troops will not be enough to complete the strategic task of cutting off the Pinghan Railway and threatening the flank of the main force in the First Theater.

So, no matter what, it's much better for us to stick to Zhoukou and be bombed by devils' heavy artillery and planes.

Especially in the case that the little devil has heavy artillery and absolute air supremacy, defending a lonely city is tantamount to looking for death.

It's even late, and there may not even be a chance to break through. Wang Gui, chief of staff and first adjutant, was relatively calm, so he was the first to express his support for Yang Chen.

Xu Hailang, Chen Ming, Liu Zheping and others listened to his analysis.

They all nodded in agreement, and after unifying their opinions.

Yang Chen began to assign tasks to them, and now there is still some time until dark, and it is not ruled out that the devil may continue to attack.

Therefore, Yang Chen ordered the fifth battalion and the reconnaissance battalion to be the main force and be responsible for guarding the city defense. The rest of the battalions, suffering heavy casualties, retreated to the second line and served as a reserve for the fifth battalion and the reconnaissance battalion.

The artillery regiment and the baggage regiment began to busily pack up the supplies that could be taken away, and prepared to take them away.

There were not many soldiers in the machine-gun battalion and the sharpshooter battalion, and they were disabled at the moment, and there were less than 200 people left.

Therefore, Yang Chen temporarily combined them into a special battalion, with Guan Sanliu temporarily waiting for the post of battalion commander, and Li Jiufu and Jiang Wenqiang as deputy battalion commanders.

The combined special service battalion has only one task, that is, to protect Bai Jingxuan's family and the field hospital to break through and retreat.

This time, the reason why Yang Chen wanted to give up Zhoukou and temporarily avoid the edge of the Japanese army was in addition to the fact that the difference in strength between the enemy and us was too great, the terrain of Zhoukou was flat, and the reason was flat.

There is a more important reason, that is, I don't want the War of Resistance to be as hard as the original history, sacrifice so many soldiers, and let so many people lose their families and be displaced.

And the key figure in this is him Yang Chen.

The battle of Shanxi, because of his sideways, caused the little devil to pay several times more price when he achieved the same result.

The battle of Xuzhou, also because of his appearance, once again hit the little devil hard.

And with the development and growth of the Tiger Bentuan, then his confidence in reversing history is also a little greater.

Therefore, Yang Chen did not adopt tougher tactics as in the past and fought with the devil to the end.

Instead, he intends to avoid reality and use sports warfare to consume and contain the devils.

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Meanwhile.

Joint Command of the Japanese Army.

The two old devils, Susumu Fujita and Ryosuke Yoshika, are discussing whether to launch another attack before dark.

After a heated discussion.

In the end, the two decided to launch another attack to test the reality of the Tiger Bun Regiment.

Of course, the biggest confidence still comes from their unrivaled heavy artillery firepower advantage.

Although the heavy artillery position was just countered by the artillery fire of the Tiger Regiment, the heavy howitzers of M caliber were fully lost.

However, the entire heavy artillery brigade has dozens of heavy howitzers, so this loss is not harmful at all.

Otherwise, judging from the fact that the devil has just failed to attack and lost no less than 8,000 elite infantry.

Without a few hours of preparation and rest, they simply could not slow down and attack again.

However, this attack went extremely smoothly, and even completely exceeded the expectations of the two old devils, Fujita Susumu and Yoshika Ryosuke.

The infantry they sent out, with almost no firing a single shot, easily occupied the field fortifications of the Tiger Regiment outside the city.

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