"Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap......"

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly came, pulling Shaozo back from his anger.

Several cavalry slanted from outside the village, and when they reached the entrance of the village, they quickly slowed down, and then stopped at a distance of more than ten meters from Shaozuo.

The leader of the cavalry squadron at the head turned over and fell off his horse, and when he rushed over, he gasped and reported: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has successfully broken through. ”

"More than 100 men, divided into several ways, went into the surrounding woods. The cavalry is not good at mountain warfare, and in order to prevent accidents, the cavalry squadron has been ordered to stop the pursuit without the consent of the commander, and the commander is asked to punish him. ”

This result was something that Shao Zuo had long predicted.

The Eighth Route Army was more cunning than loaches under the cover of night, and leaving Zhangzhuang meant that fish entered the sea, and it would definitely be more difficult to destroy them than to ascend to the sky.

replied with a calm face: "Your decision is right, I don't want to put the cavalry squadron in for the remaining more than 100 Eighth Route Army, and lose my wife and lose my troops." ”

After saying this, he shifted his gaze to the infantry squadron leader next to him: "Haven't the battle losses and results been counted yet?" ”

"It's been counted!" The infantry squadron leader hastened to answer.

"A total of 586 corpses of the Eighth Route Army were found in Zhangzhuang and our station, and 498 rifles, 9 light and heavy machine guns, and 8 mortars, mountain artillery, and flying thunder guns were also seized. The only pity is that only the rifles are mostly intact, and the light and heavy machine guns and artillery are all blown to scrap metal. ”

Shao Zuo's face looks a lot better.

Although he did not completely annihilate his opponent, the results of nearly 600 people were enough to brag about himself.

You must know that after the formation of the garrison regiment, no captain has been able to wipe out so many troops of the garrison regiment in one battle.

It is certain that with this combat exploit as a foundation, even if he gains nothing in the next attack, it is enough to give an explanation to the above, and he can rely on this exploit to promote himself to Zhongzuo.

There have long been rumors in the front army that no matter who it is, eliminating the garrison regiment can promote the officer to one level.

The current brigade commander, Nakata Yamaro, came for this purpose.

As long as he can be promoted to lieutenant general, as a subordinate, and supported by his military exploits, he will definitely rise and be promoted to lieutenant general.

While the group leader was dreaming of promotion, the infantry squadron leader continued to speak.

"Our battle losses are also very large."

"A total of 355 Imperial soldiers were killed in the battle, and 16 Imperial soldiers were missing."

"Preliminary judgment shows that eighty percent of these missing imperial soldiers were blown up in the battle and their bones were gone, and then no one was seen alive or dead."

"Another 57 Imperial soldiers were seriously wounded and incapacitated."

"A total of 195 people were killed, 98 were missing, and 21 were seriously wounded and lost their combat effectiveness."

"In addition, we also lost one mountain artillery, two heavy mortars, five ordinary medium mortars, 16 light and heavy machine guns, and 215 rifles, all of which were damaged by the artillery fire and grenades of the Eighth Route Army during the battle."

Shaozo couldn't be happier.

The price was too great, and on other battlefields, the Imperial Army would not necessarily lose so many men in a large-scale battle.

Furrowing his brows, he hesitated for a long time before he spoke: "Send a telegram to the wing captain immediately and report the battle situation truthfully." ”

"We move on after dawn. Destroy the remaining Eighth Route Army and avenge the imperial army that died in battle.

"Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, the casualties of the Eighth Route Army were also large."

"We have an advantage in troops, and if we fight for attrition, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be an opponent."

"They gathered all the troops in the surrounding area to fight this battle with us, and in the end, only more than 100 people were left to break through. And we still have more than 500 people left, most of them are imperial troops, and we still have an absolute advantage in terms of strength. ”

"As long as we continue to attack, go deep into their activity areas, and really capture some civilians who support the Eighth Route Army to threaten them and force them to fight a decisive battle with us, we will definitely win in the end."

The Seventh Company was stationed, and the soldiers were either sitting on the ground or lying on the ground, all of them crying with one face and not saying a word.

Although everyone survived, the casualties of this battle were too great.

Many of my comrades-in-arms who were talking to me a few hours ago are gone.

In the face of an empty station, the veteran is used to seeing life and death, and he can still hold on.

Not for recruits.

When I thought of the unrecognizable corpses on the battlefield, my face turned pale with a brush, and my heart was full of fear, and I was so nervous that I couldn't do it.

As for morale, it has long since disappeared completely.

In a tent in the middle of the station, the atmosphere was also very depressing.

Company Commander, Squadron Leader of the District Squadron, Commander of the Supplementary Infantry Company...... All of them kept their faces calm, their heads bowed, and they didn't say a word.

The high spirits before sending out the troops are all gone at this moment.

Li Hao sat on the main seat, his face was very ugly.

Although the hostages were rescued, the Seventh Company also successfully broke through, and the two combat objectives were all achieved, he was not happy at all.

The losses of the troops were too great.

If you don't consider other factors such as people's will, and only consider the gains and losses, this battle is definitely a loss-making business, and you almost put yourself upside down.

"Commander, the losses have been counted!" The commander of the guard company hurriedly walked in, his face a little more solemn than when he left the tent just now.

"Say, I can handle it." Li Hao replied in a deep voice.

The guard company commander took a deep breath before replying: "In order to rescue the hostages, we have mobilized a total of three supplementary companies, two district squadrons, one main force company, two main force platoons, and five guerrilla units to participate in the battle, with a total strength of 853 people. ”

"Up to now, the main force, local troops, and supplementary troops who have returned to the garrison have only 159 people left, minus the few guerrillas escorting the villagers, and all 639 people have been killed or missing."

"In addition, all the heavy weapons equipped by the troops were lost."

"Of the more than 100 people who came back, there were no other heavy weapons except for five light machine guns."

The solemn expression on Li Hao's face became even thicker, and a shadow was cast on his forehead.

The garrison regiment lost so many people in one battle, and this battle was only the beginning, he didn't dare to imagine how many people would be left in the garrison regiment when the entire counter-sweep was over.

What worries Li Hao the most is that the devil has taken such a big advantage of the garrison regiment through this battle, and he will definitely repeat the old trick in the future, continue to take the people as hostages, and force the Eighth Route Army to come out and fight with them.

The guerrilla zone was not a base area, and many ordinary people did not support the Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, as long as the devil is willing, he can definitely catch a large number of ordinary people to blackmail the garrison regiment and force the garrison regiment to come out for a decisive battle.

And the garrison regiment has limited strength, even if it adds the thousands of reinforcements it brought over, it can't afford to fight such a war of attrition.

Once the devil really does this, for a long time to come, the troops operating in the guerrilla zone will be exhausted in order to save people, give up the guerrilla warfare they are good at, fight the devil hard, and be eaten at the end. ()

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