"So many casualties?" Li Hao looked at the telegram, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Hong Linfeng comforted: "This is also something that can't be helped. ”

"The total strength of the Japanese puppet army is more than seven times that of them, and the firepower advantage is also in their hands, and there are aircraft to cover the operation."

"The three independent battalions not only have to cut off the logistics supply of the Japanese puppet army, slow down their offensive speed, but also protect the people, the task is too heavy, and if you don't do it well, you have to fight hard with the Japanese puppet army, and it is already good to be able to fight like this in three days."

"However, their results are also very great, the Japanese army destroyed alone has 1,500 people, and there are two or three thousand puppet troops, and the main force plus local troops only lost more than 2,100 people, which is equivalent to one of our soldiers fighting the Japanese puppet army of two people, in terms of casualty ratio, we have taken a big advantage."

Li Hao's face did not look good, he shook his head, and replied with a calm face: "Don't say that one person will fight two people of the Japanese puppet army, even if we fight three of them alone, we can't afford to fight such a war of attrition." ”

"The commissar's concerns are quite justified, call the commissar back, and each separate battalion will be supplemented with two recruit companies."

"Send a telegram to the three independent battalions: When reinforcements from the regimental headquarters arrive, you must use these two recruit companies with caution, and don't replenish the troops all at once."

"We need to use the recruits we have trained ourselves, and we must use the puppet army that we have captured, and we must use it boldly."

"As long as you have the ability, you can not only be an ordinary soldier, but also a squad leader, or even a platoon leader, and arouse all their enthusiasm for fighting devils."

"But there is one thing to keep in mind, replenishing the captive soldiers while fighting, although it can ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, but it will also cause the troops to be mentally unstable because of too many prisoners."

"In order to avoid this from happening, each main company must have sixty percent of our own men, and no more than forty percent of the prisoners."

"If the captive soldiers replenish the troops for five days, fight more than three times, and kill the devils with their own hands, you can treat them as veterans and lead the captive soldiers to fight with your own people."

"This counter-sweep will definitely last for a long time, and our garrison regiment alone will definitely not be able to sustain it."

"The Japanese puppet army's three-way offensive force has more than nine regiments and more than 10,000 imperial troops, and if half of the puppet army can be captured and transformed into a garrison regiment, the strength of the enemy and us in the base area will be fundamentally changed."

"In order to achieve this goal, all the participating troops in the base area have one more task: to do everything possible to capture more prisoners and increase their own strength during the battle."

"When we take Huaiyuan County and destroy the devil's logistics base, I hope that the overall strength of all the participating troops in the base area will not decrease but increase."

"Cooperate with the main force of the regiment to counterattack the devils and kill them one by one."

At the Laiyuan Independent Battalion station, several company commanders rarely showed smiles on their faces.

Zhao Wen was also very happy, the instructor was so powerful, it really took only half a night to mobilize more than 400 prisoners to join the garrison regiment.

With these well-trained captives to replenish the troops, the separate battalion could hold out for at least three days.

Each company commander received fifty captives from the instructors.

Just as they were about to return to their station with a smile on their faces, the newspaper operator suddenly ran towards Zhao Wen, very anxious.

"Battalion commander, the regiment commander ordered us to find a way to capture more prisoners when we fight tomorrow, and boldly use captive soldiers to replenish the troops and ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops. However, it must be ensured that the proportion of prisoners in all troops does not exceed 40%. ”

"In order to make up for our losses and increase the proportion of veterans, the regimental headquarters drew two companies from the recruit battalion to replenish us."

"Reinforcements will leave overnight and will be here tomorrow night to join us."

After reading the telegram, Zhao Wen couldn't close his mouth happily, and then sighed with emotion: "The telegram from the regiment commander is too timely!" ”

"On the battlefield, replenishing prisoners while fighting, skipping the whole training, and directly participating in the battle, this is very different from the prisoner policy in the regiment. I have been worried just now that the regiment headquarters will say that we have violated the order and hold us accountable if they find out about this incident. ”

"With this telegram we will not be afraid, and we will also be able to expand the use of prisoners and increase the combat effectiveness and combat potential of the separate battalion."

Instructor Liu Wenxuan suddenly walked over and quickly read the content in three lines at a glance.

He was concerned with another element of the telegram: the stabilization of the force by controlling the proportion of prisoners in the force.

Looking at Zhao Wen, who was more and more happy the more he talked, he hurriedly reminded: "Battalion commander, the regiment commander specially explained in the telegram that the proportion of captured soldiers in the army cannot exceed forty percent. ”

"If several company commanders replenish all the 50 captives assigned to them, at least three companies will have more than 40 percent of the captives."

Zhao Wen thought so: "It's still thoughtful by the head of the regiment and the political commissar. ”

"Tell a few company commanders: bring back all the people given to them by the instructor, and each person can only bring back forty captive soldiers."

"When the regimental headquarters supports our recruit companies in place, each company will be supplemented with twenty new recruits from the recruit company and ten prisoners."

"The extra captives and instructors who continue to be transformed will all be replenished to recruit companies, and the whole training will be strengthened, so that they can integrate into us as soon as possible."

"And tomorrow, no matter what mission you perform, you have to find a way to catch more prisoners!"

At the headquarters of the Laishui Independent Regiment, Hong Linfeng was reporting to Li Hao the telegram that the commando had just sent, with a very serious expression.

"Regiment commander, the commando team reports: The Japanese puppet army is very heavily guarded in Huaiyuan County."

"In addition to more than 2,000 baggage soldiers in a baggage wing, there are more than 3,000 devils in Huaiyuan County, more than 1,200 devils in a garrison regiment of the Imperial Cooperative Army, and a reinforced brigade brought by the chief of staff of the Japanese army from Taiyuan, with more than 1,000 devils."

Li Hao gasped and exclaimed: "More than 6,000 devils, more than 1,000 puppet soldiers, a total of more than 7,000 people, the little devils don't attach great importance to Huaiyuan County!" ”

After finishing speaking, he stared at Hong Linfeng and continued to ask, "How are they equipped?" ”

Hong Linfeng thought for a moment and replied: "The task of the Japanese puppet army is to defend the city, not to fight in the field, so it is equipped with very few heavy weapons. ”

"There is only one squadron of mountain artillery, one squadron of infantry artillery, one squadron of ordinary mortars, two squadrons of heavy machine guns, and the others are all armed with rifle machine guns and grenadiers."

"Especially the Devil Supplementary Corps Wing, light machine guns and grenadiers are rarely equipped, and an infantry squadron is only equipped with a light machine gun and a grenadier canister, which is mainly responsible for patrolling and guarding in Huaiyuan City."

The solemn expression on Li Hao's face was much soothed.

With fewer heavy weapons, the pressure on himself to capture Huaiyuan County will be much less.

Staring at Hong Linfeng, he continued to ask, "What else is there to use valuable information?" Can they get the layout of the Japanese puppet army's city defense, they can also draw it by hand. ”

Hong Linfeng continued to report: "Captain Xiao reported: In the past two days, there have been nearly 2,000 puppet troops stationed in Huaiyuan County. ”

"Huh?" Li Hao became interested and immediately asked.

"What's going on? Make it clear! ”

Hong Linfeng hurriedly replied: "The three-way Japanese puppet army that attacked us on the front line was transported ammunition supplies, part of the Japanese puppet army was eaten by three independent battalions on the road, part of the Japanese puppet army went to the front line to directly replenish the attacking troops, and did not return to Huaiyuan, and some of the Japanese puppet army was on the way to transport ammunition supplies." ”

"I see!" Li Hao suddenly replied.

Thinking about it, the solemn expression on his face slowly replaced by a smile.

Hong Linfeng comprehended and asked, "Commander, I think this is a good way for us to consume the Huaiyuan Japanese puppet army. ”

"More than 7,000 days of puppet army, minus 2,000 people, there are less than 6,000 people left."

"If you send another two or three thousand people to the front line to escort ammunition supplies, the number of Huaiyuan Japanese puppet army will be sharply reduced to three thousand!"

Speaking of this, Hong Linfeng's brows furrowed again.

The garrison regiment attacked Yixian and dispatched a cavalry battalion, six main companies, three fire companies, three baggage companies, and one guard company.

The three baggage companies and the political commissar all returned to their stations, and the other combat units suffered one-third casualties, all of which added up to 1,200 men.

Under normal circumstances, only with twice the superiority of troops can we fight a tough battle, and it is possible to win the battle.

Even if there are still 3,000 people left in Huaiyuan, the garrison still has no advantage in strength, and even less than half of the total strength of the Japanese puppet army, and the possibility of capturing Huaiyuan County is too low.

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