The next morning, Hong Linfeng rushed into the headquarters with a smile on his face as if he had eaten honey.

"Commander, the results of the battle have been counted!"

"Yesterday in one day, the two main battalions that went deep into the no-man's land rescued a total of 18,536 civilians, all of whom were young and strong people deliberately detained by devils."

"In addition, the two main battalions also captured 539 puppet soldiers!"

"During the battle, nearly 200 devils were eliminated, and more than 600 puppet soldiers were eliminated."

"We ourselves lost 352 people, and 98 people were seriously wounded and lost their combat effectiveness."

"In terms of casualty ratio, we lost this battle. But in terms of gains, this is definitely a big win! ”

Li Hao agreed with a smile: "With three or four hundred casualties in exchange for nearly 20,000 young people, we have indeed won this battle." And without these young people, the speed at which the devil builds a no-man's land will definitely be several times slower than before. ”

"Order the 1st and 2nd Battalions to return to their garrisons immediately, replenish their troops from their respective recruit companies, and ensure that the combat units are fully staffed."

"As for the vacancy in their recruit company, the political commissar will help them fill it."

"In addition, the spy company, the independent company, will attack tonight, go deep into the no-man's land to continue to rescue other young people who have been detained by the little devils, and send them back to the base area to reunite with their families."

Hong Linfeng said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, there is no problem at all to make up for the vacancy of the recruit company. ”

"The two main battalions reported that after entering the base area, many young people found that their family members were killed by devils during the migration, and took the initiative to ask to join our Eighth Route Army and kill devils to take revenge."

"According to preliminary statistics, this number should exceed a thousand."

"That's a good thing!" Li Hao replied, and the smile on his face became even stronger.

"The reason why the devils detained them in a no-man's land and drove their families to our base area is to make their families a burden on our base area, and the garrison regiment can't get the slightest benefit from them, and they can't even recruit a single recruit."

"Now that we have rescued these young people, the devil's conspiracy has failed."

"Nearly 20,000 young and strong men not only make up for the shortage of labor in the base areas, but also increase our reserve resources by several thousand."

"Political commissar, as long as the more than 1,000 young men who have taken the initiative to join the army meet the requirements, they will all be accepted and assigned to the new barracks for training."

"The Japanese puppet army killed their relatives and destroyed their homes, as long as this anger is successfully transformed into morale and fighting spirit, they will definitely be able to train into an elite army."

Wang Hong replied with a look of approval: "Okay, I'll arrange it after I go down." ”

After only half an hour of joy, Zhou Liang, the commander of the communications platoon, suddenly broke in and reported with a solemn face.

"Regiment commander, the reconnaissance company is in an emergency!"

"The Japanese puppet army that confronted us began to arrest people again today."

"Not only are there more troops dispatched than before, but the scope of arrest is also larger than before."

Hong Linfeng was the first to read the telegram, and after finishing it, he handed it to Li Hao and reported: "Regiment commander, judging from the intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance company: the devil seems to be further expanding the depth of the no-man's land!" ”

A few minutes later, all the places mentioned on the telegram were marked on the map.

Li Hao twisted his brows and replied: "The devil wants to extend the depth of the no-man's land by five kilometers, so that it will be more difficult for us to pass through this no-man's land!" ”

Hong Linfeng asked with a puzzled expression: "Could it be that the little devil plans to take revenge on us in this way for taking the Gongzhen stronghold and rescuing nearly 20,000 young people?" ”

"If that's the case, this revenge is too light, isn't it?"

Li Hao shook his head and replied: "Chief of Staff, don't underestimate this five-kilometer no-man's land. ”

"The farther away from the battlefield and deeper into enemy-occupied areas, the higher the density of civilians."

"The 10 kilometers of no-man's land that the devils have cleared will give us more than 100,000 more mouths in our base area, and if the depth of the no-man's land is extended by another five kilometers, the base area will definitely increase by 70,000 or 80,000 mouths, and our food shortage will further increase, and the pressure is not ordinary."

"As for the young people we rescued, for us, it will still do more harm than good in the short term."

"Although they can make up for the shortage of labor in the base area, they also need to eat more food."

"Whether they join the Eighth Route Army to fight devils or do other things, it won't bring us any benefits for at least half a year."

"I'm sure the devil must have seen this, otherwise yesterday's rescue wouldn't have gone so well."

Hong Linfeng's brows furrowed even deeper: "Commander, you mean that the devil deliberately released water last night!" ”

"That's what I just thought!" Li Hao nodded and replied.

Hearing this, both the political commissar and the chief of staff all showed solemn expressions, not believing that this was true.

It took more than 300 casualties for the troops to rescue the villagers from under the noses of the devils, and such a victory was said to be that the devils deliberately released water, and as a commander, he would definitely not be able to accept this result.

If Li Hao was not the head of the regiment, Hong Linfeng would have the idea of scolding.

Seeing that the expressions of the two people looking at him became more and more serious, Li Hao knew their thoughts very well, and hurriedly explained.

"Political commissar, chief of staff, I am not saying this to deny the results of the troops last night, to deny the soldiers who sacrificed their lives."

"I mean: if it weren't for the little devils who released the water last night, the casualties of the attacking troops and the receiving troops would have more than doubled."

"There are also casualties among the villagers, at least half of them will fall on the transfer road and will not be able to enter our base area."

Seeing that the faces of the two people looked a lot better, Li Hao continued to explain.

"The no-man's land is the world of the Japanese puppet army, and it is densely packed with little devil turrets and strongholds, especially near the line of our base area, there is a stronghold every four or five kilometers on average, everyone knows this."

"There are almost 20,000 villagers rescued by the two main battalions, and the possibility of completely disappearing in the no-man's land is almost zero."

"If the little devil is determined not to let these young men fall into the hands of our Eighth Route Army, he will definitely send planes to bomb them."

"But yesterday, the devil plane did not come to the no-man's land."

"That's the first doubt I'm going to make?"

"Besides, last night, when the troops and villagers crossed the blockade line, all the Japanese puppet troops were trapped in the stronghold and did not come out."

"My first thought was that they were afraid that we would use this trick to lure the snake out of the hole."

"Now that I think about it, that's just one of the reasons."

"Afraid of the scheme, the infantry did not dare to attack rashly, but the artillery could."

"With a five-kilometer gap between the strongholds, and with an effective range of three kilometers from mortars, two adjacent strongholds are fired together, and no matter where the attacking troops cross the blockade line, they will be covered by artillery fire."

"But the second suspicion is that the troops did not come under massive artillery fire when they crossed the blockade line last night."

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