Seeing that the New Fourth Army around him was missing, Nobuyuki Matsushita ordered the troops to count the losses, and at the same time sent alert troops to occupy the commanding heights around them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a while, the statistics of the troops' losses came up, and Matsushita Shinichi looked at it and almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. The cavalry brigade lost more than 200 people, basically more than half of the losses, the infantry guns of an artillery squadron were all lost, and the artillery casualties were one-third, the second brigade suffered more than 300 casualties in this round of artillery bombardment of the New Fourth Army, the first brigade suffered more than 200 casualties, and in addition, the troops directly under the wing suffered more than 100 casualties.

In other words, Liu Tianshu's surprise attack with artillery fire this time caused his troops to lose more than 800 people, and even more seriously, he lost half of the artillery fire, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was directly halved.

Looking at the battle damage statistics in his hand, Matsushita Nobuyuki's hand couldn't help but tremble. This time is less than an hour, and his troops have suffered such heavy losses, how can he still have the confidence to lead his troops to attack Sujiatang.

Looking at the troops whose morale had been seriously damaged, Nobuyuki Matsushita seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and he was powerless to ask the staff officers to send an urgent telegram to the brigade commander to report on the situation of the troops encountering a sudden attack by the New Fourth Army.

Miura Tadaji received an urgent telegram from Matsushita Nobuyuki in Hefei County, and he couldn't help but feel dizzy when he saw that Matsushita Nobuyuki's troops had suffered such heavy losses, especially the cavalry brigade that had been specially strengthened in the past, and that it had lost more than half of it.

Although his brigade has 10,000 people, he can't help but consume it like this, and in just one hour, he has suffered almost 1,000 casualties.

Thinking of this, Tadaji Miura ordered Nobuyuki Matsushita to suspend his march towards Sujiatang and wait for his order in place.

Just when Tadaji Miura was considering whether to let Nobuyuki Matsushita continue the mission, good news came from the Kiyoya Brigade.

It turned out that after the Qinggu brigade left Maowan Town, it cautiously advanced all the way in the direction of Wangjiadian, although it was also attacked by a small force on the road, but the progress was quite smooth.

Now the Kiyoya Brigade has unexpectedly come to occupy Lion Ridge.

However, the Qinggu Brigade knew the importance of Lion Ridge, and after the troops occupied Lion Ridge, they immediately spread out over the entire ridge and controlled all the commanding heights.

The Qinggu Brigade took control of Lion Ridge, which means that the passage for Guo Zhenlong's northward retreat has been opened. After Tadaji Miura reported to Seiichiro Shinohara, he immediately telegraphed Guo Zhenlongshi to evacuate Wangjiadian, move closer to Lion Ridge, and join the Kiyoya brigade.

Since the Kiyoya Brigade could pick up the Guo Zhen Dragon Division, Shinohara's Seiichiro breathed a sigh of relief and asked Miura Tadaji to order Matsushita Nobuyuki to quickly return to Maowan Town and prepare to join the Kiyoya Brigade and the Guo Zhen Dragon Division, which had withdrawn from Lion Ridge.

Liu Tianshu was relieved to learn that Guo Zhenlong's troops had begun to evacuate Wangjiadian, but considering that the troops were already very tired after repeated fierce battles, he let the troops just monitor from afar.

The independent battalion retreated to the east, and after joining up with the two companies of the 1st battalion, it stopped in place to monitor the movements of the devils, and after discovering that the devils withdrew to Maowan Town to the west, they only followed from a distance according to the orders of the regiment commander.

By the time Guo Zhenlong's troops withdrew to Maowan Town together with the Qinggu Brigade, the number of the entire Japanese puppet army had reached more than 8,000.

The New Fourth Army did not attack along the way, and the Japanese puppet army was also abnormal, and did not burn, kill and loot along the way, and the two sides completed the task of sending guests out of the country very tacitly.

Seeing that the Japanese puppet army finally left the base area, Liu Tianshu and Guo Sizhong breathed a sigh of relief.

To tell the truth, seeing the devil leave smoothly like this, Liu Tianshu and Guo Si were still a little aggrieved in the center, but the second battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion and the independent battalion artillery battalion have been fighting during this time, and the casualties of the troops are very serious, and some companies have lost nearly half.

What's even more serious is that the army's ammunition consumption is extremely serious, and this counter-sweep can be said to have almost wiped out the family money that Liu Tianshu had saved so hard.

And the troops that attacked the devil's retreat were basically impossible to seize weapons and ammunition, and for various reasons, Liu Tianshu and Guo Sizhong could only send the ghost out of the country.

However, in any case, the enemy has completely withdrawn from the base area this time, and after this counter-sweep, the devil should not easily launch a sweep against the base area.

After all, in this sweep, the enemy's losses were even more severe than those of the 16th Regiment.

In the post-war summary of the sweep submitted by Tadaji Miura, the sweep was listed as the greatest shame of the Imperial Japanese Army. Although the Imperial Japanese Army basically occupied the 16th Regiment's nest in this sweep, the Miura Tadaji Brigade lost more than 3,000 casualties, and the casualties of the entire brigade reached an unprecedented one-third. And the puppet army, which cooperated with the operation, also lost nearly 3,000 people. Among them, more than 2,000 were captured by the New Fourth Army or surrendered to the New Fourth Army.

Of course, this summary was classified as top secret, and the division commander, Seiichiro Shinohara, was severely reprimanded by the base camp for this, and if it weren't for someone speaking for him, maybe Seiichiro Shinohara would have been sent to a military court.

Subsequently, the imperial troops around the Sixteenth Regiment naturally hated and feared Liu Tianshu's Sixteenth Regiment.

The counter-sweep was finally victorious, and the villagers in the base area who had been hiding in the wilderness for dozens of days returned to their homes one after another and began to rebuild their homes.

After Liu Tianshu, Guo Sizhong, and Deputy Regiment Commander Liu convened a summary meeting of the military and political cadres in the base areas, according to the division of labor, Guo Sizhong began to be busy restoring the party and government organs at all levels in the base areas, Deputy Regiment Commander Liu was busy mobilizing young people to join the ranks, and Liu Tianshu was busy with the formation of the Second Independent Battalion.

After a simple and enthusiastic Spring Festival, the 2nd Independent Battalion of the 16th Regiment of the Fifth Detachment of the New Fourth Army was formally formed, and the 2nd Independent Battalion was formed by a company of veterans, a company of militia, and a company of defectors.

Not only was the 2nd Independent Battalion reorganized, but the 4 main battalions and the 1st Independent Battalion were also mixed, and of course, this was due to the solid ideological mobilization work of political work cadres such as Political Commissar Guo Sizhong.

Immediately after the reorganization of the troops, intensive training was carried out in accordance with the training outline drawn up by the regiment headquarters.

As for the locations of the troops, they have also been readjusted

The 1st Battalion was still stationed in Zhangbaling, the 2nd Battalion was in Banqiaoji, the 3rd Battalion was in Sanguba, the 4th Battalion was in Maowan Town, the 1st Independent Battalion was in Sujiatang, and the 2nd Independent Battalion was in Majiaji.

The artillery battalion reconnaissance company and the regimental directly subordinate organization remained in Wangjiadian.

After the troops adjusted their areas of activity, Liu Tianshu put each battalion in charge of facing the enemy in their own direction, so that they could adopt flexible and mobile guerrilla tactics to expand the influence of the New Fourth Army.

At the same time, the militia organizations in various villages and towns have also been replenished in a timely manner, and the entire base area is full of boundless vitality.

After Liu Tianshu saw that the battalions were constantly training in their respective areas according to his own ideas, he began to think about how to strike at the enemy and obtain the weapons and ammunition needed by the troops.

The consumption of the last anti-sweep has hollowed out the old foundation of the troops, and the logistics minister Jiang Aihe has complained to him several times.

As for the small arsenal in the base area, it can only be repaired, and even the reloading of bullets cannot be completed.

The leader of the detachment learned that the 16th Regiment's anti-sweeping campaign had finally achieved victory, and specially sent a telegram of praise, but the detachment also encountered many difficulties in its development in Ludong.

It turned out that with the establishment of Wang's puppet regime, the Japanese army intensified its sweep of the New Fourth Army's base areas, and at the same time, the Nationalist government army, which had a good relationship with the New Fourth Army, also began to stir up trouble, and Chongqing also began to complain a lot about the New Fourth Army.

It was just these high-level arguments, Liu Tianshu didn't know, he only received a telegram from the detachment, asking them to strictly prevent friendly troops from making small moves.

However, around Liu Tianshu's base area, there were no large troops of the Nationalist Government, and with the withdrawal of Guo Zhenlong's division to Hefei, the small forces around did not dare to provoke Liu Tianshu easily.

The surrounding enemies did not come to provoke, and even the devils took the initiative to give up some remote small strongholds around the base area, so that Liu Tianshu had no chance to find the devils to practice, and for a while, the entire base area seemed extremely peaceful.

Time passed quite quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was May of the 40th year, and on this day, as soon as Liu Tianshu returned to the regiment headquarters after inspecting the troops, he asked Staff Officer Sun to hurry over with a telegram.

"Regiment commander, the devil has increased his troops to Anqing." Seeing Liu Tianshu, Staff Officer Sun said in a low voice.

"What? Sending troops to Anqing? Liu Tianshu couldn't help but move, Anqing is the station of the 166th Division of the Japanese Army, although the 166th Division is indeed a little difficult to deal with the troops of the Fifth Theater because of the fight with the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, but it should not have reached the point where it is necessary to increase troops.

He took the telegram and looked at it, and found that the Japanese army had reinforced a detachment to Anqing, and the Japanese army, the Jiangzhi detachment, had arrived at Anqing by boat two days earlier.

"What kind of fame is this devil going to do?" Liu Tianshu couldn't help but ponder.

The total strength of the Jiangzhi detachment is more than 10,000 people, which is equivalent to the strength of a brigade, and the performance of the Jiangzhi detachment in all previous battles is not bad.

However, although the purpose of the Jiangzhi detachment is not clear, the devils have increased their troops in the direction of Anqing, and the logistics support will be more onerous, according to the information that Liu Tianshu knows, a large part of the devil's logistics supplies come from northeast China, and most of them are transported by rail, except by sea.

Although the Japanese army occupied Wuhan, the Pinghan line was not smooth, so the land transportation of the Japanese army was mainly by the Jinpu Road.

As an important logistics supply base for the Japanese army, Anqing naturally gathered a large number of materials, and at the same time, it also needed to continuously replenish materials.

Liu Tianshu on the Yangtze River has no choice, but if the devil is transported by land, he can think about it.

Anyway, the area of activity of the first battalion was already approaching Jinpu Road. (To be continued.) )