Section 198 The loss is not small

Listening to Shi talk about the situation on the front line, everyone on the side couldn't help but stared at him with wide eyes. Although they had also accompanied the military seat to Swan Mountain during the day to personally check the battle situation on the front line, after being attacked by surprise tonight, their hearts were already in a mess, and after experiencing the tense situation on the front line of life and death, it was difficult for them to calm down in a short period of time. At this time, don't say that there is a blank in their minds about the military situation on the front line, even at this moment, they don't know what to do all of a sudden, listening to the stone talking about the military situation on the front line, they can only listen with their mouths wide open.

Wang Yaowu is naturally different from these people, as a military commander, he doesn't know how many battles he has fought, and the big scenes he has seen are not comparable to ordinary people at all. Although this raid by the devils was thrilling, it seemed to him that it was normal, and even when the devils killed in front of the town, he dared to rush to the front line with a gun to fight the devils. From this point alone, I don't know how much stronger than other officers, if I am a other commander, I hear that the devil is in front of me, I am afraid that the first reaction is to pull out his legs and run!

Wang Yaowu pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Stone, in your opinion, how long can the Laodao River be guarded?" ”

Shi Shi said without thinking: "Military seat, if we do our best to defend it, we should be able to defend it for half a day, but after the battle during the day today, the fortifications on the south bank have been completely destroyed. After dawn, the devil's early morning offensive began, and we could only rely on the crater defense. If you deal with the devil's stragglers crossing the river, there should be no problem, but if the devil's sappers forcibly erect a pontoon bridge and attack it with tanks, the losses of our army will be extremely large, then it is difficult to say. ”

Wang Yaowu nodded, Shi cooperated with the 58th Division in Chishihe for an afternoon, obviously he knew the situation on the front line very well, he could make such a judgment, obviously it also showed that the situation on the front line was indeed very unoptimistic, just like he said before, the devils concentrated all their forces to attack their 74th Army, even if they could fight again, but the devils attacked their positions several times, and it really couldn't last long.

"Wait for the order of the peak! Our 74th Army rushed from northern Jiangxi to northern Hunan to participate, originally just to support friendly troops and assist from the side. However, judging from today's battle, the burden of the entire Xiangbei battlefield is almost entirely on the shoulders of our army, which is too inappropriate. Three months ago, our army had just fought a bloody battle with devils in Shanggao, killing more than 10,000 enemies. Such a series of bloody battles are indeed difficult for some strong people. After Wang Yaowu finished speaking, he said to the stone: "The guards here will be handed over to you, don't worry too much about the battle ahead, you must go to the summit to give us an answer before dawn." ”

The people in the military department then got busy under the command of Wang Yaowu, and the stone was also busy immediately afterward, since the military seat handed over the defense here to his command, he didn't dare to be the slightest sloppy, especially when the military headquarters was attacked once and the location had been thoroughly explored by the devils, he didn't dare to have the slightest carelessness. Thinking that the brothers had been fighting non-stop in the east and west since they arrived here, Shi Shi sighed helplessly, the officials became bigger and bigger, the battles were more and more, and the land lost was more and more, when will such days be an end?

Depressed to depressed, the work still has to be done, and after a few long sighs, the stone began to set it up. For this kind of thing, he is actually familiar with the road, and after so many years of fighting, what scene has he never seen? He didn't even need to draw a sketch of the layout of a small military defense line, he directly called several officers on the side, and ordered them separately: "The two companies of the cavalry battalion will take turns to be on guard, expand the range of vigilance, and take Huanghua Town as the center to reconnoiter at least fifteen miles." ”

"Brother Sledgehammer, you personally take one company to garrison the town and seize the time to build fortifications, and the remaining two infantry companies are stationed on the east and west flanks, and the defensive positions are two miles away from the town, leaving a certain depth for the military headquarters. The artillery company and other units directly under the regimental headquarters are stationed in the town together with the army guard battalion, and they are personally commanded. Shi finished arranging the things here in a few words, and then turned to Wang Shi on the side and asked.

Shi Shi knew the relationship between Wang Shi and Jun Zuo, and knew that Jun Zuo valued this nephew a lot, and looking at his appearance, the big battle just now was obviously a tough battle, and Shi Shi also appreciated such a person. In today's national conditions, anyone who dares to risk his life to fight devils is a loyal patriot, and for them, they are all brothers in robes.

Wang Shi naturally knew stones, but he had not been exposed to them before. After all, although the stone is famous, he commands the troops to fight on the front line all the year round, and the number of times he comes to the military headquarters is very rare, in this case, he has no chance to make friends even if he has the heart. In fact, let alone him, even Chen Yu, the chief of staff in charge of the Tiger Regiment, has not seen a stone a few times throughout the year. Now in vain when he heard the stone ask him, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Ah, what did Shi Tuanza just say?" ”

The tall sledgehammer and the others on the side looked at him with some surprise, but Shi Shi only chuckled and said: "Camp Commander Wang, you know the terrain here in Huanghua Town better, what can you add to the next deployment?" ”

Wang Shi looked at the stone with some incredulity, as if he didn't expect that this famous stone regiment leader would actually ask him about the war and defense, thinking of the words that the second uncle said before to let him learn more from the stone regiment leader, he couldn't help but hurriedly shook his head and said: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the stone regiment." ”

Shi chuckled and said, "Battalion Commander Wang is too modest, the defense of the town still needs to bother the brothers of the guard battalion, if there is any need, you can always find the senior battalion commander of the second battalion." ”

Just after arranging the affairs here, the cavalry battalion commander Hu Zi sent someone to deliver the news that the battlefield south of the town had been largely cleaned up, and that the Japanese army had been killed more than 420 people in this battle, and the cavalry battalion had killed 63 soldiers and more than 90 wounded, and the entire battalion had lost nearly one-third of the battle, which could be described as a tragic victory. Shi Shi couldn't help but look very ugly when he heard the news, the casualties estimated at the beginning were about 100 people, but now that the actual number came out, his heart was like being stripped of a piece of flesh, and it hurt to the bone marrow. After a battle, more than 150 brothers were reduced in the cavalry battalion alone, and how many people were there in the entire independent regiment? If this continues to be fought, in a few battles, the independent regiment may be lost.

Later, the officer of the cavalry battalion reported the captured weapons and equipment and trophies of this battle, and the weapons of these Japanese soldiers were relatively sophisticated, and many weapons were actually equipped with sights, which they had rarely found before, and in addition, each Japanese soldier was equipped with daggers, short blades, etc., especially the equipment was even more sophisticated, and the combat uniform was much tougher and more durable than that of ordinary Japanese troops.

Listening to a string of numbers coming up, Wang Shi on the side couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this battle of their guard battalion in Huanghua Town, in his opinion, it was already a very beautiful fight, but now compared with the troops of the independent regiment, it is not a fart at all. He has personally learned the strength of the devils, they have lost nearly 200 people in the case of the full battle, almost forty or fifty devils have been killed, judging from the strength of the Japanese army, this Japanese army is far from being comparable to the ordinary Japanese army, this casualty ratio is quite acceptable, at least the commanders of the military department have no losses, it is already a great victory for them. But compared with the results achieved by the independent regiment, they have no face to say anything, they have killed more than 400 devils, they have lost more than 150 people, and more than half of them are wounded, and a large amount of weapons and equipment have been captured.

After listening to the officer's report, his mood was a little low and said: "Follow the old rules, send someone to notify the Minfu battalion to come and transport weapons and equipment, especially the wounded brothers, you must take care of them, and finally pick up a life from the battlefield and come back, I don't want to hear the news that they died because of the lack of relief." ”

The tall sledgehammer on the side comforted him and said: "Stone, you can rest assured, the health company has been prepared enough before coming, there should be no problem, the time is not early, you go to sleep for a while, after dawn, I am afraid it will be another bloody battle." ”

The stone shook his head and didn't speak, in this case, where could he sleep? Especially since the cavalry battalion has lost so many brothers, he wants to go and see these wounded brothers in person, sleep? Let's talk about it after this battle. However, it was just as happened that the matter here had just been discussed, and several horsemen came from afar. Each battalion of the Independent Regiment was equipped with dozens of horses, which made it very convenient to communicate with each other.

A soldier had already greeted them and guided them over, everyone looked, only to see that the person who came was actually a battalion attached to Cheng Chong, seeing him, including the stones, they were taken aback and asked: "Old Cheng, what happened in front?" ”

Cheng Zhong was not in a hurry to salute the stones and the tall sledgehammer, and then said slowly: "Don't worry, the brothers of the first and third battalions are intact, but they have not achieved the tasks assigned by the regiment, so the battalion commander asked me to come over and explain the situation to the regiment in person." ”

At this time, Shi took a long breath and said, "But the devil broke through and crossed the river?" Let's go, let's go. ”

This time it was Cheng Chong's turn to be puzzled, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and seemed to be unable to understand how the head of the regiment could react like this. Zhao Yidao on the side gently pulled him, and then whispered: "The regiment commander just took our cavalry battalion to fight with the devil, the strength of the little devil is too strong, our cavalry battalion brothers killed more than 60 brothers in this battle, more than 90 were injured, the fight was too bad, the regiment commander was not in a very good mood after hearing the news." ”

Cheng Zhong couldn't help but be surprised: "More than sixty brothers, how can there be so many?" Was it discovered by the devil in advance and attacked the devil's defense? ”