Chapter 652: The First Great Casualty

As the head of a regiment, it was the first time he personally led everyone to attack the Wei family wharf, which was out of caution and to see the combat effectiveness of the little devils.

But like the second attack on Weijia Wharf, this does not require Zhang Qingshan to fight with his bare arms again, he only needs to command - at least it has to be a battle between regiments, and the regiment commander is likely to rush to the front line, otherwise, it is not the regiment commander who is not the regiment commander. (In film and television works, the head of the regiment also rushes to the front line from time to time, which is all needed by the storyline, and in reality, it is basically impossible for such a situation to occur in small-level battles.) )

For Zhang Qingshan, the hardest thing now is to wait...... I don't know if the second battalion will be able to successfully take the devil warehouse at Weijia Wharf, which is garrisoned by more than 100 little devils? I don't know what their casualties were? I don't know if the devils in the county town went to support......

A series of problems made Zhang Qingshan irritable, but because the transmission of the news was too slow, he was even more tormented. For this reason, from yesterday morning to now, a full twenty-two hours have passed, Zhang Qingshan has not left the regiment headquarters for a single step, and he has been squeezing with everyone when he sleeps. In order to get the results of the second battalion as soon as possible, even the messengers between the two were from the communication troops, and those who were good at mountain running were carefully selected, just to race against time and get the news as soon as possible (there are about fifty miles from Qinglong Mountain, where the assault regiment is stationed, to Weijia Wharf, and most of them are small roads, so it is inevitably inconvenient to transmit the news, and the time will be several hours later...... It is said that with Zhang Qingshan's arrogance and self-confidence in his subordinates, there is no need to attach so much importance to such a small battle, but the fundamental reason why he cares so much is that this is the first time that the assault regiment has really confronted the little devil, and the combat effectiveness of the devil directly determines how the commando will deal with the devil in the future, which can be said to be a thorough investigation of the little devil's ability in all aspects.

After eating two roasted sweet potatoes for breakfast, Zhang Qingshan came to the door of the regiment headquarters with a long bench and sat down, crossed Erlang's legs, smoked a cigarette, but looked at the left front of the Weijia wharf, as if he saw the fierce battle at the Weijia wharf, and there was only one big question in his mind: According to the combat deployment, the second battalion should have launched an attack on the Weijia wharf at ten o'clock last night, but why hasn't it sent a message to the regiment headquarters until now?

Zhang Qingshan did not consider the failure of the second battalion at all: In terms of weapons, the artillery company had 13 small steel cannons, and for the sake of gravity, he also specially distributed a base number of shells to each small steel cannon; thinking that even if it was bombarded, it would be able to bombard the bullshit, and the unfinished devil's warehouse fortress would be bombarded into the sky; in terms of numbers, the second battalion itself had about 300 people, and after being stationed in Lianghekou Village in Huoyan Township, it recruited troops on a large scale, and in more than half a month, the strength of the army doubled to nearly 700 people, which had long exceeded the regular establishment of one battalion, and was the largest battalion among the four battalions。 Although there are many new recruits, there are also many veterans, and I believe that the combat effectiveness will not be too bad because the old leads the new. Besides, even if you fill it with people, you can bury more than 120 little devils alive- More than 700 against more than 100, when the equivalent reaches a certain level, it will cause qualitative changes; in terms of people, even if some people are willing to be obedient to the people, but at this time, I believe that they will choose neutrality, not to mention, there are also people sent by Boss Peng to secretly help; in terms of time, the little devils concentrated their main forces on the Taiyuan line, and only sent a small number of troops to Sanqiao County and its surroundings to keep supplies unimpeded, only a few hundred people, but the assault regiment has one or two thousand people-the people's ocean is not just talking, it will be reflected here......

In this way, whether it is the right time and place or the people, the second battalion has an absolute advantage, it is said that not only should it be able to take the Weijia wharf smoothly, but also at this time, it must have been taken down a long time ago - not only Zhang Qingshan, many people in the assault regiment believe that in this advantageous situation, if the second battalion cannot completely annihilate the more than 120 little devils, it can only be regarded as the failure of the second battalion. It can also be seen that the arrogance in the hearts of everyone in the assault regiment, under the leadership of Zhang Qingshan, the leader, has infected the bones of every soldier.

You must know that according to the usual practice, when the battle begins, they will send someone to give a notice to the regiment headquarters, and after the battle begins, they will report the results according to the situation. But the second battalion didn't do this this time, which made people inevitably doubt whether the second battalion's attack on Weijia Wharf was successful, and even bad speculation.

Although Zhang Qingshan's face was peaceful, the cigarette butts under his feet betrayed his mood. However, Xiang Tao, who was standing against the wall behind him, already had an extra layer of sweet potato skin under his feet, but he still glanced at Zhang Qingshan suspiciously from time to time, and didn't understand what Zhang Qingshan was upset?

When Zhang Qingshan finished smoking another cigarette and was about to take out another cigarette, Zhou Baoyu trotted over with a communication soldier.

Zhang Qingshan stood up excitedly and greeted him.

Grabbing the soldier's shoulders, he asked urgently, "How is the second battalion?"

"Report...... The head of the report ......"

Seeing that the other party was out of breath and couldn't even say everything, Zhang Qingshan hurriedly glanced at Xiang Tao beside him, and saw that Xiang Tao turned around and ran into the command headquarters very clearly, Zhang Qingshan turned around and stopped the herald this time: "Don't worry, don't worry! You go to the headquarters first to rest and drink saliva to moisten your throat......

He helped the herald into the headquarters and personally handed him water and a handkerchief......

It wasn't until the herald's face gradually became less ruddy and calmed down that Zhang Qingshan asked, "Tell me, how is the second battalion fighting?"

Report ......

"Don't do that, sit down and say, sit down and say. ”

"Report to the regiment commander, although our second battalion took the devil's warehouse fortress, but this time the losses were really miserable, sacrificing forty-seven comrades and wounding nearly fifty people......"

"What?"

Although this exclamation was made by Zhang Qingshan who couldn't help but interrupt the words of the herald, it was the common voice of everyone present: Since the establishment of the assault regiment, when has there been such a big loss? Besides, this is just a battle between a battalion-level unit and a company-level unit (they don't regard the two devils as opponents at all, so naturally they don't count, but they don't want to think about it, hundreds of two devils are in front, but the devils in the back are the overseers, do the two devils dare not fight hard?), so many people have been killed and wounded.

And the most important and most serious thing is that the assault regiment took advantage of the right time and place, and as a result, it suffered nearly 100 casualties. Zhang Qingshan believes that Li Honghui's command ability shows the strength of the little devil's combat effectiveness......

Of course, Zhang Qingshan had a rough guess in his heart: such a large casualty was not only because of the strong combat effectiveness of the little devils, but more importantly, I am afraid that it was the problem of the recruits of the second battalion.

"What about the casualties of the devils?"

Zhang Qingshan endured the urge to jump, and before he could ask a question, he heard Tian Guozhong ask in a deep voice. glanced at Tian Guozhong with some doubts, wondering why he asked such a question at this time, but after thinking about it, he had a little admiration for Tian Guozhong in his heart: Our casualties are so large, and the size of the devil's casualties can most directly reflect the current gap between the two sides.

"When I came, not long after the battle ended, according to preliminary statistics, thirty-three devils were killed, fifty-seven two devils were killed, and one hundred and forty-four devils were captured......" Speaking of this, he lowered his head a little ashamedly, and after a pause, he said: "There are no devil prisoners. ”

"What?"

This time, it was Tian Guozhong who rose up with grief and indignation. It is no wonder that he was sad and angry: the casualties on his side are so large, but the devils are much smaller, you know, this is 700 people to deal with more than 100 devils and 222 devils, the advantage is exhausted, and the casualties are actually more than the other side, how can the people present accept it? And this also reflects the gap between the assault regiment and the little devils.

Zhang Qingshan was surprised, but he couldn't help it.

After Tian Guozhong got up with grief and indignation, he immediately held back the shock in his heart, and asked angrily while sitting down: "You just said that you only killed thirty-three devils, and the battle is over, so the rest of the little devils are gone?"

Tian Guozhong was really angry, and his tone of speech had a strong taste of mockery, which was not commensurate with his usual easy-to-talk personality and the position of regimental chief of staff.

"They all ran away. ”

"How did Li Honghui, the battalion commander, become the battalion commander? Not to mention the fact that there were so many casualties under the premise of taking advantage of the advantage, he also let nearly 100 devils escape. Lao Tzu has to ......" Tian Guozhong slapped the table in anger, but his words were the common doubts in everyone's hearts.

"Lao Tian, Lao Tian, dissipate your anger and listen to the war report first. Zhang Qingshan appeased Shimoda Guozhong and said kindly to the communications soldier: "You tell me in detail what happened." ”

Facts have proved Zhang Qingshan's guess, and sure enough, there is no problem in command and other aspects, and the biggest problem is still in the recruits.

Li Honghui received the battle order at about 5 p.m., and immediately after that, the battalion immediately discussed the battle plan according to the regiment headquarters -- Zhang Qingshan was still very generous in this regard, and allowed the commanders of the front line to make some adjustments in the battle plan according to the facts.

Immediately, the second battalion was dispatched and took advantage of the night to find their respective preparation sites.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the 2nd Battalion launched an attack on time: according to the battle plan, the 1st and 2nd companies were the main forces, and they rushed into the town from the west of the Weijia Wharf and the main street as a passage. After arriving at the predetermined location, a company attacked the Devil Warehouse Fort to the left. The second company went straight to the town office.

From the south of the Weijia wharf, with the secret help of the fishermen, the third company attacked by boat from the south of the Devil's Warehouse Fortress. In addition, a company attacked from the left side of the Devil's Warehouse Fortress to form a flanking attack.

The fourth company is the main force of the two devils in the team's town office, attacking from the north of the town office...... After the 2nd Company cooperated with the 4th Company to take the town office, they immediately turned their guns and launched an attack on the east side of the Devil's Warehouse Fortress.

The Fifth Company is responsible for the entire town to prevent anyone from fishing in troubled waters.

The sixth company is a reserve and is also responsible for assisting in the defense of artillery companies.

Such a combat plan is very perfect, it can be said that all aspects have been taken into account, and the advantage of the large number of people has been fully brought into play. However, this is only on paper, and after the real operation begins, the biggest problem of the second battalion or the entire assault regiment is also an unavoidable problem, which will be exposed to everyone at once......