"Chief of Staff, snatched it...... Although a lot of artillery and materials were blown up by the devils, the guard battalion rushed too fast, and directly scattered the little devils who were ordered to blow up the materials, and the other materials and artillery that were not blown up were saved! The correspondent from the guard battalion reported as soon as he rushed to Zhong Chenggong, with an excited face.

"That's good, how many heavy artillery and mountain artillery are left that haven't been blown up!" Zhong Chenggong stared at the correspondent and asked expectantly.

"There are still eight heavy artillery left, eight field artillery, four mountain artillery, the least infantry, only two left, and seven rapid-fire guns left~ There are a total of 38 cars of materials and various ammunition that have not been blown up, all of which are cars with full carriages."

"In addition, there are a large number of materials on the battlefield that were blown up by grenades but not destroyed by the little devils before leaving, and there should be a lot of them all sorted out!"

"Okay, good fight!" The smile on Zhong Chenggong's face became even thicker.

"With these seizures, our trip was not in vain, and the comrades fought very well...... Order, the third battalion, the new third battalion, immediately withdraw from the battle to rest, replenish physical strength, set off in two hours, take the path to bypass Linfen City, and directly kill Ji County and Xiangning County ~ The assault battalion also withdrew from the battle, set off now, keep up with the devils, continue to harass and sneak attack them along the way, and then stay in Linfen and form the new fifth battalion and garrison battalion on the spot! ”

"The guard battalion stays, destroys the remnants of the enemy, cleans the battlefield, and transfers captured supplies and equipment!"

"After dawn, the devils will definitely send planes to bomb, so before dawn, all the seizures must be transferred, and they must be dispersed and hidden!"

After a day and a night of travel, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, the city wall of Linfen City finally entered the field of vision of Lieutenant General Ito.

Dozens of devil officers hurried over.

"Report to the commander of the division, the commander of the remaining troops in Linfen City was ordered to come to greet him. We've prepared dinner in the city, and the troops can enjoy it when they enter the city! A large officer first gave Lieutenant General Ito a military salute, and then reported with a compliment.

"Yo West...... Very good...... "Lieutenant General Ito's tense nerves relaxed at once.

After a long breath, he replied: "The troops are too tired, you are responsible for arranging barracks in the city for all the troops who have returned...... Also, the losses and casualties of the troops will be counted as soon as possible, and I want specific data tomorrow night, the more detailed the better! ”

Lieutenant General Ito was too tired.

As his status grew, even when he was on the march to fight, he rode in cars and armored vehicles, where, like today, he rode horses continuously for a day and a night, and there was no rest in between.

After a brief dinner, Lieutenant General Ito rested, and slept until noon the next day.

The chief of staff appeared in front of him as promised, and only reported when he saw that Lieutenant General Ito was in a much better mood.

"Division commander, the losses of the division in the entire anti-encirclement and suppression operation have been counted, including the remaining troops, the losses are very large, far beyond our imagination!"

"The troops left behind in the rear have also returned!" Lieutenant General Ito was stunned for a moment and then asked.

Now he is most worried about the left-behind troops he has sent to the rear, and the infantry with more than one wing is active in the hinterland of the base area, and is constantly being watched by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and if he does not do it well, he will lose another infantry brigade.

Therefore, when he withdrew his troops, he gave them an order to retreat, asking them to leave a reinforced brigade and all the puppet troops attached to the imperial army to stay in the county seat, and all other troops to retreat to Linfen.

Lieutenant General Ito breathed a clear sigh of relief to hear that they had withdrawn safely. Then I thought of another sentence that the chief of staff had just reported, that the troops suffered heavy casualties.

With a frown, he asked: "I want specific data, how many troops were killed in battle, how many people were injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and how many soldiers were still able to fight." There are also losses in weapons and equipment that must also be reported, especially heavy weapons, which need to be replenished by the front army in order to re-equip the troops! ”

"Hi ......"

The chief of staff lowered his head and replied: "The total strength of our departure was nearly 19,000 people, the Eighth Route Army base area left 1,500 people, we brought back 7,000 people, Major General Hamasaki brought back 2,500 cavalry infantry, the rest of the troops were gone, and more than 7,000 people were killed in direct battle, of which the 135th Infantry Wing was wiped out, the 137th Wing lost more than half, the guard brigade directly under the division lost more than half, the engineer wing, the field artillery wing, all lost more than half!" ”

"The heavy artillery wing strengthened by the front army has lost more than half, the cavalry wing has lost more than sixty percent, and the chariot brigade has almost been wiped out!"

"The 136th Wing has the smallest losses, and it is also the unit with the strongest combat effectiveness and the largest number of troops in the division so far!"

"Of the more than 11,000 lieutenant generals who withdrew to Linfen, there are more than 600 soldiers who have lost their combat effectiveness due to more than 600 injuries!"

"Coupled with the more than 3,000 people who stayed in Linfen City, and the more than 4,000 people who were transferred away by the front army, there are less than 20,000 of the more than 30,000 people left in the division, and nearly forty percent of the troops are directly lost!"

"In terms of equipment, the heavy equipment we brought into the base area of the Eighth Route Army, including field artillery, heavy artillery, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, rapid-fire guns, tanks, combat vehicles, as well as automobiles and baggage vehicles, all suffered ......."

The good mood on Lieutenant General Ito's face disappeared all at once.

Sitting on a stool, his whole body was weak and his eyes were not shiny.

After a long time, he sighed and said, "The loss is too great...... With such a big loss, I can't give an explanation to the front army at all! ”

After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "What about the casualties of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army?" We have lost so many troops, how many Eighth Route Army have we wiped out! ”

The chief of staff's face was even more ugly, and he replied with a frown: "It is really well documented, and it can be seen that the results of the corpses of the Eighth Route Army are only more than 1,300 people."

However, many of the Eighth Route Army that we killed and wounded on the battlefield were dragged away by the Eighth Route Army during the battle. Especially the battle in which the 135th Wing was completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army! We have lost so many elites, even if the Eighth Route Army had armored vehicles to cover, their casualties could not be small. ”

"According to the statistics of various troops, in this encirclement and suppression operation, we eliminated more than 5,000 main forces of the new regiment, and more than 2,000 local troops of the Eighth Route Army plus guerrillas. In addition, it also destroyed a large number of villages and towns in the areas controlled by the Eighth Route Army, leaving them with a mess and weakening their strength through post-war reconstruction! ”

Lieutenant General Ito's face was even more unsightly.

asked with a calm face: "That is to say, we used more than 10,000 people to destroy more than 7,000 Eighth Route Army, and it is very likely that these more than 7,000 Eighth Route Army still have water, and the troops falsely reported it, and there is no evidence!" ”

"Hi...... But it's certainly not much different from the real data! The chief of staff comforted.

"The disparity is too great!" Lieutenant General Ito sighed again, then replied with a frown.

"In that case, we won't be able to report to the front at all!"

Seeing that the chief of staff lowered his head and did not speak, the irritable Lieutenant General Ito directly waved his hand and ordered: "That's it, you have no solution if I ask you!" ”

"Go out, leave all the things in your hand, I will draft a telegram to report to the front, these things will be used!"

After an afternoon in the room, Lieutenant General Ito, who sent a telegram to the front, did not know what to do.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind the door, and the door was pushed open.

The figure of the chief of staff, who was both anxious and panicked, appeared directly in front of Lieutenant General Ito.

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