The devil attack force is blinded.

The fighting here is not over, and the assembly area is under attack.

If the staging area is occupied by the enemy, won't it become a lone army?

The little devil who was afraid that the back road would be cut off would inevitably be distracted on the battlefield, and his morale began to fall.

On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army saw that the main force began to attack in general, and the more it fought, the more courageous it became.

The combination of pistols and bayonets also became better and better, and hand-to-hand combat slowly turned into a one-sided massacre......

Two hours later, the battle was over.

While everyone was celebrating this victory, Li Hao was not happy.

The casualties of the motorized battalion were too great.

Nearly 500 people took part in the battle, and in the end less than 200 survived, and there were dozens of lightly and seriously wounded among them, almost disabled.

"What about the first battalion and the guard battalion? What about their battle damage? Li Hao stared at Hong Linfeng and asked.

"There are 172 people left in the first battalion, with a direct loss of nearly forty percent of the troops, and there are 194 people left in the guard battalion, with a loss of just one-third."

"Or the combat effectiveness of the troops is too poor!" Li Hao judged.

"In the whole blocking battle, the first battalion participated in the whole process, and the equipment was not as good as ours, and the direct loss was only a little more than 40% of the total strength."

"The mobile battalion has fought one less battle than the first battalion, and it is well-equipped, and the losses are more than sixty percent, plus those light and serious wounded, the losses are almost seventy percent, and the gap here is not a little bit!"

Speaking of this, Li Hao was even more determined to ask Commander Chen for important people and go back to train his troops well.

After a moment's hesitation, he said: "Chief of Staff, I decided to ask Commander Chen to ask some cadres to return to the garrison regiment, preferably platoon commanders and deputy company commanders, and let them go to the garrison regiment as company commanders and deputy company commanders, so as to bring the training methods and combat styles of our old Eighth Route into the garrison regiment and improve the combat level of the soldiers, especially the level of assassination and the ability to evade enemy artillery fire on the battlefield." ”

"I just looked at the battlefield, and the casualties of the mobile battalion are mainly reflected in two aspects: one is to avoid the shelling of the little devils, and the other is to fight with the little devils with bayonets."

"It shows that these two aspects are the shortcomings of our garrison regiment, and we must find a way to make up for them."

"Ask Commander Chen's dignitaries to directly join the garrison regiment to train and command the troops, this is the most direct way to make up for the two shortcomings."

The chief of staff also understands the truth of the soldiers, and as soon as Li Hao finished speaking, he showed an expression of approval.

But within a few seconds, he reminded with a worried face: "Will Commander Chen agree?" ”

"There are almost twenty infantry companies in the garrison regiment plus the guard company, and one company supplements one cadre, which adds up to twenty company-platoon-level cadres."

"Even the platoon commander is the backbone of the army, and so many people are withdrawn at once, will they agree?"

Li Hao replied confidently: "Don't worry, Chief of Staff, I have a way to get Commander Chen to agree." ”

"Twenty company and platoon cadres seems like a lot, but don't forget the size of the main force under Commander Chen, on average, there are only two or three people in a main force regiment."

When Li Hao found Commander Chen, the staff officers of the headquarters were reporting the results of the battle.

Seeing Li Hao walk in, his face was directly happy: "Comrade Li Hao, because of your support, we have won a big battle here." ”

"The results of the battle have been counted, except for more than 100 people in the main wing of the little devil, who slipped away in the night, and all the others were wiped out."

"The captain of the little devil wing was also killed by us, and he was killed by a machine gun."

"In addition, more than 800 puppet troops were captured, and all the artillery equipped by the Little Devil Artillery Brigade was captured."

"With these artillery, not only the artillery battalions directly under the base areas can be formed, but each subdivision can also set up its own artillery company, and the main regiment can also form a mortar company."

"I heard from the chief of staff just now that the casualties of the mobile battalion in the blocking battle were a bit large, and the direct losses exceeded sixty percent."

"In order to make up for the mobile battalion, I decided to take whatever weapons and equipment you like from the weapons and equipment captured in this siege and annihilation battle?"

Commander Chen was quick to speak, and Li Hao didn't beat around the bush and said directly.

"Chief, there's something I really need your help with."

As soon as Li Hao's words came out, several regiment commanders focused their eyes on him, looking nervous.

I was afraid that Li Hao would open his mouth and leave the artillery and light and heavy machine guns that they had already fancied.

"Tell me ......," Commander Chen replied cheerfully.

"The gentleman is quick to speak, these weapons and ammunition that have been seized, no matter what you like, no one dares to stop them."

Commander Chen's words made several regiment commanders red, but there was no way. Looking at Li Hao's gaze became more nervous, waiting for his next step.

At the same time, he also prayed in his heart that the weapons and equipment he fancied would not be picked away by him.

"Chief, I don't want any of these weapons and equipment." Li Hao replied in surprise.

The gazes of several regiment leaders looking at Li Hao immediately changed from nervousness to shock, and then everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Li Hao continued to speak: "I hope that Commander Chen can support the twenty company and platoon-level cadres of our garrison regiment, and it is best to be a platoon commander and deputy company commander who have grown up step by step from the bottom, and the best who can fight tough battles." ”

"In today's battle, I found that the garrison regiment has two shortcomings, one is how to dodge artillery fire and bullets on the battlefield, and the other is fighting bayonet ......."

"The first battalion and the guard battalion are the opposite, both of which they are good at."

"So I want to ask the chief to support the twenty cadres of the garrison regiment, let them join the garrison regiment, train the troops, and help us make up for these two shortcomings."

Twenty people, in the eyes of Commander Chen, who has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, say too much, say a lot less.

But Li Hao asked too much.

The cadres who meet those requirements are undoubtedly the backbone of the army, and the treasures held in the palm of the hands of the regiment and battalion commanders are certainly unwilling to let them go.

When Commander Chen looked at the several regiment commanders, they seemed to have discussed it, and turned their heads at the same time, avoiding Commander Chen's gaze at him.

Li Hao had expected this scene a long time ago.

He didn't embarrass Commander Chen, and continued: "Of course, I don't want these people in vain. ”

"The chief knows: In order to seek weapons, ammunition and equipment, I have brought more than 600 war horses, and I plan to take 500 war horses out in exchange for these cadres."

"In today's battle, I found that there are very few cavalry in the base area, and if a cavalry with a battalion in size participates in the battle, our casualties in today's battle will definitely be much smaller."

Five hundred war horses that money could not buy were exchanged for twenty backbone soldiers in the army, and in the face of this temptation, several regiment commanders were moved.

Li Hao guessed correctly, the cavalry is indeed their shortcoming.

The limited number of war horses were concentrated in the hands of the communicators, and they could not be formed into cavalry at all.

Every time I see the little devil cavalry rampage on the battlefield, invincible. They only have envy, and there is nothing they can do.

Five hundred war horses, if used well, can form at least five cavalry companies.

There are three main regiments here, minus three cavalry companies, and the base headquarters can also use the remaining war horses to form a cavalry battalion......

The more I thought about everyone, the more excited I became, and Commander Chen was no exception, and a pair of eyes had begun to glow.