The third battalion and seven companies were stationed, and the regiment commander Li Hao had already moved the former enemy headquarters here.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the radio station of the headquarters began to ring one after another, and telegrams were like snowflakes, constantly delivered to Li Hao.

"Report to the regiment commander, the commander of the second battalion Zhang Battalion, telegram that they have dragged the Japanese puppet army sweeping troops and are leading the Japanese puppet army to fight guerrillas in the mountains. But ......," Zhou Liang, the commander of the communications platoon, came over with a telegram to report.

"The casualties of the troops are a bit large."

"In order to fool the devils and drag them down, I had to fight a tough battle with them at first."

"Up to now, the local troops under the command of the second battalion, the supplementary troops, and the main forces, have lost eight hundred people combined."

"But they also killed the same number of Japanese puppet soldiers, and at least half of them were little devils."

Li Hao was silent for a moment and replied: "The casualties are greater than I expected. ”

"However, as long as the villagers can no longer be harmed, it is worth the whole group."

"Immediately send a telegram back to Zhang Yun: his mission remains the same, but the next battle must minimize casualties."

"I'll send another 300 reinforcements to him, and then there will be no reinforcements, and then he can only rely on himself."

"In addition, I agree that he will recruit himself from the captured puppet army during the battle to replenish the troops."

Zhou Liang walked for less than ten minutes, and Huang Shenghuo, the commander of the third battalion, rushed in in a hurry, with a solemn face.

"Commander, the little devil is too cunning."

"As soon as we shrank on the battlefield, they went to the nearby villages, determined to repeat their old tricks, threaten us with the common people, and take advantage of us again as they did yesterday."

"In order to buy time for the villagers to transfer, the troops can only attack non-stop and take the initiative to attack them."

"The superiority in troops, the superiority in firepower, the superiority in equipment, are all on their side. We are fighting like this. ”

"Today's battle is not over, and the casualties of the troops have exceeded seven hundred."

"If we continue to fight like this tomorrow, in two more days, the main force in my hands, the local troops, and the supplementary troops will be completely exhausted, and there will be no soldiers available."

As the commander of the troops, Huang Sheng is the combat soul of all the anti-Japanese armed forces in this area.

There must be no problems with his thinking and fighting spirit.

Although the complaint just now was not explicitly stated, it revealed a meaning in and out of the words.

Not optimistic about the operational plan that the troops are carrying out.

Li Hao decisively interrupted: "How many troops did you lose last night?" ”

"More than a thousand people, especially the Seventh Company, were almost wiped out." Huang Sheng thought for a moment and replied.

"What about the people in the base area, how many casualties are there?" Li Hao continued to ask.

"At least 100 people, some were shot in front of us, and some were killed and wounded when the devils caught people." Huang Sheng thought for a moment and replied.

"That's not it!" Li Hao analyzed with a serious face.

"Today we have casualties, although they are also large, but they are less than yesterday. What's more, not a single folk died under the butcher's knife of the little devil today. ”

"This is a victory, and it shows that the tactics we used today are useful."

"As for your concern about running out of troops, I don't think that's a problem."

"We have suffered heavy casualties today, and the casualties of the devils are definitely not small, and the overall strength must be greatly reduced. If we continue to fight, the intensity of their next counterattack will definitely not be as strong as today, and our casualties will be greatly reduced. ”

"So you don't have to worry about running out of troops at all."

"If there really is a day, your opponent will definitely be almost wiped out."

"In addition, in order to replenish the attrition of the troops and ensure the combat effectiveness, I will give you two more reinforcements."

"The first one is three hundred supplementary soldiers, although it is not much, but it is better than nothing."

"The second is an order, which has been given to Zhang Yun of the second battalion just now."

"Throughout the battle, I allowed the participating troops to recruit new recruits from among the captured Imperial Allies to replenish their troops."

"They are combat-ready, they don't need training, they can fight with additional troops. I ask you to replenish the troops while fighting, and keep the roots of the troops for me. ”

"The chief of staff reported in the morning: The Japanese puppet army strongholds in the base area and on the blockade line have sent troops to attack our base area under the cover of aircraft, intending to completely destroy our base area and let our garrison regiment suffer from the enemy."

"The chief of staff has developed a sound battle plan and will take the initiative while defending."

"When it gets dark and the little devil plane retreats, there will be a fight in the base area."

"If it goes well, it only takes five days, and the chief of staff can eat all the Japanese puppet troops that are active in the base area, and then take those strongholds and send troops to reinforce us."

"I hope that the third battalion will still have combat effectiveness at that time, cooperate with reinforcements, and fight back against the devil sweeping troops."

"It's better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers, I am ready to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, fight two battles of annihilation against the devils, and force them to retreat."

Huang Sheng's wrinkled brows didn't know when he had stretched, looked at Li Hao, and replied with a sworn face: "Please rest assured, the regiment commander, the third battalion will definitely still have combat effectiveness at that time." ”

"I also want to avenge the soldiers and villagers who died in the past few days, so the annihilation battle must be indispensable for the three battalions."

The Japanese army was independently mixed into a brigade headquarters, and as night slowly fell, the headquarters became busy.

Dozens of attacking troops on the front line, large and small, almost all reported the battle situation to the command headquarters at this time.

Several radio stations flashed red and were running at full capacity.

Communications staff officers, operational staff officers, in and out, summarized the contents of the telegram on the sand table.

The chief of staff looked at the battle report that had been compiled in his hand, and involuntarily smiled on his face, and then reported happily.

"Sir, after statistics, today we wiped out more than two thousand Eighth Route Army."

"Today, the Eighth Route Army is unusual, and it is not hiding with the Imperial Army. All of them took the initiative to attack, and there were even troops and the imperial army who fought a few hard-fought positional offensive and defensive battles, and even the planes participated. ”

Nakata Yamaro was also very excited, and his eyes lit up.

But he quickly calmed down, looked at the positions of the troops on the sand table this evening, and replied with a cold snort: "Where is the initiative to attack." ”

"They have to strike."

"The imperial army has seized their weakness, and wants to ensure the safety of the people and no longer be taken hostage by us, so they can only send out to attack, expose the main force, and let us chase them to fight."

"Although the losses will be very large, the Eighth Route Army can at least choose the battlefield and choose the time of attack by itself."

"Compared with last night, when we forced out to fight, the casualties and losses are definitely smaller."

"Our opponents are smart, especially their commanders, very smart. Judge our next plan of action directly from a defeat, and then take the initiative to use the advantages we can seize against our advantages to mitigate the losses. ”

"If they don't take the initiative today and are forced out by us in the end, then they don't have the only terrain advantage they have. By the end of the night, their casualties would definitely exceed three thousand, and even four thousand people could possibly. ”