At eight o'clock in the morning, the Wing Commander arrived on time at the garrison of the 5th Infantry Brigade.

"Sir, last night our three brigades suffered a total of 843 casualties, including 628 in the Imperial Army. The 6th Brigade suffered the greatest casualties, an infantry squadron, a baggage squadron, and the entire army was wiped out, and the artillery squadron and heavy machine gun squadron suffered heavy losses, killing 395 people in direct battle......"

"The 5th Infantry Brigade suffered slightly better losses, but still killed more than one hundred and fifty people!"

"The 4th Infantry Brigade suffered the smallest losses, with less than seventy killed in battle......"

"In addition, the infantry squadron and baggage squadron of the Sixth Brigade were completely wiped out, and all the equipment and weapons and ammunition carried by the army were captured by the Eighth Route Army!"

During the whole battle, the wing commander was clear as soon as he came over, and when he heard the casualties and losses, he reacted directly!

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, we have been tricked by the cunning Eighth Route Army again!"

"The ambush of the Sixth Brigade by the Eighth Route Army must be a sudden decision of the Eighth Route Army, their goal is not to kill our Sixth Brigade, but those weapons and ammunition that the Sixth Brigade has lost!"

"They are too cunning, they know that it is not our opponent on the battlefield, and then they will ambush us when they retreat, bite off a piece of fat from us, and make up for their losses on the battlefield and the consumption of weapons and ammunition!"

The faces of the three captains turned pale all at once, and it was only now that they reacted from their shock.

The captain of the Sixth Brigade was stunned for a long time before he reacted: "Sir, what do you mean is that the reason why our Sixth Brigade was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at the last moment of the battle was both fast and strange. It's not that they want to kill us, but they want to take advantage of us and make up for the losses! ”

"Not bad...... Or the Eighth Route Army's attack last night will be in vain! The co-captain affirmed.

"Don't forget, the Eighth Route Army has always fed war with war. They do not have special logistical supplies, and all the weapons and ammunition needed for combat rely on combat supplies. If they hadn't captured a single bullet in their attack last night, which had consumed so many weapons and ammunition, they would definitely be short of guns and ammunition in their next battle, which would affect the combat effectiveness of the troops! ”

"So, they have to make a fortune before they leave, and get some weapons and ammunition from us!"

"All the equipment and rapid ammunition of an infantry squadron and a baggage squadron, if we guess wrong, except for the mountain artillery shells, all kinds of ammunition used by the Eighth Route Army to attack us last night, those cunning can be replenished!"

"Hey!" The captain of the sixth brigade affirmed with a calm face.

Both squadrons were his men, and no one knew better than him how much equipment and ammunition he had lost.

The wing captain did not stop and continued to ask: "Do you know how many people the Eighth Route Army has lost when attacking us!" ”

There was hardly a single corpse of the Eighth Route Army left on the entire battlefield, and the three captains lowered their heads at once, not knowing how to answer.

The squadron leader of the 5th Squadron, who was attacked, hesitated for a long time and replied: "Sir, I am sure that we will inflict heavy damage on at least the two main companies of the Eighth Route Army in the defensive battle, and repel their three company-level attacks!" ”

"Humble for sure, in one night's battle, the Fifth Brigade will kill at least 400 people of the Eighth Route Army!"

The captain of the Sixth Brigade followed suit and added: "The battle of the Eighth Route Army ambushing us was not as smooth as expected. ”

"The imperial army that we were completely annihilated by them are all elite, and I believe in them. Therefore, the Sixth Brigade took out at least two hundred and fifty people of the Eighth Route Army! ”

The captain of the Fourth Brigade finally replied: "We did not engage in a head-to-head exchange with the Eighth Route Army, and we don't know how many Eighth Route Army we killed, but it is certainly not less than a hundred!" ”

"In other words, we have only killed the Eighth Route Army of less than 800 people!" The Wing Captain's face quickly turned serious, and he stared at several subordinates and asked rhetorically.

Then he scolded unceremoniously: "What are you all doing to eat, are you all a bunch of stupid pigs?" The battle is based on the terrain advantage, and you are still on the defensive, so you are fighting like this. He lost more than 800 people, and he didn't even kill the same number of Eighth Route Army! ”

"With this command ability, what do I want you to do...... I don't care about you! ”

The three captains all lowered their heads and didn't say a word, letting the co-captain's leakage spit on themselves, and they didn't dare to reply a word.

At the headquarters of the Japanese division in Linfen City, Lieutenant General Ito did not attack and sweep the base area of the new regiment with the troops, but stayed in the center of Linfen City to command all the attacking troops!

At nine o'clock in the morning, just after breakfast, the chief of staff hurried over with a few telegrams.

"Division commander, front-line battle report!"

"Is there a result of last night's battle, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army dispatched more than a dozen battalions at one time, they are both cunning and powerful, is there an infantry brigade that has been killed by them!" Lieutenant General Ito asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Hey!" The chief of staff hastened to answer.

"Although there were losses, because the distance between the major teams was too close, there were no troops, and the entire brigade was completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army!"

"After statistics, a total of 13 battles broke out on the front line last night, the Imperial Army, the Imperial Allied Army, a total of 1,869 casualties~"

"Because the infantry brigades are very close to each other, they will be able to reinforce each other very quickly. The Eighth Route Army's offensive lasted only an hour to two hours before it ended. ”

"Also, the casualties of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army are also very large. According to preliminary statistics, in the battle of one night, the Eighth Route Army fought and withdrew, with a total of at least 3,000 casualties! ”

Lieutenant General Ito scolded angrily: "Do you think it is a very honorable thing to kill more than 3,000 Eighth Route Army with more than 1,800 casualties?" ”

"When did the lives of the soldiers of the Imperial Army become so worthless, the lives of one Imperial Army can't even be exchanged for two Eighth Route Army, is it because the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army has deteriorated, or has the combat effectiveness of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army become stronger!"

"You must know that on the battlefield in the southwest of Jin, the sacrifice of one soldier of the imperial army can be exchanged for at least four Jin Sui troops!"

Seeing that the chief of staff lowered his head and did not speak, Lieutenant General Ito changed his words and continued: "However, I am very happy to have such a result!" ”

"Our opponent is too cunning, in the past, the commander of the new regiment, Wang Ping, came to command the operation, and we had to lose at least two or three full squadrons.

"But not this time, it is enough to prove that Wang Ping, the head of the new regiment, has no way to sweep us for the time being!"

"That's what the general said!" The chief of staff immediately complimented.

Then he stared at the division commander and asked, "Then what do we do next?" ”

"The old way continues to sweep the base area of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army!" Lieutenant General Ito replied without thinking.

"Tell all the captains on the front line that during the entire sweeping process, no one can rush forward alone, there is no need to take every step of the way, and do not give our enemies any opportunity to take advantage of!"

The chief of staff immediately replied: "I'll go and give the order right away!" ”

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