Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 263 Lost soldiers and lost generals (first update!)

After Ono led his troops back to Laiyuan City, Laiyuan County was still dominated by the Japanese.

However, the huge loss not only shocked Ono, but also the military department was very angry, and even thought of replacing Ono.

In the end, although Ono stayed, the entire brigade underwent an unprecedented blood change at the request of the military.

The chief of staff went down to the captain of the brigade and changed all of them.Many of my confidants and beloved generals were directly replaced by the military, no matter how much I begged for mercy.

Ono knew that this was the military department venting their dissatisfaction and anger to themselves.

Four thousand imperial soldiers died on the battlefield. Such a huge loss was almost worth a large-scale battle on the front line.

And what about in front of you?So many soldiers of the imperial army were lost in a battle against Tuba Road.

After the brigade underwent a major shake-up from top to bottom, new officers were sent in quickly.Because it takes time to get familiar with the situation of the troops, and the reinforcements given to him by the military have not yet arrived, Ono can only act like a turtle, ordering the troops to stick to Laiyuan City and not to go out.

Of course, Ono didn't do nothing.

Although this failed attack made him almost lose his position as brigade commander, it was not without any gains.

One of the biggest gains is to have a new understanding of the Imperial Association Army.

At this moment, the Imperial Association Army is no longer just cannon fodder in his eyes. If they are used well on the battlefield, they can do a lot for the Imperial Army.For example, in this attack, if it weren't for the existence of the Imperial Association Army, the brigade would have suffered even more casualties, and even lost its offensive ability in the end.

Therefore, before the army's supplementary soldiers came, in order to strengthen the strength in his hands, Ono did not idle, and directly reported to the army, requesting the expansion of the Imperial Association Army.

Anyway, prisoners and captured equipment are constantly being sent down from the front line. Only a part of the prisoners and equipment are needed. The Empire does not need to pay much at all, and the Imperial Association Army can expand.

In fact, not only Ono realized the importance of the Imperial Association Army in the purge operation, but many senior Japanese military officers in the military department also realized it.

Therefore, the report on the expansion of the Imperial Association Army was easily passed by the military department, and it was directly allowed to directly expand the Imperial Association Army into a garrison division on the basis of the garrison brigade, with a total strength of 7000.

When the Japanese army was firmly guarding the county seat and secretly expanding its strength, the Eighth Route Army was not idle.

The two main regiments that took down Laiyuan City were not idle, one was attacking west and the other was attacking east, constantly expanding the base area, and then recruiting troops to expand the Eighth Route Army.

As for the vast countryside in Laiyuan, neither regiment moved, leaving it directly to the independent regiment that was recovering its strength.

At this time, a party committee with a gloomy atmosphere and a hint of joy was summoned in the conference room of the independent regiment headquarters.

"Comrades, let me read the commendation telegram from the military region and the headquarters first!" Political commissar Cheng Xiao was the first to stand up under Wang Ping's signal.

"Whether it is the military region or the headquarters, they are very affirmative of this battle of our independent regiment, and have sent telegrams. The military region will record our independent regiment as a collective first-class merit once. In addition, the positions of the regiment leader and me will be restored. The military command issued a commendation order."

"The headquarters is not in a hurry to credit our independent regiment, and even gave us an honorary title of tiger regiment. You know. In the entire military region, our independent regiment is the only regiment-level unit with these titles!"

"Let's talk about the military divisions. The commander is also very supportive of us, not to mention the awards. In addition, he also agreed with us to form a firepower battalion, a battalion to form a firepower company, and his own regiment to form a garrison battalion. Finally, the commander specially approved 5000 Yuan Dayang give us, let us give allowances to the soldiers!"

Although there are not many substantive things in the awards, such as promotions and rewards for some oceans.However, in the Eighth Route Army, cadres and soldiers at all levels still like to remember meritorious service and various honorary titles.

Therefore, as soon as the political commissar finished speaking, the meeting room erupted in very warm applause.

But soon, Wang Ping's words made the smiles on everyone's faces disappear instantly, and the atmosphere in the conference room became tense from the relaxed just now.

"Why, everyone has forgotten the comrades who died on the battlefield so quickly. Without the sacrifices of these people, would we have won this battle and won so many awards?"

Political commissar Cheng Xiao quickly stood up: "Comrades, the head of the regiment is right, we are happy, but we must not forget how this victory came about. At the same time, we must not forget the various difficulties that the independent regiment is now facing !"

"Chief of Staff, come and report to everyone about the casualties and the difficulties our independent regiment is currently facing!"

Zeng Quan's face was very ugly, because the various numbers on his hand represented the lives of people, and now they are all gone.

After taking a deep breath, he replied: "According to statistics, a total of 2199 comrades were sacrificed in this battle, including the main force of the regiment, the recruit battalion, and the garrison battalion, including two deputy battalion commanders, three deputy instructors, and three company commanders. There are eight deputy company commanders and deputy instructors!"

"This is just a sacrifice. There are still 561 seriously wounded in the field hospital. According to statistics, even if all of these wounded recover, at least 200 of them will have to leave the army due to their disabilities!"

"There were more than 800 troops before the war, and now there are more than 800 people left, half of whom are slightly injured. Among the more than 200 people, there are more than 600 people in the garrison battalion, and the rest are all the main force. There are more than 300 people. The first battalion The most, there are more than 200 people. The second battalion is the least, with only a hundred people left, and the third battalion is better, with 40 people. The cavalry company has more than [-] people left, the guard company has more than [-]% casualties, and the other directly subordinate troops also have more than [-]% casualties !"

"It can be said that after this battle, our independent regiment was completely disabled!"

"There is also the consumption of equipment and ammunition. Because the devils dispatched a large number of artillery and planes, our loss is particularly large. Except for the shells, the remaining ammunition in the inventory is less than [-]%, especially the grenades and grenades, all of them are used up!"

"14 mortars were lost, 15 heavy machine guns were lost, more than [-] light machine guns were lost, and more than [-] rifles of various types were blown up! Vitality, recruited recruits, not enough equipment!"

"Everyone heard it, this is the bad situation our independent group is facing!" Wang Ping interrupted suddenly!

"After I, the political commissar, and the chief of staff applied to the military division, we have the equipment. Excluding those handed over to the military division, we have a total of six mountain artillery pieces, 21 mortars, 21 heavy machine guns, and a large number of light machine guns. .”

"These equipment are enough for us to form a force of 3000 people. However, our independent regiment now has less than 1000 or 800 people including the seriously injured, and there is a shortage of [-] people. Therefore, the next step of the independent regiment There is only one task, recruit troops, make the troops full as soon as possible, and then train to form combat effectiveness!"

"Comrades, this time we let the devils suffer a lot. Even Laiyuan City was occupied by us. The devils will definitely not let it go. Therefore, we must restore our strength as soon as possible. Let alone attacking the devils, at least we must protect ourselves ability!"

"Political commissar, you are in charge of intelligence. Expand our intelligence network to see if there are devil mines or prisoner camps around us. There are veterans with combat experience in them, and they can go to the battlefield after reorganization."

"Director Deng is in charge of recruiting troops locally. All the members of the Independent Regiment will cooperate with you, as many as you have, but you must remember one principle, it is better to lack than to overuse. There is also the recruitment policy of our Eighth Route Army. Don't do it alone!"

"The other thing is the political review. We must ensure that there are no spies from the Japanese and puppet army among all the recruits. We have suffered a big loss in this regard, and we must not suffer again."

(End of this chapter)