Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 966 Heavy Loss (Second Update!)
"Chief of Staff, I've snatched it... Although the devils have blown up a lot of artillery and supplies, they couldn't hold back the guard battalion and charged too fast, and directly dispersed the little devils who were ordered to blow up the supplies. The others were not blown up. The supplies and artillery are all saved!" The correspondent from the guard battalion reported as soon as he rushed in front of Zhong Chenggong, with a look of excitement.

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

"There are still eight heavy artillery pieces, eight field artillery pieces, four mountain artillery pieces, two infantry artillery pieces, and seven rapid-fire artillery pieces. There were 38 cars, all cars with their compartments fully loaded."

"In addition, there are still a large number of materials that were blown up by the little devil with a grenade before leaving but not destroyed. There should be a lot of them after sorting them all out!"

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

"With these captures, our trip was not in vain. 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 a small road Bypass Linfen City and go directly to 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 attack them along the way, then stay in Linfen, and form a new fifth battalion and garrison on the spot camp!"

"The guard battalion stays, wipe out the remnants of the enemy, clean up the battlefield, and transfer the captured materials and equipment!"

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

After traveling for a day and a night, at four o'clock in the afternoon the next day, the city wall of Linfen City finally came into Lieutenant General Ito's sight.

Dozens of devil officers hurried over.

"Reporting to the head of the division, the commander of the left-behind troops in Linfen City has been ordered to come to greet you. We have prepared dinner in the city, and the troops can enjoy it when they enter the city!" A senior officer first gave Lieutenant General Ito a military salute, and then all The face complimented the report.

"Yoxi...very good..." Lieutenant General Ito relaxed his tense nerves all of a sudden.

After taking a long breath, he replied: "The troops are too tired. You are responsible for arranging barracks for all the returning troops in the city. From now on, except for the troops stationed in the forward positions outside the city, all other troops will be stationed in the city... Also, the loss of troops Count the casualties and casualties 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 got higher and higher, even when he was marching and fighting outside, he still rode in cars and armored vehicles. Unlike today, he rode a horse for a day and a night without rest in between.

After a simple dinner, Lieutenant General Ito took a rest, and slept until noon the next day before waking up.

The chief of staff appeared in front of him as scheduled, and reported that Lieutenant General Ito was in a better mood.

"Division commander, the division's losses in the entire anti-encirclement and suppression campaign have been counted, including the left behind troops, the losses are very large, far beyond our imagination!"

"The troops staying behind have also returned!" Lieutenant General Ito asked in a daze.

Now he was most worried about the troops he had sent to the rear. Infantry with more than one regiment was active in the hinterland of the base area. They were being watched by the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army all the time. Maybe they would lose another infantry brigade.

Therefore, when I retreated, I gave them an order to retreat, asking them to leave a reinforced brigade and all the puppet troops who belonged to the imperial army to stay in the county, and all other troops retreated to Linfen.

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

Frowning, he asked: "I want specific data, how many troops died in battle, how many people were injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and how many soldiers are still available for battle. The loss of weapons and equipment must also be reported, especially heavy weapons. The front army needs to be supplemented to re-equip the troops!"

"Hi……"

The chief of staff lowered his head and replied: "When we set out, the total strength was nearly 9000. The Eighth Route Army left behind 500 people in the base area. We brought back 7000 people. Major General Hamasaki brought back 500 cavalry infantry. The rest The entire army was gone, and more than 7000 people died directly, including the entire 135th infantry regiment, more than half of the 137th regiment, more than half of the guard brigade directly under the division, and more than half of the engineering regiment and field artillery regiment!"

"Over half of the heavy artillery regiment that the front army has strengthened has lost more than half, the cavalry regiment has lost more than [-]%, and the chariot brigade is almost completely wiped out!"

"The 136th regiment suffered the smallest loss, and it is also the division with the strongest combat effectiveness and the largest number of troops!"

"Of the more than 1000 lieutenant generals who were withdrawn to Linfen, more than 600 soldiers were injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"

"Including the more than 3000 people left behind in Linfen City, and the more than 4000 people who were transferred away by the front army, there are less than 3 people left in the entire division of more than 2 people, and nearly [-]% of the troops have been directly lost!"

"In terms of equipment, the heavy equipment we brought into the base of the Eighth Route Army, including field artillery, heavy artillery, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, rapid-fire artillery, tanks, chariots, as well as cars and supply vehicles, were all lost..."

The good mood on Lieutenant General Ito's face suddenly disappeared.

Sitting down on the stool, he looked weak and his eyes were dull.

It took a long time before he sighed and said, "The loss is too great... I have no way to give an explanation to the front army for such a huge loss!"

After hesitating for a while, he asked, "What about the casualties of the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army? We have lost so many troops, how many Eighth Route Army have we wiped out in total!"

The chief of staff's face became even more ugly, and he frowned and replied: "There are really more than 300 people who can see the corpses of the Eighth Route Army.

However, many of the Eighth Route Army that we killed or wounded on the battlefield were dragged away by the Eighth Route Army during the battle.Especially the battle where the 135th Regiment was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!We lost so many elites, even if the Eighth Route Army had armored vehicles to cover them, their casualties could not have been so small. "

"According to the statistics of various units, in this encirclement and suppression campaign, we eliminated more than 5000 people from the main force of the Xinyi Regiment, and more than 2000 people from the local troops of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas. We also destroyed a large number of villages and towns in the areas controlled by the Eighth Route Army, leaving them a mess. Weaken their strength through post-war reconstruction!"

Lieutenant General Ito's face became even more ugly.

He asked back with a sullen face: "That is to say, we only wiped out more than 1 Eighth Route Army at the cost of more than 7000 people. The 7000-odd Eighth Route Army may still have moisture. It was a false report by the army, and there is no evidence!"

"Hi...but it's definitely not too far from the real real data!" the chief of staff comforted.

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

"In this case, we have no way to report to the front army!"

Seeing that the chief of staff kept his head down and didn't speak, Lieutenant General Ito waved his hand and ordered, "Forget it, you can't solve it even if I ask you!"

"Go out, leave everything in your hand, I'm going to draft a telegram to report to the front army, these things are all useful!"

After suffocating in the room all afternoon, Lieutenant General Ito did not know what to do with the telegram to the front army.

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

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

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