Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 99
When Ono finally calmed down, the chief of staff who was also promoted to the rank of chief quickly reminded: "Hamasaki Yusui, the passage for the Eighth Route Army to enter and exit the mountain will be opened! Now that the army is reorganizing, Laiyuan must not be messed up. What to do next, Please brigade leader make a decision as soon as possible!"

Thinking of the bad situation he was facing now, Xiao Yeqi didn't say anything.

He frowned, and answered angrily: "What can I do? I just received a thousand recruits yesterday. Even if we reorganize now, it will take at least half a month for them to complete the running-in training and initially form combat effectiveness. Let them go to the army now." Guan Cun, what's the difference between that and letting them die!"

"Then we don't care about Xiaguan Village and let the Eighth Route Army go in and out of the mountains." The chief of staff asked back, frowning.

"It's not that I don't care about it, it's that I don't have the strength to take care of it for the time being!" Major General Ono's face gradually became serious, and then he analyzed with a calm face.

"Now we and the Eighth Route Army are fighting for time. As long as the brigade can have a brigade to form a combat force, then go to Xiaguan Village and block the passage of the Eighth Route Army in and out of the mountains. As for the Eighth Route Army, even though the Eighth Route Army eats up all the defenders in our Xiaguan Village, But I believe in Hamasaki's command ability, the imperial army he commanded must have caused the Eighth Route Army to suffer a lot of casualties."

"So I judge that it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to dispatch the main force out of the mountains in a short period of time, and they also need to restore their combat effectiveness."

"This means that before the Eighth Route Army regains its strength, we must complete the reorganization and integration training of at least one infantry brigade. Then quickly occupy Xiaguan and block the passage of the Eighth Route Army's main force into and out of the mountains.

"Of course, we don't rule out that the Eighth Route Army will send a small group of troops out of the mountains to attack our various strongholds and harass us. We must know that the Eighth Route Army is best at this kind of petty fighting that is almost stealthy. Therefore, from now on, each stronghold must be strengthened. Be vigilant and guard against sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, speed up the construction of the artillery towers, as long as the artillery towers are ready, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army comes out of the mountains, it will not be so easy to take down our strongholds with artillery towers!"

"Chief of Staff, you can't wait here anymore. You can reorganize as many recruits as the military department sends, and then let them run in and train day and night. I will give you ten days to let a brigade of recruits initially form combat effectiveness!"

"Hi! Your Excellency, please rest assured that the task will be completed!" The chief of staff quickly replied.

Before returning to the station, Wang Ping saw the trainer Cheng Xiao come out of the station to greet him.

More than 300 devils, a battalion of puppet troops, can be called a great victory even if they are placed on the main force, let alone the independent battalion, a battalion-level force that has just been formed.

Therefore, Cheng Xiao who received the news was very happy, and wished he could go out to the battlefield to see what happened.Because people had to stay behind at the station, there was no way to go, so Cheng Xiaocai went out of the station for nearly a mile to welcome Wang Ping back, expressing his joy and excitement.

"Instructor, luckily, he managed to open the gate for us to enter and exit the mountain. Comrades have been busy all night and are too tired. I plan to let everyone have a good rest during the day. So, I will trouble you next time!"

"As long as you can win the battle in front, I will take care of the logistics. I bought a big fat pig from the village and stewed it. I will wait for the comrades to come back to eat!" Cheng Xiao replied very straightforwardly.

Wang Ping is very satisfied with Cheng Xiao's reaction. At least so far, Wang Ping has not found any shortcomings in Cheng Xiao's trainer.Then he replied happily: "Then scold the trainer. After dark, I plan to hold a summary meeting. I hope the trainer can prepare for it!"

After all, this was the first time since the establishment of the Independence Battalion that such a big battle was fought in a concentrated manner. All officers above the platoon of the entire battalion were requested by Wang Ping to attend the meeting.

At the beginning, the atmosphere of the meeting was very enthusiastic, especially after listening to Zeng Quan's statistics of the battle results and seizures, everyone's faces were replaced by smiles.

Several company commanders and instructors were more direct, directly clamoring for Wang Ping to make up for the crooked handles and heavy machine guns that were missing to them.

At this moment, "Pa..." Wang Ping suddenly slammed the table.

Dozens of subordinates closed their mouths and looked at Wang Ping in unison, with some incomprehension, some shock, some suspicion... There were all kinds of expressions.

"What? Everyone thinks that they have won the battle and are invincible!" Wang Ping asked everyone with dissatisfied eyes.

"According to statistics, in this battle, a total of 89 soldiers and cadres were sacrificed in the whole battalion, including a platoon leader, two deputy platoon leaders, and two squad leaders. In addition, 27 people were seriously injured and temporarily lost combat effectiveness. As for the minor injuries, some There are more than 30 people, but it does not affect the combat effectiveness."

"The seven CDs of these casualties were concentrated on the first company, causing the first company to lose more than half of its soldiers. However, our soldiers are not going to say anything about the first company. More than [-]% of the devils on the battlefield were killed by the first company. Although the first company still has many shortcomings in the attack. But as a The newly formed army is already considered very good, and I am very satisfied!"

"But what about the second company and the third company? The puppet army of one company lost thirty or forty people. I want to know how you commanded the battle!"

Zeng Quan hurriedly stood up and explained: "Battle Commander, it's my fault. When we actually fought against the puppet army, the loss was not big, only a dozen or so people. It was because the soldiers retreated too slowly, and were blown up by the devil's counterattack artillery fire, causing casualties. It’s only that big, I ask for punishment!”

Wang Ping waved his hand and said, "Old Zeng, you don't want to take all the responsibility on yourself. I know the specific reason!"

After finishing speaking, he directly called the subordinates in front of him by name: "Platoon Leader Li, I want to ask you, do you like to fight with the enemy with bayonets? Are the machine guns I ration you all fire sticks? The puppet army is fighting with bayonets, trying to be brave! Do you know that because of you being brave, the two squads in your hand didn’t retreat in time, and were hit by two shells from the devils!”

"There are also Deputy Company Commander Liu, Deputy Instructor Zhou, and Platoon Leader Luo. Before the battle started, did I tell you that if the enemy can be dealt with by shells, he will not use bullets, and if he can be dealt with by bullets, he will never use bayonets!"

"The casualties of the second and third companies were basically caused by you fighting with bayonets."

"I discussed it with the trainer, and I must give you some punishment, otherwise I will be sorry for the soldiers who died. The above said that all of them will be demoted to one level, and the deputy company commander and deputy instructor will be demoted to platoon leader, and the platoon leader will be demoted to deputy platoon leader. long!"

Seeing that several people kept their heads down and did not speak, Cheng Xiao said: "You are all old Red Army and veteran cadres, this setback is definitely not a problem for you. So, cheer me up and learn from us. How does the independent battalion fight, don’t rely on the old Red Army to rely on the old, you will suffer a big loss. This time it is only a relegation, and the next time the punishment will not be so light.”

Wang Ping nodded as he agreed with Cheng Xiao, and then continued: "I would like to remind you once again, in our independent battalion, if you can use shells to deal with the enemy, you will definitely not use bullets, and if you can use bullets to deal with the enemy, you will definitely not use bayonets. No matter what When fighting, you must ensure that the casualties are not too large. Otherwise, even if you win, I will punish you."

"In my eyes, the lives of soldiers are much more precious than bullets and shells!"

"Please rest assured, Battalion Commander, I promise that I will not be brave in the future!" Several demoted cadres looked at each other and stood up at the same time to promise.

(End of this chapter)