The Chief of Staff suddenly thought of something, looked at the intelligence officer and asked: "Are you talking about the guerrillas and local troops formed by the Independent Regiment in their base?"

"Yes, Chief of Staff!"

The intelligence officer nodded quickly: "There have been a large number of guerrillas and local troops since the establishment of the independent regiment base, but because they are too poor in equipment, they rarely participate in battles. At most, they cooperate with the main force to patrol and clean the battlefield. The combat effectiveness is almost zero, so we have not paid much attention to them."

"I didn't expect this army to change in just one or two days."

"The Independent Group equipped them with all the weapons and ammunition they seized from the county town, and in one night, they armed more than a thousand people."

"Although these troops had poor equipment before, their training was not lost. They could form combat effectiveness by getting the equipment, so the troops left by the independent regiment were inexplicably more than a thousand more people."

The commander was still very angry and stared at the intelligence officer and continued to scold: "Even if there are more than 1,000 left-behind troops of the Independent Regiment, they only have more than 2,000 people, and their military strength advantage is still in our hands. They do not have the strength to wipe out more than 4,000 of us in one battle?"

The intelligence officer continued to explain: "After the Independent Regiment seized Yangquan County, in addition to seizing a large number of piercing machine guns and ammunition, he also seized a large number of artillery and shells."

"In the intelligence, the Independent Regiment assembled at least fifty artillery pieces of various caliber during the battle to attack our assault troops. After the artillery bombed, the cavalry assaulted and the infantry finally arrived."

"When the assault troops fought against them, the total strength had been reduced to 4,000."

"In order to speed up the pursuit, they divided their troops as they ran. More than a thousand fastest-running imperial troops gathered together, more than a thousand slightly slower imperial troops followed closely, the Imperial Army followed behind the Imperial Army, and artillery and baggage troops ran at the end."

"After the attack began, the Independent Regiment bypassed the Imperial Army, concentrated all artillery fire to attack the Imperial Army, and then exploded the troops and attacked the cavalry... In these two raids alone, more than half of the three infantry brigades were injured and half of them lost, and almost all heavy weapons were lost!"

"In the final melee, we could have won, but because of the lack of artillery support, the remaining imperial army could only be suppressed by the artillery fire of the independent regiment. No matter how strong the combat power is, it is no match for it, and it is completely wiped out..."

The intelligence officer reported while reporting, and the commander deduced the entire battle process in his mind.

The report was completed, and he finished deducing it, and he couldn't say anything about swearing.

If he was asked to command the independent regiment, even though his strength was not in his own hands, he would still be 60% or 70% sure to win the attacking troops.

The Chief of Staff was also silent. He deduced the report of the intelligence officer just now in his mind, and then wrote 80% to 90% of the content of the report...

After a while, I looked at the commander and asked, "Sir, if nothing unexpected happens, the attacking troops attacking Shouyang are also defeated in this way."

"We are still looking at the independent group with old ideas. If we don't find a Yangquan County town, we can make them change drastically..."

The commander nodded unwillingly and ordered: "We were defeated in this attack and had to withdraw from the battle. Next, it depends on the National Salvation Army."

"As long as they successfully take over the entire territory of Shouyang and Yangquan, the two independent regiments will have no base and have to enter the Imperial Army occupied area. Then their real situation will be completely exposed to us, and there will be no secrets to speak of. It will be much easier for us to eliminate them."

"The intelligence department must keep an eye on two independent regiments for me. Since we cannot destroy them in their base areas, we will wait for them to have nowhere to go and be forced into our occupied areas. After losing the territory, we will send troops to destroy them!"

The intelligence officer breathed a sigh of relief and realized the situation on the front line. He had passed.

But he was not happy at all, but instead looked solemn.

It was not because the task the commander had just given him was difficult, but because the intelligence department paid a huge price to get the information in his hands.

The intelligence officers lurking in the bases of two independent regiments lost more than 70%.

It means that after the National Salvation Army completely took over the entire Yangquan and Shouyang, the intelligence department had to rebuild the intelligence networks of the two counties...

The army commander didn't care about these things. As the highest commander of the Shanxi garrison, he just wanted the result and didn't have the process...

At the front command of the Yangquan Independent Regiment, the regiment commander could finally sit in the chair for a while without thinking about anything and have a good rest.

As for the political commissar, he rushed to the battlefield as early as the end of the battle, personally commanded the troops to clean the battlefield, and gathered the bodies of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and the corpses on the battlefield must be disposed of as soon as possible, otherwise the plague will occur.

In the early morning, the political commissar and the chief of staff returned to the command center together. The two of them walked and spoke, and were in a very good mood, and burst into laughter from time to time.

Especially the political commissar, who took the Japanese and puppet troops to run for an afternoon yesterday, and then kept guarding himself until now, his dark circles were exhausted, but there was no sign of fatigue on his face, but instead he looked excited.

When he walked into the command center, he reported with excitement: "The results of the regiment commander have been counted..."

"Any Japanese and puppet troops who entered our pocket array did not run away, and they were all destroyed by us."

"Because of the key attacks by artillery and cavalry, many of the weapons and ammunition they equipped were destroyed. Only a thousand good guns and more than 30 intact crooked hands were found."

"Because the puppet army was not bombed, many of them were captured from the beginning of the battle. We basically seized the weapons and ammunition they equipped. There were a total of 986 rifles, 15 box cannons, and 26 Czech-built light machine guns, which was enough for our independent regiment to build two more reinforced battalions."

"Half of the artillery and heavy machine guns brought by the Japanese army were destroyed and half seized by us. There are still two mountain cannons, four infantry cannons, 14 mortars, and 16 heavy machine guns!"

"In the past, when our independent group was first formed, we couldn't find any weapons, so we had to use a big knife to make up the numbers. Now the independent group is not only well-equipped, but also no longer has to worry about weapons, but there is still a lot of surplus."

"Along the way, I was worried about the Chief of Staff, how could we transport so many weapons and ammunition to the new base?"

"Where is the loss?" The regiment commander suddenly interrupted the political commissar's report.

"Whether the troops are seriously injured or killed, we are about to go to the new base. We must have a sufficient number of troops to gain a foothold and then we can plan to develop and grow. Otherwise, no matter how many weapons and ammunition we seize, it will be a pile of scrap iron."

The smile on the political commissar's face disappeared, and hesitated for a while before speaking: "The casualties mainly occurred in the final close-range battle stage. The infantry participated in the battle were killed in a total of 756 people, almost two main battalions were killed, and 118 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. The cavalry unit was killed in a total of 158 people, of which 129 were the cavalry soldiers who reinforced our country."

"Fortunately, we used artillery a lot in combat, otherwise the casualties of participating troops would increase."

"I have roughly counted that more than 50% of the Japanese were killed and injured by shells on the battlefield. The cavalry troops fought at least 30% of the Japanese, and less than 20% of the Japanese were killed by infantry. It is equivalent to the participating troops losing one Japanese if they kill a Japanese."

"In order to win this battle, we used more than 2,000 shells in total, and one thousand shells were brought by the reinforcements of the National Salvation Army. Otherwise, the shells we seized from the Japanese army would not be able to even replenish the consumption."

The leader of the group was silent for a moment and replied: "The loss is too great."

"Reduce the seriously injured people who have lost their combat effectiveness, our main force has dropped from 3,000 people to less than 2,000 people now."

"Chief of Staff, you can do one thing now: before dawn, reduce the 4,5 and 6 main battalions into three companies, and add the additional soldiers to the 1,23 battalions to ensure that the 1,23 battalions are fully organized."

"After we stand firm in the new base, we will find a way to form the fourth, fifth and sixth battalions."

"In addition to continuing to transport supplies, weapons and ammunition, you must also bring all the prisoners we just caught to the new base and try to mobilize them to join our independent group."

"According to the agreement, the National Salvation Army has entered our base area, and we will all evacuate from Yangquan tomorrow night."

"I decided to leave all the Japanese equipment and ammunition seized by the troops tonight, and after the first and second battalions retreated here, they marched with them, and threw them away while retreating, and gave them to the National Savior Army."

"The National Salvation Army has helped us too many times, so we cannot always owe favors. These Japanese equipment and ammunition are regarded as compensation for the National Salvation Army."

The political commissar agreed on the spot without any comment.

Not to mention the seizure of independence tonight, the Independent Regiment had already reserved more than 2,000 rifles and sent out one thousand. Tonight, nearly 1,000 79-caliber rifles were still seized, which totaled more than 3,000 rifles, which was enough for the Independent Regiment to double its strength.

In the division command center deep in the Taihang Mountains, several kerosene lamps were still burning stubbornly.

The division leader did not rest, and all stayed in the dim command center to study the map.

Like the Japanese Army Commander, they were also nervous about the ambush that the two independent regiments were launching.

"Report to the commander, we won... Yangquan Independent Regiment's good news, all the Japanese and puppet troops invading their base were eliminated..." A scream suddenly sounded at the command department's mouth, and until the voices were all heard into the ears of the division commander, the excited figure of the communications staff rushed into the combat room.

"Tele me quickly..." The Chief of Staff was very anxious to order.

While looking, he said, "The division commander, political commissar, and Yangquan Independent Group really won, they created miracles."

"There are more than 4,000 Japanese and puppet troops who were eaten by them in one battle, and our troops participating in the war had only one regiment..."

The division commander was very excited, but did not show it immediately. He stared at the chief of staff and asked calmly: "Is the loss of the Independent Regiment great? They are going to go to the new base. If the troops are insufficient, it will be troublesome!"

The Chief of Staff quickly reported: "No more than a thousand people, completely within their tolerance!"

"Not only that, they also seized a large amount of weapons and equipment. The Independent Regiment decided to leave all the equipment of the Imperial Army and give the seized Japanese equipment to the National Savior Army. The medicines promised by the National Savior Army have also arrived. In addition, the seizures of the Independent Regiment in many battles, they will no longer be short of medicines in the next two or three years."
Chapter completed!