Rise from the sword

Chapter 134 Casualties and Situation

Under the firelight, the captain of the Devil Squadron was ashen-faced, and he didn't even have time to care about the blood dripping from his ears.

Most of his ear was cut off by a bullet. Fortunately, it wasn't Monk's enhanced version of the Desert Eagle that hit him, nor was it a full-power Mauser bullet. It was just an ordinary shell pistol bullet. Lost half of an ear, that's all.

"How about the loss?"

The devil's squadron leader's tone was stern and angry, but also blatantly remorseful.

On the last day, plus the enemy had never played a night attack, it was careless.The searchlights with bulletproof steel fences had actually arrived, they were not installed, and the trenches were not closed in time.

"20 killed and 11 wounded."

A small captain said.

Although it was night, there were not many people in a squadron, so the casualties were counted quickly.

"I'm asking about the loss of the turret."

The squadron leader's tone became more and more harsh.

The Eighth Route Army attacked at night, almost touched the gun tower, and inserted into the middle of the defensive position. Could the loss of troops be small?
31 casualties, one in five.

However, it's okay to lose a lot of troops. It's a great honor to serve the empire's Holy War. Moreover, the attacking Eighth Route Army's own losses are not small, as long as the artillery towers don't lose much.

"There was a two-meter hole in the front of the gun tower, but the main structure was not damaged and it will be repaired soon."

The captain answered truthfully.

As long as the reinforced concrete building is damaged to the load-bearing structure, there will be no problem. This time the independent regiment attacked, the explosive power did not damage the four reinforced concrete load-bearing columns.

"Hurry up and fix it. Immediately!"

The Devil Squadron Leader's voice was still harsh, but he was obviously relieved.

"Hi!"

The leader of the devil team quickly organized manpower to repair the gun tower.

There are materials nearby, bluestone bricks, and fire bricks are still in good condition, and the repair speed is very fast. It was bombed by the Independence Regiment just now, and the devils did not dare to recruit the people nearby to build it.

Of course, the devils did not forget to spread their vigilance.

In the village of Shuangma Village, the loud noise awakened everyone in the village. After the battle, many ordinary people bravely poked their heads out to peek.

"The devil was bombed by the Eighth Route Army again! It looks like the gun tower was blown up with a big hole."

“Fried well!”

"Blow up these sons of bitches!"

"..."

The devil's tragic situation made the common people elated. If the devil was not still far away, there must be a roar of gongs and drums at this time.

Recently, the devils have been domineering and bullying in the village. The villagers have long hated them. If it weren't for the old and the young, they would have left or fought with the devils like other villagers.

On the hill more than one kilometer away from the Devil's Pagoda, Zhang Dabiao looked silently with a big blade. From here, he could see the Devil's Pagoda, the devils on high alert around them, and the devil soldiers repairing the Pagoda under the shining fire.

In his eyes, the reflection of the devil's gun tower in the distance flickered.

"How about the loss?"

"The eleven brothers didn't come back..." Wang Gensheng responded with a heavy tone.

The biggest loss was the five soldiers carrying the explosives, only one came back.

"Eleven brothers..."

Zhang Dabiao's thick and thick eyebrows frowned.

Including the two artillery squads of the artillery company, the commando dispatched 97 people this time, and eleven of them did not return. This is not a small loss.

The battlefield is always unexpected, and he didn't expect that the devil's defenses were so lax, and even the trenches were not closed, so that he lost control of the assault, and the assault troops rushed in. The original battle plan was not like this .

Fortunately, the devil's loss is even greater.

Not a loss.

Moreover, the combat objective was also achieved.

"Let's go back."

Zhang Dabiao took one last look at the Devil's Tower in the distance, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Just when Zhang Dabiao turned around, there was a gun tower in the distance.

"Baga, how is that possible!"

"Go and look for it carefully."

"How could the enemy have only eleven corpses."

"impossible."

The squadron leader slapped a squad leader on the face, his tone full of disbelief.

The squad leader who was slapped was fine. After all, he was an officer of the frontline army, and his body was strong enough to bear a slap or two. However, the squad leader himself was bleeding from his gauze-wrapped ears.

"Hi!"

The small captain glanced at his own captain, bowed his head and obediently obeyed orders.

Although he had searched over and over a dozen times, and confirmed that the enemy had only lost 11 people, but the boss ordered, it must be carried out.

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The casualties of the commando didn't stop Commander Li from continuing to carry out the plan. There was no battle without casualties, and now that the troop supplies and weapons were better, the casualties were much less than before.

Compared with the devils, at least a one-to-one victory is a big victory no matter what.

During the day and night, he kept launching attacks, assuming an attitude of vowing to blow up the devil's gun towers. Of course, the main attacks were those gun towers under construction and the devil's material transport team, but because the devils were prepared, most of them were It ended in failure and failed to achieve the intended goal.

Moreover, the devils' defenses were strengthened in the later period, and even the attacking troops were often discovered by the devils, which turned into encounters.

But Li Datuan still persevered, and a large number of recruits who had just joined the army a few months later were dispatched.

In fact, they are no longer recruits. These former militiamen have undergone at least half a year of low-intensity military training, and then trained in the independent regiment. After two months of regular military training, plus a few times of actual combat experience, they are barely half veterans. .

After many night raids, the actual combat experience doubled.Became a regular year veteran.

mid-December.

Independent regiment.

"In the past month, we have launched 67 attacks on the devils, each battalion dispatched in turn, basically every soldier has participated in two actual battles, and the cumulative number of dead devils should be around 130."

Zhang Dabiao is summarizing the recent situation.

Adhering to Li Datuan's character, the independent regiment only counted the clear results of the battle, and only mentioned how many devils were killed.As for wounding and maiming, Chief Li believes that only dead devils are good devils.

Of course, this does not count the devils killed by the first shelling.

"However, our losses are not small."

"A total of 280 seven soldiers were sacrificed, and [-] seriously wounded are in the headquarters hospital. Most of the lightly wounded have returned to the team."

The raids were cruel and bloody. The devils waited for work with ease, and defended themselves with gun towers and surrounding positions. The independent regiment was at a disadvantage in terms of terrain, and it was difficult for the seriously wounded, or those with injured legs, to return from the battlefield, especially when the devils occupied the battlefield. time of advantage.

"Ok!"

Li Yunlong nodded without any fluctuation in his voice.

The loss of 280 seven people was within his expectations, even far lower than expected.

Among those who lost, the vast majority were recruits from the last expansion.

Li Yunlong estimated that the loss was at least 400 people.

People are different. This group of new and old fighters, some are already seasoned and capable, and they are like a fish in water on the battlefield, while some are still not good at running, and their covert and bullet-avoiding movements are slower than others. clap, clumsy...
Actual combat is like a big sieve, cruelly brushing out those who fail.

Not to mention the brutal raid.

Fortunately, the canned meat and good food allowed the soldiers of the independent regiment to have good physical strength, to withstand more rigorous training, and to maintain a better physical condition. When they were desperate, their physical strength could last longer, and their physical strength recovered faster afterwards.

Zhang Dabiao continued:
"The consumption of ammunition did not exceed expectations. A total of [-] rounds of bullets, [-] rounds of grenades, and [-] rounds of mortar shells were consumed. In the later stage, I deliberately controlled the consumption of shells, and more than half of the self-made black powder was consumed. .”

When it comes to ammunition consumption, Zhang Dabiao's tone is a little distressed.

Even for today's independent regiment, this amount of ammunition is really a lot.

This is a real consumption, and no one will reimburse it.

Taking into account the actual training of the new fighters, the fighters who participated in the attack were all issued with bullets and allowed to shoot at the devils freely, so [-] rounds of bullets were consumed.

Of course, compared to the number of more than 2000 people in the independent regiment, it is actually not that many. The per capita is only more than 40 rounds, and machine gun shooting accounts for the majority. In this way, the average number of bullets fired by soldiers is even less, which is estimated to be only [-] to send.

However, with more than 30 rounds in the shooting range and more than 30 rounds in low-intensity actual combat, the effect is not the same.

"You're promising."

Li Datuan saw Zhang Dabiao's distress, he glared at Zhang Dabiao, and cursed.

There is a fart for the bullets in the warehouse. Only the bullets that hit the devil are good bullets.Besides, next time the business can earn back, and it's not much, just a little more than a quarter of the inventory.

A mere [-] bullets, [-] shells, [-] grenades...

Damn it!
One hundred thousand rounds of bullets!And two thousand shells, and...

It took so much!
Labor and management are distressed.

Li Datuan suddenly became sad.

However, Captain Li was never a guy who kept his sadness in his heart. He glanced at Zhang Dabiao. He didn't find someone to scold him as before, but spread out the map and began to improve his battle plan.

Who made him waste so much property?

Devil!

Who made Lao Li feel bad?
Devil!

Then beat the devils, the kind that kill them, kill them all - wipe out his entire brigade.

Zhang Dabiao also came up together, and these two guys who were not afraid of anything but fearing no devils gathered together in front of the map, grinning at the corners of their mouths, discussing the battle plan in a sinister tone.

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Shou County.

Koizumi Tazawa looked at the latest intelligence summary, and while frowning, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The construction of seventeen gun towers has been completed, and the blockade of the surrounding area has been completely completed. No matter how much the Eighth Route Army jumps around, it will be of no avail. Under the knife of the Imperial Army.

There is no other ending, even for the so-called strongest elite of the Eighth Route Army - Li Yunlong Independent Regiment.

However, this Li Yunlong regiment is really powerful...

While heaving a sigh of relief, Ozawa Taizumi couldn't help but feel genuine horror in his heart.

There is no falsehood under the name.

It is really extraordinary to be able to kill General Sakata, to send troops five hundred miles to attack the imperial military station, to kill the imperial lieutenant, and to wipe out an elite squadron of the Kwantung Army in the empire.

In just over a month, the other party launched dozens of attacks. Although it failed to affect the overall situation, it also caused huge casualties to the imperial army. In the later period, the artillery tower was even blown down several times.

Counting the first large-scale bombardment launched by the opponent, in one month, a total of more than 350 imperial troops were killed and 130 were injured. The loss can be described as heavy.

The original 650 imperial troops in Shou County, plus 1000 or 850 imperial troops from Yangquan, totaled 450 people. After one month, only [-] people remained.

400 employees were reduced.

Moreover, it also consumed the ammunition base of a full battle of a brigade.

"What a formidable force."

Looking at the data and information in his hand, and the terrifying morale displayed by the opponent's attack, Ozawa Takumi was terrified.

This Li Yunlong's independent regiment not only has better weapons and equipment than other Republic of China troops, but also has far stronger morale than other troops. Up to now, he has not captured a living prisoner, even the wounded, and finally charged pull the grenade...

If the opponent has more weapons and ammunition, if the opponent has more troops...

If it wasn't for the opponent's lack of shells in the later stage and the loss of artillery cover, if it wasn't for the opponent's lack of troops in the later stage and a large number of recruits entering the battlefield, then his artillery towers would not be as simple as being blown up.

It's not just a simple matter of losing 400 people.

Fortunately, the excellent weapons and ammunition imported by the opponent cannot last long, and the opponent does not have sufficient supply channels for weapons and ammunition, otherwise...
Fortunately, Ozawa Taizumi found another troublesome thing.

Seventeen newly-built artillery towers, plus the original three artillery towers, a total of twenty artillery towers need to be stationed. With the loss of 400 soldiers, his remaining troops are scattered among the twenty artillery towers, which is seriously insufficient.

Each blockhouse requires at least half a team, that is, 23 or [-] people. There are five hundred people who come and go, and there are [-] blockhouses. He needs to maintain two mobile brigades to support them at any time, otherwise it will be troublesome for others to attack here and there.

However, if there are fewer support troops, they are afraid of being ambushed by Li Yunlong halfway, and because of the simultaneous actions of the North China Front Army, there will be no reinforcements, and they can only rely on themselves.

The Imperial Association Army can only assist, this group of grasshoppers may fall to the Eighth Route Army at any time, and it is useless to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

"Bagaya Road."

Ozawa Taizumi scolded fiercely.

Fortunately, the opponent's strength is also insufficient, and weapons and ammunition are also lacking. It should be no problem to change the supporting mobile brigade to 400 people, right?Ozawa Takumi thought in his heart.Four hundred imperial troops, already three squadrons.

The same trouble also appeared in the head of Yoshio Shinozuka of the Shanxi First Army.

At present, artillery roads are being built everywhere in the North China Plain, coupled with the harassment of the Eighth Route Army from time to time, resulting in a serious shortage of devils, which makes Yoshio Shinozuka very headache...
And he also found that the Eighth Route Army seems to be a little bit wrong...

(End of this chapter)