The blockade is different from ordinary battlefields. It surrounds Taipingzhuang and has a total length of more than two kilometers. No matter how many artillery pieces the Japanese army equips, it is impossible to cover the entire blockade at the same time and can only explode section by section.
This gave the Third Battalion an opportunity to quickly evacuate the battlefield.
Except for the first few sections of the blockade that were attacked, all the troops on the other blockades safely returned to the tunnels and successfully evacuated Taipingzhuang along the tunnels, leaving behind the corpses of Japanese and puppet troops everywhere.
Despite this, the losses of the Third Battalion cannot be underestimated.
Although there were more than 200 pistols to assist in the battle, more than 200 soldiers were injured and killed in hand-to-hand combat. The artillery fire took away more than 100 lives. Of the more than 600 soldiers who participated in the battle, only more than 200 were withdrawn, resulting in direct losses of more than 200. Seventy percent.
The Japanese army suffered even greater losses. The Third Battalion was almost wiped out in the battle. The station also lost more than 200 people in the artillery raid, with a direct loss of more than 1,500 people.
Moreover, most of the dead were Japanese, almost as many as the casualties suffered when the troops captured the Eighth Route Army's four blocking positions and Taipingzhuang in the afternoon.
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At the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army, Major General Fujita's face turned red with anger, he gritted his teeth, and did not say a word for a long time.
He was not afraid of the heavy casualties of the troops. What he was most afraid of was that he failed to take the opportunity to severely damage the Shunping garrison, and those broken troops died in vain.
He wanted to take advantage of his strength to fight a war of attrition with the Eighth Route Army, but in the end his goal of annihilating them all could not be achieved.
In addition to the garrison regiment, there is also a Duer regiment hidden in the hinterland of the Yizhong base.
It is said that the combat effectiveness of this unit is much stronger than that of the Shunping garrison. He lost three infantry brigades but failed to eliminate the Shunping garrison. He could not imagine how much it would cost to mop up the troops in the next battle against the Duer Regiment.
Major General Fujita remained calm and silent, while the chief of staff beside him became anxious.
The fighting has lasted from noon yesterday to now. The mopping up troops have lost three infantry brigades and more than two battalions of the Imperial Association Army, but only half of the regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been wiped out.
If we continue to fight at this casualty ratio, even if all the mopping up troops are wiped out, we will not be able to capture the base area in the center of the wing.
Thinking about the many difficulties that the mopping up troops were facing now, the frown on his already furrowed brows became deeper than before.
In order to solve these problems, I had to bite the bullet and stand up: "General, we must solve the problem of wounded people in the team immediately."
"On the march, 136 of our troops were injured by landmines; in the afternoon, another 168 people were injured in the attack on the blocking position and Taipingzhuang; in the artillery raid and night attack just now, we again seriously injured 116 people."
"The total number of wounded in the team has reached four hundred and twenty."
"They cannot march normally and can only rely on stretchers. One stretcher requires three soldiers to take turns to carry it. Just caring for these wounded requires more than 1,200 people, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the troops and slows down the marching speed of the troops."
"Marching with the wounded will also damage the morale and morale of the troops."
"The headquarters must find a place to place these wounded as soon as possible, or send people to send them back to Baoding."
Major General Fujita immediately shook his head: "It is definitely not feasible to divide the troops and send the wounded back to Baoding."
"Our troops are not large to begin with. If more than a thousand people are taken away, the remaining troops will definitely not be able to raid Chenzhuang and block the only way for the Eighth Route Army to retreat to the mountains."
"The raid just now proved that the Eighth Route Army has the strength to eat up a large group of our army in a short period of time. To divide the troops hastily is tantamount to creating a good opportunity for them to defeat each one."
"Find a place to place them that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and then send them back to Baoding when the battle is over."
After saying that, he turned his attention to the map, pointed at Shunping County and said: "Continue to attack and advance tomorrow, capture the county, leave all the wounded there to recuperate, and other troops will continue to raid Chenzhuang with us."
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At the enemy headquarters in front of the Wangdu Garrison Regiment, Li Yunlong was standing at the position that should have belonged to Deng Jingye, saying something. From time to time, one or two curse words came out of his mouth, and he was spitting.
When he first came to the garrison, Deng Jingye didn't really approve of him.
They just assigned him a battalion according to Kong Jie's order to eliminate all Japanese and puppet forces in Yi County.
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As a result, Li Yunlong ended the operation in only half a month, and expanded one main battalion into two battalions. Deng Jingye was impressed by this, and then he became Li Yunlong's little follower. He did whatever Li Yunlong asked him to do, and it was like Li Yunlong is the real leader of the Wangdu garrison.
"Deputy Commander, according to your order, we only made a token resistance in Tan Village before abandoning the street fighting fortifications there. The Japanese and puppet troops marched straight in. We are less than 20 kilometers away from the county seat of Wangdu County. We can enter the city at noon tomorrow ." Deng Jingye said the battle report he had just received, his face full of heartache.
Although the tunnel fortifications in Tancun have not all been completed, the main tunnels have been repaired. Once used, it will not be a problem to kill a large group.
But Li Yunlong gave up after letting his troops destroy an infantry squadron. It was a pity.
"Don't act like a bitch. It's just a tunnel fortification. If you give up, just give up. It's no big deal." Li Yunlong glanced at Deng Jingye and said arrogantly.
"I can't bear to let my children trap the wolf. The Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us have fought tunnel battles and have always attached great importance to our tunnel fortifications. If they are allowed to enter the base area and be frustrated in front of the ground and suffer heavy losses, we will definitely be cautious in the next raids. We It will be difficult to hit them hard with the tunnel again.”
"If we want to fight, let's have a big fight. A small fight is boring."
Deng Jingye understood immediately after hearing this: "The deputy commander wants to confuse the little devils and make them think of us as underestimating the enemy?"
"My mind is spinning very fast..." Li Yunlong admitted with a smile.
"I know the little Japanese all too well. They look down on our Eighth Route Army from the bottom of their hearts."
"If we take a step back and give them a little sweetness, our tail will rise to the sky."
"On the battlefield, the more arrogant the Japanese and puppet troops are and the more they look down on us, the greater the losses will be in the end and the greater our results will be."
"Just wait and see the good show. This time I will make the little devil regret attacking Wangdu County."
"Reporting to Deputy Commander Li, the latest battle situation report from the headquarters." The operator suddenly walked up to Li Yunlong and reported.
"The Shunping garrison has just severely damaged the Japanese and puppet troops in Taipingzhuang. They killed and injured more than 3,000 elite Kwantung Army troops and nearly a thousand puppet troops. They also destroyed six tanks and six armored vehicles."
"Our troops have abandoned Taipingzhuang and are preparing to retreat to Shunping County and continue to harass and mop up the troops in the middle."
Li Yunlong grabbed the telegram and read it while saying: "It is impossible to wipe out three thousand elite Kwantung Army troops in one battle. Isn't that right?"
"The six infantry brigades under the central mopping up force are all from the elite Kwantung Army. They are not local garrison troops under the North China Front Army. Why are they so inexperienced..."
"Whether the Junpei garrison suffered heavy casualties or not, how did they do it?"
After reading it once, he read it a second time, and then handed the telegram to Deng Jingye. He said with envy: "This Xiao Huang is really powerful. No wonder Kong Erluzi trusts him so much. He is simply a freak."
