Zhou Wen knew that once the Japs had no worries and used all their strength to deal with the mercenary group, there would be no need to fight head-on with the Japs.
If you don’t want to fight, then don’t fight at all.
So he just sent out a detachment to closely monitor the whereabouts of the Japs, and was not allowed to fire a single shot, so that the Japs had no idea of their location and could only play blind and fish in the mountains.
Moreover, Zhou Wen also brainstormed and adopted the suggestion of the cavalry company commander De Lengtai, sending the cavalry to leave traces of horse dung and horse hoof prints within a dozen miles in both directions.
Not to mention, veterans like De Lentai, who had been horse bandits, used all kinds of tricks to confuse the public and make things mysterious. They used a set of tricks so that the Japanese could not find their way around and could only run in circles in the mountains. lock up.
Taking advantage of the break from the battle, the mercenary group took this opportunity to take a good rest.
From the reconnaissance of the Japanese heavy artillery positions to the sniping of the Japanese division commander, the battle lasted for more than a month. The results were brilliant, but they also needed to be summarized, tested and exchanged. A strong army needed to unify its thinking.
Therefore, the 1st detachment took the group as a unit, and the 2nd detachment took the platoon as a unit, both conducted battle summaries.
Moreover, Zhou Wen was forced by Miaohua to use his body as bait at the officers' meeting and reflect on the fact that he was almost killed by a Japs plane, and promised not to use his body in danger again in the future.
The soldiers saw that the leader had made a self-examination, and everyone began to reflect on their own problems in the battle. They spoke enthusiastically at the squad meeting and summarized their combat experience, which once again enhanced the cohesion of the mercenary group.
Especially the one hundred newly joined cavalry were deeply touched.
In the former Northeastern Army and puppet army, there was no such democratic atmosphere.
For ordinary soldiers like them, the superior is like a superior father, who has to be supported and coaxed, and has to be submissive. If the father is not happy, it is common for him to eat a few big-eared melon seeds.
In the mercenary group, everyone is like a family. What matters is not the superiority or inferiority of status, but the friendship of mutual trust and the feeling of sharing life and death between comrades, which gives these veteran gangsters a sense of belonging.
These precious four days allowed all the officers and soldiers of the mercenary regiment to relax and rest mentally and physically, and everyone's spirit and fighting spirit were once again boosted.
If there was anything dissatisfactory, it was that the more than 1,000 vigorous and fierce warriors had turned into cowards. When they saw the Japanese, they always walked around, which made everyone feel aggrieved.
Although everyone understands that this is a strategic consideration, there is no need to argue with the lunatic when more than 10,000 Japanese troops are going crazy all over the mountains and plains to seek revenge from the mercenary group.
But this was the first time that the mercenary group had escaped from the Japanese since the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, and everyone was feeling fierce.
But Zhou Wen knew that his own people felt aggrieved, and the Japanese were going crazy.
In the past four days, the Japanese soldiers of the 6th Division had searched the Dushan Mountains and started searching again in the Songling Mountains. In the mountains and ridges with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, I wonder if the leather shoes of these Japs are all worn out, and not even a hair on the mercenary group has been seen, so they are the most depressed.
In fact, this is also Zhou Wen's psychological training for the officers and soldiers of the mercenary regiment.
In the past two years, there have been many battles with the wind, and the brothers' spirits have become high, and it is inevitable that they will underestimate the enemy.
Zhou Wen just wants to tell the brothers that fighting is just like being a human being, you must be able to bend and stretch. When the enemy is strong, there is no shame in giving in once and for all.
After the fist was withdrawn, it was more powerful when it was punched out again.
Otherwise, according to the tactics of the mercenary group, there are many opportunities to give the Japanese a harsh blow and then escape intact.
Not to mention anything else, just dragging a detachment out to give the Japanese a sparrow fight is enough for the Japanese to drink from a pot.
But Zhou Wen insisted not to fight and asked everyone to rest for two more days while waiting for news from the customs.
When he heard that Liu Ruolan personally held a press conference to expose all the records of the mercenary group and use public opinion to put pressure on the Military Commission, he felt warm in his heart. He knew that this young lady was concerned about his safety, but the initiator must be There is a shadow of that handsome man.
Yes, this commander is quite interesting. With his current status and concerns, it is very rare to be able to do this. After returning, you can give him more ideas to raise the Jin army's combat effectiveness to a higher level.
As for the exposure of the mercenary group, Zhou Wen no longer cared. Instead, he felt that in order to paralyze the little devils, he had to hide the deeds of the mercenary group. He was afraid that he was too careful and could easily be exploited by someone with ulterior motives.
Behind the truce between China and Japan, Zhou Wen also vaguely felt that someone was targeting the mercenary group and wanted to kill people with a knife. As for whether it is Admiral He, we will find a way to investigate after we return.
Anyway, Zhou Wen's principle of dealing with things is that I will not offend others unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them, and they will do so to the point of death.
After receiving the telegram from Zhao Changshu and Meng Yuting today, Zhou Wen still felt very relieved.
Regardless of the previous conspiracies, the Peiping Branch of the Military Commission decided to send troops to meet the mercenary group in the end. This was a good thing and showed that the National Government was not hopelessly corrupt.
After receiving the telegram, he discussed with Miaohua and Chen Wanli and decided to set off immediately.
To be on the safe side, they traveled more than ten kilometers north toward Rehe before turning southeast. Sure enough, they followed an arc as Gao Xiaoshan guessed.
After meeting Zuo Mingqing, he learned that the war situation had taken a turn for the worse and that the Great Wall defense line had actually been broken.
Zhou Wen did not show anxiety or disappointment.
Historically, the Great Wall defense line was broken by Little Japan in April, but it turned out that Lengkou Pass was captured first, and this time it was Yiyuankou and Jielingkou.
Originally, if the Military Commission had been bolder and made full use of the opportunity when the Japanese division commander and brigade commander were killed at the same time to launch a counterattack, it would still be possible to change history.
Unfortunately, history has proven that General He is a coward, and now it has been proven again. Zhou Wen's plan to change history did not come true, but he had already expected it, so of course it was not a big disappointment.
Moreover, the general historical trend has not changed, but the branches of history have changed a lot.
At the very least, the number of Japanese casualties during the Great Wall War of Resistance has far exceeded that in the original history.
Zhou Wen remembered that in history, the number of Japanese casualties announced by China during the entire Great Wall War of Resistance, including the Battle of Jehol, was more than 6,000. The Japanese army only admitted that more than 300 people were killed and more than 600 wounded.
The fairer view of later historians is that the Japanese casualties should be around 2,600, while China paid the price of 40,000 casualties.
The battle loss exchange ratio between the two sides reached an astonishing 15:1.
