In the middle of the night, the second battalion that ambushed the Japanese reinforcements in Pingyuan County came back.
The canteen has already prepared meals for them, including rice and canned Japanese beef stewed with cabbage.
It's just that the soldiers were not in a high mood. They just ate with their heads down when they picked up their chopsticks. Few people spoke.
The battle tonight was not pleasant, and seventeen soldiers were sacrificed.
In fact, in terms of the results of the battle, tonight can be said to be a complete victory. Although the Japanese who came for reinforcements from Pingyuan County were not completely wiped out, more than 200 people were killed and wounded.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison, especially for those veterans who have been fighting with Xie Tian. Several glorious records of zero battle losses have been deeply ingrained in their minds.
Although there were casualties in the battle of Dagu Town under the command of Xie Tian today, they faced an enemy eight times their size and equipped with heavy equipment.
Snatch enemy tanks and crush your enemies with enemy tanks.
The battle was fought happily.
Looking at tonight's battle, it was still an ambush battle. The ratio to the enemy was basically 1:1, and the weapons and equipment were better than the enemy. As a result, seventeen soldiers were sacrificed and more than thirty others were injured.
Can the soldiers feel comfortable?
Guo Kaiming, commander of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion, finally couldn't help complaining to Xie Tian: "Captain, I would like to apply for transfer from the 2nd Battalion. You can transfer me anywhere."
Xie Tian banged the table and stood up and burst out: "What the hell are you complaining about? This battle will be fought like this even if I personally command it. There is only one round of sneak attacks. It is easy for us to hide at night, and it is easy for the Japanese to hide too. It's all him." Mother, give me a meal, and take the time to rest after eating. The Japs will arrive at dawn, and I can’t guarantee how many of you will be alive by then. Eat, and then get out of here."
As a result, Xie Tian scolded them, and the soldiers felt a little more comfortable.
It turns out that tonight's battle would be fought like this if commanded by the regiment commander.
It seems that this result is not bad. According to the ratio, one can be exchanged for ten.
After cursing, Xie Tian walked away.
It hurts that seventeen soldiers were gone like this, and he wanted to beat Wu Wenhua.
There's nothing wrong with you ambushing like this, but your fighting style is wrong.
When you can use long-range attacks, you must never expose your soldiers to the enemy's firepower. A head-on battle is fair and square, but we cannot afford to lose.
But Xie Tian couldn't say these words in front of the soldiers, he could only say them behind their backs.
Moreover, it is a taboo for military strategists to change generals before the battle. Besides, Wu Wenhua fought well, why should he change?
It's just that compared to him, it's still a little bit behind, a bit dogmatic.
That's not how battles are fought. You can do whatever it takes to win.
Thank God, he knew that Wu Wenhua would definitely find him alone and have a good chat with Wu Wenhua.
Not to mention that Xie Tian had such a lively fight here one day and made such a big noise. Not to mention that people from all over the country were now aware of it, including Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater Command, and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.
Each has its own channel for news, whether it is flying pigeons to pass the message, or it may be expedited for eight hundred miles, in short the news has been passed on.
As a side note, in the early and mid-term of World War II, the methods of information transmission by various countries and militaries can be said to be diverse.
Taking the Chinese battlefield as an example, radio is of course the most convenient means of transmitting information. However, the radios of this era are not only bulky, but also have unsatisfactory functions. The signal transmission range of the Type 94 radio most commonly used by the Japanese army is only ten kilometers, and it is only Can be equipped to the alliance level.
The National Army and the Eighth Route Army were even more scarce. The National Army was equipped to the regiment level, while the Eighth Route Army was only equipped to the division level. It was not until the National Government established a radio factory in Wuhan that the situation improved.
In addition to radio stations, the most commonly used means of communication was field telephones, also known as wired telephones.
Wherever the troops go, telephone lines follow them, and switches are required for multi-point connections. If the battle line is too long, it will be difficult to ensure the smooth flow of the lines.
In addition to these electronic devices, other common ways of transmitting messages include signal flags and signal lights, including signal trees, chicken feather letters, etc. that we have seen in movies.
There is also a very primitive way of transmitting information, which is flying pigeons to pass messages.
The Japanese army even equipped special soldiers to raise and carry these carrier pigeons, and built mobile pigeonhouses that were easy to carry. The Japanese army's carrier pigeons even had military status. After death, they were buried according to the standards of soldiers killed in action.
Now even the Eighth Route Army headquarters thousands of miles away has learned the information about the battle in Dagu Town, and it is not known what method they used to convey the news.
Going too far, it was already midnight when Li Yunlong received a call from the brigade commander. The brigade commander cursed: "Damn Li Yunlong, why didn't you organize such a big battle and report it to me? Do you still have any doubts in your eyes?" I’m the brigade commander now?”
Li Yunlong was stunned by the brigade commander's scolding. Finally, after the brigade commander had scolded him enough, Li Yunlong said carefully: "Brigade commander, you are mistaken. In the past two days, our independent regiment has been destroyed by three battalions in a small fight. There are only more than sixty Japanese in one blockhouse in Pingyin, and nothing has been captured. Isn't this trivial matter something that even alarms you?"
"Stop pretending to be confused. Did you fight the battle in Dagu Town? Well, you killed an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers, and you still tell me it was just a small fight?"
Li Yunlong's expression changed: "Brigadier Commander, of course I am willing to do this to put money on my face, but this battle is really not fought by me. I don't have the guts to touch a Japanese regiment with such little troops. Brigade Commander, where did you get this news? Is it wrong?"
Brigadier Chen on the other end of the phone was also confused: "Don't talk nonsense to me. You dare to attack Ping'an County. I won't be surprised if you fight a Japanese army. Isn't Dagu Town in your territory?" Who else could have fought this battle if it wasn't you? Even the head of the headquarters knew about it, but I was kept in the dark. You did such a thorough job of keeping the secret secret. And Zhao Gang, such a big military operation was actually If you dare to hide it and not report it, I think you two have taken the courage of a leopard."
Li Yunlong was shocked. Even the head of the headquarters knew about it. It seemed that the news was not false.
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang beside him, and said carefully: "Conscience of heaven and earth, brigade commander, this battle was really not fought by us. Could it be that it was fought by other troops without notifying us?"
Hearing Li Yunlong's repeated denials, Brigadier Chen also believed that this battle was not done by Li Yunlong's independent regiment. He squinted his eyes and held the phone and thought for a moment: "To end the battle in a few hours and kill an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers, you have such strength." There are only a handful of teams in northwest Shanxi."
The corner of Li Yunlong's mouth twitched a few times, and he said hesitantly: "Brigade Commander, there is a team stationed in Dagu Town, but this battle will definitely not be fought by them."
Brigadier Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Which team is stationed in Dagu Town? Isn't it ours?"
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang and said guiltily into the microphone: "It's Xie Baoqing's team."
