Three days later.
Beiping.
North China Front Army Headquarters.
"Your Majesty Commander, the casualties of each division have been counted!"
Deputy Chief of Staff Arisu Seizo held a folder in his hand, walked into the commander's office, and reported to Okamura Neji.
Tanabe Moritake on the side turned to look at Arisu Seizo. Tanabe Moritake had arrived in Taiyuan in advance, and then flew back to Peiping from Taiyuan to report the specific combat details to Okamura Neiji.
Okamura Neiji said in a deep voice: "Read!"
"Hi!" Yu Mojing said, holding the folder with both hands, "The 10th Division suffered more than 16,000 casualties, the 21st Division suffered more than 4,100 casualties, the 23rd Division suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and the 25th Division suffered more than 4,000 casualties. More than 4,200 people, the 35th Division suffered more than 3,900 casualties, and the total casualties were more than 32,000."
"Major General Saburo Miura, commander of the 8th Brigade, Tamaki!"
"In addition, almost all the more than 20,000 Locust Alliance troops were killed!"
"Nani? The locust army suffered more than 32,000 casualties?" Tanabe Shengwutong Kong couldn't help but shrink. He knew that the locust army would definitely suffer a lot of casualties in this battle, but he did not expect the casualties to be so large.
"idiot!"
Okamura Neiji was shocked and speechless at first, then he threw away the documents on the table, pulled out his command saber with a swipe, and cut the newly changed table into two pieces.
What made him angry was that the five elite divisions of the Locust Army and more than 20,000 Imperial Alliance Army attacked Tubal Road, whose strength was less than half of the Locust Army and the Imperial Alliance Army.
The loss was so great.
This is simply a shame for him, Okamura Neji!
Shame on the North China Front!
Although Okamura Neiji has a strategic mind and first-class tactical command ability, he is not victorious in every battle.
In May and September 1939, he launched the Xiangdong offensive against China's Fifth Theater (Battle of Suizao) and the Battle of Hunan-Jiangxi (First Battle of Changsha) against the Ninth Theater, both ended in failure.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Okamura Neji asked coldly: "How many casualties were there on the 8th Route?"
This statistics does not include the Japanese casualties in the Xinzhou Battle and the Japanese casualties in the Miaoergou Battle.
If all these were added up, the Japanese casualties alone would be nearly 40,000.
Youmojing Sanbian said: "According to the statistical reports reported by each division, the total number of casualties in the Eighth Route Army is around 15,000!"
"The casualties between the Locust Army, the Locust Alliance Army and the Eighth Route Army were four to one!" Neji Okamura had veins popping out on his forehead. In the battles he commanded, he had never seen such an outrageous casualty ratio.
If Li Yunlong and the Xinyi Group were eliminated, the cost of casualties would be completely bearable.
But unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army's casualties this time were far from being seriously injured.
Okamura Neiji knew very well that with the Eighth Route Army's terrifying development capabilities, it could restore its original strength in a month or two at most. Even with assistance from external channels, the Shanxi North Eighth Route Army would have even more troops.
The next time the Japanese army launches such a large-scale mopping up operation, it is estimated that it will have to wait until half a year later.
Just mobilizing supplies and mobilizing troops will take several months of preparation.
And half a year later, I am afraid that the strength of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi has doubled. If you want to attack northwest Shanxi by then, you will probably need to use more than ten or two hundred thousand troops.
By that time, with the commanding style of the new regiment leader Li Yunlong, I am afraid that he will be unable to bear it and launch a large-scale attack on the First Army.
When Taiyuan falls and Shanxi is recaptured by the Chinese army, the Chinese army will use Shanxi as a springboard to attack North China.
At this moment, Okamura Neji was thinking very far.
But the further he thought about it, the more headache Okamura Neji felt.
It’s all damn Li Yunlong. If it weren’t for Li Yunlong, how could the Locust Army have suffered such heavy losses? !
Okamura Neji recovered his thoughts and looked at Arisu Seizo: "Arimu-kun!"
Youmo Jingsan quickly lowered his head and made a listening gesture.
"Immediately report battle damage and enemy kills to the base camp."
Neji Okamura said solemnly: "And it was revealed to the outside world that the locust army suffered 16,000 casualties in the first battle in northwestern Shanxi and 30,000 casualties in the Eighth Route Army."
"Hi!" Youmo Jingsan turned and left.
Watching Arisu Seizo leave, Okamura Neji looked at Tanabe Moritake.
Tanabe Moritake said: "Your Excellency, Commander, the Locust Army has fallen into the quagmire of a protracted war. If this continues, it will be very detrimental to the Locust Army and the Empire of Japan!"
"Tanabe-kun, what I am really worried about is." Okamura Neiji said worriedly, "The Chinese army is counterattacking the locust army."
Tanabe Moritake was shocked and said: "Nani, counterattack?"
"Your Majesty Commander, isn't this a bit unfounded?"
"Although this time the locust army failed in its mopping up operation against the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi."
"But the casualties of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi are not small. They can't even defend their base area, let alone counterattack?"
Okamura Neiji snorted coldly and said in a solemn tone: "At present, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi is strong enough, and this time they failed to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi. In addition, the arsenal of the 129th Division in southeastern Shanxi has been formed. The scale is such that within one to two years at most, the Eighth Route Army will attack the First Army and the North China Front!"
"What should the Locust Army do?" Tanabe Moritake asked, already realizing the seriousness of the problem.
"Let's consider this matter in the long term, Tanabe-kun, you should immediately summarize the reasons for the failure of this sweep operation." When thinking of this, Okamura Neji felt a little headache.
Tanabe Moritake lowered his head: "Hi!"
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at the same time.
Hengshan area, the former headquarters of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
Now it is the headquarters of the new regiment.
Three days have passed since the 10th Division was forced to retreat.
Li Yunlong has ordered the 6th and 7th battalions to be divided into 6 and 7 battalions to withdraw from Baozi Mountain and has now merged with the main force.
Along with the 6th and 7th Battalions of the Division, there was also the 2nd Cavalry Battalion of the New Regiment.
At present, the New Regiment Cavalry has two battalions, with a total of more than 900 people.
During the battle in Onomura, the 1st Cavalry Battalion captured approximately 300 more horses.
Most of the military horses were shot dead, but these military horses were not wasted, and they were all pulled over by the car battalion.
so.
The New Regiment currently has nearly 1,500 horses. When they return to the base, Li Yunlong plans to expand the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Battalions into more than 700 cavalry units.
The Japanese 10th Division did not return to Taiyuan immediately, but after joining the 1st Cavalry Brigade.
Stationed in the Xinzhou area to prevent the three regiments from northwest Shanxi from converging and then returning to attack one or two second-line divisions among the other four divisions.
Although they had just gone through the baptism of the Great War, with the current combat effectiveness of the New Regiment, it was still very easy to defeat a second-line division, let alone a second-line division that was not at its peak.
"Based on the number of enemy annihilations reported by various ministries, it is conservatively estimated that the total number of Japanese troops annihilated by our new regiment exceeds 22,000."
At the regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Wang Dehou reported to Li Yunlong:
"Our new regiment suffered more than 4,800 casualties, of which more than 2,000 were killed and more than 2,800 were injured."
This statistics of enemy deaths includes battles in Miaoergou, Baozishan and other places, so the number of casualties also includes these two battles.
Li Yunlong nodded. The 36th Division suffered almost the same casualties when they fought.
However, the number of enemies annihilated this time was larger than last time. The reason is that in the last battle, most of the casualties among soldiers were caused by street fighting.
Zhao Gang also nodded: "The casualties are within the acceptable range."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes: "I wonder what the results and losses of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are?"
