Why is it said that the surrounding divisions and brigade groups are already in place?

Literally speaking, the Japanese did not just come with a brigade.

The Japanese lost a division here last time, and half of the brigade from the first time was also lost.

These obvious losses also made them clearly realize that a mere brigade or division was really not enough for the base of the Second Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

With this understanding, if they want to take action, they must be no less than a division.

As for the surrender of Qian Bojun, the first battalion of the 358th Regiment, it was just an unexpected surprise.

Unexpectedly, this unexpected surprise turned from candy into a bitter raw plum.

The 2nd, 3rd and Artillery Battalions of the 358th Regiment, which had surrendered and had all their battalion, company and platoon-level officers imprisoned, had all their weapons and equipment confiscated and placed under guard by a Japanese squadron.

But for some reason, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 358th Regiment and the artillery battalion had already obtained their weapons and equipment, and the artillery had already reached the 36th Brigade's position.

Chu Yunfei led the second, third and artillery battalions to attack the leaderless first battalion.

All the soldiers in the first battalion were not very determined to surrender to the Japanese. At this time, Qian Bo was killed by Gong Ruomei, and the headquarters was also wiped out. When they faced the old commander, they had no choice but to abandon their weapons and surrender.

The Japanese 36th Brigade, when they were on their own positions, had never suffered such a beheading attack.

In fact, there are very few chances for the Japanese army to suffer such a decapitation-style attack. Except for the last time the Sakata Regiment headquarters was killed and Okamura Neiji was almost killed, there is currently no record of other headquarters being killed.

This is a small probability event, and the Japanese army lacks the experience to deal with it.

As a result, when their entire headquarters was bombed, except for the brigade commander who was dying and barely holding on to command the troops, almost all the officers in the headquarters were dead.

Although the commander of the 36th Brigade was seriously injured, he ordered his men to ask the surrounding divisions or brigades that were already in place to come to the rescue.

But the nearest division is in Lu'an.

By the time Lu'an gathered its troops and arrived here, it was estimated that seven or eight hours would have passed.

It took such a long time, it would be better to just wait for dawn to request air tactical guidance from Taiyuan.

Except for the ground troops at the division and brigade level, other small troops did not dare to come over, for fear that the meat buns would beat the dogs and they would not come back.

However, the soldiers and horses of the four regiments including Chen Shanhe, Li Yunlong and others were already five or six times the number of men and guns of this mere brigade. In addition, the 358th regiment had such a coordinated internal and external cooperation, and the unfamiliar environment on the first day of the Japanese's arrival.

The combination of various factors led to the Japanese 36th Brigade being leaderless for only two and a half hours when the brigade leader was seriously injured and unconscious. The whole army was completely annihilated without even waiting for the plane after dawn.

"Brother Shanhe, Chu will remember your kindness in saving Chu from fire and water!"

After daybreak, the fighting stopped.

Chu Yunfei found four people including Chen Shanhe and Li Yunlong to express his gratitude.

I have to say that this incident had a big impact on Chu Yunfei. He, who had always been tidy, clean and disciplined, and paid attention to his manners, looked quite embarrassed at this time.

But I have to say that even though he didn't know people well and his old subordinates betrayed him, he was still the tough Chu Yunfei.

"Brother Chu, this is your fault!"

Li Yunlong stood up and started his performance.

"Look at Chen Shanhe, the entire regiment has been mobilized just to save you.

You see, after your 358th regiment put down the rebellion, it basically only suffered a small loss. This is a great blessing among misfortunes.

However, in this operation, everyone sent troops to rescue your 358th Regiment. The number of people from Chenshanhe Regiment plus the militia was four to five times that of yours!

Not counting us yet!

Our three groups combined are not much smaller than Chen Shanhe’s troops!

Brother Chu, you have to reimburse us for the military expenses we spent on sending troops!

During the busy farming period, Mai Ke worked part-time for the landlord and received a raise!

What's more, we won this battle with real gold and silver, and the gunshots were worth thousands of taels of gold!

Even the landlords would not dare to build it like this, so you must reimburse us for our military expenses.

Otherwise this wouldn’t make sense!

Hey hey hey, we are different from your Brother Chu. You have Principal Jiang behind you, Brother Chu, and you have weapons and ammunition to replenish after you have consumed them in the war.

Who told our Eighth Route Army grandpa not to love grandma? We have to find ways to make up for the losses incurred in the war.

If you don't reimburse them for military expenses, you will have no ammunition to fight the Japanese the next time you meet them.

Not to mention anything else, for the cost of fighting a battle with my own regiment of 2,500 men, you can just reimburse me for the equipment of a battalion!

Hey hey hey...

I guess Lao Ding and Lao Kong are similar.

However, Chen Shanhe has more people. The number of troops sent is about the same as our three regiments combined, and the weapons and ammunition consumed must be similar to our three regiments combined.

I guess your reimbursement of equipment for one battalion is probably not enough.

Seeing as your artillery camp is good, why not give it to Chen Shanhe to offset the military expenses?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie immediately responded: "Hey, this makes sense. Our Eighth Route Army has no weapons and ammunition to replenish, so we have to rely on ourselves for everything.

This battle has been depleted, and we must find a way to replenish it, otherwise we will not dare to fight against the Japanese the next time we meet.

When the time comes, Principal Jiang will have to say, if we swim without attacking, aren't we just unjustly condemning someone to death?

Just enough weapons and ammunition for a battalion!”

Ding Wei also smiled and took over the conversation: "How about Commander Chu give me two cannons?

I have a new batch of weapons, I still have some ammunition, but I’m missing a few cannons!”

The words of these three people directly impacted Chu Yunfei, no matter what.

Finally, I had to look at the three of them and said, "The life-saving grace you have received will be repaid in the future.

It's just that Chu's 358th regiment suffered heavy losses and is in urgent need of rectification. When they have free time in the next day, they will definitely invite the four regiment leaders to come to the humble house and toast to a drink.

Chu will be excused from my company next time, please forgive me."

Chu Yunfei refused to accept Li Yunlong's words and used the excuse of the current chaos in the 358th Regiment to escape.

But he didn't expect that Chen Shanhe would make mischief with Li Yunlong and the others.

"Brother Chu, as the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed, there is no need to worry about our friendship with Brother Chu!

If you really have to worry about it, Brother Chu's mere regiment with four to five thousand men's weapons and ammunition is not enough to supplement our combat consumption this time.

So just give me some ideas!

Moreover, if Brother Chu's weapons and equipment are too complete in this battle with the Japanese 36th Brigade, then he would be looking down on the intelligence of the World War II district commanders.

Not as good as.

Tonight, our four groups never came.

Brother Chu's 358th Brigade fought tooth and nail to defeat the Japanese's 36th Brigade.

Moreover, Brother Chu's artillery battalion performed a remarkable feat and directly bombarded the leader of the 36th Japanese Brigade and his headquarters.

However, Brother Chu's artillery battalion only had a dozen or so mountain cannons, and they were almost completely worn out. Especially the 105-caliber mountain cannon, not a single one was left.

In addition, the ammunition reserves of two and a half battalions of guns and ammunition were also consumed, which shows the strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese brigade.

The 358th Regiment finally succeeded in killing a brigade of six to eight thousand people, which was a great achievement.

This was an organized brigade that wiped out the Japanese. Even if it was reported to the World War II District Chief's Department, it would be a huge achievement.

With great power, it is natural that the loss should be greater.

What does Brother Chu think?

After all, this is the destruction of an organized brigade with 6,000 to 8,000 people. I think this deal is suitable for this great achievement!"

When Chu Yunfei heard what he said, he was stunned.

I didn’t expect that Chen Shanhe, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes...

But after thinking about it, I understood that no matter what battles the Eighth Route Army fought, as long as they were not within the establishment, the World War II District Chief's Department would not care.

It happened that the Independent First Regiment, the Independent Second Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment were not part of the establishment of the Eighth Route Army.

Even if he reported that the 358th Regiment combined with 4 regiments of the Eighth Route Army to annihilate the Japanese 36th Brigade, the Second Theater Command Officer would not record the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment, the 1st Independent Regiment and the 2nd Independent Regiment.

The team’s contribution.

Obviously, Chen Shanhe also knows this very well.

He doesn't want a false reputation, let alone the merits of the World War II District Chief's Department.

He gave himself the credit for the entire battle, so his guilt for not knowing the enemy this time turned into credit in the blink of an eye. The credit for annihilating a Japanese brigade was a huge achievement.

So after thinking carefully in his mind, he approved the deal proposed by Chen Shanhe.

He himself reported the loss of two and a half battalions of guns and ammunition and 80% of the loss of the artillery battalion, in exchange for the credit of destroying a Japanese brigade.

"Okay! Now that Brother Shanhe has spoken, Chu will not shirk his words. Chu has agreed to this deal!

However, to put on a full show, Brother Shanhe, the seriously injured brigade leader of the 36th Japanese Brigade, must be given to me!"
To be continued...