The Japanese army formed an independent third brigade. The independent division of the Imperial Japanese Army failed in its attempt to encircle and annihilate the independent regiment, and they suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese and puppet troops suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the railways and roads in Qingshan Town and Wanjia Town were severely damaged.

There are also a large number of gun towers and bunkers that have been completely destroyed. Even core areas such as Huting stronghold and Wanjia Town have been conquered.

Tanaka Toyo and Wei Jinjin's idea of ​​gathering the main force for a decisive battle with the independent regiment was a complete failure.

Many Japanese and puppet troops held combat meetings in Wanjia Town to discuss specific combat plans.

After receiving such a blow this time, they were naturally unwilling to give up.

Moreover, they felt that their strongest artillery unit did not play its due role, otherwise it could completely annihilate the independent regiment.

The little devils still wanted to fight a decisive battle, but at this time, a message from the headquarters of the First Army of Shanxi Province was sent directly.

At present, the Japanese and puppet troops in Jin Province, Hebei Province and other regions are being attacked by a large number of Eighth Route Army troops, and the railways and roads are completely paralyzed.

Their losses were unimaginable. Not to mention the First Army Headquarters, even the North China Front Army Headquarters had no troops to mobilize.

However, there cannot be any mistakes in some important positions. They must find ways to gather troops and provide rapid support to ensure that these places are safe.

Soon, the independent mixed third brigade and the independent division of the Imperial Association Army gathered in Cangyunling, Qingshan Town, and Wanjia Town attracted their attention.

The third independent mixed brigade has a full strength of more than 5,000 men, and the independent division has a strength of more than 6,000 men.

In the opinion of the First Army Headquarters, they only need five to six thousand troops to stay behind.

So they quickly sent a message asking Toyo Tanaka to mobilize two reinforced infantry brigades, and Wei Jinjin to mobilize two pseudo-legions to quickly assemble.

These troops must quickly go to relevant areas to support operations, while Cangyunling, Wanjia Town, and Qingshan Town focus on defensive operations.

After the telegram was sent, Tanaka Toyo and Wei Jinhe were in a very difficult situation.

So far, the Japs have lost more than a thousand troops, which is almost equivalent to the strength of two independent infantry brigades.

Although they still had four independent infantry brigades on hand, they all had varying casualties. The actual strength of these four brigades was less than 3,000.

As for the puppet army, the losses were even more heavy. The cavalry regiment was completely eliminated, and the remaining regiments also suffered many casualties.

At present, they only have the 15th, 16th, and 18th regiments left. Two regiments have been transferred away, and the remaining one regiment is seriously lacking in strength.

In the end, they had to report to the military headquarters and explain their situation here in detail.

After Yoshio Shinozuka learned that the Japanese and puppet troops had been lost, he naturally couldn't help but curse.

After all, there is only an independent group here, and this independent group was attacked by Yamamoto's special agent team before.

But the current combat situation is urgent, and Yoshio Shinozuka has no time to pursue the responsibility.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Army Headquarters sent a message requesting us to mobilize 3,000 mixed troops to quickly support other battlefields."

"The rest of the troops are sticking to the existing gun towers and bunkers to ensure that there will be no further losses in the area."

"In addition, the military headquarters emphasized that we must give up the idea of ​​a decisive battle with the enemy and hold on with all our strength!"

Soon, the brigade's chief of staff, Zhongzuo, took out a telegram and reported directly.

After receiving the telegram, Toyo Tanaka read it carefully.

"The Sixth Independent Infantry Brigade, strengthen the cavalry team, the engineering team, and the artillery team each!"

"The 15th Regiment of the Imperial Association Army, strengthen the assembly of the 1st Artillery Battalion of the 8th Mixed Brigade!"

"The two troops are led by the brigade's chief of staff from the center and left to quickly support operations on other battlefields."

"The rest of the units should be stationed dispersedly to avoid decisive battles. Rely on the fortifications of bunkers and gun towers and strengthen the artillery for defense!"

Coming to the map, Toyo Tanaka immediately issued a combat order.

He cobbled together more than 3,000 puppet troops, commanded by the center-left chief of staff, to execute the orders of the army headquarters.

The remaining more than 3,000 Japanese troops and nearly 4,000 puppet troops are holding on to ensure that there will be no further losses in the defense zone.

This time, five artillery pieces were taken away from the Japanese and puppet artillery, and the remaining 26 artillery pieces were dispersed among various units to strengthen defense.

Although Tanaka Toyo still wanted to continue the decisive battle with the independent regiment, he did not have the guts to disobey the orders of the military headquarters.

The Japanese and puppet troops chose to stand firm, while the first unit quickly advanced towards the designated area and prepared for support.

The resting independent regiment troops quickly received the news, and Li Yunlong took action decisively.

But this time, the newly formed combined battalion did not have any combat missions.

The armored mobile company is out of fuel, its vehicles are hunkered down, and it has lost its most advantageous features.

The two cavalry companies have just been organized and the relevant tactics have not yet been drawn up, so naturally they cannot participate.

As the battalion commander of the combined battalion, Lu Ming was also left behind to train the troops.

However, thanks to Lu Ming's efforts, Wang Xikui's sniper team acted together with the main force of the group.

After watching the main players leave, Lu Ming continued to return to the training ground.

Just as I came here, political commissar Zhao Gang came over with a smile on his face.

This time Lu Ming was in charge of training the synthetic battalion and did not go to the war.

Zhao Gang is responsible for staying behind and directing local troops to provide support in all aspects.

"Political Commissar, you don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. Let me guess, is there any good news?"

Lu Ming saw Zhao Gang smiling, and he knew something good must be happening.

"You guessed it right. Your combined battalion lacks dozens of cavalry. I'm here to replenish it for you." Zhao Gang said mysteriously.

The two cavalry companies, according to the establishment, have 320 cavalry, but each company lacks some cavalry.

This means that the brigade commander's face is big enough, otherwise, more than two hundred cavalry would not be able to get together.

Even so, some of the more than two hundred cavalry are not professional cavalry, they just know how to ride a horse.

"That's great, political commissar, thank you." Lu Ming said with excitement on his face.

The incident involving the two cavalry companies almost made Lu Ming's hair turn gray with worry.

Now Zhao Gang can add dozens of cavalry, at least two cavalry companies are fully equipped, which is also a good thing.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Gang sent people over with dozens of cavalry.

Lu Ming looked carefully and found that these cavalry looked familiar.

"They are..." Lu Ming was a little surprised. These cavalry were the prisoners who had surrendered to the puppet cavalry regiment before.

"I did their ideological work and they were willing to join the Independent Group."

"Now is the time for the Combined Battalion Cavalry Company to hire people, and the regiment headquarters has approved it."

"From now on, they are members of our independent group. You can't have colored glasses."

Zhao Gang said seriously, and Lu Ming thought for a while, no matter what, they are also professional cavalry.

"Political Commissar, don't worry, we will definitely treat everyone equally," Lu Ming said directly.

He began to arrange for people to call the two company commanders. Taking advantage of this time, Lu Ming had a detailed chat with these puppet cavalry.

From here, Lu Ming learned about the tactics of the puppet cavalry regiment.

They claim to be a cavalry regiment, but they are actually organized as mounted infantry.

It is to use the war horse to achieve mobility, and then dismount to fight after arriving at the battlefield.

As for their sabers, they are just decorations. They are not good at swordsmanship at all.

"Batalion Commander!" After a while, Sun Desheng and Wu Dayong came over.

Lu Ming looked at them and explained the situation directly. When the two of them heard that they wanted to supplement the puppet cavalry anyway, they were a little unhappy.

Sun Desheng just didn't want to be a puppet army, so he left the army that saved his life and joined Li Yunlong's army.

Wu Dayong is the platoon leader of the 129th Division Cavalry Battalion. This cavalry battalion was formerly compressed from the cavalry regiment.

This means that he was at least at the company commander level before, but he has only resumed his position as company commander now, which is obviously a problem.

There was only one reason for this, and that was that he was very angry when he saw the puppet soldiers following the little devils in burning, killing and looting.

Wu Dayong is a person who hates evil very much. In one battle, he killed a puppet prisoner, which led to him becoming a platoon leader for several years.

This time, it was the brigade commander who came forward in person to become the commander of the cavalry company in the independent regiment.

Both company commanders had opinions about the puppet army. Even if their own companies lacked cavalry, they were unwilling to replenish the puppet army's cavalry.

When Zhao Gang saw this situation, he still wanted to do some work.

Lu Ming looked towards the puppet army and said directly: "Did you see that? My two company commanders are not willing to have you."

"Show some ability. If you have the ability, they have to ask for it if they don't want to. If you don't have the ability, then there is nothing I can do."

If he was honest, Lu Ming was not very willing to supplement these puppet troops.

However, cavalry requires professionalism, and it takes too much time to train them from scratch.

A tall and thick puppet soldier stood up and glanced at Lu Ming and others angrily.

He looked around, found a long pole, and some leggings, and made a simple horse roping pole.
To be continued...