Even if the Japanese army currently has insiders placed at the top of the Jinsui Army to pass the information to the Japanese First Army Headquarters, it will be of no use.
Because the new regiment had already gone deep into the mountains, fighting in mountains and jungles was the specialty of the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese army had not much they could do.
Unless the Japanese army mobilizes tens of thousands of troops to carry out a dragnet-like sweep of the Hengshan and Wutai Mountains.
But regardless of whether the Japanese army can quickly gather so many troops at the moment, such a large-scale raid would have to be prepared at least one or two months in advance just for the military supplies used for the raid.
Therefore, the Japanese only circled around the outskirts of the mountainous area and withdrew before dark, for fear of being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
Kusuyama Hideyoshi's sense of smell was still very sensitive. He knew that this Eighth Route Army had not suffered any losses, and the heavy weapons and baggage were still there.
This Eighth Route Army will definitely come back to bite the Japanese troops who went into the mountains to pursue them. After all, everyone has a temper after being chased from heaven to earth for two hours.
Li Yunlong was indeed prepared for an ambush, but he overestimated the pursuing Japs. The Japs did not dare to go deep, so he had to give up.
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Three days later, the new group returned to Yangcun.
This trip of more than 150 kilometers to northern Shanxi to ambush the Japanese tank regiment made the entire new regiment very tired.
For four consecutive days, I marched more than 70 kilometers every night, and I couldn't recover after less than ten days and half a month.
But that was an ordinary soldier. For a Red Army veteran like Li Yunlong who had traveled 25,000 miles, it was just a piece of cake.
At the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang had a look of exhaustion on his face. Although he came back and had a good sleep, he still felt a little weak and weak all over.
Li Yunlong joked: "What's the matter, Old Zhao, you are so tired after going out to do a side job? If you ask me, we have to rely on us roughnecks to fight the war. You intellectuals will lose your chain at the critical moment. Next time there is such a war, you will
Don't join in the fun, just stay in the base area and look after the house, and let me lead the team alone."
Just joking, Li Yunlong admired Zhao Gang from the bottom of his heart. Zhao Gang gave the army horse to the wounded, and like the soldiers, he walked down the whole journey on foot. Even his feet had a few blisters. Not many intellectuals could do it.
No one in the group was dissatisfied with this.
Zhao Gang sat down on the kang, took off his shoes and said.
"What a beautiful idea you have. If you are allowed to lead the team by yourself and no one is in charge of you, how dare you break the truth?"
"Take this time as an example. If I hadn't stopped you that night, you would have taken the artillery battery to Taiyuan to bombard the Japs' airport."
On the day they were chased in the basin, the cavalry battalion lost more than sixty cavalrymen due to dive strafing and bombing by Japanese aircraft.
All the cavalrymen were Li Yunlong's treasures. Li Yunlong became anxious on the spot and wanted to lead the artillery battery to blow up the Japanese airport in Taiyuan.
It was only over fifty kilometers away from Taiyuan, and we could reach it by marching in a hurry for most of the night, but we were stopped on the spot by Zhao Gang.
Zhao Gang's reason was also very simple. They were going to blow up the airport. I'm afraid they would be surrounded by Japanese soldiers before they even got close to Taiyuan, and their sacrifice would be in vain.
Li Yunlong was also blinded by a moment of anger. After calming down, he felt that the success rate was almost zero, so he decisively gave up the plan to lead an artillery battery to attack the Japanese airport. However, Li Yunlong secretly vowed to regain this place sooner or later.
"How is it possible that labor and management would do that stupid thing?" Li Yunlong said, "That's just a matter of anger."
Zhao Gang stretched out his feet in front of Li Yunlong: "Stop talking nonsense and quickly pick out the blisters on my feet."
"You intellectuals have delicate feet." Li Yunlong said, "You have just taken a few steps and your feet are blistered?"
"What do you mean by a few steps? That's a full 300 kilometers!" Zhao Gang said angrily, "I think you can talk while standing without pain in your back."
"Does it mean that I didn't leave?" Li Yunlong asked, "If you had gone on the 25,000-mile Long March, you would have had to lie down from exhaustion in the first few days."
Bickering is bickering, but Li Yunlong's hands were not idle. He found a needle and gently pricked the blister when Zhao Gang wasn't paying attention.
Although he grimaced in pain, Zhao Gang did not cry out, otherwise Li Yunlong would have teased Political Commissar Zhao and his mother-in-law again.
"It feels much more comfortable." After Li Yunlong pricked the blisters on his feet, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief, with a relaxed smile on his face.
Zhao Gang put his feet back, put away the smile on his face, and said.
"Old Li, the results and losses of this battle have been calculated."
"The total casualties were 288, including 136 killed, more than 58 seriously injured, and 94 slightly injured."
There were only more than 200 casualties in Hulugou, and later more than 60 people were killed by Japanese planes in the XZ Basin Cavalry Battalion.
War has its own laws, and it is impossible to only take advantage without suffering losses.
Even if the new regiment had superior firepower and troops, and the terrain was extremely favorable, it was impossible to ambush the Japanese tank regiment with zero casualties.
Zhao Gang continued: "Coupled with more than 30 non-combat casualties, our new regiment only has 1,700 people."
Li Yunlong said: "The more than 400 recruits and a dozen company and platoon-level officers promised to us by the brigade commander should be in place in just a few days."
After a pause, Li Yunlong asked again: "How are the seizures and ammunition consumption?"
Zhao Gang took out a statistical list from his pocket and handed it to Li Yunlong: "This was calculated by the second battalion commander last night. You went to bed early yesterday, so you asked him to give it to me."
Li Yunlong took it and took a look and saw the statistics list saying:
Seize
38 rifles 321.
4 Type 96 light machine guns.
11 grenade launchers.
More than 3,000 rounds of 35mm caliber artillery shells.
More than 3,000 rounds of 45mm artillery shells.
More than 120,000 rounds of 7.7mm machine gun ammunition.
There are more than 2,000 Type 97 grenades.
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damaged
5 machine guns.
7 rocket launchers.
3 Maxim heavy machine guns.
6 light machine guns.
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consume
There are more than 6,000 machine-gun shells.
More than 70,000 rounds of 7.7mm machine gun ammunition.
More than 90,000 rounds of 7.92mm machine gun ammunition.
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Li Yunlong read the statistical list. Good guy, although a lot has been seized, the losses are greater in comparison.
Leave aside the more than 1,000 Japanese we killed.
Judging from the capture, damage and consumption, without ammunition reimbursement and the assistance of the two mountain artillery battalions, this was a loss-making business.
Because Li Yunlong could not use the 6,000 captured artillery shells because he did not have 35 mm and 45 mm rapid-fire guns.
The seizure this time can equip a battalion of weapons and ammunition at most, but the ammunition consumed is quite a lot.
Because the new group of light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns now have very powerful firepower, and high firepower means high bullet costs.
Especially during the subsequent air defenses, the light and heavy machine guns and machine guns were opened to fire, and the bullets and shells were fired out loudly, as if they were free of charge.
There is nothing we can do about this. Only by giving up ammunition and forming an anti-aircraft firepower network can we effectively defend ourselves against enemy aircraft, so Japanese planes will not dare to approach.
A few days ago, Li Yunlong thought that the new regiment could sit back and relax with four to five million rounds of ammunition.
But after this battle, his mind changed.
If you don't store millions of rounds of ammunition, you won't feel safe.
"Just hand over these 6,000-plus artillery shells to the brigade headquarters." Li Yunlong said, "These weapons and ammunition are seized and used to equip new soldiers."
"That's okay." Zhao Gang nodded, "By the way, the combat approval and commendation from the brigade headquarters have been received."
"What did the brigade commander say?" Li Yunlong asked nervously, and then he was stunned, "Is there any reward?"
Li Yunlong did this kind of thing more than once. He basically won every battle and was scolded by the brigade commander every time.
To be continued...