The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

The blockade line was different from ordinary battlefields. It surrounded Taipingzhuang and had a total length of more than two kilometers. No matter how many artillery equipment the Japanese army equipped, it was impossible to cover the entire blockade line at the same time. They could only blow up section by section.

This gave the third battalion a chance to quickly withdraw from the battlefield.

Except for the blockades that were attacked first, all the troops on the other blockades retreated safely to the tunnel, and successfully evacuated Taipingzhuang along the tunnel, leaving behind the corpses of Japanese and puppet troops all over the place.

Even so, the loss of the third battalion should not be underestimated.

Although there were more than 200 pistols to assist in the battle, more than 200 soldiers were still killed or injured in the hand-to-hand stabbing, and more than 100 lives were taken away by the artillery fire. More than 600 soldiers who participated in the battle only withdrew more than 200 people, and the direct loss exceeded [-]%.

The Japanese army lost even more. The third brigade was almost wiped out in the battle, and the garrison also lost more than 200 people in the artillery raid, and directly lost more than 500 people.

And the dead are basically Japanese, almost catching up with the casualties of the troops who captured the Eighth Route Army's four blocking positions and Taipingzhuang in the afternoon.

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In the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army, Major General Fujita's face was flushed red with anger, he gritted his teeth, and did not say a word for a long time.

He is not afraid of the heavy casualties of the troops. What he fears most is that he will not take the opportunity to severely injure the Shunping garrison regiment, and those broken troops will die in vain.

I wanted to take advantage of my strength to fight a war of attrition with the Eighth Route Army, but in the end my goal of annihilating them all could not be achieved.

In addition to the garrison regiment, there is also a Duer regiment hidden in the hinterland of the Yizhong base.

It is said that the combat effectiveness of this unit is much stronger than that of the Shunping garrison regiment. He lost three infantry brigades but failed to wipe out the Shunping garrison regiment. He dared not imagine how much he would have to pay for mopping up the troops when they faced the Duer regiment next.

Major General Fujita remained silent while the chief of staff was anxious.

The battle lasted from noon yesterday until now, and the mopping up troops had lost three infantry brigades in a row, and two more battalions of the Imperial Association Army, but only wiped out half a regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

If we continue to fight at this ratio of casualties, even if the mopping up troops are wiped out, they will not be able to take down the base in the middle of the wing.

Thinking of the many difficulties that the mopping up troops are facing now, the frown that was already tightly frowned was deeper than before.

In order to solve these problems, he had to stand up bravely: "General, we must immediately solve the problem of the wounded in the team."

"On the march, 136 people were injured by landmines in our army; another 168 people were injured when we attacked the blocking position and Taipingzhuang in the afternoon; we again seriously injured 116 people in the artillery raid and night attack just now."

"The total number of wounded in the ranks has reached 420."

"They couldn't march normally, so they could only rely on stretchers. A stretcher needs three soldiers to carry it in turns. It takes more than 1000 to [-] people to take care of these wounded, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the troops and slows down the marching speed of the troops."

"Marching with the wounded will also damage the morale and morale of the troops."

"The headquarters must find a place to accommodate these wounded as soon as possible, or send someone to send them back to Baoding."

Major General Fujita immediately shook his head: "It is definitely not feasible to divide the troops and send the wounded back to Baoding."

"We don't have many troops, and if more than 1000 people are separated, the remaining troops will definitely not be able to raid Chenzhuang and block the only way for the Eighth Route Army to retreat back to Dashan."

"The raid just now proved that the Eighth Route Army has the strength to eat up a brigade of our army in a short period of time. Dividing the troops rashly is tantamount to creating good opportunities for them to break through."

"Find a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack and place them, and send them back to Baoding after the battle is over."

After speaking, he shifted his gaze to the map, pointed to Shunping County and said, "Continue to attack tomorrow, take down the county, and leave all the wounded there to recuperate. Other troops will continue to raid Chenzhuang with us."

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At the front enemy headquarters of the Wangdu garrison regiment, Li Yunlong was standing where Deng Jingye should have been, talking, and from time to time, he spat a dirty word or two.

When he first joined the defense regiment, Deng Jingye didn't approve of him very much.

Just according to Kong Jie's order, he was assigned a battalion to eliminate all Japanese and puppet forces in Yi County.

As a result, Li Yunlong ended the operation in only half a month, and expanded one main battalion into two battalions. Li Yunlong is the real head of Wangdu's garrison regiment.

"Deputy regiment commander, according to your order, we only gave up the street fighting fortifications in Tan Village after a symbolic resistance. The Japanese and puppet army commanders drove straight in. We are less than [-] kilometers away from Wangdu County, and we can enter the city at noon tomorrow. " Deng Jingye said the battle report he had just received, his face full of heartache.

Although the tunnel fortifications in Tan Village have not been fully completed, the main tunnels have been repaired, and it will not be a problem to kill a brigade if they are used.

But Li Yunlong asked the troops to wipe out an infantry squadron and then voluntarily gave up, which is a pity.

"Don't be like a bitch, isn't it just a fortification, give up if you give up, it's no big deal." Li Yunlong glanced at Deng Jingye and said arrogantly.

"I can't bear to let the children not be caught by wolves. The Japanese and puppet troops who attacked us fought in tunnel warfare, and they have always attached great importance to our tunnel fortifications. If they are allowed to enter the base area, they will be frustrated in front of the ground and suffer heavy losses. The next sweep will definitely be cautious. We It will be difficult to injure them with tunnels.”

"If we want to fight, we will fight a big battle. It's no fun to fight small."

Deng Jingye understood as soon as he heard it: "The deputy head wants to confuse the little devils and make them think of us as underestimating the enemy?"

"My mind is spinning very fast..." Li Yunlong admitted with a smile.

"I know the little devils too well. They look down on our Eighth Route Army from the bottom of their hearts."

"Let's take two steps back and give them some sweetness, and their tails will go up to the sky."

"On the battlefield, the more arrogant the Japanese and puppet troops are and the more they look down on us, the bigger the setback will be in the end, and the greater our victory will be."

"You wait and see the good show, this time I will definitely make the little devil regret attacking Wangdu County."

"Report to Deputy Commander Li, the headquarters' latest report on the battle situation." The radio operator suddenly walked up to Li Yunlong to report.

"The Shunping garrison regiment has just severely damaged the Japanese puppet army's middle road mopping up troops in Taipingzhuang, killing and wounding more than 3000 Kwantung Army elites, nearly a thousand puppet troops, and destroyed six tanks and six armored vehicles."

"Our troops have abandoned Taipingzhuang, and are preparing to retreat to Shunping County, and continue to harass and mop up the troops in the middle."

Li Yunlong snatched the telegram, read it and said, "We wiped out [-] Kwantung Army elites in one battle, how is this possible, you kid is right."

"The six infantry brigades under the central mopping force are all from the Kwantung Army's elite, not the local garrison under the North China Front Army. Why are they so careless..."

"The Shunping garrison suffered a lot of casualties, how did they do it?"

After reading it once, he read it a second time, and then handed the telegram to Deng Jingye. He said jealously, "This little Huang is really good. No wonder Kong Er's idiot trusts him so much. He is simply a freak."