"The troops stop advancing and rest on the spot... Chief of Staff, arrange the guard post, and be sure to strengthen the guard!" As soon as the dark sky became brighter, Lieutenant General Ito, who was sitting in the armored vehicle, ordered with a calm face.

I got out of the armored vehicle, tightened my military coat, and my nerves that had been tense for several hours finally relaxed.

Seeing the Chief of Staff coming back, Lieutenant General Ito immediately ordered: "All radio stations are turned on... Contact the division to contact all the troops through the radio. I want to know the specific losses of our division in the battle last night!"

"Also, contact the air force immediately and ask them to dispatch now and send planes to reinforce us. There must be troops attacked by the Eighth Route Army. As soon as the plane arrives, they will be rescued!"

After half an hour of waiting, the Chief of Staff came over, holding a few telegrams in his hand, and his face looked very bad.

Lieutenant General Ito's heart skipped a beat, and realized a very bad premonition. But he took a deep breath and asked, "Chief of Staff, you say, I'll listen!"

"No matter what the result is, I can bear it!"

"Hi!" the Chief of Staff nodded and replied.

"The 136th Regiment called back, but their casualties were not fought. They only lost 253 Imperial Army in one night. They are currently sorting out equipment and supplies, and they can start retreating in half an hour..."

"The 135th Regiment lost contact, and all the radio stations of the three infantry brigades, field artillery brigades and heavy artillery brigades lost contact!"

"If the judgment of the humble official is correct, they will definitely be destroyed under the siege of the Eighth Route Army!"

"However, it is also possible that the radio station was destroyed in the battle. I have contacted the air force coming and asked them to conduct air reconnaissance at the 135th Wing station first. We will know the specific situation when the air force arrives!"

"The tank team of the tank team reinforced the 135th Regiment lost contact, and neither radio station could contact us!"

"The cavalry corps were in contact, but they were also severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army on the reinforcement road. There were less than 300 cavalry left in the entire corps, and they are now on the way to retreat to Linfen!"

"They also reported that the tank squad under the chariot brigade was likely killed by the Eighth Route Army because of insufficient fuel!"

"The rest is the division command!"

"There are less than 800 people left in the two infantry brigades of the 137th Regiment...There are less than 500 people left in the direct guard brigade of the division, and six hundred people left in the direct troops of the logistics brigade, and less than 500 people left in the two artillery brigades, and more than 2,300 people left in total. This is all our current forces."

"However, except for 14 armored vehicles, all of our heavy artillery and field artillery were thrown away, and there were only nine mortars left. There were a little more heavy machine guns, and there were 16 left!"

Lieutenant General Ito looked calm and asked after two minutes: "That is to say, in one night, we not only lost more than half, but also lost more than 60% of all the heavy equipment!"

"Hi!" the chief of staff replied with his head down.

Lieutenant General Ito forced himself to calm down and decided very decisively: "The army has suffered too much losses. We cannot lose any more next, otherwise the entire division will be destroyed in our hands!"

"Send a telegram to the 136th Regiment, and I will take people to meet him and retreat to Linfen together!"

"The aviation force is divided into two parts, and part of it covers us to withdraw from the Eighth Route Army base, and the other part conducts reconnaissance and attacks on all the battlegrounds that last night. If you find that there are still imperial troops, immediately cover them to retreat. If you find that the Eighth Route Army troops are not polite, just launch an attack directly!"

"Also, try to find the heavy equipment that we stolen by the Eighth Route Army and destroy them all!"

"The power of those heavy weapons is too great and must not be used by the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, it will definitely cause huge losses to the Imperial Army!"

Front Command of the New Regiment outside Xiangfen City.

The battle was over, and everyone in the command center relaxed their tense nerves.

In addition, the troops won the battle, and everyone had smiles on their faces when they spoke.

"Captain, the results of Xiangfen City have been counted... The great victory is definitely an unprecedented victory!" Before the political commissar could rush into the command center, an excited voice came in.

Then everyone's eyes were all focused on him!"

"The results of all participating troops have been summarized... After statistics, yesterday afternoon and evening, we wiped out more than 3,000 Japanese devils here, and there were more than 2,800 Japanese corpses found. Although at least 1,000 of these more than 3,000 Japanese devils are so-called technical troops of the Japanese and have no combat power. However, no matter what, they are all Japanese devils who have been armed to the teeth and killed us Chinese!"

"In addition, we seized 12 heavy artillery, 12 field artillery, and 16 mortars, all of which were intact and placed on the artillery position, and the shells were piled up on the position one by one. In order to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall to destroy these heavy weapons, as soon as the Japanese retreated last night, I arranged troops to transfer them out of the battlefield, and I would definitely avoid the retaliatory bombing of Japanese planes!"

"The rest are light weapons, with more than 2,000 guns of various lengths and short lengths, and more than 60 light machine guns. The only regret is that there is a little less ammunition. Except for the ammunition equipped by the infantry, the ammunition carried by their logistics supplies was blown up at the last moment. But bullets and grenades are different from explosives. Although the Japanese exploded, they are still scattered around, and the troops just need to clear them out!"

"Yes, as long as we can defeat the heavy army of the Japanese and defend the base, it doesn't matter whether we have seized ammunition. With so many heavy weapons in our hands, I don't worry about ammunition at all!" Wang Ping was very satisfied with the result. At the same time, a mysterious smile suddenly flashed from Wang Ping's face.

What Huang Yuanqiang was most worried about was the ammunition of the troops. He didn't know that the troops who participated in the battle last night used up all 150 bullets prepared for each soldier before the war. If they were not replenished while fighting, the troops would definitely lose their attack power because they had no ammunition in the end.

The first few major battles of the New First Regiment, especially the intercepting of the Japanese army, seized a large amount of ammunition. However, a series of tough battles and the troops expanded too quickly. Even if all the ammunition in the New First Regiment was included, the ammunition from the light and heavy machine guns was removed, and the remaining bullets were on average to each soldier.

Half of the battle in front of me was used up, and no supplements were seized.

If consumed at this speed, it won’t take long to consume the ammunition in the army.

Seeing Wang Ping's expression full of confidence, he was anxious and immediately asked: "Captain, you have a solution to ammunition!"

"Don't worry, before I go to Yan'an, I will definitely solve the problem of ammunition!" Wang Ping answered confidently.

At this moment, the communication platoon leader rushed in with excitement on his face.

"The telegram of the regiment commander, political commissar, chief of staff is a good news~ The 135th Regiment of the Japanese was killed by us, and the squad leader was also beaten to death. The only regret is that the Japanese were not seized..."

"Give me a telegram!" Huang Yuanqiang snatched the telegram.

If the 135th Regiment is really killed by the Chief of Staff, then one night last year, the number of Japanese devils destroyed by the New Regiment would have exceeded 6,000, or even 7,000.

By then, the new first regiment will surely be famous throughout the Eighth Route Army...
Chapter completed!