Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

With such rich spoils of war, it is only right to distribute some equipment and supplies to the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments.

Then the question of the troops' own casualties came up.

——For a long time, especially in the past few years, when the independent regiment had not yet risen like a dark horse and the equipment level of the Eighth Route Army was still relatively backward, the troops often paid a heavy price in casualties when fighting against the Japanese army.

Even if we fought some ambushes, guerrilla warfare, and mobile warfare, we could eliminate some Japanese troops.

The Eighth Route Army always paid a heavier price in casualties.

Generally speaking, after a battle, the Eighth Route Army eliminated some Japanese devils, but if the casualty ratio between the two sides could reach 2 to 1 or even 3 to 1, it was considered an unprecedented victory.

In other words, it took an average of two or three Eighth Route Army soldiers to replace one Japanese soldier.

And more often than not, this data will be even more exaggerated.

Therefore, on the battlefield, most of the time when the battle was not over, the Eighth Route Army would never report casualty data in advance so as not to affect the morale of the troops and the soldiers.

Casualty data will not be officially presented until the post-war summary meeting when the battle is completely over.

"This time we killed more than 5000 Japanese soldiers, more than 1000 puppet soldiers, and captured more than 400 Japanese and puppet soldiers.

Our own casualties were also not small.

The independent regiment suffered more than 800 casualties.

The New 400st Regiment suffered more than casualties.

The New Second Regiment suffered more than 600 casualties. "

The total number of casualties was more than 1800, which is nearly 2000.

The Japanese army suffered more than 5000 casualties - excluding the puppet troops and captured devils.

The casualty ratio between the two sides was about 1:2.5.

In other words, one soldier replaced 1 Japanese devils.

Compared with previous battles of the Eighth Route Army, it often required greater casualties in exchange for fewer deaths of the devils.

The Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment won an unprecedented victory this time.

However, when this casualty data was presented, Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and the usually carefree Li Yunlong all remained silent.

The Japanese could have cared less about the number of casualties, but they were different.

This data of more than 1800 is not just a simple number, it represents more than 1800 lives!

Maybe there are still some young soldiers among them, who were saluting Kong Jie with smiles on their faces and calling him "Captain" affectionately just yesterday!

These fearless revolutionary martyrs.

If it were not for their successive generations fighting bravely, how could we have achieved prosperity, well-being, peace and happiness in the future?

What qualifications do we, the descendants of later generations, have to forgive these Japanese beasts who invaded China on behalf of our ancestors?

After a long silence, Kong Jie took the lead in breaking the deadlock.

“Although the conditions of our Eighth Route Army are not good and the soldiers are sincerely fighting against the Japanese and defending their country, we should still make good arrangements for the martyrs after their sacrifice.

Try to keep the bodies as contained as possible, and find a suitable time to bury the soldiers on the high slope of our base!

Let the soldiers always witness the growth and development of our independent regiment, and one day we will usher in the dawn of victory in the war.

If there are family members, please notify them in time.

We can’t afford to pay pensions, but we can still give some supplies to the families of soldiers who are living in poverty.”

The cadres nodded one after another, and many of them had tears in their eyes.

On the battlefield, everyone is willing to sacrifice their lives and shed blood, and would rather shed blood than tears.

But after the battle, who can suppress the grief over the sacrifice of comrades?

It was not until a phone call came that the mood of the participating cadres changed from depression to shock.

——"Hey, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei, haha, I heard that you fought beautifully this time and won an unprecedented victory. Congratulations on your wealth!"

As soon as these words came out.

Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were all silent.

the entire conference room.

You can hear the needle drop.

Good guy!

The battle here just ended, and the old brigade commander called to congratulate us on our wealth and robbery?

……

The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

The old brigade commander had just spoken to the general manager, and he excitedly said on the phone that the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment had jointly fought and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders.

A total of more than 5000 Japanese troops and more than 1000 puppet troops were wiped out, more than 400 Japanese and puppet troops were captured, and a large-scale mopping-up operation by more than Japanese and puppet troops was repelled.

Such good news came.

The cadres at the headquarters, who had been paying close attention to the battle between the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment, all applauded and cheered.

The deputy chief of general staff was even more amazed: "I heard Kong Jie and Li Yunlong say some time ago that their three regiments had built a triangular defense system.

This time they deliberately leaked the news and seized the Japanese army's regiment flag. I was worried about them.

After the Japanese army launched a retaliatory sweep, I was even more worried that their three regiments would not be able to withstand the pressure and would be severely damaged by the devils.

It turns out that we thought too much.

The Third Regiment of the Iron Triangle not only successfully completed the counter-mopping-up operation, but also inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese army, killing more than 6000 Japanese and puppet troops and achieving an unprecedented victory.

Boss, such a powerful general and army is a blessing to our Eighth Route Army!"

What else can the deputy commander-in-chief say about this? I agree with it deeply.

Especially the independent regiment, its amazing performance in this anti-mopping up operation was amazing and shocking.

Once upon a time, during the encounter at Yangcun, the independent regiment was severely damaged by the Japanese, and the boss even called the independent regiment a piece of dough.

But how long has it been since then?

The independent regiment, which learned from its mistakes and then became braver, quickly rose up like a dark horse.

The Japanese invaders were terrified and complained bitterly.

This time, even the large-scale mopping-up operation launched by the two mixed brigades of the Japanese army ended in a disastrous defeat.

The boss had nothing but praises.

It was also clearly stated that a great merit should be awarded to the entire Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment.

In addition, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were commended for their individual military achievements.

Especially Kong Jie, who was awarded a special individual merit!

In addition, the Japanese battlefield observation group was destroyed.

And the explosive news that the Independent Regiment's special forces decapitated the commander of the Japanese First Army.

It also brought this unprecedented victory to a climax.

Not only that.

At the meeting held by the headquarters later, the deputy chief of general staff clearly stated: "The anti-mopping-up operation launched by the Independent Regiment, the New 6000st Regiment and the New nd Regiment in the base area of ​​the Independent Regiment has tied down more than Japanese and puppet troops, severely damaged the Japanese army, and killed more than enemies.

This greatly weakened the overall strength of the Japanese army in Shanxi.

It effectively cooperated with our army's Shota Campaign.

During this period, our army rapidly increased the intensity of its raids, and a large area of ​​railway lines, highway lines, bridges, tunnels and other important passes in the entire Shanxi province were destroyed by our army.

The Japanese army spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and spent more than a year to carefully build the cage blockade, which has basically been completely paralyzed and exists in name only. "

"If the consumption continues like this, the Japanese will be worn down sooner or later. China will win!"

The momentum of the Eighth Route Army thus rose to an unprecedented level.

……

This large-scale battle surrounding the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment soon swept across the entire southeastern Shanxi and even the entire North China, and even the entire Sino-Japanese battlefield, like a storm.

We have heard about it, including internationally.

Second War Zone Headquarters.

Commander Yan was amazed when he heard about this, and immediately issued a telegram to express that special rewards and commendations should be given to several generals including Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei.

Of course, it is limited to verbal recognition.

Li Yunlong was so angry that he couldn't help cursing after learning about this: "Damn it, this old man Yan is really stingy, what's the point of verbal commendation?

At least send a few machine guns, that would be more practical than just empty talk."

Among them, Chu Yunfei, commander of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, heard about this.

In addition to being shocked, he immediately pulled the Chief of Staff Fang Ligong to the staff headquarters to use a simulated sand table to reenact the independent regiment's anti-mopping-up campaign.

"The Japanese army mobilized the 3rd and 9th Independent Mixed Brigades, a total of nearly 20,000 elite troops, plus the Security Army and the Imperial Army. In addition, there were also Japanese troops that circumvented the flanks to block the reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army."

"It is only to deal with the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment."

"Brother Ligong, tell me, if we were the Eighth Route Army, how would we win this battle?"

The two began to simulate on the sand table. Chu Yunfei considered himself to be a top student who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and was well versed in military theory.

However, after several simulations, it seemed that no matter how he commanded, the strength of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment alone was not enough to stop the attack of the two mixed brigades of the Japanese Army.

Not to mention that the Japanese army suffered a disastrous defeat.

"Commander, you... seem to have lost again!" Chief of Staff Fang Ligong, who launched the attack on behalf of the Japanese army, smiled and said.

Chu Yunfei nodded, he was indeed an upright man.

He just couldn't figure it out.

"From what we have deduced, it would be extremely difficult for the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment to repel the Japanese raid, or even inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army. But these Eighth Route Army soldiers did it. How did they do it?"

Fang Ligong reminded: "Commander, from the intelligence reported, in addition to the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, there are also the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment fighting the Japanese army this time."

"But the Japanese army's strength, even if only the elite troops are counted, is still more than twice that of the Eighth Route Army!"

"If under the same circumstances, which unit of our Jinsui Army or even the Central Army can achieve such a record?"

"This……"

Fang Ligong fell silent. With such powerful combat capability, even the elite German-equipped divisions from the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japan could be brought over.

It may not be possible to do it!

Over the next few days, Chu Yunfei seemed to be completely possessed. He continued to conduct sand table simulations, re-enacting the battle in which two mixed brigades of the Japanese Army attacked the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

But no matter what he did, it would be difficult to replicate the unprecedented victory achieved by the Eighth Route Army.

Chu Yunfei sighed deeply because of this.

"It seems that I want to know the specific situation, what methods the Eighth Route Army has mastered, and what kind of killer moves they have hidden.

We can only visit their base and have some exchanges with them.”

Commander Yan of the Second War Zone Headquarters also had the same intention and was very curious about how the Eighth Route Army won the battle. They also wanted to know what the current strength of the Eighth Route Army was.

Soon after, Commander Yan contacted the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and expressed his intention to form an exchange delegation to visit, exchange and learn from the Eighth Route Army base.

And the first stop of the visit was the Eighth Route Army Independent Base.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff informed Kong Jie of the matter shortly afterwards and asked Kong Jie to be prepared.

The Deputy Chief of General Staff did not say more.

He believed Kong Jie was a smart comrade.

When friendly forces come to visit, what can be shown and what cannot be shown.

Kong Jie must understand.

……

Independent regiment base.

Captain Kong suddenly found that after the battle, he seemed to be even busier. He was busy running around the base all day long, and his butt could not even keep warm when sitting on the stool.

The first thing to consider is the posthumous arrangements for the more than 800 soldiers who died.

The second issue is the further integration of the troops after the successful seizure of spoils from this anti-mopping-up operation.

In addition, more than 800 comrades were sacrificed in the army, and only more than 3800 people were left in the original team of more than 3000 people, so they must be replenished.

Because of this incident, some interesting episodes broke out.

——According to the construction standard of the Eighth Route Army's three-in-one system from militia to local military forces and then to the main force, once the main force suffers combat casualties, it will often draw some soldiers with rich combat experience from the local military forces to supplement the troops.

There is nothing wrong with this, and Kong Jie is also prepared to do so.

The troops drawn from the local army can be quickly put into battle after a little training.

Unlike pure recruits, they lack military qualities and have to be trained from scratch, which requires a lot of time and energy.

As a result, upon hearing the news, local military units in Shouyang, including Yangquan local military units, Ping'an County and even Xiyang and other places, rushed to the independent regiment base and expressed their desire to join the independent regiment.

The total number of troops added together exceeds 1000.

Those who came included comrades from the county brigade, comrades from the district squadron, and comrades from the district team.

The most crucial thing is that there are more than just local military comrades in Shouyang area.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong was the first to curse: "Damn it, our New Second Regiment still needs reinforcements, but the local army comrades around here don't come to the nearby New Second Regiment, but all run to the more distant Independent Regiment.

What does that mean? Our New Second Regiment is not as good as his Independent Regiment.

Is it possible that I, Li Yunlong, am not as good as Kong Jie?"

The regiment commanders in the mountainous areas of the surrounding counties also had many complaints. All the local troops had gone to the independent regiment. How would they replenish their troops in the future?

Kong Jie cried out that it was unfair, and said, I didn’t deliberately ask everyone to come over.

They came here voluntarily!

no way.

The shadow of this tree is the name of the man.

The independent regiment successively destroyed the Japanese Namwon Battalion and the 113th Regiment, and severely damaged the Japanese rd and th Mixed Brigades.

Despite the help of the New 1st Regiment and the New 2nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment is still the most famous.

Didn’t you see how much the Japanese offered as a reward for the independent regiment’s leader Kong Jie in the county?

It’s already as high as 10 oceans!

This amount is the treatment only enjoyed by division-level officers of the Eighth Route Army!