I am a wolf warrior

"Oh my god." Li Yunlong said with a dark face, "It's raining now."

Ge Erdan also said: "Yes, it rarely rains in Northwest Shanxi at this time of year."

While talking, Ding Wei came over wearing a bamboo hat, and he didn't look very well.

"Old Ding, what's wrong with you?" Li Yunlong joked with a smile, "Who owes you five hundred oceans?"

Ding Wei asked a little depressed: "Old Li, how many people were killed or injured by your three detachments in this pig-killing battle?"

"Tell me first." How cunning Li Yunlong was, he kicked the ball back to Ding Wei and asked, "How many casualties did your team suffer this time?"

"Don't mention it, the casualties are huge this time."

Ding Wei said with some distress: "The three regiments have reduced their staff by more than 2000!"

"Our three detachments are similar." Li Yunlong sighed and said, "The whole detachment counts the minor wounded, and there are less than [-] combatants left."

"This is a big bargain for Lao Kong."

Ding Wei said dejectedly: "Right now, there are only two detachments with strong soldiers."

In the Battle of Shazhukou, the first team and the third team suffered heavy casualties, with a combined reduction of more than 5000 people, of which nearly 3000 were killed or seriously injured.

But the second detachment had almost no casualties.

"Who says it's not." Li Yunlong also said depressedly, "From now on, I can only watch Lao Kong kill all directions."

While the two were talking, Xing Zhiguo, who also served as the head of logistics for the column, hurried over and asked from a long distance, "Old Li, Lao Ding, have you finished cleaning the battlefield?"

Li Yunlong said: "I've finished cleaning a long time ago, just waiting for you to come over."

"Finished cleaning?" Xing Zhiguo said happily, "Where are the weapons, ammunition and combat supplies you seized?"

"It's all at the foot of the mountain and beside the road." Li Yunlong said, "There are many weapons and equipment seized, but almost none of them are intact. Even the three-eighth cover has been smashed."

"It is estimated that it can only be moved back to the arsenal to be dismantled and used as parts."

Ding Wei went on to say: "There are even very few combat materials seized."

Li Yunlong said: "The devils of the 28th Division are indeed fierce. Before they died, they destroyed all their supplies."

"Damn it, these little devils are really nothing." Xing Zhiguo immediately cursed angrily, "So, didn't our column in the Battle of Killing Zhukou make a loss-making business?"

"That depends on what to do." Li Yunlong said.

Ding Wei also said: "Just looking at the seizure, it must be a loss."

Li Yunlong said: "But if we aim to wipe out a veteran division of the Japanese army and kill more than 15000 elite devils, then our column has made a profit, and it is a blood profit."

"My dear." Xing Zhiguo said dumbfounded.

"All the more than 15000 devils were killed?"

"Well, they were all killed." Li Yunlong and Ding Wei nodded vigorously at the same time.

"There are devils who want to disarm and surrender, but can we make them surrender? No! All devils who have been to Nanjing must die, and no one can stay!"

While the three of them were talking, the rain became heavier.

Li Yunlong wiped the rain off his face, and then said to Xing Zhiguo: "Old Xing, I asked Shen Quan to stay and protect you, but you should act more sloppily."

"Understood." Xing Zhiguo nodded.

"As soon as I'm done here, let Shen Quan return to the team as soon as possible."

Only then did Li Yunlong and Ding Wei gather their troops to chase the brigade commander.

The brigade commander had already arrived at Yunqi Town by this time.

……

The brigade commander has even finished patrolling the positions outside Yunqi Town.

"Xiao Wang, your groundhog tactics are very interesting."

The brigade commander became very interested in this tactic invented by Wang Ye.

This tactic is the same as tunnel warfare. Although tunnels are used, the combat methods are quite different.

Tunnel warfare uses the concealment attribute of tunnels, so all exits should be hidden as much as possible, at least not easy for the Japanese army to discover.

Groundhog tactics use the authentic underground transportation attribute, which is to use the tunnel to realize the intention of quickly transferring personnel and firepower, and because the tunnel is hidden underground, the entire transfer process is very safe, and there is no need to worry about direct fire from the Japanese army on the way. And the killing of curved fire.

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "Using your groundhog tactics, supplemented by the tunnels in our base, can make it difficult for the devil's mopping up troops."

But Wang Ye shook his head and said: "Brigade Commander, this groundhog tactic actually has weaknesses. It is barely useful against mountain divisions equipped with only 75 mountain cannons, but if you encounter a heavy enemy like the 1st Division It is useless to install the division, the heavy artillery group of the 1st division only needs a wave of shelling to blow down all our tunnels."

"Oh yes." The brigade commander suddenly nodded and said, "The tunnel here is a little shallower."

After a pause, the brigade commander said again: "But this is easy to handle, let's dig the tunnel deeper."

"It's not enough to dig a deep tunnel." Wang Ye shook his head and said, "The tunnel is deep. After the personnel and firepower are transferred, it will take a long time to return to the ground, and the combat efficiency will be low."

"That's right." The brigade commander said with some regrets, "There really is no tactic that has the best of both worlds."

Wang Ye went on to say: "Another weakness of groundhog tactics has also been discovered by the Japanese army, and even the Japanese army has already thought of a way to crack it. If it weren't for the fact that the 28th Division was wiped out by our column, the Yunqi Town The two mountain divisions retreated fearing a repeat of the same mistakes, and we must be in for a hard fight."

"Another weakness?" asked the brigade commander. "Another weakness?"

"Soil work." Wang Ye said, "The Japanese army can easily advance to us by means of soil work, and with the help of the Japanese army's strong firepower advantage, we can't stop it at all."

"It really is." The brigade commander said with some disappointment.

"So, the groundhog tactic can only be used in emergencies."

Wang Ye nodded and said, "If it's just an emergency, it's quite useful."

While the two were talking, Li Xia hurried over with a stack of telegrams.

"Commander." Li Xia stood upright and said, "This is the casualty statistics sent by each detachment and division."

Before leaving the slaughterhouse, the brigade commander ordered Li Yunlong and Ding Wei to count the casualties of the troops as soon as possible, and at the same time gave orders to the various military divisions to also count the casualties.

How many troops have been killed or injured?How many fighters are left?

This will directly determine what tactics the Shanxi Northwest Column will adopt next.

At this time, the casualties of each detachment and military division were finally reported.

After reading the telegrams from various detachments and military sub-divisions, the brigade commander's expression suddenly collapsed.

Wang Ye immediately received the telegram from the brigade commander, and saw that one detachment, three detachments plus the guard regiment commanded by Kong Jie had lost more than 6000 people in total, and more than 3000 were seriously injured and killed.

This accounted for almost one-third of the combatants in the Shanxi Northwest Column.

This number of casualties is still very huge, and it is bound to seriously affect the subsequent anti-sweeping operations.

Let alone other things, if you want to organize a battle like the Battle of Killing Zhukou, and then want to seize the opportunity to wipe out a division of the Japanese army, it is absolutely impossible, without this strength.

Originally, the reduction in the main force was too serious and could be supplemented by local troops.

But the problem now is that the reduction of the number of local troops is also very serious. The first division took the 1st Division hard at Yezhugou Fortress. The two regiments have 3000 people, and more than half of them have been killed so far!

The second division is doing well in the Killing Pig Fortress, only about 500 people have been reduced.

Although the third division joined the war a little later, it fought against the Japanese army at the same time in the three battlefields of Yelangyu, Yunqi Town, and Tiandagang, especially the Tiandagang battlefield was the most brutal.

All in all, the three military sub-districts have lost more than [-] personnel.

That is to say, more than [-] people have been reduced from the regular army and the local armed forces!

For the entire Shanxi Northwest Column and the Shanxi Northwest Base, this is definitely a traumatic injury.

"It seems that the situation is more severe than we expected." The brigade commander let out a sigh of relief and asked Wang Yedao again, "Xiao Wang, how is the transfer of the people going? When will we be able to finish crossing the river?"

Wang Ye didn't answer immediately, but walked out of the ancestral hall and came to the world.

The brigade commander also came out and found that the rain was getting heavier. It was still a drizzle just now, but now it has become a heavy rain.

"Brigade Commander, the rain is evil." Wang Ye said, "At this time in the past, the northwestern Shanxi was sunny, but this year it rained uncharacteristically."

The brigade commander's expression froze slightly, and he said, "Xiao Wang, are you worried about the Yellow River's flooding?"

Wang Ye nodded, and said again: "If this rain only falls in the northwest of Shanxi, then there is no problem, but if the entire Hetao and even the upper reaches of the Yellow River are affected, then the trouble will be serious. If there is a flood, the entire work of crossing the river will be forced to stop.”

The brigade commander became anxious when he heard the words, and said to Li Xia: "Li Xia, send a telegram to the headquarters immediately, asking the headquarters to find a way to investigate whether there is heavy rain in the Hetao area and the upper reaches of the Yellow River?"

"Report our attrition figures together."

"Yes." Li Xia agreed and left in a hurry.

……

Liao County, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

At seven o'clock in the morning, it was already bright daylight in normal times.

But today, due to the rain, the sky is still dark.

The teacher reached out his hand to brush the rainwater from the eaves, and said, "This rain is really evil. It seems that it hasn't stopped since two o'clock last night, right? And it's getting bigger and bigger."

"This should be a good thing for us, right?"

The deputy chief of staff said: "The heavy rain will definitely affect the Japanese attack."

"I don't think so." The teacher shook his head and said, "If the water level of the Yellow River rises due to continuous heavy rain, it will definitely affect the transfer of the people in the base areas in Northwest Shanxi."

"Yes, it really is." The deputy chief of staff said, "I'll send a telegram to ask."

At the moment, the deputy chief of staff hurried back to the telecommunications department, and sent telegrams to Yan'an and the Jinsui Military Region respectively, asking if it rained heavily in northern Shaanxi, Hexi, and Hetao last night?

The reply came quickly, and the situation was more serious than expected.

"Boss, division commander." The deputy chief of staff said, "It has been raining heavily in Hexi for three days, and it has been raining in Hetao for almost two days, and the water level of the Yellow River near Wuyuan has risen significantly."

"Too bad." The teacher said in a deep voice, "The common people will definitely not be able to cross the river now."

While talking, a telegraph soldier came in with another telegram and handed it to the deputy chief of staff.

After reading it, the deputy chief of staff said: "Boss, the Shanxi Northwest Column is also aware of this problem, and specially sent a telegram asking us to investigate the weather conditions in Hetao and the upper reaches of the Yellow River."

After a pause, he said again: "In addition, we also reported the reduction of staff."

Hearing the word downsizing, the boss and teachers immediately looked over.

The boss asked urgently: "How many downsizing? How many fighters are left in the Shanxi Northwest Column?"

The deputy chief of staff said: "The regular army has lost more than 4000 people, and the local armed forces have lost more than [-] people. The entire Shanxi Northwest Military Region has lost more than [-] people. It's already hurting."

The boss and the teacher sighed at the same time.

After a pause, the boss continued: "There has never been a good thing in this world that only takes advantage and does not suffer losses. Although the Shanxi Northwest Column ate a division of the Japanese army, it also paid a heavy price for eating this elite division. This is bound to have a serious impact on the ensuing battle."

The teacher said: "The most worrying thing is the heavy rain."

After a pause, the division commander said worriedly: "If the rain doesn't stop, the people in Northwest Shanxi will not be able to cross the river for a day, and the Northwest Shanxi Column and the local armed forces in the Northwest Shanxi Military Region will not be able to evacuate for a day."

"Yes." The boss was equally worried, "There must be a bad battle."

The deputy chief of staff also sighed: "God is not beautiful!"

……

In Beiping, No. 11 Iron Lion Alley.

Arisue Seizo led several combat staff officers from the General Staff Department, and had just finished the war game deduction.

Hearing the silence in the battle hall, Neiji Okamura next to him closed his eyes and meditated. He immediately opened his eyes and cast a consulting look at Arisue Seizo.

Yusue Seizo sighed softly, and said, "Your Excellency, the results of the deduction have come out."

"How?" Neiji Okamura asked, "How long will it take to break through the defense lines of Tiandagang and Yunqi Town?"

Arisue Seizo hesitated for three seconds, and finally bit the bullet and said: "It will take at least half a month, half a month before we can break through the defense line!"

"What? Half a month?"

Neiji Okamura was furious when he heard the words: "Half a month later, the 1st Division has already broken through the Yezhugou Fortress!"

"Yes." Youmo Jingsan said with a bitter expression, "At least judging from the results of the wargame deduction, the time when the two clusters in the north and the south broke through the defense lines of Tiandagang and Yunqi Town, and the time when the 1st Division broke through the defense line of Yezhugou almost."

Neiji Okamura said with a dark face: "Does this mean that our strategy of driving sheep has gone bankrupt?"

"Yes, it must be admitted that the strategy of herding sheep has gone bankrupt." Yusue Seizo said helplessly.

After a pause, Youmo Jingsan said again: "With the current situation, it is already impossible to use the Chinese people in the bandit area in Northwest Shanxi to hold back and intimidate the main force of the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army."

"And once the fetters of the people are gone, the tactical options of the [-]th Brigade will greatly increase."