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Of course, there were also many soldiers who were only slightly injured and did not want to leave. This was an opportunity they had waited for so long, and the soldiers still wanted to make merit in the battle, but in the end they could only follow the orders of the company commander.

After all, after a day of fighting, we only suffered thirty casualties, and most of them were slightly injured. There are still many soldiers who want to enter the position to kill the enemy, so we should not force the wounded.

The Japanese regiment-level combat units did not have a field hospital at all. They only had a medical team consisting of several doctors and a dozen medical soldiers. Although they could perform surgery on the battlefield, there was a huge gap in medical equipment and medicines compared to the independent regiment.

Take the anti-inflammatory drug sulfa for example. Although the Japanese army was equipped with some, the quantity was definitely not large. Generally, only officers or elite veterans were qualified to use them. Ordinary soldiers would not use them if possible, in order to save resources.

On our side, as long as the wounded soldiers have completed surgery and have been bandaged, they will be fed a few tablets of sulfa. Some seriously injured soldiers will also be injected with penicillin. In short, we will spare no medical resources to rescue every injured soldier.

This difference will not be apparent in the short term, but over time, we will have more and more veterans, which is a huge advantage.

At night, we didn't send anyone to cause trouble, so the Japanese had a good rest for the night.

It's just that the Japanese had more than 400 wounded during the daytime attack, and the wailing of these people in the tents was disturbing people's sleep. Of course, this situation only happened on the Japanese side.

Our seriously injured and lightly wounded soldiers have long been transported to the rear hospitals for meticulous care. Perhaps they are now eating hot pot and singing songs. This is the advantage of being at home.

In the past, our equipment was very poor and we had little ammunition. The Japanese only needed to concentrate the strength of a brigade to chase us. Now that our weapons and equipment have improved, we can make the enemy as immovable as a mountain.

The war now, after all, is a contest between steel and cement, and what is being compared is the production capacity of these two materials. Whoever has more will have the advantage. Obviously, although our weight is not as good as that of the Japanese, but in this area of Shanxi Province, we have already formed a local advantage, but the Japanese have not reacted yet.

Or maybe some of the Japanese have already noticed it, but they are just unwilling to admit it. After all, this is something that hurts their self-esteem.

On the morning of the third day, a large force of the Japanese Sakai Brigade arrived, and the formal battle between the enemy and us began.

As the independent regiment continued to send out telegrams, the brigade commander and the political commissar were also keeping a close eye on the battle. Even at the headquarters, there were combat staff members sorting out the information in order to report the latest progress of the battle to the leaders.

In fact, this is also an attempt. If we can withstand the crazy attack of a reinforced brigade of the Japanese in the wild with a force of 15,000 people, it can also prove from the side that the current strength of our troops has reached a certain level.

You should know that the total force of the Sakai Brigade that the Japanese sent this time reached 105 people. In addition to its own artillery, Yoshio Shinozuka also dispatched a 75mm howitzer squadron and a 24mm field artillery battalion. Together with the mountain artillery squadrons of the two regiments, there were a total of 75 heavy artillery pieces of mm and above. This is a powerful artillery force.

In addition, there is a squadron of medium tanks, a total of fifteen tanks, plus support from aircraft in the sky. This is the true strength of a Japanese brigade. It will be no problem at all to defeat an army of other troops.

If Li Yunlong uses the fortifications he has built to tie with a field brigade of the Japanese, our combat style will become bolder. However, if we cannot hold on, we will still have to control the scale of the combat to below that of the enemy's regiment and use mobile warfare to destroy the enemy's manpower.

When Brigade Commander Sakai saw our defensive positions, he immediately requested aircraft support from the First Army. This level of defensive positions required large-scale bombing by aircraft.

At the same time, he ordered all his artillery to bombard our positions with all his might to create conditions for the attack of the infantry behind. This immediately put great pressure on the defensive positions of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the New 1st Regiment.

Li Yunlong also came to the forward command post of the first battalion under heavy artillery fire and observed the situation on the battlefield with Zhang Dabiao.

"Captain, the Japanese have a lot of artillery pieces in one infantry brigade. Not counting the Type 92 infantry guns, there are a total of 24 guns, including four heavy howitzers."

"According to the information sent down by our superiors, this should be the Japanese Type 105 1100mm howitzer, with a range of meters and a weight of kilograms. It mainly fires high-explosive grenades, and the lethality of the shells is very astonishing."

Now our troops are gradually moving towards regularization and modernization, and the requirements for front-line commanders are also rising sharply, especially at the level of battalion commanders, who often have to face enemy planes, artillery and tanks, so they must have a certain understanding of these enemy weapons.

Kong Hao specially compiled relevant teaching materials, which detailed the various parameters of the enemy's current heavy weapons. Our front-line commanders also adopted the most stupid method and memorized these things by rote.

Although this method has limited effect, it is better than knowing nothing before. This is also a hurdle that our troops must overcome in the future.

When Kong Hao was writing these things, he also wrote down the countermeasures, such as "Five Strategies for Fighting Japanese Tanks", "Methods for Building Anti-Bombardment Holes", "How Can Infantry Survive on the Battlefield Under the Bombardment of Heavy Howitzers?" and "Two or Three Things to Prevent Aircraft Attacks".

Of course, these are just a rough outline, and are meant to stimulate discussion. A large number of people will follow up and continuously summarize various tactics that are suitable for our troops at this stage. This is a strong soft power of an army, which is as important as sophisticated weapons and equipment.

Li Yunlong took a look at the power of the Japanese howitzer explosion and said with lingering fear:

"It must be said that this type of heavy howitzer from the enemy is something we have never encountered before. Fortunately, we took this situation into consideration when formulating the battle plan, and we have specially reinforced key locations."

"This time we are actually verifying our tactics. For example, whether the various fortifications we built can withstand the continuous attack of the Japanese heavy artillery will be of great reference significance for the future reform of our troops' tactics."