Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Gao Xuan had never seen Zhao Wu so sad.

Even after he suffered so much in Gutian Town, he was still optimistic when he was rescued.

"Captain, what happened to Lao Zhao?"

Li Yan did not answer, nor did he feel the joy of victory.

Direct order: "Let the soldiers clean up the battlefield"

"Counting supplies"

"Let's go to Pengkou Town"

The battlefield was quickly cleared

Li Yan, Lu Zhiguo and others sat together in the former security group's headquarters.

Summarize this battle

Li Yan asked: "Chief of Staff, please report on the situation of this battle."

Lu Zhiguo stood up and said, "Let me talk about the seizure first."

"This battle was mainly hand-to-hand combat."

"The guns were badly damaged, especially the light machine guns, most of which were damaged."

"This time we seized a total of 6 light machine guns, more than 2000 rifles, more than 4000 grenades, and more than 4 rounds of ammunition."

"I counted and found nothing except bullets"

"The other weapons captured are just enough to make up for the losses in this battle."

"In addition, we seized 5000 silver dollars, 400 dan of grain, and other salt, oil, vegetables, and meat, totaling more than 10,000 jin."

"Finally, the enemy's casualties and prisoners"

"More than 2600 enemies were killed and less than 200 were wounded"

"Captured one enemy brigadier general and more than 1000 soldiers"

"We also captured a seriously injured enemy regiment commander. I've had the militia send him back to the Source Cave Hospital."

“I don’t know if I can save him.”

Li Yan nodded and asked, "How are our casualties this time?"

The chief of staff continued to report: "More than 200 people were killed in the Second Regiment, more than 40 were seriously injured, and more than 100 were slightly injured."

"One group suffered heavy casualties"

"More than 600 people died and more than 300 were seriously injured"

"The others had some wounds, but most of them did not affect the battle."

"Special Forces Battalion..."

Li Yan secretly calculated in his heart

This time we fought against the 108th Brigade, with a similar number of personnel.

The weapons are more powerful than the national army, plus the geographical advantage

Casualties reached almost 50%.

It can be seen how strong the combat effectiveness of the national army's ace troops is

At the same time, we can also see that our troops still have many shortcomings when facing strong enemies.

Li Yan suddenly asked again: "How are the casualties of the newly joined 45th Division soldiers?"

The chief of staff replied: "More than 200 people were killed."

Li Yan nodded and said, "I watched this battle. Those Shandong soldiers were great."

“Fighting to the end without fear or retreat”

"Chief of Staff, find a way to get more white flour."

"Let the kitchen staff make some pancakes for these Shandong soldiers."

"We can't let them get discouraged as soon as they join us"

The Chief of Staff nodded

Li Yan looked around and saw that everyone was looking down.

I know everyone's morale is low because of the heavy casualties.

Li Yan couldn't help but feel a little angry and knocked on the table.

But he still smiled and said deliberately: "What's wrong with everyone?"

"Come on, come on, let's all smile."

Leopard stood up solemnly and said, "Instructor, I've embarrassed you."

"If we hadn't failed to complete the mission, the troops wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties."

"Punish me"

The Taoist priest also stood up and said: "Instructor, I also have a great responsibility."

"I request punishment"

Then Zhao Wu, Gao Xuan, Song Tao and other stonemasons stood up and demanded punishment.

Li Yan saw the dejected look of several people, and his anger suddenly rose.

Problems in war are not a big deal; what is scary is losing the will to fight.

Seeing that Li Yan's face was not right, Lu Zhiguo also understood Li Yan's thoughts.

He quickly stood up and said, "What are you doing?"

"This time we defeated the Kuomintang's elite troops, we should be happy"

"If the soldiers saw this, they would think we had lost the battle."

"Quick, everyone sit down"

Li Yan couldn't bear it any longer when he saw that his favorite general didn't move.

He pulled the chief of staff onto a stool and said, "Chief of Staff, stop trying to persuade me."

"They are all a bunch of stubborn donkeys."

“Just let them stand”

The Chief of Staff wanted to say something else.

Li Yan waved his hand and interrupted the chief of staff

Sharp eyes looked at Leopard, Taoist priest Zhao Wu and others one by one

Without saying a word

Leopard and his companions were even more worried. They lowered their heads and began to sweat coldly on their backs.

Chief of Staff Lu Zhiguo was a little anxious when he saw this scene: "You guys don't understand the captain's temper yet."

"Be prepared to stick with it till the end"

When Leopard and the others heard this, they looked at Li Yan's gloomy face and quickly sat down.

Li Yan still stared at the few people

After waiting for a while, he slowly said: "You are soldiers, and commanders."

"Win or lose the battle"

"You all must not lose momentum"

"If you have the courage to admit failure, don't you have the courage to face it and take responsibility?"

"Are you all women?"

“Lift your heads!”

When he said the last sentence, Li Yan raised his voice to the highest point.

Leopard and his men finally realized that the captain was not angry because the battle was not fought well, but because of the attitude of his men at the moment.

Gao Xuan stood up again: "Captain, I was wrong"

Then Leopard and his men also stood up

But this time his eyes were full of determination

Li Yan looked at everyone, and finally looked at Zhao Wu and said: "You, are you still thinking about the series of things?"

Zhao Wu choked up a bit, but said firmly: "Captain"

“We didn’t play well this time, but we will definitely play well next time.”

Li Yan then stood up and patted Zhao Wu on the shoulder.

Waved for everyone to sit down

“We didn’t play well this time.”

“But it’s not a bad thing.”

“I have my reasons for this too.”

"I always tell you that if you can kill an enemy with a bullet, never use your fists."

"You guys are constantly firing live ammunition during your regular training."

"Rapidly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops"

"In recent battles, we have won a series of victories, with few casualties and much spoils."

“You think this is the best way?”

“But nothing is absolute.”

"In this battle, our shortcomings were exposed."

"For example, our hand-to-hand combat is the specialty of our Red Army."

"But in this battle, we did not gain the upper hand."

"At the end of the war, there will always be a time when there are no more weapons and ammunition."

"Did we surrender because we had no weapons or bullets?"

Every word Li Yan said touched everyone's heart

Make everyone blush

Because it was too smooth, I felt a little bit drifted

Li Yan ignored it and continued, "And our command level."

“Too simple, too inflexible”

"Gao Xuan Leopard, I want to ask you two..."

"You have a regiment, a Dragon Blood Special Operations Brigade, an artillery battalion, and at least a battalion of militia."

"Dealing with a battalion of sniper troops of the Nationalist Army"

"If you kill the enemy officers and machine gunners first, and make the enemy lose their command system and firepower system..."

"Then we bombard with artillery fire. The enemy will be leaderless and unable to organize an attack."

"You guys are pushing all of yourselves forward at this time."

"You can break through the enemy's defenses in one encounter"

"And the reason it took you so long to break through the enemy's defenses..."

"That's because you want to quickly pass through the enemy's defenses and rely on your numbers."

"We started with artillery fire, and then sent a small number of troops to charge multiple times."

"But you forgot that different battles require different methods, and you've lost your advantage."

Gao Xuan Leopard's face turned red. They did exactly as Li Yan said.