At the command of the Japanese Army Garrison Brigade in Pingding County, Captain Fukuda stood in front of Major Fujita with his head down, not daring to breathe for a moment.

Two minutes ago, he exaggerated the reason for defeat he had thought of on the road, and finally pushed the main responsibility for the defeat to the intelligence department.

In this way, I will bear at most some joint and several liability, and the position of the squadron leader will be preserved.

Fujita was sitting on the chair, staring at Fukuda as if he could see through the hearts of the people, his face full of disappointment.

Futian was his confidant, otherwise he would not have given such a good task to him.

Unexpectedly, he failed. Not only did he not kill the guerrillas, but he also defeated all the troops he brought out of the county town, and lost his wife and soldiers.

Based on Fujita's understanding of him, the report just now has at least three exaggerated elements.

But he didn't intend to point it out. As a confidant, he must protect them when he should take action. Even if he is disappointed, he must do his job well on the surface, otherwise who will work hard in the future?

As I thought about it, my intelligence adviser, who was not even considered to be his confidant, became Fujita's target of venting.

He stared at him with red eyes and cursed: "Bageyalu, didn't your intelligence department say that most of the guerrillas are recruits? Since they are recruits, why are they so strong in combat? Have your eyes grown to the back of their heads? Even recruits and veterans can't tell them apart. What's the use of me?"

The intelligence staff believed in the information collected by their subordinates, but it was also true that Captain Fukuda returned home after his defeat.

Faced with the captain's dissatisfaction and questioning, he could not argue and could only lower his head to bear the anger, and he had already hated Futian in his heart.

After Fujita finished scolding, he found an opportunity to speak: "Sir, please calm down. Please give me another chance. At most ten days, you will definitely understand the strength of the guerrillas clearly."

Seeing that Fujita was still calm, he seemed very dissatisfied with his answer just now.

The intelligence consultant gritted his teeth and continued, "Six days, sir, please give me another six days. We will definitely understand the strength and equipment of the guerrillas."

"If the time comes, but the task is not completed, or if you get false information, you don't need your order. I am apologizing to His Majesty the Emperor."

Fujita was finally satisfied and turned his attention to Fukuda again.

"I will give you a chance to make meritorious service. From now on, you will temporarily serve as the squadron leader of the Second Infantry Squadron. I will draw 150 imperial troops from the baggage team, the replenishment squadron and the brigade command center to supplement you."

"When the intelligence department finds out the true strength of the guerrillas, I will lead the team to attack in person. You will act together. At that time, you will be revenge and revenge. You will be punished with all the insults you have suffered today."

Fukuda sighed relieved: "Thank you, sir. This humble position will definitely not disappoint you anymore. You will definitely make meritorious contributions and kill the guerrillas."

At the guerrilla camp, all the soldiers were immersed in the joy of winning the battle.

Nearly 400 Japanese and puppet troops were defeated by them, and more than 90 were captured by the puppet troops. Such a victory could cause a lot of sensation even if it was placed on the front line.

In the small command center, four platoon leaders and guard squad leader Liang Hongjiang sat around the table made of ammunition boxes.

Except for Liang Hongjiang, everyone else had smiles on their faces.

Zhou Cheng decided not to destroy this relaxed atmosphere for the time being. He looked at Xiang Feng and asked, "Platform Commander Xiang, please inform you of the gains we have in this battle first and make everyone happy."

"Yes, captain..." Xiang Feng couldn't wait any longer and stood up from the chair.

"I learned from the prisoners that the Japanese army dispatched a full-scale infantry squadron and two companies of puppet troops, a total of 384 people."

"At nine o'clock last night, only seven Japanese and less than twenty puppet troops returned to the county town."

"The remaining Japanese and puppet troops were either destroyed by us or were captured."

"After statistics, the number of prisoners in our garrison has reached 98, including one company commander, three platoon commanders, and nine squad commanders."

Xiang Feng became more and more excited as he spoke: "I will talk about the seizure."

"The first line of defense found 29 intact rifles, most of which were picked out from the machine gun castle. Captain, you should know that a crooked handle and a grenade canister were seized."

"The second line of defense seized 118 rifles, two light machine guns and one grenade launcher. Most of the rifles were equipped by prisoners, and there were only 21 38 large covers equipped by the Japanese. The remaining 38 large covers and machine guns were blown up by us in the battle."

"There are 147 rifles in total, three light machine guns, two grenade cannons, two box cannons, four turtles, and two command knives equipped by the Japanese squad leader and two pairs of low-magnification telescopes."

The nearly 400 Japanese puppet troops must have more than 300 rifles equipped, and the guerrillas did not even seize 150. This result disappointed Zhou Cheng.

I could only place my hope on ammunition and immediately asked: "Where is ammunition? Especially the ammunition, the crawler bullets, grenades, and grenades."

"We consumed a lot of money in this battle and we must make up for it through seizure, otherwise we will lose a lot."

After hearing Zhou Cheng's words, Xiang Feng's smile on his face was obviously not as strong as before, but he still answered quickly.

"We searched the entire battlefield and found 5,218 six- or five-caliber bullets, 3,128 seven- or nine-caliber bullets used by the puppet military, 214 grenades, 368 grenades, and 49 grenades for special grenades!"

Zhou Cheng frowned on the spot: "Why is that only a little bit?"

"The bullets brought by the nearly 400 Japanese and puppet troops are not as good as the more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in the Donghui Town stronghold. Are you mistaken?"

Xiang Feng shook his head and explained: "The Japanese and puppet troops brought a lot more bullets than we seized, but they used some of them in the battle and were bombed a lot by us, so that's all."

"I also learned from the captive puppet army that in order to avoid our Eighth Route Army expanding its strength by using war to support war, in addition to the double grenades, bullets and grenades are standard configurations, and their puppet army has less than half of the bullets, from 40 bullets per capita to 20 bullets per capita."

"Forget it!" Zhou Chengchang sighed, not intending to continue to struggle with this issue.

Looking at Xiang Feng, he continued to ask: "Is our losses big?"

The smile on Xiang Feng's face disappeared completely, his expression became more and more serious, and then he reported: "The guard squad sacrificed seven soldiers, ten in one row, and three seriously injured, most of which were caused when intercepting the Japanese defeated soldiers."

"Five were killed in the second platoon, one seriously injured, and six were killed in the third platoon, and no serious injuries. They were shot by Japanese and puppet military using amphibious machine guns when counterattacking the mountainside positions, and several were killed by wounded Japanese soldiers with grenades."

"The fire squad died and one seriously injured. They were blown up by a grenade launcher when intercepting the defeated troops."

"Because Dr. Hu is still at the resident, the seriously injured person has undergone surgery when he is sent back. After taking medicine, he should be able to survive."

"But there is also a problem that we have to solve: Dr. Hu's medicine to treat inflammation is almost gone. If there are serious injuries, he will not be able to avoid inflammation in the wounded wound."

"I asked Dr. Hu, only the Japanese have this medicine. They either find a way to buy it from the black market at a high price or grab it from the Japanese.

Zhou Cheng suddenly felt bad.

On the surface, the guerrillas won a big victory yesterday and killed a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, but in fact they were a defeat.

Because the troops are facing more problems now than before this war, and many of them are unsolvable.
Chapter completed!