In the first battle of Chahar, the Japanese army can be described as a complete defeat, not only the 35th Division was completely annihilated, but the 10th Division and the independent 5th Mixed Brigade were also devastated, losing more than eighty percent of the troops, and they have completely lost their combat effectiveness, which is not much different from being completely annihilated.In the first battle of Chahar, our Eighth Route Army fought hard for many days and achieved brilliant results, annihilating more than 40,000 Japanese troops, and once again achieving the brilliant record of completely annihilating a Japanese army division and regiment.After the defeat of the Japanese army at Chahar, Tada Jun was shocked and was forced to temporarily stop the offensive on Suiyuan, and the Japanese 32nd Division and the independent mixed 9th Brigade Regiment withdrew to Datong from the Fengzhen front.At this point, the Japanese offensive against Chahar and Suiyuan was completely collapsed.The day after the battle, Li Guotao slept until 10 a.m., and then reluctantly got up from the bed.These days, commanding battles day and night, Li Guotao is indeed tired enough, and after a beautiful sleep, his spirit is much better.After a simple meal, Li Guotao took Kou Erbao to his headquarters, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that Ma Zhenguo, the chief of staff, was giving instructions to several staff officers there.Li Guotao walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Chief of Staff, it's early" Ma Zhenguo turned around and glanced at Li Guotao, and said angrily: "It's still early, it's all three poles in the sun, and the sun is shining on the buttocks, so you just get up." ”Li Guotao just smiled, didn't speak, pulled over a bench and sat down, took out a cigarette and lit it, and smoked it with a look of enjoyment.Ma Zhenguo shook his head helplessly, turned to the staff officers and said, "Okay, let's do it first, the work I just gave should be completed as soon as possible." ”"Yes," the staff officers replied respectfully, and turned to leave.Ma Zhenguo walked up to Li Guotao, handed a piece of paper in his hand to Li Guotao, frowned and said with a serious face: "Commander, this is the casualty situation of each unit, you can see for yourself" Li Guotao nodded, stretched out his hand to take it, just glanced at it and couldn't help frowning, and asked with a surprised face: "The casualties are so big" "Hmm" Ma Zhenguo nodded and said: "The casualties of the teaching brigade are the smallest, the casualties of the fourth brigade and the seventh brigade are the largest.We won this battle, of course, but such a victory was piled up with the corpses of thousands of our excellent soldiers. ”Li Guotao sighed deeply, and said helplessly: "The blood of the soldiers will not be shed in vain, one day we will make these little devils pay the due price" Li Guotao said and slammed his fist on the table.Ma Zhenguo nodded, and then said: "I have already reported our current situation to the front finger" "Hmm" Li Guotao nodded slightly and said: "Commander Nie has any new instructions" Ma Zhenguo shook his head and said: "The front finger has not replied for the time being, but I estimate that we have suffered such heavy casualties this time, and after the front finger gets the news, it will most likely let us rest temporarily." ”Li Guotao raised his hand, put the cigarette holder in his mouth, took a deep breath, gently exhaled a puff of white smoke, nodded and said: "Now that the Japanese army has been newly defeated, and it is no longer capable of launching an offensive in a short period of time, we can take advantage of this time to take a good rest and recover our combat effectiveness as soon as possible, so as to cope with the next war situation." ”Ma Zhenguo nodded, as if he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "There is one more thing I forgot to tell you, the 32nd Division of the Japanese Army and the 9th Independent Mixed Brigade that attacked Suiyuan have also withdrawn from Fengzhen to Datong. ”Li Guotao nodded, and said casually: "This is not unexpected, the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat in Chahar, and they will definitely be afraid that the main force of our Eighth Route Army will take advantage of the victory to advance westward and cooperate with the friendly forces in Suiyuan to besiege this little devil, so they will retreat in such a hurry." ”"Well, but anyway, the little devil has withdrawn, and we can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being," Ma Zhenguo nodded and said.While the two were talking, a staff officer hurriedly walked over and said respectfully: "The front finger is urgent," he said and respectfully handed over a telegram in his hand.Ma Zhenguo hurriedly took the telegram and read it carefully.Li Guotao asked a little impatiently: "Is there any new instruction for the front finger?"
Ma Zhenguo glanced up at Li Guotao, stretched out two fingers and said: "There are two main things, the first thing is that you will go to Zhangjiakou this afternoon, mainly to report to the chief, and the main leaders of all units will go."
Another thing is that, in view of the heavy losses of our seventh column, the former commander decided to let us temporarily rush to Guangling and the area of Wei County to rest and recuperate.The front command will arrange for us to replenish our forces and restore the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible. ”Li Guotao nodded and said, "The front finger tells us when to go." ”"It didn't say anything on this telegram, but when you meet Commander Nie and ask him face-to-face, you won't have to."
Ma Zhenguo said with a frown."
Yes" Li Guotao nodded, suddenly raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, and couldn't help scolding: "It's eleven o'clock when I rely on this, I have to go back to Zhangjiakou quickly, and I'll leave it to you here." ”With that, he got up and hurriedly ran out."
Why are you in such a hurry, we have a car now, and it won't take long to get to Zhangjiakou."
Ma Zhenguo asked with a puzzled expression."
Lao Tzu still has to rush to lunch" After Li Guotao dropped this sentence, the person had already run away.Ma Zhenguo couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head and said: "As for the food over there, it may not be better than ours here, but at noon today, the three armies will be rewarded, and the wine and meat are enough, I forgot to tell him just now" After Li Guotao rushed to Zhangjiakou, he first reported the work to Commander Nie and other former commanders, and in the afternoon, after the leaders of the various units arrived, Commander Nie convened everyone to hold a campaign summary meeting, mainly to sum up the gains and losses of this battle, sum up experience, and learn lessons, so as to better cope with the next battle.The meeting lasted from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. before it ended.Li Guotao could only stay in Zhangjiakou for one night, and after saying goodbye to Commander Nie the next morning, he hurriedly returned to Xuanhua.After returning to Xuanhua, Li Guotao immediately ordered the troops to prepare for the transfer, and the defensive line in charge of the Seventh Column would be taken over by the newly formed First Division.Early the next morning, all the troops were ready, and the positions had all been handed over to the new 1st Division, so Li Guotao ordered the troops to set off immediately and rush to Guangling and Weixian to rest and recuperate.aa2705221: