Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

Chief of Staff Tang continued, "Among these real Japanese soldiers, there is a Japanese lieutenant general and division commander, Seishiro Itagaki; a Japanese colonel and regimental commander, Hideaki Awaii; a lieutenant colonel and division adjutant; and three battalion commanders of the rank of major and lieutenant colonel!"

"Itagaki Seishiro, commander of the Japanese 5th Division, is dead?"

Director Shu of the Political Department stared wide-eyed and asked incredulously.

"That's right, he was killed!"

Chief of Staff Tang nodded and said, "Speaking of which, we owe a lot to Commander Nie this time for giving those three McMillan sniper rifles to Deputy Regiment Commander Huang of the Independent Regiment."

"After they returned, they gave the three sniper rifles to the best marksmen in the Independent Regiment. It was the three of them who carried out the operation to kill Itagaki Seishiro."

"Among them, three fired at the same time. Two bullets hit Itagaki, and one bullet missed. They fired a second time and killed the adjutant chief of the 5th Division."

"In addition, their Independent Regiment also captured 2459 Type 38 rifles, 126 Type 14 pistols, 76 Type 11 light machine guns, 24 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 77 Type 89 grenade launchers, 4 Type 92 70mm infantry guns, and 6 damaged Type 70mm infantry guns."

"Because the Awa Regiment did not carry the regiment's own Type 41 75mm mountain guns and Type 94 37mm rapid-fire guns, they did not capture any."

"In addition, a Type 94 light armored vehicle and a Type 92 heavy armored vehicle were destroyed by rocket launchers."

"It's a pity that the three heavy machine guns inside were burned by the gasoline in the fuel tank, otherwise there could have been three more heavy machine guns."

"Oh, right, we also acquired a Type 94 No. 5 radio and three Type 94 No. 6 mini radios, for a total of four radios."

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Chief of Staff Tang's words, Commander Nie couldn't help but laugh heartily and said, "With these newly captured equipment, plus the weapons and equipment previously transported back from the 129th Division, our Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region is finally able to form a division of our own."

"Since this division is mainly composed of independent regiments, let's call it the First Independent Division of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region!"

"This division, like the main force divisions of our Eighth Route Army, consists of two brigades, and each brigade consists of two regiments."

"Previously, our Jin-Cha-Ji base area only had one military region. I think this time we can divide it into the First Military Region, the Second Military Sub-region, the Third Military Sub-region, and the Fourth Military Sub-region, to prepare for the advance into eastern, central, and northern Hebei!"

He paused, then continued, "By the way, what about our casualties?"

Upon hearing this, Chief of Staff Tang's smile vanished, and his expression turned grave. "This time, the casualties are considerable. 553 soldiers from the Independent Regiment and the guerrillas have been killed, and the number of wounded has reached more than 1400."

"Why!"

Commander Nie sighed, "The Independent Regiment and the guerrillas combined have over 6000 men, and casualties are approaching 2000, almost a third of them. That's quite a lot!"

"Old Nie!"

Director Shu of the Political Department said, "Send another telegram to the 129th Division, asking them to get more handheld bulletproof shields and bulletproof vests."

"If everyone in our Independent Division had body armor and handheld bulletproof shields, casualties would definitely be reduced significantly."

"Um!"

Commander Nie nodded and said, "I'll go send a telegram to Lao Liu and the others right away!"

Currently, only he and Chief of Staff Tang know the true situation regarding these supplies within the entire Jin-Cha-Ji base area.

He walked to the door, stopped, and asked, "Old Tang, has this telegram been sent to the Eighth Route Army headquarters?"

"Don't worry, I already had them share it!"

Chief of Staff Tang nodded.

"That's good!"

……

Soon, the Eighth Route Army headquarters also received the telegram.

The guards immediately took the telegram and found the two generals and the chief of staff.

Chief of Staff Zuo, holding the telegram, said to the two commanders-in-chief, "Commenders, Lao Nie and his military region fought very well this time!"

"With their independent regiment of over 5000 men, plus 1000 guerrillas, totaling 6000 men, they fought multiple battles against a Japanese regiment and two battalions."

"A Japanese regiment plus two battalions, that's roughly 6000 men. Although the Japanese used an oil-filling tactic and came in three waves, it was still a real 6000 against 6000!"

"Even with roughly equal numbers, their independent regiment annihilated a Japanese regiment and severely damaged two others, killing 4187 Japanese soldiers, including Lieutenant General Itagaki, the division commander!"

"Oh?"

Vice President Peng's expression shifted, and he quickly asked, "Is this news true?"

"Old Nie would never fake it!"

Chief of Staff Zuo smiled and handed the telegram to Deputy Commander Peng, saying, "Take a look for yourself. The guns used in this sniping operation were purchased by Comrade Hongwei and his men from the future. They are powerful enough to penetrate the armor of Japanese armored vehicles."

"That old man Itagaki, hit by two 12.7mm bullets at the same time, has absolutely no chance of surviving!"

The commander took a sip of hot water and nodded repeatedly, saying, "They wiped out a regiment and even killed a lieutenant general division commander. The Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region has indeed made a great contribution this time."

"Boss!"

Chief of Staff Zuo said, "Our Eighth Route Army has once again achieved a great victory. We should send another telegram to the whole country to boost morale!"

"Of course, we must continue to conceal the specific information, but even so, I'm afraid that we will have to completely part ways with the Kuomintang and Yan Xishan from now on."

The other two CEOs both expressed their understanding.

The province of Shanxi, where they are now, is regarded by Yan Xishan as his "independent kingdom".

The more powerful these "guests" from the Eighth Route Army were, the more wary Yan Xishan would be of them.

The same applies to the Democratic Party.

Bald Man had always considered them enemies even more detestable than the Japanese invaders, and had targeted them more than once before.

Now that they are showing increasing fighting power, the Kuomintang is naturally becoming more and more uneasy about them.

The commander thought for a moment and said, "This time, I'll write that our Eighth Route Army had four main regiments, plus guerrillas and militia, totaling more than 12000 people. We lured the enemy deep into our territory, which led to the annihilation of the Japanese 21st Regiment. We then repelled two more Japanese battalions."

"In this battle, more than 3700 Japanese and puppet troops were killed, while our side fought a bitter battle with the Japanese army for several days and ultimately suffered more than 5000 casualties."

"Furthermore, the commander of the Japanese 5th Division, Seishiro Itagaki, was eager to save his men and led two armored vehicles deep into enemy territory alone. He was ultimately killed by our forces, and the armored vehicles were also destroyed!"

Deputy Commander Peng laughed and said, "As expected of the Commander-in-Chief, with just a few words you've doubled our army's numbers, while casualties have increased by more than 1.5 times!"

"Sigh, it's a last resort!"

The commander shook his head and sighed, "Our Eighth Route Army is still very weak. If we continue to be the first to stick our necks out, I'm afraid all three sides will make things difficult for us!"