So he issued an order to retreat.

The officers and soldiers of the guo army saw the enemy retreat and their morale was greatly boosted. They shouted and chased the enemy.

At this moment, Gao Jiu's order came, so that all troops could not continue to attack forward after they recovered their original positions.

The officers and soldiers who participated in the war originally planned to annihilate the enemy in one go, but they were a little confused about Gao Jiu's orders. However, the military orders were as high as a mountain, and they still obeyed Gao Jiu's orders.

Soon after, both the enemy and us restored their original positions.

After this battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties. The coalition forces suffered more than 3,500 casualties, of which the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Division suffered the worst casualties, reaching more than 1,900. The second was the Eighth Route Army, and the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army Independent Brigade also suffered more than 800 casualties.

The Japanese army suffered more casualties. During tonight's breakout operation, they lost more than 7,700 people, and many of the troops were damaged.

Toshita Tanaka incorporated the broken officers and soldiers into other troops and ordered the units to strengthen defense and prevent the enemy from attacking. Then, regardless of whether the masters from his superiors were sleeping, he directly sent a telegram for help.

In the command center of the 103rd Division, the generals of the coalition forces were a little confused about Gao Jiu's order to stop the attack just now, and believed that this opportunity to annihilate the enemy should not be missed. Although they all trusted and respected Gao Jiu, they still raised doubts.

Gao Jiu said: "In the battle just now, our army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties. If we continue to attack and fight against the enemy, even if the battle is won, more than half of the entire army participating in the war will be injured or killed. If there is such a big loss, what is the significance of this victory?"

The 103rd Division suffered the biggest losses. The division commander Ma Xingbang was very saddened by the heavy casualties of his officers and soldiers. He was a little excited and said, "If we don't take this opportunity to launch a fierce attack and wait for the enemy to retreat to the position and wait for our army to attack again, wouldn't the casualties be even greater?"

Everyone thought so. They thought that the enemy was hiding in the trenches, and the artillery fire in the hands of the guo army could not do anything to them. If they launched a strong attack, they would suffer heavy losses just like the Japanese army launched an attack on them. It would be better to take advantage of the chaos of the enemy just now and make a concerted effort to annihilate the enemy.

Gao Jiu said: "I understand everyone's ideas. However, fighting is not what you imagined. I have a way to annihilate the enemy in front of me with smaller casualties. Now everyone hurry up and take a break and strengthen the defense of the frontier positions. By noon tomorrow, things will naturally be clear."

The generals still trust Gao Jiu. When they heard him say this, although everyone didn't understand what method he would take to reduce casualties, everyone still obeyed his orders.

At 10 a.m., many trucks came from Nanyang. Du Shengxi and the members of the Taohuashan Special Forces team unloaded many gasoline barrels from the truck. The officers and soldiers didn't understand what they were doing, so they surrounded them one after another.

Everyone saw that from the appearance, these gasoline barrels were no different from the usual gasoline barrels, but one end of the gasoline barrel did not have a cover on it, and the inside of the iron sheet was empty. They didn't understand what these gasoline barrels were used for.

Wang Jindong asked, "Brother Gao, these are you waiting for these days? Can you deal with the Japanese with them?!"
Chapter completed!