The 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army of the Liberation Army suffered 85% casualties in one battle, setting a record for casualties of the Liberation Army. It wasn't until decades later that this record was broken. Moreover, there are many doubts in the Chinese war history circles about the later new numbers, and the debate on them has never stopped.

The scale of this tragic battle was actually not very large, and the command of the Liberation Army was also criticized by later generations. For example, a regiment of 2,500 men faced nearly 4,000 British troops, for example, the infantry and artillery commanders of the troops also had the problem of underestimating the enemy......

But the history of the war has a very positive assessment of this battle. “…… After summing up this victory, our troops finally realized what the combat effectiveness of the army, which was the most advanced level in the world at that time, and realized the cruelty of the war, thus playing an important role in promoting the improvement of the organizational building of the troops and the improvement of the political work of the troops in the future......

The British announced that the British had suffered more than one thousand casualties in the battle. In the history recorded by the Liberation Army, the British ** team lost 1,228 people on the battlefield. After the war, the British accused the Liberation Army of massacring the British wounded. Although the Liberation Army was resolutely opposed, its reply to this was very vague. In fact, the follow-up troops of the Liberation Army rushed to the positions from which the British had withdrawn, and when they saw nearly 2,000 of our soldiers killed and wounded, their anger was uncontrollable on the British troops who were left on the battlefield. The action of replenishing guns and bayonets one by one was spearheaded by many enraged officers. In the end, only about forty seriously wounded British soldiers survived.

The casualties of the Liberation Army were quite in line with the law of ordinary gunshot wounds, and the ratio of the wounded to the dead on the battlefield was about 3:1. About 600 officers and men were killed and about 1,500 were wounded. After the more than 1,500 wounded were taken to military hospitals, more than 300 people unfortunately died. With morphine hydrochloride anesthetic, gas lamps, timely surgery, clean gauze, lime water and other room disinfection supplies, and the use of medical maggots to treat suppuration, 1,200 people were finally saved.

Wu Liao, the commander of the second regiment, was shot twice in the charge, and was stabbed by the British bayonet during the battle, cutting six large holes, but he fought to the end regardless of his injuries. When the British army retreated, Wu Liao frantically pursued and was shot twice. Because his injuries were too serious, he fainted due to too much blood loss, and finally failed to achieve his wish to die on the battlefield.

By the time he finally woke up from his coma, it was already the third day after the battle had ended. Wu Liao's eyes were blank, just staring blankly at the hospital with snow-white walls, as well as the surrounding objects that were mainly white. His first words were, "Am I dead?" ”

The surrounding medical staff saw that Wu Liao had finally come to his senses, and hurriedly told him happily, "Head Wu, you are still alive!" ”

Wu Liao's lips squirmed, and then began to tremble. He suddenly tried to get out of bed, startling the doctors and nurses. Although he was seriously injured and his strength was insufficient, Wu Liao's voice was not loud. But Wu Liao still cried and shouted with all his might: "What are you doing to save me, let me die!" Let me die! ”

Wu Liao was seriously injured, and in order to remove the bullet, the doctor prescribed several large incisions on him. After this toss, the wound ruptured, and soon the snow-white bandage was dyed red again. But what shocked the doctors and nurses even more was Wu Liao's attitude. The voice was not insane, let alone a pretending gesture. The voice of this highly accomplished and fearless regimental commander was full of despair and pain, and his words for death were truly heartfelt.

Because the wound ruptured, Wu Liao quickly fainted. In the next few days, he had a high fever, and in the high fever, Wu Liao would suddenly shout, "Rush forward!" "Kill!" Sometimes he would cry again, "It's all my fault!" "I hurt my brothers!"

The hospital had no choice but to put him in the intensive care unit. After a few more days, Wu Liao's injuries finally improved, and his consciousness gradually came to his senses. After waking up this time, Wu Liao didn't make any more trouble, he just lay on the bed blankly, no matter who talked to him, he would look at the wall blankly, and then he would cry at some point.

On the afternoon of the second day after Wu Liao woke up for the second time, Wei Ze appeared at the door of Wu Liao's hospital room. Governor Wei Ze, who had recovered the Governor's Mansion, had an indescribable tiredness on his face. Since the end of the battle with the British near Foshan, who is not busy? In particular, the staff of the hospital worked day and night to perform surgeries and take care of the wounded. Looking at the dark circles under Wei Ze's still vigorous face, the accompanying doctor couldn't help but say after introducing Wu Liao's situation to Wei Ze in an excited whisper, "Dudu, you should also pay attention to rest." ”

Wei Ze sighed, squeezed out a smile, and patted the shoulder of the doctor who also had dark circles under his eyes, "Doctors and nurses should also pay attention to rest. Comrades doctors and nurses have worked hard. ”

This peaceful attitude made the doctor's eyes moisten, and he wanted to say something, but his throat choked and he couldn't say anything.

Wei Ze walked into Wu Liao's hospital room, pulled a stool and sat down beside Wu Liao. Wu Liao slowly turned his head sideways and looked at Wei Ze with godless eyes, his emaciated face twitched, and the high bulging Adam's apple under his loose skin squirmed a few times, and then he said in a powerless voice: "Dudu, are you here to order my head to be cut off?" ”

Wei Ze looked at his subordinates, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, he touched the tears that almost welled up, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, you won the battle, how could I kill you!" ”

"Did you win the battle?" Wu Liao's dry voice sounded very ethereal.

Wei Ze turned his head, and Xu Yingfei, the commander of the First Brigade, immediately whispered to Wei Ze a little nervously: "Governor, we have sent someone to tell Regiment Commander Wu about winning the battle. ”

Wei Ze turned his head and lightly pressed his palm on Wu Liao's wrapped arm, "Captain Wu, we really won!" ”

Wu Liao didn't say anything, but tears flowed down his thin cheeks, and his voice was still so ethereal, as if the whole person was still in another world, "Dudu, I sent my brothers to the front, and in the blink of an eye, the brothers are gone." I really don't know, I really don't know that I hurt them! I hurt them......"

"Commander Wu, you can't compare the fighting level of the British with the Manchus, I said many times before the war, it was not the same army at all." Weeser persuaded. His voice was gentle, but Wei Ze's heart was far less relaxed than his tone. With the combat capability of the Liberation Army, there is no suspense in winning the war by relying on superior forces. Although Wei Ze was not completely satisfied with the plan drawn up by the staff during the battle of Foshan, Wei Ze himself finally agreed to the battle plan.

First of all, there is no problem with the battle plan, except that because they have not fought in the war with the British, the troops really can't believe that in the face of the combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army, who can really resist. Moreover, the General Staff Department actually tried to be as lenient as possible against the enemy.

Secondly, Weeser himself did not think that he had a reason to influence the military command with some information that only he knew and that the troops did not know. This time it can, but what about next time? Could it be that every battle in the future needs to be commanded by Weser himself? Once the generals are successful, are those generals born heartless and heartless, and don't care about the lives of the soldiers? Weeser is now in denial. A lot of experience must have been accumulated with blood and life, and if one has not suffered greatly, one often has no memory and will be more emboldened.

But seeing the record of the brutal battle in the report, Weser was already able to imagine the brutality of the battle. The commanders threw the fighters to the front line with the only and correct tactic, and then they were consumed in a fierce firefight. What shocked Wei Ze was actually the final result, if it were not for the strict training of Wu Liao's Second Regiment, and without the courage that the Second Regiment had accumulated in victory over the years, there would have been no 85% casualties in this battle. The ordinary army had long since collapsed under the fierce fire of the British.

Especially at the end of the battle, Wu Liao personally led the charge of the last troops of the Second Regiment, which simply blocked the charge of the British, and maintained the battle line until the end without collapsing. In just ten minutes, the troops of the Second Brigade who came to reinforce were able to barely subordinate an array that could be put into battle. The flanking regiment was also able to calmly begin to attack the British flank, and finally the British had to choose to retreat on their own initiative.

Of course, in the post-war summary, some people also suggested that if Wu Liao did not charge, but retreated, then the battle was likely to be a battle of encirclement and annihilation, so that the British army could not escape back to the position on the shore, and eventually most of them withdrew from the battle.

Wei Ze was furious at that time, stood up and scolded: "If there was such a plan at the beginning, and the second regiment did not carry it out, then you can say so." From the records, the troops believed from the beginning that they were going to block the British army head-on, and in the end they desperately completed the battle plan. How did this become the fault of the second group?! ”

was reprimanded by Wei Ze like this, and the voice of accusing the second regiment disappeared. However, this battle was too tragic, and there were casualties of such a scale in a short period of time, which profoundly shook the entire Liberation Army. In the past, the tactics and tactics of winning all battles were now met with the tough British army, and the war has become the norm in which a few cannot win over the majority. This really shocked the Liberation Army, which could easily crush the enemy with a small handful.

Wu Liao was finally saved, and no one dared to hold him accountable. With Weeser's approval, the General Staff began to evaluate the merits of the 2nd Regiment for its contribution to this "victory." At this time, Wei Ze heard the news of the death of Wu Liaoxun, the commander of the Second Regiment, who was seriously injured, and hurriedly came to offer condolences.

Despite Wei Ze's comfort, Wu Liao still looked like a soul wanderer, and he muttered: "I sent everyone to the front line, I hurt everyone!" I'm the one who hurt everyone! ”

Weeser has seen so many films and television works about the era of queuing for shooting, and has read some related articles, especially the introduction in the famous "Battle of the Stone Wall" in the Civil War. He could understand Wu Liao's shock, the tried and tested decisive tactics could no longer be easily won, and the gap was so big that Wu Liao couldn't accept it.

"Commander Wu, you survived as a commander, then take care of your body. We are still waiting for you to report on the situation of the battle at that time, and how you commanded at that time. We have less than a thousand comrades who died on the battlefield or could not be saved. You, as their commander, are obliged to tell us about their bloody experience. So you don't think about dying anymore. You survive first! Wei Ze said in a deep voice.

"A thousand brothers are dead?" Wu Liao turned his head sideways, tears flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a trembling voice, "What about the remaining more than a thousand brothers?" ”

"They all survived!" "A lot of people live in your hospital. ”

Hearing the news, Wu Liao didn't know whether to be happy or sad, he blinked his eyes a few times, covered his face and began to cry. Weser sighed and stood up. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Wu Liao crying: "Dudu, I am at fault. If you want to kill me, I have no complaints! ”

If this is a shot in the movie, Wei Ze will feel that this is too hypocritical. However, being here, Wei Ze could completely hear the pain in Wu Liao's voice, which was a heart ache that was more painful than death.

"Take care of your injuries." Wei Ze dropped this sentence with red circles in his eyes, wiped his tears, and strode out of the ward.

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