"Enough!" Lieutenant General Morioka Shounari yelled. Then the old face turned red. These data simply make his heart bleed! The 10th Division lost two-thirds of its first stop on the Chinese battlefield. The remaining troops still have many wounded and remnants. This result was difficult for Lieutenant General Morioka to accept, and the responsibility was also difficult for him to bear.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it is undeniable that the Imperial Japanese Army suffered heavy losses, but the losses of the Shina Army were also not small. Judging from the number of corpses at the scene, the number of corpses of the Chinese army was no less than 10,000, and at the same time, it can be seen from the battlefield that the Chinese army cleaned the battlefield when it was evacuated, and many wounded and easily carried corpses were taken away. From this point of analysis, the proportion of war losses of the Chinese should be between 15,000 and 20,000. Coupled with the fact that they were night raids, they were in a favorable position in themselves. Although the Imperial Japanese Army was humiliated by such a result, it was not unimaginable. The chief of staff calmly analyzed.

"Yaga! How can the Shina army be compared with the excellent soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, and the Shina army is all dead! Lieutenant General Morinari Morioka yelled a little frantically.

"Your Excellency, please calm down, there are still 8,000 compatriots who need your leadership. The Imperial Japanese Army suffered heavy losses, but that didn't mean we lost the war. We are still 6,000 soldiers to fight. As long as you find this sneak attack of the Chinese army, you will definitely be able to wipe them out. The chief of staff said loudly.

Morioka didn't say a word, just stared at the battlefield blankly, no one knew what he was thinking.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the Third Fleet has sent a liaison to inquire about the situation of our department! There were also more than a dozen foreign journalists with him! The herald said. The blockade of the coast by Japan's Third Fleet made it impossible for many foreign wounded to get close, but there were still many reporters who came to cover the situation, because after all, the contest between the two Asian powers was still quite eye-catching.

"Intercept them all! Without my orders, foreign journalists are not allowed to approach the battlefield even a single step! The chief of staff looked at the division commander and did not react, and hurriedly said loudly. Such a result must not be announced to the public, otherwise the prestige of the Imperial Japanese Army would be completely ruined. As long as the fire of the troops is still there, there will always be a day to regain strength, but the honor won by countless martyrs of the imperial army with their blood is once destroyed, it will be difficult to recover.

"Hay!"

Watching the herald leave, the chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chief of Staff, immediately clean up the battlefield and burn the corpses on the spot. The corpses of the people of China were all buried on the spot! Lieutenant General Morinoka said loudly. Having regained his scenity, he naturally tried his best to cover up the defeat of this war. He was not evading responsibility, but for the sake of the face of the Great Japanese Empire.

"Your Excellency, please take care of yourself."

"Ueto-kun, the affairs of the army will be handed over to you, I believe you can do well without me!" Morioka Morioka's face was full of ashes. Their generation of soldiers is not afraid of death, and they have the courage to be loyal to the emperor. But none of them wanted to encounter such a situation, because it meant that they had lost on the battlefield.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you must not say that, without your command, we would not have been able to achieve victory in the future. I hope that Your Excellency, the commander of the division, must take care of your health for the future of the empire! The chief of staff said in a panic. Now it is absolutely impossible to let the division commander seppuku, otherwise the entire 10th Division may collapse in an instant.

"Ueto-kun, I'll have a proper arrangement." Morioka said. Turn around and walk towards the battlefield. The chief of staff suddenly found that the originally tall body of His Excellency the division commander collapsed in an instant, and the whole person became extremely thin, and there was no trace of heroism.

The troops participating in the night attack in Panshan County finally arrived outside the city before dawn, and looking at the team that had been shortened several times under the rising sun, Jiang Huai's heart was very uncomfortable. Although he understands that fighting a war requires bloodshed and sacrifice. But seeing that so many fresh lives were still together yesterday and disappeared today, his heart was choked with unspeakable choking.

"Brigade commander, the results of the battle are out!" Political Commissar Ma Dong walked over with a gloomy face.

"Let's talk about it when we go into town!" Jiang Huai said in a deep voice. Needless to say, looking at the size of the troops now, you can see that this time there must be heavy losses. The brigades of the Northeast Army are all large-scale, with three regiments, two Category A regiments, one Category B regiment, plus the troops directly under the brigade headquarters, with a scale of 10,000 people. But now, just by estimating, there is only one regiment left in the total strength of the entire 18th Brigade. More than two-thirds of the losses were made. The 24th Brigade did not retreat here, and it is not known what the losses were.

City. The magistrate of Panshan County is organizing the villagers' labor army. The Northeast has now completely gathered the hearts of the people in the three eastern provinces, and the common people under his rule also support the Northeast Army from the bottom of their hearts, because the enthusiasm of the people has to a certain extent dispelled the wounds caused by the war.

Temporary campgrounds.

"Say it!" Jiang Huai took a deep breath and said.

"There are still 4,150 soldiers in our department, of which 856 are seriously wounded, and the rest are basically wounded. Weapons and ammunition were abundantly captured, and the artillery battalion also brought out the enemy's heavy artillery. It's just that because of the poor transportation, it was buried in the mountains and forests in the south. Basically all of our light machine guns have been recovered, and at the same time, 210 Japanese mortars, 89 Japanese-made heavy machine guns, and more than 300 Japanese-made light machine guns have also been captured. The number of rifles is not much, and there are only more than 10,000 rifles when it is fully loaded, which is about the same as the number we had before the war. The reason is that the fighters chose the more powerful automatic fire when fighting the grass battlefield, and abandoned the bulky and less lethal rifle. Ma Dong said. The expression was complicated, and I didn't know whether it was excitement or sadness.

"We didn't lose much in terms of weapons, and we even made a lot of money. But the losses in terms of men and ammunition were too heavy. In particular, the combat strength of the unit is only 3,000 people, and there is only one regiment! An integrated brigade was scrapped like that. I feel so distressed! "Jianghuai rarely shows his feelings. Since the formation of the 18th Brigade, Jianghuai has been in charge of it, and he is full of affection for this unit.

"Brigadier, don't be sad. The young marshal will definitely rebuild the 18th Brigade, we still have 3,000 people, with these seeds, the 18th Brigade will still be the 18th Brigade after it is rebuilt! Ma Dong comforted. He was transferred later as a commissar. The political commissar who originally formed the 18th Brigade together with Jianghuai was transferred to other units as political commissars. Therefore, he can understand Jianghuai's feelings for this unit.

"What about the casualties of the Twenty-Fourth Brigade?" Jiang Huai said in a deep voice. As a soldier, you must always learn to control your feelings and keep yourself clear-headed. This is a quality that a good general must have.

"There were heavy casualties, but because they were attacking later, they were less under pressure from the enemy. But even then, they lost more than half. In this battle, our two brigades combined with 15,000 casualties. It can be said that both brigades lost their combat effectiveness. If it weren't for the fact that many seriously wounded in the end of the army spontaneously stayed behind to stop the enemy, we wouldn't have withdrawn so easily. Ma Dong said in a deep voice. Such a large loss can be said to be the first time since the formation of the Northeast Army. And the reason why there are so few seriously wounded is also because many of the seriously wounded spontaneously stayed on the battlefield.

"We have suffered heavy losses, and I'm afraid the little devil is not light! I heard gunshots before leaving, and the number of little devils was less than 10,000! From this point of view, we have not suffered much. What's more, we also killed the little devils' heavy artillery wing and burned their baggage and food. It is equivalent to pulling out the tiger teeth of the little devil. The current 10th Division is equivalent to a toothless tiger, and the threat is greatly reduced. The young marshal will also be satisfied with such an answer. Jiang Huai said in a deep voice.

"Brigade commander, since this is no problem, I will send a telegram to the headquarters of the military region now and report in detail to Commander Zhen Zhen on the situation of last night's attack." Ma Dong said.

"Okay! I went to see the troops, the soldiers are all heroes, good men who rushed out of the tens of thousands of troops! Jianghuai said. Now he no longer thinks about whether he will be promoted because of this battle, he just wants to see his soldiers who have survived the war.

Southern Military District.

Zhenzhen, who hadn't slept all night, had bloodshot eyes in his eyes. Since last night, he has been guarding the telegraph room, waiting for the results of the Jianghuai Operation. But until dawn, there was no telegram from Jianghuai, which made Zhenzhen very anxious. This was the first large-scale operation of the southern army, and he could not afford not to pay attention to it.

Tick tock...... The radio suddenly went on. Zhen Zhen was shocked, and the operator quickly translated.

"Commander, the telegram of the commander of the 18th Brigade Jiang Huai and political commissar Ma Dong."

Zhen Zhen was a little excited, he took the telegram, looked at it carefully, and finally showed a happy look on his face.

"What a victory! This is a great victory! Pass my order and immediately forward the original text of this telegram to the Theater Headquarters and the Major Marshal's Office. With that, Zhen Zhen walked out of the telegraph room briskly.

"Commander, is there good news?" Qian Zhuangfei looked at Zhen Zhen with a happy face and asked loudly.

"Yes, good news, this kid Jianghuai is very lucky, the night raid killed more than half of the enemy's elite, and now I estimate that the 10th Division of the Japanese army will be unable to act in a short period of time, so it can only hide on the beach and seek refuge from the navy!"

"Really?" Qian Zhuangfei was also overjoyed and took the telegram from Zhen Zhen's hand. Carefully watched the battle process submitted by the 18th Brigade.

"Good! Good! Good! "Three good sons in a row.

"Old money, you also have to see the loss of the troops! The XVIII Brigade now has only one regiment left. The entire army was disabled. I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover my strength in a short period of time! After Zhen Zhen was excited, he began to think about practical problems.

"Don't worry, the young marshal will definitely have a way to replenish the losses of the troops. We just need to fight in peace. And also. For such a great victory, I suggest that all units of the military region be informed, so as to greatly boost the soldiers' will to fight against the Japanese invaders. "It's a matter of engaging in politics, and I immediately saw from it how to boost morale.

"Very well, do as you say! With this battle, the little devil has lost his face to his grandmother's house! What is the number one army in Asia, I think it is just garbage in front of our Northeast Army. Zhen Zhen said proudly. Since the beginning of the war, Japan has completely annihilated a brigade and a division and regiment, but the Northeast Army has not heard of any units that have been destroyed, and it can be seen from here that the performance of the Northeast Army can no longer be described as outstanding, which can be said to be magical.

(To be continued)