Chapter 362: I can't afford to fight a big battle
Yang Xingguo received Li Zhilong's good news, and it was already a day later. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the losses and results of the battle in Fengcheng, outside the Liaodong Army, for several days were also counted by Sun Liechen.
Seeing Yang Xingguo, who had a rare smile in front of him, Sun Liechen reported directly.
"Commander, the Battle of Fengcheng is definitely an unprecedented battle for our Liaodong Army, and it is also a big victory. Together with the Japanese defenders in Fengcheng, we wiped out more than 33,000 Japanese troops in total. ”
"Of course, we ourselves suffered heavy losses in the whole battle......"
"The three main divisions and the troops directly under them, there were more than 23,000 people before departure. Less than 13,000 are still intact. There were 10,000 soldiers left, more than 3,500 were killed in direct battle, more than 1,800 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and all the remaining were wounded......"
The smile on Yang Xingguo's face disappeared immediately, and he replied in a heavy tone: "It's already very good to be able to play like this......
"If the Japanese army did not divide their forces and gave us two opportunities to ambush them and break them individually, the losses would definitely not be so small......"
"There are also artillery, although the heavy artillery division does not participate in many battles, but the impact of each battle on the entire battle situation is decisive. If it weren't for the fact that we got so many heavy artillery pieces out of thin air in Fengcheng, the battle wouldn't have ended so quickly......"
"In general, the reason why we were able to win the battle of Fengcheng at such a small cost was that luck and the Japanese army accounted for a large proportion of our light enemy......"
"But, anyway, we all won......"
Speaking of this, Yang Xingguo immediately ordered with a serious face: "The bodies of the soldiers who died in the war must be collected and all transported back to Liaozhong for burial...... Wounded officers and men should also be treated in a timely manner, and when they return to the unit after their injuries are healed, they will become grassroots officers and backbone officers of the unit......"
Sun Liechen replied in a firm tone: "Please rest assured, commander...... With dozens of veteran military doctors joining, the strength of the field hospital has been greatly improved. Coupled with the fact that we have seized more than a dozen tons of medicine in Fengcheng, I guarantee that every wounded person can be treated in a timely manner......"
Yang Xingguo nodded. He continued to ask: "What about the harvest, the capital of our Liaodong Army is very weak and cannot withstand great attrition. Now the losses are so great, if there is no harvest to make up for it. Then this time in the battle of Fengcheng, we will lose too much......"
At the mention of this, Sun Liechen's face was quickly covered with a thick smile.
"Commander, the gains on the battlefield can definitely make up for the losses......"
"Because we use artillery on a large scale on the battlefield, a lot of weapons and ammunition have been blown up. But so in time. We still find sixteen field guns in Japanese artillery positions that can continue to be used......"
"Although the other field artillery was blown up, it was no problem to send it back to the arsenal as a part......
"We captured a total of 135 heavy machine guns, and there was not much ammunition involved, only more than 300,000 rounds. As for other heavy machine guns, they can only be sent back as spare parts ......"
"More than 19,000 rifles were captured, all of which were good and ready to use with bullets. There are a lot of bullets involved, more than 2.5 million rounds. In addition, there were more than 6,000 blown up rifles......"
"In the end, we also captured all the equipment and horses of more than 2,800 cavalry of the two cavalry wings of the Japanese army......"
Yang Xingguo replied with a satisfied face: "In other words, almost all the equipment and ammunition of the two main divisions of the Japanese army have been captured by us......"
"Yes, Commander......" Sun Liechen replied loudly.
At this time, Yang Xingguo almost subconsciously replied: "Bring it back, bring back all the seized things, and bring back all the weapons that were damaged." You know, it's all silver......"
"As far as I know, this is a big battle. We have consumed more than four million bullets alone, and the bullets we brought are almost used up. And that's not even counting the wear and tear of weapons, and the pensions for those who died in battle. If all of them are counted, one million taels of silver is definitely indispensable......"
"And the nameplates of those Japanese. None of them should be missing, bring them all back, and they can be exchanged for silver......"
"Yes, Commander......" Sun Liechen replied again with a serious face......
When the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Liaodong Army who could still move became porters one by one and began to transport materials to Liaozhong.
After two days and two nights of fleeing for their lives, Matsumoto and Sakata. Finally met the Japanese army and returned to the Japanese army headquarters.
Looking at the two division commanders in front of him with embarrassed faces, the commander-in-chief Dashan Yan was almost unwilling to believe his eyes.
In his opinion, even if something big happened, the commander of the lieutenant general division of the Japanese Empire should not be reduced to such an embarrassment.
"Sakata-kun, you are the commander of the imperial division with very old qualifications, you tell me, what happened, what about the two of you troops, why are there only dozens of imperial warriors following you, and the face of the commander of the lieutenant general division of the imperial Japanese imperial army has been lost by you......"
Lieutenant General Sakata did not dare to conceal it, and immediately told the process of the defeat of the two divisions.
The commander-in-chief in front of him, Oyama Iwa, was stunned by shock from the beginning of Sakata's report.
After listening to Sakata's report, Dashanyan's first reaction was not to believe it, and he retorted loudly to Sakata: "Impossible, it is absolutely impossible that your two divisions have nearly 30,000 people, even if you meet the elite Russian army, you will not lose with the same strength, not to mention that you are only facing the Liaodong Army formed by a group of Qing Dynasty people......"
Oyama's reaction did not surprise Sakata.
Under the gaze of Dashan Yan's sharp eyes, Sakata could only reply again: "Commander-in-chief, we do have nearly 30,000 elites, but we have made a fatal mistake, that is, we divided our troops and gave the Liaodong Army a chance to break, weaken and destroy us......
"And artillery, the Liaodong Army has a large artillery unit, at least equivalent to our four artillery wings......"
"Many of our warriors, including our two artillery wings, were wiped out by the artillery of the Liaodong Army as soon as they participated in the battle......"
At this time, Dashan Yan still had an expression of disbelief.
The chief of staff on the side seemed to have thought of something, and said with a look of regret......
"I understand, the artillery equipped by the Liaodong Army must have been captured in Fengcheng......"
"The more than 100 artillery pieces that the military department has just transferred to us were originally used to form artillery brigades. Because the artillery was not enough, he stayed in Fengcheng for the time being. The Liaodong Army must have equipped its own troops with these artillery......"
At this time, Dashanyan finally spoke, nodded to the chief of staff, and said: "I also thought that the Liaodong Army must have captured all the equipment of one of our heavy artillery brigades in Fengcheng......"
"It is precisely because these heavy artillery pieces were used by the Liaodong Army that our two divisions were defeated, it must be like this......"
After finishing speaking, Da Shanyan, who was angry and aggrieved, directly slammed his clenched fist on the table next to him.
With the "Smack! After the sound sounded at the headquarters, Oyama Iwa was like an angry lion, and shouted at Sakata.
"Eight Grid Yalu, cunning Liaodong Army, I must let you break your corpses into thousands of pieces......"
"Sakata-kun, Matsumoto-kun, more than 30,000 soldiers died in battle, even if the reason is all on the Liaodong Army, you, as the commander of the division, cannot shirk the responsibility, even if I am willing to let you go, the military department will not let you go. Not surprisingly, the gendarmes who got the news were already on their way ... So, if you have anything to say, you probably won't have a chance in the future......" (To be continued.) )