"If every battle can be won with minor or even zero casualties, I don't mind preparing a lot of shells and resources to crush our opponents every time...... As for killing chickens, it's too wasteful to use a knife to kill chickens? If I could, I would like to use a dragon slayer knife to chop it more comfortably!! ”

In the spacious living room of the Li family's mansion that was cleared out, Deng Shifeng was both heroic and unceremonious in front of the officers below, and started the summary meeting of the evening.

"Eighty percent of you here are my students, and the soldiers who follow you are all grown up by me, and from a personal emotional point of view, I absolutely don't want to see you hurt a little! And from the current strength of the mountain village, the casualties of any soldier will reduce the consumption of the military strength of our mountain village. ”

"This time against a small village earthen fort consumed so many of our shells, bullets and grenades, in terms of consumption costs, we are a loss, but in terms of human resources costs, we have made a lot of money! You are officers, and one of your orders will determine the life and death of many soldiers below, like in this battle, Huang Shicheng used artillery to bombard the opponent's two commanding heights, the tulou and the wall of the compound, there is no mistake, the only deficiency is that it is not necessary to use such a high rate of fire to reduce the life of the artillery, intensive shelling and long-term intermittent shelling can produce the same hard damage effect and psychological deterrent effect...... And there is nothing wrong with the infantry advancing cautiously along the village path, street fighting is the most uncontrollable and dangerous way of fighting, for the sake of safety, I also think it is necessary to clear the field with platoon guns and grenades, but you should pay attention to coordination when throwing grenades, the only two wounded in this battle are the objects that were lifted off after the grenade exploded, and the two soldiers were slightly injured, although they were slightly injured, but if the grenade exploded one second later, the speed of the two soldiers to follow up was one step faster...... I think these two soldiers may not be so lucky......"

"As for the cleaning of the battlefield later, from the control and inventory of prisoners, to the inventory and collection of valuable items, everyone performed very well, and I am very satisfied; But I want to emphasize one more point here, that the battle was not a real battle, if I really want to describe it, this battle is more like a slaughter under the superiority of one-sided force, if you are complacent about such a battle and say that you are invincible, then I don't mind replacing you, lest my soldiers suffer unnecessary heavy losses!! After going back tonight, everyone will be tired, and seize the time to organize the soldiers to summarize their tactics and learn lessons! ”

There must be both positive praise and accurate correction and guidance, Deng Shifeng is more and more experienced in controlling such a degree, he will never be soft when he should play the big stick, he will not be stingy when he should give sweet dates, and the rewards and punishments are clear and praised, which is an interpersonal relationship art in any era.

After finishing the previous criticism and praise, Deng Shifeng turned the next page of the notebook and announced the results of today's statistics to everyone.

"After preliminary statistics, today's results are as follows: a total of seventeen people were killed and wounded on the other side, of which eight were dead and nine were injured to varying degrees; Judging from the casualties, most of them were secondary injuries caused by shelling, and only two people who died directly were killed by shells, which is already very low in the absence of flowering shells. A total of 376 people have been directly captured, who are being screened to distinguish between treatments. ”

"In Li Laocai's house, a total of more than 50,000 catties of old and new grain were seized, but many of these grains have been damaged by rats and insects. At present, a total of more than 800 taels of gold and silver have been found, because Li Laocai was stoned to death in the tulou, it is estimated that there must be a place to hide silver, we have not found it, I don't believe that Li Laocai's ancestors and grandchildren have accumulated such a little money for three generations! Tomorrow everyone will continue to search, remember to mobilize those captives to report, if we make good use of these people, not only will we use grace and power, but also give people the opportunity to surrender their names......"

Hearing so many gains made a group of officers of all sizes very excited, and the first battle was so much a good stimulus to everyone, Deng Shifeng gently tapped on the table, reminded everyone to calm down, put away the smile that was also shown because of the harvest, and began to state the terrible consumption.

"After talking about the harvest, let's talk about consumption. Today, all our soldiers, baggage porters, and horses consumed a total of more than 700 pounds of grain, 38 shells, 277 bullets, and 21 grenades......"

"From the point of view of consumption, the most consumed are cannonballs and grain, and we can obtain grain from the villages attacked, but we can only rely on the supply of ammunition from the mountain villages, so everyone listens to me: as our attack area gets farther and farther, the larger the territory we control, the longer our supply line, don't do unnecessary waste consumption in the next battle, don't be stingy where you should bombard with shells and bullets, but try to control the places that don't need ammunition consumption! I know it's a difficult choice and even a matter of safety and casualties, but if we run out of ammunition, we all know what it means......"

Because of the tight time, there is still a lot of work waiting for the officers to lead the soldiers to complete, Deng Shifeng quickly ended tonight's summary meeting of the officers, the drum does not need a heavy hammer, these officers have followed him for so long, naturally understand their intentions for tonight's meeting, as for how they will toss their soldiers and those prisoners after they go back...... That's their own business.

The next day, the troops did not set off directly to attack the next target, not because the team did not want to continue to advance, but because it was the first time for everyone to capture a village, from how to search and clean the battlefield, to dig out the treasures, gold and silver hidden in various places of the family, and to screen the captives to pacify the ordinary tenants and slaves, everyone needed to find out for themselves; In particular, Deng Shifeng himself did not have any more experience in the differential treatment and even use of personnel in the future, and could only rely on the work here to explore and sum up experience for the future occupation.

Another point is that it is inconvenient to transport from the mountain villages, more than half of the distance is mountain roads and trails that cannot be transported by vehicles, not only is it very difficult to transport ammunition from the mountain villages, but it is also a very real problem to transport the money, food and personnel looted here and even in the villages behind. In the plan, after the village was captured, it was necessary to immediately organize the looters to build roads and facilities along the route, and at the same time, the mountain village also organized slave laborers to go north to build roads, at least to build a road for horse-drawn carriages to expand the transportation capacity.

However, the construction of such a road is not something that can be built in a short period of time in a day or two, so the plan is that after the troops occupy Li Laocai's village, they need to establish this village as soon as possible as an important bridgehead for advancement, and materials such as ammunition that cannot be supplied from outside will be transported here by organized laborers, hired laborers, and villagers carrying horses and camels in the next few days.

At noon, Qin Er took the first batch of hired workers and slave workers to transport the first batch of ammunition and materials from the rear to the village, and the soldiers at this time were leading the selected tenants and slave households to dismantle the shacks next to the village and repair the damaged compound wall.

The tenant slave households who demolished their shacks and requisitioned them on the spot did not react too drastically, because these people already understood that when this group of people in flowery clothes attacked this place, their fate was transferred from the control of Li Laocai to the hands of these flower-clothed people; Those with short hair and flowered clothes had told themselves that most of the people were going to leave the village to live in another place, and that they could not carry anything more than a small amount of clothes and bedding, and that for many tenant slave households, what could they have in the shack other than the coarse grain of old rice obtained from Li Laocai? ……

And I heard these people say that as long as they do a good job there, it won't be long before they can change from the status of slave laborers to formal villagers like a person wearing flowers and waiting for four, and then they will not only be able to repair brick houses, but also have all kinds of furniture and living utensils for themselves!! Deng Shifeng and Qin Er believed that as long as some of them were taken to the mountain village for a walk...... Hehe, these people will naturally be the most suitable lobbyists and commentators!

After handing over the materials, Qin Er took the laborers to return to the mountain village directly with the collected precious metal resources and some personnel, although it was really a little tiring to return back and forth in one day, but the war had started and could not waste precious time wantonly, no matter how hard and tired it was, it was necessary to transport all kinds of materials to the front in time.

In addition to continuing to select personnel for filing, and supervising and assisting in the demolition of shacks and the repair of fences, the soldiers of this company in the village also had an important task of collecting the scattered villagers in the vicinity, as well as conducting a prior survey of the villages, personnel, and terrain in the north; From the mountain village to here, the team basically did not need to send reconnaissance spearheads, but the battle that followed was not prepared in advance...... That's stupidity!

In this way, after three consecutive days of repair and reconstruction, the village where Li Laocai was originally located is disappearing, but a bridgehead has loomed on the original site, and the readjusted bridgehead not only has a wider field of vision, but also has a stronger defensive capability, and the hoarded ammunition has gradually piled up, and all kinds of information about the village in the north have gradually become clear, and the battle horn is about to blow again......

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