Chapter 261

Unlike the troubles in other places, Yan Shao's side only has the joy after winning.

After reports of the victory were heard, there were cheering crowds in almost every city, from Huizhou in the far south to Suzhou in the north.

As for Yan Shao's side, not to mention, after learning that they had won, many soldiers turned their guns to the sky and pulled the trigger until they ran out of bullets in the magazineβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” which seemed to be similar to the African people in later generations?

However, the officers on the side did not stop the soldiers' actions, on the one hand, because they themselves were happy, and on the other hand, they were afraid that these guys would be too excited, so they turned their guns on themselves.

It doesn't matter if you die on the battlefield, if you wait until the war is over and win, but you die at the guns of your own people, it is really too unlucky.

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On both sides of the Cihu River, almost everywhere were soldiers escorting the captives.

For Nanjing, the First Army and the Second Army of Bai Wenwei and Xu Baoshan can be said to be completely annihilated, but in fact, the casualties of these two troops in the final general attack were not very large. Because after Ying Shan and Bi Gao and others defected, most of the two troops threw away their weapons as soon as possible, and then squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and surrendered...

Only a few people chose to resist to the end when they fought...

Finally, there were about 14,500 prisoners captured on March 15, and another two or three thousand escaped, plus Xu Baoshan's more than 4,000 people. In other words, there were only more than 1,000 officers and soldiers who died in the endβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” including Bai Wenwei and his own soldiers.

And many of them died in the first wave of blows, otherwise I am afraid that many more would have survived.

It is not surprising that the soldiers' will to fight in the civilian army is already pitiful. This is not a battle related to the survival of the nation, it is just a war between two warlords, and naturally not many people are willing to throw away their lives for Bai Wenwei or Nanjing.

"Quick, stretcher, I've found a couple of injured ones here..."

On the battlefield that was originally the Yan Army, many medical personnel in white coats shuttled through the battlefield.

After hearing the shouts, several paramedics soon ran over.

Inside the trench not far away. One of the soldiers who was fighting against Yan had a broken arm, and several others were also covered in blood and fell in the trenches, and blood flowed everywhere.

See this scene. The medics hurriedly jumped into the trenches and then managed to carry them onto stretchers.

It's just that there are only a few of them in total, and they can't carry so many people out of the city, and at this time, I saw a group of soldiers sorting out the loot on the battlefield. Hurriedly shouted. "Over there. Come on, come and do me a favor..."

Hearing someone call for themselves, the officers and soldiers who were collecting the trophies looked over and saw that it was some medical personnel, and hurriedly put down the things in their hands. "What's the matter?"

"Come and do me a favor, we don't have enough manpower, you help us carry them all to the other side of the river..." Hurriedly spoke, please.

I glanced down and saw the person who was about to be lifted to ask for the Yan army. The group of soldiers all looked embarrassed.

After all, just after the war, helping others like this feels a little wrong in their hearts.

"Squad leader, this..."

Almost all the soldiers looked at the squad leader, thinking that he would refuse.

Now they're collecting loot, but they don't have the time to help the enemy, so if they really want to help them, how much less will they collect...

The military discipline of the Anhui Revolutionary Army, if you say it strictly, it is true, and if you say it is not strict, it does not seem to be wrong. In the revolutionary army, except for some iron laws, such as oppressing the people, raping women, etc., the rest of the people who go to brothels or something, basically don't care muchβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” after all, they are some young and strong young men, if they are really locked up in the barracks and are not allowed to go out or do anything, sooner or later they will get into some trouble...

Either picking up soap from each other in the barracks, or harassing the place when they go out on the expedition ...

Obviously, both of these are more serious than going to a brothel or something, so on holidays, if you go to a brothel to vent, even the gendarmes won't care.

No one cares about going to a brothel, let alone getting some loot on the battlefield.

Basically, in addition to the ordnance that must be handed over, whatever else you find, the above will not careβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” in fact, it is unlikely that the soldiers will take the initiative to hand over the silver dollars they see, and Yan Shao will not be able to give such a stupid idea as a body search.

In other words, if they ran over to help now, these soldiers didn't know how much they would have to gain less. So the squad leader was also very reluctant to help.

Just looking at the miserable appearance of those people, looking at these medical staff in white coats. Soldier, it's a profession with your head tied to your belt, you can't tell when you'll go to the west, and the chances of injury will be more than you can count, if you really offend these medical staff, you will give some small shoes to wear in the future, it's a fatal thing...

So although he felt a little sorry for the loot, the squad leader gritted his teeth and said. "Just help, and it's a good deed..."

At the beginning of the squad leader, no matter how reluctant the others were, they had no choice but to help the medical staff carry everyone to the river beach.

The sight of medical personnel and soldiers helping wounded enemy soldiers to receive medical treatment is not uncommon on the Cihu River, but it is definitely not uncommon. As for the indiscriminate kindness of medical staff, Fu Xiuming, Liu Guangyuan and others did not come forward to stop it after learning about it.

After all, it's not a life-and-death enemy, and you don't need to vent your anger on the wounded soldiers...

After hearing the words of the medical staff and soldiers, they were still afraid of how they would deal with their wounded soldiers, but they also looked grateful.

Originally, even if each of these people gave them a bullet, no one would necessarily say anything about them. After all, the positions of the two sides are different.

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In the command headquarters, after winning, Yan Shao listened to Fu Xiuming's return with a relaxed face.

"According to statistics. In this battle, our army captured more than 14,000 prisoners and killed more than 1,000, and more than 6,000 people broke through the siege last night and escaped, including Xu Baoshan, the commander of the Second Army..."

"Xu Baoshan?" Hearing that Xu Baoshan had escaped, Yan Shao was slightly stunned, but then shook his head. "It's no big deal when he arrives, just run away. Anyway, it doesn't have much impact on the overall situation, by the way, how are the casualties of our army..."

"It's not small," Fu Xiuming replied. On the Cihu River defense line, our army had a total of 9 infantry regiments and one artillery. Well, an artillery regiment that is not satisfied with the formation, a total of more than 19,000 people, and the combat effectiveness in these more than 10 days. Our army suffered more than 4,000 casualties. Among them, more than 800 were killed, and the remaining more than 3,000 people have not had time to distinguish minor and serious injuries due to too much time, but the number of people who have to retire due to serious injuries is probably not too small..."

Speaking of this, Fu Xiuming frowned, there were only more than 19,000 people, and there were more than 4,000 casualties at once, which was definitely a big loss for the junta. And if it weren't for Ying Shan and Bi Gao's defections, I'm afraid the casualty figure would be even higher...

"The casualties are not small..."After listening to Fu Xiuming's words. Yan Shao also nodded a little heavily. "It's good that this harvest is good, otherwise. With the current strength alone, if Beiyang suddenly moves south, I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it..."

After speaking, Yan Shao glanced at Fu Xiuming. "By the way, how many people have come over this time?"

"There are a total of five divisions that surrendered to Cheng this time, including the original ninth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fifteenth divisions, just like Bai Wenwei's troops, these divisions are all divisions that are not satisfied, the most before the war is only more than 8,000 people, and the least one is only more than 6,000, and the combat effectiveness of these ten days has lost a lot, and the detailed numbers have not been counted because the time is too short, but I am afraid that there are only more than 30,000 people, and they can barely be reorganized into three divisions..."

Speaking of this, Fu Xiuming also smiled bitterly.

The troops of the three divisions, plus the three divisions owned by the military government now, can make up six divisions, although it is still a little less than that of Nanjing, but at least it can be called the third largest force in the country.

It's just that the combat effectiveness of these three divisions, to be honest, Fu Xiuming is really not very eye-catching.

Yan Shao was naturally clear about this, but he was thinking about another thing.

"If you want to reorganize, forget it..."Shaking his head, Yan Shao said helplessly. As soon as they defected to our side, they were reorganized from five divisions to three divisions, which means that at least two of their five division commanders were reduced, and I don't think anyone would voluntarily step back from the position of division commander, in this case, it would be better to simply maintain the establishment of five divisions, and then recruit some new recruits from the local area to supplement them, which will also help us control these five divisions..."

nodded, Fu Xiuming naturally had no opinion on Yan Shao's decision...

Moreover, if the five divisions are really reorganized into three divisions, two division commanders will inevitably have to be demoted, and if they do not come up with proper handling methods, I am afraid that there will be a lot of disputes, and the five infantry divisions that have just defected will also be unstable.

Therefore, the best way to do this is either to get rid of all these five division commanders, or to get some new soldiers and officers into it as Yan Shao said, and to re-erect the shelves of these five divisions.

And if it does so, it will also ensure that the junta has mastery of these five divisions...

Just like Fu Xiuming said just now, the largest one in these five divisions has only more than 8,000 people, and the least one even has more than 6,000 people. After many days of fighting, many of the troops were reduced by a lot, and some were even more than half of their strength.

And by the standards of the junta, a division is given at least 12,000 people.

Among them, the division with the largest number of people only suffered a reduction of more than 2,000 people, and only more than 6,000 people remained, which means that at least half of the people were newcomers. And what about those who were originally only 6,000? Even if it is reduced by a thousand, there will only be 5,000 left, and there will be more than 7,000 people to be replenished...

And if they want to fill the soldiers, since they have defected to Yan Shao, they can only be recruited from Anhui. And the soldiers recruited from Anhui, no matter how you look at it, will only tend to Yan Shao.

So, if something really happens. Counting some of the men Yan Shao had planted in these units in the past, these division commanders could not command these troops at all.

From a certain point of view, this is far better than reorganizing five divisions into threeβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if it is really necessary to do so. Yan Shao also thought of a way to divide these guys.

After all, these people are all from Nanjing, and they will instinctively hug each other, even if Yan Shao has already bought many people inside, it will become very troublesome.

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For Yan Shao's decision, Ying Shan and they naturally welcomed it very much, after all, no one would want to step down from the position of division commander and go to what position as deputy division commander or chief of staff.

Five people can continue to be the division commander. It would be nice for them not to have to fight each other.

Naturally, Ying Shan and the others also thought of some questions. For example, after filling in a large number of recruits, can you still command these troops? It's just that people are under the roof, and since some things have been decided, it is obvious that they can't repent...

Not to mention these five people. Except for a few one or two. The rest is not too ambitious, the most important thing for them is to find a place where they can't starve to death, and now that they have found it, at least now they won't have too many ideas.

"Good!"

After seeing Ying Shan and them, seeing that none of these people objected, Yan Shao clapped his palms.

"In that case, I'll give you an official number..."

After speaking, Yan Shao glanced at Lei Ping, who was standing on the far left. "The 9th Division of Division Commander Lei was changed to the 4th Division of the Anhui Army, and the 11th Division of Commander Ying was changed to the 5th Division. And so on, the 12th Division was changed to the 6th Division. The thirteenth division was changed to the seventh division, and the fifteenth division was changed to the eighth division..."

"At this stage, due to the lack of soldiers, so you can only maintain the status quo, and when you return to Anqing, the military government will issue a recruitment notice again, recruiting new recruits to supplement it, please rest assured, the military government will never treat you badly..."

"That's right...", he glanced at Fu Xiuming who was standing aside. How many captives have we captured now? ”

"There are about 20,000 people..."After thinking about it, Fu Xiuming said.

He tapped his head. "You go and ask, how many people are willing to continue to be soldiers, if there are, then let's add two more divisions to make up ten divisions..." If we can gather ten divisions, at least on the side of the Alliance, we don't have to pay attention to it..."

"I'll arrange it..."Fu Xiuming nodded. But many of them have been injured, and I'm afraid there are only more than 10,000 people who can be used..."

"Let's ask first, it's really not good, it's okay to make one less division..."

Nodding, Fu Xiuming didn't say anything more...

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With the end of the Battle of Cihu River, the Anhui Revolutionary Army, which had returned triumphantly, together with more than 20,000 captured prisoners and more than 30,000 people who had already surrendered, returned to Dangtu, and was warmly welcomed by the people of Anhui along the way.

On the other hand, because more than 20,000 prisoners of war were captured, Yan Shao couldn't think of where to hold them for a while. More than 20,000 prisoners of war, not more than 20,000 hens, it is not easy to find a place to deal with it...

So it was very simple, just after arriving in Dangtu, Yan Shao asked Fu Xiuming to send someone in to inquire about it to see how many people were willing to join the Anhui Revolutionary Army.

Naturally, the treatment must be explained, for example, the monthly military salary is 10 yuan, in addition, how many vacations are there every month, and after joining the army, you can bring your family to Anhui, and what treatment your family can receive, etc., etc...

Looking at the whole world, perhaps the treatment of the Anhui Revolutionary Army is not very goodβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” after all, even workers in the United States can earn 2 or 3 US dollars a day, and the military salary of 10 yuan a month here is only two days' wages.

But in China, the treatment of the Anhui Revolutionary Army is already the highest.

So after sending someone to ask about it, most of the people were still willing to join, but some of them were disabled and frightened by this battle, and some of the psychological shadows finally chose to leave.

Yan Shao didn't feel embarrassed about these people, and in fact, he didn't think about how to deal with these people.

Lock them up, Yan Shao will support them, not to mention the cost for the time being, but the place where they are locked up is enough for Yan Shao to have a headache.

Let them work, they are not bandits and bandits after all, although some people also have some bad deeds, but they will not let them build a road in Anhui for a lifetime like those bandits.

Therefore, the last two oceans per person were all sent home by Yan Shao.

In the end, more than 6,000 people chose to leave, and more than 15,000 chose to stay.

These more than 15,000 people were turned into a division by Yan Shao, and the additional 3,000 people were directly supplemented to the Anhui Revolutionary Armyβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” if you really want to find a batch of recruits to retrain, the original three divisions do not know when they will be replenished, so it is better to use these prisoners of war, although the training and other aspects must not be compared with the original, but it is better than the newly recruited recruits.

With the addition of this one more division, counting the original three divisions and the five divisions that had just surrendered, the strength under the control of the National Socialist Party now has as many as nine divisions plus one regiment. At least in terms of compilation, it is extremely large...

As long as these troops can be fully strengthened, the number will be as high as 100,000, which is only 20,000 or 30,000 less than the alliance in Nanjing... (To be continued......)