Chapter 158: This is a victory?

"I, on behalf of the British and Indian troops of the British Empire, surrender to your army, and ask your army to guarantee the personal and property safety of our soldiers and give us corresponding treatment!" At 0:00 a.m. on April 2, at the foot of Mount Volt, proud Henry? Lieutenant General Wellesley, the 3rd Duke of Wellington, handed over his rifle to Wang Yuze, the marshal of western Sichuan, and surrendered to western Sichuan on behalf of the encircled Anglo-Indian army.

Since then, the more than one-month Sino-British border conflict has come to an end. Although the negotiations between the two sides have not yet begun, the military conflict can be regarded as a complete end. The current Anglo-Indian army no longer has the strength to attack western Sichuan. Obviously, the British Empire will not draw troops from the mainland to fight a full-scale war with western Sichuan. Next, there was the confrontation between the diplomats of Kawanishi and the United Kingdom. However, Kawanishi won the victory on the battlefield, with tens of thousands of British prisoners of war in his hands, and as many as 20,000 prisoners of war in the Indian army, no matter what, Kawanishi was already in an invincible position. What Kawanishi needs to pay attention to is how to ensure the interests of Kawanishi, and at the same time, get more benefits from the British. After all, this time the conflict was initiated by the British side, and now that Britain has lost, it is obviously impossible to end the conflict without any blood.

"I accept your surrender!" Wang Yuze took over Henry? Wellesley's gun said with a smile on his face.

"Victory! We won! The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army cheered. Britain is the most powerful country in the world! Kawanishi, on the other hand, was able to defeat the British. Although this was only a small war, it did not mean that Kawanishi would be able to compete with the British. But this at least shows the strong combat power of western Sichuan.

When the western Sichuan army cheered, the British ** team lowered their noble heads one after another. They actually surrendered to their greatest yellow-skinned monkey? This is very difficult for them to accept. However, in order to survive, they had to surrender. Compared with life, it is undoubtedly very worthwhile to give up a little dignity. Blame it on not having started this wrong war. British soldiers, for Henry, who started this war? Wellesley was very dissatisfied. Many of their comrades-in-arms were killed in this war.

Under the supervision of the soldiers of the western Sichuan army, the British ** team and the Indian army all put down their weapons and walked into the prisoner of war camp in western Sichuan, waiting for the final results of the negotiations between the two sides, when they can come out of the prisoner of war camp in western Sichuan and return to Britain or India.

According to statistics, there were 10,725 captured British ** troops, including one lieutenant general and four brigadier generals. The captured Indian army numbered more than 23,000 people. Of course, their value is far from being comparable to the more than 10,000 British ** teams.

"Now, the war can finally come to an end. What we have to do next is to clean up the battlefield and dispose of the corpses of the enemy so as not to cause a plague. Also, how much do we lose? In Wang Yuze's headquarters, Wang Yuze asked the generals of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Brigades. Killing a thousand enemies and self-inflicting eight hundred, everyone understands this truth. The Western Sichuan Army has achieved such a great victory, and its own losses will certainly not be small. However, in general, Kawanishi still belongs to the winning side. The losses were much smaller than those of the Anglo-Indian army.

"Young marshal. Our 7th Brigade suffered 434 casualties and 521 seriously wounded. Slightly injured thousands of people! Xie Dingkun, the commander of the Seventh Brigade, said. The losses of the 7th Brigade were undoubtedly the smallest of the three brigades, but they also lost a battalion of troops.

"Young marshal. Our 8th Brigade suffered 1,189 killed and 964 seriously wounded. More than 2,000 people were slightly injured! The commander of the 8th Brigade, Su Hongguang, reported. The 8th Brigade resisted the attack of the British and Indian troops on its own before the main force in western Sichuan arrived, so it suffered a lot of losses. Killed and seriously wounded combined, the strength of the two battalions was gone.

Wang Yuze nodded, and then turned to Du Qizheng, the commander of the Ninth Brigade. It is not necessary to think about it to know that the losses of the 9th Brigade are undoubtedly the greatest. In this battle, they undertook the most difficult task.

"Young Marshal, our Ninth Brigade lost 2,452 casualties this time, 2,137 were seriously wounded, and more than 2,000 were lightly wounded." Du Qizheng reported. However, when he said the number, his eyes were red. This time, the Ninth Brigade was almost disabled! Even if it is a lightly injured soldier, the 9th Brigade has lost half of its strength! If it were a European army, such a big loss, I'm afraid it would have collapsed long ago! It is a shame that the Ninth Brigade was able to hold out for such a long time.

Although they had already guessed that the losses of the Ninth Brigade would be not small, Wang Yuze and the others also gasped when they heard this figure.

"Lao Du, I know. The soldiers of the 9th Brigade, I will arrange for the training department to supplement them first. In addition, you can rest assured that those soldiers who were seriously injured, I guarantee that Kawanishi will not forget them! Wang Yuze said.

"On behalf of my brothers, thank you young marshal!" Du Qizheng said movingly. The Ninth Brigade is a big loss of vitality this time! Even if new recruits are replenished, without one to two years of training and running-in, I am afraid that they will not be able to exert their maximum combat effectiveness.

"Alright, let's get busy! I'll report the battle here to the Visiting Embassy. The losses of the various departments will also be replenished at the first time. In addition, I believe that it will not be long before everyone will be appointed for promotion. I had a preliminary plan to expand the current brigade into a division, but this would have to be done with the consent of my father, the Cabinet, and the General Staff Headquarters. However, I promise I'll do my best to push this forward! Wang Yuze said. Now there are more than 400,000 troops in western Sichuan. But in his opinion, this force does not seem to be enough. If all the remaining brigades are expanded into divisions, the strength of the Western Sichuan Army will rise to more than 500,000. At least in the face of the war in two years, it should be enough.

"Young Marshal Xie!" Everyone was very excited. If the troops can be expanded, won't they have to become division commanders and deputy division commanders? The ranks must also be moved up one level. A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Risking their lives to fight the enemy, don't they not only want to defend their homeland and country, but also hope to be promoted and realize their ambitions?

After these arrivals had left, Wang Yuze began to personally draft a telegram to inform the western Sichuan side of the victory. Since last night, the army has been in a high state of combat, and there is no time to even contact western Sichuan. After encircling the British and Indian troops, Wang Yuze did not panic, and simply waited until all these British and Indian troops were solved before contacting the western Sichuan side. He knew that the western Sichuan side would definitely not have thought that the war would end so soon. None of the reinforcements sent by the General Staff Headquarters have yet to enter the plateau. Wang Yuze led the army to almost annihilate the British and Indian troops.

At half past noon on the 2nd, the signal corps sent the telegram drafted by Wang Yuze back to the general staff headquarters of the Western Sichuan Army. By the time the message was deciphered, it was already 2 o'clock. But in the entire telegraph room, there was an earth-shattering cheer.

"Telegraph to me, and I'll report to the Chief of Staff right away!" The director of the telegraph room said with a happy face. After receiving the telegram, he rushed to the office of Chief of Staff Xiong Wu. Now, it is time to get off work for lunch, so this move of the director of the telegraph office has been seen by many people, and everyone is very surprised, is there something urgent happening? Otherwise, how could the director of the telegraph room be so out of shape. This makes many people secretly guess in their hearts, but they don't guess what the reason is.

"Chief of Staff, report to Chief of Staff!" When the director of the telegraph room ran to Xiong Wu's office, Xiong Wu was about to go home.

"What's wrong? Can I help you? ”。 When it came to the panting appearance of the director of the telegraph room, Xiong Wu was shocked in his heart. Could it be that something happened at the front line?

"Chief of Staff, the young marshal is calling!" said the director of the telegraph office. However, before he could finish his words, Xiong Wu snatched the telegram from his hand, which made him very disappointed.

"What? Actually won? In just a few days, Yu Ze's kid almost wiped out the British and Indian troops, and captured more than 10,000 British ** troops and more than 20,000 Indian troops, including a British lieutenant general and three brigadier generals. Is this true? ”。 After the telegram, Xiong Wu was shocked, he didn't expect that victory would come so quickly?

"Confirm with the young marshal and confirm the authenticity of this telegram!" Xiong Wu hesitated for a moment, and then said. Although, he knew that Wang Yuze would not joke about this. But he still wanted to be sure before he could be reassured.

"Yes, Chief of Staff!" The director of the telegraph office immediately returned to the telegraph room and contacted the border authorities again.

It wasn't until half-past twelve that it was confirmed. Wang Yuze really led the army to a great victory on the border.

The director of the telegraph room rushed to Xiong Wu's office again and reported to him. At this time, Xiong Wu couldn't even bother to eat lunch, and after confirming it, he asked the telegraph room to keep the news secret, and then he immediately rushed to the embassy to inform Wang Xiao of the good news.

When Xiong Wu came to inspect the embassy, Wang Xiao had already eaten lunch and was taking a nap. People are old, and their health is not very good, Wang Xiao's spirit seems to be very sluggish.

However, when he learned that Xiong Wu had an urgent military intelligence report, Wang Xiao immediately got up and met Xiong Wu.

"Handsome! What a victory! Yesterday evening, Yu Ze led his army to a great victory in the Volt Mountain area. Annihilated the Anglo-Indian army in one fell swoop. A total of more than 10,000 British troops and more than 20,000 Indian troops were captured. Nearly 10,000 British ** troops were killed, and more than 10,000 Indian troops were killed. Commander of the Anglo-Indian Army, Henry? Lieutenant General Wellesley and the fourth brother, Brigadier General and Brigade Commander, have already been captured by us! As soon as Xiong Wu arrived at Wang Xiao, he immediately reported.

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