Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 291 Casualty Statistics Please Subscribe

That night, Zhou Weihan returned to Yanwangshan base area and entered the headquarters room. Zhao Gang was not there, Xing Zhiguo was not there, and the headquarters was empty.

I went to the rooms of the Political Department and the General Staff Office, but saw no one.

"Why is there no one there?" Zhou Weihan asked a soldier in charge of security.

"The detachment leader, the political commissar took the comrades from the political department to count the supplies, and the chief of staff took the comrades from the staff office to select recruits!"

"Go get the political commissar and chief of staff back!" Zhou Weihan said.

"Yes!" The soldiers of the guard rushed to inform.

Zhou Weihan turned his head and said to the monk: "Go and eat on the hour, the political commissar and the chief of staff probably didn't eat either, so order more!"

When Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo came back, the food was already set on the table in the house.

Zhao Gang didn't seem to be in a high mood, and his expression was sluggish, but he still asked, "How is it? Is the matter settled?"

"The local armed forces mobilized [-] people, and also asked for the establishment of three basic regiments. The money and food are provided by the local government, and our independent detachment raises its own weapons and equipment!"

Zhou Weihan then explained the specific matters in detail.

"Three basic regiments, is it enough? Where do the soldiers of the basic regiment come from?" Zhao Gang frowned and asked.

Zhou Weihan didn't answer Zhao Gang's question right away, but instead asked, "Old Xing, how is the selection of recruits going?"

"In the afternoon today, the soldiers of the guard company were responsible for the selection. I took the officers of the staff office to review and selected nearly 1200 people. Tomorrow, I will spend the morning to select the remaining 800 people, and we can reorganize in the afternoon. !"

"The recruits of more than two thousand people should have a temporary number after all, and you, the detachment leader, should decide it!" Xing Zhiguohui reported.

"Give a new regiment a designation, tentatively scheduled to train in Yanwang Mountain for a month, and then assign it to each regiment. As I said before, Lao Xing, you are fully responsible for this matter!"

The staff officer doesn't have a commander, and he doesn't even want to fart.

Although Xing Zhiguo is the chief of staff, after coming to the independent detachment, he seldom led troops alone. This time Zhou Weihan also specially gave Xing Zhiguo a chance to train his team.

"My plan is that the three main regiments extend from the second, third, and fourth regiments, and each regiment is formed in the garrison area. The second regiment is in She County, the third regiment is in southern Hebei, and the fourth regiment is in Ci County. Recruiting people, the core group is composed of local people, firstly, they are familiar with the local conditions, and secondly, the soldiers defend their hometown and fellow villagers, and their fighting enthusiasm is even higher!" Zhou Weihan didn't mention Wang Yingzhi's original intention at all, so that there was a core The regiment arrived in southern Hebei.

Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo nodded after listening.

The reason why Zhou Weihan didn't mention the First Regiment was because Jing Dagang's First Regiment was stationed near Yanwang Mountain with the headquarters.

First, the number of people that can be accommodated near Yanwang Mountain is close to saturation, and second, Wu'an and Wuyi, as the source of troops for the independent detachment, have previously recruited many soldiers.

No matter in which era, the young and strong have always been the pillars of the people's homes. The fellow villagers in Wu'an and Wuyi gave their full support to the independent detachment, but Zhou Weihan, as the detachment leader, had to consider the consequences of too late.

In order not to affect the people's livelihood and personnel structure in Wu'an and Wuyi counties, Zhou Weihan gave up the idea of ​​continuing to recruit troops in the two counties.

After the recruiting was finalized, Zhao Gang took out a diary from his pocket and said, "This is the casualty situation reported by each regiment!"

In the diary, Zhao Gang recorded the casualties of each regiment in detail in chronological order.

At Fengle Station, the three main attacking regiments had 262 casualties, of which 172 were sacrificed and 90 were injured. The 172 sacrificed included soldiers who died due to untimely follow-up medical treatment.

The Zhu Dashan Cavalry Battalion intercepted more than 42 Japanese cavalry, sacrificed 15 and injured [-].

In Yaojiamiao in the south of Handan, the first and second regiments wiped out 125 Japanese reinforcements composed of engineers and artillery, sacrificed 76 people and injured [-] people.

At Changzhi Guancun Airport, the Fourth Regiment destroyed two Type [-] reconnaissance planes, six Type [-] bombers, and wiped out more than [-] members of the airport guard.

In the battle, Wang Yigong's fourth regiment suffered 412 casualties, including 152 wounded who stayed in the rear, and the fourth regiment lost a quarter of its personnel after the first battle.

Han Zhiqian, commander of the Second Battalion of the Fourth Regiment, was shot by anti-aircraft machine guns in the airport in order to blow up the Japanese aircraft and died on the spot.

The Fourth Regiment rushed to Licheng and fought with the Xinyi Regiment and the 28th Regiment, with fewer casualties and captured more than [-] puppet troops.

In the Battle of Handan, 300 commandos served as sharp knives, 76 were sacrificed, 62 were injured, and only 162 remained intact after the war.

The first regiment and the second regiment had a total of 460 casualties, 220 sacrificed and 240 injured.

In the Battle of Zhanghe, due to the use of terrain advantages, coupled with the powerful firepower, there were tank companies that blitzed the Japanese army.

Compared with the more than 2000 Japanese troops who were almost wiped out, the independent detachment had less casualties, with a total of more than 200 people.

Zhou Weihan then continued to look backwards, and Zhao Gang recorded at the end: Our independent detachment fought repeatedly. Although the results were great, the troops suffered heavy casualties. A total of 1147 soldiers were sacrificed, and 583 people were injured due to the battle. One battalion commander and thirty-two company platoon leaders.

Among them, 249 soldiers were initially assessed by military doctors and were disabled due to injuries, unable to return to the battlefield.

The soldiers who died at Changzhi Airport were exposed by the Japanese army in the wilderness after the war. The local people wept blood and tears. Fearing the Japanese army’s high-handed policy, only a few soldiers were secretly buried. Most of the soldiers died without straw mats to cover them, so they could not rest in peace.

Soldiers who died in the remaining regiments have been found in the local area for a suitable place to be buried.

After the victory of the war, the mausoleum should be rebuilt for the soldiers who died, and the inscriptions should be engraved to keep their names and tell their stories, so that future generations can pay tribute to the heroism of the martyrs.

On August 1940, 8, Zhao Gangji.

The above content is Zhao Gang's random notes after the statistics of casualties.

There are only two hundred words, but the cruelty of war is exhausted. The [-]-year war of resistance was fought by Chinese soldiers and civilians with their own lives.

Zhou Weihan closed the diary and remained silent for a long time.

This does not include the casualties of Li Dagen's garrison regiment and the local troops fighting with the main force.

The results of the Hundred Regiments War were remarkable, and the Japanese army was hit hard, but correspondingly, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties.

Zhou Weihan previously advocated that the subordinate companies of each regiment should be equipped with hygienists. After simple training in the hospital, the hygienists were equipped with medical supplies such as hemostatic powder, sulfonamide powder, and bandages, and gave emergency treatment to wounded soldiers during battles.

However, the fact that soldiers sacrificed due to lack of timely treatment cannot be avoided.

"Three things, one, let Wang Yigong's fourth regiment send people to Changzhi to collect the remains of the sacrificed soldiers and bury them in the ground!"

"Second, the pension work for the sacrificed soldiers must be done well. Old Zhao, the soldiers' hometown and family information are all recorded by the Political Department. This matter is for the officers of the Political Department to be responsible for!"

"Third, the soldiers who are disabled due to injuries should arrange positions reasonably. You can discuss it with Ding!" Zhou Weihan said word by word.

Zhao Gang nodded after hearing this, and then asked: "How are the standards for pensions determined? Originally, food was directly given!"

"Wars are going on everywhere now. Food is the most precious thing. We still give food. Each person has 100 catties of coarse grains and [-] catties of fine grains!"

Zhou Weihan paced around the room, then shook his head, and continued: "No, every soldier who died will be given another 5 yuan!"

This amount of food and oceans is equivalent to the soldiers' life money, and the annual income of an average family is five oceans.

"In addition, the heads of regiments and political commissars must regularly arrange for people to visit the homes of the sacrificed soldiers, and they will be given money if they are in need, and food if they are in need."

(End of this chapter)