The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1439: Pressure from Victory (Part )

Six o'clock in the morning.

The sound of gunfire on the battlefield completely disappeared.

The Kwantung Army’s base was filled with groups of soldiers happily cleaning up the battlefield.

Although the battle was fought to the end, there were not many Kwantung Army troops left in the station, and they were all artillery and logistics troops with poor combat effectiveness.

But this is the base of the main regiment of the Kwantung Army after all.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the number of troops has decreased, the weapons, ammunition and supplies stored in the garrison have not decreased.

The First Regiment has not yet established a base, and weapons, ammunition, food, clothing...all the supplies needed by the troops must be captured.

If the troops can seize one more bullet or one more grain of food from the Xiaochi Regiment’s base, it will be of great help to the future development of the regiment.

By 7:30 in the morning, a group of soldiers scattered in various corners of the garrison began to evacuate the battlefield one after another, disappearing into the surrounding mountains with the captured spoils, leaving behind thousands of bodies of the Kwantung Army who had even their uniforms stripped off.

Chief of Staff Wei Dayong found Huang Yu with a happy face, holding the list of spoils he had just counted, and reported with a smile: "Captain..."

"We attacked the Koike Brigade last night and won a great victory..."

"We completely wiped out more than 3,600 people from the Koike Regiment of the Kwantung Army, and seized a large amount of weapons, ammunition and supplies."

"Including six large-caliber mortars and more than 800 shells..."

"21 ordinary mortars, more than shells..."

"There are 19 heavy machine guns, with more than rounds of ammunition."

"Eighty-six light machine guns, 53 grenade launchers, more than Type rifles, and more than rounds of ammunition for the rifles and machine guns."

"We also seized more than 11,000 grenades from the Japanese and the baggage train."

"Not only did we make up for all the losses we suffered on the battlefield, but we also had more than half of our equipment and ammunition left."

"With them, it will be no problem for the regiment to expand by three more main battalions."

To be honest, apart from six large-caliber mortars and ammunition, Huang Yu didn't take other weapons and equipment seriously.

After listening to Wei Dayong's report, his expression remained calm and there was no change.

He stared at Wei Dayong and asked the question he was most concerned about: "Are there many casualties in the army..."

"How many of the four battalions of participating troops are left to continue to fight on the battlefield..."

The smile on Wei Dayong's face disappeared in an instant.

He lowered his head and answered seriously, "It's a bit big... especially after the troops entered the Kwantung Army's base."

"Although the Kwantung Army stationed at the base has little combat effectiveness."

"But these little Japanese soldiers were like crazy. They either hid in the dark and attacked our attacking troops, or pretended to be dead and hid behind the bunkers, waiting for our people to get close before detonating grenades... Some even directly detonated boxes of artillery shells..."

"After statistics..."

"These suicide attacks alone have caused more than 300 casualties..."

"In addition to the casualties caused by the troops besieging the Kwantung Army's counterattack forces in the first half of the night and attacking the Kwantung Army's base in the second half of the night..."

"Tonight we lost a total of 893 people... of them were killed directly... and the remaining soldiers were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness."

"Fortunately, we seized a large amount of medicine at the Koike Brigade's base and provided timely treatment to the seriously injured. Otherwise, it would have been good if only half of these more than 200 wounded soldiers survived..."

"There are four main battalions participating in the battle..." "Including the artillery and thunder cannon units that support the battle, there are more than 2,100 people in total..."

"After deducting the casualties, we only have a little over a thousand troops left to fight..."

"But there are at least 300 lightly wounded people here..."

"The only thing to be thankful for is that although these lightly wounded soldiers were injured, it did not affect their march and combat. They only needed to apply medicine in time to prevent their wounds from worsening and becoming inflamed."

Huang Yu's face instantly darkened, and he sighed and replied: "The price of one's personality is a bit high..."

"Although the number of Kwantung troops we destroyed was several times our own casualties."

"But don't forget..."

"The Kono Division sent four mopping-up forces into the mountains to encircle and suppress us..."

"So far, we have only eliminated one of the mopping-up forces."

"The remaining three mopping-up forces have been frightened. It would be good if they immediately evacuated the mountains and ended this large-scale mopping-up operation."

"If the remaining three mopping-up forces fight to the death and continue to besiege us, we will definitely not be a match for our group of only a thousand people left. We can only play hide-and-seek with them in the mountains."

"With luck, we can avoid their siege again and again."

"We are unlucky. We may be surrounded and annihilated by them in a corner of the mountain at any time."

"Because the Kwantung Army's mopping-up force has expanded from seven or eight times in the beginning to more than ten times now, the operational pressure we face is even greater."

"The only thing we can be thankful for is that the Kwantung Army does not know our true strength now."

"We want to force the remaining Kwantung Army to withdraw and end this sweep..."

"The simplest and most direct way is to let them know that we still have the strength to wipe out one of their main regiments again, rather than the troops suffering heavy casualties in the battle to besiege the Koike regiment and almost losing their combat effectiveness."

"So even though we have won this battle, the combat pressure faced by the regiment has not been reduced, and the burden on our shoulders has not been lightened."

"Those soldiers in the team who are still able to go to the battlefield must cheer up and be ready for new battles at any time."

Huang Yu turned his attention to the artillery company commander beside him and asked expectantly, "Is there anyone in the army who can use the large-caliber mortar we just seized..."

The artillery company commander immediately replied: "They will all be used, but we will need to consume some shells for recovery training..."

Huang Yu directly ordered: "Then go find the Japanese and practice with them."

"The artillery company will immediately dispatch gunners to equip the troops with six large-caliber mortars, and bring ten ordinary mortars and sufficient ammunition to reinforce Battalion Commander Duan..."

"The second, third, fourth, and fifth battalions must immediately dispatch a reinforcement company equipped with the mortars, heavy machine guns, and grenade launchers we just captured. I will personally lead them to march quickly to reinforce Duan Peng..."

"The rest of the troops will be commanded by the Chief of Staff and will return to their secret base immediately..."

"Add all the new recruits in the garrison to the troops and transfer them to time training so that they can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

"If there are conditions..."

"I allow you to gather a battalion of troops and attack on your own. Continue to attack the coal mines controlled by the Kwantung Army in the mountains, rescue the miners and prisoners, and mobilize them to join our northbound detachment."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the First Regiment will be active in Jinzhou for a long time in the future, and may even develop a base..."

"The more new soldiers you recruit, the stronger our trump card will be for establishing a base in the future."

(End of this chapter)