Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

Chapter 498 A tragic victory

Hear this!

Sun Zhen said softly: "Is our army disabled?"

Yu Hua on the side nodded, "Each division of the entire 22nd Army suffered heavy casualties."

"Especially Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division. This division was almost wiped out, with casualties."

"Rao Guohua's newly formed 145th Division. The number of casualties in this division is about ."

"Guo Xunqi's newly formed 144th Division also suffered more than casualties."

The generals of the Central Army, Guangdong Army, and Northeast Army, plus Xue Yue and Chen Cheng, heard about the casualties of the Sichuan Army.

Everyone gasped, almost half of the Sichuan army was killed.

The above troops are the main divisions of the 22nd Army, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than other Sichuan Army troops.

If the casualties of these main divisions are so serious, then... the losses of the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Northeast Army are expected to be even more serious.

After hearing this, Sun Zhen sighed: "It seems that we are really at a loss!"

He turned to look at Yu Hua, "Where are the remaining divisions? Are the casualties more serious than this?!"

"The 123rd, 124th, and 125th Divisions suffered more than casualties while pursuing, flanking, and blocking the Japanese army."

"Moreover, Liu Changqing's independent brigade engaged in an artillery battle with the Japanese artillery regiment when performing interleaved missions."

"The casualties of the entire independent brigade are almost more than 6,000!!"

Having said this, Yu Hua paused and looked at Sun Zhen: "Of course, these casualty statistics are still rough estimates."

"The specific casualties still need to be reported by the people below."

"Fan Shaozeng's 88th Army arrived at the battlefield late and suffered less than casualties in total."

After Yu Hua reported the casualties, Chen Cheng and Xue Yue could finally understand what Yu Hua said!

The 22nd Army has never suffered such heavy losses since it left Sichuan.

This time to encircle and annihilate the Japanese 106th Division, the Sichuan Army spent tens of millions of bullets and tens of thousands of artillery shells, but it actually caused such heavy casualties to itself.

This matter was left in Sun Zhen's heart, which made him feel very uncomfortable. This was a huge loss!

In this battle at Wanjialing, the 22nd Army lost almost all its pants.

Guo Xunqi, Rao Guohua, Liu Changqing and others didn't look good when they learned that the 22nd Army had suffered heavy casualties.

There is no joy at all!

Sun Zhen stumbled and sat aside. Xue Yue hurried up: "Old Sun!"

"The Sichuan Army suffered a bit more casualties this time, but at least we completely annihilated the Japanese 106th Division."

"Forty to fifty thousand Japanese troops were all buried in this mountain forest."

"It's all worth it for the overall situation of the war."

When Chen Cheng saw Xue Yue going to persuade Sun Zhen, he set his sights on Yu Jishi.

"Have the casualties of the 74th Army been calculated yet?!"

Yu Jishi lowered his head and said, "Sir Chen, the two division commanders haven't reported the specific situation yet."

"Just now, I talked to them on the phone, and they were on their way to the headquarters."

"When they come over, we can calculate the approximate casualties."

Ji Zhangjian of the Sixth Division, Feng Zhanhai of the 91st Division, and Ou Zhen of the Fourth Army are all now quickly contacting their subordinates.

Let them count the casualties of the troops as quickly as possible and report them quickly.

After a while, Feng Shengfa and Wang Yaowu of the 74th Army came to the headquarters.

Before Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa had time to say hello to Yu Jishi, they were invited to Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng's eyes fell on Wang Yaowu: "What are the casualties of the 51st Division?" "Report to Chief Chen!" Wang Yaowu stood still: "The casualties of the 51st Division are more than !"

Feng Shengfa on the side, before Chen Cheng could speak, saw Chief Chen looking at him, he immediately stood up and reported:

"Sir Chen, our 58th Division has more than casualties."

When Chen Cheng heard about these casualties, he trembled in his heart. The 72nd Army was also crippled by the Japanese army.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Zhanhai's 91st Division also reported the casualties. The 91st Division had faced a violent charge by the Japanese army and suffered heavy casualties.

The division's current casualties are more than 9,000, and there are only more than 1,000 left!

Sun Kequan's 187th Division suffered more than casualties, leaving only people in the division. Division commander Sun Kequan was seriously injured and is still being treated in a field hospital.

The Sixth Preparatory Division suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and Ou Zhen's Fourth Army suffered more than 12,000 casualties.

After hearing the reports from the generals, Chen Cheng and Xue Yue could not help but feel a chill rising from the soles of their feet, invading their internal organs.

This battle... was a miserable victory! !

Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded and suppressed the Japanese 106th Division, almost half of whom were killed or injured.

Inside the air raid shelter, it was quiet for a long time!

Division commanders, corps commanders, corps commanders, group army commanders, and ninth theater commanders are all smoking now.

After smoking a few cigarettes, a more detailed casualty report came from the Sichuan Army.

In this encirclement and annihilation battle, most of the Sichuan soldiers died from poison gas and poisoning.

In order to break out of the encirclement, the Japanese army fired a large number of special smoke and high-explosive bombs on both sides of the road.

Even though the Sichuan troops were issued gas masks, the Japanese troops alternately fired gas bombs and high-explosive bombs.

If a gas mask is hit by a high-explosive bomb, it will also be blown out, and the poisonous gas will then invade.

Therefore, if the Japanese army does not launch poison gas bombs, it will fight a conventional war with the Sichuan Army, the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Northeast Army.

The casualties of the Republic of China army would never be so large! !

In the air-raid shelter, after everyone discussed how to divide the loot, they began to leave Wanjialing according to the previous evacuation route.

After receiving a telegram from Chen Cheng at the Jinling Headquarters in Hankou, he learned that the Chinese casualties in the Battle of Wanjialing were tens of thousands.

The military and political dignitaries were all stunned. You must know that Sichuan troops were involved in this encirclement and annihilation battle.

The 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army, this army repeatedly performed extraordinary feats on the battlefield and repeatedly annihilated a large number of Japanese troops.

Unexpectedly, in this battle, the Sichuan army also fell!

At the highest military meeting in Hankou, Minister He received instructions from Principal Chang to discuss the next Wuhan defense plan.

At the meeting!

Xu Yongchang first explained that the policy of this Wuhan battle is to defend Wuhan and not fight in Wuhan!

Now that the battle of Tianjia Town is over and the encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese 106th Division by Xue Yue's First Corps is over, it is now possible to consider withdrawing the troops.

Tianjia Town was captured by the Japanese army, and the fall of Wuhan was already a matter of time.

Later, Bai Zhuge also added that when the Wuhan army evacuates, it must be covered alternately. At the same time, Wuhan's citizens, industrial equipment, and their respective supplies must be covered.

They must be transported away in advance and cannot be left behind. It is best to start executing this plan now while the army still has the upper hand.

After the meeting, the Jinling Headquarters began to issue orders to the various troops!

The Sichuan Army's 22nd Army withdrew to Hunan Province, and Wang Lingji's 30th Army withdrew to the western part of Hubei Province.

When the 22nd Army evacuated, Yu Hua asked Wang Mingzhang to take advantage of the fact that the Yangtze River waterway had not been blocked by the Japanese army and send some of the seized supplies back to Sichuan Province.

(End of this chapter)