War was a double-edged sword. It hurt people, but at the same time, it hurt itself.
Throughout the day, Fang Shengli and Izuo had a hard time fighting.
Izuo Kazuo was having a hard time because the casualties on his side were too great, to the point that he could not bear it. The firepower of the 1st independent regiment was beyond his expectations. He had never thought that Huaxia's army would have such powerful firepower.
Today, he had been observing the situation from behind. According to his observations, the firepower of the Chinese army was three times that of his. This was his most conservative estimate. Once they got within 200 meters of their formation, the Chinese army's firepower would be able to completely suppress them within 200 meters.
This line was also known as the death line by the Japanese army. This was because no one could cross the distance of 200 meters.
Once they crossed, they would be within the range of the Chinese army's firepower. Due to the close distance, the accuracy of the Chinese army's marksmanship increased, causing their casualties to increase greatly.
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Night began to fall. In this winter, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon in the Lianghuai area. The sky had already begun to darken.
Fang Shengli's troops were cleaning up the battlefield, and the Japanese army was collecting their corpses. At this moment, because of the arrival of night, both sides seemed to have decided to stop fighting and fight again tomorrow.
Meng Yandong sat down in the trench, ignoring the coldness of the soil. He took out a cigarette and slowly lit it. He was still holding the submachine gun in his arms.
It wasn't that he couldn't bear to part with the gun, but the barrel was hot. In this winter, such a barrel was the thing that kept him warm.
"Lian Seats! The casualties of our company have been tabulated. We have a total of 244 people, 78 dead and 120 injured. Among them, 19 are seriously injured and are now in the county hospital. Only 147 heads were left with minor injuries and those that could move!”
The deputy company commander beside him ran to Meng Yandong and said softly.
"147 more heads? The Japanese were really fierce today. They fought for a day and caused so many casualties! Report this data."
Meng Yandong said after taking another puff of his cigarette.
"Yes, sir!"
"Commander Lian, the battalion command has sent an order, ordering us to immediately withdraw from our position. Our position will be taken over by the 2nd Battalion, we will retreat to Changfeng County to repair!”
At this moment, the telegram operator ran over and said loudly.
"Good! Let the brothers pack up. We'll retreat to the county town to repair!”
Meng Yandong didn't refuse the order to rest. Today, his company had almost suffered casualties. The Japanese had fought for a day, and they had defended for a day. However, these soldiers were all veterans who had come down from the battlefield before and were already used to seeing life and death. There would not be any discomfort like the new recruits. What they lacked before was only weapons, ammunition, and morale. Now that Zhou Weiguo was taken care of, they could naturally fight again.
Usually, these veterans were the most terrifying. They knew how to survive on the battlefield.
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Meng Yandong and the others were checking the casualties, and Izuo Kazuo was also checking his own casualties.
At this moment, Izo was standing behind the command post, his eyes slowly sweeping over the corpses and wounded from the battlefield.
"Your Excellency, we have already calculated it. Today, we have lost a total of 1,400 warriors and 700 wounded.”
"1,400 dead? Injured 700? This army has such powerful firepower. They can actually cause 2,100 casualties in a day!”
Iza had a look of sadness on his face, but it was only for a moment. Iza Kazuo was also a soldier. He knew that there would be casualties in a war, but he did not expect the casualties to be so great this time.
He took a document from a soldier.
Out of the three major captains, one was killed and the remaining two were injured. As for the Company Leaders and Squad Leaders below, countless of them had died in battle.
"Your Excellency! The Regiment Commander invites you to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!”
A confidential officer ran to Iza Kazuo and said loudly.
"I understand. You may leave!"
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
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"Your Excellency Major General! I'm sorry, I've let you down!”
Izo bowed apologetically as soon as he arrived at the command center.
"Izu-kun, don't blame yourself. I saw what happened today. It's not your fault. Let's have a meeting now!"
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
Izuo Kazuki sat there with a gloomy expression on his face. This time, he had lost more than half of his regiment. He was afraid that he would not be able to participate in the upcoming battles. To be precise, he would not be able to participate in the upcoming battles unless the country's reinforcements arrived.
"Gentlemen! Let me introduce you to the person beside me. He is the 13th Regiment's major general, Sir Dizhou Libing. The 13th Regiment had also arrived. Tomorrow, the 13th Regiment will join us to attack the base of the army. We will attack Changfeng County, and Di Zhoujun will attack Cao 'an Town!”
Yoshizumi Ryo said with a mocking look in his eyes. Because of the loss of their regiment flag, he had become a disgrace to all the Japanese soldiers in China. Ishihara Matsui wanted him to atone for his crimes and get the flag back, or he would commit suicide.
"Ha ~ Yi ~"
The regimental commanders below all smiled and agreed, but they could not hide the mockery in their eyes.
"Ba ~ ga ~ this bastard, he actually made a fool of me here!”
Dizhou Li Bing looked down at the ridicule of the officers as if he had suffered a great humiliation. His eyes were about to burn with anger.
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Yoshizumi and the others were mocking the Dizhou government, while Zhou Weiguo was accepting the army.
"Reporting to General Zhou! We are the reinforcements sent to you by Officer Li. I'm one of the regiment commanders here. My name is Bai Haoyang!”
Groups of people stood in front of Zhou Weiguo. They were all reinforcements sent by Li Delin.
However, the people in front of him did not look at Zhou Weiguo well.
Zhou Weiguo had a cigarette in his mouth. He walked left and right with his hands behind his back. Then, he tilted his head and looked at them without saying a word.
"General Zhou! What do you mean?"
Bai Haoyang asked when he saw Zhou Weiguo's expression.
"Who allowed you to speak? Did I tell you to speak? Do you still have any respect for seniority? How did your superior educate you? The officer didn't say anything and you spoke?"
As Zhou Weiguo spoke, he muttered in his heart," What did Li Delin mean? Send a regiment commander for me? Is this dog trying to mix people into my team?
Zhou Weiguo was right. Li Delin was not a good person!
He had promised to provide Zhou Weiguo with 13,000 soldiers, but he had also sent seven regiment commanders over.
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