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Chapter 375: Establishment and Personnel Appointment (Part 1)

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    As soon as Ma Desheng finished speaking, the entire conference room was silent, and the previous cheerful atmosphere completely disappeared.

    Although these senior officers present had experienced a series of tragic battles and expected that the losses of the 7th Division in this battle would be beyond imagination, they did not expect that the casualties would be as high as 90%.

    Especially the number of people killed in action. The statistics reported by the troops a few days ago were only more than 17,000, but I didn't expect that just a few days later, it would become more than 19,000, close to 20,000.

    Naturally, everyone will not think that there is anything wrong with the previous statistical results of the staff department. With the chief of staff's shrewdness, he cannot even make a simple calculation of adding up the numbers wrong.

    There is only one possibility for this situation, and that is that a large number of wounded soldiers who were evacuated before were killed in action.

    Sure enough, when Ma Desheng talked about the wounded, the number was indeed more than 2,000 less than the previous statistics.

    They did win this battle, but such a victory did not give them any surprise. It was not even a tragic victory at all, it was a complete loss.

    Everyone even remembered the battle on April 15th. If the Japanese army had not exhausted all their ammunition, Bengbu City would have been almost defeated based on the situation at that time.

    It can be seen how hard they fought in this battle, and such a victory is really a fluke!

    Seeing that all the officers were silent, Li Guoyao immediately said: "Chief of Staff, please report again on our army's record!"

    Ma Desheng was not pretentious. He immediately stood up again and took out another statistical document.

    "Although our army suffered heavy losses in this battle, its results were equally brilliant. In this battle, our army killed 29,234 Japanese soldiers, completely annihilated one independent detachment at the brigade level of the opponent, killed one major general detachment leader, severely damaged two Japanese first-class divisions, and also captured  A county seat.¡±

    Then Ma Desheng continued: "In this battle, our army also seized 18,698 Type 38 guns, 1991 Type 44 lances, 148 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 321 crooked light machine guns, 157 grenades, and forced  There are 59 artillery pieces, 8 75-meter mountain guns, 24,745 steel helmets, 1,211 war horses, 655 rhinoceros horses, and more than 200 tons of various types of ammunition."

    "In addition, our army also seized more than 20,000 sets of Japanese military uniforms and shoes, and 50 or 60 vehicles of various military supplies. In addition, we also seized 8 Japanese Type 95 light tanks, 32 cars, and 500,000 grains.  Many pounds, more than 300,000 yuan, more than 8,000 taels of gold, more than 12 million French currency, various foreign currencies, and three carts of antique calligraphy, painting and jewelry."

    "More importantly, during this battle, our department also captured a very large field hospital of the Japanese army in Chu County. It was a joint hospital of two major field tactical divisions, the 9th Division and the 13th Division of the Japanese Army. The doctor alone was  There are more than 150 people, and more than 400 nurses. Now the doctors and nurses, as well as various medical equipment and medicines, have all become the spoils of war for our army."

    After Ma Desheng sat down, Li Guoyao stood up and said: "Brothers, the reason why so many weapons, equipment and supplies were captured this time is due to the 8th Independent Brigade, the cavalry regiment directly under the division and the special forces. It is precisely because they conquered Chuxian County  County and Nanqiao, and quickly took control of the Japanese warehouse in the city, otherwise there would not have been so many seizures, so I suggest giving these heroic troops a croak, croak, croak, and ourselves!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference room suddenly burst into warm applause. The sound of "pah pah pah" continued for a long time, as if it was about to overturn the roof.

    After hearing the tragic casualties and then hearing the results, everyone's mood was very different. It was not as inflated as when they summarized the battle before, and everyone's mood was relatively calm.

    Because everyone knows that victory is hard-won, it is not something that can be obtained by talking, but requires the bloodshed and sacrifice of countless soldiers, and this is also Li Guoyao's ultimate goal.

    Later, Li Guoyao spoke again: "This battle started on March 25 and ended on April 15. We fought bloody battles with the Japanese army for 21 days on a 120-kilometer-wide frontal battlefield in Bengbu, and finally won the victory with almost death.  !¡±

    Then Li Guoyao's voice suddenly rose a lot, and he slapped the table and continued: "But even so, I, Li Guoyao, still want to say to all the brothers, we won, you are all good! Because you faced  The enemy is not an ordinary enemy, but the most elite first-class division of the Japanese army, and there are two of them. I dare say that only our seventh division has the courage to face these demons armed to the teeth. Hard steel, replaced  The other troops may have collapsed long ago.¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of warm applause in the conference room!

    After signaling everyone to be quiet, Li Guoyao continued: "Through this battle, everyone has seen how powerful the Japanese army's elite troops are, soYou must remember in the future that the Japanese army is not a country chicken and a dog, and you must not underestimate the enemy.  The overall strength of the little devils far exceeds that of our army. Why did they lose so miserably in the end? To put it bluntly, they underestimated the enemy. We must take this as a lesson and never make such a mistake. Can we do it?  "

    "Cancancan"

    Then Li Guoyao nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are all senior officers of our department. Your words and deeds are not only related to your own honor and disgrace, but also related to the life and death of thousands of people in the entire regiment and the entire brigade. Therefore,  You must be cautious and cautious when making decisions!¡±

    As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Desheng said suddenly: "Military officer, half an hour ago the theater headquarters sent a telegram, asking our army to report the personnel establishment of each division and brigade. At the same time, it also asked our ministry to report the list of the dead, saying that we would give these  Fallen soldiers apply for pensions!¡±

    Li Guoyao nodded and said: "According to the order of our Military Commission, our 61st Army is under the jurisdiction of a Category A division and a Category A brigade. In addition, the military headquarters has jurisdiction over some directly affiliated troops. The total number of the army is 19,000. However, our army  Now the troops have suffered heavy losses. All the lightly and seriously wounded, including personnel from the logistics department, field hospitals and other departments, add up to more than 26,000 people, but in fact only more than 6,000 can fight, and the rest are all wounded.  "

    "Therefore, what I mean is to set up the troops now. As for the soldiers, we can recruit new soldiers on the one hand, and at the same time wait for the arrival of new soldiers from the theater headquarters. Of course, the more important thing is to wait for our wounded to recover and return to the army.  , what do you think?"

    However, Xu Hu shook his head and said: "It's okay to wait for the replacement soldiers and the wounded to return to the army, but I'm tired of recruiting new soldiers!"

    "Why?"

    "Before this battle, we recruited more than 20,000 new soldiers from around Bengbu. As a result, more than 10,000 people were killed in the first battle, and there were thousands more wounded. In the past few days, almost every household in the counties and districts around Bengbu  Some people wear mourning, and there are funerals in every village. Under such circumstances, I am afraid that no one will be willing to send their children to our army!" Xu Hu replied.

    Xu Hu's words caused the entire conference room to fall into silence for an instant. When the Seventh Division went to the counties and districts around Bengbu to recruit troops, the people nearby were very supportive. The soldiers who signed up to join the army lined up in front of various recruitment points.  Team.

    However, in less than a month, most of the soldiers who participated in the 7th Temporary Division suffered casualties. This is probably something that the common people did not expect in advance.

    From this point of view alone, the Seventh Division is really sorry for these people. It is the Seventh Division that has failed these people.

    It is precisely because of this that Xu Hu said such things.

    In fact, not only Xu Hu, but everyone present did not think that anyone would support the 7th Division and would send their relatives to the army.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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