Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 273 Art in War Reports
The net-like clearing of the North City lasted for a day and a night. When the red sun rose again, no Japanese soldier in the North City could see such a beautiful sunrise.
The fiery red morning sun was also dyed red by the blood of the soldiers, and thousands of soldiers fell before dawn.

Sacrifice is everywhere!

The cheers of victory resounded through the sky. They raised their rifles high in their hands and pointed them at the sky to vent their anger and comfort the souls of their fallen comrades.
The street fighting in the North City was so brutal that everyone had familiar comrades who died, especially the Third Detachment and the Supplementary Detachment, which were the first to engage in the street fighting. After the war, statistics showed that they suffered more than 3 casualties. The Independent Detachment, which was the last to engage in the battlefield, also suffered nearly casualties.

The only consolation was that the initiative on the battlefield was always in the hands of the guerrilla column, so a large number of wounded were rescued;

As for the two Japanese regiments, except for more than a thousand people who escaped, all the others turned into corpses.

"Old Yue, the absolute casualty ratio between the enemy and us is about 2.5 to 1. This is the result of fighting when we have the upper hand. If we include our wounded, the casualty ratio is at most 1.5 to 1. These old devils of the Third Division are indeed very strong."

The street fighting in the northern city had obviously shocked Chen Zhongyuan greatly. What Lao Yue said was right, these old devils from the permanent divisions were very stubborn and recalcitrant.

Yue Qianli was also upset with such heavy casualties. This was a street fight. If it weren't for the reinforcements joining later, the exchange ratio between the two sides would have been basically 1:1.

But as a commander, he couldn't be so pessimistic. He had to boost everyone's low morale, so he waved his hand and said:

"We can't count it this way. We have to count the entire Huaihe battlefield. The sacrifices in the street fighting in Beicheng were more for the sake of achieving better results in other battlefields.
For example, in the battle on the right wing to encircle and annihilate the Sixth Regiment, 3 Japanese soldiers were killed, while the Independent Detachment and the Second Detachment suffered few casualties.

In addition to the Japanese who annihilated the 68th Regiment, the 6th Regiment, and the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment during the first counterattack, the Japanese left tens of thousands of corpses just north of the Huai River;

The total number of casualties and serious injuries from our Second Detachment, Third Detachment, Supplementary Detachment and Independent Detachment was only more than 3 people. The overall ratio of 3 to 1 was already very rare.

This was a complete victory. If the number of enemies killed by one detachment was added, more than half of the soldiers of the 3rd Division would have been wiped out. Now it was Fujita Susumu's turn to feel grief-stricken.

This is a great victory. Let's cheer as much as we can. Victory belongs to everyone in the guerrilla column!"

As Yue Qianli set the tone for the battle, all personnel in the command center shouted in unison to celebrate this hard-earned victory.

After this battle, the Huaihe River defense line was completely stabilized. Now even if the guerrilla column let the Japanese cross the river, they would not dare to do so because they could not afford to get hurt!
“Old Yue, you forgot to mention one thing. We also seized a large amount of equipment and supplies in the battle of Beicheng.
Although several of the Japanese regiments fled, the heavy equipment and baggage they carried were left behind. Tens of thousands of artillery shells of all kinds were seized, and guns, ammunition, food, medicine, combat equipment, mules and horses were piled up like mountains, which could basically make up for the entire regiment’s consumption in the battle, and even had a surplus. "

Tian Yuanxi's words instantly made Yue Qianli feel much better. There are always casualties in war. As long as they can destroy the devils and have enough spoils, this deal will not be a loss. So he said loudly:
"Chief of Staff Chen, compile relevant battle reports and report the victory to the war zone commander's office;

At this time, the pressure on the northern front was very high. The Japanese 10th and 5th Divisions were heading straight for Taierzhuang. Commander Li was under tremendous pressure and used the good news from the southern front to boost morale!
By the way, don’t write too much about the captured spoils, and keep our own casualties vague. Just use the number of casualties of nearly 10,000, the captured spoils of war were quite abundant, and we killed over 10,000 enemies, so that the Japanese can’t figure out our strength.”

Chen Zhongyuan and Yue Qianli are old partners, they work well together and naturally know how to write this battle report;

There were basically no secrets between the two sides, and such battle reports gave the Japanese the illusion that their guerrilla column had suffered more than half casualties and was no longer able to fight.

At the same time, he asked the headquarters to send a part of the guerrilla column to join the battle if the northern front could not hold out.
After stabilizing the southern front in the first battle, Yue Qianli was eager to join the battle on the northern front. Although the Battle of Taierzhuang in another time and space was a great victory, many Japanese soldiers escaped due to insufficient troops;
With the addition of the guerrilla column as a new force, General Li would have more confidence and it would be possible to annihilate more Japanese invaders.

These were all veterans from the 10th and 5th Divisions, and Yue Qianli didn't mind teaching them a lesson;
Although he doesn't sing the leading role, he can still play a supporting role. Lao Yue's abacus beads are about to break people's faces.

Chen Zhongyuan shook his head, smiled bitterly and turned away. Everyone else was avoiding the main battlefield, but he was the only one who always wanted to join in the fun and was even willing to play a bystander role. He was really drunk.

At the 13rd Division Headquarters, just as Yue Qianli expected, Fujita Jin's face was extremely ugly. Although the reinforcements of the th Division had arrived, he no longer had the ambition to continue fighting;

The remaining troops in the north city have been annihilated. Even if we win, the credit will belong to the 13th Division.

He was not doing anything to help others, so he ordered the 13th Division to deploy troops along the Huai River east of the southern city of Bengbu, confronting the guerrilla column across the river;
He himself was waiting patiently in the division headquarters. He had already requested tactical guidance from the headquarters and hoped to allocate a batch of reinforcements.

He was going to be scolded anyway, so he asked for 1. He even played a trick and said that he was asking for it on behalf of three divisions. In fact, he would keep most of it for himself and only give 5 to each of the other two divisions.

After reading this, Shunroku Hata was naturally furious and cursed all the women in Fujita Susumu's family.
Although these cannon fodders were not worth much, the fact that they demanded 1 of them made Hata Shunroku very angry. This meant that each division consumed an average of 5. The war on the southern front gave him a headache.

Despite the scolding, the reinforcements were still given to Fujita Jin, and they were warned to take it easy, because if they continued to consume at this rate, the landlord would have no food left for the next day.

At this moment, Colonel Tajiri walked in hurriedly and reported to Fujita Susumu:
"Your Excellency, the commander of the Chinese 5th War Zone has issued a report on the latest battle results. This is the telegram."

Colonel Tajiri simply handed the telegram to Fujita Susumu and did not say anything extra, because he knew that silence was better than words at this moment, and the more he said, the more mistakes he would make.

"Bakayaloo, the Chinese are just bragging!
My Third Division only suffered heavy casualties on the southern front, but was not severely damaged, and its combat effectiveness is still there!"

Fujita Susumu, who was about to receive a large number of reinforcements, felt much more confident. He would not admit that he had suffered a heavy blow as this was a matter of reputation for the 3rd Division.

Colonel Tajiri also agreed with this and continued:
"The Imperial Army suffered only over a thousand casualties, while the Chinese suffered nearly ten thousand casualties—"

Fujita Susumu didn't seem to be that shameless, and waved his hand and said:
"Tajiri-kun, let me also report the results of the battle on the southern front. We have annihilated nearly 3 enemies, and suffered thousands of casualties. We urgently need to rest for a few days."

As expected, the old ones are the wisest. Fujita Susumu cleverly changed the concept and directly changed the Battle of Huaihe River into the Battle of the Southern Front.

Then all the Chinese people who were killed before have to be counted in. The number of nearly 3 is already there, 2 is also nearly 9, and 3 is also there.

As for the number of casualties, whether it was several thousand, two thousand or nine thousand, you can understand it yourself. Anyway, at Fujita Shin's level, he would not bother to lie about the results of the battle. It was just an artistic processing.
Colonel Tajiri only wanted to say one word - great!

(End of this chapter)