Although he only slept for less than three hours, Yuan Su still felt very refreshed. The reason is that the current Fifth Division is trying to be smart, but in the end it is shooting itself in the foot. If the Fifth Division
If the regiment only concentrates its troops to attack one place, such as Gaizhou, or directly invests more troops to land at the entrance of the camp, then he will be very worried.
Now that the 5th Division's troops were scattered, coupled with the Central Army's 10th Division's successful raid on Dandong, the Japanese army seemed to have the upper hand in this war, but in fact it was the Chinese defenders who successfully controlled the defensive posture.
Arriving at the combat staff room, Adjutant Du Yu and Chief of Staff Li Dian had been waiting for a long time.
Li Dian handed the 10th Division report message he had just received to Dao Yuan Su and said: "Commander-in-Chief, the situation in Dandong is a little unexpected. Lord Chen ordered the city to be set on fire. As of the time the message was sent, the Dandong Center
The city has been reduced to a sea of flames. Moreover, the message also stated that the fire is not abating and is burning more and more fiercely. It will take many days to burn out before it is extinguished."
When Yuan Su heard this, he raised his brows slightly and looked a little solemn. He had indeed hinted that Chen Wenian was making some big noise in Dandong earlier, but setting fire to the city seemed to be a bit too big. He quickly took it
I read the telegram carefully and felt a little relieved after reading it. Fortunately, the army evacuated the people in advance before setting the fire. Otherwise, this move would have been a serious crime.[
"Hurry up and send a message back to the 10th Division, asking them to organize the people of Dandong to start putting out the fire after dawn. In addition, the combat troops of the 10th Division will go to Xiuyan via Donggang within five days, and are allowed to eliminate any Japanese threats along the way, and at Xiuyan
Establish a military stronghold and guard against any moves by the Japanese Eighteenth Division and North Korea." He then quickly issued an order.
"Yes." After Li Dian recorded it, he turned around and asked an attendant to send the telegram quickly.
"The Dandong incident is bound to become a turning point in this war. It will either anger the Japanese army and expand the scale of the war, or it will put great pressure on Japan and eventually be forced to end the war early. No matter which point it is, we must fully deal with it.
Get ready." Yuan Su said meaningfully.
"What the Commander-in-Chief said is absolutely true. At the moment we are only dealing with the Fifth Division. If the Japanese army continues to increase its troops, the next situation is unknown. However, in terms of the current international situation, Japan should not rush to expand Liaodong.
This is the war. We still have a chance to end it successfully." Du Yu said while nodding his head.
"That's right. But we have to be wary. What's more, we will definitely ask for some compensation from Japan when the time comes to negotiate. At the very least, we have to take back part of the Liaodong Peninsula. So once there is a dispute at the negotiating table, we will
It still takes some more effort," Li Dian said.
"It all depends on how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Beijing deal with it. We still have to take care of the war situation at the moment. In addition to wiping out the Japanese garrison, is there anything else gained in Dandong?" Yuan Su naturally listened.
Du Yu and Li Dian's words, but what he needs to decide now is to start with the battle situation in front of him.
"The message just now contains preliminary statistics. The 10th Division confiscated several Japanese military reserve warehouses in Dandong, and requisitioned all gold reserves, military bills and Japanese yen from the Dandong branch of the Japanese Bank of Manchuria. In addition to military supplies,
In addition to a large amount of grains, hand grenades and a small amount of firearms, the most important thing is some military rations. About three thousand stones have been transported so far, but because each of the three brigades has harvested, there is no detailed statistics yet." Li Dian simply said.
Introduction said.
"Well, all military supplies will be confiscated by the 10th Division." Yuan Su explained.
"The gold confiscated totaled 500 kilograms, the yen totaled 580,000, and the military notes totaled 3.8 million." Li Dian added.
"All gold and yen were transferred to Fengtian and handed over to the commander-in-chief of logistics. All military bills were burned. These things have no actual value. Keeping them will only harm the people of the Liaodong Peninsula." Yuan Su ordered decisively.
"Understood. These are the trophies calculated as of the time of power generation. There are still other scattered materials that are still being counted. The 10th Division will send back telegram reports one after another." Li Dian recorded everything and then added
Said, "This time the 10th Division attacked Dandong and fought for about fifteen hours. The current statistics of the wounded are more than 1,300 people and more than 380 people were killed."
"What? A full-sized division actually killed nearly 1,600 people against a Japanese garrison of less than 1,000 people?" Yuan Su's face suddenly became ugly, even though he had already left a huge sorrow in his heart.
At the bottom line, one has to be surprised when faced with such battle damage.
If this spreads out, won't the Central Army be in trouble?
"There is no way. Even though the 10th Division is full, its weapons and equipment are not in place. There are only six heavy machine guns in the whole division, two of which were captured from the Japanese army yesterday. Although the Japanese garrison is not a regular army,
In the Dandong military warehouse, more than a dozen heavy machine guns, seven or eight grenades, and many grenades can be mobilized. As long as we occupy a favorable position, it will be very difficult to attack." Li Dian sighed and said helplessly.
"I still can't accept this situation. Let Chen Gongtai make an immediate review for me. As for weapons and equipment, please urge the Fengtian Logistics Headquarters and ask Jiang Baili to quickly dispatch the weapons and equipment that were previously assigned to the 10th Division." Yuan Su said in a tone.
He said in a very low voice. After he finished speaking, his face became thoughtful and heavy.
"Deputy Commander Chen did some self-examination. In addition to causing a lot of casualties during the initial charge in the city, the casualties were effectively controlled after slowing down the pace of the attack. The key was to ambush the Japanese troops when they were retreating.
The troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, and nearly a hundred people were killed in just this hand-to-hand combat. In general, the 10th Division was too new and lacked experience from top to bottom. Even the training experience was insufficient." Li
Dian explained in detail.
After hearing these words, Yuan Su was obviously silent for a long time. It is undeniable that there is a gap in the quality of the soldiers. Most of the truly elite troops under his command have little actual combat experience, except for being well-trained and maintaining daily routines. The only one who has
The third brigade, which has little actual combat experience, is still far away in Henan.
Relatively speaking, the current Japanese army can be said to be the most elite force in modern Japan. Even though many years have passed since the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, most of the soldiers who participated in the previous wars may be overage. But actual combat has cultivated a large number of outstanding soldiers for Japan.
Senior commanders and junior non-commissioned officers. Relatively speaking, the Chinese army is too lacking in this aspect in actual combat.
Yuan Su just sighed in the end and didn't care about the matter any more.[
"This... can only be supplemented after the war. What's more, actual combat experience is the real experience. I hope that our central armies can learn something useful from this Liaodong operation." He said earnestly.
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[Let’s try to update three chapters today. I’ll try my best to update another chapter tonight!]