Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 93 Battle Results and Losses!
It was already evening when Li Yunlong led his troops back to the Dazhaishan base.

Afterwards, Li Yunlong ordered the special forces company to send the wounded to the brigade field hospital, and then he had dinner and fell asleep on the bed.

In just half a month, including the artillery platoon's bombardment of Dai County Airport, the New 200st Regiment fought four battles and marched more than kilometers.

We had a forced march until midnight last night, and then we fought a battle at noon, so we had to march for half a day again today.

Not only were the soldiers tired, but Li Yunlong was also exhausted. As soon as he fell down, the regiment headquarters was filled with deafening snoring.

Zhong Zhicheng asked his guards to heat up the kang and add a quilt for Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong slept very soundly this time and had a very long dream.

In the dream, he became a general commanding thousands of troops. Under his command, 1000 large-caliber heavy artillery were arranged in neat rows, planes in the sky were like a swarm of bees, tanks were densely packed on the ground, and warships were in large numbers on the sea. They were all his troops.

The scene changes and the war begins.

Dense heavy artillery shells rose from his fleet, drew arcs in the sky, and then fell into the harbor.

Similarly, dense enemy heavy artillery shells rose from the port and shot at his fleet on the sea.

The entire port was filled with dense heavy artillery shells and huge columns of water rising.

At Li Yunlong's command, a formation of hundreds of bombers and attack planes flew over the enemy port. Hundreds of enemy anti-aircraft fire points opened fire at the same time, and orange-red ballistic missiles filled the sky like a spider web.

Accompanied by aerial bombs falling like dumplings.

There were dull and continuous huge explosions, and huge fireballs suddenly rose from the enemy port. The sky was covered with smoke, and shrapnel whistled with the breath of death.

Then Captain Li woke up.

"Damn it, I actually dreamed of leading the fleet and the Marines to attack the Japanese port?" Li Yunlong was still unsatisfied. He was about to capture the Japanese port, but he woke up in the middle of the dream?

"It was so fucking exciting. I wonder if I'll dream about it again tonight."

"If this is real, it would be so beautiful."

Li Yunlong put on his cloth shoes and looked at his watch. It was already 8 o'clock in the morning.

After eating the breakfast brought by Zhang Hu, the second battalion commander went to the regiment headquarters to report yesterday's battle results and casualties to Li Yunlong. Zhang Dabiao and Wei Qiang stood by and listened.

"Report to the commander, our commando team captured quite a lot yesterday."

Second Battalion Commander Chen Ziyuan held a list in his hand and reported to Li Yunlong, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang:

"Two hundred and thirty Type 2 rifles and bayonets, six Type 400 light machine guns, approximately 3 rounds of ammunition for the Arisaka rifle, over 200 hand grenades, three grenade launchers, and over grenades."

The Second Battalion of the Commando Team was the main force yesterday, so the statistics of the battle results and losses were the responsibility of the Second Battalion Commander.

The Second Battalion Commander continued his report: "We have 150 bastard boxes and Japanese command swords, 172 watches, including three gold watches, 3 compasses, five Type 162 six-fold binoculars, and 5 Type 185 four-fold binoculars."

Zhang Dabiao and Wei Qiang both had their lips curled up. If you didn't know, you would think that the New 1st Regiment went to the Japanese to purchase supplies yesterday.

Turtle boxes, command knives, compasses, watches, and binoculars were standard equipment for Japanese officers. Some wealthy Japanese soldiers also had watches. Turtle boxes and some command knives were broken in battle, but watches and binoculars were captured in large quantities.

The Japanese Type 13 six-fold telescope was mainly used by middle and senior officers above the rank of battalion commander, while the Japanese cavalry and middle and lower-ranking officers mainly used the Type 93 four-fold telescope, which was low-cost and crudely made.

Li Yunlong's eyes also lit up slightly. Anything that can draw out pus is a good ointment. Watches and telescopes are luxury goods nowadays. Many Eighth Route Army officers did not wear watches or carry telescopes. This time, they unexpectedly seized so many.

In addition, although the Wangba Box is not as practical as the Mauser C95, it is also a good choice for showing off.

The squad leader of the new regiment carried a Japanese army knife on his left shoulder, a tortoise box on his right shoulder, a pair of binoculars on his chest, and a watch on his wrist. Who wouldn't envy him when he went out to the brother troops?
"In addition to these, we also seized a considerable amount of money, including over 3 Japanese yen, over silver dollars, over gold bars of various sizes, and some miscellaneous gold and silver beans."

"In addition, we seized 289 military coats and 276 Type helmets." The so-called gold and silver beans were mainly knocked off the teeth of the Japanese.

The soldiers strictly followed Li Yunlong's orders and took away everything they could use except the Japanese corpses and their pants.

After the soldiers seized the Japanese equipment, according to the Eighth Route Army's discipline, they had to hand it all over to the regiment headquarters, which would then distribute and use it uniformly.

"These little Japanese officers are really fucking rich."

Zhong Zhicheng, standing by, sighed, "If we ambush an ordinary Japanese combat unit, we won't be able to seize so many pistols, command swords, watches, and valuables."

Li Yunlong nodded, his face a little solemn, a little scared, but he didn't curse: "But the combat effectiveness of this group of devils' training team is really strong."

"How many casualties did our regiment suffer?" Zhong Zhicheng asked with a changed expression.

"The total casualties were 121, including 56 killed, 24 seriously injured, and 41 slightly injured," the second battalion commander reported.

Despite having superior firepower and being in an ambush, the New 100st Regiment still lost more than people in the battle, some of whom were veteran elite soldiers.

"The proportion of sacrificed soldiers is a bit high." Political Commissar Zhong frowned, but then he thought, this No. 200 Japanese training team is equivalent to an officer corps composed of 200 Eighth Route Army battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon leaders and squad leaders.

Moreover, the officer corps is composed of grassroots officers of the Eighth Route Army who have experienced the Long March, have strong fighting will, strong individual qualities, and are sharpshooters per capita.

I felt relieved and understood that on the front battlefield, if I wanted to eliminate such a large number of Japanese devils, I would have to pay the price of at least a regiment.

What’s more, what about eliminating so many Japanese officers?

The price to pay will be even greater.

Li Yunlong commented: "If it weren't for the powerful firepower of the commandos and the tactical errors of the Japanese commander, the casualties would have been much higher, probably reaching 200."

The New 1st Regiment consumed a lot of ammunition in this battle. Apart from rifle bullets, machine gun bullets and submachine gun bullets, there was very little left.

Without so much firepower and relatively sufficient ammunition, this battle would have been impossible to win.

After the report, Wei Qiang and Chen Ziyuan left. Li Yunlong dictated and Political Commissar Zhong drafted a telegram, and then called the radio operator Xiao Zhang.

"Xiao Zhang, send this telegram to Boss Lin immediately."

"Yes, Captain."

Xiao Zhang took the telegram, looked at it, turned around and left quickly.

Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Dabiao, can you give us an estimate of how many Japanese soldiers we killed the night before last?"

"Report to the captain, there must be at least 500."

Zhang Dabiao first looked thoughtful, then replied:
"The night before yesterday, we first took out the Japanese artillery position, killing the Japanese artillerymen and guards. Some Japanese artillerymen and guards escaped in the chaos, but we still killed about 200 people. Our guard platoon killed about 250 to 500 Japanese soldiers on the commanding heights of the hill. Later, when we retreated, we killed at least Japanese cavalry and infantry who were pursuing us. Excluding the wounded, we killed about Japanese soldiers."

Li Yunlong looked extremely satisfied: "Including the 300 devils killed yesterday, the total is 800, which is another 80 rounds of ammunition."

"Haha."

"With good weapons and ammunition, it's a pleasure to fight the Japanese."

"After using Boss Lin's light machine gun, submachine gun, and high-quality ammunition."

"I, Old Li, don't want to live even one day longer in those miserable days."

(End of this chapter)