“旅长, this time attacking Suzhou City, our 811 Regiment was the main attacking force, and we suffered heavy casualties during the siege, with over 200 soldiers killed and over 100 injured!”
When reporting, Chen Yunfeng, the regiment commander of the 811 Regiment, was still a little ashamed.
This time, the ratio of attacking forces was almost 10:1, and they had the artillery battalion assisting them, yet they still suffered such heavy casualties. He found it hard to accept.
He wasn't unfamiliar with attacking cities, but he had never experienced anything like this before.
It had to be said that the gap between the warlords and the Kuomintang reactionaries and the Japanese elite was ridiculously large.
Aside from weapons and equipment, they were even worse in combat will!
The Kuomintang army often had their soldiers charge a few times, and they would disintegrate if they suffered any casualties.
But the Japanese, even under suppression and artillery fire, could still inflict such casualties on the 811 Regiment that was attacking, their combat will was truly tenacious!
Xiao Yun nodded: "The Japanese combat effectiveness has always been strong, not only in weapons and equipment, but also in troop quality and combat will.
We have achieved two major victories in a row, but we must never underestimate them!
This siege battle is the best proof that the enemy, despite being at a huge disadvantage, still caused such casualties to the 811 Regiment.
Pay attention, everyone, don't be proud or underestimate the Japanese, keep your tails tucked in, don't get too cocky!
If anyone suffers a loss at the hands of the Japanese, don't say you're from the 399th Brigade, I, Xiao Yun, can't afford to lose face!”
Xiao Yun knew that after two consecutive major victories, the cadres below would inevitably start to think that the Japanese were nothing special.
Such thoughts were very dangerous; the Japanese combat effectiveness during this period was definitely not weak, even he dared not underestimate them.
The regiment commanders under him, although their commanding ability was not bad, there was still a significant gap between them and him.
If they didn't take the little devils seriously enough, they might suffer a major defeat at the hands of the little devils in the future.
Xiao Yun took advantage of this opportunity to review the battle, using the 811 Regiment's attack setbacks as a case study to warn these four regiment commanders.
As the saying goes, "As above, so below", with them taking the lead, the soldiers below would quickly correct this bad attitude.
"Yes, 旅长!"
Liu Hu, Li Yunlong, and Kong Jie, who were still slightly proud, straightened their faces, erasing the slightest hint of underestimation of the Japanese from their hearts.
To be honest, these two battles, although brilliantly fought, they were aware that this was largely due to Xiao Yun's command.
They had almost fully exploited their advantages against the Japanese.
While the Japanese often lost their firepower advantage shortly after the battle began, they were instead overwhelmed by the 399th Brigade.
They had to admit that if they were in command, they wouldn't be able to achieve such brilliant results, they would definitely have some flaws.
These flaws might seem insignificant, but if they were facing a master, they might seize this weakness and launch a counterattack.
The 399th Brigade would then be put at a disadvantage!
Seeing that the regiment commanders had all taken it seriously, Xiao Yun nodded in satisfaction.
"Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, you two report on the battle situation and the spoils from the siege of Suzhou City."
"Report to the 旅长, our Independent Regiment was an auxiliary force, and our casualties weren't that big. We lost 70 soldiers and another 20 were injured!"
"Our Independent Regiment also had relatively low casualties, with 60 soldiers killed and about a dozen injured!"
"As for the spoils, in terms of weapons and equipment, we captured a full regiment of Japanese weapons and equipment in the warehouse, including 12 92-type infantry guns and six 37mm anti-tank guns.
There were also some artillery equipment, a total of 10 96-type mountain guns, two 92-type infantry guns.
Finally, there were also the weapons and equipment of half a large battalion of Japanese soldiers captured during the siege, and two 92-type infantry guns and five 37mm anti-tank guns from the artillery platoon and anti-tank platoon!”
"In terms of grain, all in all, it's enough for our brigade and the local people to eat with their mouths open for a year or two."
"Nine thousand bolts of cloth, all good cotton!"
"Meat is mostly canned, there's probably a trainload or two!"
"There are hundreds of boxes of medicine, packed in three big boxes!"
"Over a million silver dollars, 300 gold bars, some foreign currency, the political commissar said they could be exchanged for about 70,000 to 80,000 silver dollars.
There are also some antiques and paintings, the soldiers don't know how much they are worth, so they brought them all back!”
"Right, 旅长, you're especially interested in machinery, including those in the warehouse, there are 60 to 70 machines, large and small, about half are old, and the rest are brand new!"
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie rattled off the spoils like they were listing items on a menu.
Except for Xiao Yun, who was mentally prepared and even most of the spoils were what he had requisitioned, everyone else was slightly stunned.
Although they knew a lot, when they were added up, they still felt like they had been hit by a pie, their heads were spinning.