coobybook Chapter 123 Casualties, fire coverage!
Chapter 123 Casualties, fire coverage!
In the end, Xu Hu did not mention Wang Dali, Sun Hu, Zhang Yang, Zhang Peng, and Zhao Deli.
I could only sit down depressed.
But Xu Hu won't let it go like this.
Xu Hu planned to spread this matter so that all the soldiers of the Tiger Brigade would know.
It was Wang Dali, Sun Hu, Zhang Yang, Zhang Peng and Zhao Deli who spread the news about Zhou Weimin.
In fact, the soldiers like to hear about Zhou Weimin because they really like Zhou Weimin.
Zhou Weimin was different from the officers of this era.
Because Zhou Weimin was very kind to the soldiers and very approachable.
Zhou Weimin did not regard the soldiers as his own soldiers, but as soldiers defending his country.
After talking with Zhou Weimin, many soldiers could feel Zhou Weimin's care and love for them.
This is something that officers of this era cannot do.
The treatment of the Tiger Guards Brigade is the best in the country. Soldiers in the Tiger Guards Brigade are not afraid of death and their families will not receive any pension.
I wasn't afraid of being abandoned by the Tiger Guards if I became disabled, I wasn't afraid of being ignored by the Tiger Guards if I was injured, I wasn't afraid of being treated by the officers as cannon fodder, I wasn't afraid...
All this is why the soldiers of the Huben Brigade love and are loyal to Zhou Weimin.
Besides, Zhou Weimin didn't care about the soldiers spreading gossip about him.
In Zhou Weimin's view, soldiers spread gossip about themselves because they wanted to understand themselves.
It's just like company employees always want to know something about their boss.
"Brigade Commander!"
"chief of staff!"
When the guard in the Tiger Hall conference room saw Zhou Weimin, Shen Fei quickly saluted.
Following the word "Brigade Commander", everyone in the conference room fell silent.
Zhou Weimin took Shen Fei directly into the conference room and came to the main seat.
Swish!
Everyone stood up and shouted, "Master!"
"Alright, everyone sit down!" Zhou Weimin said, pressing his hand. Then he sat down and continued, "Everyone, please report your casualties."
Shen Fei was sitting in the seat assigned by Zhou Weimin. After hearing Zhou Weimin's words, he was ready to stand up and report.
But just as Shen Fei stood up, he heard Zhou Weimin say, "Chief of Staff, just let each regiment report."
Shen Fei replied, "Yes!" and then sat down again.
"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, the Guards Regiment has suffered 102 casualties in this battle, 46 of whom were slightly wounded, with no serious injuries."
Wu Qianli was the first to come forward and report.
"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, the Reserve Regiment, this battle resulted in 423 casualties, including 269 minor wounds and 32 serious wounds."
Although Zhou Ming did not manage the reserve regiment, he was still the nominal leader of the reserve regiment.
"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, the 1st Regiment has suffered 286 casualties in this battle, including 91 minor wounds and 11 serious wounds."
After Zhou Ming finished his report, Liu Feng also quickly stood up and reported.
"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, the Second Regiment has suffered 838 casualties in this battle, 121 of whom were slightly wounded and 9 were seriously injured."
Zhao Wei stood up and reported.
But after finishing the report, Zhao Wei did not sit down. He was waiting for Zhou Weimin's criticism.
But Zhou Weimin did not criticize Zhao Wei, but just frowned when he heard about the casualties.
"Why, is there anything else?"
Zhou Weimin asked when he saw that Zhao Wei did not sit down.
"Commander, nothing happened!"
Zhao Wei replied.
"If you have nothing else to do, sit down. I still have to report later!"
Zhou Weimin knew what Zhao Wei was feeling, but he was also clear about the battle situation this time.
"Report to the brigade commander, artillery battalion, casualties in this battle..."
"Reporting to the brigade commander, guard battalion, casualties in this battle..."
......
"Reporting to the brigade commander, cavalry battalion, there were no casualties in this battle."
In this battle, the cavalry battalion joined a cavalry company, which was responsible for scouting the situation near the battlefield.
So this cavalry company suffered no casualties.
After all the officers reported the casualties, Zhou Weimin frowned even more.
The casualties in this battle were beyond Zhou Weimin's imagination.
There are already more than 2,000 people, although hundreds of them are slightly injured and can return to the army after a period of rest.
But nearly two thousand people still left the army.
"Commander, this time our Tiger Brigade's battle was perfect in my opinion."
"Our Tiger Brigade wiped out the Sakata Regiment at the cost of over 2,000 men. The Miyato Regiment had over 7,000 men in total."
"No other force in the country can do this."
Chief of Staff Shen Fei knew that Zhou Weimin attached great importance to casualties, but there is always death in war.
In the opinion of Chief of Staff Shen Fei, Zhou Weimin is good in every way except that he attaches too much importance to casualties.
In fact, what Shen Fei didn’t know was that Zhou Weimin had always been pursuing zero casualties.
In Zhou Weimin's opinion, the Tiger Brigade's equipment is one level higher than that of the Japanese, and it is possible to achieve zero casualties.
In fact, this can only mean that Zhou Weimin has not yet completely integrated into this era, or that Zhou Weimin will never be able to completely integrate into this era.
In this era, human life is worthless.
Many officers would rather let their soldiers charge than consume too much ammunition.
Of course, the Tiger Guards Brigade did not have such officers.
But the officers of the Tiger Guard Brigade are still officers of this era.
These officers take human life lightly, and the soldiers also take their own lives lightly.
To capture a position.
To destroy a fire point.
Many soldiers are willing to serve as suicide squads, carrying explosives and grenades.
All this was because the treatment in the Huben Brigade was too good, and the soldiers of the Huben Brigade were willing to die for Zhou Weimin.
"You heard what the Chief of Staff said. Our Tiger Brigade fought this battle, and no other unit in the country can match it."
"I should be happy."
"But I just can't be happy."
"Our Tiger Brigade's equipment is one level higher than the Japanese."
"No other army in the country can replenish ammunition."
"Even the devil's army can't do it."
"Nearly 20,000 people ambushed and attacked two Japanese regiments with more than 7,000 people. Our Tiger Brigade suffered more than 2,000 casualties."
"Have you ever thought about why this is happening?"
Zhou Weimin did not criticize or blame the officers, but looked at them and spoke calmly.
After hearing this, all the officers fell silent.
Because of what Zhou Weimin said, the officers really hadn't thought about it carefully.
Seeing that none of the officers spoke, Zhou Weimin continued, "Fire coverage, this is what I have always emphasized."
"I don't care about the ammunition consumption, I care about the lives of the soldiers."
"I would rather exchange a hundred shells for the life of one soldier."
"Why do I equip your regiments with so many mortars and mountain artillery? Isn't it just for fire coverage?"
"In the future, firepower coverage will be the exclusive property of our Tiger Brigade and also the symbol of our Tiger Brigade."
"Zhang Yang, your heavy artillery battalion will expand into a heavy artillery regiment. Select personnel from the entire brigade and form a heavy artillery regiment as soon as possible!"