Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 56 Divide the spoils

"Haha, Qianli, come and see how big a group of turtles we caught!
A major general, a lieutenant colonel, a bunch of majors, but they all turned into dead bastards. "

Li Jie seemed to have some regrets when he entered the building. It seemed that he was still thinking about capturing a major general of the Japanese. Yue Qianli said disdainfully:
"It's better to have a dead turtle, so as to save food. We in the Second Battalion never raise turtles."

"Qianli, I don't even want to raise a battalion of turtles. I just want to see what a living turtle looks like."

The third battalion commander Deng Zhuxiu leaned over and said:

"This is my fault. My brothers were too harsh and didn't leave you a few living turtles to see."

Finally they broke through the Japanese's turtle shell. The three brothers were obviously in a good mood and started joking with each other. Killing a Japanese major general was a great achievement. The three brothers would definitely get a commendation. The most important thing was that it felt so good. There were not many opportunities to kill a Japanese major general.

"Qianli, the results of the battle have been counted. The regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander are all eagerly waiting for good news. Report the victory quickly."

Even though Yue Qianli had the least experience, after this battle, Deng Zhuxiu and Li Jie obviously acquiesced that he was the leader of the three. So when it came to reporting the victory to the higher-ups and showing off their reputation, Deng Zhuxiu was very conscious and let Yue Qianli take the lead, and Li Jie had no objection.

After Yue Qianli declined for a while, he still reported the victory to the regiment in the name of three people. Since the three brothers were doing business together, it was natural for them to eat together, so that they could get along well in the future.

At the headquarters of the 88th Division, Sun Yuanliang was turning around in circles like a donkey pulling a millstone. The battle at the headquarters was related to the overall situation. Not only Commander Zhang was paying attention to it, but the principal was also watching. This was a rare opportunity to show his face.

The first batch of students at Whampoa Military Academy were the principal's true cadets, so they had the best development. For example, Hu Shoushan had been promoted to the commander of the 17th Corps and the commander of the 1st Army, and Yu Jishi and others were also one step ahead of him.
There has always been a saying within the society that "Huang, Zhejiang and Lu are one". Sun Yuanliang's ancestral home is Zhejiang, and he was born in Sichuan, so he has all the characteristics.

He had heard that the 88th Division was going to be upgraded to a corps. What he lacked now was military merit. As long as he could successfully capture the enemy's naval headquarters, he would be able to take over the position of corps commander.
Compared with Hu Shoushan, He Zhonghan, Yu Jishi and others who became famous early on, Sun Yuanliang seemed to be less prominent, but his promotion was not delayed too much. This was due to his high emotional intelligence and the fact that he only fought profitable battles.

"Commander, good news, we've taken it down! The 527th Regiment has captured the enemy's naval headquarters."

Chief of Staff Zhang obviously knew Sun Yuanliang's preferences. He held up the telegram and started shouting before he even entered the headquarters. The division commander would not say anything to him at this time;
As a graduate of the Baoding Military Academy, his development could not match that of Sun Yuanliang, his direct descendant, so he could only cling to Sun Yuanliang's thick legs.

Sun Yuanliang no longer cared about pretending to be cool. He strode forward, snatched the telegram and began to read it enthusiastically. He hoped that he had read the telegram so eagerly that he would not let anyone else read it.

He first scanned it quickly, then read it again word by word, and after making sure it was correct, he praised excitedly:
“Okay, this Yue Qianli is a must!

It took only two days to breach the impregnable enemy Marine Corps headquarters building, killing more than 2 people including Major General Okawauchi Denshichi. This is a great victory. Report the victory to the headquarters immediately - no, to the Military Commission!"

Chief of Staff Zhang kindly reminded:

"Commander, Commander Zhang is also eagerly waiting for news. How about sending a copy to the headquarters?"

Sun Yuanliang then realized that Commander Zhang was his teacher and his immediate superior, and he had to report to him both for official and private reasons. Otherwise, the Military Commission would know about it, but he, the commander of the Ninth Army, would not know about it, and he would lose face.

"Then why are you still standing there? Report the victory to the commander and the Military Commission. Write down 4 enemy troops killed, and also count those that were blown to pieces." The people below were too strict, so as a division commander he could only bear more responsibility. If it were someone else, the responsibility would be at least 6. However, Sun Yuanliang still felt that he was too strict.

"Division Commander, the 527th Regiment was almost crippled this time. Should we give them some reinforcements?"

Sun Yuanliang waved his hand without thinking:
"Assign all the reinforcements from the division to the 527th Regiment, and mention Yue Qianli in the victory telegram. I, Sun, will not treat my brothers unfairly!"

Chief of Staff Zhang finally found the gap between himself and the division commander. He took more than 90% of the military merits, and he could still say without blushing or feeling nervous that he would not treat his brothers unfairly. With such a thick face, it would be hard for him not to be promoted.

After the 527th Regiment captured the enemy Marine Corps headquarters, it went on the defensive and rested on the spot. Although they won the victory, they also suffered heavy casualties, especially the st and nd Battalions, which were almost destroyed. The rd Battalion also suffered nearly half of its casualties. The entire regiment suffered more than % casualties and had basically lost its combat effectiveness.

If the casualties of the 262nd Brigade are included, in order to capture the enemy's Marine Corps headquarters, the 88th Division suffered a total of more than 3 casualties and killed more than 2600 Japanese soldiers. The only advantage was that among these 3 people, more than 1600 were lightly or seriously wounded, especially the lightly wounded, who could recover their combat effectiveness after treatment, while the Japanese soldiers suffered absolute losses.

At the headquarters of the 527th Regiment, when the supplementary regiment sent by the division headquarters arrived, the stone that was weighing on Captain Liao's heart was finally removed. These supplementary soldiers from the division had all undergone long-term training and were not much different from the original soldiers.

He called the three battalion commanders together and said:
"Brothers, the division commander has been very kind to us this time and has directly given us a supplementary regiment. My principle is to fill the vacancies first, and then divide the rest equally among you. You can take care of them yourselves. Of course, if you don't want to take care of them, you can return them to the regiment headquarters."

When Yue Qianli and the others heard that reinforcements were coming, they immediately became like hungry wolves seeing fat meat, with green lights flashing in their eyes. Yue Qianli even half-jokingly said to the other battalion commanders:
"If you can't afford it, you can give it all to our Second Battalion. We don't want any of the spoils this time."

Li Jie immediately laughed and scolded:

"Yue Qianli, your abacus beads are about to fall on my face. You just want to eat more and take more. Forget about my share, unless you bring a cannon in exchange."

Yue Qianli figured out that they were targeting his rocket launcher. He only had six of them, and most importantly, he didn't want to be exposed too early, so he smiled and said:
"I was just joking. How dare I think about the food on your plate? Besides, raising too many will cost money. Where's Old Deng?"

Deng Zhuxiu thought about it for a while and said:

"I am not as wealthy as you are. Just give me the scrap metal you despise, and I will give you my share of extra reinforcements."

Yue Qianli's face lit up with joy after hearing this. According to the regulations, they could keep 30% of the spoils and hand over the rest.

This 30% was divided equally among all participating troops. These Japanese weapons were in great demand on the black market. Deng Zhuxiu was thinking of giving the extra reinforcements to Yue Qianli to support the entire regiment.

Not only did he save the money on maintaining reinforcements, he also gained an extra amount of spoils of war, and he also did Yue Qianli a favor. The abacus beads also fell on Yue Qianli's face.

Liao Lingqi wouldn't care about this. Anyway, they were all in the 527th Regiment, so he had no objection to how they divided it.

There were a total of more than 2200 people in the supplementary regiment. After filling all the establishments of the whole regiment, there were more than 1100 people left. More than 200 people were left in the regiment headquarters, and the remaining 300 people in each battalion;
All 300 men in the Third Battalion were given to Yue Qianli, so the Second Battalion had 600 reinforcements. Yue Qianli was so happy that his mouth almost stretched to his neck.

(End of this chapter)