Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

45 Counting casualties and reorganizing prisoners of war

The battle is over and the soldiers are cleaning up the battlefield.

At this time, it was not long before dawn and the sky in the east was already turning white.

"Commander Ye, we have completely wiped out the Japanese."

Wang Dachuan came up to Ye Qingshan excitedly, saluted and shouted.

"Haha, well done."

Zhou Xinghai also came over from behind and handed the pistol in his hand to Ye Qingshan: "Captain Ye, I'll return your pistol."

Ye Qingshan smiled and pushed it back: "It's for you."

"You really gave it to me?"

Zhou Xinghai was also surprised.

Although the Japanese's turtle box was criticized by later generations for many problems.

However, there is some reason why it was chosen as the sidearm by the Japanese officers.

At least, in the National Army, most of the middle and lower-level officers could get a turtle box as a sidearm, which was very prestigious.

"Of course, it's just a box of turtles."

Ye Qingshan disagreed. He really looked down upon this thing.

"Too!

Your 88th Division is truly worthy of being the main ace division.

This equipment is luxurious enough.

Zhou Xinghai was also looking at the weapons and equipment of Black Bear and others behind him. There were three Type 99 light machine guns among the eight people.

No wonder that when Ye Qingshan and his men encountered Mayor Yang’s traitorous militia at the back door, they were able to quickly defeat them.

Not to mention anything else, in terms of firepower alone, the militia under the traitor Mayor Yang are far inferior to Ye Qingshan and his men.

"Hey, that's not right, isn't your 88th Division equipped with German weapons?

Why are all the weapons you use Japanese-made?"

It took Zhou Xinghai a moment to realize that something was wrong.

“Hey, look at my brain, you are carrying out a mission behind enemy lines.

You definitely can’t use German weapons.”

Ye Qingshan laughed, feeling that Zhou Xinghai was quite interesting and that his reactions were always a beat slow.

You've realized it and said it yourself, what else can I say?

"You're all here."

At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Sun Mingxu also came over.

"I just counted and found that we killed 32 Japanese soldiers in this battle.

There were also forty-one traitors and fifty-two prisoners.

We lost fifty-nine men killed and more than thirty wounded.

About twenty of them were slightly injured, and several were seriously injured and probably won’t survive.”

Zhou Mingxu shook his head as he finished speaking, feeling helpless about this situation.

"Damn it, the loss is so huge!"

After hearing what Sun Mingxu said about the casualties, Wang Dachuan was also a little surprised and shouted angrily.

But it was within Ye Qingshan's expectations.

Before, when he looked at the bodies of the Kuomintang soldiers in the front yard, he knew that the losses were not small.

Basically, half of them fell in front of the two machine guns of the Japanese.

"How many soldiers and officers do we have now?"

Ye Qingshan continued to ask Sun Mingxu.

Since the other party has counted the casualties, they must have known their exact number at this time.

This is exactly what Ye Qingshan wants to know.

“The total number of prisoners we hold here is 423.

Now, excluding the dead and wounded, we still have 364 men.

Among them, there were twenty-six officers.

There are only two officers above the rank of colonel, me and Brother Zhou."

"More than 300 people, the strength of a battalion!"

The black bear exclaimed beside him.

Ye Qingshan was not surprised to see so many people.

Before, when he went to rescue these prisoners, he guessed that there were at least three or four hundred prisoners in these five rooms.

But he didn't know the exact number.

"We were chased by the devils all the way here.

Now, there may be more Japanese soldiers following us, and we are now behind them.

We may encounter Japanese troops at any time.

So, I want to reorganize these three hundred people of ours.

Only by getting everyone to work together can we lead everyone out.

What do you think? "

Ye Qingshan glanced at the faces of officers such as Sun Mingxu, Zhou Xinghai and Wang Dachuan, and said in a deep voice.

In fact, the meaning of Ye Qingshan’s words is very clear.

I want to recruit you, and from now on you have to obey my command.

Zhou Xinghai and others were not fools and they understood the hidden meaning behind Ye Qingshan's words.

As Ye Qingshan's new fanboy, Wang Dachuan was the first to say, "I'll listen to Captain Ye."

The other officers were basically fine too.

After all, Ye Qingshan's military rank is higher than theirs, so it would be no problem for him to forcibly recruit them.

Now, the only problem lies with Zhou Xinghai and Sun Mingxu.

Among these two people, Zhou Xinghai is also a major, at the same rank as Ye Qingshan, and was once the battalion commander of the main regiment.

The other Sun Mingxu has a higher military rank than Ye Qingshan, and is lieutenant colonel.

If the two of them are unwilling to accept Ye Qingshan's command, Ye Qingshan will not force them.

"I agree.

Captain Ye, you have been operating behind enemy lines all the way, so you must know more about the Japanese situation than we do.

It would be more appropriate for you, Captain Ye, to command the next operation.

Besides, you were the one who rescued all these brothers.

The brothers believe in you."

Zhou Xinghai quickly said with a smile, releasing goodwill.

"Ok!"

Ye Qingshan nodded, and felt even more favorable towards Zhou Xinghai.

Then, everyone's eyes fell on Lieutenant Colonel Sun Mingxu.

"Captain Ye, I want to ask you something.

Where are you going to take us next?

We are now behind the Japanese invaders, and they are everywhere around us.

Are you sure you can get us out?"

Sun Mingxu looked at Ye Qingshan and asked.

"I'm sure."

Ye Qingshan said firmly.

This is not Ye Qingshan being arrogant.

Among all the officers present at the scene, Ye Qingshan is the only one who can bring them back safely.

Then, Ye Qingshan believed that other people basically could not do it either.

After all, Ye Qingshan knew the attack routes of most of the Japanese troops on the front line in his mind, and no one could compare to him in understanding the Japanese situation.

"Since Captain Ye said so, I agree with Captain Ye's opinion.

I was originally in charge of logistics.

Things like fighting still depend on you and Captain Zhou."

Sun Mingxu then laughed and said.

He had no intention of competing with Ye Qingshan for command because he was not very good at commanding troops.

When he was in the 5th Independent Brigade, he was in charge of logistics.

"Haha, in that case.

Then, I will have to trouble you with the logistics of our team."

When Ye Qingshan heard that Sun Mingxu had also voluntarily given up the fight for command and agreed to Ye Qingshan's proposal, it was equivalent to recognizing Ye Qingshan's command position.

Then Ye Qingshan would return the favor and hand over the logistics work of their troops to the other party.

"no problem.

I have just given the order to our soldiers.

Gather together all the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese and traitors.

See how many there are.

But it is definitely not enough for the more than 300 of us, each of whom has a gun.

Not even half of it.”

"It's okay. I'll slowly figure out a way to deal with the weapons."

Ye Qingshan didn't care about it.

The black bear next to Ye Qingshan whispered, "Don't worry, soon everyone will have a gun.

When it comes to weapons, no one can beat our battalion commander."

Now that the issue of command has been clarified.

Then Ye Qingshan took the lead and immediately gave new appointments to Zhou Xinghai, Wang Dachuan and others.

Zhou Xinghai must be Ye Qingshan's deputy, as his military rank is there.

"I plan to organize our three hundred people into three companies.

Wang Dachuan is the company commander..."

Ye Qingshan quickly completed the appointment of officers.

"Each of you go down, select the soldiers you are familiar with, and complete the reorganization of each company."

After Ye Qingshan finished speaking, Wang Dachuan and other lieutenants quickly dispersed to select soldiers.

After daybreak, more than 300 reorganized Nationalist soldiers lined up in the front yard of Yang's mansion.

Ye Qingshan walked in front of them and said, "Soldiers, I will be in charge from now on and lead you to fight your way out."

After the reorganization was completed, Ye Qingshan ordered the collection and burial of the bodies of the Kuomintang soldiers who died in the Yang Mansion.

“I’m afraid we can’t take the wounded away.

Arrange them to stay in the homes of fellow villagers.

Every family of villagers who are willing to take in the wounded will be given 20 silver dollars and 50 kilograms of food."

Ye Qingshan made such arrangements.

Zhou Xinghai and others also nodded slightly.

As for where the money and food come from, that is not a problem.

Just now, Zhou Xinghai and his men seized more than thirty small yellow croakers from the home of the traitor Mayor Yang.

In addition, there are more than 800 dollars.

As for food, there are two large warehouses with tens of thousands of kilograms of food.

Ye Qingshan was also shocked. He didn't expect that this traitor Mayor Yang was so rich.

What Ye Qingshan didn't know was that Mayor Yang was a big landlord in the town.

This amount of money is nothing.

Before they came, Mayor Yang's eldest son opened a company in Shanghai and took away a large sum of money from the Yang family.

Otherwise, they could have copied more.

As for the tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, they were only stored in two warehouses in the Yang Mansion.

The Yang family also has other warehouses,

However, Ye Qingshan and the others definitely don’t have time to dig in detail here at this moment.

They need to evacuate as soon as possible.

This is why Ye Qingshan knew that they had escaped from the pursuing Japanese invaders before.

Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to stay here for so long.

Ye Qingshan then announced that all the money and grain seized from the home of the traitor Mayor Yang would be confiscated and used as subsequent military expenses for their team.

“Also, Lao Sun, you take a team to town.

Find a few families to take in our wounded soldiers.

In addition, a notice has been issued that Yang Mansion will distribute food and allow the people to come and collect it."

Ye Qingshan was planning to give all of the tens of thousands of kilograms of grain stored by the Yang family to the people.

But in order to maintain order, Ye Qingshan plans to limit each household to purchase 50 kilograms.

“We don’t have time to distribute food.

Zhou Xinghai, go find the deputy mayor of the town, or an official like the former head of the village.

Let them do it.

Warn them that if they dare to embezzle the grain.

I'll come back and kill them when I have time.

Spread the news in advance so that the people will know.

In this way, they should not dare to be greedy. "

Ye Qingshan had no choice. He really couldn't believe these grassroots officials of the Republic of China.

But at this time, Ye Qingshan and the others didn't have time to stay and do these things, and they really needed to complete them.