Such a disparity in the exchange ratio makes every Chinese who understands this period of history feel extremely sad. Not only do they remember and admire the anti-Japanese heroes who sacrificed their lives for justice in such tragic battles, but they also have an indescribable feeling.
The frustration and heaviness.
But now the situation is very different. In the successive battles at Lengkou Pass alone, more than 1,400 people from the Mishan advance team, more than 5,000 people from the 14th mixed brigade, more than 600 people from the Kuroda Cavalry Regiment, and more than 700 people from the Engineer Regiment were all killed.
, and there was also a series of harassment and sneak attacks against the 24th Regiment, killing and wounding at least 300 Japanese.
Counting the number of Japanese soldiers killed and injured in various defensive battles of the Model Brigade at the main position of Fenghuang Mountain for more than a month, the total number of Japanese killed before and after the attack on Lengkou Pass was at least 8,000.
This does not include the 29th Army's broadsword night attack at Xifengkou and the 17th Army's bloody battle against a Japanese division at Gubeikou.
Even conservative estimates suggest that the total number of Japanese casualties would be close to 10,000, with at least one or two thousand wounded.
Generally speaking, the number of people killed on the battlefield is much less than the number of wounded.
However, the Japanese troops annihilated by the mercenary group were basically all annihilated without taking prisoners, so the number of Japanese killed greatly exceeded the number of wounded.
This is not all. The key is that the number of Japanese casualties also included a lieutenant general, a major general, three colonels (two were killed, and one committed seppuku.) There were also nearly 10 lieutenants and majors, and countless lieutenant-level officers.
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In particular, the Japanese 6th Division, which committed heinous crimes in the Nanjing Massacre a few years later, lost thousands of people, and even senior officers such as division commanders, chiefs of staff, and brigade commanders were beaten by mercenary groups.
Damn it, the entire command system is in dire straits.
So far, no Chinese officers above the division level have been killed in action. Coupled with the emergence of mercenary regiments and model brigades, the casualties of the 32nd Army and the 29th Army have been greatly reduced. The overall number of casualties should be controlled at less than 20,000.
To the tune of 30,000.
Some people may ask, the 29th Army did not suffer too many losses in the previous Xifengkou War, and the 32nd Army hardly fought any tragic battles because the Model Brigade was at the forefront. How come the Chinese army still suffered more than 20,000 losses?
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In fact, the most brutal battle of the entire Great Wall War of Resistance was the offensive and defensive battle that took place at Gubeikou. The 17th Army of the Central Army, with a force of 40,000 people from one corps and three divisions, resisted the fierce attack of the Japanese 8th Division for a month.
Due to the lack of weapons and equipment, especially artillery, and the inflexible and passive tactics, the 17th Army relied entirely on the fearless spirit and flesh and blood of its officers and soldiers to fight against the Japanese aircraft and tanks, and the battle losses reached nearly 20,000 people.
By the time the 17th Army withdrew to rest and recuperate, the establishment of most combat units in the entire army was already incomplete.
You must know that although the 17th Army has nearly 40,000 troops, not all 40,000 are combat personnel. Naturally, they also include non-combat troops such as engineers, logistics and transportation, and there are only about 30,000 combat personnel.
The 20,000 battle casualties were all front-line combatants, which meant that more than two-thirds of the combat casualties of the 17th Army combatants could be said to have been disabled.
But even so, the battle loss ratio between China and Japan has now reached almost 2:1, and the exchange ratio of direct deaths is even 1:1.
This is a ratio that is enough to comfort the Chinese people and is enough to make the Japanese feel pain and heartache.
However, this is not the end.
After listening to Zuo Mingqing's report, Zhou Wen had a bold idea in mind, but he had to meet Gao Xiaoshan and the others first.
"Where is the meeting place agreed upon by you and Brother Shanzi? Is his injury healed?" Zhou Wen asked continuously.
After he heard that Gao Xiaoshan personally led a team to look for them, he was moved and worried about Gao Xiaoshan's injuries. If an ordinary person suffered from heavy blood loss like him and was healed from the gate of hell, he would have to recuperate for at least half a year. After all, he was injured.
Serious damage to the foundation.
"I see that Brother Shanzi has fully recovered. On the way here, he moved very quickly and ran faster than me."
Speaking of this, Zuo Mingqing suddenly came back to his senses and said a little strangely: "Yeah, I almost ignored it. Why does Brother Shanzi feel that he moves faster than me?"
Zhou Wen didn't realize that Gao Xiaoshan had entered the gate of Qi Jin Realm, so he didn't think deeply about Zuo Mingqing's words.
"Brother Shanzi said that after he finds you, he will send a white flare into the sky and he will change his route to the southeast, but he did not say the specific meeting place."
Zhou Wen immediately frowned. It was difficult to find. The only intercom was given to Zuo Mingqing. It was too difficult to find several people in the mountains with a radius of more than ten kilometers, and it was still in the dark.
Already.
At this time, the large force of the mercenary group also came up. Zhou Wen told Chen Wanli and Miaohua the situation, and they immediately opened the map and started studying it.
"According to their driving speed, they must be faster than our large army. Mingqing separated from them two hours ago. I estimate that they should be in the Shiziling area now." Chen Wanli said.
Miaohua said: "Shizi Ridge is a bit far from here. I'm worried that they can't see the signal flares."
Zhou Wen pointed at the map and drew a straight line between the current position and Shiziling: "I will lead the 1st detachment to attack the front station, and the large force will follow. We have strong maneuverability. We can go directly over the mountains and ridges in a straight line. Let's fire first.
The flare, whether they see it or not, will be fired again in an hour."
Not long after, a white signal flare suddenly rose over the silent mountain forest.
At the same time, Gao Xiaoshan and the others happened to reach the top of a mountain and saw the eye-catching white flare in the distance.
Moreover, Chen Wanli's judgment was also correct. Gao Xiaoshan and the others had just arrived at Shiziling.
A smile appeared on Gao Xiaoshan's face, and he turned to Lei Dahai and said: "Let's also fire a white flare, and then turn around to join them."
Lei Dahai breathed a sigh of relief now. He was a little embarrassed on the night road today because his physical strength couldn't keep up, and there were almost high hills dragging him along the way.
Although Lei Dahai and Xiao Qi both came from the same village, he had been farming with the adults since he was a child. Unlike Xiao Qi, who traveled all over the mountains and fields to hunt with the adults, he was not as good as Xiao Qi at all. In addition, he slept in the open air with Xiao Qi in the volunteer army.
After two years of fighting, the Japanese became somewhat malnourished.
In normal training, I can keep up, but the intensity and weight of today's rapid march are not comparable to those in training. Even Tian Xiaoqi is very tired.
However, Lei Dahai couldn't help but feel a little bit stunned when he found that Vice Captain Gao had dragged him for more than ten kilometers and now he was still breathing as smoothly as a normal person.
It seems that the deputy leader is also a master who is almost as good as Captain Zhou!