Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

Upon hearing the word "great victory", everyone in the conference room became excited. They didn't know how long it had been since they had heard news of a "great victory". Even a tragic victory was rare. Most of the news was bad news such as a rout or heavy losses of the troops.

Chief of Staff Yu took the telegram and read it carefully, fearing that he might miss any word. Then he read it aloud with great joy:

"To Commander Yan: A few days ago, the 358th Regiment of our army, with the cooperation of the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the 645th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, and the 244th Regiment of the Shaanxi Army, completely wiped out the enemy in front of Hexian County, including one field regiment and two battalions of the enemy, totaling more than people. The combined casualties of our four regiments exceeded , and the total strength is now only more than people."

Upon hearing this good news, everyone at the scene was immediately excited. This was truly a great victory, an unprecedented victory.

They killed more than 5 enemies with only 4 casualties, and the ratio between the enemy and our side was :. This was the best result that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had achieved in recent years.

Before, even if the score was 1:2, with two casualties on our side and one on the Japanese side, it was already considered a blessing from heaven. Many times, the score was even 1:3 or 1:4.

Otherwise, in this battle, our troops participating in the battle had at least 300,000 men, while the Japanese had only a little over 100,000. Even with such a huge difference in numbers, we were still suppressed by the Japanese. The enemy was always attacking, and we could only passively defend.

The most crucial thing is that more than 5,000 Japanese soldiers were wiped out, which means they were all killed, and even the Noda Regiment would withdraw from the First Army's combat sequence.

This was an unprecedented victory in which an entire enemy regiment was completely annihilated in one battle. It was something that had never happened before in the Chinese army.

Of course, the most important thing is that this was a brilliant achievement achieved mainly by the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and everyone present felt extremely honored.

If anyone dares to talk nonsense behind the back about the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army being a weak force, they can use the battle of Hexian to slap those people in the face.

Even though the Central Army was well-equipped and powerful, they absolutely had no ability to defeat an entire field regiment of the Japanese with just one infantry regiment.

And judging from the tone of the telegram, this great victory was achieved mainly by the 358th Regiment, with the other three regiments as a supplement. Chu Yunfei must have reached an agreement with the other three regiments, and this victory telegram was reported by the 358th Regiment.

There is a lot of knowledge involved here, because there are four regiments participating in the battle in He County, and they belong to four different forces. If they all report to their respective superiors and want to be credited with the first achievement, it will definitely become extremely chaotic, and even the greatest military achievement will be diluted a lot.

Li Yunlong's independent regiment must have played a decisive role in this. Otherwise, the previous situation was just a struggle to hold on, barely keeping the defense line from being broken. Now it has suddenly turned into a total victory, and a lot of interesting things must have happened in it.

Otherwise, no matter how capable the 358th Regiment was, it would not have been possible to achieve such a result.

Then Chief of Staff Yu said, "Finally, Chu Yunfei also emphasized that he had reached an agreement with the Independent Regiment Commander Li, the Sichuan Army Commander Long, and the Shaanxi Army Commander Qin. The victory telegram will be sent by the 358th Regiment, but the rewards for the other three regiments must be doubled."

When Commander Yan heard this, he agreed without thinking. This deal would be of great benefit to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

What the other three regiments wanted was nothing more than some material rewards, which the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had no shortage of. However, the honor of annihilating an entire field regiment of the Japanese devils was like a shot of adrenaline for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which was currently caught in a tough battle, and would greatly boost the morale of the army.

Moreover, five thousand Japanese soldiers were killed in the first battle, and with the accumulated casualties in other directions, the enemy suffered nearly 20,000 casualties. Such heavy casualties would make the enemy's First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka carefully consider whether it was necessary to continue this battle.

After a while, Commander Yan raised his head and issued the latest order:

"Chief of Staff, forward this victory report to the Ministry of National Defense and report the achievements of the 358th Regiment and other participating troops."

"In addition, this great victory telegram was forwarded to all combat units above the brigade level and all friendly command posts to encourage all comrades to fight bravely against the enemy."

"By the way, we will allocate equipment for three infantry regiments, including light and heavy machine guns and mortars, from our strategic warehouses and send them to the Eighth Route Army, Sichuan Army, and Shaanxi Army respectively. We will say that we are thanking them for their assistance. There will be other rewards later."

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army still has a lot of assets now. Sending out three regiments can be regarded as completely shutting up others. The credit will fall firmly on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and no one can take it away.

Commander Yan is a very astute businessman. He never does business at a loss. He can at least get several times or even dozens of times the profit from this deal.

But he immediately thought about it again and specifically instructed: "We must quickly send a special envoy to He County to settle all the results of the battle. Only in this way can people be completely relieved."

"At the same time, notify the Central Army, and have the Sichuan Army and Shaanxi Army send representatives to supervise. This will also shut up other people."

He knew Chu Yunfei's character well. He was known for his rigor and would never falsely report his military achievements. However, he could not resist the slander of some people behind his back.

After all, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had a very bad reputation before. This time they finally got a chance to show off their reputation. They had to make this good thing a sure thing so that people wouldn't gossip about it.

Just as Chief of Staff Yu was about to get up to make arrangements, the Director of Telecommunications came running over again, shouting:

"Great victory, great victory of the 358th Regiment!"

Hearing the word "great victory" again, everyone on the scene had calmed down a lot. After all, it was timely assistance before, but now it can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

And when everyone heard that the 358th Regiment had won another great victory, a strange expression suddenly appeared on their faces.

Some people with dark minds even complained in their hearts: "This Chu Yunfei is really good at playing games. He reported a victory twice. He is really something."

After all, destroying more than 5,000 enemies while suffering far less losses than the Japanese was already an unprecedented achievement.

No one could think of any other military achievement that could compare to the previous great victory.

Even Commander Yan showed an unhappy expression after hearing it. Chu Yunfei's behavior was a bit ignorant. If there was something he wanted to say, he couldn't just say it clearly in a telegram. He also did this, which was a bit like adding insult to injury.

However, Chief of Staff Yu still took the telegram and read it carefully. The more he read, the more excited he became, and even his hands began to tremble with excitement.

When Commander Yan saw this, he immediately took it seriously and sat upright, waiting.

You know, even when it came to the telegram just now, the Chief of Staff didn't seem so excited. It seems that this time the 358th Regiment has made a big fuss.