readsfreenovel Chapter 252 Ge Languo
Chapter 252 Ge Languo
"What are the casualties of the troops?" Fang Guoxuan asked with a frown.
Shao Yunsheng sighed and said, "A rough estimate is that no less than 8,000 soldiers were killed in the battle, and there were also thousands of people seriously or slightly injured."
Faced with this casualty, Fang Guoxuan was very dissatisfied. After all, they had dispatched 80,000 people, while the dwarf locust army had less than 30,000.
Every time the Nanshan Army won a battle with fewer troops, the casualties were not many. But this time, although they had the advantage in numbers, the losses were so huge. How could Fang Guoxuan accept this?
"How many dwarf locust troops were captured?"
In response to Fang Guoxuan's inquiry, Shao Yunsheng thought for a moment and replied: "The fighting spirit of the dwarf locust army is very tenacious. Only a few hundred people were captured, less than a thousand."
"What?" Fang Guoxuan was also very surprised when he heard the number.
Of the 28,000 people in the entire division, only a few hundred were captured, while most of the rest were killed, which shocked Fang Guoxuan beyond words.
Fortunately, what made Fang Guoxuan feel a little relieved was that the Xiaoben Division was also the elite of the regular division of the Small Locust Country.
The standing army of the Dwarf Locust Kingdom consists of only ten divisions, less than 300,000 people.
Even if the dwarf locust country wanted to retaliate against them, it would be impossible for it to send out all the remaining nine divisions. Even so, Fang Guoxuan's expression became very solemn.
On the morning of the second day, in the meeting room of the Yanping Command.
Shao Yunsheng reported: "In this battle, we killed more than 745 enemy dwarf locust soldiers and captured 220 people. We seized Type 2000 rifles, 78 heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and pistols."
"8143 of our soldiers were killed in action, 2456 were seriously injured, and 354 of them could not continue to fight on the battlefield."
In the battle with the dwarf locust, Shao Yunsheng had reported the casualties. Although there was no specific number, it made Fang Guoxuan mentally prepared.
The Dwarf Locust Army was different from other warlord troops. After being surrounded, many other warlord troops surrendered, but most of the Dwarf Locust Army chose to fight to the death even when surrounded, which invisibly caused a lot of casualties to the Nanshan Army.
What made Fang Guoxuan happy was that even the crazy dwarf locust army could not hold out for a day in the face of the fierce attack of the Nanshan Army.
Although the Nanshan Army dispatched 80,000 troops and the Dwarf Locusts numbered less than 30,000, it was still enough to show the strong combat effectiveness of the Nanshan Army.
Finally, Shao Yunsheng said, "The commander of the Komoto Division, Komoto Enshin, committed suicide by disembowelment, and the senior officers of the Komoto Division either committed suicide or were shot dead."
No longer thinking about the dwarf locust army, Fang Guoxuan asked again: "What was the result of the battle with the Northern Army?"
"Yesterday we killed 756 Northern Army soldiers and captured people. We seized 7456 old-style rifles, 75 Daxin XI-type rifles, and box guns." Shao Yunsheng introduced with a smile.
"Because of the delay in capturing prisoners, the remaining 30,000 Northern troops retreated to Sanjiang Province. Commander Fang has led the 10th Division to pursue them."
Fang Guoxuan did not attach much importance to capturing Northern Army prisoners, as they were just new troops of the Northern Army and not the main force.
Moreover, these people are only equipped with rifles, mainly with old-style chambers, and they don't have any light or heavy machine guns. They are not worthy of attention at all.
If they can capture 30,000 today, the Northern Army can recruit another 300,000 tomorrow. It will take time for such a non-combat-capable army to become truly combat-capable.
Only by destroying the elite of the Northern Army can we truly damage the vitality of the Northern Army.
Today, the Northern Army has only six elite armies, which pose no threat to the Nanshan Army. If the Northern government wants to recover, it will take three to five years.
After briefly discussing the defense of Changhuan with a few people, Fang Guoxuan said, "Okay, send a message to the commander to report the results of the battle."
"Yes."
After receiving Fang Guoxuan's telegram, Fang Jian just glanced at it and put it down.
Fang Jian looked at Tao Yunong solemnly: "Is the news true?"
"Commander, this news was leaked by a mole we bribed in the top leadership of the New Southern Army." Tao Yunong said with a serious expression.
Chang Yunxian and Xu Weigong had already returned to their own forces. Now that the 400,000-strong coalition forces from the North and the South were defeated by Fang Jian, not only the whole country was shocked, but also foreigners were alert.
In early November, Ambassador Gulen contacted Chang Yunxian and expressed his willingness to provide loans and weapons to the New Southern Army in order to curb the development of Nanshan Province.
The two sides had been in secret talks for several days, but the news was only overheard by a mole in the Intelligence Department yesterday and was only passed back today.
Francis Xavier doesn't care about the Gelan Kingdom, but the Gelan Kingdom and the Xionghui Kingdom are allies. Once they agree, it will not be a good thing for Nanshan Province.
Although they did not explicitly state that they would send troops to help the new army forces in the south, Fang Jian was not afraid of their economic and political blockade of Nanshan.
But once the two sides reach an agreement, Fang Jian cannot easily use military force against the new army in the south, otherwise it will surely make the Xionghui Kingdom dissatisfied. If it intervenes by force, it will be difficult to deal with.
Although Nanshan is not short of resources, it is impossible for Nanshan factories to only sell domestically and not export.
Once an economic and cultural blockade is implemented, Nanshan Province's products will be unsalable, seriously affecting the healthy economic cycle.
Cultural blockade is even more terrible. Now a large part of the talents in Nanshan Province come from other provinces. Once the other side implements cultural blockade, how many of these people can stay?
Even among the students graduating from the School of Political Science and Law, there are many from other places.
Not to mention the talents recruited in the East China Sea and those supported by the new army in the south.
Once the new army from the south blocks the eastward passage from Nanshan and isolates Nanshan and Nanchuan, it is hard to say how many of these people will escape.
Let’s not talk about beliefs and ideologies. Everyone has a family. Although Nanshan Province offers these people high salaries, it has not yet reached the point where they are asked to abandon their families.
Just like the modern North Korea and South Korea on the blue planet, one nation and two countries.
If your family is in South Korea, it is impossible not to have the idea of escaping North Korea over time.
In addition to this, what also worries Francis Xavier is that once the New Southern Army reaches an agreement with Gulen, the potential of the New Southern Army will be tapped.
The new army in the south has lands in seven provinces. If it can get support from the Gelan Kingdom, it can quickly raise an army of one million or even tens of millions.
The reason why the new southern army was short of manpower before was because it lacked money and raw materials to manufacture weapons.
If we get support from the Gelan Kingdom, we will have no shortage of money, and if they provide us with sophisticated weapons, we will be able to train a strong army in just a few years.
In addition to the military, with the support of the Ge Lan Kingdom, developing the economic potential of the seven provinces will also enable the economy of the seven provinces to take off and quickly accumulate wealth for the new army in the south.
Therefore, Francis Xavier attached great importance to this secret conversation.
After knowing this, Fang Jian was also very unhappy. Now he has emerged and has certain strength.
Ge Languo did this because, on the one hand, he had a closer relationship with the Southern New Army, and on the other hand, the other party looked down on the Nanshan Army and thought that it was just a warlord that posed a short-term threat.
This secret meeting took place in order to stabilize the situation, prevent the Nanshan Army from breaking the existing pattern, and deepen cooperation with the New Army in the South.
This made Francis Xavier both angry and helpless.
Looking at Tao Yunong, Fang Jian asked, "Contact Prussia immediately and ask if there is any possibility of cooperation."