Chapter 144: Visiting the Wounded
In the evening, Qin Mu, who had relaxed on several women, sat in the center of the tent with energy. Today, he mainly asked relevant personnel to report on all aspects of the situation after the war.
"Sir, after this battle with bandits, data from all aspects have been released."
After Qin Mu sat down in the center, Liang Qiming spoke and said that in addition to being the deputy commander of the First Army, Liang Qiming was also the commander of the First Division of the First Army. Now the entire First Army has only this number of people.
During this meeting, all the brigade commanders and above were present, and other personnel were not allowed to attend the military meeting.
"Then let's talk about the losses of the personnel first." Qin Mu said. After all, for his army, the number of soldiers is the most critical.
"Yes, this time we wiped out a total of 1,600 enemies and captured 520 bandits. There were 492 soldiers and officers who died in our side, two of whom were deputy captains and 673 injured." Liang Qiminghui reported.
"The staff loss is very serious."
Qin Mu frowned and said every day that after killing all the bandits' cavalry, there were so many casualties under twice the absolute advantage of the bandits, which made Qin Mu very dissatisfied.
"Sir, the main reason is that these people are basically recruits and lack training." Liu Xiaoshan said.
"Yes, if these recruits train for another month, they would never be so inferior." Li Dadan said, and Li Dadan was also very dissatisfied with the performance of the soldiers below him.
"The best training is war. So we have to often pull the soldiers out to fight. From now on, we will continue to fight along the way. While rushing, we will suppress bandits. Various brigades will take turns to suppress bandits. I hope that when our army arrives in Tokugawa County, each of them will be an elite warrior who has experienced many battles." Qin Mu said.
"yes."
All officers stood up and took the order, and these people were not timid about war. As officers, what they fear most was not war, but the lack of war to fight.
"Deputy Commander Liang. You will decide the specific combat arrangements."
Qin Mu said that Qin Mu still admired the military ability of his deputy. If Liang Qiming had not offended some people in the court, he would have been promoted to the level of general officers.
"Report the casualties of each brigade." Qin Mu said.
"The first brigade suffered fifty casualties. Among them, twenty-one killed, eleven people were seriously injured and unable to return to the team, and eighteen were slightly injured."
Liu Xiaoshan stood up and reported that the First Brigade launched a surprise attack on the side, and all casualties were relatively small.
"The Second Brigade suffered 480 casualties, of which 221 were killed, 71 people seriously injured and could not return to the team, and 188 were slightly injured."
Li Dadan stood up with a somewhat ugly expression and reported. The Second Brigade was confronting the bandits head-on and was also the first brigade to launch a sprint. The number of casualties was the largest among all brigades, and almost half of the personnel had lost.
"The Third Brigade suffered 181 casualties, of which 101 were killed or killed, 21 people seriously injured and could not return to the team, and 59 were slightly injured."
Lihua also stood up with a little ugly expression and reported that the Third Brigade was all female soldiers, with less training, and her physical strength and combat effectiveness were not as good as those male soldiers, and all the losses were also serious. If the male soldiers of other brigades had not taken special care of them, the casualties would have been much higher.
Although there are much fewer casualties than the Second Brigade, you should know that the Third Brigade is the first division with the most staffing and basically almost full, but this combat power makes Li Hua very sad. After all, in this battle, his brigade was afraid and there were the most people who escaped at the last minute, which made Li Hua very embarrassed.
"Lihua, I want to criticize you this time, do you know? Those who escaped before the battle and were afraid of it are basically your third brigade. You go back and make some rectifications."
Qin Mu looked at Lihua very seriously and said, "For the army, fearlessness and escape in the battle, is a very serious incident. According to military law, it is necessary to kill and decisively.
"yes."
Lihua lowered her head and replied, Lihua really didn't have the courage to look at the ranks commander's gaze. This time, his third brigade was considered a shame in the entire legion. Lihua was about to go back and make some rectifications.
"Lihua, don't lower your head. You are an officer now. The officer must have the momentum of an officer. If you lower your head like this, how can the soldiers who make you believe you? Show me the momentum of a soldier." Qin Mu said with some dissatisfaction.
"yes."
Lihua wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and immediately raised her head and shouted. But after all, she was still a minor girl who liked to shed tears when she encountered something. Qin Mu had some doubts whether it was a mistake to let such a young girl be the brigade commander and let her lead the war.
"That's right. Wipe my tears clean. Since you want soldiers, you must make yourself strong. You can't cry if you don't come or you go to the logistics department." Qin Mu said.
"Sir, I won't cry anymore, I will work hard."
Lihua gritted her teeth and said, Lihua felt that she could not let others look down on her. What's wrong with women? Lihua wanted to train her team into an army that was no less than men, and even better than them. Lihua secretly made up her mind.
"Very good. I think the personnel of your third brigade need to be adjusted, clear out those who have poor mental quality and dare not go to the battlefield, and give them to the logistics department, especially the health team. After this battle, the health team was seriously short of people. I ask your third brigade to lay off one-third of the employees to the health team and other logistics departments, and the specific arrangements will be made by General Manager Zhu." Qin Mu said.
"yes."
Li Hua responded that Li Hua had no objection to lay off some of the poor-minded and timid female soldiers to the logistics department and the health team. In fact, many sisters in the refugee camp joined the army not to go to war, but wanted to have a meal. Now they are very willing to let them go to the health team and other logistics departments.
"The casualties of the Fourth Brigade." Qin Mu looked at Deng Dashan and asked.
"The first brigade suffered 41 casualties, of which 21 were killed. Ten people were seriously injured and unable to return to the team, and ten people were slightly injured."
Deng Dashan, the commander of the 4th Brigade, stood up and said that the 4th Brigade was the last to join the battlefield, and all casualties were the smallest.
"The Fifth Brigade's brigade suffered 91 casualties, of which 81 killed, five people seriously injured and could not return to the team, and five were slightly injured." Mi Da, the commander of the Fifth Brigade, replied.
"The personal guards' brigade suffered 322 casualties, of which 47 were killed, 71 people seriously injured and could not return to the team, and 202 were slightly injured."
Liu Wu stood up and said, because the guards brigade had been following the corps commander in front of him, the casualties were also very serious, but for the Second Brigade, fewer casualties were killed and more injured.
"This time there were really heavy casualties."
Qin Mu said sadly that this battle would reduce his troops by more than one level, which really made Qin Mu very depressed.
"Yes, sir, we must recruit some soldiers in a short time, otherwise if we go all the way like this, our soldiers will be beaten up." Li said boldly worriedly.
"When recruiting soldiers, you are responsible for General Manager Zhu. If you encounter refugees along the way, recruit more soldiers." Qin Mu explained.
"Yes." Zhu Yongqing took the order.
“How was the harvest this time?”
Qin Mu asked, if so many people died and there was no good harvest, he would be so depressed.
"This time, a total of 656 war horses were seized, fifty-one. They were seriously injured and could not be used as war horses. The other 605 can be used as war horses. Three thousand two hundred weapons, seven hundred pairs of weapons, and two hundred armors were seized, and two hundred silver taels were seized..."
Zhu Yongqinghui reported that Zhu Yongqing has a very good memory. Zhu Yongqing can tell all these data based on his memory. Qin Mu felt that it was too appropriate to let him be the general affairs chief of the army.
"Very good. With these more than 600 war horses in it, our horse riding brigade can be built soon. Yongqing, you are lucky to send someone outside to buy more than 1,000 war horses. We must build this cavalry brigade as soon as possible. This is the first major event of our First Legion. Everyone must unconditionally support the establishment of the cavalry brigade." Qin Mu said seriously.
"yes."
Everyone stood up and responded. It seemed that the commander of the army was determined to build a cavalry battalion.
"Everyone goes back and prepare. Tomorrow we will hold a grand funeral for the dead warriors." Qin Mu explained.
"yes."
Everyone saluted Qin Mu and went out.
After the meeting in the evening, Qin Mu patrolled the wounded with his personal guards. One of the slightly injured was still infected. Qin Mu had no other choice. He called the personal soldiers to press the wounded and transferred salt water to clean him personally. The wounded bit the thick cotton cloth in his mouth in pain, making constant whimpering sounds, and the blue veins on his face that were red, and he fainted after a while.
This situation moved many wounded people very much. Unexpectedly, the Legion Commander would come to see the patients who were injured and could no longer go to the battlefield, and would personally wash the wounds for the wounded people. Such a commander is really rare to see, especially a high-level official like the Legion Commander.
"Dear warriors, I am here to thank you for your heroic performance. It is because of your bravery that we can fight off the bandits. Because of your bravery, we can win this battle. So I want to thank you for your hard work..." Qin Mu said to these wounded people.
"Sir, this is what we should do. When we become soldiers, we must be prepared for injuries and death." A wounded veteran said excitedly.
"Don't worry, you are injured for our First Legion. No matter whether you can recover as before, I, Qin Mu, on behalf of the First Legion, promise that the Legion will take care of you in your future life and support you for the rest of your life." Qin Mu said assuredly.
"Thank you, Commander of the Legion~~"
"Thank you sir~~"
Chapter completed!