Chapter 1447: The aftermath

The Haihan Army did not continue to pursue and attack the enemy troops who had fled the battlefield in panic. This was partly because the main force of the Haihan Cavalry was not deployed here. It was obviously not a wise move to pursue the cavalry on foot on the plains.

; On the other hand, this fierce battle left the Haihan Army in a state of exhaustion, and they did not have much spare energy to pursue the enemy.

When Chen Yixin appeared in front of Qian Tiandun, Qian Tiandun was shocked. He saw blood stains all over his face and body. At first glance, he seemed to have been seriously injured. Chen Yixin saw Qian Tiandun's eyes

When there was something wrong, he knew that the other party might have misunderstood. He wiped the blood on his face nonchalantly and said: "It's not my blood. Several Houjin soldiers jumped in from the gun position before, and one of them jumped right in front of me.

, I accidentally shot him in the head, and ended up being covered in blood."

Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "As long as everything is fine, if you are injured, go to the back and bandage it immediately. Don't delay."

Chen Yixin said: "They are just minor superficial injuries, not a big problem. However, Gao Qiaonan was hit by an arrow in his arm. He may not be able to recover for ten days and a half."

Qian Tiandun frowned slightly when he heard this: "Then I'll go see him."

Gao Qiaonan is nominally Qian Tiandun's subordinate, but the two have fought side by side on the battlefield and have maintained a relationship of mentor and friend in private for many years. Qian Tiandun really doesn't regard him as an outsider. When he heard that Gao Qiaonan was injured,

Naturally, you have to see it in person to feel confident.

A moment later, Qian Tiandun saw Gao Qiaonan among a group of wounded soldiers. He was sitting on a pile of empty ammunition boxes, spitting and bragging to his subordinates about how he had just killed several Baya Laks who had invaded the position.

Soldier. The injury on his right arm has been wrapped with gauze. It doesn't seem to have caused much hindrance to him. It's just that when he stood up and saluted Qian Tiandun, he seemed to have forgotten his injury and raised his hand.

He grimaced in pain.

"Okay, sit down." Qian Tiandun raised his hand and saluted the soldiers around him, then asked Gao Qiaonan to sit down and reply.

When Qian Tiandun was supervising the battle just now, he focused on controlling and commanding the overall situation on the battlefield. The response to local areas was left to commanders at all levels to handle. Therefore, many battle details still need to be listened to by front-line leaders like Gao Qiaonan.

An officer's report after the war.

Regarding this head-on collision with the Jin army, Haihan did not do it temporarily. He had been preparing for this for a long time. However, during the battle, he was not able to suppress his opponent as expected. If it were not for the hard work of the front-line soldiers,

Support or even risk your life, this temporary defense line will probably not be able to withstand the desperate attack of thousands of enemy troops. If you want to completely rely on the advantages of terrain and weapons to eliminate the disadvantages in military strength, it still requires a certain price.

problem to solve.

Hai Han won, but the victory was quite thrilling. Even Qian Tiandun, who had always been calm and calm, actually clenched his fists silently several times during the battle, fearing that a failure in the defense line would cause the entire position to collapse. For

For the special operations battalion, which is accustomed to winning battles, it has indeed been a long time since it encountered such a tough battle. Many problems that occurred during the battle need to sum up experience and lessons after the war. Of course, those who fought bravely in this battle

Even the soldiers who sacrificed their lives will definitely be rewarded based on their merits and additional pensions after the war.

The area behind the position and south of the fortress defense line has been turned into a large first aid center. The number of Haihan casualties in this battle reached three digits, and the camp was full of wounded people who needed to deal with wounds. The soldiers who died in the battle were carried away

Their remains will be transported to the rear on several trucks that have been vacated by the rear. Although it may not be possible to put them in coffins and transport them back to Hainan Island due to the long distance, at least there will be a collective mourning

Ceremony followed by cremation. Being able to be covered with a national flag after death is an honor for these soldiers who fought for the country.

However, it is quite troublesome to clean up the remains of the Hou Jin Army on the periphery of the position. The corpses of enemy soldiers within a hundred meters outside the position are piled on top of each other, soaked in blood mud, and emitting a pungent stench. Crows in the sky

They had already chosen their targets and started to enjoy the feast without any scruples. In the distance, groups of wild wolves also appeared faintly. It was obvious that they were attracted by the smell of blood, but they were just afraid of the smell of gunpowder smoke here.

Don't dare to get too close yet. If these corpses are not dealt with as soon as possible, they will begin to rot in a few days, and by then there will probably be no one left nearby.

Thousands of soldiers died in the Houjin battle. It is probably unrealistic to burn so many corpses, so we can only dig a few big pits in the wilderness and bury them. Fortunately, in the Haihan Camp

There are hundreds of engineers and soldiers, and there is enough labor to complete this arduous work. However, the smell of blood in this place is too strong, and the body parts and meat are everywhere. The people who do this work may be exhausted in a short time.

I have no appetite to eat any more food.

Since Haihan began to cross the sea and enter the Liaodong area, the intermittent confrontation with Houjin has lasted for more than a year. During this period, the results have basically been the upper hand, but being able to eliminate such a number of enemies in one battle is

Something that was simply impossible to do before. And the combined results of the previous year and more are not even worth today's battle in which the Haihan Army fought with all their strength. In terms of results, this decisive battle was indeed basically achieved.

It fulfilled the pre-war assumptions, severely damaged Hou Jin's military power in the Jinzhou area, and successfully captured one of the most critical lines of defense on the Jinzhou Peninsula.

Haihan has already taken the absolute initiative at sea, and it is difficult for Houjin to cause any trouble for Haihan on the maritime battlefield. Therefore, as long as the natural pass of the Jinzhou Isthmus is controlled on land, the southern tip of the Jinzhou Peninsula can be controlled.

More than 100 square kilometers of land were forcibly separated from the Liaodong Peninsula and included in Haihan's ruling area.

Of course, this de facto occupation will not be made public in the near future. The credit for recovering most of Jinzhou will be given to the Pi Island Army, who will ask the Ming court for credit and rewards. Anyway, the Pi Island Army is now considered half

For one person, this kind of benefit will not come in vain, and it will also have many benefits for Haihan's subsequent layout in Liaodong. The area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus is nominally taken over by Dongjiang Town, and some shady means can be used to pretend that the Ming Dynasty

Come on.

Regarding the intervening interests, the military had already talked with Shen's uncle and nephew. The other party was currently bent on relying on Haihan to make a living, so naturally they would not object to this arrangement. Shen Zhixiang even made it clear to Qian Tiandun that as long as Haihan said a word, he would

It was not a problem for the Pidao Army to change its banner. However, Qian Tiandun believed that the time had not yet come to incorporate Dongjiang Town, or that the identity of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in Dongjiang Town still had certain value, so he did not adopt Shen Zhixiang's suggestion.

It doesn't really matter to Haihan what kind of rewards Shen's uncle and nephew can get from the Ming Dynasty. It is certainly a good thing to be promoted to an official position. In the future, they may also be able to help the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. If the Ming Dynasty's officials

Senior officials are afraid of the relationship between Dongjiang Town and Haihan and do not provide them with substantial benefits, which is equivalent to pushing Dongjiang Town to Haihan's side. The Shen family's uncle and nephew are very clear about the benefits that Ming Dynasty can give them, Haihan

He can also give it, but Ming Dynasty may not be able to give the benefits that Haihan can give.

What's more, today's Ming Dynasty is constantly suffering from internal and external troubles. In fact, everyone knows what kind of rewards can be given to Dongjiang Town, which is isolated overseas. Apart from official posts that are not worthy of the name, money, food, weapons and soldiers, nothing that Dongjiang Town really wants can be given.

.This military group that is independent from the Ming Dynasty needs more than just a false name. If they want to survive, they must hold on to a certain thigh. At this stage, it seems that people, money and efforts are willing to take Pi Dao with them.

Haihan, who worked with the army to support the Jin Dynasty, was obviously much more reliable than Ming Dynasty, which only issued empty edicts.

After the fighting here ended, Qian Tiandun had already sent a message to the Pidao Army, asking them to try to attack Jijiabao. Based on the rate at which the Jin army retreated, Qian Tiandun estimated that the defenders of Jijiabao were

The army will soon realize that the defense line has been breached, then give up resistance and evacuate Jijiabao. As for Sujiabao on the other side, Qian Tiandun does not need to worry about it. Harugong will naturally assess the situation and attack locally.

It won't give the enemy a chance to escape cleanly.

Although this large gap opened by the blast is the most obvious weakness in the Jinzhou Isthmus defense line, Qian Tiandun no longer has to worry that Hou Jin's next counterattack will be directed at this place. At least as long as they can succeed.

Before long-range attack weapons such as giant trebuchets with ultra-long range are manufactured, it will be difficult to truly pose an effective threat to this position, unless they are willing to risk thousands more lives to try their luck.

However, after counting the ammunition consumption, Qian Tiandun's optimism was slightly dampened. The mines sent to the Northeast this time have all been used up, and we cannot count on this kind of deterrence in subsequent positional battles.

There is not much standard ammunition left for the four new artillery pieces. At most, they will be gone after one more small-scale battle. The grenades, which were also used as new weapons, were also consumed in this battle.

Seventy-seven or eighty-eight.

The infantry's ammunition inventory seems to be quite large, but if it is measured by the ammunition consumption rate in this battle just now, I'm afraid it won't be able to last for too long. After all, the special operations battalion only uses seven-shot rifles, and the ammunition consumption in a fight is also

It is quite astonishing that an infantry company fired at least thousands of rounds of ammunition in the battle just now.

And this kind of consumption of combat materials cannot be considered in detail at the moment, otherwise the military expenditure will be a terrifying figure, dozens or hundreds of times more than that of the Later Jin Army, which mainly uses cold weapons. If the Post-Jin Army's

The commander-in-chief knew the cost comparison between the two sides in this battle, and Yangu Liquan knew it well, so he would probably be convinced of the defeat.

Due to the extremely limited production of several new experimental weapons, it is difficult to obtain a large amount of replenishment in the short term. However, a lot of accessories and ammunition for the current standard weapons have been gathered in Port Arthur in the rear. A telegram was sent back.

It can be transported to the front line by sea the next day at the latest.

At this time, the aroma of food finally floated in the air, slightly diluting the smell of blood inside and outside the position. Haihan started the blasting in the early morning, and then took the time to build fortifications. After another fierce battle, it was already time to

Afternoon. Most people are in fighting mode at noon and have no time to eat. At this time, they are already ravenous.

Today's main dish of the cooking class is beef stew with potatoes, which is heavily seasoned with various spices. The aroma has rekindled the appetite of those soldiers who had lost their appetite because they had seen too much blood or were exhausted from the battle.

Qian Tiandun, Morgan, Chen Yixin, and Gao Qiaonan sat together. As senior military officials, the food was naturally a little richer than that of ordinary soldiers. Morgan even opened a bottle of wine and poured a bowl for everyone.

To celebrate the victory of this battle. Although Takahashi Nan is a naturalized officer, he has served in the Haihan Army for many years and is loyal to Haihan. The military generals have not treated him as an outsider for a long time, so

There is also a chair for him to sit in this informal setting.

"Tell me, after this battle, will the enemy counterattack again?" Chen Yixin asked a question that everyone cared about while eating.

"There will definitely be attempts, but a battle on the scale of today probably won't happen in the short term." Qian Tiandun took over and said: "Even if they can gather enough troops to attack here, it will be difficult.

To withstand battle losses like today. The Houjin Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty. With such a large population base, the loss of a few thousand soldiers is enough to break their muscles and bones. We defeated at least ten of their troops in this battle.

, if you want to take revenge, you have to weigh your own weight first."

Morgan responded: "More than that, the most critical point is that they don't know the deployment status of our troops. We have only deployed a thousand people to fight them on this position, but how many rotating troops are behind us, and the entire defense line

How many troops have been deployed on the sea, and whether there are still troops at sea waiting to take advantage of the situation and outflank them from behind, they simply cannot figure out. Any sober-minded commander should be aware of this risk, so I think

They will no longer recklessly launch a large-scale counterattack."

Qian Tiandun said: "Speaking of the sea, I don't know if Wang Tom's ambush troops have gotten any oil or water. I sent him a telegram when the battle started here today and let him take advantage of the opportunity."

Morgan smiled and said: "Then don't worry. Tom Wang was almost defeated yesterday, and he must be full of anger today. Unless the Jin army in Jijiabao sticks to the end, as long as they dare to leave Jijiabao and go to the Jin

If the state withdraws, Tom Wang will definitely command the Marine Corps to intercept the enemy halfway. Maybe a fight has already started by this time. We just have to wait patiently for the news. If Tom Wang can't even handle this kind of leftovers, then he, as the naval commander, should not do anything else in the future.

Let’s go ashore again and show off.”
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