latelenovela Chapter 539: Cannon Fodder in the War
Chapter 539: Cannon Fodder in the War
I don’t know how they did it, but when they arrived, they saw all kinds of tragic conditions of the Japs, and even saw several burning men screaming and running wildly!
Moreover, all their supplies and food were gone. After the war, they checked and found that even most of their weapons were missing. It was obvious that it was the work of the comrades of the Knight Group.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to end the battle in such a short time, and even won a complete victory. Wouldn't it be a relief for them to finally vent the anger they'd been holding in their hearts for so many days?
Ning Xiaoxiao smiled faintly and felt their joy together.
She could also see that Captain Qi was smart and outgoing. The first thing he did when he saw her was to call her "big sister". With such enthusiasm, someone who didn't know would think they were related by blood.
At this time, the cook also started to prepare breakfast. With the ingredients provided by Ning Xiaoxiao, they could eat two multi-grain steamed buns, a bowl of corn porridge and an apple in the morning!
After dinner, everyone went to count the battle losses. Ning Xiaoxiao, Regiment Commander Shao, the Chief of Staff, the Political Commissar and a battalion commander sat in a simple command center.
"Sister, I received an order that you need assistance. Can you tell me what the situation is?" Captain Qi asked straight to the point.
Ning Xiaoxiao explained the situation without hiding anything. After all, they were needed to command the battle, and they were the main force on the battlefield. At most, she could only assist, disrupt, and provide food and weapons.
When Captain Qi learned that they had to face a well-equipped and skilled elite Japanese army of 4,000, his face became a little heavy.
"Big sister, you really think too highly of us. You just saw it. Without your help, we would not be able to defeat more than 2,000 devils on the other side." Captain Qi said with a wry smile. This really did not boost others' morale but destroyed his own prestige. If it were not for their knights to come back to their senses, who knows how long it would take to decide the outcome?
Moreover, after this battle, their number, including the wounded, was less than 1,400 at most, while the enemy's number of people was three times theirs.
The enemy also has tanks, artillery, and mortars. Doesn't this girl really have a grudge against them? Or are they elite soldiers who know a little bit of fighting? Where did they recruit such a group of people from?
"Captain Qi, this is challenging, isn't it? Besides, I'm not leaving everything to you. Look, whatever weapons you need, we can provide them!" Ning Xiaoxiao said in a shocking manner.
"Big sister, this is not a challenge. The chances of winning are too small. Even if there are weapons...what did you say? What do you mean by providing weapons?" He only heard the first sentence and subconsciously wanted to refute, but then he heard the rest of the words!
Ning Xiaoxiao didn't answer, just smiled!
"You can provide any weapons? Big sister, this is not a joke. Aren't you afraid that I'll ask for too much?"
"Hmm! Tell me about it and see if I have it or not!" Anyway, she has all the airplanes, cannons, and tanks of this era, so it's really not difficult for her.
She could even get a fighter jet from later generations, but she just couldn't fly it.
"What if I want a tank?"
"Yes!" That's it? Could you be a little braver?
"How many are there?"
"Huh? If you require everyone to have one, that's definitely not possible!" Ning Xiaoxiao thought for a moment before answering.
"No, what if I want ten?" One for each person? She dared to say it, but he didn't dare to think about it. Even the Japanese couldn't afford one for each person! This little girl was really bold.
"Yes, but do you know how to operate this thing?" Ning Xiaoxiao asked with some surprise!
She had never learned it, but she had studied how to drive in space. Anyway, it was much more complicated than driving a car. The commander, gunner, driver, and loader were all different people. She studied with two robots for several days before she learned it.
"Can a living person be suffocated to death by urine? As long as you can get it, we will try our best to learn it. With this piece of iron, we are not afraid of any battlefield. No, these are ten tanks. You can get them all." Captain Qi still couldn't believe it!
"Yes, just tanks? I'll get them now!" She had just captured four of the enemy's tanks, so ten tanks were really no pressure for her.
"Where are the 75mm mountain cannon and the wild mountain cannon?" The battalion commander asked when he saw that the others were silent!
"Yes, we have lost too many people, but our weapons cannot be weakened!" Ning Xiaoxiao answered calmly!
"Can we each get ten guns, no, twenty guns each? Can you provide all of them?" the battalion commander asked again. When he learned that they really had cannons, he was very excited.
Their entire military district only had four guns, and they kept them under close watch, like precious treasures, not even allowed to touch. One of his brothers was chosen to learn how to fire a cannon, and he envied him to death.
"Okay!" Ning Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement. She had both new and old weapons commonly used in this era!
Captain Qi, the chief of staff, and the political commissar looked at each other, but now they were sure that the Knight Group did have the strength, ten tanks, so they agreed without blinking an eye.
"Then, after this war is over, can we take these weapons back to the military region?" This time it was the political commissar who spoke, and he asked the key question.
If they could take all of the things they provided, the combat capability of their entire military region would be raised to a higher level. They could even set up an artillery unit. Just thinking about it was exciting.
Ning Xiaoxiao saw everyone looking at her, thought for two seconds, and gave a positive answer. "Yes!"
A strong general has no weak soldiers under him. With strong leadership, none of his subordinates are easy to deal with; they are all very smart. There is a reason why Captain Qi, a grassroots hero, can finally rise to the top.
"We accept this mission!" Captain Qi made the decision on the spot.
He had begun to waver. If it weren't for today's battle, he would have had no confidence. But after what happened this morning, he no longer had any concerns. He believed that his comrades in the Knights' Group would not fight a battle without preparation.
But he remembered what the girl had just said, "I won't leave everything to you." That meant they would always be there. The Knights had never been defeated, and he believed this time would be no different.
The tragic situation of the Japs this morning is enough to prove how powerful they are!
He was happy to take on this job, as they were fighting like this this morning. Besides, he could get so many things, and if he gave them all to his military district, he could imagine what the commander's expression would be when they returned!
The battalion commander was so regretful that he said it was too little! If he had known that the girl from the Knight Group would agree so readily, he should have said thirty or fifty, not twenty!
The loss is huge!
Then they discussed the departure time and some other minor issues.
"Okay, it's a deal!" Ning Xiaoxiao knew they would agree.
"Okay, it's a deal. Happy cooperation."
"Report!" The casualty count came over. They were reporting on how many men had been lost in the battle, how many had been annihilated, and what had they gained...
"Well, girl, you just said that you will equip us with whatever weapons we need, right?" The battalion commander finally came out of his frustrated thoughts and asked again!
"Yes!" Ning Xiaoxiao hadn't reacted yet. Wasn't it already discussed?
"Hehe, since you said you will provide all the weapons and equipment. Could you please trouble the comrades of the Knight Group to send all the spoils of our battle back to the military district before we set off?" He smiled innocently, but what he said was extremely complicated!
These few simple words cost her nearly a thousand guns!
Ning Xiaoxiao turned her head to look at Captain Qi and the political commissar, only to see them looking at the sky, the ground, their toes, and the threads on their sleeves, but not meeting her gaze.
"Captain Qi, don't you care about your favorite subordinates?" Ning Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and asked them angrily and amusedly!
After they carefully looked at her expression and realized that she was not really angry, they began to speak.
"Haha, big sister, it's really not his fault. You don't know how poor our military region is. We don't have a single tank in the entire military region, and we only have four homemade artillery pieces. These guns are even harder to come by. At the beginning, five people shared one gun.
Conditions are better now, with two or three people each armed with a gun. In the toughest times, we used slingshots, sticks, clubs, and hoes to fight the enemy. So, we're well aware of the fear of insufficient firepower. Today, we finally met a generous friend who was willing to provide them with weapons, which is why we're so shameless...!"
"That's right, big sister. Actually, we're not doing this all for ourselves. Even if you gave us these things, we wouldn't be able to defend them even if we moved them all back, because other military regions are also short of them. We can only use them where they are needed first!"
"Don't be surprised, sister. We all know that we must be resolute in dealing with our enemies.
Especially this kind of strong enemy, a powerful enemy, we are more worthy of it. Because if they don't point their guns at us, sooner or later they will point their guns at the helpless civilians. Sooner or later, we will face those more than 4,000 elite devils you mentioned.
You ask for our help not for yourselves, but for all of us.
Even if you don't give us anything, we will not refuse, because this is our responsibility and obligation.
Even if we knew the disparity in strength between the two sides was huge, we still had to go. Even if we sacrificed our lives, we would not have a single complaint. From the moment I joined the army, I never thought about returning alive."
"Sister, we've all heard the deeds of the Knights' Group like thunder. How much have you donated? As the actual beneficiaries, how could we not know? Your actions have always been a role model for our army. We are friends, brothers, comrades-in-arms, not enemies, so we are so reckless..."
"Yes, sister, you can pretend you didn't hear what he just said. You may not know this. In fact, every time we fight, the enemy is always far superior to us. When did we not rack our brains and try every possible way to win?
We can still fight and win without tanks and artillery, but the cost will be greater. Now that we know there are ways to avoid casualties and inflict heavy damage on the enemy, how could we not want to have them?
You don't know, sometimes in order to survive, in order to win the war, we will use everything around us. A piece of stone, a handful of sand, nothing is wasted, all used on the battlefield..."
Ning Xiaoxiao was completely overwhelmed by their constant barrage of criticism. They were crying poor, preaching, and trying to sell her on a stunt. What were they trying to do?
"Stop, stop, stop! Captain Qi, what exactly do you want to say?" Ning Xiaoxiao quickly called for a stop!
"So besides tanks and cannons, are there really guns and bullets?" He finally stated his ultimate goal!
Ning Xiaoxiao was speechless as she watched Captain Qi drawing circles on the ground with his toes. So, after all this nonsense, they were still talking about guns and ammunition?
"Okay, I have!" Her filter for Captain Qi, the grassroots hero, was shattered, and she finally understood why the male protagonist could not get any good results in his hands.
She can cry about her poverty, act cute, is smart and talkative, and has a bit of a green tea attribute. She can bend and stretch to achieve her goals. Such a person can do anything well.
"Okay, on behalf of my brothers and all the soldiers in our military region, I would like to thank you, Big Sister, and the Knights Group for your generous donation. I have decided that you will be my sister from now on.
After I'm done, I have to ask my superiors for permission. I have to make more trips for you and fight more battles, otherwise I will be letting down these iron lumps and cannons.
Don't worry, it's all friendly help, you don't need to provide anything." After receiving the confirmed news, Captain Qi stopped making circles and patted his chest to make a promise.
"Well, okay!" Ning Xiaoxiao also smiled when she saw this!
Next, Ning Xiaoxiao watched them carefully take off all the guns and bullets from their bodies and pack them up together with the spoils of war that the Japanese had obtained at that time.
This required the help of the comrades from the Knight Group to deliver it to the military district. They even went to the opposite war zone and searched for all the things they could use. Together with the gift Ning Xiaoxiao gave them yesterday, 90% of it was packed up and ready to be sent back to the military district.
The only food they had left was potatoes.
Then he said to her with a big smile, "We are ready, let's go, I can't wait to do it again."
Ning Xiaoxiao saw all of this. It was one thing for them to be cunning and like to make money, but it was just as they said. They took these things without any selfish motives and sent them all to the military district!
She naturally wouldn't be angry about this. Wasn't the donation enough? She didn't care about these things. Besides, she had just collected so much from the devils. Anyway, these things were given to them, so it didn't matter.
The main force also officially set off. Since this was not a forced march, their sweet potatoes and potatoes were all cooked.
Ning Xiaoxiao also provided them with some food and vegetables and asked them to cook them themselves, while they used their own rations to make porridge.
Although the leader said it was close, it still took them two days to reach their destination!