Chapter 212: Officer Dai Tries to Get Friendly!

Jiang Anguo's heart was also immensely excited, and it took a long time to calm down.

Then he raised his hand and pressed down, saying, "This Tonggu Campaign, brothers, the long‑range assault has been hard on everyone."

Jiang Anguo eased back, smiled and said, "I'm here to reward the troops; we have fifty carts of supplies prepared behind us. Tomorrow everyone can relax, eat whatever they like, drink whatever they like—plenty of wine and meat!"

Jiang Anguo, standing among the th Division, won a round of applause.

Jiang Anguo shouted to the doorway, "Xiao Si, come in and bring over the battle report I wrote."

In fact it wasn't Jiang Anguo who wrote it; the system provided it for him, and as for the battle report, the officers below were still racking their brains over how to write it!

The system‑generated battle report was extremely thorough, covering the unit's deployment of platoons and which team first charged into Tonggu, all recorded in great detail.

This is far more complete than anything Jiang Anguo could write himself.

Of course, Jiang Anguo also has his subordinate officers write battle reports—not just summaries, but also to publicize the good points and to study them.

If there are bad points, they can still be improved.

Dai Anlan took the battle report, flipped through a few pages, and said appreciatively, "Anguo, I didn't expect you to be so well prepared; now we can review the Tonggu Counterattack War."

"It's all to wipe out a few more Little Devils," Jiang Anguo said calmly.

Night had truly fallen, and after everyone dispersed, only Jiang Anguo and Dai Anlan remained.

Dai Anlan felt a bit embarrassed, but he knew that if he didn't speak up, the loss to the th Division would be too great.

"Anguo!" A dignified Division Commander stammered as he spoke.

Jiang Anguo didn't know what Dai Anlan was after, but his tone had changed.

"Division Commander, say whatever you have," Jiang Anguo said.

"Well, Anguo, this isn't that I'm without anyone; just call me brother‑in‑law," Dai Anlan said with a smile, though his eyes were darting.

"Brother‑in‑law, I'm listening."

Dai Anlan rubbed his hands together and said, "Anguo, here's the situation: since the th Division entered Myanmar, this unit has suffered heavy casualties. In this Tonggu Counterattack War, your deputy regiment commander Lin Yi, before departing from Lashu, did supplement my forces with some troops."

Jiang Anguo understood; Dai Anlan was waiting here to ask him for troops!

He said nothing and kept listening.

"Anguo, throughout the march and battles, our coordination has been good. How about we let them join your brother's troops?" Dai Anlan looked at Jiang Anguo and said, a little embarrassed.

Dai Anlan truly envied his younger brother‑in‑law's unit—not only for its firepower but also for its decent rations.

The key was the high quality of the soldiers; even the catering company that followed behind acted as the second echelon during the assault on Tonggu and broke through.

Be aware, it's not that we won't let you be the vanguard.

First of all, this is war, not a joke.

The Commander will arrange the deployment; if you rush ahead of the tanks and the tank shells have to avoid your own men, isn't that nonsense?

Jiang Anguo pretended not to know, "Division Commander, you see, my Independent Regiment is part of the th Division."

"Oh, Anguo, it's not…"

"Fine, brother‑in‑law, let's not talk at cross‑purposes. Your th Division lost more than half its strength in Myanmar and does need reinforcement. I will give you all 1,600 overseas Chinese troops I have, and the Independent Battalion plus the Engineer Battalion total 1,300 men, all of them to you," Jiang Anguo said sincerely.

"That way, you'll have the strength of a regiment," Jiang Anguo paused, "As for the unit formed from Long Wen Zhang's captured soldiers, you'll have to request that from above yourself, since they each have their own serial numbers."

Those serial numbers hadn't been revoked; the soldiers were simply captured because their retreat was untimely, and Jiang Anguo couldn't just absorb that unit.

The captured officers were pitifully few; as soon as they met the Japanese Army, they fled with their men.

The Expeditionary Force's chief of staff Lin Wei also ran quickly; otherwise Jiang Anguo couldn't have smoothly taken over Lashu.

The main point is his own units haven't been reorganized yet, and he has no time to form a captured battalion; his own forces already exceed 24,000 men.

"However, I want Long Wen Zhang himself," Jiang Anguo said. He admired Long Wen Zhang's eloquence; the man could rally over two thousand defeated soldiers—that's a real talent.

Dai Anlan's mouth was stretched to his ears, "Good, good, good."

He said "good" three times in a row.

Independent Battalion, its commander Jiang He.

Engineer Battalion, its commander Fan Xuan.

Both battalions are at full strength of 653 men each; Jiang Anguo directly gave Dai Anlan three thousand soldiers, all elite troops who have fought the Little Devils.

All of them were soldiers obtained through System Exchange, so Dai Anlan's division now numbers seven to eight thousand men, not far from its pre‑campaign strength.

If he can also bring Long Wen Zhang's two thousand men over, his division would reach ten thousand men.

It should not be difficult; the th Division suffered such heavy losses in Myanmar, and this division is the Principal's prized asset—whatever he wants, the Principal will surely agree.

Moreover, they're just a bunch of defeated soldiers with nowhere to be housed in the rear, so it's better to reorganize them on the spot.

Giving Dai Anlan three thousand men leaves Jiang Anguo with only nine thousand troops near Lashu, which happens to be the strength of a division—three regiments are sufficient.

It's like when Churchill called the Principal; the Principal hopes the th Division can rescue the British captured by the Japanese Army.

But upon learning that Roosevelt had decided to increase aid to the Asian theater and plans to ship supplies to Huaxia through India,

for Huaxia, whose all aid routes had been cut off, this was extremely important.

And because of Roosevelt, the Principal no longer cared about the English side; first, he sent a clear telegram to Dai Anlan, ordering him to bring the th Division safely to the rear, that is, Lashu.

Nothing is more important than preserving one's elite troops.

The Principal truly cannot endure another major blow; the Expeditionary Force's overseas campaign this time has already been more than satisfactory.

Du Lvming has already compiled the casualty statistics for each unit.

The entire Expeditionary Force suffered roughly 10,000 to 12,000 casualties, with the th Division under Dai Anlan bearing the heaviest losses; the remaining casualties were caused by the Japanese Army's 56th Division under Watanabe Masao.

Indeed, it was the 56th Division; taking the Small Road, they were almost at Lashu.

Along the way, the Senary and th Army almost fled at the sight of the Japanese, causing many soldiers to die while being pursued.

Truly, an incompetent commander burdens the three armies; they have the best soldiers, yet are saddled with so many third‑rate and unqualified generals.