Chapter 74: Wounded Arrive at the Winter Garrison

Jiang Anguo has already received the information, and the system gave him a prompt.

Obtained 1740 points, and the key is that four people died in battle; this damn system makes him remember each soldier's face, and he looked through the system at the fallen soldiers, feeling a bit sad.

If he hadn't sent these people to Thai, would there have been no deaths?

Jiang Anguo quickly shook off this unrealistic thought.

War—there's no way it doesn't kill people.

"System, these are Japanese," Jiang Anguo saw the system's separate listing of Thai and Japanese.

Thai: 83, Japanese: 4.

"Yes, this makes it easier for the Host to observe," the system said.

"System, you're really thoughtful," he said, starting another round; Jiang Anguo simply enjoys killing Japanese.

Jiang Anguo's biggest worry is Li Yi's unit's casualties, ammunition, and food and medical issues.

Since leading troops, Jiang Anguo has found it truly difficult; it's not as simple as when he was a Squad officer before—this is a battlefield where people die.

Take the troops' consumption of horse chew: if Jiang Anguo hadn't been cheating, the issue of feeding these over three thousand people with horse chew would have driven people crazy.

Obviously, being able to kill Thai soldiers would certainly yield some supplies, so Jiang Anguo doesn't need to worry about that.

"System, really can't transport supplies to Li Yi's side? Even just a tenth would be fine!" Jiang Anguo pleaded.

"Host, I have already told you before, currently it's not possible."

Jiang Anguo truly wants to send troops and personnel to Li Yi's unit, but there's no way, leaving him somewhat worried.

Li Yi also wants more troops and resources; after inventorying supplies, Li Yi made a decision: today they would feast on meat.

They had captured so many wounded cattle and horses that they had to kill them all, and the soldiers below carried many back.

It was also to boost morale; this battle reduced numbers by about twenty percent. The injured were all gunshot wounds, fortunately not life‑threatening; with timely Doctor treatment, the bullets can be removed, though it takes time.

Grilled over fire, boiled in water, anyway there's plenty of Beef today.

Even so, there was still a lot; Li Yi had people make smoked Beef and smoked Horse meat—basically slicing them and smoking over fire, which is not only easy to eat but also portable.

After this meal, five snipers with their assistants vanished into the night.

Li Yi stood at the cave entrance, this truly is a man‑eating jungle.

Li Yi ordered the snipers to lead people in the opposite direction, to different routes, to draw the enemy over; otherwise they'd be too easily spotted.

Once discovered, if they can't hide in time, the cave becomes fatal.

For Li Yi, this cave is extremely important; with such a large force in the jungle, finding a hideout is not easy!

Snipers aren't just for killing enemies; they can also draw enemy fire. Of course, this Thai unit includes Japanese, and the Japanese are unlikely to be that foolish.

In fact, Thailand has long been in contact with the Japanese, and the Thai Army is modeled after the Japanese Army, though its organization is smaller; a division has about eight to nine thousand troops.

Nevertheless, the total strength of the Thai Army is huge: five armies, six hundred thousand people.

Indeed, the Thai Army has six hundred thousand, with each army averaging five to eight divisions.

Numbers vary; the most elite division follows Japanese organization, about twenty thousand troops.

The Thai Army hasn't always had such numbers; it underwent a series of expansions. Prime Minister Luan Piwen, after seeing the French surrender so quickly, wondered if they could get a slice of the Vietnam issue.

Also Cambodia and Laos.

The Thai Army's numbers grew from an initial two‑to‑three hundred thousand to six hundred thousand, and it also has a modest air force, all using Japanese aircraft.

Thus, Thai and Japanese have long been linked; the Japanese need an ally in Southeast Asia, since regional security would drain too many Japanese Army troops, and the Thai are well suited for the role.

If Jiang Anguo learns that his dispatched guerrillas would face a country with six hundred thousand troops, he'd need two months to think it over; then he wouldn't go to Thai, likely retreating back home.

Beep beep.

A series of car Horns sounded at the camp gate.

The guard soldiers stopped the vehicle, not letting them in.

"Quick, the Transport Vehicle is full of wounded, needs treatment," the soldier shouted.

The guard wasn't rigidly adhering to protocol; after cross‑checking the information, they realized it was the Transport Vehicle convoy that went to the Front together with the Eighth Company.

At the time many soldiers were puzzled: hadn't the Commander said they were to go to the Front, why did they end up coming back?

A phone call was already placed to the Medical Team; the camp is equipped with a telephone.

"Coming immediately," Lei Ao's assistant answered.

Li Qing and Lei Ao promptly led two Squads to the open area of the camp.

Lying, sitting, several hundred people in total, the air was filled with the stench of rotting wounds.

Lei Ao and Li Qing immediately divided tasks: Lei Ao handled the seriously wounded, Li Qing the lightly wounded; at this point their Medical Team had twelve Doctors and as many as one hundred sanitary staff.

The scene was already sufficient, as usual; based on each soldier's injury, they wore different Bracelets.

Jiang Anguo arrived on the scene immediately, grabbing Kang Ya, "Kang Ya, what's the situation?"

Indeed, this time the one leading the transport for the Eighth Company is Kang Ya.

Kang Ya was drinking from a water bottle when she was tapped on the shoulder; seeing the camp commander, she tried to salute, but Jiang Anguo stopped her hand, "Don't think you'll get punished."

Kang Ya immediately thought of something, lowered her hand, and said, "Camp commander, there are many wounded."

"I've seen the wounded," Jiang Anguo said, noting there were three to four hundred wounded; not all were seriously injured, the seriously wounded were lying still, the lightly wounded lacked medicine and weren't in good condition.

"That place called Mandalay has many wounded, it's truly tragic," Kang Ya said.

"Xiao Si, immediately set up a quarantine zone, centralize these wounded, and remember to disinfect on schedule each day," Jiang Anguo said, fearing disease spread that could cause Non-combat Casualties.

The soldiers watching the spectacle were dispersed in a short time.

The numbers were quickly tallied: a total of 408 wounded, 102 seriously wounded, the rest lightly to moderately injured, all requiring large amounts of medicine.

Most of the wounded were from the th Division, also from the New 22nd Division, and a portion of the 96th Division, though the 96th wasn't many.

From here Jiang Anguo saw that frontline medical supplies were severely lacking.