I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

The Wu army was unable to break through the Qing army's line of defense until it was dark.

All the troops were withdrawn, waiting to fight again tomorrow.

Siege at night is not good for the siege party, Li Shaobin and others have not considered it.

In this siege, they took turns to play as many as 30,000 troops, and all of them suffered a certain degree of damage.

Among them, the 22nd Brigade, which was the leader, suffered the most losses. There were more than 6,000 people in the whole brigade. Only 4,200 people were withdrawn, including about 700 seriously wounded soldiers and about 1,100 lightly wounded.

The casualty rate exceeded 50%, and the battle fatality rate exceeded 30%.

This casualty rate is considered quite tragic in future wars. Being able to survive this casualty rate without collapsing is definitely an elite.

In addition to the casualties of other ministries, the number of casualties of the Wu army in this attack exceeded 4,300, and the number of serious injuries exceeded 2,000.

Only a few minor injuries in this kind of battle, that's thank goodness, my grandfather's blessing.

A battle lost one-tenth of its troops, which was the heaviest loss in the history of the Wu army, more than the losses in the two field battles of Nanking and Danyang.

And those two battles were big wins. Now they have lost so many people, but they haven't even won the city. This is the most terrible thing.

This kind of record made Li Shaobin blush a little. It was the first time he was coordinating such a large-scale battle, and he encountered a setback.

Compared with the Wu army, the Qing army suffered even more heavy losses.

Even if they were the defenders of the city, they were always at a disadvantage under the bullying of Wu Jun's various new weapons. Being able to defend the city is purely the result of filling in with human life.

The Qing army killed more than 5,400 people in this battle, only 1,000 more than the Wu army.

However, the number of seriously injured soldiers in the Qing army was as high as 7,500, almost four times that of the Wu army.

This is mainly because of the difference in the weapons and equipment of the two sides, the Qing army killed and wounded the enemy mainly close to the swords in wartime.

In melee combat, being stabbed with a knife is basically equivalent to death. At that time, everyone did not have time to fight for treatment, and they mainly focused on killing and wounding the enemy.

Many of the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground were trampled to death. In Wu Jun's statistics, soldiers who were injured by swords but did not die were all slightly injured and could be cured quickly.

For this reason, there were fewer seriously wounded among the Wu army.

The Wu army killed and wounded the Qing army, relying more on muskets and grenades.

A musket is hard to kill with a single shot unless it is a direct hit. Those soldiers who were hit in the limbs were also classified as seriously injured by the Qing army.

There are also grenades, unless the soldiers who are very close will be killed, and the rest of the soldiers who are hit by the waves are basically injured.

However, it is also very difficult to treat these injuries. How to remove the shrapnel that has been shot into the flesh is a big problem, let alone sterilization.

Seriously wounded soldiers of the Qing army are equivalent to death in battle. In this way, in one battle, the Qing army lost 13,000 people.

The battle damage was as high as 16%. If some lightly injured people who were temporarily unable to fight were added, their damage exceeded 20%.

It can be said that a battle is almost equal to crippling them.

At night, the mourning continued in the wounded barracks. If you listen carefully, you can hear some low-pitched weeping from the wailing.

It was the cry of some soldiers whose wounds were not too painful, but in fact they were no longer saved. They might be homesick, or they might feel that their life was worthless, or they might be afraid of their impending death.

The wailing and weeping of thousands of people made the people in the city tremble with fright, as if they were in the great hell of Abi.

There are constantly being carried out of the wounded barracks, and some 'corpses' are not even dead, but their 'corpses' are also lazy and struggling.

It is better to die early and be relieved than to continue to live and suffer from pain.

Of course, not everyone can be so free and easy, and most people are very attached to life.

"Have you heard that there is a medicine in Wu Jun that can treat gunshot wounds. As long as that medicine is applied to the wound, the wound will not rot."

Several soldiers with gunshot wounds gathered together to chat, and until the wounds became infected, their injuries did not appear to be serious.

Of course, they all know that this is all an illusion. Once the wound is infected, it can only wait for the end.

"How is it possible that this kind of poison can be cured?"

Others don't believe it.

"Don't believe me, this is the secret that the people outside the city leaked when we went out of the city to chop wood last time. Some of the wounded soldiers of the Wu army were arranged to recuperate in the homes of some people, and some people were also hit by our fire cannons. It is said that they have since recovered."

The injured Hakuto continued.

"What do you mean?"

Others had already guessed what he meant. Everyone didn't want to die, and at this time, there was only one way to do so, and that was to surrender to the Wu army.

"That kind of medicine must be expensive, right? People like us who surrendered to the past are qualified to use it?"

Some people have raised a very real question. The surrender of soldiers has always been the least human rights.

In the Wu army, unless it is the initiative to surrender, it can be directly transformed into the main force with a formal establishment. Those prisoners who were captured alive often had to be incorporated into death squads first, or they had to complete some hard work before they could become regulars.

If you want to get treatment as soon as you pass, there is no such thing as such a cheap thing in the world.

"So, it's useless for us to surrender like this, and we must give credit to the Ming army."

The head of the Hundred Household said.

"How to make merit?"

Others have asked, they don't care so much if they have a chance to survive. This is their fallen rice straw, whoever dares to rob them of this straw, they dare to go all out.

Anyway, for them, both sides are dead.

"If you are interested, first come to me to make an oath, and then I will contact the adults above to find a way. At that time, you can follow my instructions."

The head of the Hundred Household said.

"We must listen to the adults, the adults hurry up, the wound will occur in a day or two at most, and we can't wait that long."

Seeing the hope of survival, the others were very excited.

Later, the 100 households grew out of the wounded barracks and came to the residence of the guerrilla general Li Lianfan.

If you want to make a big contribution, it's definitely useless to rely on them to have more than 100 wounded soldiers, and you must pull in your accomplices.

And Li Lianfan, who has nearly 10,000 Green Battalion soldiers under his command, is a good encouragement target.

In today's battle, the loss of the Green Battalion in the Qing army was greater than that of the Manchu Eight Banners. Many Han soldiers were dissatisfied, and some Green Battalion generals were also angry.

In this case, there is a greater chance of provoking the other party anyway.