Today is September 8th, the sun is shining, a rare day, the Ottomans did not come to attack, they suffered heavy losses in yesterday's battle, and the corpses were piled up under the city, so today it was agreed with the Chinese that the two sides would not fight, and each would collect its own dead bodies.

At present, some unarmed people are busy under the city, lifting the corpses and putting them in the car, while the southeast army at the head of the city is on guard.

The corpses were densely packed, soaked in blood, and died in a strange shape, fully revealing the cruelty of war.

The officers and soldiers of the southeast on the city wall sniffed the pungent blood, but their mood was happy--- it was not that everyone was perverted, but that the army commander Li Laiheng commended the meritorious soldiers on the city wall!

The rewards given include the proposed medals, titles, military ranks, and honors, etc., which cannot be decided by Li Laiheng, but are awarded by the imperial court, and Li Laiheng submits merit and preliminary suggestions, and the imperial court decides to give them.

Normally, as long as it is not excessive, the imperial court will not refuse the general's request.

There is no need to worry about the generals giving and receiving things privately, the departments in the army responsible for judging military merits belong to political officers, and Li Laiheng can command them, but he has no jurisdiction over personnel.

There are two types of officers in the army, one is the intelligence officer, who is under the dual leadership of the superior intelligence department and the head of the unit, and the other type of political officer, which represents the control of the army by the imperial court.

As for intelligence officers and political officers, Li Laiheng must not interfere too much, and even avoid suspicion.

The management of the Southeast Army was both centralized and decentralized, and the commander of the battle had the highest decision-making power, but matters outside the battle were restricted, and the leader Yan Changwu would never allow the army he had built to fall into the hands of careerists.

There are also certificates, bonuses, job promotions, and smaller material rewards that Li Laiheng can do, so everyone is very happy to hear about the future rewards and the rewards that are coming now.

Basically, everyone has a share, and the worst one also has a certificate of reward, and everyone is good to be able to fight in a besieged city.

With the battalion as the smallest combat unit, representatives were sent to listen to the commander read out the commendation order aloud:

"Colonel Chen Jing'an, commander of the 163rd Regiment, in the battle on September 6, the enemy broke through the 103rd section of the city wall of our army, Colonel Chen calmly commanded, personally led the troops to counterattack, recaptured the city wall, showed great combat courage and command ability, and proposed to award the second-class melee assault medal and the third-class military merit medal......"

"Zhang Lei, deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 78th Regiment, commanded the battalion to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy during the battle on September 7, and intends to award the second-class military merit medal ......"

"Lieutenant Chen Yaxi of the 2nd Battalion of the 43rd Regiment, in the battle on September 5, commanded the platoon to kill one of the enemy's senior officers, and proposed to award the third-class military merit medal......"

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The list of meritorious service is very long, and the soldiers are overjoyed, calculating how many meritorious points they can exchange for!

In the southeastern country, the land belongs to the leader, he distributes the land to the peasants, he is very generous to the soldiers, according to the merit points of the soldiers, free distribution of the merit field to the soldiers, others can not envy it.

A considerable number of meritorious service members are Indian three-pot soldiers!

"Simber, the commander of the Sikh battalion, has repeatedly commanded the battalion to inflict fierce bombardment on the enemy, and has made outstanding achievements, and intends to award the first-class military merit medal! ……”

Simber was overjoyed, during this time of the battle he fought hard to take on the front line, they Sikhs are stronger, they are armored soldiers, throwing bombs at the enemy, blowing the enemy up the wall, hearing their explosions and chilling.

Unexpectedly, he was actually given a first-class military merit medal, and even higher than many Chinese commanders!

The Chinese are extremely fair, and they are rewarded according to merit regardless of who they are.

He was one of the most meritorious Indians, and the other was the commander of the Maratha battalion, Kunal, who was a great young man, not like an Indian, but like a Chinese, who was willing to use his brains in battle, and gave the enemy heavy casualties, and made outstanding achievements.

Promotion and wealth are the main themes now, and everyone clapped their hands desperately, thinking that this time it was really worth it!

Relying on the fortified city to achieve merit, the key is that there are few war dead, only more than 10,000 people have been killed and 30,000 wounded since the beginning of the war, of which more than 20,000 are slightly injured and can still fight, after all, this is a city defense rather than a field battle, and there is no need for too much maneuvering, and the wounded can still come in handy.

Lee Rae-hyung concluded: "...... With great courage, we held on to the city of Cairo, like an impregnable wall, although the enemy tried his best to dispatch a heavy army, we still defeated them, we have made great achievements for the country, the imperial court will give a rich reward, we must guard against arrogance and rashness, strive to fight well in the future, and hold the city of Cairo......"

The risk is small and the benefit is large, which is an important reason why men in the southeast like to fight.

In the past, it was a good man who was not a soldier, but now the atmosphere has changed, and the whole society is saying: "While we are now the founding king, a generation of British lords is alive, we must follow him and leave a rich property to future generations!" ”

The high-ranking officials are thinking about the sun and the moon rising in the east, and the seal is sealed.

And the little people are thinking about Xuntian, Xuntian!

So everyone fought hard, and with great courage, they defended the city alone and repelled the enemy's attack.

In addition to the rewards, the whole army also had a dinner party that day, and the live poultry and livestock raised in the city were slaughtered, so that the meritorious soldiers could have a full meal!

The city is bustling with activity, like a festival.

And in the Ottoman barracks, in the tent of the Chinese army, the commander Farhad Pasha sat in the city of sorrow, at a loss.

He tried his best, first with firepower to support the attack and then with a death squad-like charge, but the opponent's majestic city still stands.

Since the battle, more than 100,000 people have been killed in the battle, and he Fahad Pasha can be regarded as setting a record in the history of the Ottoman army.

Originally, there were not so many people killed in the battle, but the Chinese lead bullets, rusty iron bullets and steel nails in the bombs, and fire attacks, so that many of the Ottoman wounded soldiers died tragically after high fever and screaming.

The medical treatment of the two warring sides was not on the same level, and most of the wounded soldiers of the Southeastern Army could return to continue the battle, while the wounded Ottoman soldiers died more.

A dignified-looking man walked in without notice, the man was richly dressed and his brow was furrowed, it was Vizier Humamu Pasha, who had been sent by Istanbul to oversee the war, and he came in and asked: "There is no way to take the new city of Cairo again?" ”

"Unless we have as much fire support as we had before!" Farhad Pasha replied with a strong spirit.

"That can't be!" Humamu Pasha shook his head and said, "In order to support your battle, Istanbul's stockpile of gunpowder has been completely exhausted!" ”

"Give me the gunpowder from the Navy!" Farhad Pasha proposed.

The Navy and the Army are at odds, and Farhad Pasha's proposal is really a strategy to jump over the wall.

Humamu Pasha shook his head again, and he said sullenly: "Before I came, the commander-in-chief of the navy, Charari Pasha, was ordered to retire!" ”

This news was something that Farhad Pasha had never heard, and he was taken aback, and he heard Humamu Pasha say: "There are many problems in the navy, and the stock of gunpowder has not reached one-third of the stock that should be ......"

Farhad Pasha was speechless, he knew that Istanbul was fully allocated for the gunpowder used by the navy, and he did not dare to take it lightly, and the stockpile of gunpowder still did not reach one-third of the due stock, someone must have taken the gunpowder of the navy and sold it, maybe it was sold to Hongmaofan!

Sell your own gunpowder to your enemies!

Reselling military funds, this kind of thing, he Farhad Pasha has also done, but he has not done it as outrageously as those guys in the navy!

He sighed, "Then, go on the attack!" ”

Continue to attack, shouting religious slogans without fire cover, hoping that spirit will triumph over matter, and must attack, maybe the defenders of the city will run out of gunpowder, and the Ottomans will see the dawn of victory!

It's just that he didn't expect that the attack would be a catastrophe, and an even greater disaster was about to come!