Drakafic: Across the Marco Polo Bridge

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-11-21 01:48am

MKSheppard wrote:Projected Causalty count for this battle?

I think she said "I suspect that the Japanese lost around 110,000 killed and the Taipings about 250,000 over the whole period of thirty-eight to forty days of intense fighting."

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2004-11-21 04:50am

That's right, but those deaths are not just soldiers--they include civilians or, in the case of the Japanese, labourers. Another important fact to remember is that essentially no prisoners were taken by either side, which somewhat increases casualties. Not included in the earlier division tally were the initial two Japanese divisions, which were badly mauled in the crossing and counterattacks immediately after it; that means there were about 550,000 Japanese troops and 875,000 Taiping troops involved in all aspects of the conflict around Xuzhou.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-11-21 11:55am

Awww, I thought you wrote another chapter Duchess. This is stuff is stronger than crack I tell you.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-11-21 12:02pm

frigidmagi wrote:Awww, I thought you wrote another chapter Duchess. This is stuff is stronger than crack I tell you.

She finished the story up, Frigid.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-11-21 01:25pm

She finished the story up, Frigid.

Book II, Phongn, now stop killing my hopes and dreams... Dreamkiller.

Battlehymn Republic · Post by **Battlehymn Republic** » 2004-11-28 12:11am

Your description of the Taipings seem solid. I had thought that Stirling tossed in the name as an afterthought. The cultists were an odd bunch. I wonder how they semi-Christianized the nation.