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Chapter 100, The Japs have retreated, let’s go!

This was the first time that Li Yuexuan had walked into a medical station that he was not in charge of. Led by the nurse, he walked to the ward where the wounded were staying and examined their injuries one by one.

Just as he had imagined, the wounded were all lightly injured, with the worst being fractures or bullet holes in their limbs. He did not see any seriously injured people, perhaps they had gone to the military hospital, or perhaps they did not survive, or perhaps the graves in that series of graves were of soldiers who had died of their injuries.

"Don't you have a military doctor?" Li Yuexuan asked after he had cleaned the wounds of eight feverish and infected soldiers and used anti-inflammatory drugs.

"There were no military doctors and not enough medicine, so the doctor in the town helped to treat them! But the doctor said he was not well-trained and was not good at treating injuries, so this was the only way!" A nurse said aggrievedly. It can be seen that the young nurse was very sad, because she saw her comrades suffering from injuries with her own eyes, but she felt helpless.

"Okay... Go get some paper and pen, I'll tell you some common Chinese herbs that can kill bacteria. If there are wounded in the future, you can try to use these herbs to make soup and wash!" Li Yuexuan had no other choice but to tell him about some simple Chinese herbs that can kill bacteria and fight bacteria. Well, it can only be simple, after all, this place really doesn't deserve a wound medicine like Yunnan Baiyao.

This was the helplessness of the Eighth Route Army. There were no doctors, no medicines, and even not much alcohol... Perhaps, after the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual - Trauma and Battlefield Treatment" he wrote was popularized, the medical conditions of the Eighth Route Army could be improved.

After treating the infected wounded, Li Yuexuan returned to the team and continued on his way. There wasn't much he could do, he just saw it and treated it. As for conditioning the wounded and restoring their vitality, Li Yuexuan had seen the doctor's prescription and it was feasible. Of course, the premise was that there were enough medicinal materials.

It took two days and one night to go there, but it took one and a half days and one night to go back. Well, after all, the starting point of the return trip was different, so the supplies I carried were much lighter.

In the blink of an eye, it was November 11th. The guerrillas had returned to the original place of rest for more than ten days. The old squad leader and his men returned to the small workshop to start production. During these days, a lot of grenades were produced. This morning, Li Yuexuan saw the transport team of Division 17 set off again. I don't know who they were going to deliver grenades to.

This time, the guerrillas were not accompanied by protection, because they were leaving! That's right, they were leaving Jin-Cha-Ji and returning to Beishan, Ping'an County, which was their base.

Why did they return? Because according to the intelligence sent by the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region, the Japanese army, apart from occupying Wutai, Lingqiu, and Quyang, had gradually withdrawn. In other words, the Japanese 25-way siege plan failed, and the Jin-Cha-Ji base area ushered in a brief period of peace.

The reason why the Japanese retreated was that their logistics could not keep up. After all, the 25th Army attacked, and the consumption of ammunition and food was not a small number. The Eighth Route Army was also good at clearing the countryside, and the Japanese could only consume the supplies they brought with them if they could not grab anything.

Another reason was that the logistics could not keep up, because the main force of the military region that jumped out, or the 129th Division of the Taihang District, had been doing a lot of things on the enemy's supply lines during this period, such as ambushing the enemy's transport teams, blowing up bridges, tearing up railways, and occasionally taking down a few strongholds when they were interested. While giving the enemy a headache, they also seized a lot of spoils.

The Japanese are fighting a security war. With all the commotion on the outside, the Japanese feel like there is a fire in their backyard. It is better for them to go back and consolidate the existing security areas!
Of course, the more important reason is that the Eighth Route Army led the people in a desperate resistance. Every step forward of the little devils would pay the price of blood, and they did not gain any advantage! Not only did they not gain any advantage, a major general was almost killed (the Eighth Route Army thought he was killed, but the devils saved him again), and several captain-level officers were killed, and several thousand troops were lost... In short, the little devils did not gain any advantage, so they had no choice but to give up this sweep. The information Li Yuexuan found was that the battle lasted 48 days, with more than 130 battles of varying sizes, killing, wounding and capturing more than 5200 enemies, and seizing a large amount of military supplies. But isn't this him? The butterfly's little wings flapped a few times, and the number of casualties of the devils had to be added by more than 1000.

"Captain, to be honest, I've been here for so many days, and I'm really reluctant to leave!" Seeing that everyone had prepared the supplies, Li Yuexuan glanced at the surrounding mountains and said slowly.

"What's there to be reluctant about? Just go when you should! This is our land. After we drive away the Japanese, you can come back if you want!" said Zhao Danian.

"Let's go. The Japanese here have retreated, but the damn 4th Independent Mixed Brigade has also withdrawn, right? If we go back, we will still have to deal with them!" Xing Weiguo said.

"Haha, what Old Xing said is right! The Japs have gone back, and we have gone back too. We are all in the same place, so there is still a fight!" Zhao Danian laughed.

"That's right...most of the comrades we brought with us died here, and only 14 comrades returned!" Hu Lanzhou said somewhat sadly.

"So what? Our current team is not much weaker than when we came here! Moreover, we have replaced our equipment, and now we have everything we need, so our strength is even stronger! Moreover, we have obtained the great treasure of a military doctor! With a military doctor leading the comprehensive squad, our combat effectiveness will increase rapidly!" said Zhao Danian.

"Let's go, let's go quickly! I want to go back and attack the Baicun stronghold!" Xing Weiguo encouraged.

"Okay, let's go!" Zhao Danian waved his hand and all the guerrillas set off.

After walking two miles, Li Yuexuan arrived at the 2rd Division's station. He saw the new regiment, which had already lined up neatly. The regiment's leader, Li Yunlong, was actually riding a warhorse, and there were nine horseback soldiers following him. The tall Japanese horses kept stirring under the soldiers' crotches, as if they wanted to raise their hooves and gallop, but they kept their formation under the soldiers' comfort.

"Hahaha... Lao Zhao, I brought you here in the first place, and now I have to take you back! I heard that you fought another annihilation battle in Huashipian? What a pity, Lao Li didn't catch up!" Li Yuexuan's hearty laughter, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, came from far away and soon arrived in front of the guerrilla team.

"Okay, very good! Now, the guerrillas will be incorporated into the team of my new regiment's supplementary battalion. Let's set off together! Let's go back to the base!"

(End of this chapter)