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Chapter 525 Chapter 524, After the War
When the last puppet soldier was taken in by the instructor and his men, this battle was completely over!

In the Huting stronghold, the three regiment commanders gathered together again, waiting for the comrades who were cleaning up the battlefield to compile statistics on the final results of the battle so that they could send a battle report to the headquarters.

"Report... three commanders, the battlefield has been basically cleaned up, but the number of enemies killed is really difficult to count!" said the officer who came to report embarrassedly.

"Why is it so difficult to count? How many Japanese soldiers died, how many puppet soldiers died, how many prisoners were captured, how many Japanese soldiers, how many puppet soldiers, isn't it enough to just count them? And there are also our wounded... Old Zheng, did your 769th Regiment have any casualties? Anyway, my 14th Regiment has no casualties, we just went up and killed the enemy." said Captain Kong.

"We in the 769th Regiment didn't suffer any casualties. The Japanese were blown into pieces, with either their limbs blown to pieces or their internal organs shattered. The survivors were scared like quails. We just went up and took care of them with just two slashes! Tell me, how many casualties could there be? Does it count if the soldiers sprained their feet while charging?" said Captain Zheng.

"Casualties? There were a few during the ambush, but we didn't have any during the attack on the stronghold and the battle just now!" Li Yunlong said.

"Ahem, three commanders, it's hard to count what I'm saying, but I can't tell how many Japanese and puppet soldiers were blown into pieces. Many of them were blown to pieces and nothing left!" The clerk looked aggrieved.

"Stupid..." Captain Kong looked at the officer of his regiment and said, "When the Japanese came, the sentries counted that there were about 600 Japanese and 500 puppet soldiers. Now all the Japanese have been wiped out, and about a hundred puppet soldiers have surrendered! If you subtract the puppet soldiers who surrendered, what's left is the number of enemies killed, right?"

"If you want to count the exact number, you can mobilize everyone to go to the battlefield and the surrounding areas to look for the heads of the devils. Count the heads once, and it will be basically the same!"

"Yes, Commander! According to current statistics, the number of puppet soldiers who surrendered on the battlefield is 106, and the rest have been eliminated!" the secretary said quickly.

"Okay, go down and slowly count the specific numbers. Just finish the work before dark!" When Captain Kong saw the officer leave, he took out a small notebook and read his handwritten battle report to Li Yunlong and Captain Zheng: "Joint battle report of the 385th Regiment of the 14th Brigade, the 769th Regiment, and the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade. In this battle, our three divisions worked together to annihilate more than 600 Japanese troops, more than 400 puppet troops, and captured 106 prisoners!"

"You are truly the descendant of Confucius, but your writing talent is not that great. It's not as good as what I, Li Yunlong, write!" Li Yunlong said while listening to the report in plain language.

"I grew up in a poor family. My father worked hard to support seven of us kids. I joined the army at the age of 16, and I learned the few words I could read in the army!" Captain Kong glanced at Li Yunlong and said, "I'm the child of a farmhand, and you're a bamboo craftsman. We both come from the same poor background! If you two have no objections, just sign here and we'll report it to the headquarters!" Li Yunlong and Captain Zheng naturally had no objections. There was nothing wrong with what Old Kong wrote. It was all based on facts.

After the battle report was written, it was sent first to the brigade headquarters and then to the headquarters. The three regiments no longer had any tasks to do. The rest of the time was spent cleaning up the battlefield and dismantling the Huting stronghold.

Licheng, looking at the telegram sent, Brigade Commander Chen's heart finally settled down, and he breathed a sigh of relief. This time their brigade also made great contributions, and did not waste the trust of the leader and the equipment added by the headquarters. Especially the artillery, the performance in the battle this time was very impressive, and there were some experiences that needed to be summarized.

At the headquarters, the leaders finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report, knowing that the Japanese raid was finally over! Moreover, after summarizing all the numbers of enemy kills, everyone came up with an exciting result.

Not to mention the captured mountain artillery parts, mountain artillery shells, tanks and armored vehicles, and other goodies, nor the captured guns and ammunition. Everyone felt excited just by the number of Japanese troops annihilated! Not counting the devils who attacked Liao County in the north, just the devils who set out from Lucheng, occupied Licheng and then went north, that is more than 7000 people annihilated!

This was an annihilation war, a war of annihilation that killed all the devils. More than 7000 devils were killed in one go! Including the devil squads destroyed by the headquarters, the devils stationed at the Huting stronghold, and the devils who came to reinforce, in this anti-mopping-up battle, the Eighth Route Army wiped out more than 8700 devils!
More than 8700. What does this mean? After a decisive battle on the front battlefield, the number of Japanese that could be truly eliminated would be around this number, right? In fact, according to the morality of those who falsely reported their military exploits, there weren't even that many annihilation numbers! In fact, this number exceeded the number of "enemy casualties" that they liked to use.

The so-called casualties, including those killed and those injured, are very general numbers! When the initiative and control of the battlefield are not in control, the wounded of the devil can be sent back for treatment! If half of the wounded can survive, then this number will be too much water.

Of course, now is not the time to discuss casualties. It doesn't make much sense! What is the significance of this battle? The significance is that the Japanese lost more than 8700 people at once, which indirectly protected more than tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of our people, allowing them to avoid being slaughtered and continue to live in the world!

The military significance is that the 36th Division, which was responsible for the main attack mission, lost nearly half of its troops, a mountain artillery battalion, a tank squadron, and a large amount of combat power. Correspondingly, in the following period of time, the enemy's defensive and offensive forces will be greatly weakened, which is meaningful for future development and combat!
If these devils are not eliminated, they will appear again in the next sweep, and they may even bring out more new soldiers as veterans. Now that these devils are gone, the devils will have to continue to recruit new soldiers from the country, train them, arrange food for them, and transport them from the country... In this way, they will make a lot of money!

Well, let's talk about other aspects, and the arsenal. Because the arsenal was not destroyed and can continue to produce, the troops' demand for heavy mortars can be met earlier. Everyone has seen the role of heavy mortars in this battle, so if the Eighth Route Army can build a heavy mortar unit earlier, the combat effectiveness will increase!
Therefore, both the head of the headquarters and the brigade and regiment commanders below felt greatly encouraged by this victory!
(End of this chapter)