The smoke of gunpowder was still in the air, and Commander Zheng and Political Commissar Shen stepped on rubble and blood stains and entered the village under the protection of the guards.

The fighting was all over, and the district squadron and militia entered the village, carrying the corpses and rescuing the wounded, and were nervously busy.

The casualties are not small! Head Zheng frowned and walked silently.

The houses in the village have collapsed, the walls are in tatters, and there is no longer the appearance of the past. The busy people came in and out, carrying or carrying, and they didn't even have time to say hello to Head Zheng and Political Commissar Shen.

The killing ground near the entrance of the village was the most tragic and bloody, with broken bricks and trees everywhere, bloody and stumps everywhere, and corpses in two-color military uniforms were stacked in a small area, so that there was no place to put your feet.

And many fighters on both sides of the enemy still maintain the posture of fighting and fighting before their deaths, choking their necks and waving their fists, and getting entangled.

Some members of the district squadrons and militiamen are separating the bodies that have been tangled and wrestling together, looking for the fighters who are still alive.

The fallen soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were carefully put aside, and they had already slipped away, and although they had died, those who contained and organized them were still lightly moved, as if they were afraid of waking them from their deep sleep, and some of them kept shedding tears.

Commander Zheng stopped, his eyes slowly swept over the corpse of the martyr, and he raised his hand to salute a solemn military salute.

The enemy entered and we advanced, and the surprise attack on the county town was already a great success, but Zheng Tuan did not necessarily have to destroy the enemy who swept all the way.

But if we can achieve another victory, it will not be as simple as destroying five or six hundred enemies.

In the current enemy-occupied area, the enemy, who has lost one after another, will no longer be able to maintain such a large territory. If you hold on, just wait to be broken one by one!

As a result, the enemy will shrink its defenses, with the expected focus on the county town and mines, and the periphery will be abandoned due to insufficient troops.

This is the reason for the annihilation of the enemy's vital forces, and it is also the reason for grasping the enemy's weak points, the contradiction between the vast occupied areas and the lack of troops.

Walking out of the village, the wilderness is still a battlefield, and there are still warriors who clean the battlefield with torches.

Head Zheng let out a long breath and said to Political Commissar Shen: "Old Shen, let's just wait here for a while." Wait for the rough casualty statistics to come up, and then send troops to fight continuously and liberate a few more villages from the enemy. ”

Political Commissar Shen nodded and said: "If the enemy retreats back, he can only focus on the county seat and mines, and the marginal areas will not be able to increase troops to defend in a short period of time!" Taking advantage of the emptiness, it is time to expand the base area and reduce the enemy-occupied area. ”

After a pause, Political Commissar Shen continued: "The replenishment and training of the troops should also be paid close attention to, once the task is issued by the superiors, we must still resolutely complete it." ”

Regiment Commander Zheng knew that the devils had been keeping an eye on the division headquarters and the Shandong Branch, and once the exact movement was determined, a major siege would inevitably be launched.

Although Zheng Tuan is not in the same base area as the division headquarters and the Shandong sub-bureau, if the division headquarters and the Shandong sub-bureau are besieged, they either go to reinforcements, or insert themselves behind enemy lines to contain the besieging Japanese army, Zheng Tuan will definitely have to take action.

After repeated battles, the casualties of the Zheng regiment were also quite heavy, and it was conservatively estimated that it would have to reduce its strength by four or five hundred, which was equivalent to a battalion of men and horses.

Although the political work in the base areas is in place, and it will not take too much time to replenish the full number of troops, the combat effectiveness of the entire regiment will be greatly reduced if the recruits are not strictly trained.

The two of them were talking about things when they saw Shen Chen and Yu Baogen coming over. Yu Baogen was still holding a torch in his hand, shining on the ground from time to time, as if he was looking for something.

"Da Mei, come here." Head Zheng liked Shen Chen from the bottom of his heart, and when he saw that Shen Chen and Yu Baogen didn't mean to come over to salute and greet, he took the initiative to shout.

Shen Chen and Yu Baogen walked over and stood up and saluted. Yu Baogen is still more formal, and Shen Chen is more casual.

Shen Chen didn't have any injuries on his body, but he was crawling, his clothes were full of dust and dirt, and his face was also black with sweat mixed with gunsmoke, only those big eyes didn't change.

"What are you looking for?" Political Commissar Shen opened his mouth first and asked, "Is it very important, or is it very precious?" ”

Shen Chen pursed his lips and said, "It's not something important and precious, it's a small tool kit with files and pliers in it." I said I wouldn't look for it—"

Yu Baogen hurriedly said: "I didn't keep it well, so I wanted to find it back." That thing doesn't work much for anyone else, so you should be able to find it, right? ”

Head Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's never too late to look for it during the day." Then send a notice to the guerrillas, district squadrons, and fighters, and whoever picks it up will return it to you. ”

Shen Chen said: "That's good. In fact, even if you lose it, you can get another set quickly. ”

"All the bullets are replenished?" Political Commissar Shen asked: "If the seizures on the battlefield are not enough, let Company Commander Jiang give you a transfer." ”

Shen Chen nodded, and Yu Baogen interjected on the side: "Report to the political commissar, more than fifty rounds of ammunition have been replenished, and now it is still two hundred." ”

More than 50 rounds of ammunition, for ordinary soldiers, it is unthinkable, maybe it is still a squad of ammunition.

But if it was given to Shen Chen, it meant that at least forty enemies were hit. Regardless of casualties, it is shocking enough that such a battle can achieve such results.

Head Zheng and Political Commissar Shen were accustomed to it, looked at each other and smiled, and praised Shen Chen a few more words.

An operational staff officer ran over to report the casualty statistics, and Shen Chen and Yu Baogen took the opportunity to leave and continued to look for the gadget.

After looking around and not finding it, Shen Chen didn't want to be tired, so he said that he wouldn't look for anything.

Things are not valuable, and it is not difficult to get them again, but Yu Baogen feels sorry. Shen Chen is so stubborn, he can't insist anymore.

The two returned to the woods outside the village, which was already an ambulance shelter for the wounded. Several tents were crowded with people, all busy.

Shen Chen stood on the edge of the forest, looking at the village with almost no intact houses from afar, and couldn't tell what it was like.

The devil was destroyed, and he was very happy; But the village where he used to live was almost razed to the ground, which made him feel a little depressed.

But he quickly cleaned up his mood and helped the medical staff take care of the wounded who were constantly being carried down.

A stretcher hurriedly walked by, Shen Chen's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized Liu Biao lying on it. He hurriedly stepped forward to guide and sent Liu Biao into the tent.

Although Liu Biao looks very seriously injured, there is still hope of being rescued in the end. The assault team he led was almost suicidal, and he didn't expect to survive in the sea of corpses and blood.

Wow wow...... A burst of bird whispers attracted Shen Chen's attention, and among the wounded people carried down, there was a wounded devil, his hands and feet were tied to a stretcher, and he was cursing angrily in his mouth.

"Mother, ×, carry this thing, and the ancestors will follow it!" A militiaman carrying a stretcher was angry and put the stretcher down heavily, scolding in his mouth.

"It's time to be lifted into the ravine and let the wolves eat the dogs." The other scolded and turned and left, as if avoiding the plague, and continued to carry the man.

The people around stared at this dishonest devil wounded man with hateful eyes, if it wasn't for a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, he would definitely come up and break the devil's body into pieces.

"Let's talk about the leniency policy, they are also poisoned by ****, cured, education and education are still useful!" The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the stretcher explained to everyone.

Such propaganda is most hated, and it is long-term and persistent, creating a false image in the minds of the people.

It is believed that the Japanese are actually similar to the Chinese, and their atrocities are just because they have been indoctrinated by ****.

Obviously, this statement of blaming everything on **** reverses cause and effect. Japan's brutality has a long history, and from the perspective of Chinese history, it can be traced back to at least the Ming Dynasty's Japanese invaders.

If you look at the history of Japan itself, the bloody character of murder is actually an inherent part of its culture, and the emergence of **** is actually the inevitable result of the development of this quality to an advanced stage, not the other way around.

Shen Chen narrowed his eyes, and with a bad idea, it was completely a subjective assumption to define the responsibility and culprit of the war as a small number of **** elements or ultra-rightists in Japan.

Benefit the enemy and harm yourself. Keeping this devil's wounded soldier is not only to use valuable medicine, but also to waste the food that has been grown so hard.

The loss-making transaction has lost a lot of money.

Seeing that the people around him seemed to accept his propaganda, this Eighth Route Army soldier was a little careless, he would never have thought that someone would be so bold as to dare to kill the devil with a poisonous hand.

Coincidentally, this soldier of the Eighth Route Army saw an acquaintance being carried over on a stretcher, hurried over to inquire about the injury, and followed the stretcher into the tent.

Shen Chen took the opportunity to walk quickly to the devil's stretcher, the devil was injured and tired, and he was closing his eyes in a daze.

Raising his foot suddenly, Shen Chen stomped on the devil's lower body, and the sound of the broken balls seemed to be heard.

The wounded of the devil were severely injured by this. His body flicked violently, his eyes rolled and his head tilted to the side weakly.

Shen Chen is quite confident in himself, one move is fatal, no need to check. He walked away quickly, and walked around the tent into the shadows of the woods.

If you kill it, you will kill it, and the devil will be injured anyway. Even if the soldier of the Eighth Route Army guessed that someone had poisoned him, he couldn't find the murderer, and the matter passed in such a blur.

Shen Chen continued to work casually, and after a while, he heard the angry voice of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who came back, "Why are you dead, I have been fighting for a long time, but I have caught this one alive, how can I explain it to the above?" ”

"He was alive when he was caught, but he was not wounded, and it is not uncommon for him to die!" Someone said disapprerovingly: "A brute, if you die, you die, what a big deal." ”

"Yes." Someone else is helping, "It's better to die, you have to treat his injuries, you have to give him good food, why?" ”

Shen Chen could imagine the expression of the Eighth Route Army, he couldn't get angry, he couldn't spread his anger, and listening to other people's venting, he could only roll his eyes and be helpless.

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After one enemy was destroyed, the other enemy received the last telegram and did not dare to force his way closer. After all, they have also become a lone army. What's more, the order to return to the county seat must also be carried out.

After cleaning up the battlefield and resting for only one day, Zheng Tuan sent a battalion and a half of troops to join the guerrillas and enter the enemy-occupied area.

The enemy has been attacked continuously, and the local forces are already seriously insufficient, so they can only hold the key points and abandon the edges. If they continue to hold on, the weak defenders of the strongholds due to the mobilization of troops due to the sweep will be broken one by one.

If it is not possible to increase troops from the outside, the enemy can only temporarily shrink the defensive line, and the reply of the superior is that it is impossible to transfer troops in a short time.

As a result, the enemy had to abandon five villages close to the edge and rearrange the defensive line.

The Zheng Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was no longer able to launch an offensive against the shrinking enemy, and after recovering five villages, it began to replenish and recuperate.

The enemy and the enemy seem to have maintained a balance again, each defending its own territory and guarding each other. But everyone knows that this balance is only a prelude to the big war, and they are all accumulating strength and eyeing each other.

Whether the enemy voluntarily gives up or is forced to helplessly, it is always a good thing that the base area has expanded.

Liberated from the cruel rule of devils and Han puppets, the common people are of course rejoicing.

The black, oppressive turrets have been torn down, and the puppet army in yellow and the devil in the carrot hat are gone, so there is no need to worry about anything, nothing to fear.

People can jump around, walk around with confidence, sing loudly, and girls can show off the beauty of their youth.

Yes, there have been such lives before. But since the devils took over the homeland, people can only reminisce about the unrestrained joy in their dreams.

The house is still so dilapidated, but it has a relaxed feeling compared to before.

There are no strips of different shapes and shapes on the walls, so you don't have to worry about when an enemy breaks in and loots.

Aunt Zhao packed her things and beckoned her wife to see her son, Zhao Tie.

"What's the hurry, can the child go home and see?" Uncle Zhao was also anxious to see his long-lost son, but he was not in a hurry.

"Maybe, Tiezi really doesn't dare to go home." Aunt Zhao picked up the basket and guessed and said, "You think, this place was snatched back from the devil's hands, but who can guarantee that it will not be lost again?" If we knew that we were military dependents, would we be able to live our lives? ”

Uncle Zhao nodded, feeling that his wife thought long-term, and his son was probably afraid of affecting his parents in the future, so he didn't dare to come back to visit openly.

The old couple closed the door, walked out of the courtyard, and walked out of the village.

According to the information inquired, the guerrillas were in the neighboring village, and Zhao Tie was also there.

Before they reached the entrance of the village, Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao met Shen Chen head-on.

Since he was already a soldier in the regular army, in normal times, of course, Shen Chen had to wear a military uniform. It's just that his demeanor and actions are different from those of other warriors, very lazy and casual.

"Uncle, auntie." Shen Chen took the lead in greeting and walked over.

Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao really didn't recognize it coldly, and when Shen Chen came closer and looked carefully, they suddenly laughed.

"Da Mei - you, you are a soldier?" Aunt Zhao was pleasantly surprised, but also a little disappointed, this girl is not with her son!

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