Chapter 36: Enormous Spoils of War (Seeking Collections!)

  At this time, the Jinwei army soldiers who were in a state of confusion saw that their regimental commander had already started to flee. There was no longer any will to resist, and they threw down their weapons and ammunition, opened up their feet, and closely followed the guard company, beginning to retreat.

  In an instant, the more than 500 people left in the enemy's main position, under the influence of one commander after another leading the escape, joined the retreating ranks. The rifles in their hands were a hindrance, affecting their own speed of escape, and they threw them away directly. The bullet belts on their backs were too heavy, affecting their own escape, and they continued to throw them away. In less than a minute, the enemy's position, which was just a mess, was left with only scattered weapons and ammunition everywhere.

  And those Jinwei soldiers were empty-handed, closely following their own regimental commander, and began to flee in the direction of their main force's garrison.

  "Comrades, the enemy is going to escape, charge forward and stop them. Charge, capture prisoners..." Seeing the enemy finally begin to retreat, Zhang Hua was excited and loudly commanded his soldiers behind him.

  "Charge!"... Not only did Zhang Hua lead the soldiers to start a crazy pursuit. As the second battalion of Jinwei Army outside the city retreated, Guo Chengzhu inside the city also seized this opportunity, leading the soldiers who could continue fighting in the city, opening the gate and closely following the retreating Jinwei Army.

  Under the warriors' crazy pursuit, those lone Shanxi soldiers who were left behind and couldn't run away all became prisoners of the warriors. It wasn't until the troops had pursued for a full 5 kilometers that Zhang Hua ordered the warriors to take the captured prisoners they had rounded up along the way back to Puzhou County.

  This time, following the enemy army commander, apart from a guard company's strength, there were less than 300 people left. These 300 remaining soldiers had basically lost all their weapons and ammunition. One by one, they were panicked and disorganized, without any military quality at all.

  While Captain Zhang Hua led the soldiers to start clearing the battlefield, collecting various guns and ammunition abandoned by the Jinwei Army. At the same time, hundreds of prisoners were captured along the way, while ideological education was carried out. The entire battlefield cleanup lasted until noon due to the large size of the battlefield, and all battlefields were finally cleared.

  After lunch, in the notification of the communication personnel, each class leader came to the county town with a smile on their face. The special task force's battalion department was also welcomed by the usually serious instructors and chiefs of staff with smiles on their faces for every class leader who came to attend the meeting.

  "Haha, Old Zhang, I really didn't expect it. With just our special forces company of less than 300 men, we actually defeated the enemy's fully-staffed main force battalion. Haha, since I, Old Guo, started leading troops, this is the first time I've won such a great victory and encountered something like this. Old Zhang, I'm really convinced by you now. If you tell me to go east, I absolutely won't go west." Walking into the conference room, Chief of Staff Guo Chengzhu said excitedly.

  "Yes, Old Zhang, since I joined the Red Army, we have never achieved such a great victory. Just look at the piles of weapons and ammunition outside the command center, it's almost like a mountain! I can hardly imagine that all these things belong to our Red Army. It's really incredible!" Huang Zhengqing, who was following behind Guo Chengzhu, also exclaimed excitedly.

  "Heh heh, Old Guo, Old Huang, let's not talk about that for now. We're having a meeting to let everyone clearly understand the results and losses of our special forces in this morning's battle. Old Xu, please go ahead and report to everyone on the results we've achieved." Zhang Hua said with a smile as he saw that all participants had arrived at the meeting.

  "Clap, clap, clap, clap..." Amidst a round of warm applause, instructor Xu Bin stood up.

  "Comrades, after a morning of hard fighting, we have achieved the great victory of defeating an enemy regiment. Next, I will announce to everyone the specific results of our battle. In this morning's battle, we killed 642 enemies, captured 624 enemy soldiers, and less than 500 of the Jin-Sui army followed their regimental commander back to their lair." Instructor Xu Bin loudly announced the number of enemy troops eliminated in the morning, causing a burst of amazement from everyone.

  "As for our spoils of war, there were even more. Preliminary statistics showed that we captured 873 rifles, 62 submachine guns and pistols, 24 light machine guns, 12 heavy machine guns, three mortars, and a large quantity of ammunition. In addition, we also captured all the supplies and ammunition of the enemy's logistics unit, including 1 million rifle bullets, 200,000 submachine gun bullets, 40,000 light machine gun bullets, 40,000 heavy machine gun bullets, 150 shells, more than 2,000 hand grenades, and 48 mules. Most importantly, we captured an enemy radio station, which can be said to have achieved a very great victory." Instructor Xu Bin said excitedly.

  "Clap, clap, clap......" Another round of even more enthusiastic applause erupted in the command center. Liu Hua saw from the applause and the smiles on the soldiers' faces that everyone was excited and thrilled.

  "Alright, comrades, after a morning of fighting, I can say that we have achieved a great victory. However, we also paid a considerable price. It can be said that this time's casualties are the largest in my memory for our special forces team. Old Guo, you come and report to everyone on the unit's casualty situation!" Zhang Hua stopped the excited crowd and loudly said.

  "Alright, I'll now report to everyone the casualties of our special operations company. This time, our special operations company has lost 64 soldiers, with 12 seriously injured and over 50 lightly wounded. It can be said that we've lost nearly one-third of our troops in this battle. As for these losses, most are from the garrison troops. After the morning's battle, the 4th platoon lost 18 soldiers, with 5 seriously injured, and basically suffered total losses. The logistics platoon lost 21 people, with 3 seriously injured. The cooking squad lost 5 people, with 2 seriously injured. The 1st platoon lost 6 people, with 1 seriously injured, the 2nd platoon lost 8 people, the 3rd platoon lost 6 people, with 1 seriously injured. The sniper squad, guard squad, and reconnaissance squad had no casualties." Chief of Staff Guo Chengzhu stood up and said.

  Just as the Chief of Staff finished speaking, the meeting room that was once full of enthusiasm was immediately shattered by these groups of casualty data. Especially thinking of those sacrificed comrades, who were still alive and kicking before the battle, but now have all become cold and icy corpses. The entire meeting room, including Zhang Hua, was immersed in mourning for the fallen comrades.

  "Comrades, just one morning of fighting has cost our special forces unit a third of its strength! I was thinking, if the enemy hadn't retreated on all fronts, would we have been able to achieve such a great victory? In short, it's still the same old problem: the troop numbers are too small, and the combat effectiveness hasn't been fully trained. So, in the time ahead, our main task is still training, intense training, to bring out the full combat effectiveness of the troops." Zhang Huaken said firmly.

  "Instead of going to Guxian and joining the main force, we're having our troops conduct training in place..." Captain Zhang Hua ordered. Instructor Xu Bin furrowed his brow and asked.

  "Heh heh, Old Xu, the enemy has already been wiped out by us for a whole regiment, now at most only less than 3000 soldiers are left. You say, such a good opportunity for battle, we just leave like this, that's also too unjust to those sacrificed soldiers. Besides, in the direction of Gu County there is no regular army of the enemy at all, our special operations team went and couldn't help the main force troops with anything. It's better to stay in Pu County and deal with Wang Jingguo's two regiments properly, protect the main force troops' retreat route." Zhang Hua said after thinking for a moment.

  "But, however, the battalion commander's order..." After hearing Zhang Hua's words, the instructor agreed in his heart. However, thinking of the battalion commander's order before he left, he seemed to be hesitant.

  "No problem, I'll take care of the battalion commander. As the saying goes, 'when you're away from home, there are some orders that can't be obeyed.' If our special agents can even deal with Wang Jingguo's two battalions, do you think the battalion commander will still punish us?" At this point, Liu Hua thought of Li Yunlong, who often made mistakes in the TV series "The Sword".

  "Yes, I agree with Lian Chang's words. Let's stay in Pu County and gather the remaining more than a regiment of enemy forces..." After listening to Zhang Hua's analysis, Guo Chengzhu, the chief of staff who had not fought any major battles for almost half a year, immediately nodded in agreement.

  "I also agree, today we captured almost a regiment's worth of equipment. If we fight a few more battles, I estimate we can equip an entire division. By then, the battalion commanders won't just not criticize us, they might even give us credit." Thinking about the piles of weapons and ammunition that had been brought into the logistics department today, Deputy Instructor Huang Zhengqing's face was filled with excitement.

  "Alright, since you all agree. Then the minority will obey the majority, and I also agree. However, it's best if we send a messenger to report the situation here and our decision to the team leader." Seeing that the other three people in the company had agreed, the instructor could only smile bitterly and nod in agreement.

  "Old Xu, don't worry, we will definitely send this messenger. Comrades, after discussion among several of us, it has been decided that the special task force will not merge with the main force for the time being and will stay here to meet up with Wang Jingguo's remaining regiment and avenge those comrades who have sacrificed." Seeing the instructor still frowning, Zhang Hua quickly comforted him. At the same time, he turned around and loudly announced to the dozen or so platoon leaders in front of him.

  "Comrades, please be quiet for a moment. This decision was made jointly by me, the chief of staff, Deputy Director Huang and the company commander, so please do not have any objections. Next, please let the company commander arrange the combat tasks for our special operations company in the next few days." Seeing over ten platoon leaders discussing after hearing the company commander's words, Instructor Xu Bin quickly stood up and emphasized loudly to the soldiers.

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