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Commander Yan has repeatedly stated that he will step up efforts to improve the Hejin-Xiangning highway in order to completely open up transportation in southwestern Shanxi.

I don't know if it was discussed beforehand, but Commander Wei actually took the initiative to offer to help repair the road, as a way of expressing his gratitude for the advantage he had gained in southern Shanxi, and at the same time to repay the 176th Division for its help in Linfen.

Of course, this is just what he said. If it weren't for the incident caused by the 176th Division in Linfen, whether the troops composed mainly of the National Guard Army could defend Zhongtiao Mountain would be another matter. The loss of troops would have been at least tens of thousands, but in the end only a few thousand people were sacrificed, and thousands of enemies were annihilated, and Zhongtiao Mountain was saved.

Such a favor cannot be repaid by simply helping to build a road.

Xu Le didn’t know what these two people were up to, but he believed that there was nothing bad about it, and even if there was, he was capable of handling it.

Moreover, the Tang Dynasty in this world is somewhat different from the China in the previous life. Although the local forces here dislike each other, they almost never do anything behind the scenes to unite against the outside world.

This also made Xu Le feel gratified. With such a nation, Fuso would be courting death if it dared to provoke them.

The Tang Dynasty was like a sleeping lion. Foreign invaders provoked it again and again, but lions sleep very deeply and will wake up sooner or later. That time will make the world tremble. Just like the Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago, the world's time era was calculated based on the Tang calendar. If there had not been some changes later, I am afraid that the whole world would have spoken the Tang language.

Returning to the Luliang Mountains, Xu Le also handed over Ji County to the Jin Army, but temporarily kept Xiangning in his hands. Like Pu County, he guarded the safety of the Meidongshan headquarters.

Although Xiangning's current position is absolutely safe, Xu Le still likes to leave a way out for himself, so it is better to say that the Xiangning troops are used to guard against certain armies rather than to defend against the Japanese.

As the saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must always be on guard against others. The influence of his previous life on Xu Le was too great, so he had to make these plans in this life.

The 388th Brigade was delayed for so long in order to complete the handover procedures with the Jin Army. The actual battle report had been completed long ago. When Xu Le returned to the headquarters, the first thing he did was to check the results of this battle.

The planned participating forces in this battle were all combat units except the 388th Brigade's Air Defense Battalion, and the actual participating forces were all units except the two infantry regiments of the 387th Brigade.

The 176th Division suffered more than 60 deaths and more than 100 injuries, with no missing persons. The casualties were mainly caused by the Japanese rapid-fire artillery and infantry artillery during the attack on Hejin. After all, the 666th Regiment had to pass through a gentle slope section of several kilometers to attack downward. Even if the Japanese could not shoot accurately, it was easy to be hit by stray bullets. This was inevitable and could not be compensated by advanced weapons. The geographical location was there.

In the siege battles in Xiangning and Jixian, the casualty rate was almost zero.

A total of more than 7000 Japanese and puppet troops were killed, and most of the devils in Hejin took advantage of the chaos to escape.

More than 200 light and heavy machine guns and more than 30 mortars were seized. There were 75 13mm mountain guns, including infantry guns, most of which were seriously damaged. In addition, there were about 20 mountain guns with destroyed parts.

The mountain cannons were mainly captured from the destruction of the Hejin Japanese artillery regiment, and the rest were taken away by the Japanese.

In addition, 12 Japanese trucks were seized, all of which were seized from Xiangning and Jixian. The trucks from Hejin were collected by the Japanese and used as a means of escape.

In addition, 38 Japanese Type 12 medium tanks, 10 Type super light tanks, and Type light tanks were seized. All of them were severely damaged and could not be repaired or used.

As for the countless daily necessities seized from the Japanese, they included cotton-padded clothes and quilts, rice and canned food for the main force of the Japanese in southern Shanxi to prepare for the winter.

.......

Not to mention the weapons, the cotton-padded clothes and quilts just solved the urgent needs of the 176th Division. Because of the Japanese's previous burning, killing and looting, the 176th Division could not buy many cotton-padded clothes with money. Now the Japanese delivered them to their doorstep, and it was the reserve of a division, which was enough for the 176th Division to spend the winter warmly.

"System, exchange all trucks for military merit points."

"Ding, exchange successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining military merit points."

"System, exchange all the Japanese tanks for military merit points."

"Ding, exchange successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining military merit points."

"System, exchange all the Japanese artillery and spare parts for military merit points."

"Ding, exchange successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining military merit points."

[Note: The Type 15 medium tank weighs 3.45 tons, the Type 6.7 ultra-light tank weighs 210 tons, and the Type 75 light tank weighs 540 tons. The Type 5 infantry gun weighs kilograms, and the Type mm mountain gun weighs kilograms. The Japanese trucks are a bit mixed, both military and civilian, and all weigh tons.]

"System, open the personal panel!"

Personal panel:

Host: Xu Le

Military Merit Points:

Attribute: Equal treatment [The killing effect of the system-produced characters is the same as that of the host]

Title: Millionaire [Host's business ability is enhanced by 50%, and subordinates are enhanced by 20%]

Space: Gold [2300 kg], Ocean [ ], some antiques, some ammunition, some fuel oil…

"The original balance was, and later I bought 10 Type 74 anti-aircraft guns to shoot down the enemy planes. I still had some left, but I didn't expect that the headquarters and Pu County would take it all away halfway, so all my efforts were in vain."

"With the military merit points exchanged this time, that is. Now it is 204 million, which is equivalent to killing more than 7000 enemies, but only getting less than 12 military merit points."

"That makes sense. Most of the Japanese soldiers in Hejin have fled, so naturally all the officers have fled. It seems that the highest rank killed is a colonel, and the next highest rank is a major!"

"Last time the balance exceeded one million, the system rewarded me with a useless millionaire. I lead the troops to fight, not to do business. Now there is no reward for two million. I wonder if I have to add a zero at the end before I can get the reward? How long do I have to wait for that?"

"Besides, after the Sichuan-Kang troops arrive in a few days, I'm afraid my two million will be almost spent!"

"Alas, parents who don't have money to raise their children are anxious, and parents who have money but not enough to spend are even more anxious..."

This time, Xu Le still did not use his military merit points, as they were used to buy equipment for the 20,000 troops in the near future.

Originally, this operation was a spontaneous battle of the 176th Division and it was not reported to the Military Commission. However, later the Jin Army and the National Guard Army got involved, which alarmed Commander Yan and Commander Wei. So the matter had to be reported. After all, they had won the battle and recovered the territory, so it might as well get some benefits in return.

Xu Le asked Jiang Feng to draft a general outline of the battle and report those who had made outstanding contributions, with an emphasis on reminding them to restore the 88th Army's number.

A few days later, the Sichuan-Kang support troops that everyone had been looking forward to arrived, a total of 8000 people. Although each of them looked exhausted, everyone's eyes were full of determination!