Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

"Next are the other regiments responsible for the encirclement in the south. The 781st and 82nd Regiments on the western front suffered the least casualties."

"During this encirclement and annihilation of the 16th Division's 9th Regiment, the 782nd Regiment lost over 160 men, with over 200 seriously injured and over 500 slightly wounded. The 81st Regiment lost over 120 men, with over 280 seriously injured and over 700 slightly wounded. It can be said that both regiments suffered over half their casualties."

After hearing this, everyone looked a little heavy.

Then Zhou Shi continued to read.

"The 20th Regiment of the 16th Division was surrounded and annihilated. The 83rd Regiment lost over 130 men, with over 250 seriously injured and over 400 slightly injured. The 87th Regiment lost over 160 men, with over 220 seriously injured and over 500 slightly injured. Almost half of them were killed or wounded."

"In the south, the 84th Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the 86th Regiment participated in the ambush of the 2nd Regiment of the 14th Division. Over 120 men were killed, over 300 were seriously injured, and over 1,000 were slightly injured."

"We ambushed the 89th Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 86th Regiment of the 59th Regiment of the 14th Division, resulting in over 230 casualties, over 300 serious injuries, and over 1,200 minor injuries."

"The 28th Brigade, which ambushed the 14th Division in the Wu'an direction, and the participating 783rd and 88th Regiments, originally planned to encircle and annihilate this Japanese force. However, due to the battlefield situation at the time and the heavy casualties suffered by other units, they abandoned the plan and focused on destroying the effective forces of this Japanese force. As a result, the losses this time were relatively small."

"The two regiments suffered a total of over 100 casualties, over 200 serious injuries, and over 800 minor injuries."

"On the Western Front, the 781st and 82nd Regiments, which were responsible for intercepting the 20th Division, suffered the least casualties, with 100 killed, 300 seriously injured, and over 600 slightly injured. This was mainly because the 20th Division had been essentially crippled by us, and most of the 20th Division was composed of new recruits drawn from the rear."

"The 80th and 85th Regiments in the north suffered a total of over 200 casualties, over 300 serious injuries, and over 700 minor injuries. The New 1st Regiment suffered over 300 casualties, over 400 serious injuries, and over 1,000 minor injuries."

"At the same time, because the local regiments did not participate in the battle, only some of them suffered losses in retaking the county seat. More than 300 people were killed, more than 500 were seriously injured, and more than 3,000 were slightly injured."

"Also, although no members of the special operations brigade were killed, there were over fifty seriously injured and over a hundred slightly injured."

"So, in this counter-mopping-up operation, our brigade lost a total of over 2,000 men, with over 3,500 seriously injured and over 11,000 lightly injured."

After Zhou Shi finished reading out the number of casualties in this anti-mopping-up operation, everyone fell silent for a moment.

In this counter-mopping-up operation, not counting the local regiments, the 389th Brigade's 4 direct regiments and 10 main regiments, plus special forces such as artillery and engineers, deployed a total of nearly 30,000 people to fight against the Japanese army. It can be said that more than half of the troops were killed or wounded in this mopping-up operation.

Excluding those who were able to return to the team after recovering from minor injuries, the total casualties in the entire battle basically reached one-fifth.

Moreover, this battle was carried out under the premise of destroying the Japanese airport, relying on the mountainous terrain advantage of southeastern Shanxi. If the Japanese airport was not destroyed, the number of casualties would probably have doubled.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but fall silent.

After a long while, the chief of staff cheered up and spoke to everyone.

"War has its iron laws. Opportunities are equal for both sides. We previously defeated the 108th Division, and now the Japanese are turning the tables and launching a massive sweep against us. There's no such thing as gaining without losing. It's always a case of one side gaining while the other loses, and each side taking the lead."

After hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. They believed that there was still a long way to go in the war of resistance. As long as the Chinese military and civilians were united, they would eventually defeat the Japanese invaders.

Zeng Jiwen sighed after hearing what the chief of staff said. This was even though the 389th Brigade was much more powerful in terms of equipment. In every large-scale sweep in the original time and space, both the soldiers and the people in the base suffered heavy losses.

Fortunately, the losses of the troops could be replenished, and under the influence of this butterfly, the Japanese army's first sweep ended in a whimper, saving the people in the base area. It was all worth it.

Thinking of this, I became more aware of the mission of my sudden appearance in this time and space.