There were bound to be gains after a big battle. Tonight, Zhang Xiaoman and the others had used up all the mortar shells in just a few rounds of bombardment. But it didn't matter. The bandits on Mt. Dingyuan were richer than they had imagined.
These things were not worth much to a consortium like the Soong Clan.
They were almost out of bullets as well. The most commonly used firearms in the Northwest were 7.62mm caliber bullets, and there were many of them in the bandits' lair.
How many bullets would be used in a battle? It was an incalculable number. In a battle, if the bullets used in training were included, it was likely that thousands or even tens of thousands of bullets would be needed to kill a person.
This was purely based on the data. Most of the time, the number of bullets used for suppressing fire was likely to be very high.
Zhang Xiaoman and the others carried out all the bullets from the bandits' lair on Mt. Dingyuan. One by one, they went to pick up the cartridges they had thrown away during the battle and reloaded them.
Zhang Xiaoman sighed and said, "It's great to take down a mountain by ourselves. All the spoils of war belong to us. Wait, why aren't there any grenades here?"
When the company commander said that, everyone realized something. "I think so. We only found some on some bandits. We didn't see an entire box of grenades."
"The bandits on Mt. Dingyuan aren't poor either. Why can't we even see an entire box of grenades?!"
Next to him, Ren Xiaosu felt guilty and did not say a word. There were indeed ten full boxes of grenades. Each box contained 20 grenades, and they were all in his storage space.
At this moment, the voice from the palace suddenly said, "Quest complete. Awarded 5 attribute points. You can distribute them freely."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. Indeed, a difficult quest that was calculated by percentage would have higher rewards!
However, he had only completed 90% of the quest to reduce the burden on his comrades. Why did it suddenly jump to 100?
Wait, was it because of the ten boxes of grenades? He had put ten boxes of grenades into his storage space. Was that considered as indirectly reducing the burden on his teammates?!
Even Ren Xiaosu, who liked to take advantage of loopholes in the palace, was stunned. Was that even possible?
He had also stuffed six boxes of grenades into his comrades, but he did not notice it because there was no notification that he had completed the quest. If he had noticed it back then, he would probably have completed the quest immediately.
Ren Xiaosu was more than happy to help his comrade lighten his burden!
He divided the Attribute Points into three points of Strength and two points of Dexterity. Now, his Strength had reached 13.5, while his Dexterity was 12.1.
Based on the data alone, Ren Xiaosu's current physical fitness was more than four times that of an average adult male.
However, Ren Xiaosu was more looking forward to the new abilities that would appear when his attributes broke through 20 points.
For example, City Crusher, a skill that lasted for 30 seconds, was created when both attributes exceeded 10 points.
Perhaps there would be a qualitative change at every hurdle.
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When they descended the mountain, everyone in the Razor Sharp Company returned with a full load. If not for the fact that they could not move the two cannons, Zhang Xiaoman would probably have dragged them back to the forward operating base.
Before leaving, Zhang Xiaoman used TNT to blow up the front ends of the two cannons. This was to prevent the Soong Clan from using them again.
Under normal circumstances, when encountering offensive facilities that were more costly to move on the battlefield, they would choose to destroy them instead of going through all that effort to transport them away.
On the way down the mountain, a comrade suddenly thanked Ren Xiaosu when he passed him. Then he continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
Following that, more and more of his comrades thanked Ren Xiaosu when they passed by him.
They thanked Ren Xiaosu for helping them shoulder most of the pressure. If Ren Xiaosu had not risked his life alone, it would have been normal for half of them to die in this battle.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He did not even request for everyone to thank him this time, but every one of his comrades thanked him sincerely.
With just this, Ren Xiaosu received more than a hundred gratitude tokens, increasing his gratitude tokens to more than 400.
However, after this battle, Ren Xiaosu did not only receive ten boxes of grenades, five attribute points, and more than a hundred gratitude tokens. He also received the trust of his comrades.
Zhang Xiaoman once said, "On the battlefield, you can only trust the guns and bullets in your hands, as well as the comrade in the trenches who can cover for you."
Ren Xiaosu looked at his comrades who were descending the mountain in front of him in silence.
Then he deliberately slowed down his pace to wait for the comrades who had not thanked him yet.
As they advanced toward the Northwest, Zhou Yinglong ordered the Razor Sharp Company to rendezvous with the Forward Strike Battalion at the forward operating base. After the rear troops had assembled at the forward operating base, they would decide where to go based on Commander Zhang's next battle plan.
The strongholds under the jurisdiction of the Soong Clan were located on the northeast side of the forward operating base. More than 200 kilometers north of the forward operating base was the vast Gobi Desert.
Before the Razor Sharp Company arrived at the forward operating base after traveling more than 80 kilometers, all of the soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company were as tired as dogs. Even dogs were not as tired as them!
The main reason was that they had to carry too many things!
But the moment they entered the forward operating base, Zhang Xiaoman and the others held their heads high and looked radiant. Fu Rao and Lin Pingan even carried the RPG launchers they had seized from their shoulders high on their shoulders. They looked as awe-inspiring as they could get.
Then they walked all the way to the command tent and received the gazes of their comrades from the army's advance strike force.
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Captain, is there a need to do this?"
Zhang Xiaoman said unhappily, "You don't understand. Our Razor Sharp Company has won the battle. More than a hundred of us have wiped out two mountain strongholds. The entire army has probably heard about it by now, so we have to stand up and show them the might of our Razor Sharp Company!"
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. He had clearly been complaining about how exhausted he was before he entered the base.
But when he looked at the other friendly soldiers around him, he saw that they were indeed looking at the Razor Sharp Company in admiration. The soldiers who were setting up tents in the barracks also stopped what they were doing and started whispering to each other.
At this moment, Zhou Yinglong's loud voice rang out, "Put the fucking RPGs aside! I thought y 'all were here to attack my battalion."
With that, Zhou Yinglong circled around the Razor Sharp Company. When he saw the seven wounded soldiers on stretchers, he shouted, "Where's the medics? Come and carry the wounded away!"
"There's no need, there's no need." The wounded soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company hurriedly said, "Our injuries will be fine soon. Ren Xiaosu has already applied some medicine on us."
"How can those fucking old-fashioned medicine work?" Zhou Yinglong said unhappily, "If you're injured, just treat them. Cut the crap!"
Ren Xiaosu realized that even though Zhou Yinglong was always making a lot of noise, his first reaction when he saw the Razor Sharp Company was to check on the casualties in the company before treating the wounded.
The wounded soldiers of the Razor Sharp Company said anxiously, "Ren Xiaosu, please explain to the battalion commander. Our injuries are really fine now."
If they were carried away, they would have nothing to do with the rest of the battle. Their comrades would be fighting on the front lines while they lay down in the medical center. What the hell was this?
Ren Xiaosu looked at Zhou Yinglong and said, "Commander Zhang has seen my medicine before. It's indeed an old-fashioned medicine, but it can heal all external injuries in three days. There are many amazing herbs in the wilderness these days."
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