Outside the window, the snowstorm still raged. Qi Taiguo stood by the window, squinting, his face betraying neither joy nor anger.
The encirclement and suppression operation ended with the death of the bandit leader, Zhao Wei. The entire Village of Sin, except for the old, weak, sick, and disabled, had all their men and women captured. Those who hadn't been apprehended were successively listed on wanted notices by the public security, who continued to capture them one by one.
It could be said that the Village of Sin was finished.
The crackdown was a success, yet it wasn't without flaws. Hidden within the village were homemade bombs, and some desperate bandits ignited them during their resistance. Two soldiers were severely injured and needed amputations, while another died on the spot.
This was a grave casualty incident, and Qi Taiguo was completely devastated when he returned to the unit.
