However dark the situation, however thorny the road, and whatever the price that road exacts (the loss of the New Fourth Army units in southern Anhwei is part of that price), the Japanese aggressors and the pro-Japanese clique are certainly doomed.

• 时局不论如何黑暗，不论将来尚须经历何种艰难道路和在此道路上须付何等代价（皖南新四军部队就是代价的一部分），日寇和亲日派总是要失败的。