Complex sentence: In the following year, during the Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations, captured soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies and captured bandits joined the ranks, but many were killed, wounded or lost to desertion to the Volunteer Armies or bandit gangs, with their arms and ammunition.
Split into simpler sentences: In the following year, during the Manchukuoan Anti Bandit Operations, captured soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies and captured bandits joined the ranks. However many were killed, wounded or lost to desertion to the Volunteer Armies or bandit gangs, along with their arms and ammunition.