Section Thirty-One

  After firing all the rocket launchers in his hands at the devils, Li Tie easily occupied this stronghold.

  Symbolically chasing after the fleeing devils for a while, Li Tie came back.

  The mountain of supplies in the stronghold delighted Li Tie and the Fox Team members.

  This is getting rich, really rich.

  After checking, although he had mentally prepared himself, Li Tie was still slightly shocked by these materials.

  Before long, the follow-up troops arrived and saw this mountain of materials, each one was also shocked with their mouths agape.

  After counting, it turns out this time is really a big fortune.

  Specific list as follows:

  There was a large quantity of medicine, but the exact amount was unknown. The majority were anti-inflammatory and hemostatic drugs urgently needed by the troops. There were thirty boxes of penicillin alone, with each box containing one hundred packets, and each packet containing ten pills, totaling 30,000 pills! Other hemostatic drugs and bandages were even more numerous. Additionally, there was a portion of surgical instruments and some hospital equipment that Li Tie didn't recognize, but he knew they were things that couldn't be obtained even with a large amount of silver. A typical field hospital wouldn't have such valuable assets.

  In terms of weapons: possibly twenty MP40 submachine guns supported by the Allied forces, a fully automatic submachine gun with a caliber of 9mm.

  Clip 32, fire 500/min, its foldable metal stock makes it more compact and easier to carry.

  It has an astonishing continuous firing capability. The Type 100 submachine gun is nothing compared to it. Forty boxes of ammunition come with it. Two flamethrowers. This automatic flamethrower can shoot forty times, and is also a good thing. There are also twenty Type 11 light machine guns and five Type 92 heavy machine guns.

  Ammunition: 6.5mm bullets approximately fifty boxes, 7.7mm bullets approximately fifty boxes, 8mm bullets approximately twenty boxes, hand grenades sixty boxes, and 70mm shells ninety boxes, including incendiary shells twenty boxes, high-explosive shells sixty boxes, toxic gas shells ten boxes. Other types of shells one batch, also nearly a hundred boxes.

  Other items: a large quantity of military uniforms and boots, as well as a small amount of Japanese military food. The food is only a small amount compared to the ammunition, with less than 100 boxes in total. Two military radios, one set of diesel generators, and a pile of miscellaneous items.

  Li Tie unceremoniously embezzled all the MP5s and matching bullets, twenty-two people, twenty of whom threw away their Type 81 submachine guns and replaced them with brand new MP5s, while the other two, one was a blocker and the other was preparing to equip a new rocket launcher.

  The Er Gou district team leader, who arrived in a hurry, saw so many supplies and was overjoyed, his mouth crooked with excitement, constantly touching this box and that one, looking like a greedy miser, making Li Tie laugh uncontrollably beside him.

  Lian Zhang's eyes lit up as he looked at the new weapon they had captured, and Li Tie quietly leaned in front of him, "Commander Lian, take a look at our newly seized weapons."

  "Good stuff, really good stuff. Since you guys captured it, just use it yourselves." Er Gouzi didn't care at all. These small things are nothing to me, I like machine guns, I like cannons, heh heh.

  After nearly four days of hard work, the battlefield was finally cleared. This time, nearly 400 long and short guns were captured from the enemy, with countless ammunition, and most importantly, a large batch of supplies was obtained, while suffering minimal casualties.

  After all the supplies were transported back to the base, Er Gouzi's waist indeed became stronger. According to unconfirmed rumors, Er Gouzi had several instances of waking up in the middle of the night laughing, while others like Lin Guiding Officer, Chen Hai Squad Leader and Wang Fei Squad Leader didn't sleep for three consecutive days, still with a smile on their faces under the gaze of the national treasures.

  A small squad, surprisingly, has nearly twenty tons of ammunition, which is equivalent to the entire battalion and regiment combined. There are also two infantry guns, probably the only two in the entire battalion. In addition, there are dozens of grenade launchers, almost one for each class.

  A single rocket launcher is several times more powerful than the entire team. And there's even a flamethrower, which is a deadly close-range weapon. No matter if you have Golden Bell Shield or Ninja Godly Skill, once the flames are sprayed, everything is over. Not to mention the whole team, even the whole division doesn't stand a chance.

  All materials were stored in the warehouse, and the warehouse of the base was filled to capacity. This was still the result of supporting a portion of ammunition to brother units. The medicines were sent to the higher authorities for the most part, all surgical instruments were sent away, and then attached a combat report, which briefly explained the course of this battle. After all, their own casualties were not great, these medicines could not be used by themselves, waiting for them to expire. Moreover, other brother units are now in a state of lack of medical care and medicine, many wounded soldiers died in hospital beds due to lack of anti-inflammatory drugs, rather than sacrificing on the battlefield. As for surgical instruments, they were even more scarce. It is believed that with this batch of things, the level of the hospital will be raised by a big step, and more soldiers will return to the battlefield.

  Those six cars that fell into the mountain ditch, except for two that were burned and only left a pile of scrap iron, those four, after being dismantled by the Fox Team and taking away all usable things, were taken to the Arsenal as raw materials for making weapons.

  But Li Tie secretly kept a small portion of the car's leaf springs, and he used these leaf springs to have the ironworkers at the arsenal forge several plows. He led everyone in opening up many vegetable fields in the valley in front of the mountain cave, planting many vegetables, and assigned people to manage them specially. The militia formed a logistics team to specifically supply the troops' food needs.

  The cave has undergone multiple "upgrades" and is no longer its original self. Although the exterior hasn't changed much, the interior has become more humanized. Each dwelling and storage alcove has been equipped with electric lights, and wooden doors have been installed at the entrances to provide everyone with a private space. While it's unclear whether the cave is warm in winter, it's definitely cool in summer; the outside temperature soars like a steamer, but inside the cave, it's as if an air conditioner has been installed, maintaining a consistent temperature of around 21-22 degrees Celsius, making one feel cold even without covering up at night.

  The warehouse of the arsenal occupies less than one-tenth of the cave. Mainly producing good finished weapons, such as landmines, reloaded bullets and some non-explosive things, as well as some guns and ammunition captured in this battle, of course, mainly 9mm bullets used by MP40. All semi-finished products are in the flat house outside the cave. Now on a hillside not far from the cave, many flat houses have been built as workshops for weapon production, where all things are produced, assembled, and only finished products can be stored.

  That day, when Watanabe returned to the county town with his defeated soldiers, he was furious. So many people were beaten by a few Eighth Route Army soldiers, and what's left of the Imperial Japanese Army? The army's face has been lost because of you! So many people not only failed to protect the supplies but also lost nearly three hundred men and countless weapons and equipment. What face do you have to see me with? Watanabe scolded him as useless, and a slap in the face made his already somewhat pig-like face look even more like a pig's head.

  Finally, Itoda ordered the execution of several fake army commanders, demoted Watanabe by one rank from Lieutenant Commander to Lieutenant, and made him wear a punishment badge. If he committed such an error again, he would be punished twice. Later, Itoda was also punished by his superiors for dereliction of duty, resulting in loss of supplies. This matter temporarily came to an end.

  The little devil has behaved for the time being, and Li Tie also settled down for a few days.

  Can Li Tie rest for a few more days? He is the kind of person who can't stand it if he doesn't do something for three days. Especially when it comes to eating, he is even more particular. Sometimes corn bread and mantou are delicious, but sometimes white rice and noodles are too greasy and make him feel sick.

  Just want to make trouble.

  Finally, on this day, he slung his rifle over his shoulder and led a few members of the Fox Team to a landlord's house. The landlord recognized him at a glance - the famous Captain Li - and hastily prepared food. The Fox Team naturally didn't stand on ceremony and devoured everything in sight. Just as they were finishing up, there was a knock at the door, and the sentry reported that "the devils have arrived". Everyone became excited at once, and with a "clang" the MP40s were loaded. The landlord immediately became flustered, forced out a smile, and invited Captain Li to "have tea" in the inner room, meaning for the Fox Team to hide and not start a fight in his house. Captain Li didn't want to make things difficult for the landlord, so he waved his hand and the Fox Team members all went into the inner room to "have tea". The devils had also come to scrounge for food, and in two rooms separated by only one wall, Captain Li and the Fox Team were "having tea" in the east room, while the devils ate in the west room. After this happened many times, whenever Captain Li saw the devils coming, he would give them a place without needing to be asked by the landlord. Once the devils left, Captain Li would lead the Fox Team to follow and attack them with guerrilla tactics, causing the devils much suffering. As soon as they heard the name "Fox Team", their legs would turn to jelly.

  At this time, near the county seat of Meng County, there was a drum show at Yuandong Village. Watanabe Chūsa, now probably Watanabe Shōsa, although not very fluent in Chinese, could understand it. This kid got hooked on listening to drums and went to every gathering.

  Li Tie received this intelligence and decided to take out the little devil and put an end to his arrogance.

  On the tenth of June, Li Tie took a member of the Fox Vixen team to attend the East Collection. Entering the storytelling hall, he caught sight of Lieutenant General Tohata sitting in a rattan chair, wearing a Japanese military uniform, very eye-catching. This kid was entranced by the drumbeat, his ears perked up and his eyes didn't even blink. Li Tie gave a signal with his eyes, indicating for the team member to move closer, this fox understood the hint, quietly stuck close to the enemy's side, pulled out the pistol and pointed it at Tohata's head, but the gun misfired when he pulled the trigger.

  The little devil was stunned, didn't react, and the big drum scared him to death. He waved his hand repeatedly, "Don't joke around." Li Tie got anxious, pulled out a gun and shot at the devil's head with a single bullet. With a loud "bang", the devil fell to the ground without even making a sound.