Chapter 9

  Nowadays, Hong Biao is too lazy to understand what this Li Bin is all about. He only knows that in such a situation, as long as he can eliminate the Japanese, he is his friend!

  For a tank that can't move, it's easy to wipe out a small team of devils. Hong Biao found this very surprising. However, Li Bin thought it was a normal thing. You know, during World War II, a Soviet KV-1 tank once single-handedly blocked the German army for 48 hours! It destroyed two tanks, four anti-tank guns, and one high-altitude gun. And this Type 05 tank, which is countless times more advanced than the KV-1, can easily wipe out a small team of Japanese devils - it's just a piece of cake.

  After listening to Hong Biao's words, Li Bin asked: "Since the top is not planning to resist and plans to abandon Northeast China, what is your personal opinion?"

  Hong Biao punched a tree with all his might, and a few words burst out of his mouth: "Fight! Even if I'm the only one left, I'll fight to the end! If I can take down a few little devils, I'll take them down!"

  Just thinking about the brothers who were born and died together, because of an order not to resist, several thousand people were defeated by a few hundred Japanese soldiers. The unarmed soldiers asked for the opening of the armory gate, but were blocked by officers who strictly executed the superior's orders. When the Japanese came to kill, the arsenal full of guns and ammunition fell intact into the hands of the enemy!

  Four hundred thousand brave men were chased and killed by only a few thousand Japanese invaders everywhere, how could this shame be swallowed? Finally, someone jumped out and fired the first shot against the Japanese invaders.

  As a result, the Japanese army invading Manchuria grew more and more, and the Japanese army's 240mm, 150mm and other heavy artillery fired wildly, beating those hot-blooded men who hastily organized resistance into a bloody mess...

  Upon hearing Hong Biao's indignant words, Li Bin also spoke out in indignation: "The Japanese may be few in number, but they have planes, tanks and cannons, and they've been plotting for a long time. But what about us? We have an army of 400,000, we also have planes and cannons! Yet we strictly follow the policy of non-resistance from our superiors! Our planes and cannons all fell into the enemy's hands and were turned against us! It's really damn stupid!"

  Li Bin said a few words, and Hong Biao also started scolding the old Chiang. He thought it was all because of the old Chiang's orders that led to the defeat of the Northeast Army. However, in reality, Li Bin knew some things, but he didn't dare say them: actually, Zhang Xueliang also bore an inescapable responsibility! After the Japanese started taking action, Zhang actually knew about the Japanese people's sinister intentions, but he kept hoping for what was called the "League of Nations", hoping that the Western powers would intervene in Japan's actions.

  But what are the Western powers? To put it bluntly, they are a group of robbers! The United States, the largest imperialist country in the world, has never thought about helping China resist Japan. What Americans want most is to collude with Japan to divide up China. The United States is an out-and-out robber! Those who have studied some history know what the "Eastern Munich" conspiracy is - that is, after Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937, Britain and the US were prepared to sacrifice China's interests in exchange for Japan joining the Allies against Germany and the Soviet Union.

  If we talk about history, it's actually complicated. After the end of World War I, both Germany and the Soviet Union became "international outcasts", so at that time, they came together. Later on, when fascist forces in Germany gradually gained strength, Britain and the US hoped to "divert the disaster to the East" and let Germany confront the Soviet Union.

  Li Bin is a tank soldier, and as a tank soldier, his cultural quality is still relatively high. In short, he was very clear that the so-called League of Nations composed of powerful countries at that time was just an organization that condoned aggression! However, Zhang Xueliang had the absurd idea of pinning his hopes on the League of Nations, which was simply a huge joke!

  As for Chiang Kai-shek, he has always been a person who considers internal worries more serious than external threats. In order to concentrate his forces to eliminate the Red Army, on the surface, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang called each other brothers, but in his eyes, the Northeastern Army was a northeastern tiger that would eventually be eliminated. His "non-resistance policy" happened to use the Japanese to weaken Zhang Xueliang's power.

  Of course, an objective evaluation of Chiang Kai-shek is still necessary. After Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China, Chiang Kai-shek refused to surrender, which prevented China from completely falling under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders. It can even be said that if there had been no resistance from Chiang Kai-shek, once Japan occupied all of China, there would have been no subsequent Pacific War! Because by then, American imperialism would have come to China and divided it with Japan together! So there wouldn't exist the so-called "America helped China win the war of resistance" claim!

  Japan is detestable, but the US is equally detestable! These words, Li Bin cannot say and dare not say. Similarly, Li Bin also dares not to say that Zhang Xueliang should bear inescapable responsibility for Japan's invasion of China. After all, he knows Zhang Xueliang's position in the Northeast Army, and he wants to expand his own strength in the Northeast, still needs to gather these scattered Northeast Army soldiers to form his own anti-Japanese armed forces.

  Li Bin didn't say anything else, he just went to check his tank and tried to find a way to repair the engine. As long as the tank could move, it would be better than nothing. Hong Biao saw Li Bin repairing the tank and although he didn't understand mechanical knowledge, he still came forward to try to help Li Bin.

  Unfortunately, with only two people's strength, it is still impossible to repair this tank! The diesel engine of this tank has a damaged turbocharger and a broken air intake gasket, which requires replacement parts. But let alone finding the parts in this forest, I'm afraid there are no spare parts for this German-style four-stroke twelve-cylinder compact diesel engine in the world! To repair this tank, it is estimated that we can only wait until we occupy a factory and have them specially manufacture a part according to our drawings before we can possibly repair the tank.

  Seeing that the tank was really irreparable, Li Bin shook his head and said: "Brother, it seems we can only temporarily abandon this tank. Let's think of a way to dismantle some usable things, then bury the tank with soil and leave it here for now. We'll figure out what to do with it after we retake the Shenyang Arsenal."

  It has come to this, and it can only be so. So, Hong Biao nodded in agreement and was willing to help Li Bin dismantle together.

  The bullets of the anti-aircraft machine gun have been used up, and the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun is too heavy, so Li Bin does not plan to disassemble the anti-aircraft machine gun. The tank's coaxial machine gun and navigation machine gun are good things. Unfortunately, with the strength of two people, it is still impossible to take away both heavy machine guns, so Li Bin chose to dismantle the navigation machine gun and take it away.

  The fire control computer was damaged and could not be repaired with today's technology, so the computer was left on the vehicle. The infrared night vision device, micro-light night vision device, and handheld radio were all dismantled. Although the radios that were removed are no longer usable in this era, Li Bin, who had studied wireless telegraphy, knew that the radios could be modified into a radio receiver and a transmitter. In this era, having a radio receiver would allow them to receive messages from the outside world at any time, while having a transmitter would make it the most powerful "information warfare" tool of this era! With the transmitter, they could not only contact other troops but also intercept enemy radio signals! As long as they could decipher the Japanese military's codes, they could obtain a large amount of useful intelligence.

  Of course, canned goods and medicines are also to be taken away, because at this time, food and medicine are precious!

  After all, the strength of two people is still limited. Otherwise, Li Bin really wanted to dismantle the tank cannon and take it away. There were many useful things inside the tank that could not be taken away, so they had to leave them in the car and prepare to bury them underground together.

  The two of them went to search the bodies of the devils they had killed again, and from the bodies, they obtained more than 50 silver dollars and two gold bars. As for those yen, they were also useless to them. There were also a large number of guns and ammunition that the devils had abandoned, which could not be taken away, and Li Bin and Hong Biao put all the guns and ammunition into the tank.

  First of all, the bodies of the devils had to be dealt with. The two men spent a whole day digging a large pit and burying the twisted corpses of the devils in it.

  By the time they finished all this, it was already dark. Li Bin poured out some diesel from the tank's fuel tank and collected branches to start a bonfire. After eating canned food, the two of them leaned against the tank and slept for a night.

  Wait until the second day dawn, then think of ways to bury the tank. Of course, there is no way to dig a pit on the ground to bury the tank, after all, this huge object, who can push it into the pit? So, they can only adopt the method of digging and covering the soil to fill up the tank. In order to prevent the rain from washing away the tank, a large number of stones must be prepared to press down on the mud.

  After putting the extra guns into the tank, the two began to cover up the tank. After three whole days of hard work, they finally managed to conceal the massive Type 05 tank with stones and mud.

  After finishing all this, Li Bin looked at a large mound of earth protruding from the ground with nostalgia, thinking to himself: Buddy, don't worry, maybe soon we'll be back to take you away!

  Then he and Hong Biao took away things they could carry and left the forest.

  Two men carried a heavy machine gun that had been disassembled, two Type 95 short-barreled assault rifles, one Type 92 handgun, and Hong Biao's original Mauser pistol. They also brought a grenade launcher captured from the enemy, as well as enough ammunition and several captured "sweet melon" hand grenades. The rest of the weapons were thrown into the tank and then buried underground.

  The melon hand grenade has a pretty good power, with 48 pre-made fragments, the killing radius can reach eight meters, which is very good for a single soldier weapon.

  Apart from the weapons, Li Bin also took away extremely important infrared night vision devices and micro-light night vision devices as well as two sets of handheld radios.

  As for some astonishing objects on the tank, Hong Bin was filled with doubts in his heart. He just couldn't understand what those exquisitely crafted "observation instruments" and such small and delicate "radios" were all about.

  However, Hong Biao's favorite was the disassembled twin-barreled machine gun. This type of machine gun is lightweight and has a high rate of fire. It just didn't come with a bipod or tripod mount, but that wasn't a problem. As long as they could find enough people to carry it, they could install it afterwards.

  Although his heart was filled with many doubts, Hong Biao didn't ask any more questions. Now, he only knew one thing: as long as they were truly anti-Japanese, they were all his brothers.

  The two men carried heavy loads and could only walk slowly down the mountain, one step at a time. Perhaps everything would get better once they found those scattered Northeastern soldiers.

  Of course, when sorting things out, Li Bin secretly carried Hong Biao and ground off the signs on the cans, all radio stations and gun plaques to prevent being seen.