Chapter 19

  Jing Hu is also a man of justice. Since the September 18th Incident occurred one month ago, he has repeatedly seen refugees passing through here and hates the Northeastern Army for not resisting.

  He saw Wu Congyu dare to raise his gun and confront him, so he also pulled the bolt without showing weakness, holding up his rifle and aiming at Wu Congyu. The two men faced each other with their guns, the entire atmosphere was frozen and suffocating.

  "Xiao Wu! Put down your gun!" Li Bin shouted at Wu Congyu.

  Hou Biao and Wang Zihao heard the gunshot and thought Li Bin was in trouble, so they all rushed over.

  Just then, Jing Da and Liu Zi arrived with the bandits, and both sides picked up their guns, pointing at each other. The atmosphere was tense, and it seemed that if someone accidentally fired a shot, it would trigger a fierce conflict.

  On Hong Biao's side, although the number of people was small, the weapons were excellent. If a real conflict occurred, it was likely that Jing Da and his men would be at a disadvantage. However, just then, Li Bin shouted loudly: "Second brother, third brother, what are you doing? We agreed that I would go and talk to their leader, why have you come over here?"

  After finishing, he turned his head to face the crowd and said: "Fellow heroes, we are Northeastern Army soldiers passing by, not merchants or bandits! We are heading to Jinzhou to respond to General Huang Xiansheng's call to form the Northeast Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army! We are going to fight against the Japanese invaders! Now that our country is in danger, I hope you will let us pass."

  After listening to Li Bin's words, Hong Biao and Wang Zihao were both secretly shocked in their hearts. How did they not know at all that Huang Xiansheng was going to establish the Northeast Anti-Japanese Righteous and Brave Army in Jinzhou? Who exactly is this Li Bin?

  "Stop talking about the Northeast Army! You didn't fire a single shot and abandoned Shenyang, allowing our great rivers and mountains to fall into the hands of the Japanese bandits!"

  Hong Biao flew into a rage, he raised his Type 95 submachine gun at Jin Hu and the others: "Who dares to say anything bad about our Northeastern Army again? Don't blame my gun for not recognizing people! I personally killed dozens of devils!"

  Jing Hu was not willing to show weakness either, the Liaoning Type 13 rifle in his hand aimed at Hong Biao's head: "You try shooting first! One man one life, who fears whom!"

  Jiang Da, however, was still a reasonable person and stopped Jiang Hu: "Third brother, don't be rash!"

  "Everybody put down your guns!" Li Bin said, standing in the middle. "We are all Chinese, and Chinese people do not fight Chinese people! We should unite together to resist the Japanese invaders!"

  After finishing, he walked to Hong Biao's front and let him put down the gun. Then, Li Bin handed over the short assault rifle and pistol to Wang Zihao: "Third brother, you temporarily take care of the guns for me, I'll go talk to the master!"

  Then Li Bin turned his head and said to Jing Da and the others: "Gentlemen, I am not carrying any weapons on me now. I hope to have a good talk with your master!"

  Jing Da glanced at Li Bin and said to Liu Zi and Jing Hu, "Let him come over! But we must talk on our own terms!"

  Liu Zi nodded and turned to Li Bin, saying: "This good fellow, our master wants to invite you to go up the mountain, but only you alone! I wonder if this good fellow dares to go?"

  "What's there to be afraid of!" Li Bin replied. After finishing speaking, he walked towards those bandits.

  Hong Biao stepped forward and said: "Big brother, I'll go instead!"

  Li Bin angrily said: "Am I the big brother or are you the big brother? Don't you even listen to my words?" After finishing, Li Bin ignored Hong Biao and Wang Zihao's repeated persuasions, raised his head high and walked towards the bandits.

  Just as he walked up to Liu Zi, those bandits came up and blocked Li Bin, searching him all over. After making sure he wasn't carrying any weapons, Liu Zi made a gesture: "Please, this good fellow!"

  A group of bandits, armed to the teeth, surrounded Li Bin with an air of murder, and took him up the mountain. Along the way, Da Dangjia Jing Da also reported his identity, and Li Bin thus learned that this man was indeed Da Dangjia.

  After climbing the mountain, facing those fierce and sinister bandits, Li Bin showed no fear on his face. He spoke straightforwardly: "Head of the household, I, Li Bin, came here today not for anything else, but to ask you all to go with us to Jinzhou, respond to General Huang Xian's call, and fight against the Japanese invaders together!"

  "Haha! Go beat up those Japanese pirates? What's in it for us?" Liu Zi burst out laughing.

  "Beating the Japanese will bring no personal benefits to us, and there's even a possibility of sacrifice! But this is for the salvation of our country!" Li Bin answered loudly.

  Liu Zi "haha" laughed twice: "Since there's no benefit, we won't go either!"

  "Let me tell you the truth, even if you don't go to fight against the devils, once the little devils come, they won't let you off either! Now that damned Chiang Kai-shek has ordered the Northeast Army not to resist, our good rivers and mountains have fallen into the hands of the Japanese! As the saying goes, can there be any intact eggs under a destroyed nest? The country is gone, we've all become slaves of a lost nation, what's the point of us surviving?" Li Bin said with great righteousness.

  "I don't want to hear you talk about national righteousness! Anyway, if the devils dare to come here, we'll just fight them!" Liu Zi said with discontent.

  "Do you think that with your power alone, you can defeat the devils? As the saying goes, 'A fist is not clenched together, there is no strength!' We Chinese should unite, otherwise we will be eaten away by the devils one by one!""Li Bin said bitterly, "You good fellows, do you know what those damned devils have done? The massacre in Lüshun decades ago, don't you know about it?! Let's not mention that for now, let's talk about now. The devils invaded our Northeast, they slaughtered civilians, raped women, and spared no one from 5-year-old girls to 70-year-old old ladies! I think you all have grandmothers, mothers, sisters, don't you? These devils are harming our brothers and sisters, we should stand up together and fight these damned dogs!"

  Jing Da and Liu Zi were still Chinese people with a sense of justice, they lowered their heads in silence after hearing Li Bin's words.

  But that Jin Hu, however, said: "As for those damned Japanese pirates, we also deeply resent them! But you Northeastern Army men don't go fight the devils yourselves, yet come to persuade us to go die? What's your intention?"

  Li Bin didn't respond, he simply pulled open his clothes, and suddenly, a body covered in scars appeared before Jin Hu. In fact, those injuries were left on Li Bin's body after his tank was destroyed in the future, although they were only superficial wounds, but because of the impact of the falling armor fragments and the huge collision, his body was left with countless scars.

  "These wounds, were left by the old man fighting against the devils! Who says that our Northeast Army did not resist! Since I arrived here, I have never thought of surviving! The superior orders were to not resist! But we still fought! But relying on those damn superiors, even guns and ammunition were locked up! How many of my brothers were slaughtered!" Li Bin said with grief and indignation.

  Looking at Li Bin's body full of scars, Jin Hu lowered his head and didn't speak, all the bandits were also shocked into silence.

  Li Bin continued to say: "I die, the country lives! I live, the country dies! I, Li Bin, have long put life and death outside my consideration! Think about it, if the country is lost and I am alive, we are all slaves of a lost nation! How will those little Japanese devils treat us? They don't even consider us human beings! Rather than living on our knees, it's better to die standing up! Even in death, I want to die on the battlefield fighting against the enemy! That's all I have to say! Whether you are willing or not to go to Jinzhou with me, I can give you some gifts!"

  "What gift?"

  Li Bin said: "You good men, your weapons are really too poor. I have 49 rifles, two machine guns, three small cannons, 7,000 bullets and several hundred hand grenades! The car is loaded with these things! Aren't you trying to rob our car? Let me tell you, all these weapons, I can give them all to you!"

  In fact, Li Bin thought to himself: These people are still some Chinese with backbone, even if they don't want to follow him. When the devils come here later, they will also be an anti-Japanese force. It's better to give these weapons to them and increase their combat effectiveness, so that they won't be easily eliminated by the devils in the future.

  After listening to Li Bin's words, everyone's eyes widened in shock. They had not expected that the big truck they wanted to rob was actually loaded with weapons and ammunition! Moreover, this good fellow in front of them was going to give all these weapons and ammunition to them!

  Jing Hu walked up and grabbed Li Bin's hand, saying: "Mr. Li is too polite! You are all too polite! Giving us so many good guns!"

  Li Bin smiled slightly and said: "You are all Chinese! I don't want to see you being eliminated by the devils."