Chapter 8 The Legendary Guerrilla Troop

  Today's happiest person is probably Yan Xiwen. He single-handedly directed today's thrilling action. From the beginning of shooting down the executioner, to throwing tear gas grenades, and hand grenade sniper pursuit of the fake army, everything was his clever arrangement. He made the hesitant Wu Gong team start acting, let the fake army fall into chaos, and finally stopped the fake army from pursuing the Wu Gong team. The most clever thing is that since Mei Da Hanjian's purpose has been achieved, those captured Tongluo villagers have no value anymore. Mei Da Hanjian must be too lazy to care about these people who are wasting manpower and food.

  He excitedly led the team to change direction, leaving behind only a few burnt-out paper shells, which was another masterpiece of the bad boy and Rain Nong. They combined the chili peppers used for cooking with the smoke-emitting black fire medicine to create this "tear gas pepper bomb" that would burn for half a day and emit thick smoke that irritated the eyes and nose. This thing had left a deep impression on the anti-Japanese righteous and brave army who participated in the weapon test, one of whose training courses was to crawl 50 meters through this thick smoke. At that time, this training really made the simple mountain people suffer, while the bad boy retorted with a flourish, saying that they didn't need to be so considerate when dealing with the little devils. However, the first ones to suffer were the puppet soldiers guarding the hostages, which was something the bad boy had not anticipated.

  In a fishing village eighty miles away from Tongcheng, a team was quietly repairing in Yujiagou. The village is located on a highland by the side of the Three Yang River, and it is said that it was the place where the Dragon King stopped his troops when he conquered the Heavenly Palace.

  The water is beautiful and the people are kind, it's a good place to hide from the world. The villagers who live here mostly make a living by fishing, even if they go out, it's just to exchange some oil, salt, seasonings, needles and cloth. Few people participate in worldly disputes, but this place is too secluded, although it is also close to the Three Yang River, the devil's patrol team rarely passes through here. Everyone's life is still quite stable, with a bit of a paradise on earth feel.

  Today's Shangri-La seems to have added some warmth, a team of plainclothes troops entered the peaceful fishing village, and everyone looked at this team with curiosity. Their armbands were all twenty rounds, although familiar, but their expressions didn't seem like those of traitors sent by the Japanese devils. Everyone quietly hid in their own homes, peeking out from the door cracks. However, these people were very gentle towards the village head who came to greet them, not too fierce, which made everyone think of the southern rebel party, could they be a martial arts team? Or the guerrilla troops that had just blown up the Tongcheng military supply station?

  It seems that everyone didn't guess wrong, they are indeed the guerrilla troops of the Fourth People's Party, and they just arrived here today. However, even they are curious about who bombed the military supply station, which made them gain an advantage. The guerrilla troops, who had just settled down, were in contact with the rear command center, but the commendation order they received made everyone feel both happy and worried at the same time.

  "Citizens' Award for the outstanding performance of the vanguard guerrilla team in Tongcheng District, which destroyed the Japanese military supply station. Comrade Qiong Wulóng, leader of the guerrilla team, is promoted to junior lieutenant and appointed as a special commissioner. Hong Wenkuán is promoted to captain and awarded the Purple Heart Medal for his outstanding performance. Other personnel are commended with third-class merit and awarded the Red Heart Medal. We look forward to your continued bravery and sacrifice for the country. - Shi Guangwén, Party Chief of Simin Party, General Commander-in-Chief."

  The confidential officer held the telegram and read it excitedly.

  Qiong Wu Long and Hong Wen Kuan stared at each other, neither of them had expected that as soon as they arrived in Tongcheng, a big pie would fall from the sky. They were directly commended by Party First Secretary Shi Guangwen, and this good thing happened to them, a small figure. After their excitement, both of them looked at each other strangely, wondering who was behind this great power. After arriving with his team, he heard that everyone was talking about how the Fourth People's Party guerrilla troops had attacked the enemy's military supply station, stealing a large number of weapons and causing the enemy to suffer heavy losses while trying to put out the fire. These events left the newly arrived crowd puzzled for half a day, but since the military supply station was destroyed, it was still a good thing, so the two of them discussed and reported the news they had obtained truthfully, explaining that it was the result of another armed force, but why it was attributed to themselves was beyond their comprehension.

  Unexpectedly, on the second day after receiving the message, a commendation order was transmitted. How can this not make people suspicious? If outsiders don't know the truth, then our own people certainly know that our team hasn't done anything at all. It's good to have credit fall on one's head, but if someone else's credit falls on one's own head, who knows when it will be exposed? At that time, I estimate we'll have to go to a military tribunal - how can this not make people anxious?

  After a while, they slowly calmed down. Hongwen Kuang, who was in charge of the political work, seemed to know something about this matter. He looked around and whispered to Qiong Wudragon: "I think the superior has admitted that this thing is true, after all, it's a heavy blow to the Japanese. And indeed, blowing up the military supply station is not our false report of military information. The other side concealed their identity and intentionally leaked that it was done by our party, I estimate they won't come out to admit it again. This merit doesn't belong to us, naturally, we won't be held accountable for it. Moreover, we reported the true situation, how it will turn out is not up to us. Besides, what the superior did is also a powerful propaganda for our current anti-Japanese work. Let's just say that we enjoyed the honor of those brave warriors who fought for the country, as long as we kill more Japanese and win more battles, it won't be a shame to this honor, right?" He patted Qiong Wudragon forcefully on the back.

  Qiong Wudragon thought for a moment, nodded: "Director Hong is still familiar with the situation, you analyzed it and suddenly I understand, yes, that's what happened. I didn't expect that after all these years of fighting, I, Qiong Wudragon, would still have to do such a thing. Forget it, let's kill more devils to repay the great kindness of our Party Chairman."

  Two people looked at each other and smiled, everything was understood without a word.

  The Japanese garrison headquarters in Tongcheng, Yamamoto Kitaro stood upright and listened to the scolding of his superior on the phone. The room occasionally echoed with "Hai..." sounds. Several guards and other squadron leaders kept a distance from the door, everyone had an idea, wondering how this deputy director would vent his anger at them next. For this reason, several related people looked at each other for encouragement and comfort, as if every time this official could always divert his anger and make himself deeply understand his scolding.

  Soon, Yamamoto Kame-tarō came out of the house with a smile on his face. He looked at several people hiding far away and shook his head, waving his hand to several guards. The clever guard immediately left this place of dispute and left sympathetic eyes for several officers in the yard.

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