The Thirty-Third Guerrilla Brigade (2)

  "Great, please use the visit to this site. I've always wanted a team like this. If we have a team, we must make the devils suffer." Tianhu clenched his fists and said.

  The next morning, Guo Yinan posted a notice on a large tree announcing the establishment of the Shenshan Guerrilla Brigade, and many people signed up to join. Many women also wanted to participate.

  "The guerrilla brigade is not accepting women for now, but you can join the rescue team," Tianhu said to the women who came to ask to join the guerrilla brigade.

  "Why?" one woman asked.

  "We're not human?" another woman chimed in.

  "We hate the Japanese devils to death!" a third woman exclaimed.

  "We also want to go to the battlefield and kill the devils!"

  "We all have grudges against the devils, so we must participate!"

  "Right, you can't deprive us of our rights!"

  ...

  Tianhu insisted that women could not join the guerrilla brigade, which made the women scold him and leave one by one.

  "I also want to sign up!" another woman's voice said.

  "I've already said that the guerrilla brigade is not accepting females for now," Tianhu said without looking up. "Next!"

  "Can't women fight?" the woman asked, her voice firm and full of discontent.

  "Hmm, you're really..." Tianhu didn't finish his sentence because he looked up and saw Mawa.

  Tianhu smiled and said, "Aren't you going to follow Commander Guo?"

  "I want to join the guerrilla brigade!" Mawa said firmly.

  "Woman..."

  "What's wrong with women? Are we worse than men?" Mawa asked, her face full of discontent. "Let the men compare with me, see who has better marksmanship. If they're all stronger than me, I won't participate."

  Tianhu had seen Mawa's marksmanship before and knew that even he might not be able to beat her. But if he let Mawa join, how could he refuse the other women who wanted to participate?

  "Do you want to recruit people to form a guerrilla brigade?" a strange man's voice asked.

  Tianhu turned his head to look and saw Mawa's father, who had brought 20 or 30 people with him. Tianhu quickly stood up to welcome them and said, "You've come? Yesterday was really thanks to you, if not for you... I would have lost my life. What brings you here?"

  "Yesterday, even if I didn't save you, I would still do the same thing," Mawa's father said, gritting his teeth. "I hate those devils so much that I want to catch them all and boil them in oil."

  Tianhu pulled Mawa's father over to sit down beside him.

  "Dad," Mawa called out when she saw Tianhu treating her father so well. "I also want to join the guerrilla brigade, but he won't let me."

  "Oh, is that so?" Tianhu explained, "We're considering that it's not convenient for women to fight outside, so we're not accepting females for now. But women can join the rescue team. When people are fighting, they get injured, and someone needs to rescue them. The rescue team's work is also very important."

  "No, I want to join the guerrilla brigade," Mawa said firmly. "If you don't let me participate, I'll still participate!"

  Tianhu looked at Mawa, scratching his head, not knowing how to persuade her.

  Tianhu had traveled with Mawa on the way back and knew a bit about her personality - she was really a stubborn girl.

  He looked around and saw that Guo Yinan was nowhere to be found, leaving everything to him. It seemed like he trusted Tianhu completely.

  The other people couldn't help Tianhu persuade Mawa either. Now the only hope was for Mawa's father to step in and help him. Tianhu thought of this and turned to look at Mawa's father, hoping he would advise Mawa.