Chapter 38: Absolutely Not Letting Go (4)

  "Captain, those women have all been sent back to their village." Team member Li Changjiang reported to Zhao Hailong, they were sent by Zhao Hailong to send back the women who were taken away by the devils to their own homes.

  "Have they all found their relatives?" Zhao Hailong couldn't help but ask sympathetically.

  "Some people's family members were killed by the devils, but those who didn't find their relatives were also taken in by the villagers. After all, they've lived together for so many years, now that they're suffering, how can we not have some sympathy?" Li Changjiang replied.

  "Hmm! That's good, a group of poor people!" Zhao Hailong couldn't help but sigh.

  "Right! Did I let you give them all the money and food we gave to them?" Zhao Hailong asked with concern.

  "Don't worry, Captain! They've all been handed over to their families. Those without relatives have been given to the villagers. Nothing will happen." Li Changjiang replied truthfully.

  Zhao Hailong sent people to send these stranded women back to their homes and specially allocated the food seized from the stronghold to them. Zhao Hailong did this to ensure that these people could eat after returning home and survive.

  "Old Zhang! Next, the devils will definitely make a move. Inform the brothers to strengthen their defenses and pay attention to the movements of the little devils at all times. Notify each village to set up observation posts to monitor the devils' movements. In case of emergency, issue an early warning to the villagers about the devils' sweep, to prevent them from harming our fellow villagers." Zhao Hailong instructed Zhang Guifang seriously, specifically making some arrangements in response to the devils' sweep.

  Since the last Korean Village incident, Zhao Hailong has demanded strengthening surveillance of surrounding strongholds, increasing vigilance and preventing another tragedy like Korean Village from happening again.

  "Don't worry, Captain, everything is ready," Zhang Guifang replied.

  "Captain! Captain! Sihuzi is back!", Li Changjiang shouted loudly, supporting Sihuzi to Zhao Hailong and the others.

  "What's going on?" Zhao Hailong asked with great puzzlement as he saw the four tiger sons panting heavily.

  "Captain! When we attacked the Luo family stronghold, didn't you say that Old Man Feng had escaped? I went to chase him and took a shortcut to his house. I found that there was no one at home, and his wife was also gone. The house was in disarray." Si Hu Zi said breathlessly.

  "Why did you come back so late?" asked Zhang Guifang from the side.

  "Later, I wondered if this traitorous dog would run to the county town to send a message to the devils as you said? So, I took a shortcut and rushed back to the county town. When I arrived at the county town, I didn't enter the city, but instead kept watch outside, waiting to see if that old guy would show up. However, no matter how long I waited, he didn't appear. Only after confirming that he hadn't gone to the county town did I return." Si Hu Zi said what he had been doing all day.

  "You little scamp! So you're saying that Old Man Feng didn't go to inform on us?" Zhao Hailong asked, puzzled.

  "Yes! I guarantee it! He didn't go to the county town." Fourth Tiger said very affirmatively.

  "Captain! Si Hu Zi said he didn't go, then he definitely didn't go. There's no one here who can outrun Si Hu Zi." Zhang Guilang said from the side.

  "Four Tigers are our flying legs here!", Li Changjiang said with a smile.

  "Hahaha!", everyone here is laughing.

  Actually, the fourth son of Hu said nothing wrong. Feng Dama didn't go to the county town to report the news, he never thought of going to the county town to report the news. When Zhao Hailong and his men came to his home yesterday, he felt a sense of crisis. He could no longer mix in here, the Japanese would not let him off, and those guerrillas would not let him off once they saw the women in the stronghold. What he had done in the village before, they would not let him off even if the guerrilla team spared his life. The villagers of Luojiashan would not let him off either. He took advantage of the chaos when the guerrilla team was fighting with the devils and slipped out of the stronghold secretly, went home to take his wife and fled northward.

  Last night he had already discussed with his wife, and today they escaped together, leaving Wu'an to go to Hebei to rely on his uncle.

  After he returned home, the two of them didn't dare to stay for a moment and ran out more than ten miles before stopping to catch their breath and take a drink.

  "Really? Do you think they can catch up with us?" Feng Dama's wife asked somewhat nervously.

  "Don't worry! They've found out that we've escaped, but it's too late now. Even if they want to chase us, they won't be able to catch up. Besides, how would they know which direction we're running in?" Feng Dama said with a calm tone, glancing at his wife with his toad-like eyes. In fact, he was more anxious than his wife, but he was used to putting on a show in front of her.

  "Have a drink of water, dear!", Feng Damao's wife handed him the water, he took a sip and then handed it back to his wife.

  "Let's hurry up and move forward! This is not the safest place. Once we get out of Wu'an territory, it will no longer be their turf, and only then can we consider ourselves safe." Feng Dama said with great caution.

  "Let's go! Listen to you, let's walk a bit further!", Feng Dama and his wife supported each other and continued to flee.

  "It seems that this Feng Dazui is afraid and does not dare to go to the county town to report the news." Li Changjiang said on the side.

  "Not bad! This Feng Dazui is indeed cunning. If he goes to the county town to report, the devils will know that it was him who led us into the stronghold, and they won't let him off easily either. Staying here, we also won't let him off, so he can only be safe if he leaves this place." Zhao Hailong analyzed.

  "This traitorous dog! He got what he deserved, I should have killed him earlier!", Li Changjiang cursed. His family was killed by the Japanese devils when they were led by a traitor to collect grain. Later that night, he took an axe and found his way to the traitor's home, beheading him and using his head to pay respects to his family. The Japanese found out and sent people to capture him, but in the end, he escaped into the mountains and joined the guerrilla forces. Now he is already a small team leader of the guerrilla forces.

  "Not bad! This time he managed to escape, but as the old saying goes, evil people will eventually get their due punishment! Someone will come to take his dog life sooner or later." Zhao Hailong also said with hatred.

  Wu'an County Town, in the enemy's headquarters, Brigade Commander Kasahara Masao was scolding several subordinates.

  "Kawahara! What's going on with your intelligence department? Why haven't I received a complete report on that guerrilla unit yet?" Kawahara shouted, pounding his fist on the desk.

  "Commander! Recently, the armed groups that have been attacking us are guerrilla forces from this area. Their movements are unpredictable and we're having a hard time pinpointing their exact location and gathering detailed information." Intelligence officer Kawahara reported truthfully.

  "Damn it! If we can't find their whereabouts, our main force won't be able to thoroughly eliminate this despicable enemy. Our transportation team won't be able to pass through smoothly here, which will affect the combat of the Great Japanese Imperial Army in North China and lose face for my brigade!" Katsuhara stood up, slamming his fist on the table and shouting angrily.

  "Yes! The leader of the travel group is right!", Kawahara saw Kasaoka get so angry, and hurriedly bowed his head to admit his mistake, acknowledging his own incompetence.