Chapter 69: Revenge (Part 1)

  "Hello! I'm a guerrilla, my name is Zhang Tiezhu. Are you Wang Yongquan?", "Yes!", "Do you have an older brother named Wang Yongzhen? And your nephew is called Shitou?" asked Tiezhu.

  "Really? What's up?" "Let's go over there and talk, okay?" said the pillar, pointing to a tree next to it. The two of them went under the tree.

  "What did I say that you shouldn't get excited about?" "Just say what's on your mind, quickly!" Wang Yongquan urged somewhat impatiently.

  "We received news that the devils were massacring our fellow villagers at Wangjiazhuang. When we arrived, we met a group of escaped villagers, and the others had fallen victim to the devils' cruel hands." "What's going on? Tell me quickly! How are my family members?" Wang Yonghui asked anxiously.

  "Your family has escaped with your nephew, but the rest have fallen victim to the devils' cruel hands." Zhuzi explained the situation clearly to Wang Yongquan.

  "What? What did you say?" An excited Wang Yongxu stepped forward and grabbed Zhu's clothes, asking. He couldn't accept what Zhu said.

  "Don't get excited, your nephew Shi Tou is right here with us. It was him who told us you were here and begged us to come notify you." "Dad! Big brother!" Wang Yonghu shouted twice before squatting down on the ground, covering his head and bursting into tears. The soldiers standing guard nearby all rushed over to ask what had happened. Wang Yonghu didn't say anything, but just said a thank you to Zhu Zi before turning around and running back.

  "What? Wang Yongquan! You're not deceiving us, are you?" several warriors asked suspiciously. "Of course it's true, the letter was just delivered to me by someone who came in person, how could it be fake?" Wang Yongquan said with wide eyes.

  "Damn it! A group of beasts!" Several people burst into tears after hearing Wang Yongquan's affirmative answer, and they couldn't help but worry about their families. They didn't know how their families were doing at that moment, whether they had fallen victim to the devils' cruel hands. It would be best if they hadn't been in the village at the time or if they were among the crowd that escaped.

  "No way! I have to go back and take a look!" A warrior said, and then he packed up his things and headed home to take a look.

  "Right! Go back and take a look. If we really fell into the devils' trap, I'll fight these devils to the death!" said soldier Wang Yunlin beside him.

  "Give me back! What's the hurry? Haven't asked for permission from the squad leader yet! Isn't this a violation of discipline?" Wang Yongquan, despite wanting to go back and take revenge, still knew the third battalion's rules. "Let's go! Find the squad leader." Several people said as they hastily went to find their squad leader.

  "Get in line! We want to ask you, agree that we go back home to avenge our families." Several people explained their thoughts to the squad leader. "Nonsense! Do you still have discipline in your hearts? Our Eighth Route Army is not some mountain bandit, always wanting to go take revenge! Speak up! What's going on? Is it that someone at home had a falling out with the neighbors?" Squad Leader Fan Yufa severely criticized several soldiers.

  "It's not like that!" Wang Yongquan then told Fan Yufa the details. Fan Yufa was also furious upon hearing this.

  "These inhuman beasts!" Fan Yufa couldn't help but curse the devils.

  "General! Just approve our return to avenge our families! The little devils must pay for their blood debt with blood." Wang Yongquan and the others begged.

  "This thing is probably very difficult! You are also clear about the situation of our three battalions." Fan Yufa said with difficulty.

  Fan Yufa said that it was not wrong, the three battalions were not far from the headquarters' garrison, and they had the indirect responsibility of guarding the safety of the headquarters. Especially since the headquarters had just issued a notice, the devils would retaliate against the previous sneak attack, and the headquarters ordered the third battalion to guard the safety of the headquarters, stationed in Zhangzhuang, on the one hand to guard the flank security of the headquarters, and on the other hand to let the third battalion rest for a while. After all, several major battles had caused heavy casualties in the third battalion, and the headquarters did not want to consume this elite force completely.

  In the past, in order to train the combat capability of the soldiers, Li Xinmin would occasionally dispatch a batch of soldiers to take military action against small groups of devils or attack the devil's strongholds. However, even for training purposes, it was only possible under the protection of the special forces.

  Since Gao Dabao and his men were left in Shandong by Commander Chen, coupled with the severe casualties suffered by the third battalion, Li Xinmin had not dispatched soldiers to go out again. Even when executing major tasks, Li Xinmin did not mobilize all the troops of the third battalion, but instead left behind a batch of elite forces to protect the flank security of the headquarters. Now that the headquarters had issued another order, Li Xinmin could not arbitrarily dispatch large troops.

  "Get going! Just approve it already! We can't wait to fly back and see how things are at home." Wang Yunlin said to Fan Yufa.

  "I also know you're eager to go back and avenge, to be honest I'd rather fight with you together, and slaughter all those little devils. But I have to ask for instructions too! Otherwise, I'll also be punished, our Eighth Route Army's discipline isn't something you're not aware of! Besides, Wang Yongquan just said that the enemy has a whole battalion, several hundred people, even if you all go it's impossible to wipe them out! You wait here first, I'll go ask our company commander if there are any large-scale actions from our regiment, so you can take action with the main force and deal with those little devils." Wang Yongquan and the others exchanged a look, knowing they had no choice but to agree. The squad leader was also helping them out, if there really was a large-scale action, their hope for revenge would be even greater, and they nodded in agreement one after another.

  A few people stayed behind to wait for news, and Fan Yufa went to find Battalion Commander Zhang Dawei, asking if there had been any major military actions recently, and told him about the Japanese massacre at Wangjiazhuang. Zhang Dawei was also very indignant about the evil deeds of the Japanese devils, but he also explained the headquarters' orders to Fan Yufa: the Third Battalion could not have any major military actions for the time being.

  "The enemy is currently conducting retaliatory sweeps against our base, and it's our battalion's responsibility to ensure the safety of headquarters' flank. Therefore, we won't be able to take any military action or mobilize a large number of troops to leave here during this period, otherwise, the flank of the headquarters will be in danger. We absolutely cannot let the safety of the leaders of the headquarters be threatened." Zhang Dawei informed Fan Yufa of the detailed situation and entrusted him to do a good job of ideological work on these soldiers, letting them calm down first, and they would slowly take revenge later, and eventually deal with those devils.

  Fan Yufa knew how important their task was, to defend the safety of the headquarters' flank. If the third battalion's main force left, once a large number of devils broke through here and attacked the headquarters, then the headquarters would likely be breached by the devils, and in that case, the leaders might suffer harm at the hands of the devils. The other comrades inside the headquarters would also suffer harm from the devils.

  After Fan Yufa left, he told Wang Yongquan and the others in detail about the specific situation and advised them to put aside their hatred for the time being, as ensuring the safety of the leaders was the most important thing. Wang Yongquan and the others listened to Fan Yufa's introduction and also knew that they could not go back to avenge now, although they wanted to go back very much in their hearts, but they still obeyed the order and returned to the training ground to continue training.