Chapter 6: More Official Than You

  Independent Infantry 11th Brigade First Battalion Headquarters.

  Captain Inoue Daichi was overjoyed, and the loss of an entire company was thus glossed over.

  Fortunately, there were those Chinese soldiers' corpses, otherwise I would probably be in trouble.

  Not only was there no problem at all, but he also received praise from Commander Chikara Senoo.

  Moreover, reinforcements from his own army would arrive soon, which greatly encouraged Inoue Daichi.

  He looked at the staff officer with a different gaze and specially praised him.

  "Captain, according to the intelligence provided by the Mongolian army, it seems that the all-female troop is planning to launch a counterattack against us in the near future, seeking revenge for our previous raid on their controlled village. Although they are women, their combat strength is extremely strong and has been lurking around this area for several years, specializing in attacking our troops. According to statistics, we have already suffered more than 5,000 casualties at their hands." The staff officer walked over with a document and said to Captain Inoue.

  Inoue Daichi frowned and shouted in discontent: "Hachiga, our empire's brave warriors, how could they die at the hands of a Chinese woman? These people must be killed!"

  The staff officer sighed helplessly, this battalion commander was brave in battle, but his IQ was not much higher than that of a stupid pig.

  Seeing the staff's expression, Inoue Daichi said somewhat impatiently: "Order each department to strengthen their defenses. We must heavily strike their troops in order to obtain the rewards above. Do you understand?"

  The staff officer nodded and walked out towards the outside.

  Not far from the first large team guarding the county town, there is a small mountainous area with many villages nearby.

  This is the base of the Women's Army, and now their numbers have expanded to over 3,000 people.

  Moreover, apart from women, many men also joined them.

  Here is what you can get here, food is all self-planted, and weapons and ammunition are all captured from the Japanese army.

  The uniform of the Women's Army was modified from the Japanese military uniform.

  The leader of the women's army is Zhou Yulan, who came from Shandong province.

  She followed her parents performing in the streets since she was a child until the Japanese army killed her innocent parents in Northeast China.

  At just 19 years old, Zhou Yulan came here after avenging her parents.

  Zhou Yulan originally had no intention of achieving anything great, but was forced into it and eventually ended up on this path.

  In this era, women are almost never taken seriously. Since Zhou Yulan started the Lishan project, women from all over who have nowhere else to turn have come here seeking refuge.

  Especially those who came from Northeast China became Zhou Yulan's main force.

  After several years of infighting among bandits, Zhou Yulan overthrew the nearby bandits and gradually became a local tyrant.

  Until the Japanese army occupied here, Zhou Yulan began to take the road of attacking the Japanese army.

  Even the National Government gave Zhou Yulan a position as Colonel and Commander of the Guerrilla Corps, and the Chahar National Army troops also replenished their weapons and ammunition before retreating.

  Yang Junran heard that the place he was going to attack was not far from this female army, so he wanted to visit this troop. After all, he was also a formal national army colonel, and he had the right to recruit all anti-war armed forces.

  Then Yang Junran arrived here under the escort of a platoon and a squad.

  Looking around at the busy common people, Yang Junran was indeed very surprised, for nowhere else could be seen such a scene.

  "Commander Yang, their place is just up ahead. If we don't give them advance notice, they probably won't be happy about it." A soldier pointed to a house not far away and said to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran furrowed his brow and looked around, as if there was another world inside the house.

  Several dark holes, obviously machine gun design ports.

  It looks like an ordinary house from the outside, but it definitely won't be like this inside.

  "What's there to be afraid of? After all, we are a regular national army unit. Visiting such a bandit organization is giving them face." Yang Junran swaggered forward, not putting these people in his eyes at all.

  "Halt! Who are you? Take another step forward and we'll shoot!" A female voice reached Yang Junran's ears.

  Yang Junran didn't seem afraid and continued walking forward.

  A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hit in front of Yang Junran's military boots, which made Yang Junran extremely surprised.

  The warriors behind hurriedly ran over and vigilantly looked at the women walking towards them with rifles.

  "Don't get me wrong, we are under the command of Fang Hanqin's brigade. This is our Commander Yang, and he wants to pay a visit to your master." A soldier shouted loudly.

  The woman put down her weapon after hearing Fang Hanqin's name.

  A woman glared at Yang Junran and said, "I told you not to move forward, but you still moved forward. If it weren't for our commander's uniform being the same as yours, I would have shot you dead with one bullet."

  Yang Junran was about to retort when the woman continued, "You wait here for a moment, I'll go back and report to the commander."

  The woman glared at Yang Junran before leaving.

  "Commander?" Yang Junran looked at the soldier beside him in confusion.

  The warrior also shook his head, indicating that he was unclear about this matter.

  Yang Junran had a shooting lesson and didn't dare to act on his own, so he could only sit on a rock, waiting for the female commander's summons.

  After a while, a woman wearing a National Army uniform walked over and said to Yang Junran: "Follow me, our commander wants to see you."

  Yang Junran was quite displeased with this "soldier". After all, he was a senior colonel, and being called by such a "soldier" made him somewhat unhappy.

  The warriors behind seemed to know the rules here and began to sit down waiting for their superiors.

  Yang Junran was led by a female soldier into a simple thatched cottage.

  "Wait here for a moment, our commander will be right with you." The female soldier said and walked out without paying attention to Yang Junran's attitude.

  The grass house is simple, but the immediate facilities are much better than those at home.

  Apart from several chairs, there is also a huge map.

  One of them was a Japanese military sword, which caught Yang Junran's attention.

  "Don't touch that randomly, the commander doesn't like others touching her things." The female soldier walked over with a cup of tea and said to Yang Junran who wanted to check out the military sword.

  Yang Junran smiled awkwardly and sat down in one of the chairs.

  "Hurry up, or you'll be in trouble if the commander finds out!" The female soldier shouted loudly.

  Yang Junran was very surprised and didn't know what mistake he had made again.

  "This is where the commander sits, no one else is allowed to sit here." The female soldier hastily wiped the chair with her handkerchief and said discontentedly to Yang Junran.

  Just as Yang Junran was about to speak, a shout came from outside: "The commander has arrived."

  As the shouting continued, a woman wearing a veil walked in. What surprised Yang Junran even more was that this woman was dressed in the uniform of a National Army lieutenant general.

  The woman glanced at Yang Junran and walked towards the chair.

  After sitting down in the chair, the woman pointed to a position beside her.

  Yang Junran sat down in the chair, staring blankly at the woman.

  Although he didn't see the woman's face clearly, he knew she must be extremely beautiful.

  From her two big eyes, Yang Junran was certain that she was an extremely beautiful woman, especially with the contrast of the lieutenant general's uniform, women had a different charm.

  "You are Colonel Yang Junran of the guerrilla forces, aren't you? Even if you didn't come, I would have gone to find you." The woman spoke up.

  Yang Junran was however entranced by the heavenly music and did not respond to the woman's words for a long time.

  "Hey, our commander is asking you a question." The female soldier next to him seemed unable to hold back, and pushed Yang Junran to speak loudly.

  Yang Junran looked around at the female soldiers staring at him and smiled awkwardly.

  "How did you know that? This time I came, wanting to discuss our merger. At least we still have the opportunity to cooperate with each other. Now that the Japanese are powerful, it's better for us to concentrate together. If there's anything, we can also support each other." Yang Junran looked into the woman's eyes and expressed his thoughts.

  "Since it's a merger, there must be someone in command. Colonel Yang, why don't you state your opinion?" The woman said calmly.

  Yang Junran hesitated for a moment. Although he didn't know where the woman's lieutenant general uniform came from, he thought he was the right person to wear it.

  "This is still better commanded by me, of course, as long as whoever's opinion is more correct, we can also adopt the correct opinion." Yang Junran said with a smile.

  The female soldier beside him smiled, making Yang Junran extremely embarrassed.

  "You take a look yourself." The female soldier handed over a document to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran took over the document and looked at it, but found it was an appointment letter.

  This woman is named Zhou Yulan, now appointed by the National Government as the commander-in-chief of the Chahar Guerrilla Headquarters, with the rank of Major General, unified command of guerrilla affairs in Chahar.

  "Who has a colonel commanding a major general? Colonel Yang, are you confused?" A female soldier nearby said with a smile.

  Yang Junran looked at Zhou Yulan awkwardly, unsure of what to say.

  "Colonel Yang, I didn't mean to interfere with you, but I hope you won't interfere with us either. The National Government has sent some soldiers to reinforce us, and I hope you can take them away. There are many female soldiers here, and it's very inconvenient for us to act together. As long as you're truly resisting the Japanese, I, Zhou Yulan, will definitely support your actions. Besides, it's not easy for you to stay here either. I've asked the villagers to prepare some food, take that away too." Zhou Yulan said to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran nodded awkwardly and walked out towards the outside.

  This time Yang Junran was really embarrassed, wanting to recruit someone, but the other party was just appointed as a lieutenant general team leader, and even his own Commander Yang was under his command. Not only did he fail to recruit successfully, but he also had to rely on the other party's financial support for food and supplies, which made Commander Yang extremely embarrassed.