Chapter 57: The Battle of Sanjiao River (Part 2)

  The rickshaw stopped in front of a high-end Chinese hotel, and the doorman, seeing the grandeur, knew that the guests were definitely VIPs. He hastily came forward to attend to them, and upon hearing their Japanese accents, he became even more diligent, quickly notifying the manager and others, who all came out to welcome them into the hotel with great care. After showing them to two luxurious rooms, the staff let out a sigh of relief once they had entered to rest. The Japanese were not easy to serve; if one was not careful, they would smash the place, shut it down, and arrest people.

  As soon as the young man and woman entered the house, the woman kicked off her high heels and sat on the sofa, complaining about foot pain. The man lay on the bed, watching the woman's every move with great interest, seemingly very satisfied with his own idea.

  Who are these two!

  Needless to say, it's Tang Qiuli and Xiaoling, of course.

  So high-profile into the Three Forks River, it was Tang Qiuli's proposal. Some necessary equipment, Qiuquan and others tried their best to get into the Three Forks River, but they couldn't do it. So, he came up with this plan: He and Xiaoling disguised themselves as Japanese nobles, Shantiger and several team members disguised themselves as bodyguards, and specially made-up for Shantiger. If not, his majestic physique might be recognized by people who had seen him before. The necessary equipment was all loaded onto the sled in the back. Tang Qiuli dared to guarantee 100% safety.

  For him and Xiaoling's outfit, Tang Qiuli arranged for someone to rush to Songjiang City to buy it. Fortunately, both the suit and Xiaoling's dress were bought. His clothes fit perfectly, but Xiaoling's didn't quite fit. Why? Probably because Xiaoling's full bust and hips were unexpected, making the dress a bit tight.

  At this moment, possibly feeling the clothes were too tight, Xiaoling casually undid the two buttons on her chest, and her full breasts suddenly popped out. This girl's usual attire was the kind commonly worn by rural girls, loose and large, which somewhat concealed the curves of her body. Suddenly changing into this outfit, she became a complete urban beauty!

  Ever since Xiaoling put on this outfit, Tang Qiuli couldn't take his eyes off her. Now, seeing Xiaoling like this, his eyeballs almost popped out, and he felt his nosebleed surging up - it was unbearable, this was truly tempting!

  He immediately picked up Xiaoling, turned around and threw her onto the soft bed. His big mouth roughly rubbed against Xiaoling's breasts like a pig, making Xiaoling's whole body itch. She laughed and struggled to push him away, saying "Ge Ge". Just as this young couple was having fun, the door was suddenly pushed open and Shantou rushed in, looking stunned.

  This guy, you're really knocking on the door, it's not over yet, and stupidly asking, "What are you two doing?" Ugh! Asking with ulterior motives! Are you really clueless or just pretending to be?

  Tang Qiuli stood up calmly, while Xiaoling quickly covered her face with a pillow, feeling embarrassed, but her body was still shaking with laughter.

  When Mountain Tiger came in, he told him that several team leaders had arrived and were waiting for him in the large hall downstairs. Tang Qiuli let Mountain Tiger call them to his own room, and finally threatened Mountain Tiger, "Let me tell you, what I just saw is not allowed to be spread around, otherwise, see how I deal with you!"

  The mountain tiger smiled foolishly and went out to call someone, Xiao Ling hurriedly got up, her small face red, coquettishly and reproachfully gave him a white eye. At this moment, Tang Qiuli couldn't help but want to pounce on him again, but it was not possible, the meeting was about to start, so he could only suppress the fire in his heart.

  So many people coming and going, Tang Qiuli didn't worry that the hotel staff would suspect anything. It's a Japanese matter, do they dare to intervene?

  After everyone arrived, Qi Quan reported an important situation. Just yesterday afternoon, the Japanese infantry battalion and the National Army brigade were ordered to move to Eastern Manchuria to coordinate with the pseudo-Eastern Hebei Provincial Commander-in-Chief Shao Benliang to attack Yang Jingyu's Anti-Japanese Allied Army. The Japanese troops in the town suddenly became even more empty-handed.

  In response to this situation, Tang Qiuli made a redeployment of his forces.

  Led by him and Shantou, a team of over 300 people was responsible for eliminating the more than 300-strong Kwantung Army garrison. The goal was to leave none alive, annihilating them all!

  Feng Ji-wu and Qiu-sheng each led a hundred men, separately dealing with the police station and the special agent team. The target was the fake police; except for individual leaders and die-hard traitors who must be eliminated, the rest would be spared if they surrendered their arms. The special agent team had to be completely annihilated, not one left alive.

  Chief of Staff Liu Tien-han, Wang Xu, Zhang Quan, and Xiao Ling each led fifty men to take care of the four gate towers. The devils must be eliminated, but the national soldiers can spare a small life.

  The remaining team members, all led by Qiū Quán, surrounded the Gǒu family's large courtyard. If possible, they would launch a surprise attack; if not, they would adopt an encirclement strategy. Under no circumstances were they allowed to launch a forced assault. They would wait until other units had completed their respective objectives and then concentrate their forces for a final resolution.

  Tang Qiu knew that the walls of the Guo family's compound were dense and heavily guarded, easy to defend but hard to attack. Especially those two artillery towers, which stood high and could cover a large area with machine gun fire, and there was no obstacle around for troops to hide behind. He didn't want his men to die in vain, so he emphasized this point to Qiuquan.

  In comparison, the garrison of the Kempeitai was much easier to attack, and it was also because of the arrogance and recklessness of the little devils that they did not bother to hide in their shells, which made it convenient for the attacking troops.

  It is decided that action will begin at 1 o'clock tonight. Each detachment must take action only after hearing the sound of gunfire from the battle to wipe out the enemy's garrison troops.

  After arranging the combat mission, Tang Qiuli called Fu Gang and Fu Qiang to the room and gave them an important task, which was to follow Xiaoling closely without leaving her side, and to ensure her absolute safety. Don't worry about anything else, if there's any mistake, it will be your responsibility!

  Fu Jia and his brother, of course, were clear about the relationship between Xiaoling and Commander Zhang, and they understood her position in Commander Zhang's mind. They felt that entrusting such an important task to them was absolute trust.

  In fact, in Tang Qiu's heart, he didn't want Xiaoling to lead the team to fight for the city gate. He wanted to keep Xiaoling by his side, so that he could feel at ease.

  But Xiaoling insisted on participating in the battle and wanted to be in charge of a section alone. No matter what, she was also a team leader-level cadre, so there was no way out, and she had to assign her specific tasks. Look at this girl, who was delighted, immediately changed her clothes and went out to make arrangements.

  After lunch, Tang Qiulai took the mountain tiger, lightly loaded and set off from the hotel, walking in the direction of the Bate family. He missed this opposite-sex brother very much. On the way, he stopped from time to time under the puzzled gaze of the mountain tiger, buying a big bag of food and daily necessities.

  From a distance, I saw the thatched cottage of Bater's family, much neater and cleaner than the last time I saw it. It seems that the money I left for him last time has improved their lives. As I pushed open the door, a warm air rushed towards me, and Bater was having dinner with his several younger brothers and sisters.

  As soon as Tang Qiuli suddenly appeared in front of her, her face was filled with surprise and she looked at him with an incredulous gaze.

  Bater dropped his bowl and rushed over, first performing a standard Mongolian greeting ritual, "Autumn leaves Anda," then plunged into Tang Qiuli's arms, tightly hugging him, with two streams of hot tears bursting out.

  Tang Qiuli's heart was moved by a strong warm current.

  Battel's complexion was very good, the originally dark and thin cheeks no longer existed, after not seeing him for several months, he had grown a lot taller, his originally somewhat weak body was now sturdy and robust, with a ruddy face, resolute features, although he was only fifteen years old, he was already a standard Mongolian man.

  Those children also rushed over, vying to talk to Tang Qiu, looking at the clean little faces of several children, warm cotton clothes, he was quite comforted, Bate took good care of them.

  On the other side, Shan Hu was somewhat bewildered. When did Xiao Qiu have a Mongolian younger brother, and he brought six or seven kids with him? It turned out that last time at San Cha River, Tang Qiu didn't mention it to anyone in advance, including Xiao Ling.

  At this time, he introduced Shantou and Bater to each other. These two people were quite interesting, meeting for the first time, they immediately started comparing their strength. Shantou smiled and said: "Okay, brother, you're not weak, even in the team, you can rank high!" Bater's face was full of admiration as he said: "Shantou brother, you're really awesome, my hand is still numb now!" As they spoke, the two men patted each other on the shoulder and pinched each other's arm, with a somewhat affectionate tone.

  Tang Qiuli couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. These two guys were quite a match, with similar temperaments. In the future, they would both be fierce generals of the Blood Hand Gang!

  In the afternoon, Tang Qiuli and Shantiger sat on the warm kang in Bater's home. He asked Bater about the situation in Sanjiahe Town in detail, including the specific situation of each important location. During this time, he let Shantiger inform the captains of each team about the situation they had learned and their own analysis, judgment, and solutions.

  It was late at night, a shallow crescent moon hung palely in the starry sky. The howling north wind whipped up snowflakes, which danced wildly in the empty streets and alleys. Not a single pedestrian could be seen on the street. To ensure the safety of the occupied area, the enemy had imposed a curfew. After 10:30 at night, all residents were forbidden to appear on the streets. If anyone was found, the patrolling sentries could shoot them dead on the spot.

  Sparse street lamps emit dim, yellowish light, standing alone on the main street of this old Kanto town, serving no purpose at all.

  On the streets, except for the sound of footsteps passing by when the devils patrolled, the whole town was dead silent.

  Of course, there are also bustling places, which are brothels. The red lanterns in front of the door sway constantly in the night wind, occasionally transmitting lewd laughter, which is particularly jarring in this quiet and dark night.

  In the unnoticed alleys and shadows, teams of agile figures, under the cover of night and wind, set out towards their predetermined targets.

  A team of five Japanese patrolmen had just turned a corner when they suddenly fell silently to the ground, each with an arrow through their necks, the arrow tails still quivering. Several figures swiftly dragged away the dead bodies and the street returned to calm.

  Along the way, under Bater's guidance, Tang Qiulai led his team members and easily solved four groups of Japanese patrol teams. The patrol mission was replaced by team members wearing Japanese military uniforms.

  The vigilance of the devils' patrol team was unexpectedly poor, and it's no wonder that in the area from Sanhe River to Songjiang City, there had never been any anti-Japanese armed forces, and even daily patrols were just a routine. In this place, the Manchurians who dared to move against the Imperial Army hadn't been born yet!

  Arrived at the gate of the Kempeitai headquarters, a large black gate that seemed like a tiger's mouth, as if it was going to swallow people's lives at any moment. A gas lamp emitted a faint white light, shining on the snowy ground in front of the gate, making my eyes dazzle. There should have been a patrol guard at the gate, but there wasn't! Inside the courtyard, there were also lights, but because of the wall, I couldn't see what was going on inside.

  Under the bright light of the gas lamp, I clearly saw that there were two devils in a sentry box, leaning against the edge and dozing off, not taking their sentry duty seriously at all! Tang Qiu couldn't help but laugh in his heart. These little devils are so arrogant, probably thinking this piece of Chinese land is their own warm kang. Today, you bunch of beasts will pay a heavy price for this!

  He divided the troops into two teams, one led by Shantou and Bateer, who went around to the back of the enemy's barracks, dug a hole in the thin wall of the courtyard, and quickly blocked the doors of each room after entering. He himself led another team, entering from the front door, because the enemy's barracks was a narrow east-west and long north-south yard, it would be difficult to ensure suddenness if attacking from only one direction, so the two teams acted simultaneously, launching a pincer attack from both south and north.

  Watching Shan Hu and Bate lead over a hundred team members, quickly disappearing into the darkness, he quietly waited.

  The liaison officers dispatched to each team occasionally brought news that all teams had arrived at the designated location and were waiting for the start here.

  Tang Qiuli glanced at his watch and found that it was already 2 o'clock in the morning, a time when people were most tired and least alert.

  At this time, news came from Shantou that the wall had been dug open and was waiting for action on the front gate side.

  He waved his hand, and eight team members, wearing camouflage uniforms, holding sharp daggers, crept silently along the wall to the two sentry posts.

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