The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 172 Identity Exposed
At 3:55 p.m., in the temporary regiment headquarters on the fifth floor of the Sihang Warehouse, a series of rapid telephone rings suddenly rang out.

After Captain Xie picked up the phone, a familiar voice came immediately.

The person on the other end of the phone was Secretary Zhang from the Demon City Government. He immediately told me the good news:

"Congratulations, Captain Xie! You have completed your mission ahead of schedule. The principal has ordered you to evacuate tonight, and all necessary arrangements for your evacuation have been made.

Specifically, at 31 a.m. on the 1st, you rushed directly into the concession through the Garbage Bridge.

Don't worry! The foreign devils won't really stop us when the time comes. They will just fire a few shots into the air to make it look like they're doing something, so they can fool the devils in the future.

After that, don't stop at any time and go west through the concession.

The 88th Division will be west of the concession to meet you."

After hearing this, Captain Xie couldn't help but feel ecstatic; he was prepared to die in the Sihang Warehouse with all his brothers in the 524th Regiment.

But since the mission was completed ahead of schedule, wouldn’t it be better to survive with the brothers?

He took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and asked for more details about the retreat over the phone before giving up.

Just as both parties were about to hang up the phone, Secretary Zhang revealed another piece of news:
"Oh right! Captain Xie, didn't you ask me to check the information of the former Gui army member named 'Hu Delu'?

I have the results. Not only in the 1020th Regiment of the Gui Army, but even among the troops sent by the Gui Army to fight in the Magic City, there is no one with this name. "

"I understand. Thank you, Secretary Zhang." Captain Xie said lightly, but his face showed an indescribable solemnity.

Later, he called the battalion commander, Major Yang, into the temporary regiment headquarters, and the two had a private discussion.

Afterwards, they originally planned to call Hu Biao to the regiment headquarters, arrest him and then interrogate him; but thinking of the outstanding performance of their people in the past three days, they gave up this idea.

The two of them brought six guards and went to the first floor together.

Standing in the middle, Captain Xie shouted, "524th Regiment, everyone assemble."

Under such an order, not only those who were able to move came to the first floor of the 524th Regiment, but all the seriously injured were also carried up.

Because there were too many seriously injured soldiers and too few people who were still able to move, Hu Biao and others made three consecutive trips back and forth before they carried all the seriously injured soldiers down.

After seeing this scene, Captain Xie and Battalion Commander Yang thought of something, and their expressions became even uglier.

Only at this moment did they realize that the retreat was far less optimistic than they had initially thought.

After everyone in the 524th Regiment had gathered, Commander Xie spoke up, "Brothers! Our mission to hold the Sihang Warehouse is complete. According to the order from our superiors, we can evacuate tonight.

Then we will go straight through the concession and join up with the friendly forces of the 88th Division."

After hearing such good news, everyone's faces were filled with ecstasy; if they were not worried about being discovered by the Japanese, they would all cheer loudly.

However, they soon discovered that Captain Xie and Battalion Commander Yang still had serious expressions on their faces, and they all realized that something was wrong.

Under such circumstances, Commander Xie shouted, "Machine gun company, first platoon, third squad, all of you, step out."

Hu Biao and others did not resist after hearing the order. Siyu and Chen Tang lifted up the seriously injured Hei Xing and stood in the middle of the warehouse.

At this time, we can see that the third team, which is composed of outsiders, has suffered extremely heavy casualties.

Hu Biao and his men were all injured, and only the last corporal of the Northeast Army, Xu Fuchang, was left among the seven defeated soldiers; only the newly joined gangster Daozi seemed to be in a better condition.

It can be said that in the battles of the previous few days, those who had just joined the 524th Regiment were all good men.

The soldiers of the 524th Regiment saw this and couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness and respect on their faces.

However, they never expected that the six guards beside Captain Xie suddenly raised their weapons towards the people in the third squad and loaded bullets into their guns.

Captain Xie stared intently at the people in Class 3 and revealed a shocking secret:

"I just received news that there is no such person as Hu Delu in the Gui army. Tell me! Who are you, and what do you intend to do by impersonating the Gui army?
You'd better explain it clearly to Mr. Xie, otherwise don't blame the military law for being ruthless." Seeing this, the brothers of the 524th Regiment were ready to plead for mercy.

They didn't care about the specific identities of Hu Biao and others, as long as they knew that they were not spies of the Japanese.

Because of the three days of fighting the Japanese side by side with them, both sides have forged a deep friendship and regard them as brothers who can live and die together.

At this moment, Hu Biao raised his hand to signal the brothers of the 524th Regiment not to speak.

Thanks to the prestige that had been earned over the past few days, everyone instinctively shut up.

Then, Hu Biao straightened his chest and abdomen, adjusted the M35 helmet on his head, stood with impeccable military posture, and said loudly:

"Guangxi Army 1020th Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Hu Biao."

Immediately afterwards, several other solemn voices rang out: "The 1020th Regiment of the Gui Army, Major Deputy Commander Black Star."

"Major Chief of Staff, Uncle Bo, of the 1020th Regiment of the Guangxi Army."

"Guangxi Army 1020th Regiment, Major Battalion Commander Huang Adi~"

After the voice fell, everyone looked at the group of time travelers with different eyes; because through word of mouth, they had all heard Jianzi's name, and he represented a legend...

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Five minutes later, all the tense atmosphere in the warehouse completely dissipated and became extremely harmonious again; many brothers of the 524th Regiment looked at Hu Biao and others with eyes full of feelings of sharing the same hatred for the enemy.

Such a good transformation was due to Hu Biao explaining some situations to them clearly.

For example, because of that foul mouth that dared to say anything, these people not only offended the two big bosses Chen Xiuci and Bai Jiansheng.

He also complained about many bald principals and government officials, and offended a lot of bigwigs.

If they were really dead, those big guys probably wouldn't care about it anymore; but if they knew they were not dead, they would be in big trouble.

It will also bring trouble to the members of the 524th Regiment. Perhaps the order for the 524th Regiment to evacuate tonight will turn into an order to hold on to the end.

Faced with Hu Biao's explanation, Captain Xie and other members of the 524th Regiment could naturally understand it. They even felt a little unfair for Hu Biao and others because of their resentment towards some so-called bigwigs for their blind command.

They were clearly role models of soldiers fighting against the Japanese invaders, so how could they end up like this?

After looking at each other, Captain Xie and Battalion Commander Yang finally made up their minds.

Captain Xie turned to Hu Biao and said, "Captain Hu, the brothers of the 524th Regiment are now in your care. Please ensure that they are safely reunited with the friendly forces.

The brothers will also keep your identities a secret for you."

Hu Biao and the others panicked immediately after hearing this, but before they could ask why, Captain Xie continued to explain, pointing out some of the practical difficulties they were currently facing:

"Captain Yang and I both have our reasons for staying.

First, the Japanese were closely monitoring the area around the warehouse, and they would be able to discover us as soon as we moved.

At that time, the Japanese soldiers near the Garbage Bridge will definitely open fire crazily to block us; more importantly, the Japanese soldiers outside will definitely chase us up and bite us to death.

Therefore, Captain Yang needed to take some brothers with him to cover their retreat and buy more time for others to evacuate.

Secondly, we have too many seriously wounded soldiers, some of whom are completely unable to move. Even if we forcibly take them with us, we will have to join the friendly forces of the 88th Division.

Their serious injuries did not allow them to follow the combat troops, otherwise they would die on the way.

They are brothers who share life and death together. As the head of a regiment, how could Xie abandon them and evacuate?

So I decided to take a group of the most seriously injured, who were unable to join the operation, and stay in the concession for treatment; the rest of the brothers will be handed over to you, Captain Hu."

"Please." Having said this, he solemnly saluted Hu Biao...

(End of this chapter)