The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 2 Welcome to the Battle of Shanghai
...During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many of our ancestors were drafted into the army. They were often just taught how to shoot, but were rushed to the battlefield due to the fierce fighting.

At this time, they were just farmers and small craftsmen who had just learned how to shoot.

They don't know any tactical moves, not even the most basic concealment; this leads to alarmingly high casualties among these ancestors in every battle.
Despite such staggering casualties, we gritted our teeth and persevered for eight years until we completely defeated the Japanese.

Otherwise? Will all my descendants be treated like human beings by the Japanese invaders? ... Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Nonsense" ...

Hu Biao, 29 years old, unmarried.

He graduated from a third-tier university in a fourth-tier city and currently works odd jobs in Majuqiao, the capital.

That’s right! It’s like the saying goes, “If you have money, you don’t live in Tiantongyuan; if you have money, you have to go to Majuqiao.” Majuqiao, located outside the Sixth Ring Road of Beijing, is known as the largest gathering place for odd jobs in northern China.

It's the kind of odd job where I often work a day, earn a little over a hundred yuan, and then have fun for three days.

By the way! How did Hu Biao come to this damn world?
Frankly speaking, he himself doesn't know.

The only thing that was certain was that after working odd jobs for a few days, he had a huge sum of money, about a thousand yuan, so he decided to lie down for a few days and reward himself.

After eating and drinking enough at night, there is no rush to go to bed.

Lying on the bunk bed in the temporary rental house, drinking fat otaku happy water, and reading online novels on the mobile phone.

The novel is a military-themed novel that tells the story of a delivery boy named Hu Biao who was selected by the system and traveled to the anti-Japanese battlefield during World War II to perform various tasks. The whole process was exciting and difficult.

I watched it until just after three in the morning, and when my phone's battery was less than 20%, I fell into a drowsy sleep.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself standing in a large open space, with a scorching sun rising above my head and very old bluestone slabs on the ground.

The people around him were all men with honest or dull expressions, standing loosely.

There were more than 130 of them in total, and most of them were malnourished, so they were short and thin.

Like himself, they were all wearing very familiar coarse cloth military uniforms and a pair of new cloth shoes.

In front of the team, there is an old building that looks like a stage.

On the stage, there were several men in long gowns and an officer with the rank of captain. The two sides were currently greeting each other in low voices.

After shaking his head vigorously, which was still dizzy because he had not woken up yet, Hu Biao finally realized: the way the people around him were dressed, wasn't this the attire of the National Army soldiers in those anti-Japanese dramas?
Then the key question is, how did I appear here? Was I dreaming?

Instinctively, he reached out and twisted his thigh.

It hurts! So it wasn't a dream.

Could it be that a friend was playing a prank on me, taking me to a film and television base while I was sleeping and dressing me up like this?
No, absolutely not.

I've been hanging around in Majuqiao for over a year, and now I know quite a few people; but it's not that I look down on them. They and I are both poor, and we don't have the financial means to do this even if we have the desire.

So soon after, Hu Biao, a fan of online literature, was able to confirm one thing without much difficulty:
He probably traveled through time, to the Republic of China period, and became a cannon fodder soldier in the Nationalist army.

If I were to explain the reason for my time travel, it might be because of a complaint I made before going to bed: "This utterly useless author pretends to know everything and just writes nonsense based on his own ideas.

The Japanese were hated, but that happened almost a hundred years ago.

How could modern people be so crazy after traveling back in time, risking their lives to fight the Japanese? What were they trying to gain?
"If we don't have you, we can't win this war? We can still win in 45 without you guys, so you show off your ability."

Then, it should be such a casual complaint, which was probably heard by some unspeakable powerful existence, and it brought him here.

And then, is it time to teach yourself a lesson?
When Hu Biao first confirmed that he had traveled through time, he was not very panicked.

Instead, with an indescribable expectation, he silently called out many words such as "system", "space", "task", etc.

As a time traveler, who doesn’t have a golden finger?

Every one of these insignificant people in the modern dimension has basically become successful by relying on the golden finger.

For example, in the book he read before bed, the protagonist, Hu Biao, could return to the modern plane whenever he completed the tasks assigned by the system. The generous rewards given by the system not only made him stronger, but he could also bring back valuable loot every time. It was like turning his life around, right?

Unfortunately, Hu Biao soon felt panicked.

Because he called silently, he received no response at all. The attribute panel, system, tasks, mall, etc. did not appear.

The cruel reality dealt him a heavy blow; he had no golden fingers at all.

So, to survive in the chaotic world that follows, he can only rely on the hard work of a military rookie like him. More importantly, it seems that he has no way to go back.

He returned to the modern dimension that he had complained about countless times and thought was extremely bad.

When Hu Biao realized the above situation and was extremely panicked, a bigger bad news came.

Because everyone on the platform had stopped exchanging pleasantries, an old man dressed as a private school teacher shouted at them:

"Soldiers! The Japanese, with only four islands, have become even more greedy after occupying our East BJ Division City and Tianjin. Now, they have invaded our Magic City with a large army..."

It can be seen that the old man is very excited at the moment. His hair and beard are standing on end while he is shouting, and there is a lot of rich emotions contained in his words.

Unfortunately, Hu Biao only listened to the beginning and couldn't continue listening.

Even with his limited knowledge of modern history, he could still make sense of the words "Capital City", "Devil's City", and "Little Japs" and react accordingly:

What he will face next is the Battle of Shanghai during World War II, known as the Stalingrad of the East.

After this battle, the National Army suffered nearly 300,000 casualties, and the elite troops under the bald principal suffered heavy losses; this led to the subsequent defense of Nanjing being unable to be prepared, and a series of hellish disasters such as the Japanese massacre occurred.

Therefore, for a military rookie like me, if I were really thrown into such a cruel environment, it would not be an exaggeration to say that I would have a narrow escape from death.

"I must find a chance to escape. Even without me, this war can still be won in the end."

This was Hu Biao's most instinctive and true thought at this moment...

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Regarding the decision to find an opportunity to escape, it cannot be said that Hu Biao is completely without humanity.

On the one hand, he knew that this war would not fail because of his absence.

On the other hand, to put it bluntly, he is just a young man in the modern dimension who has long since laid down and given up completely; it is not that he has not tried, but that he became more desperate after trying.

For example: After studying hard for several years and graduating from a university, I found that it was difficult to find a job with a monthly salary of 3500 yuan using the professional knowledge I learned.

With this salary, it would be better for you to graduate from high school and go straight to work as a screwdriver in a factory. That way, at least you can avoid a few years of detours.

There are even some screw-making factories that refuse to hire you even though they know you are a college graduate.

After finally finding a job, I discovered that I could only support myself with this meager salary, so I couldn't even think about buying a house, a car, or getting married.

He mustered up the courage to start his own business and joined a popular online snack bar. In less than half a year, not only did he lose all his parents' savings, he also ended up in debt and his personal credit was in ruins.

Without hard work, there is no future and hope, and if you work hard, the outcome will be even worse.

So Hu Biao was completely desperate. He abandoned all his beautiful dreams in the past and started to lie down with a broken jar.

He has been wandering around in the past few years and has almost completely cut off contact with relatives, friends and classmates; he lives one day at a time, and when he runs out of money, he does odd jobs to earn a living, working one day and playing three days later.

After a long time, this kid is basically useless.

What Hu Biao didn't know was that among the more than 100 national army soldiers present at the scene, there were several others besides him who also came from the modern dimension.

These unlucky guys may have different reasons for coming into this world.

But the same thing is that they all decided to run away secretly for their own reasons...

(End of this chapter)