The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 228 Helping others

Fifteen minutes later, the gunfire had become much less frequent.

After making sure that he didn't need to take action against the remaining few Japanese soldiers, Captain Gao, holding a bloody broadsword in his hand, walked straight towards a young lieutenant colonel who should be the leader of the friendly army.

He stood at attention, saluted, and said solemnly:

"Thank you for your help, sir. I wonder which unit you are from, and what is your name, sir?
My name is Gao Hongli, and I am the battalion commander of the 31rd Battalion, 183rd Regiment, 3st Division.

"The commander's generosity has been of great help to us this time. We will keep this in mind and will be willing to help you in any future, no matter how hard it takes."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the young lieutenant colonel officer looked at something in his mind and his expression was quite strange.

When Captain Gao saw what was happening, he felt somewhat uneasy.

That's right! The other person's fair and delicate face seemed vaguely familiar to him at the moment; but for a moment, he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

This kind of uneasiness was definitely not because the other party's military rank was one level higher than his own.

It was the strong fighting power displayed by the team led by the other party; the army! Compared with other places, it is always purer. Being able to fight is the greatest confidence, which can also make the other party admire it.

After a very short time, the young lieutenant colonel reacted.

First, he smiled and comforted him, "Don't blame me, Captain Gao. I just thought of something else and couldn't help but lose my mind for a moment.

I don't have any opinions about you, please don't blame me.

So you are the soldiers of Commander Chi of the 31st Division of the Northwest Army. No wonder you just chopped down the devils with your sword, making them cry for their parents.

After hearing this, Captain Gao's nervous mood immediately relaxed, but after a few seconds, he was so excited that his hand began to tremble as he saluted.

Because the young lieutenant colonel then calmly revealed his identity:

"My name is Hu Biao, and I'm the commander of the Subei Independent Regiment. I heard the Japanese nicknamed me the 'Tiger of Songhu.' I wonder if Captain Gao has heard of it?"

Are you kidding! Who hasn’t heard of the great Hu Biao and Hu Tuanzuo?

Since the Battle of Shanghai last year, this name has been reported repeatedly by countless newspapers at home and abroad for many consecutive days. It has long become a banner of the War of Resistance.

Perhaps among the senior generals of the National Army and the important figures of the National Government, they did not think that such a mere lieutenant colonel regimental commander was that powerful and impressive.

But for middle and low-level officers like Captain Gao, Hu Biao is like their idol.

This man was just a replacement soldier, but he was promoted again and again on the front line thanks to his solid combat record; he fought his way up from squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, and battalion commander until he became a regimental commander who could recruit soldiers independently.

Many of the small tactics currently being promoted in their Northwest Army, as well as civil engineering construction techniques, are said to have originally come from Hu Biao and his partners.

In addition, in many battles like the Teng County Defense War, where the odds were against him, everyone thought he was doomed, but he managed to survive every time.

It can be said that every step of Hu Biao's promotion was paved with countless Japanese corpses.

“No wonder they are just a reinforced company, yet their fighting style is so brutal and professional, crushing the Japanese like a dead tree or rotten wood.

It turns out it was Commander Hu and his Subei Independent Regiment, so everything is normal now."

After saluting Hu Biao once again with trembling hands, Captain Gao naturally thought of something...

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That’s right! The friendly forces that helped Captain Gao and his group were Hu Biao and his group.

Although Hulutao Village is close to Taierzhuang, the straight-line distance between the two places is only a few dozen kilometers.

However, even though some of his soldiers were former Teng County police officers and were quite familiar with the route, the road was full of twists and turns, and they also had to stop from time to time to avoid the Japanese troops.

Anyway, after walking and stopping a lot, it was already nine o'clock in the evening when the group arrived at Liujia Lake Village.

They happened to meet Captain Gao and his group, who were planning to destroy the Japanese artillery position. At that time, no one thought much and immediately stepped forward to help.

Speaking of which! This was Hu Biao's second time participating in destroying the Japanese artillery positions. The last time he destroyed the Japanese artillery positions, they were 305mm super-caliber artillery positions, so he had quite some experience.

In this way, in the eyes of Captain Gao and others, the process of helping each other seemed quite brutal and professional.

As for when Captain Gao stepped forward to greet Hu Biao, what was this guy thinking that caused him to look so strange?
All he could say was that he had seen in the modern dimension the information about Captain Gao leading the 3rd Battalion of the Northwest Army to wipe out the area occupied by the Japanese artillery.

But if he remembered correctly, it should have happened yesterday.

Moreover, the battle process of destroying the Japanese artillery was relatively smooth. Captain Gao was even called "Living Zhang Fei" by the friendly forces around Taierzhuang because of his outstanding results.

There is absolutely no such thing. If they hadn't happened to come across help, Captain Gao and others would have suffered heavy casualties and the mission would have failed.

This made Hu Biao realize one thing: history has undergone some small changes.

Then the key question is, how will these small changes ultimately lead to the final outcome of the Battle of Taierzhuang, good or bad?

Was it worse, leading to the failure of the Battle of Taierzhuang?

Or would it be better to allow the Seya Detachment to be completely annihilated?
Frankly speaking, Hu Biao is not sure about the above situation at the moment, so he can only decide to do his best to avoid the failure of the Battle of Taierzhuang and achieve the goal of completely annihilating the Seya Detachment.

In the following time, after exchanging a few words with Captain Gao, the last few Japanese soldiers in the village who were hiding in a large blue brick and tile house were also killed by several grenades.

Because they were worried about the noise caused by the fighting here, the Japanese support troops were always there.

If we get blocked by them, we'll be in big trouble.

Hu Biao and his men acted quickly, moving some artillery shells and wood to the side of the mountain cannons. After hastily lighting the wood, they began to evacuate without even cleaning the battlefield carefully.

What's a bit ridiculous is that this Japanese 75mm mountain artillery battalion was not equipped with trucks, but some draft horses to pull cannons and artillery shells.

When they left, Hu Biao and his companions each pulled a draft horse, or a riding horse.

After leaving the village and climbing onto their horses, Hu Biao and the other men discovered that they didn't know how to ride a horse at all.

Anne, on the other hand, rode on a snow-white warhorse that probably belonged to an officer. She easily controlled the horse and started trotting, looking very handsome.

Seeing this, everyone was about to follow Annie's example and kick the horse's belly with their legs to drive the warhorse into a gallop.

As a result, the next second, a series of loud explosions occurred in the village behind him.

It was because of the continuous burning of the flames that one or two shells finally exploded, and the explosion of these shells caused more shells to explode.

In the end, these continuous explosions completely destroyed the 75mm mountain guns and artillery shells.

At the sound of the explosion, the war horses under Hu Biao and others were frightened and ran away, throwing them off their horses; fortunately, the group of gentlemen were tough and strong, and no one was hurt from the fall.

Instead, he climbed up from the ground with a grin on his face, looked at the other person's miserable appearance, and couldn't help laughing.

This was also the last time Hu Biao and his companions laughed so heartily during this journey.

Because in the following time, they pulled these captured horses and retreated quickly towards Taierzhuang along with Captain Gao and his group.

The retreat process can be said to be quite smooth.

However, Taierzhuang, which was still under the complete control of the National Army, was getting closer and closer to them.

Thinking about the bloody battle that will come next, and the open and hidden attacks that are bound to come from all parties driven by interests.

The emotions in everyone's hearts couldn't help but become tense.

The former bloody battle is not so bad, it is nothing more than risking their lives to fight to the death, but those open and secret attacks from theoretically friendly forces give them headaches or depression.

Fortunately, they do have some solutions to this problem, so let's just go ahead and do it...

(End of this chapter)