The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 412 Another One (Bonus Chapter 22 for Strobes)

"Damn it! That damn bastard's jinx is really something. It never comes true for good things, but it's always right for bad things."

On the surface, Uncle Bo remained completely calm, but his emotions were churning like a raging storm, and he couldn't help but greet Hu Biao with affection.

Just a minute ago, he was still acting like a captain, watching the performance of the Japanese soldiers and traitors at the banquet with a leisurely, theatrical air.

But in the blink of an eye, I caught a glimpse of something terrible:
The scene of Lao Yu, who was completely unprepared, being captured by several Japanese soldiers.

Judging from the way those people coordinated so well and acted so cleanly, they were clearly from the Japanese Mei Agency; there was no doubt that Lao Yu's identity had been exposed.

Then, he remembered Hu Biao's joke before this time travel: "Old Yu's mouth is so tight, even if the Japanese devils catch him, they can't pry it open."

I couldn't help but mutter the first sentence under my breath.
In fact, Hu Biao and his men had already anticipated the possibility of Lao Yu's identity in the city being exposed several days ago.

Furthermore, after Uncle Bo enters the city, he has a small task: to remind the taciturn man to be careful that his identity might be exposed.

The key to this lies in the defense map of Nanning City that Annie and her team created based on the photos provided by Lao Yu.

Once they bring this out, the attacking forces will definitely launch targeted attacks based on the weaknesses in the Japanese defenses above.

If this goes on for too long, the Japanese will definitely become suspicious. They will wonder if the details of their defense line have been exposed, and if so, how.
When the analysis is done, Lao Yu, who walks around the defense line every day with a camera, snapping photos of people, will immediately become the prime suspect.

It was almost inevitable that he would be captured by the Japanese immediately.

But if we don't bring this out, are we just going to watch our Nationalist soldiers charge headlong into the strongest part of the Japanese defenses, resulting in thousands more casualties?
Hu Biao and his group also found it difficult to do such a thing.

After some discussion, everyone decided to release the Japanese defense map while keeping it as secret as possible.

The reason is not to sacrifice Lao Yu, a minority, to reduce the casualties of the majority of the Nationalist army brothers.

It's simply because even if Lao Yu were captured, he could find a way to kill himself as soon as possible, without having to endure the Japanese soldiers' torture, and then he could be resurrected in the modern world.

One of the most serious consequences is that one will be unable to participate in subsequent time travels.

After Old Yu was captured by the Japanese, he was subjected to torture with whips, branding irons, bamboo skewers, and the tiger bench, but he gritted his teeth and refused to say a word.

It was just a joke by Hu Biao and the others; they really didn't expect such a tragedy to happen to Lao Yu.

Isn't it a terrible thing to subject a modern person to this kind of treatment after they've traveled through time?
That's why, even though he saw Lao Yu being captured by the Japanese, Uncle Bo's emotions were quite agitated, but not to the point of being out of control.

In the time that followed, he acted as if he hadn't seen anything at all, continuing to chat with the group of Japanese soldiers and traitors.

This continued until the dinner party, which brought it to a complete end.

Then, the three of them, escorted or rather monitored by the Japanese military police major and some Japanese soldiers, began to return to the hotel where they had stayed.

After washing up, Uncle Bo went to bed, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

However, Uncle Bo was not actually asleep in bed; he was just pretending.

Because the silent man was captured by the Japanese, the original plan for the other party to come find him was completely canceled, and he could only find a way to go out and contact Lao Tai.

He still knew that the restaurant, which served as a stronghold for our Party, existed.

Tonight, he plans to go to a restaurant.

Unfortunately, it was almost midnight, and the streets outside the hotel were as quiet as a ghost town when Uncle Bo secretly got out of bed.

After parting the curtains, he carefully observed the outside world.

Three minutes later, my heart sank into a deep descent.

Thanks to the keen observation skills of the time-traveling team's first sniper, Uncle Bo discovered that there were at least three hidden sentries monitoring the streets outside.

This means that no matter how careful he is, he has no way to sneak out of here under such intense surveillance.

What to do? After thinking for two or three minutes, Uncle Bo had two ideas in mind.

"Hopefully, that silent fellow can take care of himself smoothly, so he won't have to suffer!" Although this statement is somewhat strange, it is the best outcome for Lao Yu.

The above point is the first thought in Uncle Bo's mind.

"It seems we need Shen Zui, one of the future four top generals of the Military Intelligence Bureau, to show his abilities." This was Uncle Bo's second thought.

With this thought in mind, he secretly went out and gently knocked on Shen Zui's door next door... ******
At the same time, on the edge of the roof of the two-story township office in Dadong Township.

Endo Haruyama, the brigade commander of the 19th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese army, gripped a drawn katana tightly. The immense regret, resentment, anger, fear, and many other emotions in his heart were driving him almost insane.

You should know that this morning, he was filled with an indescribable sense of pride.

He led his six thousand warriors to rush to the outskirts of Nanning City, relieved the imperial army in the city from its predicament, and even gained the great honor of saving the famous 'Steel Army', namely the Fifth Division.

So what happened? Those guys from the Army Aviation Corps and the Meiji Agency were all useless; they didn't even notice that the Nationalist army had laid such a huge encirclement here.

What's worse is that in just four hours, the 19th Independent Mixed Brigade is about to be completely annihilated.

Of the more than 6,000 imperial warriors, only he and five guards remain, and they are being forced to the edge of the rooftop by a large group of Nationalist soldiers.

If they wanted, they could easily riddle the last five men with bullets by pulling the trigger.

The reason they haven't fired yet is probably because they want to capture him alive, a major general of the Empire.

"No! I absolutely cannot be captured by the Nationalist army, otherwise my family, and even the entire Endo family will become a disgrace to the empire."

Having thought this through, Endo Haruyama made up his mind.

The next second, he yelled, "Totsugeki (Charge!)~"

Under this order, five men beside him, armed with Type 38 rifles with bayonets, launched a final, desperate charge towards the Nationalist troops twenty or thirty meters ahead.

Endo Haruyama himself, in a flick of his wrist, prepared to slit his own neck with the sharp blade.

Because of the obstruction of the five Japanese soldiers who launched the attack, the four men—Black Star, AT, Guard, and Old K—who were currently on the roof with their brothers, clearly saw Endo Haruyama's actions but had no time to stop him in a short period of time.

It was a bit of a pity, after all, capturing a Japanese major general alive was quite an impressive feat.

Fortunately, at this critical moment, on the rooftop seventy or eighty meters away, the warehouse manager pulled the trigger.

Although the butt of the gun struck his right shoulder when he fired, pulling on his still-healing broken ribs, which made the warehouse manager's face contort at the time.

The 7.92mm Mauser rifle bullet he fired hit the blade in Endo Haruyama's hand with pinpoint accuracy.

Amidst a flurry of sparks, the katana was snapped in two, and Endo Haruyama's cut missed its mark.

Terrified, he threw away his katana and reached for the holster at his waist, but by then it was too late.

After knocking down the five Japanese soldiers, Kurohoshi rushed forward and delivered a powerful right hook punch, knocking the Japanese soldier to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, AT and the guard pounced on him and pinned him to the ground.

Thinking of the dire consequences of being captured, Endo Haruyama struggled like a wild boar, shouting in broken Chinese:

"Kill me, kill me if you dare."

"Kill you? You're ugly, but you've got a dream. I'll make you wish you were dead." AT said coldly after hearing this.

The guard's eyes lit up, and he eagerly asked, "Consumptive devil, what good suggestions do you have?"

“Of course! Give him an Aruba,” AT replied.

Three minutes later, with an expression that suggested he wished he could die immediately, Endo Haruyama's legs were grabbed by AT and Morimasa, one leg each, and forcibly pulled apart.

Black Star and Old K each grabbed one of the guy's arms.

After AT gave the order to "start," the four of them lifted the guy up and slammed his crotch against the trunk of a crooked pomegranate tree without any mercy.

One, two, three... after hitting it fifty times in a row, it finally stopped.

During this time, Endo Haruyama let out a shrill scream. He was knocked unconscious by the pain, but was quickly woken up by the pain again. This happened repeatedly.

When he finally collapsed to the ground like a broken doll, Annie walked over, glanced at him, and muttered, "Another dead eunuch."

Amidst this curse, two streams of tears flowed uncontrollably from Endo Haruyama's eyes.

He felt that there, that most crucial part of him, had now become a pile of minced meat...

(End of this chapter)