The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 489 Great Chaos is Imminent
Twenty minutes later, looking at the scene before him, Hu Biao let out another long sigh.

What a disaster! This time travel has only been going on for three days, but he has sighed more times than he has in any of his previous travels.

There's nothing we can do! After everyone's hard work, the various losses have been tallied up.

Firstly, regarding personnel, in addition to Yi Jie, Wang Shuni, and Fang Youcai, who were already confirmed dead, the third brother, nicknamed "Zhang Yishou," also died.

It must have hit its head somewhere while it was rolling down the slope.

Protected by a steel helmet, which was also stuffed with a lot of dry grass for cushioning, the back of his head only suffered a large bump, without any skin abrasion.

However, due to the force of the impact, the third brother's fragile cervical vertebrae were completely broken, and he tragically lost his life.

With his death in battle, the four who joined the team during the last time travel are now completely wiped out.

Compared to the four people who died from the fall, there were many more who were injured. Almost everyone had large lumps on their heads, bruises, abrasions, and fractures all over their bodies.

He even twisted his back and broke two or three ribs, but none of them punctured his internal organs. After being forcibly immobilized with bandages, he didn't care about it since it didn't significantly affect his mobility.

Among those who broke an arm was Song Jie, the only female student left.

When they rolled down, Cross did its best to protect her, but in the end, thanks to its thick skin, it was not seriously injured; but Song Jie still suffered this accident.

Xie Fei, the child, and Xin Huo, the novice, both broke their arms.

Mr. Nanze and Mo Shuiyan were the two people who broke their legs; thus, Mo Shuiyan's nickname "the cripple" was once again truly fitting.

However, if we're talking about the person with the most serious injuries, it has to be AT, the veteran.

Perhaps he protected the grass too well during the roll, which is why the grass didn't suffer any serious injuries.

He himself paid a heavy price.

This included broken legs, at least seven or eight broken ribs, and severe concussion symptoms; he had completely lost the ability to move, and his appearance was truly miserable.

The losses in terms of supplies were also quite significant.

Although only a few rifles, a submachine gun, and a Type 91 light machine gun were damaged in terms of weaponry, they already had plenty of these, so abandoning them wasn't a big loss.

But the key issue is that they carried a bag of flour all the way.

Since most of the bag of rice was lost during their escape, and a small portion was eaten raw, this was their last food.

Before they slid down, they were made to wrap the bag properly with blankets and hay to prevent it from leaking out if it got torn during the fall.

As it slid down, the bag didn't get torn.

Unfortunately, he got caught on a protruding rock during the process.

It's currently hanging on the cliff, about two or three hundred meters above the ground; it doesn't look that far, but given everyone's current condition, it's impossible for them to climb up and take it down.

In other words, their last bit of food was lost in such a speechless way.

Of course, amidst this long list of bad news, there are still some things to be thankful for.

For example, experience makes perfect! Hu Biao and his comrades had fought so many battles that although they couldn't perform surgery, they had honed their skills in bandaging wounds and setting bones.

Especially in bone setting, his skill level is comparable to that of a veteran traditional Chinese medicine doctor.

They made splints out of tree branches, which allowed the group of people with broken hands, feet, and ribs to receive relatively proper treatment...

To be honest, the casualties and losses mentioned above are quite shocking, but considering they tumbled down such a high cliff, the outcome is already quite good.

After calming himself down, Hu Biao said:
"Let's go now! There's no time to bury these bodies, so we'll have to leave them here." After saying that, he gave a standard military salute to the several bodies of his own men on the ground, then used a Type 38 rifle as a cane to lead the way and continue advancing.

The direction of progress is naturally to continue westward.

Then the others followed suit, giving a military salute before setting off.

Apart from Uncle Bo and Van Gogh, whose injuries were relatively minor, carrying AT, a seriously wounded soldier, on a makeshift stretcher, and Anne carrying Grass on her back.

The others, like Hu Biao, leaned on their rifles and sticks, supporting Mo Shuiyan and Mr. Nan Ze, who were using crutches after their legs were broken.

After walking for more than ten meters, Mr. Nanze, whose height sometimes stood at 1.6 meters and sometimes at 1.7 meters, walked along the road.

He couldn't help but glance back at Sister Yi's corpse, and made a decision in his heart: because the situation was quite special this time, everyone would probably not get any spoils when they went back.

Therefore, in order to ensure that this admirable female technician's trip in 1930 was not in vain,

After returning to the modern world, I made sure to invite Xu Feng and Lao K to go to Yi Jie's workplace. Each of us topped up Yi Jie's card with 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, as a way of showing our camaraderie.

Sister Yi's spirit in heaven: "Gap-toothed guy, I thank you so much."

*****
Almost an hour after Hu Biao and the others left the birch forest below the cliff, the squad leader and Li Hai, along with three other soldiers from the base, hurriedly arrived at the location.

Before long, a Japanese company-sized pursuing force also appeared here.

Li Hai, an Eighth Route Army soldier in the three-person squad, was assigned the task of chasing after Hu Biao and his men.

However, during the evacuation, Hu Biao and his men had more time and took care to erase as many traces as possible along the way.

Originally intended to deal with the Japanese pursuit, it unexpectedly caused trouble for our own people.

Li Hai had been chasing for about twenty minutes when he went the wrong way at a small intersection, and unfortunately missed Hu Biao and the others.

In contrast, Zhou Wu, the other soldier who went back to report the news, had a very smooth journey.

After dodging the various units of the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade 2 that had retreated from deep within the base area, he marched rapidly for over a hundred miles.

Finally, around 4 p.m., they reunited with the remaining personnel from the base area.

He hurriedly said, "Quickly tell Commander Song that the Japanese have caused such a commotion because Hu Biao, Regiment Commander Hu, and their comrades have appeared in our Pingxi base area."

They are currently in the Yi County area. Although they have temporarily shaken off the Japanese, the Japanese have deployed a large number of troops to pursue and intercept them, so Commander Hu is still in great danger.

After saying that, Li Hai breathed a sigh of relief and completely fainted.

After hearing the news brought back by Li Hai, the remaining staff only vaguely grasped the key points and were immediately taken aback.

Without the slightest delay, he immediately reported the news to Commander Song as quickly as possible.

In fact, it wasn't just the personnel remaining behind who dared not be careless; Commander Song, upon seeing the news, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and issued two orders:

First, immediately forward this message to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

Secondly, everyone should stop their evacuation towards the Taihang Mountains and await orders from headquarters; once headquarters orders them to carry out a rescue, they should fight their way back at all costs to save people.

The boss also dared not delay in receiving such news.

The first thing they did was to have this news reported to the Baota District.

Then they gathered a large number of staff officers and began studying the map, trying to figure out how many troops the Eighth Route Army could mobilize and deploy under the current circumstances of the Japanese army's large-scale mopping-up operation.

(End of this chapter)