The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 509 is about to end (bonus chapter for Li Shulin, the leader)
At the same time, just as Lao Yu reached out and grabbed Gangcun's small target, squeezing it tightly.

Because it was more than 100 meters away, and there were intense gunfire, explosions and shouts of battle on the battlefield.

Hu Biao naturally had no way of hearing Gangcun Ningci's extremely shrill scream, thus knowing that Lao Yu had, in a sense, completed his mission.

It's time for them to leave.

Even so, after Hu Biao raised his hand and fired a shot, knocking down a Japanese sergeant who had rushed more than forty meters away.

He slapped Black Star, who was aiming a Type 38 rifle in front of him, and shouted:

"Retreat, retreat immediately! Leave a few men with me to cover the rear; also, I would like to trouble the Eighth Route Army brothers to take the wounded and the bodies of the fallen. I will repay you handsomely in the future."

That's right! Hu Biao is now preparing to retreat.

After a few minutes of chaos, the Japanese soldiers attacked again.

Including the reinforcements from Zijing Pass, the Japanese still have 230 to 240 men.

Even if Hu Biao didn't want to admit it, these Japanese soldiers were superior to our Party's soldiers in terms of weapons, marksmanship, and individual combat tactics.

In the exchange of fire, our Party comrades suffered quite a few losses.

If we continue to fight to the death, this unit of our Party's troops will likely be completely wiped out here.

Another crucial reason is that Hu Biao just witnessed that taciturn fellow, who simply covered his face with a wet towel, rushing headlong into the mustard gas.

Therefore, Hu Biao knew clearly that regardless of whether Lao Yu had killed the target or not, he was probably at his limit now.

Under these circumstances, it was no longer possible for them to cover themselves with wet towels and rush into the toxic smoke to check and confirm whether the high-ranking Japanese officer had been killed.

In short, we've reached a point where we have no choice but to retreat.

As a result, during the shouting, Hei Xing, who was gently patted on the shoulder, suddenly collapsed to the ground like a rag doll; Hu Biao looked down and saw that Hei Xing was already lifeless.

It turned out that before our party's reinforcements arrived, Black Star's injuries were also extremely severe.

However, knowing he was beyond saving, he didn't say anything to avoid affecting the others' battle and simply died silently in the fight.

At this point, the only remaining member of the time-traveler team, regardless of whether they were veterans or newbies, was Hu Biao.

Even this single survivor is covered in wounds.

Even in situations like when all the other transmigrators died in battle, leaving only himself as the sole survivor, Hu Biao encountered such a situation during his first transmigration.

Even after discovering that Hei Xing had also died in battle, Hu Biao was still filled with indescribable sorrow.

Damn it! This time travel journey was so frustrating!

Now, he could only suppress the terrible emotions in his heart and drag his left leg, which he didn't even know had been gnawed off by a stray bullet, toward Annie's body.

He carried Annie's body on his back, supporting her body with one hand and holding a pistol in the other, occasionally turning around to fire a shot.

Thus, they fought and retreated with our comrades, beginning their withdrawal towards the mountain ridge.

As for the Japanese side, although they managed to organize a counterattack, their army, which originally numbered over six hundred, had dwindled to just over a hundred.

More than 70% of the troops were killed or wounded, and morale was at its lowest point.

The key issue is the heavy casualties among officers; the highest rank they hold today is still lieutenant.

So after only a few hundred meters of symbolic pursuit, they all stopped their chase. The one who was still a lieutenant stationed at Zijing Pass, no matter how much he roared, had no effect...

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Perhaps it was the combined efforts of the Nationalist Army, the Jin-Sui Army, the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment, and the Eighth Route Army that put enormous pressure on the Japanese forces in North China, leading to a shortage of troops.

In the following period, Hu Biao and his men's evacuation went quite smoothly, without encountering any Japanese soldiers.

They hurried along, retreating for dozens of miles; after 10 p.m., they finally arrived at a remote mountainous area.

Upon arriving at this location, the furthest Japanese soldiers were more than twenty miles away, so Hu Biao was basically safe. Along the way, a company commander from our Party had recounted everything he knew to Hu Biao.

Although the company commander knew only a limited amount of information, Hu Biao was able to analyze the information he had and basically figure out what had happened.

The entire North China region is probably in complete chaos right now.

The moment he stopped, Hu Biao refused the medic's offer to properly bandage his wounds.

They borrowed a radio from one of our party's units, and using the codebook found on Annie's body, began sending out messages continuously.

It is a coincidence that before the Hundred Regiments Offensive, our party's troops often did not have radios at the regimental level, and communication with higher command relied entirely on messengers and the legs of warhorses.

Hu Biao wanted to borrow the radio, but this unit couldn't provide one.

Thanks to the fact that the Pingxi base area obtained a batch of radios from the Japanese during the Hundred Regiments Offensive, and this reinforcement unit happened to be carrying one, Hu Biao finally had the ability to make external communications after so long since he came here.

Hu Biao's first telegram was sent to the Baota area.

First, he reported his safety to the elder and expressed his gratitude.

Then, a group of them appeared at the Pingxi base area and gave an explanation that they actually planned to go to the area outside the Great Wall; however, due to a series of unexpected events, they did not intend to return to the Pingxi base area.

The second telegram was sent to the Military Intelligence Bureau's communications department, instructing them to forward the message to the bald-headed principal.

The telegram, besides stating that he was safe and there was no need to worry further, expressed gratitude to the bald-headed principal for his help.

He even promised at the end that when he had some free time, he would do some business with the foreigners and bring back some weapons and supplies.

There was nothing he could do! He wasn't sure where he would be transported to by that mysterious being the next time he traveled through time, or whether he would be surrounded by the Japanese again.

Therefore, the bald principal's rescue was quite effective; he had to keep them hanging on with a big promise.

As for our party, he would try to get some benefits in return whenever he had the chance, so he didn't say anything like that.

The third telegram was to Yan Xishan of the Jin-Sui Army. In it, besides expressing gratitude, there was only one promise: Don't worry! I'm just passing through this time and don't plan to return to northwestern Shanxi.

The fourth and final letter was naturally addressed to Zhao Zheng, the current de facto leader of the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment.

First, tell Lao Zhao that he is alright, but Annie and others have unfortunately died in battle.

However, somewhere overseas, Annie and her friends have brothers and sisters who will join him and become his partners to continue fighting the Japanese.

In addition, they buried some supplies and documents somewhere along the Great Wall.

Some of the seamless steel pipes and tools are not very important; the key lies in the printing plates for the US dollars, British pounds, and Japanese military notes, as well as the printing technology.

This thing can be a huge source of wealth, but you have to be very careful when operating it.

It is suggested that after bringing it back to the base area, a completely reliable location and personnel should be selected for secret printing; the distribution method should also be handled by our Party, and the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment only needs to take three or four tenths of it...

After traveling through time so many times, Hu Biao could operate the telegraph machine, but he was not proficient at it at all.

After he finished sending all four telegrams, it was past midnight; just then, the company commander I was waiting for came over.

She whispered to him, "Commander Hu, everything is ready."

What to prepare? Of course, it's the bodies of Annie and the others. Hu Biao plans to burn them all, and scatter the ashes into a stream, letting them flow all the way to the sea.

What else? We'll erect a grave so that other people who travel through time in the future can come and visit it if they have the chance.

Finally, amidst the cries of Cao'er and the others, piles of firewood, each topped with a corpse, were lit and quickly burst into flames.

Fortunately! None of these children died, and even those who were injured are not in danger of becoming disabled thanks to the large amount of medicine available.

It was at this moment that Hu Biao suddenly had a sudden realization:
Two hours later, he will be teleported back to the modern world, and this time travel journey will come to an end.

(End of this chapter)