The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 630 First Time with Meat (Bonus Chapter for Brother Calling the Third Young Master)

The 8th day after the crossing was also the last day of the planned rest.

There's not much to say about this day either, at least not until 3 p.m.

After a hearty meal the night before, everyone slept on the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) until after nine o'clock before getting up one by one.

After getting up, Hu Biao showed off his culinary skills, making a special kind of rice noodle roll from eastern Guangdong using pre-soaked rice flour. The taste was simply amazing!

After they finished eating, these guys went straight to sleep.

If it weren't for lunch, they probably wouldn't have wanted to get out of bed.

After lunch, the others started playing chess and cards; only Annie and Mina, as usual, began to contact the outside world using a high-powered radio.

Perhaps because the strong winds and blizzards that had lasted for several days stopped completely this afternoon.

The two, who had initially given up hope of making contact with the outside world, were pleasantly surprised to find that they had made contact with the radio station of the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment in Northwest Shanxi.

During their contact, they learned a lot of information.

For example, the Battle of Yichang has ended, and the Sixth War Zone unfortunately failed to capture this strategic location.

However, after the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of last year, just like in history, and achieved great results, they immediately became extremely excited.

A large number of troops and elite veterans were transferred to the so-called "Southern Operation" and continuously conquered territory in Southeast Asia.

As a result, large-scale battles on the Chinese mainland have basically ceased, and both sides have entered a stalemate.

Meanwhile, in the past few days, the bald-headed principal has been searching everywhere for Hu Biao, and the relevant telegrams he has been asking about have now been sent to the Jin-Sui guerrilla area.

The reason, it is said, is that the Japanese are currently on the Luzon battlefield and have begun their offensive on the Bataan Peninsula.

Although Old Mike's army had a larger force, they still faced great resistance and were on the verge of losing control; Uncle Sam's headquarters was naturally quite worried about this.

So Bill Eulton, now a brigadier general, was the same observer Uncle Sam sent during the Battle of Guinan.

He then put forward a suggestion: in the face of this brutal defensive war against the Japanese invaders.

Hu Biao, Hu Tuanzuo, and their comrades in China had an astonishingly rich experience and played a key role in turning defeat into victory in many similar battles.

Therefore, if some Chinese people were organized into groups, armed by Uncle Sam's family, and with his comrades serving as the main officers, it would be a good idea.

It might change the course of the war and allow them to hold onto the Bataan Peninsula.

Even more miraculously, perhaps in an attempt to grasp at the last straw before drowning, Uncle Sam's family actually contacted the bald headmaster.

It's estimated that he made a lot of promises in private, and the bald principal agreed. Now he's searching everywhere for Hu Biao and his group.

Good heavens! Hu Biao and his team's battlefield firefighting team's business has even gone international and is now reaching the world stage?

It's a bit of a pity that the mysterious entity's plan for Hu Biao and his group to travel through time was probably to let them stay in Northeast China, so they wouldn't be able to serve as a fire brigade for the soldiers.

The soldiers will suffer a humiliating defeat on the Padang Peninsula, and after making some harsh remarks, Old Mike will flee to Australia in a submarine in mid-March.

Logically, the above circumstances should not have affected Hu Biao and his team's rest on their last day.

The key issue was that after instructing the brothers in northwestern Shanxi not to reveal their presence in the Northeast to the bald-headed principal...

Annie and Mina wanted to take advantage of the rare good weather today to continue contacting the Baota area, the Hunan Province supplementary regiment, and even Hu Biao's older brother, Commander Xue.

Without realizing it, Anne saw a telegram that had been sent to her, with the date and time noted at the bottom.

He immediately took the codebook and asked Mina, who was in charge of decoding, "Did you decode it wrong? Today is clearly February 9th, but it says the 10th here."

"Are you kidding me! This isn't the first time I've decoded a telegram, how could I make such a basic mistake..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Mina retorted defiantly.

But halfway through her rebuttal, Mina suddenly shut her mouth after thinking of something terrifying; like Annie, both of them had expressions of horror on their faces.

There's no other reason than that the consensus among the transmigrators had already been reached on rescuing General Zhao.

Furthermore, based on everyone's memories, more details of General Zhao's sacrifice were pieced together.

One crucial point is that General Zhao was shot from behind by the traitor Liu Deshan at around 3 a.m. on the 12th, suffering a rather fatal injury.

According to Hu Biao and his team's original estimate, even if they set off early the next morning, they would have enough time to reach the Wutong River where the incident occurred and prevent this tragedy from happening.

Unfortunately, Xie Laoyan and his four companions all remembered the date wrong. This caused a major problem, as there were less than 32 hours left before the incident occurred.

The distance of 150 kilometers would be easily covered by Hu Biao and his men on foot in other places, but it was winter in Northeast China and the roads were covered in heavy snow.

More importantly, throughout the Jiamusi region, the Japanese were determined to completely wipe out Northeast China.

Not counting the semi-armed Japanese expatriates in the reclamation and pioneering groups, there were more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers, puppet troops, police and other personnel stationed there.

They set up checkpoints and sentry posts at almost every bridge, intersection, and other major transportation route, forming a huge network.

One day less, leaving 24 hours of backup time.

To be honest, Hu Biao and his men weren't very confident that they could break through the Japanese's hasty blockade and arrive within less than 32 hours.

And it's not even fair to blame Xie Laoyan and the others for misremembering the time, or Hu Biao for his decision to rest for more than two days.

The former! Before arriving at Kaoshantun, Xie Laoyan and his group were first scattered by the Japanese, and then wandered in the old forest for nearly a month before finally escaping.

It's a miracle they survived, so how can you blame them for misremembering the time?

The latter! A rest of these two or three days is indeed very necessary, otherwise, due to their severely weakened combat effectiveness, they would also be very likely unable to complete the difficult task of rescuing people.

Ultimately, Annie and Mina could no longer afford to continue contacting the Baota region or the Hunan Province supplementary group.

After taking the telegrams with him, he hurriedly ran towards Hu Biao and his men, who were playing cards in the neighboring courtyard, with the stakes being stickers stuck to their faces.

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About twenty minutes later, Hu Biao pointed to a map of the Japanese army on the ground and asked Xie Laoyan and the others with a solemn expression:

"Brother Xie, we just received news from the Military Intelligence Bureau via radio that General Zhao and his men are going to take action against the traitorous police station in Wutong River around 3 a.m. tomorrow night."

But this was just a conspiracy by the Japanese, because Liu Deshan and Zhang Qingyu, those two good-for-nothings by his side, were spies planted by the Japanese.

Therefore, we must arrive before this time to prevent General Zhao from falling into the trap.

"Now I want to know, besides taking the main road, is there any other way to get to the Wutonghe branch office in time without alerting the Japanese?"

That's right! Hu Biao told many lies in the above statements, but they were all well-intentioned.

They said the information came from the Military Intelligence Bureau, completely refusing to reveal that they were time travelers who knew this information from history.

This is something that can't be explained clearly or discussed in a short time.

It was not mentioned that Xie Laoyan and others had misremembered the time, which led to General Zhao's crisis. The specific date was not even mentioned, simply because it was to avoid making these people feel guilty.

Of course! None of these white lies are important. What's important is whether we can find a way to get there in time and rescue General Zhao.

Unfortunately, no.

Upon hearing this, Xie Laoyan and the other four all changed color, then shook their heads in frustration and said:
"We do know a shortcut through the woods that we can take without alerting the Japanese, but that would take at least five or six days."

The fastest other route is along the highway, all the way to the Wutong River.

Hearing this, Hu Biao and the others abandoned their last remaining hopes, knowing they could only resort to a plan they had hastily devised earlier:
They found a place to steal a Japanese car, packed some makeshift snow chains, and forced their way towards the Wutong River.

During this process, try to make a big fuss, even revealing the names of the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment and Hu Biao and others.

In this way, even if they cannot reach Wutong River in time, they can still attract the attention of the Japanese and send out a large number of troops to hunt them down.

General Zhao and his men might realize something is wrong beforehand and abandon the operation.

With this in mind, Hu Biao asked another question: "Where is the place where I can get a car, at least two cars, recently?"

This time, they finally received some good news.

Ma Qianli pointed to the map and said:

“Yongfeng Town is about 20 miles away from here. There is a Japanese settler group called Mi Rong Village, which has at least two or three cars.”

However, I heard there are about five hundred Japanese veterans inside, all armed, and there's a surrounding wall and several small pillboxes. I'm afraid our small force can't take it down.

Unexpectedly, Hu Biao and the others were greatly encouraged.

The guy who called himself Commander Hu slammed his fist on the table and said fiercely, "This is it. Let's start by having some fun with these Japanese veterans..."

(End of this chapter)