The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 636 The Tiger Hunt Plan (Bonus Chapter for Kalur)

Indeed! The heist Hu Biao and his gang committed in Mi Rong Village, as well as their personal identities, have now been completely exposed.

Furthermore, the Japanese have mobilized a large number of troops and are weaving a net across a radius of hundreds of miles, intending to annihilate them.

To be more specific, we need to rewind a bit.

Rewind to the moment when Hu Biao slapped the Japanese corporal who was blocking his way, causing him to suffer a concussion...

Location: In the still raging fire of Mirong Village, the only safe place is the village office, which is built of red bricks.

Major General Teizo Kuwata, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese army, stood at the entrance of that basement.

As he watched his men deal with the Japanese women and children in the basement who had actually died from suffocation due to lack of oxygen, rather than from being burned to death.

One by one, they were carried out and displayed in a large area in front of the door.

Although he showed no expression on his face, his hands behind his back were gripping a horsewhip that he had twisted so badly that it was severely deformed.

He had completely betrayed the old Japanese devil, and his heart was filled with immense anger at that moment.

Logically speaking, in such terrible weather, it would be impossible for a Japanese major general like Kuwata Teizo, who was usually stationed in a city, to reach Misaka Village in such a short time.

But coincidentally, he had been leading his cavalry unit in some winter training exercises in the vicinity for the past few days.

After receiving reports from some black-skinned dogs in the vicinity that something seemed to have happened at the Mirong Village pass, he immediately led a cavalry battalion to the area.

Unfortunately, even so, it was still too late.

The attackers had vanished without a trace, and the village was filled with burning houses and frozen corpses.

Especially at the village office, a heavy cabinet was moved aside, the lid was lifted, and all the contents inside were revealed.

And the few surviving old Japanese soldiers in the village, kneeling to one side, made the samurai gesture while crying out that they must avenge them.

Overwhelmed with rage, Kuwata Teizo nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, only one voice was roaring madly in his mind:

"How could Hu Biao, the Tiger of Shanghai, and his comrades be so cruel? Don't they know that these women and children are innocent?"

If Hu Biao and the others could hear what this old Japanese devil was thinking, they would definitely spit all over their faces.

Damn it! You don't know the pain until the knife falls on your own bodies, right? Now that your own people are dying, you finally understand innocence and cruelty.

So, in cities and rural areas across China, such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Pingdingshan, and Lushun, weren't the women and children who died tragically innocent?

Aren't the atrocities you committed against them cruel?

Compared to the number of women and children who died tragically in China, the above number is not even a fraction.

Besides! These Japanese women and children weren't killed by them, but by Lu Dazhi and other fellow Northeasterners who had been oppressed and enslaved by them, acting as a righteous revenge.

Given everything the Japanese have done to them over the years, any retaliation they may take is perfectly justified...

Just as Kuwata Teizo was filled with rage over the casualties of his own comrades.

A young major rushed over, saluted him hastily, and said, "Brigade Commander, urgent telegram from headquarters."

The so-called headquarters naturally refers to the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

Upon arriving at Misaka Village and understanding the situation, Kuwata Teizo immediately had someone report the situation to the Kwantung Army Headquarters via the military radio.

However, to the surprise of the old Japanese devil, Kuwata Teizo, the Kwantung Army Headquarters responded, or rather, issued an order, so quickly.

He immediately uttered a single word to his adjutant, the major: "Read it."

Adjutant: "Effective immediately, Major General Teizo Kuwata, commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, is appointed as the head of Operation Tiger Hunt."

The "Tiger Hunt" plan was to spare no effort within seven days to encircle and kill Hu Biao, the "Tiger of Shanghai," to demonstrate the invincible reputation and bravery of our Kwantung Army.

During this period, the headquarters authorized Major General Teizo Kuwata to mobilize all military and paramilitary forces of the Empire in Jiamusi and the surrounding areas.

If you complete the mission on time, I will personally rank you as a lieutenant general; all participating units will also receive rewards from the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

Kwantung Army Headquarters, Umezu Mijiro, 8 PM, February 10, 1944.

Upon hearing this order, Kuwata Teizo immediately perked up; not only did it mean he would have the opportunity to personally avenge his fellow settlers, but more importantly, he believed his promotion to lieutenant general was practically a foregone conclusion.

Although his Third Cavalry Brigade had fewer than four thousand men.

However, with the authorization of the Kwantung Army Headquarters and Commander-in-Chief Umezu, he was able to mobilize the forces of the Empire and the puppet state of Manchukuo in Jiamusi and the surrounding areas.

The total number of troops involved was over 50,000, including the Kwantung Army, the Manchukuo Army, the military police, the air force, the railway guards, and the A-SIR (a type of military force).

If the pioneering group members were mobilized, the number would exceed 100,000.

Such a terrifying force could weave a terrifying and tightly woven net; no matter how powerful the legendary Hu Biao and his men were, they could not break free.

According to his analysis, this explains why Hu Biao and his accomplices have been unable to be apprehended all these years.

One crucial reason is that even when he was active in occupied territories, he received help from a large number of ordinary Chinese people.

Provide them with food, help them hide their tracks, and even fight alongside them.

However, the Northeast region is not like the areas inside the Great Wall.

For example, the Chinese people in the Jiamusi area now either live in the city or have moved into group settlements and are under unified management, making it difficult for Hu Biao and his group to make contact with them.

This means that Hu Biao and his group have lost some of their strongest methods and assistance from the past.

He was destined to be captured by Kuwata Teizo; the only suspense was when he would capture him.

"Hu Biao, the Tiger of Shanghai, and your equally famous companions, I don't know what your purpose is in coming to the Northeast."

But that doesn't matter, because you are all destined to die here, becoming the perfect stepping stones for my advancement.

In Kuwata Teizo's mind, he thought this with great satisfaction.

In the following period, Teizo Kuwata issued a flood of orders through various means, including radio and messengers.

In a very short time, Japanese soldiers and traitors within a radius of hundreds of miles, and even further afield, began to move out overnight...

******
So, will Hu Biao and his group really be isolated and helpless, receiving no help from the Chinese people, just as Kuwata Teizo thought?
Of course not, it's just that the process was a little more complicated.

At the same time, Japanese cavalry major general Teizo Kuwata was listening to the latest "Tiger Hunt" order from the Kwantung Army headquarters.

About seven or eight miles away from Mirong Village, Lu Dazhi crawled through a dog hole hidden in the wall into a place called 'Huaishugouzi Tribe'.

The reason he returned here overnight was because his blind mother lived here.

More precisely, to prevent the villagers from helping the people of KL, the villages and families within a radius of dozens of miles were forcibly relocated here by the Japanese soldiers with bayonets at their sides several years ago.

This naturally included the Lu family, a pitiful pair of orphans and widows.

At this point, it can be seen that the large and small bags that Lu Dazhi used to carry are no longer there; he just looks a bit bulky.

It can only be said that, given the difficult living conditions, this boy had long since developed a cautious personality.

Knowing that so much stuff was brought back, even if there wasn't much rice, flour, new cotton-padded coats, or new quilts, it would still be discovered by the Japanese lackeys like the local bully, the village head, and the thugs, who would then report it to the Japanese.

Instead of improving their lives, it will bring disaster to the widow and her orphans.

All he did was wear an extra cotton coat, and carry about three pounds of cornmeal and two white steamed buns in his pocket.

The rest of the items had already been hidden somewhere outside.

Perhaps the Japanese soldiers and the black-skinned dogs stationed in the tribe were all killed while supporting Mirong Village. After crawling through the dog hole, Lu Dazhi was able to find that the tribe was unusually quiet today.

But he didn't care about any of that and hurried toward home.

There was no other way! Before he became a servant, he had made an agreement with the Japanese family of Sanya's second son that he would have half a day off every month so that he could bring food back to see his blind mother.

It's just that the old Japanese devil who he desperately wanted to kill has been making excuses about having too many things to do at home, so he hasn't been back for more than forty days.

Thinking back to the last time I went home, there were only about ten kilograms of cornmeal left as our staple food.

With no food delivered for so long, my mother might have been without food for several days and could have starved to death.

Lu Dazhi walked very fast, eager to get home; especially thinking of his mother's joy at finally eating white flour steamed buns, his steps quickened even further...

(End of this chapter)