The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 645 Let's Not Talk About It (Bonus Chapter for the Adorable Dirty T-Shirt)

At the same time, when Hu Biao raised his wrist to check the time.

Location: Unknown. Even Ma Qianli, a KL warrior, doesn't know their exact location.

All that is known about the special operations team of seven, including Annie, is that they arrived at the Songhua River without incident after setting off.

The ice skates they used for skating didn't cause them any trouble at all.

Using their skis and some iron bars they carried, and with the wizard's guidance, everyone worked together to easily make a pair of ice skates that might look a little ugly, but were still usable.

At this point, Hu Biao and his men also launched an operation against Jiamusi City.

The towering flames and the incessant gunfire and explosions effectively drew the attention of the Japanese troops, allowing them to act with impunity.

Then the question arises: Even if you're not a professional athlete, an ordinary person can skate at speeds of 20 kilometers per hour, or even faster.

The special squad, cloaked in white camouflage, concealed themselves extremely well. As long as they didn't recklessly start a fire, they would basically remain undetected and wouldn't encounter any battles along the way.

Does that mean that in the Jiamusi area recently, it's been at least 7 a.m. before it gets light?

In just one night, the special team can cover more than 100 kilometers and get to their destination on the banks of the Wutong River.

It can only be said that everyone was overthinking things; after Annie and the others set off, they did not encounter any Japanese soldiers or puppet troops.

But they encountered an unexpected opponent, even more difficult to deal with than the Japanese: the frigid weather.

Hu Biao and his men were exposed to freezing winds in the mountains and wilderness, where the temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius. Such a climate was already harsh enough.

But when Annie and the others started gliding on the rock-hard ice of the Songhua River, they realized what it meant to be so cold you didn't want to be human.

There are two main reasons: First, the temperature on ice is often much lower than that on land.

If the temperature in the area where Hu Biao and his group were located was only -40 degrees Celsius, then the temperature on the frozen surface of the Songhua River was probably around -50 degrees Celsius.

Secondly, the river surface was completely flat, with no obstruction whatsoever.

The howling wind was much stronger than in other places, and when it hit them, it took away their body heat at an alarming speed, making them feel bone-chillingly cold all over.

Therefore, after setting off for half an hour, the group had to find a sheltered spot.

After resting for a while and eating some high-calorie chocolate, I felt a little better before I could set off again.

Then, the time intervals between skating forward and stopping to rest became closer and closer. At first, I could skate for half an hour before resting, but later the skating time was reduced to twenty minutes or so.

Just now, after only gliding for fifteen or sixteen minutes, they had to stop again.

As they continued gliding, they had no idea how far they had gone, where they were, or how far they were from their destination...

With his neck hunched and arms wrapped around himself, he took off his skates and stomped his feet on the ground, swallowing with difficulty the last piece of canned meat frozen into an ice block.

Poor AT still felt like he was a block of ice all over his body.

It's so cold that the blood stops flowing and the heart stops beating.

There's nothing we can do! He is indeed a proper man from Tianjin in the north, but in the coldest times of the past few years, the temperature in Tianjin has only dropped to around minus ten degrees Celsius.

Moreover, there's heating inside and cars outside, so you won't spend much time outdoors.

At such a temperature of -50 degrees Celsius, he felt like he was about to freeze to death.

Having finally swallowed the canned meat, AT knew he couldn't continue like this and was about to say something when a violent shudder ran through his body and his teeth started chattering uncontrollably, making a series of 'clattering' sounds.

He felt a little better after he put a glove over his mouth and exhaled several breaths of warm air.

Even so, when speaking, my tongue feels extremely stiff, and the sound I make is somewhat lisp-like.
"Boss lady! We can't keep rushing like this; that kid Hu Biao, a southerner, what does he know about the weather in the north? This is a completely impulsive plan."

It's too cold. If we keep skiing like this all night, we'll all be frozen solid before dawn.

I figured we'd covered at least 30 or 40 kilometers, leaving Jiamusi far behind. Maybe we should find a place to stay until dawn, so it'd be warmer before we continued.

"If only we could get some leather, those things would be so much better at blocking the wind."

The sound had barely faded when Mina, who was tearing off a face mask, started to speak.

To be more precise, her snot even froze out while she was gliding on the ice; before she could wipe it away, the oncoming wind spread it onto her face and froze it into ice crystals.

She slurred, "Yeah! My relatives were supposed to come these past few days, but now they've all been sent back home because of the cold."

803 was lighting a cigarette to warm it up, but even in a sheltered spot, the wind was only slightly less. He took out his lighter and flicked it several times, but the cigarette was blown out before he could even bring it to the window.

Increasingly agitated, he crumpled the cigarette into a ball and threw it far away, asking a crucial question:

"Should we ask someone to stay the night? What if they report to the Japanese after we leave the next day? Even if we hire traitors to kill them before we leave, our whereabouts will still be exposed once their bodies are discovered."

"When we face the pursuing Japanese army, our fighting strength is quite limited with only seven men."

Unable to light a fire for warmth, unable to find someone to stay overnight, AT and his team were incredibly frustrated by these seemingly unsolvable problems.

After a thought, Anne's eyes lit up.

He shouted, "Put on your ski boots and keep going. Keep an eye out for houses along the riverbank..."

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That's right! Annie knew she really couldn't continue skating tonight, or she would freeze to death on the ice, so she planned to find a place to spend the night.

As for how to prevent being reported and the issue of leaking one's whereabouts.

It doesn't seem to be too troublesome; you can just disguise yourself with some other identity, like a bearded person.

As long as the disguise is convincing enough, even if the Japanese and their henchmen report it to them the next day, given the Japanese's all-out pursuit of Hu Biao and his men, they probably won't have time to deal with them for the time being.

By the time the Japanese soldiers had free time, they had already arrived at their destination.

As for how to perfectly portray a bearded man, she is still quite confident.

Especially after gliding forward another two or three kilometers, we saw faint lights coming from not far from the riverbank; when we quietly got closer, we found that it was a row of wooden houses.

There was also a wooden sign hanging at the entrance that read "The Police Station of Dapaozi, Hejiang Province, Manchukuo".

Knowing that the inhabitants were all traitors, Annie's confidence grew even stronger.

She and Mina used their hands, which were almost frozen into chicken claws, to disguise the group, making them look more like bearded people, and then they immediately got to work.

The outcome of the subsequent battle was completely predictable.

There were only a dozen or so people in this branch office. Even if they didn't sleep after receiving the notice tonight, how could they be a match for Annie and her seven companions?

Neither of them used guns, but after a brief exchange, five people from the branch office had been killed, and the rest were all tied up.

There is suspense, or perhaps something unexpected.

The person in charge of this branch station was actually a Japanese man in his thirties, who even brought his wife, a slightly plump Japanese woman, to live together in the best room.

So, after the Japanese soldier was tied up, he witnessed this scene in horror:
His wife was slapped to the ground by the leader, a one-eyed female bandit with a leather hood over her left eye, and then stripped down to only her socks.

Then, he took the two bells that he had taken from the animals' necks and hung them on his wife's breasts.

He said viciously, "Don't pretend you don't understand Chinese. Make us some 'bell noodles,' and remember to add plenty of meat and chili, or I'll kill your whole family."

The so-called "bell noodles" are a symbolic way that Hu Zi used to torment women; they got their name from the pair of bells hanging on the noodles, which jingled when the dough was kneaded and rolled.

It was also amidst a series of crisp 'clanging' sounds that the Japanese soldiers and the black-skinned dog at the detachment were attacked.

There was no longer any doubt that these people were bearded.

What's more, after eating a bowl of noodles, Annie dragged the Japanese woman by the hair into the room; after the door was closed, the sounds of whips and screams rang out.

They've probably racked their brains, but these Japanese soldiers and black dogs still can't link Annie and the others' identities to Hu Biao and his group.

Good heavens! These thugs are so brutal, they're even more ruthless than a bearded man!

The only problem was that the five men—AT, Super, Wizard, 803, and Ma Qianli—looked at each other with rather strange expressions as they ate their noodles.

After holding back for a while, AT finally spoke up weakly in a low voice: "Hey! Annie was smoking Mikami-sensei in Japan last time, you must have gotten into a good habit, right?"

Mina, however, spoke up: "Don't talk nonsense! My cousin did this to make these Japanese devils and black dogs believe our bearded identities even more. It's all an act."

Yes, that's it.

"Yes, yes, that's right, thank you for your hard work, boss lady." The wizard and the others nodded vigorously as they said this, echoing Mina's statement.

As for the expression on his face, let's not even talk about it...

(End of this chapter)