Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

The Japanese officer was almost angry to death. This Chinese guy was so arrogant that he almost wanted to draw his gun.

"Hmph, you little Japanese, stop talking dirty to me, or I'll kill you!" Only then did Old Feng stop arguing with the other party.

This time the Japanese officer was completely obedient and no longer told the two men not to look around.

After waiting for a while, the two saw a group of Chinese people who were neatly dressed but looked skinny being escorted over. They were all captured Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The reason why their clothes looked clean was that they were changed by the Japanese, but their eyes were dull, and it was obvious that they had been treated inhumanely in prison. Some of them even had bandages wrapped around their bodies, and it was obvious that they had been tortured.

"Damn it! These bastards actually dare to treat our people like this!" Old Feng was so angry that he cursed.

Also accompanying them was a Japanese officer with the rank of colonel.

"All the prisoners are here." Colonel Noda stepped forward and said to the two men.

"Yeah." Lao Zhang suppressed his anger and at the same time pulled Lao Feng who wanted to take action. The plan had already proceeded to this point and nothing could go wrong.

"Comrades, you will be able to return to the army soon!" Lao Zhang stepped forward and said to the soldiers.

But the soldiers were obviously wary of Lao Zhang and did not believe what he said. In their opinion, this might be another scheme set up by the Japanese.

"I know you don't believe me, but when you get to the New 1st Regiment, you will believe it." Lao Zhang didn't expect these comrades to believe them.

"Zhang Kui, are you fucking Zhang Kui?!" At this time someone in the crowd spoke, his voice a little hoarse.

“You are…” When Lao Zhang heard his name, he looked at the person who spoke and walked over quickly.

Looking at the person in front of him, he felt a little familiar and reached out to brush aside the other's messy hair.

"It's me, Zhao Jiucheng." the man replied.

"Old Zhao, you're not dead yet!" Zhang Kui was very excited. The battle at that time was very brutal. He saw with his own eyes that Zhao Jiucheng was hit by a bullet and thought that Zhao Jiucheng had died.

Because the situation was urgent, he had to lead the troops to retreat, otherwise everyone would be killed by the Japanese.

At that time, he was sad for a long time. He didn't expect that Zhao Jiucheng did not die but survived.

Several Japanese military trucks drove over.

"If you want to reminisce about the past, let's talk in the car." Colonel Noda interrupted their conversation. They still had to hurry on their way and had no time to reminisce about the past.

"I want to get in the same car with him." Zhang Kui looked at Colonel Noda with a firm tone.

"It's up to you." Colonel Noda responded. He didn't care about these things at all. As long as these people were safe and could be sent there safely, everything else was not important.

Soon, all the soldiers were put on the bus!

"Old Zhao, be careful." Zhang Kui got into the car first and reached out to pull Zhao Jiucheng up.

Lao Feng was also pulling other comrades into the car.

After everyone got on the bus, Zhang Kui continued the previous topic.

"Old Zhao, how did you survive?!" Zhang Kui asked. He looked at Zhao Jiucheng, with disheveled hair, cloudy and bloodshot eyes. It was obvious that he had been abused. He couldn't calm down for a long time.

"It was the Japanese who saved me. They thought I was a high-ranking official and that I might have some secrets, so they sent people to rescue me, and I survived..." Zhao Jiucheng began to narrate the whole process.

After he was rescued, the Japanese began to torture him when his wounds had healed. They also asked him to surrender many times and promised him many benefits, but he remained unmoved.

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand again. Three fingers on his left hand were missing, and the other fingers were covered with scars.

"Those beasts killed my entire family and still want me to surrender. They are not worthy!" Zhao Jiucheng said gritting his teeth.

His family members were brutally murdered by the Japanese invaders. How could he easily forget such a deep blood feud?

"Every time I couldn't bear it anymore, I would think of this incident, which made me persevere. I thought that if one day I could get out, I would definitely kill these devils!" Zhao Jiucheng continued.

The torture of the Japanese devils is indeed not something that ordinary people can withstand. Without that kind of firm will, it is impossible to withstand it.

"You... have suffered." Zhang Kui's eyes were red. He knew that Zhao Jiucheng's family members were killed by the Japanese.

"Brother, you are a real man!" Old Feng on the side also spoke up. He didn't know Zhao Jiucheng, but he admired him very much at this moment.

"Wait a minute, what's going on with you? Why are you here?!" Zhao Jiucheng asked.

"We are here to negotiate with the Japanese in order to exchange back our comrades who were captured by them," Zhang Kui said simply.

"What price did we pay?! If the price is too high, there is no point in saving those of us who can no longer fight!" Zhao Jiucheng was a little anxious. He thought that the troops had paid a huge price to make the Japanese agree to let them go.

"No price was paid. This is what happened..." Zhang Kui explained the situation, but when he mentioned Li Jin, he said it was the Northeast Army, because he was not sure whether there would be spies planted by the Japanese among these people, so as to avoid exposing Li Jin's identity.

"Is what you said true or false?!" Zhao Jiucheng was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he began to question.

There is no way. This is somewhat unbelievable. Just the New 1st Regiment, plus a group of Northeast Army soldiers that broke away from the army, took down the Japanese airport and even captured so many Japanese. No matter how you sound this, it seems impossible.

"Comrade, don't lie to us. Although we have been captured by the Japanese for a long time, we are not fools." Others also questioned.

"I know you don't believe it, but you will know it when you return to your troops." Zhang Kui did not make any excuses. It was pointless to say this now because these people would not believe it no matter how he explained it.

"I believe you!" Zhao Jiucheng said at this time. Others didn't believe it, but he decided to believe it. Although he had doubts, he still decided to believe what Zhang Kui said.

"Yeah." Zhang Kui nodded.

"Speaking of which, we were transferred to a cell by the Japanese before, and I felt something was wrong there." Zhao Jiucheng said with a frown.

"What's wrong?!" Zhang Kui asked puzzledly. It's just a cell, what could be wrong?

"We were transported for a long time before we arrived at the cell. At first I thought the devils wanted to torture us in another place, or make us work.
But after being detained for a few days, the Japanese did not continue to torture us, nor did they make us work. Instead, they treated us to delicious food and drinks.

I think the Japanese didn't want us to work, but wanted us to do something else, but I don't know what it was.
But to do this, you need a healthy body. I always feel that the cell is not simple. "Zhao Jiucheng began to recall. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. There might be some secrets in the cell.

“Do you remember where that cell is?!” Zhang Kui asked hurriedly upon hearing this. He also keenly realized that something was wrong and there might be a problem.

"No, the Japanese blindfolded us when they escorted us into the car. So, we had no way of telling where the cell was." Zhao Jiucheng shook his head. If he hadn't been blindfolded, he would still know where it was.

"I just remember that the Japanese drove for a long time. They should not have been in Taiyuan. They may have gone to other counties." Zhao Jiucheng continued.

"How long did you walk?!" Zhang Kui asked.

"I'm not sure, maybe half a day, or maybe a day. Anyway, it was quite a long time." Zhao Jiuchen shook his head. His condition was too bad at the time, and he was ready to be killed, so he didn't even think about how much time had passed.

"Comrade, you are too careless. How could you forget such an important thing?" Old Feng couldn't help but say.

If we knew how long they had been walking, we could start to find out which county they were from.

"It's my problem." Zhao Jiucheng also admitted his mistake.

"Old Feng, what are you talking about! What does this have to do with him? He has tortured you for so long and asked you to keep track of time. Can you do it?" Zhang Kui said angrily.

"I'm just anxious. There must be something wrong with the cell he mentioned." Lao Feng was a little helpless.

"It's okay, it's okay. I think that cell really needs to be investigated." Zhao Jiucheng quickly changed the subject to avoid the two of them arguing.

"I want to investigate, but I don't know how to do it. The scope is too large, and I don't know how much time it will take." Lao Feng responded. If this is really investigated, it will probably waste a huge amount of manpower and time, and in the end it may not be possible to find out the specific situation.

"You're right, but let's leave the decision to the boss." Zhang Kui said that this matter was not something they could decide.

Moreover, it is obviously inappropriate to mobilize so many people based solely on Zhao Jiucheng's speculation.

This investigation would require many intelligence personnel to take action, which is not worth it.

"How has our army developed during the time I was captured?!" Zhao Jiucheng was a little curious.

He has been held captive for at least two years, and now he has no idea how far the troops have developed.

“Hehe, I can’t explain this in detail. You will know when you go back. Anyway, you will be surprised.” Zhang Kui said with a smile.

When Zhao Jiucheng returns to the army, he will definitely be shocked by the development of the army. After all, the army has made great progress.

"That's fine." Zhao Jiucheng nodded and chose not to ask any further questions.

“How many people in our unit broke through at that time?!” Although Zhang Kui didn’t want to talk about this heavy topic, he still wanted to know the answer. There was no use in avoiding it!
"Three hundred and sixty-two people. Many comrades died in that battle." Zhao Jiucheng gave the exact number.

There were more than 2,000 of them at that time, but only more than 300 survived in the end. The battle was very tragic.

"Not bad, it's better than everyone staying behind, right?" Zhao Jiucheng smiled. At least he knew that so many comrades survived, and the development of the army must be better than he thought, otherwise Zhang Kui would not choose to keep it secret.

"Yeah." Zhang Kui nodded. He didn't go into detail about who survived. He just remembered the names of those who survived.

"Oh, Lao Zhang, do you think I can still use a gun to shoot the Japanese in this condition?!" Zhao Jiucheng couldn't help but sigh.

His fingers were chopped off by the Japanese, and he was already a cripple. He didn't know if he could still shoot the Japanese. If he couldn't shoot the Japanese, then what was the point of him persisting for so long? !
"Killing the Japs doesn't require you to hold a gun yourself. It's the same if you command the troops to kill the Japs. Don't forget our old leader. He is much more serious than you, but he still commands the troops to fight the Japs!" Lao Zhang comforted him.

It's not necessary to kill the devils with your own hands to be combat effective. It's the same to command troops in battle, isn't it?

"You're right, my ability to command troops in combat has not declined." Zhao Jiucheng smiled when he heard this.

.........

In the office, Itaheng Seishirō lit a cigarette and began to think about how to get rid of the Northeast Army.

Ever since the Northeast Army emerged, they have repeatedly encountered setbacks in their battles in Taiyuan, and suffered heavy casualties, including the death of many veteran soldiers with rich combat experience. This is a huge loss!

Although the commander said that they also had a powerful secret force being trained in Germany, that force only had a few dozen people. Even if they were powerful, they would not be able to deal with the Northeast Army.

"I hope the commander can send more people for training and then come to help. Otherwise, it will be difficult to destroy this Northeast Army." Itagaki Seishirō sighed.

Now he has no other choice but to hope that the secret force mentioned by the commander can help and get rid of this Northeast Army as soon as possible so that they can rest assured sooner.

Dong dong dong......

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Itahune Seishirō called out to the door.

Soon, Major General Yoshida walked in.

"Division Commander." Major General Yoshida saluted.

"What's the situation?!" asked Itagaki Seishiro.

"Noda-kun has already set off, and the undercover agent has also gotten on the car, but unfortunately, the undercover agent was not in the same car with those two people." Major General Yoshida quickly explained what happened.

It would not be so easy for them to release all the captives. Moreover, with such a good opportunity, they would definitely send undercover agents to spy on the situation and find some opportunities.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we go there undercover, it will be fine. We also need to know how far the Eighth Route Army has developed over the years, so that we can formulate a combat plan at that time." Itahira Seishirō responded. He didn't care whether the undercover could find out the situation now, he only cared whether they could pass on useful information after they returned.

This is still somewhat difficult and requires the cooperation of many intelligence personnel. Otherwise, an undercover agent alone will be of no use.

"Understood! I will let those intelligence personnel be ready to receive intelligence at any time." Major General Yoshida said quickly. In his opinion, this mission was still somewhat important.

"Yeah." Itahune Seishiro nodded.

(End of this chapter)