The Japanese had captured about 50 strong young men from various villages for the Fengling Crossing project. More than 10 of them had been tortured to death while working, and more than 10 had been killed in the previous wave of resistance. Now, there were only about 20 strong young men left.
The number of soldiers who died in the prisoner of war camp was slightly lower because they were soldiers and knew how to protect themselves. There were only twenty-five or twenty-six of the thirty or so soldiers left.
The group of people headed towards Xiaowang Village in a mighty manner.
This time, Zhao Lei didn't ride a motorcycle. Instead, he walked with everyone.
Tyrant followed behind Zhao Lei and said,""Sir, which unit are you from?”
"We're the armed forces of the Eighth Route Army. We're a small squad under Pingan County. I'm the captain, Zhao Lei."”
"Hello, sir. My name is Wei Da Yong, the sergeant of the 27th division of the Central Army.”Tyrant introduced himself.
Zhao Lei nodded. He Heshang was indeed Wei Da Yong.
"You're from the Central Army, do you still want to find your original team?”Zhao Lei asked. He clearly remembered the plot. After the monk was rescued, he clamored to find the Central Army.
Wei Da Yong shook his head and said," The Central Army is too cowardly. During the Battle of Xinkou, the Japanese defeated two divisions of our Central Army with a single regiment. We had tens of thousands of people, but we were defeated by thousands of people. The Central Army didn't really want to fight the Japanese. You guys are the ones who really want to fight the Japanese. If you don't mind, I'm willing to fight the Japanese with you in the future."”
"Alright, I'm lacking manpower. You can join my 8th Route Army in the future.”Zhao Lei said.
After the group returned to Little Wang Manor, Wang Fucai immediately brought a few people to cook.
Not long after, pots of steaming steamed buns were served one after another.
"Eat slowly. The pot is still steaming.”Wang Fucai looked at everyone wolfing down their food and quickly said.
Everyone was enjoying the steamed buns. Working for the Japanese was like eating pig feed, and they could only eat one meal a day. It had been many days since they had eaten such fragrant steamed buns.
After everyone had their fill, Zhao Lei opened his mouth and said,"Brothers, I am the captain of the Eighth Route Army Armed District. My name is Zhao Lei. Everyone is persecuted by the Japanese. I hope that you can join our district team. We will fight the Japanese together and drive the Japanese out of our country. Of course, I am not forcing you, nor do I want to take advantage of your gratitude. If you are willing to stay and fight the Japanese with me, I will welcome you with both hands. If you are not willing, I will give each of you two yuan as travel expenses. You can go home.”
"I'm willing to stay and fight the Japanese with you. My family was killed by the Japanese. I want to avenge them.”One of them raised his fist angrily.
"Sir, if we follow you to fight the Japanese, can we also get such good weapons?”A Central Army soldier asked.
Zhao Lei clapped his hands, and Wang Erhu immediately opened a few large boxes. Inside were all submachine guns.
"Weapons and ammunition are not a problem. As long as you are sincere in fighting the Japanese, you can take these weapons. However, I have to make it clear in advance that if anyone dares to point their guns at the civilians, I will skin them alive.”
In the end, most of the people stayed behind. Only a few people did not join the district team. Zhao Lei also fulfilled his promise and gave them travel expenses.
In just one day, the five-man squad had increased tenfold in the blink of an eye. When the news reached the exploration team, Chen Geng and Li Yunlong were shocked.
"Zhao Lei is not a simple kid. No wonder he didn't want the troops I sent to him.”Chen Geng praised in the brigade's war room.
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In the new group, Li Yunlong was sitting on the brick bed and drinking sweet potato soup with Zhang Dabiao and Wang Chengzhu. When he heard the news, he was also shocked.
"Is Copper that powerful? He killed a Japanese soldier from the turret and recruited dozens of soldiers. It seems that it was really unfair for him to be a guard by my side.”Li Yunlong and You Rongyan said.
"Yeah, I didn't realize Copper was so powerful before. After he was blown up by the cannon at the Gray Cloud Ridge, he seemed to have changed into a completely different person.”Zhang Dabiao sighed.
"Copper saved my life back then. If it wasn't for him, I would have died in the Gray Cloud Ridge. When he returns to the regiment headquarters, I'll treat him to a good drink.”Wang Chengzhu said.
"No matter what, Copper is a member of my new regiment. If he has gained some face, then he is our new regiment commander. Come, come, come. Let's drink this cup of wine and celebrate for him.”Li Yunlong poured wine into his bowl.
"Guild Leader, you can't pour all the wine into your own bowl. What are we going to drink?”Zhang Dabiao said as he watched Li Yunlong empty the bottle.
"Go away, Zhang Dabiao, you look like an honest man, but in fact, you are very sneaky. Do you think I don't know that you hid two bottles of wine last time? Hurry up and take it out. I'll beat you up!”Li Yunlong cursed.
"Guild Leader, you've misunderstood. I was going to give you those two bottles of wine as a gift.”Zhang Dabiao looked like he was in pain, but he still went to get the wine.
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