"Yes, sir! Thank you for your attention, sir. I will do my best!”
Wei Da Yong was overjoyed when he heard that. It was a great honor for him to be put in such an important position by Chen Liang.
Then, Chen Liang shouted to the other captives,""Brothers, we are all Chinese. I will give you two choices.
First, join our 8th Route Army Independent Regiment on the spot and kill the enemy and serve the country with us.
"Second, you can disband on the spot. You can go back to your homes or find your original troops.
However, there is one thing. You must not be a traitor to the devils. Otherwise, I will not let him off!”
A second lieutenant captive took the lead and said,""We're not going anywhere. We're just following the commander!”
"Yeah, we've all heard of the reputation of the independent regiment. It's a true anti-Japanese team! I'm not leaving either."
"Look at their equipment, they are better than the Central Army and the Jinsui Army! Why are we still looking for the original troops?"
"I'm not leaving. I'm going to fight with them!”
"Yes, Ganba Road!"
Led by the leaders of the captives, the hundreds of captives were excited.
Almost all of them expressed their willingness to join the Eighth Route Army and join the independent regiment.
Only a few people did not express their opinions and chose to leave.
Chen Liang kept his promise and let them leave on their own. It didn't matter if they went back to their hometown or to their original troops, as long as they didn't work for the Japanese.
Immediately after, Chen Liang instructed Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, and the others,""We shouldn't stay here for long. Let's bring these captives back first and settle them down before making any plans.”
"Yes, sir!"
……
Ping 'an County, Japanese Army Garrison Headquarters.
The old devil Hirata Ichiro was awakened from his sleep by a series of rapid knocks on the door.
When Ichiro Hirata opened the door with his coat draped over his shoulders and his sleepy eyes, he realized that his adjutant, Shozo Kobayashi, was standing in front of the door.
"Kobayashi, is there something urgent?”Ichiro asked, suppressing his dissatisfaction.
"Sir, something bad has happened. Our prison camp near the spring has been attacked by Tu Ba!
All the guards in the prisoner of war camp were crushed, and hundreds of captives were rescued!”Shozo Kobayashi lowered his head and reported in fear.
It turned out that the prisoner of war camp was equipped with a radio station.
The Japanese messenger inside sent out the news of the attack in time.
Ichiro Hirata was shocked when he heard this. He immediately lost his sleepiness and shouted in disbelief,""Baka, what did you say?"
"The prisoner of war camp is gone?"
Ichiro suddenly roared in anger,""There are a large number of captives that have just been transferred from Wuan County.
Originally, it was supposed to be reserved for the Yamamoto Secret Service Squad to train new recruits. Now that the prisoner of war camp is gone, how do you want me to explain it to General Shinozuka?”
Ichiro Hirata was truly panicking.
However, he was the favorite of General Shinozuka Yoshio, and his special forces were now the most favored star troops of the North China Imperial Army.
How could he afford to provoke him?
Furious, Ichiro asked,""Have you figured out which troop attacked the prisoner of war camp?”
Shaosa Kobayashi lowered his head and said in fear and trepidation,""Tubo's attack was too fast. The electrical connection between us and the prisoner of war camp has been cut off, so we don't know yet!
However, this humble servant guessed that this 8th route was very likely the same 8th route that attacked the Imperial Army's Huting stronghold!”
"Bagaya Road!" Ichiro Hirata roared in anger,""Send more scouts. Find their tracks within three days. I want to destroy them all!
The stronghold of Snow Tiger Pavilion was the shame of the prisoner of war camp!”
"Ha Yi!" Shozo Kobayashi quickly bowed and left.
Not long after, a large number of Japanese and puppet scouts and plainclothes traitors left the city and increased the search for traces of the Independent Regiment.
……
On the Independent Regiment's side, Chen Liang and the others led the troops and captives. After a quick march in the middle of the night, they finally returned to the Wang Fortress base safely at around eight in the morning.
Seeing Chen Liang bring back so many captives, Zhao Gang could not help but be shocked. He asked in a daze,"Captain, what's with these captives?”
Chen Liang then recounted how he led his troops to raid the prisoner of war camp and rescue the captives.
"Zhao Zheng, Wei, I'll leave these captives to you first. You'll bring some people over to do some psychological work."
After the screening is complete, they will be incorporated into our team.”
"No problem." Zhao Gang nodded."What are your plans, Leader?"”
"Continue to move out and find suitable targets to attack.”Chen Liang lit a cigarette.
As the two of them were talking, Zhang Dabiao suddenly rushed in from outside.
He stood up straight and saluted." Reporting to the regiment commander, the government and the committee. There are a few fellow villagers outside. They said that bandits robbed their village and stole a lot of money, food, and women. They are here to ask for help!"”
"Hmm?" Chen Liang and the other two were shocked when they heard this. They looked at each other and hurriedly took the lead to run out.
When he arrived at the regimental headquarters, he saw four or five youths around the age of fifteen or sixteen waiting with sorrowful faces and anxious eyes.
Seeing Chen Liang and the others come out, the tall youth leading them hurriedly said with a sobbing tone,"Chief. Chief, our village has been robbed. The village chief has been injured.
My sister and many girls in the village were snatched away by them.
We ran fast. The village chief asked me to find the Eighth Route Army and ask you to help save them!”
As he spoke, the young man was about to take the lead and kneel down before Chen Liang, Zhao Gang, and the others.
Chen Liang quickly grabbed them and said,"Little brother, you don't have to do this."
Then, he turned around and ordered Zhang Dabiao,""Chief of Staff, pass on my order. The entire regiment is to gather immediately!”
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Dabiao left angrily.
Chen Liang continued to ask the leading youth,""Little brother, do you know the background of the bandits who attacked your village?”
"I know. They claim to be from the Black Cloud Stronghold.”The young man wiped his tears and replied.
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