HCB Chapter 297 Victory
Chapter 297 Victory
On the playground, the guerrillas and the Japanese soldiers fought together. After several rounds of grenade bombings, there were not many intact Japanese soldiers left.
In order to reduce casualties, Liu Yiyang jumped off the roof without hesitation and joined the fight.
Using a gun in close combat can easily hurt one's own people, so with a thought, two Nepalese dog legs appeared in his hands (Nepalese dog legs are a type of military dagger).
Liu Yiyang moved sideways and did not fight any more, killing with every strike of his sword.
The battle lasted for about ten minutes and ended with the captain of the island soldiers committing suicide by seppuku.
The guerrillas defeated thousands of island soldiers with less than 200 troops. With this great victory, the guerrillas captured the Japanese stronghold and added a significant milestone to the beginning of the War of Resistance.
Li Daniu walked up to Liu Yi Yang happily and praised, "Brother Xiao Yang, your tactics are really powerful. We fought this battle with great enthusiasm."
Liu Yi Yang smiled; these are all minor problems. Now that the stronghold has been taken down, the top priority is how to defend against the Japanese invasion.
Li Daniu nodded; Yes, if the Japanese officers at the base knew about this, they would definitely not swallow this, and then more Japanese would come. Brother Xiaoyang, what do you think we should do next?
After thinking for a moment, Liu Yi Yang gave the answer; otherwise, the team will grow stronger sooner or later, not to mention that we now have a lot of weapons. We should change the usual practice and regard ourselves as regular army. Let the male comrades in the mountains join the team, the women will do logistics work, and the elderly and children will stay at home to guard the fields.
This method is good, but I am afraid that those people are unwilling to join us. They rely on the free porridge in the Taoist temple to survive every day and are not willing to fight at all.
Li Daniu said with an embarrassed look on his face.
Liu Yi Yang waved his hand and said; This matter is easy to solve. Just spread the word and join the team. Let's protect our homes and fields together. We won't force those who don't want to join, but they will definitely not get a share of the food distribution in the future.
That’s right, the masses will not pay attention to those who voluntarily separate themselves from the masses.
Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I have to go back to the mountain to check on the two little Taoist boys. After all, their master is gone, and I have to go back and counsel them.
I'll go back with you and tell our fellow villagers the good news of our victory.
Li Daniu handed over the on-site cleanup task to Chen Daniu, and instructed him on some other matters, then the two of them headed into the mountains.
From dinner time to the invasion of the stronghold and then to the defense of the stronghold, the entire battle took less than twelve hours. In these short twelve hours, the death toll, both enemy and friendly, was close to two thousand. Liu Yiyang now truly experienced the cruelty of war.
After returning to the gate of the Taoist temple, the two men parted ways. Li Daniu went to announce the news of the victory and do some ideological work among the masses to get the villagers to join the team to fight the Japanese.
Liu Yi Yang walked into the Taoist temple and came to the inner hall, only to see the old Taoist's body lying quietly in the middle of the hall. Two little Taoist children were kneeling quietly beside the old Taoist's body, wiping their tears from time to time.
Seeing Liu Yi Yang coming in, the two little Taoist boys immediately stood up, hugged Liu Yi Yang's thighs and burst into tears.
Liu Yi Yang asked softly: Do you two know that you are wrong?
The little Taoist children answered in unison: We know we were wrong, and we will never be willful again.
This time your master taught you a lesson at the cost of his life. I hope that in the future you can remember everything that happened today. Before your master went down the mountain, he told you to keep the fire going. In the days to come, I will teach you some survival skills and abilities. I hope that your master in heaven can see your growth and leave with peace of mind.
The two little Taoist boys knelt down in front of Liu Yi Yang and kowtowed; Master, please accept our disciples’ greetings.
Liu Yi Yang was flattered and quickly helped up the two little Taoist boys; there was no need for such a grand ceremony, what you have to do now is to bury your master in peace.
Afterwards, Liu Yi Yang and a group of three Taoist children carried the old Taoist's body to the back mountain.
Liu Yi Yang pointed to a sapling in front and said, "Bury your master here. You can grow up with the sapling. When the sapling grows into a towering tree, you can bring your disciples here to worship. The shade of the tree can protect you and your disciples from wind and rain, just like your master usually holds you in his arms."
After burying his master, Liu Yi Yang took the little Taoist children back to the Taoist temple.
When I arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple, I saw Li Daniu arguing with a group of villagers.
Liu Yi Yang asked the two little Taoist boys to go back and rest, and he stayed to see what happened.
When Liu Yiyang walked into the crowd, he saw Li Daniu explaining something with sweat all over his forehead.
A woman in her forties said sarcastically, "Captain Li, you don't think that there are fewer and fewer people in the guerrillas, so you want to drag my husband to die with you."
Li Daniu himself had little education, and when faced with such a sarcastic question, he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
After hesitating for a long time, he said, "Sister, we are not what you think. We have captured the Japanese stronghold and we need a large number of troops to defend it. With the stronghold, we can protect our fields and our homes."
The Japanese have already burned our houses, destroyed our fields, and taken away our cattle and sheep. What are we going back to guard? It would be better for us to do nothing every day and just wait for the Taoist temple to distribute porridge to us.
That's not like living off the savings.
Captain Li, I don't like what you said. What do you mean by "eating all the food you have"? The Taoist temple is kind and gives us porridge. We are not eating your rice, so why do you care so much?
The villagers kept arguing with each other, leaving Li Daniu speechless and unable to speak. He could only jump up and down in frustration.
Liu Yi Yang who was standing by saw everything clearly and muttered in a low voice; It seems that these people are just waiting to get free rice from the Taoist temple every day, they don't want to work at all, and they are using the Taoist temple's original intention of compassion to carry out moral blackmail. Humph, it is true that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people.
Liu Yi Yang walked into the guest room, picked up the sack that he had used to pack things yesterday, took out food from his space ring and filled the sack with it, and came to the entrance of the Taoist temple.
The old women who were still chattering at Li Daniu saw Liu Yi Yang coming out with a sack, and they rushed to Liu Yi Yang with shining eyes.
The old woman said to Liu Yi Yang with a flattering smile: "Little brother, shall we still give priority to women, children and the elderly like we did yesterday? We know the rules."
The old woman shouted: Come and line up, the little brother is going to distribute food to us again.
Hearing the old woman's cry, a group of elderly people and children rushed forward to line up.