The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 114 Some follow-up

...I don't know when it started, but my friends and I no longer care about this anymore.

Every time I traveled through time, even if I risked my life to fight to the death, I could not change the course of history at all. I could only change the fate of some small people.

After thinking about it carefully, this kind of change should be due to the situation we have witnessed during our multiple time travels.

For example: in the Battle of Shanghai, the national army suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, cities such as Xuzhou, Nanjing, and Wuhan fell, a large amount of territory fell under the control of the Japanese, and many important figures and troops defected to the Japanese.

All foreign ports were occupied, the Burma Road was cut off, and supplies could not be transported in.

In this war, when there was no hope of victory, our ancestors still did not compromise; they were even prepared to sacrifice their own sons and grandsons for their sons' death, and never compromise.

This kind of courage and persistence makes us believe that every little change we make is very meaningful...

...Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

After another wild explosion, there was no one left alive on the Japanese heavy artillery position.

Only some trucks and debris were burning quietly, and the overall atmosphere instantly changed from fierce fighting and earth-shaking explosions to a dead silence like a ghostly den.

Therefore, no one could see a line of words flashing in a pool of gasoline flowing out of the broken fuel tank of a truck with its four wheels upside down.

I don’t know if it’s because there are more travelers this time and the process is more intense.

These words would appear quietly every time, and the content was more than before:
Congratulations to all time travelers, this time travel journey has come to an end.

Among them, AT, Sledgehammer, and Superman died in the battle during the time travel. Their souls will be resurrected immediately after being transported back to the modern dimension 88 years later, but they will not participate in the next time travel.

It is not yet determined whether several people will participate in the subsequent time travel.

Du Chunfen was directly eliminated because she tried to revise history. Her soul could not be teleported back to the modern dimension and would completely dissipate.

The souls of Hu Biao, Uncle Bo, Black Star, and Huang A'di were immediately teleported back to the modern plane, and their injuries will be completely healed.

One month later, the above four people will begin a new journey of travel.

In order to ensure the continuity of their identities, the current injuries of the above four people will no longer worsen, and will gradually improve and recover.

The rewards for this time travel: AT, Big Hammer, Chaozi, Uncle Bo, Black Star, and Huang A'di, six people, have received slight improvements in nerve reaction, recovery ability, etc.

In addition to the improvements mentioned above, Hu Biao also acquired master-level skills in making foods such as twice-cooked pork, Maoxuewang, Guilin rice noodles, and snail noodles.

The additional rewards for the Chinese family in the modern plane have been decided and will be distributed later.

Comment: Come on, Hu Biao! You're already a pretty good thin dog, but you're still a thin dog...

In this way, Hu Biao and seven other people who had completely fainted were all teleported back to the modern plane, and all their injuries were recovered.

But everything they experienced was not an illusory dream, but an extremely real world, a real world that was falling into the abyss after enduring a century of humiliation.

Everything in this world will not completely stop because of their brief departure.

Some subsequent events are still developing without their knowledge; everything they have done is also continuing to ferment.

When they come next time, they will still be affected.

For example: On many small battlefields along the Dunwu Temple line, the Gui army and the Japanese were engaged in fierce fighting.

Suddenly, a huge explosion was heard, causing people on both sides to instinctively look in the direction of the explosion.

By the time we reacted, we realized that the loud noise must have been caused by the Japanese's deadly heavy artillery position being destroyed by our side.

Although for the time being, they didn't know who had done the heroic deed.

However, the morale of the Japanese army quickly and uncontrollably dropped; on the contrary, the morale of the Gui army soared in an instant.

As the enemy's strength declined, they were defeated in one small battlefield after another and retreated for several kilometers. Only with the emergency support of the reserve troops did they stabilize the defense line again.

During this process, many Japanese soldiers died on the road of retreat.

Before dawn, after receiving the relevant emergency battle report, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Ishige fainted from anger...

An hour after Hu Biao and his men destroyed the heavy artillery position, a Gui army unit finally defeated the Japanese in front of them and advanced all the way here.

After seeing the tragic situation in the position and the surrounding area, the deputy commander of the 1021st Regiment took a breath.

After coming to his senses, he loudly issued an order: "Hurry up and look around carefully to see how many of our brothers are still alive.

The defeat of the Japanese tonight was all thanks to Hu Biao and his companions, who, together with a group of brothers from the 1020th Regiment, destroyed the damn heavy artillery position of the Japanese.

We must find Hu Biao and his brothers. Our Gui army owes them a huge favor."

Under such an order, the three or four hundred brothers under his command began to get busy.

Soon after, the severely deformed Type 89 tank's hatch was forcibly pried open, and Black Star's body was dragged out.

After taking a breath, a Gui army soldier shouted in surprise: "Everyone come here quickly, there is a brother here who is still alive."

Not long after, another joyful voice was heard: "There is also a person here who is not dead." It was Hu Biao who was also found from the pile of corpses. At this moment, his chest was still rising and falling slightly, proving that he had not completely died.

In the following time, similar voices full of surprise continued to be heard.

However, the intervals between these surprising sounds became longer and longer, until they disappeared completely.

Because these friendly forces of the 1021st Regiment searched the heavy artillery position and its surroundings, they only found Hu Biao, Uncle Bo, Black Star, and Huang A'di who were completely unconscious.

Of the 88-member action team, only these four are left alive.

The Japanese army managed to find as many as fifty or sixty survivors, but they were immediately killed by the Gui army brothers with their bayonets.

Then, some key questions arise.

On the other hand, looking at the four survivors being carried together, the deputy head asked, "Does anyone here know Hu Biao and his companions?"

At this question, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

It was these Gui army brothers from the 1021st Regiment, although they had heard of the great names of Hu Biao and others.

We also know the achievements they made today. It can be said that Hu Biao and his team played a crucial role in taking down this heavy artillery position.

There were only three or four hundred people in their group, but no one had ever seen Hu Biao and his companions in person before; no one had even seen their photos in the newspaper.

In addition, before Hu Biao and his men took action, they all changed into Japanese military uniforms. The only way to distinguish between friend and foe was a small red cloth tied around their chests. There was no specific personal identification at all.

For a moment, it looked like only four people were found, and almost all the others were killed in the battle.

They instinctively thought that in the previous battle, Hu Biao and his companions, who had led the charge, had probably all died in battle.

On the other hand, a communication came running over, and someone shouted from afar:
"Deputy Commander Zhu, Commander Tan 1021 orders you to immediately lead your men forward and capture the group of Japanese soldiers they are currently fighting."

After a moment of silence, the deputy leader said:
"Captain of the Third Company, send a squad of men to take these wounded soldiers down to the frontline hospital in Dachang overnight; their survival depends on their lives.

Also, report that Hu Biao and his men have died for their country..."

Early in the morning of October 10, news about the great victory won by the national army last night spread in Shanghai at an astonishing speed.

The Chinese people were excited and asked for details.

It was known that Hu Biao and his companions personally led a small weak brigade, disguised as Japanese soldiers, and raided a core heavy artillery position; thus, the Gui army troops were the first to achieve a breakthrough on the Dunwu Temple line, resulting in good results on the entire Yunzaobang line.

Huge cheers rang out again in the streets and alleys of such a city.

Unfortunately, around 11 o'clock in the morning, bad news came.

Hu Biao and his companions were all killed in yesterday's operation.

Moved by this, the bald principal posthumously promoted Hu Biao to lieutenant colonel and awarded him the Second Class Medal of Independence and Freedom; Hei Xing, Aiti and others were also promoted and awarded the Third Class Medal of Independence and Freedom.

But even so, for a long time afterwards, there were still legends about Hu Biao and others in the Magic City.

Someone swore that he had seen Hu Biao and others in a certain place with his own eyes, and both sides had a good chat and laughter.

Others say that Hu Biao and his men have offended a big shot in the Kuomintang government and have now retired from the army, but they still appear and disappear everywhere, killing lone Japanese soldiers and traitors.

But no matter what, the action taken by Hu Biao and his team on the night of the 22nd has become a legend.

On the 23rd, the fierce battle between the Japanese and the Chinese continued.

What a pity! The effect of Hu Biao and his men destroying a Japanese heavy artillery position was not as amazing as the legend in the streets and alleys of the Magic City.

Because it is a completely asymmetric war between an industrial country and an agricultural country.

An agricultural country cannot win by destroying a certain unit or some important equipment of an industrial country.

In addition to this 305mm heavy artillery, the Japanese also have advantages in many aspects such as air, naval fleet, artillery and tanks.

For the Gui army, each type of firepower was a terrifying reaping of their lives.

After a day and night of bloody fighting, the Gui army was almost drained of its last drop of blood.

The 60,000-strong Gui army suffered more than 50,000 casualties, and the 10,000-strong Gui army suicide squad that Hu Biao and his men participated in was almost all killed in battle at this point.

Under the shocking losses, the National Army had to stop the attack, and the territories that were hard-won were lost again in a short time.

After learning of this loss, Bai Jiansheng, the commander of the Gui army, locked himself up and cried for a whole day and night; several times, he fainted.

The Japanese side also suffered heavy losses, but it was only a miserable victory.

The Japanese Third and Ninth Divisions were seriously short of combat personnel and had almost completely lost their combat effectiveness. They had to urgently mobilize a large number of reinforcements from the mainland.

However, in order to save face, the Japanese publicized the number of casualties as 9500; the actual number of casualties was far from this number...

(End of this chapter)