The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 155 Between Light and Darkness (1/4 extra chapter for Black Star)

Twenty minutes later, Hu Biao, Hei Xing, Huang A'di, Xu Feng, Si Yu, Chen Tang and Huang Yi, a group of seven, gathered together again.

There was an indescribable look of depression on everyone's face.

The reason was simple: in the previous period, they wandered around the huge Sihang Warehouse, looking for the necessary ingredients to make barley porridge and pork stewed with vermicelli.

After all, this was the only wish of Zhu Dashan, a brother of the Northeast Army, before his death. Hu Biao had agreed to it, so he had to satisfy him, right?
The result? This situation is not very optimistic.

Barley porridge was easy to make, as the Sihang Warehouse already had a lot of supplies stored there. After some searching, both corn and kidney beans were found.

But stewing pork with vermicelli is a bit troublesome.

Vermicelli, ginger, star anise, soy sauce, cooking wine, cabbage, onion, peppercorns, rock sugar, and salt were all available, but the most important ingredient, pork, was missing.

Even the canned pork and luncheon meat were eaten up by the officers' special kitchen yesterday.

If you want to use these cans, you can't just make do with them temporarily or make do with them.

"What the hell! Can vermicelli stew without meat still be called pork vermicelli stew?" Several people looked at each other, and they all had a headache.

After smoking a cigarette, Hu Biao said depressedly:

"Forget it, let's soak the kidney beans, corn, and vermicelli noodles in water first. We can worry about the meat later. Maybe Annie will bring some canned food when she comes over tonight?"

After hearing this, everyone felt that this was the only way.

At this moment, Uncle Bo came over with his hands covered in engine oil, and the above seven people immediately showed anticipation.

It’s not because Uncle Bo can get meat, but because the Japanese don’t have a Type 89 tank. In the previous battle, they rushed to the warehouse gate.

Then it was hit by a lot of Molotov cocktails and just stopped there.

After burning for a while, the ammunition inside fortunately did not explode.

So everyone started to think about it. The reason why Hu Biao was able to survive the first two time travels was entirely due to the use of a Japanese tank.

Therefore, can Uncle Bo, a serious soldier and logistics personnel, repair it? If it can be repaired, then in the next battle, they will have an important mobile firepower that can take the initiative to attack.

Even if there is no way to completely repair it, as long as it can be turned around in the same place.

Relying on the defensive power of this thing, as well as the tank gun on it and the vehicle-mounted machine gun on the front, it is also a solid firepower point.

Unfortunately, Uncle Bo came over, spread his hands, and gave a piece of bad news:

"That thing's engine is burnt out, and there's a problem with the turret's mechanism. Without spare parts and machine tools to process them, no matter how skilled I am, I can't fix it.

The tank guns and machine guns can still be used, but there is no way to turn them around. You can't fire at the warehouse, right?

So I had no choice but to take the machine guns and bullets, even the 37mm shells, and move them out."

After hesitating for a moment, Black Star offered a suggestion: "Instead of using the engine's power, if we send more people and rely on manpower, can we turn this thing around?"

Uncle Bo continued to answer: "Don't even think about such a good thing, it's too late.

Some of the Japs have come back, and they won't let us do this; they're afraid they'll open fire with all their might once we get out."

After saying that, seeing that no one had any feasible suggestions, Uncle Bo walked towards the faucet on the side, intending to wash the oil off his hands.

As a result, when I turned on the faucet, a little water flowed out, but then no water came out.

After thinking of something, he took a few more steps and turned on a switch; as he expected, the light did not come on.

Apparently, after realizing they couldn't capture the Sihang Warehouse anytime soon, the Japanese finally put pressure on the Municipal Council in the concession, forcing them to cut off the water and electricity to the warehouse...

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Uncle Bo's speculation that the current water and power outages were due to the Japanese putting pressure on the Concession Municipal Council was of course absolutely correct.

What he didn't know was that the person behind all this was a person whose name he had heard of a long time ago: Yoshiko Kawashima.

A girl who is obviously a woman but is used to dressing as a man, and whose interests and hobbies are also masculine.

As early as five years ago, the First Battle of Shanghai was actually instigated by this androgynous Kawashima Yoshiko and others. Now, in this larger-scale war, she is of course not absent.

Throughout the battle, she had been in charge of the work in the Magic City; carrying out some tasks of gathering intelligence and winning over some Chinese scum to serve the devils.

Going to the Municipal Council today to put pressure on those Western devils to cut off the water and electricity supply to the Sihangcang Road Depot is just a temporary mission.

She is currently following up on this, and this is definitely not the most important task.

Look! The foreigner Fei Xindun, the highest official in charge of the Concession Municipal Council at the time, was also the president.

After putting down the phone, he said to Yoshiko Kawashima, who was wearing a suit in front of him, "Okay! Dear Madam, or Sir, the water and electricity in the Sihang Warehouse have been cut off.

But please remember, this is also our greatest compromise with you.

In the coming days, we do not want to see any Japanese soldiers, any artillery shells, or any bullets enter the concession; otherwise, we will be retaliated by many of our civilized countries."

After hearing this, Yoshiko Kawashima did not respond at all. She stood up and left the Municipal Council.

But along the way, this guy was roaring madly in his heart:

"Baga! Damn you Western devils, don't fall into my hands if you can, or I will make you regret coming into this world."

After she got into a car at the door, a Japanese soldier in the passenger seat began to report:

"Mr. Seizo, I just received a message that someone is selling that 'penicillin' on the black market in the Magic City again."

After hearing this, Yoshiko Kawashima's eyes immediately lit up.

Because in recent times, her most important task has been to track down the channels behind "Penicillin" and obtain the relevant production technology.

To be more specific, about half a month ago, a drug called "Penicillin" appeared on the black market in Shanghai.

This kind of medicine is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has amazing effects on many diseases, especially for the wounded, it is a life-saving miracle drug.

According to intelligence, although the principle of such a drug has been developed by the West, no country has yet found a mature industrial production method.

So, whoever obtains such a technology will gain unimaginable wealth.

And rely on these to achieve some goals.

However, ever since the mysterious Chinese man named Hu Biao died in battle, all related clues have been lost, and there is no direction to track him down.

Now that she finally got the news, Yoshiko Kawashima immediately became excited.

He immediately began to ask, "Who is he? Can we find out which faction he belongs to and how much goods he has?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Seizo, but so far we've only found out that it was a woman disguised as a man who started selling that miracle drug this morning and quickly left the black market. We don't know anything else."

The Japanese soldier in the co-pilot seat answered the question carefully.

There's no way! The more you get to know this woman who likes to be called 'Mr. Jin Chengsan', the more you realize how crazy she is inside. You never know when she will explode because of some trivial matter.

Forcibly restraining the anger in her heart, Yoshiko Kawashima confessed:

"Let everyone take action. Ignore everything else and focus on tracking down that woman and Penicillin. If there's no result by this time tomorrow, you know the consequences."

With a "Ha Yi" sound, the Japanese soldier in the co-pilot seat solemnly accepted the order and got off.

What happened to Yoshiko Kawashima and the devils was just one of many similar situations in the vast Magic City.

So the Magic City became more and more exciting from this moment on. On the surface, it was the defense battle of Sihang Warehouse, which triggered a huge wave.

On the dark side, many forces took action to obtain the supply of penicillin or production technology.

The only thing they could be thankful for was that they didn't know about the important relationship between the defenders of the Sihang Warehouse and this miraculous medicine...

(End of this chapter)