The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 43 Newcomer Report (Please read and vote)

...Nowadays, in online novels about time travel to the Anti-Japanese War, the protagonist basically has an awesome golden finger, as if he can't survive without it.

But based on my long experience of time travel, it would be better if I could have a great cheat code.

If not, the sky won't fall.

Because the cultural knowledge mastered by every modern person is far ahead of the cognition of the times, this is actually the biggest golden finger that allows them to succeed.

The prerequisite is to be able to change your mindset as quickly as possible and live long enough...

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

"Damn it! I just came here and someone died not long ago. What a terrible thing." After continuing on his journey, Hu Biao cursed in his heart.

They didn't take care of the old lady's body because Zhu Cong said: There is a special body collection team nearby, and they will not let her lie there unattended.

But then again, the death of this common square dance auntie was not in vain.

On the one hand, at least she used her own life as a price to let Hu Biao secretly confirm one thing:
Never think about escaping or changing the course of history, otherwise that mysterious existence will take direct action and kill you in various accidents.

Then the question arises: changing the fate of small people on a small scale should be possible, but how big can the impact be?
On the other hand, after witnessing a time traveler die in front of them in a rather ridiculous and perfunctory manner, the remaining six time travelers immediately became obedient.

Regarding Hu Biao's statement, if I believed it at most half before, now I believe it at least 80%.

As for believing it 100%? Impossible. With the modern mindset, we would never trust others completely like that.

It was for this reason that Hu Biao found another excuse and sent Zhu Cong to explore the way ahead. Then he finally asked:
"Brothers, you are free anyway.

It would be better to introduce each of you with your name, age, where you are from, specialties, etc., so that we can allocate work according to this in the future and try our best to bring out the best of your abilities.

If you don't want to reveal your real name or where you're from, you can just give yourself a code name. Otherwise, you can't just call yourself that person, right?"

Faced with Hu Biao's well-reasoned request, the remaining six newcomers did not delay any longer and introduced their situations one by one.

Hu Biao could completely believe that even if these guys were hiding some of their situations due to some concerns; this could be seen from the fact that they did not reveal their names and gave themselves code names.

Fortunately, there shouldn’t be too much concealed information, and the key expertise should not be adulterated.

The situation of these five people is as follows:

Code name: AT, which is the Old Tang mentioned above.

He is from Tianjin, 29 years old, and currently unemployed. His specialties include playing a lot of games, mechanical design and industrial drawing.

In addition, I am good at staying up late to draw pictures and make PPTs. I don’t know if these can be considered as special skills.

He has no practical military experience, and because of years of overtime work, not only is his hairline dangerous, but he also has some minor problems with his liver and kidneys.

In short, this guy is a weakling, a complete loser in combat.

Code name: Uncle Bo, 40 years old this year, a native of Guangzhou, but currently at Uncle Sam's house.

As a senior military fan, he has a good level of knowledge on defensive tactics, the use of various light weapons, and the repair of some equipment.

Because of his age, he understands the ways of the world quite well.

It must be said that Hu Biao was quite surprised after hearing Uncle Bo's introduction, because this middle-aged man is both civil and military, and should be able to play a significant role in many aspects in the future.

The premise is that you can live long enough.

However, considering Hu Biao's many years of experience in the odd job world and his experience of meeting countless people, he knew that this guy had concealed a lot of information.

But this is not a big problem. Once everyone spends more time together, this quality will naturally show up.

Codename: Chaozi, he is 28 years old this year and is actually a native of Daxing District in the capital city. His home is not far from Maju Bridge, about kilometers away.

Unfortunately, Hu Biao has no intention of telling the other party this for the time being.

Yes! He was a factory worker, quite large and strong, with considerable stamina and strength.

In addition, he is a military enthusiast who likes to collect various information, so he knows a lot of strange knowledge (parentheses: only limited to theory, and he may not remember all of it).

Codename: Black Star, 31 years old, 180 cm tall, a muscular man from the Central Plains.

Having served in the Armed Forces of Afghanistan for two years, he knew everything a regular soldier could do, had expertise in mortar and grenade throwing, and could even drive an armored vehicle. Not to mention! After listening to Black Star's introduction, Hu Biao was pleasantly surprised.

The main reason was that PLA veteran Wang Peng played a significant role in their ability to finally hold Position No. 7 last time; they have developed the mentality and cognition that products produced by the PLA must be high-quality.

Codename: Huang A-di, a native of the provincial capital of Fujian Province, is a fat man about 175 cm tall and weighs about kilograms.

I worked as a construction worker on a construction site for two years, so I have a basic understanding of civil construction.

I played supporting roles in Hengdian, which is a famous place for the wholesale and mass production of anti-Japanese dramas. I have played many roles of Japanese soldiers and their corpses, so my bulk Japanese talk still has some flavor.

So when this guy arrives on the battlefield, he can at least lead people to build fortifications.

Codename: Big Hammer, 35 years old, from Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, is a gas delivery worker at a liquefied gas station. He has a lot of strength from years of physical labor.

He looks quite honest, even a little taciturn, the kind that you wouldn't be able to recognize if thrown into a crowd.

All in all, the remaining six travelers this time were in better shape than Hu Biao and his companions; and with Hu Biao's experience, hopefully they could perform even better this time...

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As long as Hu Biao and the others don't think about running around, they will be relatively safe at this early stage.

Come to think of it, no matter what purpose that mysterious place had in bringing Hu Biao and the others here, if they all died at the beginning, wouldn't there be any gain?
In the following time, the group of eight people went to the 67th Division's rear area in Jiangqiao and did not encounter any danger along the way.

However, after arriving at the place and taking a look at the scale of the 67th Division's base from a distance, Hu Biao came up with an unusually sad statistic:
Before the war, the 67th Division had a total strength of to people. Now it is hard to say whether the remaining people can form a fully staffed regiment.

Those who are missing either died on the battlefield like Young Master Feng and others, and no one knows where they are buried or whether they can even rest in peace.

Or they would lie in a field hospital with a shortage of medical care and medicine, and whether they could survive depended entirely on luck.

Thinking of this, Hu Biao felt very depressed.

Fortunately, in this situation, Hu Biao and his men were not all bad. Commander Huang was in dire need of manpower at the moment, especially veterans who had just returned from their injuries, so Hu Biao and his men were treated preferentially.

Even though among these eight veterans, five were complete fakes; even Hu Biao and Platoon Leader Hu were half fakes, they were still taken seriously.

Look! Hu Biao was at the entrance of the division headquarters, holding the hospital's discharge certificate and saying a few words.

Soon after, a captain staff officer who called himself Liu came out and enthusiastically took Hu Biao and others to a room in the division headquarters, asking the eight of them to wait there for a while.

Because the new commander Huang had just specifically instructed Staff Officer Liu:

After he finished some of the things at hand, he came to have a good chat with Lieutenant Hu and several veterans about family matters, and then made the assignments after the chat.

Anyway, the 67th Division is now preparing for reconstruction, and they will definitely be reused.

Hu Biao and the others naturally had no objection to this and agreed immediately. After Staff Officer Liu left, they took some old newspapers in the room and started reading.

I want to use this method to better understand the current situation in the Battle of Shanghai.

And because of this little thing, a mess arose that they had not expected.

Although newspapers during the Republic of China era were written vertically and used traditional Chinese characters, for seven people who traveled from the modern dimension, reading them was just a little more difficult.

For example, when Black Star encounters unfamiliar traditional Chinese characters, he can basically figure out their meaning by combining the context before and after.

That was why Black Star glanced through a few of the pictures. His mood, which had just improved because of Master Huang's appreciation for him, disappeared into thin air and became even worse.

Aside from Zhu Cong who was dozing off, the rest of the people were also...

　PS: The character 'AT' in this article is played by the author's old friend 'AT'.

　　The character 'Uncle Bo' in this article is played by 'Uncle Dong of Fanshan Luocun', an old friend of the author of 'The Failed Street'.

　　The character 'Black Star' in this article is played by 'Lonely Dolphin', an old friend of the author of the failed novel.

　　The character 'Chaozi' in this article is played by 'Chaozi', an old friend of the author.

　　The character 'Huang A-Di' in this article is played by 'Wo Yun Ping Tian Xia', an old friend of the author of 'Pujie'.

　　Of course, this doesn’t mean that only old book friends can perform, it’s just that these guys acted faster and contacted me early; if new book friends want extras, they can throw the settings in the Extras Building in the book area.

　　As long as the settings are reasonable, we will arrange them one by one.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)