The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

Tang Xuesi and his companions traveled overnight, arriving the next day at the temporary base of the Naupa, Qin Shi, and other guerrilla columns. They quickly met with Qin Shi, Liang Lao, and other leaders, and reported in detail on the execution of the traitor Chen Kun and others. Tang Xuesi also briefed Qin Shi on the Japanese army's sweep plan for northern Burma, which had been relayed from the overseas Chinese guerrillas' secret front.

Meanwhile, news of the execution of Chen Kun and other traitors spread like wildfire throughout the Naupa Equilateral Triangle. This news immediately alerted the hesitant opportunists, prompting them to act cautiously. This made it even more difficult for the Japanese army to encircle the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Brigade.

Meanwhile, the liaison sent by Charlie Liang finally managed to establish contact with the secret line. Through this secret line, they were able to meet the commander of the column that came to reinforce, Qin Shi. Qin Shi also learned the details of the direct brigade of the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Detachment, including Charlie Chen.

At this point, the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Detachment's direct battalion had not suffered significant losses, and instead, leveraging the terrain to its advantage, had inflicted heavy casualties on the 534th Battalion of the Japanese 9th Brigade. The Japanese dared not penetrate deep into the guerrillas' territory, and the guerrilla battalion still had ammunition and food supplies, allowing it to continue engaging the enemy in this area.

A piece of news brought by the liaison officer gave Qin Shi more ideas. The guerrilla brigade received false information from a traitor and was preparing to attack a large Japanese transport team. Before setting off, they also took the detachment's two 2mm mortars, plus the brigade's six 100mm mortars, a total of eight artillery pieces. These artillery pieces were not used in the Japanese encirclement and suppression. There were about two bases of ammunition, which was enough for a large-scale counterattack.

Qin Shi was calculating the four 4mm infantry guns and twelve mortars with a caliber of 92mm or above that he had brought from the column. The guerrilla army had nearly 12 people and 81 artillery pieces concentrated in the Naupa Triangle. Although the 2000th and 24th Battalions of the Security Army that were surrounded by the Japanese army had about 8 people, they were actually only equipped with four 9mm infantry guns and a large number of grenade launchers. Their heavy firepower such as 2500mm mountain guns was difficult to move in the mountainous areas and should not have been brought with them. In this way, the guerrilla army had a certain degree of firepower advantage despite the small difference in numbers. It could fully use the terrain to lure the Japanese army into the depths, teach the Japanese army a profound lesson, and force them to not dare to launch large-scale attacks on the guerrilla zone in northeastern Myanmar at will in the future.

Thinking of this, Qin Shi called in Elder Liang and the captains of each division to discuss a counterattack against the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces! Elder Liang was very happy to hear that Commander Qin was not going to help the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Brigade break out, but to counterattack and annihilate them. Recently, the Japanese Security Brigade in the Naupa area had committed unforgivable crimes against the local people. Everyone had been holding back their anger for a long time, suppressing it in their hearts and not letting it out! Now that Commander Qin had decided to counterattack and annihilate the Japanese army, colleagues on the secret front offered their ideas and strategies, and a plan to lure the enemy deep into their territory quietly took shape.

The general plan was that the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Brigade would pretend to prepare for a breakout and lure the Japanese army into an ambush on the necessary road. Then, Commander Qin would lead a large group of troops to ambush the Japanese army at the ambush site in advance, while the Overseas Chinese Guerrilla Brigade would infiltrate behind the Japanese army to cut off their retreat and together annihilate the Japanese troops that were lured into the ambush area.

While the plan was sound, the dilemma was how to lure the Japanese into a trap, who would report to them, gain their trust, and then lure them into an ambush. Just then, news arrived from the open source: a traitor, once persecuted by the Japanese, approached the organization, seeking forgiveness. He provided detailed information on the strength, equipment, and distribution of the Japanese 8th Battalion in Naulian. An investigation by the leader of the open source Naulian confirmed that the traitor was truly repentant and had committed no harmful acts. Instead, the Japanese raided the unit, raped and murdered his wife and children. This was the root cause of his betrayal and his desire for revenge.

After careful consideration, Qin Shi decided he could capitalize on this man. At Qin Shi's direction, Tang Xuesi led his men to Naulian to communicate with Ma Xiaohu. Upon learning that the guerrillas' goal was to ambush and annihilate the 8th Battalion, the brutal Japanese troops responsible for his family's murder, Ma Xiaohu agreed without hesitation, despite the perceived danger. From then on, the plan began to unfold...

At the temporary base of the Japanese Army's 8th Security Battalion in Naulian, translator Ding Zemin reported to the battalion commander, Major Sato Yuheirou, "Mr. Sato, a man named Ma Xiaohu has received news that the besieged guerrilla battalion is about to break out."

"What? The guerrilla brigade broke through? Ma Xiaohu, what's going on?" Sato asked in confusion.

"Tai-kun Sato, the truth is, Ma Xiaohu was once a member of the underground resistance army. After being captured by us, he became our spy. Well, one of his relatives is a squad leader in the guerrilla brigade. They suddenly approached him yesterday and asked him to provide a circuitous route through the Lianpan River between Naupa and Naulian. The guerrilla brigade is planning to break out from this direction."

Sato asked: "The guerrillas broke through the encirclement, is the information reliable?!"

Translator Ding replied, "Sato-taijun, the information is absolutely reliable!"

"Ma Xiaohu's reliable? Hmm!" Sato hesitated.

"Madam, Ma Xiaohu is reliable, and the news is absolutely true!" Translator Ding patted his chest and assured

"Yours, bring Ma Xiaohu here so I can interrogate him personally!" Sato was still very cautious and decided to interrogate Ma Xiaohu personally.

Soon, Ma Xiaohu arrived at Sato's office, and translator Ding introduced Ma Xiaohu to Sato. Ma bowed and nodded to Sato, saying flatteringly, "Mato, my Ma Xiaohu."

Sato gave Ma Xiaohu a fake smile and said, "Ma Xiaohu, Ma Sang, yours, the great and good citizen of the Imperial Army, is your information reliable?"

Ma Xiaohu quickly replied with flattery: "Mr. Sato, my information is absolutely reliable." As he spoke, he explained the details of the plan fabricated by Qin Shi and others and the whole process to Sato without missing a single detail.

Sato pretended to listen carefully to Ma Xiaohu's explanation. After he finished, he praised Ma again and signaled Ma to go out and claim his reward. Just as Ma was about to leave in one breath, Sato suddenly shouted, "Ma Xiaohu, you are dishonest. You are a guerrilla spy! Who is coming to arrest Ma Xiaohu and torture him severely? (Come here, arrest Ma Xiaohu and torture him severely!)"

Several Japanese soldiers immediately rushed in and took Ma Xiaohu to the interrogation room, ignoring his pleas. After a round of severe torture, they let Ma Xiaohu wail...

Translator Ding stayed beside Sato trembling with fear. Sato didn't care at all. He patted Ding on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Ding, you don't understand. We'll know soon whether Ma Xiaohu is a spy or not!"