Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Several squadrons of Japanese soldiers were dispatched together, and the search was very fast.

However, no matter how fast they went, more than half an hour had passed. After receiving the news, Colonel Shimokawa immediately ordered his soldiers to chase after them.

But there are still many places to reach in this forest, and it would be strange if we could find them.

There was no way that Gu Changfeng would leave such a big loophole for the Japanese, so he was clearing traces along the way.

In the end, the Shimokawa Battalion returned empty-handed, and Inoue Taro was demoted because he secretly transferred troops, resulting in the destruction of a battalion.

Of course, this is a later story. At this time, Gu Changfeng and his group were already seven or eight miles away from the prisoner-of-war camp.

"Changfeng, where should we go after we get out of the forest?" Zhou Qianli came to the back of the team and asked.

Gu Changfeng had already planned this matter, and said with a smile: "Let's go and rest for a while and see if we can find some more people on the way."

Zhou Qianli said, "That's fine, but our camp is still in that valley, and there are wounded soldiers. This is a bit troublesome."

Gu Changfeng asked, "Is there anyone in the camp in charge of the radio?"

Zhou Qianli suddenly came to his senses and said with an awkward smile, "I almost forgot about this. There are soldiers in the camp who can use it. I'll ask them to send a telegram later."

He really didn't think that this time they had captured several Japanese radio stations and could easily contact them by telegram to evacuate.

There are basically no seriously injured people in the camp. Due to the lack of medical care and medicine, it is basically difficult for seriously injured people to survive, so evacuation is not a problem at all.

Zhao Ziqing came over and asked curiously, "What are you mumbling about?"

He really wanted to know more about Gu Changfeng and the others. Seeing the two of them whispering to each other, he walked over out of curiosity.

"It's nothing. We were discussing our future plans!" Zhou Qianli said and explained to Zhao Ziqing again.

Zhao Ziqing nodded and said, "Well, this arrangement is correct."

Gu Changfeng thought for a moment and said, "Actually, the main reason is that the Songhu battlefield can no longer be sustained. The fall of Songhu is a foregone conclusion!"

"In fact, I agree with General Chen's point of view!"

"To deal with the Japs, we should draw them in and attack them again to expand our depth."

"You have to understand that the Japanese only have such a small territory and so many people. If one person dies, it means one less person!"

"China has a vast territory and a large population. We are not afraid of fighting the devils. Victory will belong to us sooner or later."

There were even more desperate moments in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Gu Changfeng, who came from the future, knew that the Japanese devils would perish sooner or later.

What he had to do was to expand the team as much as possible and destroy the Japanese's active forces first.

After listening to Gu Changfeng's words, the two fell into deep thought.

After a while, Zhao Ziqing said, "I've heard this view before, but it seems even more profound now."

"The Japanese guns and artillery on the Battle of Shanghai taught me a lesson."

Zhou Qianli also came from the Battle of Shanghai, so he naturally understood the pain and said, shaking his head.

"Let's not worry about the big shots. Now we are brothers working together to fight the devils. We just need to be comfortable."

After saying that, he looked at Gu Changfeng and asked, "Changfeng, what are your plans for the future?"

Being asked this question suddenly made Gu Changfeng a little hesitant. He had thought about it, but wouldn’t it be too early to say it out loud now?

After thinking for a moment, Gu Changfeng replied, "I do have an idea, but let's finish attacking the Jinling Defense Station first!"

His casual remark actually shocked the two of them.

Zhao Ziqing asked in shock: "What Battle of Nanjing?"

Gu Changfeng was speechless. This hadn't happened yet. The Battle of Shanghai hadn't even ended yet, and he was already talking about the next battlefield.

I could only explain: "I just made a random judgment, just listen to it, don't say anything nonsense!"

Without waiting for their agreement, Gu Changfeng continued.

"First of all, Nanjing is the capital. After the Japanese capture Shanghai, they will definitely choose to capture Nanjing in order to undermine the morale of the Chinese army and civilians!"

"Then there are places like Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are gradually encroaching on China."

"The Kuomintang was facing the Japanese army's suppression by sea, land, and air. At this time, there was no way they could win and they could only retreat."

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Ziqing blurted out this question and realized that he had asked a rather stupid question.

Zhou Qianli shook his head and said, "Changfeng is more in favor of exchanging space for time!"

Gu Changfeng nodded and said nothing more.

The journey was long, and by the time everyone got out of the mountain, it was already late at night.

Everyone didn't have the energy to bother with anything, so they just ate something and started to rest.

It was still quite cold late at night in this season, but fortunately we had seized a lot of bedding, so we all squeezed together and got by.

morning.

Zhou Qianli was eating while looking at a map. When he saw Gu Changfeng coming, he immediately smiled.

"Changfeng, we've strayed a bit from our route. Which way do you think we should go?"

Gu Changfeng looked at the map for a while and said, "We are quite close to Nanxiang now. Let's go to Nanxiang to rest for a while!"

If he remembered correctly, the Ninth Army should be stationed in Nanxiang at that time.

The fall of Nanxiang should have been after the Battle of Shanghai, so it is very safe now.

Zhou Qianli nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Ziqing walked over with a can and asked.

Gu Changfeng suddenly discovered that the battalion commander was quite curious. Every time he talked to Zhou Qianli about something, he would come over.

Zhou Qianli smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that Changfeng said that we should go to Nanxiang later."

Zhao Ziqing said "oh" and continued to eat the canned beef, as if it was not his question.

"By the way, our main purpose in going to Nanxiang this time is to rest. We won't be doing anything like fighting the Japanese troops."

Gu Changfeng added that he had fought a lot of battles recently and was really tired.

Moreover, the soldiers released from the prisoner-of-war camp also need to be distributed. Otherwise, if there are soldiers from various units, it will be easy for various hills to appear, which is not what he wants to see.

"Okay, let's go early after eating."

As Zhou Qianli spoke, he quickly finished the food in his hands and began to urge everyone.

What Gu Changfeng said was close was indeed close. It was only more than 20 miles away, and it took only two hours to enter the territory of Nanxiang.

"Changfeng, there's a Yongning Village ahead. Do you want to go there?"

Zhou Qianli asked.

"Okay, that's fine. Our identities are not suitable for us to meet General Zhang."

In fact, Gu Changfeng just didn't want to have too much involvement with these people from the Kuomintang. Admiration was one thing, and helping was also fine.

But forget about letting him in. There are only a few hundred people, and it would be easy to recruit them. It wouldn't make much sense.

A group of soldiers armed with real guns and swords entered the village, which frightened the villagers so much that they closed their doors and windows.

In recent months, there have been too many deserters. The easy-going ones just ate something and left, while the bad ones turned into bandits, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of evil. Several nearby villages have suffered.

The villagers are all aware of this, so when faced with such a group of people, they would rather keep their distance.

Gu Changfeng smiled bitterly and said, "It seems we are not welcome!"

Huang Zhengkui angrily said, "We are fighting the devils on the battlefield. What do these civilians mean? What do they think of us?"

"Stop talking." Zhou Qianli immediately interrupted him and turned to Fang Cheng.

"Xiao Fang, go find the village chief and tell him we are an anti-Japanese team. We are just here to rest and recuperate, not to rob them of their money."

Fang Cheng nodded seriously and said, "Okay, Captain, I'll go right away."

This kid hasn't been following Gu Changfeng recently, but has been following Zhou Qianli to run errands, which makes him a little depressed.