Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Wangjia Village is a bit unlucky today, or rather, they have been unlucky since the defeat in the Battle of Shanghai.

Wangjia Village, located on the bank of the Wusong River, used to be able to barely make ends meet by relying on water transportation, but now it has to suffer exploitation from the defeated soldiers every few days.

The easy-going defeated soldiers could be dealt with by giving them some food, but the bad ones would directly ask you to pay money and food, making the villagers of Wangjia Village miserable.

"1000 kilograms of grain, 500 dollars. We are kind-hearted and only ask for this much from you!"

An officer with the rank of captain said to the head of Wangjia Village.

"Boss, this is too much. There are wars everywhere now. We also donated money and food, but there is not much left now."

"The villagers themselves are living on wild vegetables, and there is no food left."

Village chief Wang cried to the captain.

"Village Chief Wang, I'm leading my brothers on the front lines fighting the Japanese. My head is hanging on my belt. What's wrong with asking you for some food?"

"1000 jin of grain, 500 taels of silver, not a penny less. I'll wait for half an hour. Don't let the brothers go door to door to collect it."

The captain was obviously impatient and issued a direct threat.

Collecting money door to door, what’s the difference between this and being a bandit?

You know, most families have daughters, and if these people do something to them.

Then how can we live?

"Boss, please be more lenient. We have already given away a lot of food, and the villagers really don't have any more."

Village chief Wang continued to beg for mercy, and he felt bitter.

How many defeated soldiers have you dealt with recently?

There are simply too many to count.

These days, the people have no way to survive. Village chief Wang sighed in his heart.

"It seems that if you don't accept my toast, you will have to drink the forfeit wine. Then don't blame the brothers."

The captain had a sinister look on his face and winked at the people beside him.

The soldier next to him immediately walked over and slapped Village Chief Wang several times, saying viciously.

"Old man, if we weren't on the front line fighting the Japanese, you would have been dead long ago. Asking you for some food and money is like asking for your life."

"Why, are we the only ones who are so perfunctory?"

Village chief Wang covered his swollen face with his hands, feeling more and more desperate.

They really didn't have that much money and food, and the entire Wangjia Village was not very big, so they couldn't get anything out even if they emptied it.

"Brothers, since this old guy won't cooperate, let's go get it ourselves."

As the captain said this, he kicked Village Chief Wang away and walked towards the villagers' homes.

"Puff." The captain had only taken a few steps when his head exploded without any warning.

"what!"

A burst of panic sounded, and everyone stared at the fallen commander in amazement.

Suddenly, the sound of chaotic running came from far away and got closer. The defeated soldiers turned around and looked, and were immediately stunned. The shining guns were pointed at them.

"Don't move, whoever moves will die." Xiaowu's voice appeared.

"You, who are you and why did you kill our commander?" a soldier asked in a trembling voice.

They really had no intention of resisting. They were surrounded by more than a dozen light machine guns and dared not move.

"You can't fight the devils on the battlefield, but you're robbing the common people. You're really capable."

Gu Changfeng walked in with a cold voice.

"Sir, we haven't eaten for a few days. We had no other choice but to come to this village to get some food."

A soldier said ashamedly.

"Huh! You dare to rob the people when you have nothing to eat? Put yourself in their shoes. If someone robs your parents, would you be happy?"

As Gu Changfeng spoke, he looked at the group of people again.

There's nothing special about them, they're just like all the defeated soldiers returning from the battlefield.

"Whoever hit this old man just now, come out." Gu Changfeng pointed at Village Chief Wang and said.

Village chief Wang stood up at this time, but he looked obviously very nervous.

"You dare not take responsibility for what you did, huh? Xiao Wu, kill them all, leaving no one alive."

Gu Changfeng gave an angry order, which scared the group of fleeing soldiers. They stumbled and pushed out the man who had just beaten Village Chief Wang.

"Sir, sir, spare me, I really didn't mean to do that, my superiors asked me to do it!"

The soldiers who were pushed out cried and begged.

Gu Changfeng ignored him and walked up to Village Chief Wang and asked, "Old man, you didn't suffer any losses, did you?"

Village Chief Wang stammered, "No, there's no loss."

Gu Changfeng nodded and said, "That's good. I have some money here, take it! As for these people, I'll take them away."

As he said this, he took out a few silver dollars from his pocket and handed them to Village Chief Wang.

"Boss, I can't take your money." Village Chief Wang quickly refused.

This was the first time he met a soldier like this, and he actually gave him money.

How could he dare to accept it? Is he trying to kill himself?

He still hadn't figured out what this group of soldiers coming from behind meant, but they looked different from the previous group.

Gu Changfeng didn't want to waste time here, so he stuffed the money directly into Village Chief Wang's arms and said to the soldier who was begging for mercy.

"Give yourself twenty slaps. If you have one less, I'll replace you with my man."

The soldiers were as if they had been pardoned, and they immediately started fighting without holding back, beating each other ruthlessly.

"Everyone else, find some ropes and tie each other up. If you dare to cheat, you know the consequences."

Gu Changfeng's cold voice made the soldiers dare not disobey and they all started to fight.

How could you not obey when you have so many guns pointed at you?

Twenty minutes later, with the village chief's profuse thanks, Gu Changfeng left Wangjia Village with the group and continued on to Wu County.

By the time we found Zhou Qianli and the others, it was already dark.

"You are finally back, and you have a good harvest!" Zhou Qianli said happily when he saw Gu Changfeng and his party.

"What's going on with this group of people? Why are they tied up?" Huang Zhengkui asked.

"If you rob civilians and encounter them on the way back, just bring them back and let the brothers teach them a lesson. Don't waste them. If they have to die, let them die on the battlefield."

Gu Changfeng said this and looked around the entire camp.

At this time, they were camped not far outside Wu County. With more than a thousand people, it was impossible for them to live in the city.

Huang Zhengkui's eyes lit up after hearing this and he said, "Leave it to me. I've handled it much better these days."

"Have you noticed that there are many more people in the camp?"

Gu Changfeng nodded and said, "Indeed, have you recruited anyone recently?"

Zhou Qianli smiled and said, "There have been too many deserted soldiers on the battlefield recently, so we've gradually taken in several hundred more. Now our number has reached over 1500, a full regiment."

Then he sighed, "There just aren't that many weapons. Most of these fleeing soldiers are armed with Hanyang and Zhongzheng rifles, and they have very few bullets."

"Well, we only brought back a little over a hundred Type 38 rifles this time, and there aren't many bullets. It seems we have to continue to cause trouble for the Japanese."

As Gu Changfeng spoke, he thought of the weapons trucks that were blown up, and couldn't help feeling a little distressed. What a damn waste!

"By the way, why are you urging us to come back so urgently? Is there anything you can't say in a telegram?"

When Zhou Qianli heard Gu Changfeng ask this question, he smiled bitterly and said, "First of all, this place is not very safe anymore. We have to evacuate quickly."

"There were several waves of people who wanted to recruit us, but I blocked them."

"The second reason is that we've been here for too long and haven't made any money. Our logistics are under a lot of pressure."

After listening to this, Gu Changfeng said directly: "This is a simple matter. We have so many people. Let's go out and fight a tough battle."

Zhou Qianli frowned and asked, "What do you think? Although we have a large number of people, we are seriously short of weapons. Wouldn't it be too hasty to go now?"

Gu Changfeng smiled and said, "This time we should go towards Qingpu. We'll first rob the Japanese of their weapons and decide whether to fight them or not."

"By the way, let's train these new soldiers. If they stay here every day, they will degenerate!"

Influenced by his previous experience, he decided to equip the team first this time. If a few more cars were blown up, he would be heartbroken.

As for taking the entire team out, it must be to move weapons!

Zhou Qianli thought for a while before saying, "Okay! Just make the arrangements."