I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

Zhou Xingge felt that Xiao Dao had really opened his eyes this time! Before long, a big black dog led a man out of the village. As soon as it saw the two of them, it ran over with a smug look on its face. Who else could it be but Manxiang?

"Oh my god! How come it's just the two of you? It's been over two hundred miles from here in Yudu! How did you find us?" Manxiang couldn't hide his joy, and his smile was so cheeky!

“You just walked over! Don’t ask anything else yet, give us something to eat first! We’re starving, we came right after breakfast!” Zhou Xingge said bluntly.

"Oh? Great! We're having a village feast right now, please come in!" Manxiang was also taken aback; these two had traveled a long way to find her husband! How touching!

Soon, the two young women took their seats, and the village suddenly became lively. A couple of days ago, they rescued a young woman named Zaohua, and now two more city girls had come knocking. The elderly folks stared at the three girls with wide eyes! Their enthusiasm was so overwhelming that even a seasoned reporter could hardly handle it!

"Young lady, how old are you this year? Do you have a boyfriend?"

"You two have come at the right time! Our village has plenty of good young men! Every single one of them can fight the Japanese!"

"You two stay here! Work with this young lady, Zaohua, and teach everyone to read. If you take a fancy to any young man, just tell me, and I'll be your matchmaker!"

"Stop, stop, stop, ladies and aunties, these two are big reporters from Yudu. Let them have a meal first! Don't worry, they came to the village to seek refuge with us. We'll fight the Japanese together and live together. We'll have opportunities to communicate!" Manxiang quickly persuaded the enthusiastic ladies to stop, afraid of scaring the two women away.

"Good, good, good! The baby in the box has finally figured it out! He knows how to protect people now!"

"What a beautiful girl! You must treat her well, and don't bully this young lady!"

After seeing everyone off, they finally had time to ask about the two. Mancang and Zaohua listened from the side. Upon learning that the "Yudu Morning Post" was gone, everyone sighed with regret, feeling deeply sorry for Da Chunzi!

"Let's not dwell on these unpleasant things! The fact that you two have traveled so far to find us is a testament to your trust. From now on, settle down here and live and fight the Japanese together. If we have the chance, we can reopen the newspaper and expose the atrocities committed by the Japanese and their traitors! That's another way of fighting the Japanese! Welcome to the team, let's have a drink!" Man Cang was deeply impressed by their experiences; these reporters were truly admirable!

Everyone raised their glasses and drank their wine in one gulp, and the two women's mood improved somewhat. Suddenly, Zhou Xingge remembered something, put down his wine glass, and solemnly said:

"Commander Mancang, you guys are so careless! The flour you left on the way from Huluzui was never disposed of. We were able to follow the trail here, so the Japanese certainly can too! Aren't you afraid the Japanese will discover your hideout?"

"Hehe, we were so busy transporting flour yesterday that we didn't have time to clean it up. We'll go and clean it up tomorrow morning. You're right, it'll be troublesome if the Japanese find this place!" Mancang said awkwardly.

The robbery of the Japanese transport team was indeed a bit rough, and there were many areas where it could have been done better. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries or fatalities, otherwise, we would have had nowhere to cry about our regrets!

"No need! We've already cleaned up for you all the way here. Consider this our pledge of allegiance! Please don't hold it against us. This is all we two weak women can do!" Zhou Xingge said, rubbing her arm.

"Haha, you really think this place is a bandit's den! We are an anti-Japanese force, heroes, okay?" Manxiang said with a loud laugh.

"Alright! Alright! Does our little hero still want to win over Jingya? A love letter alone isn't enough, you know?" Zhou Xingge said.

The atmosphere immediately livened up at the mention of love letters, with everyone urging Zhang Jingya to take them out and read them aloud. Of course, the renowned reporter wouldn't do something so foolish, leading to quite a bit of arguing among the crowd!

From that day on, the two girls, along with Zao Hua and Professor Song, began their training. They learned everything from sleeping in the cemetery to using various weapons, making the three girls suffer greatly!

……

In the evening, Nagano Yokoo finally managed to gather five truckloads of flour to transport to the front. After watching the convoy leave, he returned to his office, where Inoue Masao had been waiting all afternoon!

Inoue Masao received a phone call around noon and arrived in the county town. At first, he didn't know what was going on. A Japanese soldier led him to Nagano Yokoo's office, and then no one paid him any attention. But when he saw the arrow-like object on the desk, he immediately understood! This was a training exercise for a hawk!

He himself was puzzled. After the Ten Thousand Man Cave incident, there had been no further news of the Zhao Village gang. In that battle, they had wiped them out almost entirely; the old, weak, and disabled who had escaped shouldn't have been able to cause any real trouble. But this rocket in front of him undoubtedly indicated that those people had resurfaced!

"What have you been thinking about all afternoon?" Nagano Yokoo asked as he walked into the office and saw Inoue Masao deep in thought, holding the arrow.

“Huh?...Hi! Senior!..." Inoue Masao quickly stood up and responded.

“Sit down! In your last battle report, you said those people had been wiped out, but this time the supply convoy has been hijacked again! We lost a total of 117 Imperial soldiers, not counting the wounded… How do you explain this?” Nagano Yoko asked, suppressing his anger.

"Hey!... We did indeed wipe out the enemy in the last battle at Wanren Cave. The old, weak, sick and disabled who escaped are not worth worrying about! Please give me three days, senior. I will definitely find the remnants of Zhao Village, find out the facts, and take them all down in one fell swoop!" When Inoue Masao heard that more than a hundred Imperial soldiers had been lost, he was shocked and became even more determined to eliminate Zhao Village.

"Tell me how you plan to find them? And how you intend to take them all down in one fell swoop?" Nagano Yoko was unimpressed by his junior's determination. If the other party could really eliminate this group in three days, wouldn't he be too incompetent? He should know that he had been thoroughly fooled by the other party this time!

"Sweep! Start sweeping the area near the Ten Thousand Caves, we're sure to find them!" Inoue Masao said firmly.

He didn't have a moment's rest that afternoon. He had previously planned to raid a village, but had temporarily put it on hold due to his busy grain requisitioning efforts. This time, he would take the opportunity to sweep through all the villages and hamlets, eliminating all potential threats completely!

"Baka! Is this all you've accomplished this afternoon? Do you know there were only nineteen of them? Nineteen people managed to rob a transport convoy and even escape from two hundred Imperial Army soldiers. Do you think your sweep will catch them?"

"Furthermore, the same knife wounds found on the bodies of Yamamoto and the others were found on the bodies of those people at the base. This strongly suggests that they were very likely responsible for what happened at the base as well!"