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

"What?!...Why is this happening?..." Tatsuo Shigeshita was incredibly frustrated! It was supposed to be a perfectly good air raid, and they could have seized the opportunity to swarm in and turn the tide, avenging their defeat. How did the enemy suddenly turn the tables on them?

Shooting airplanes with bows and arrows, isn't that a bit too childish?

"Lieutenant Colonel... Shall we continue?..." The news confirmed that Takahashi Nobuo was also completely dumbfounded! It was clearly an armed force composed of a group of lowly people who first withstood the attack of their thousand-strong army, seized their artillery and tanks, and then even shot down their bombing planes with arrows!

Any one of these incidents, if it got out, would be enough to make those lowly Chinese people ecstatic and hailed as heroes, right? Why is such a force hiding in this small county town, keeping a low profile? If the Chinese army all had this kind of fighting power, could they have won this war?

"...Let's retreat!" Tatsuo Shigehira said weakly, his eyes closed. The resentment in his heart was beyond words.

"I will definitely come back!" Zhixia Longnan silently vowed to himself. He would make up for the loss he suffered at the hands of the Mo Dao Group tenfold, a hundredfold!

……

On the town wall, Mancang and his men awaited the arrival of the Japanese invaders. Mancang felt deeply guilty about the attack; if they had defended themselves beforehand, they wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses! It seemed the previous bombing of the airport wasn't enough; they wouldn't have peace until all the surrounding airports were destroyed!

"Reporting to the regimental commander, a group of Japanese soldiers are rushing this way aggressively, but they turned around and left near Yujia'ao, more than ten kilometers away. They are expected to leave our county via Shijiawan in half an hour!" Just as Mancang was thinking about bombing the airport, Xizi hurriedly ran over to report.

"They ran away?..." Man Cang asked in surprise. With planes and cannons, why did they just leave without a word? What's the meaning of this? Was it just to annoy them when they moved into the county town? Is that really necessary?

"Continue monitoring!" Mancang said, unfolding a map and beckoning the three battalion commanders over.

"Tiger, take your battalion and garrison this area bordering Maojian County! This is the southern gateway to the entire county. As long as we hold this position, the Japanese devils won't be able to enter the city and ravage the people again!"

"Okay! I'll get the team together and set off immediately!" Tiger replied.

"Qingquan, there are still many remnants of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops in the county, except for Xiahou Town and Qili Township. You lead the Second Battalion to encircle and wipe them out one by one, in company-by-company units! In three days, there must be no Japanese soldiers left in the entire county, and all the puppet troops must be arrested and put on trial!" Mancang continued to give orders.

"Alright! I guarantee I'll complete the task on time!" Qingquan replied.

"Da Zhao and Man Tun should work with Chairman Zhang to complete the county's transformation as soon as possible, and the village militias should be established quickly! Also, the expansion of the military recruitment cannot be neglected!"

“Okay!” the two agreed.

Taking over a county town can be done in a morning, but governing a county town is a complex and multifaceted task. It will take considerable effort to ensure that the people can live peacefully and in peace!

After assigning tasks, Man Cang left a platoon of soldiers to guard the city wall, while the others went to complete their respective duties. He then turned around and went to the restaurant to find Li Dadi and the other six, explaining his thoughts.

"What? They're going to bomb the airport again?... That won't be easy!" Li Dadi was so surprised when he heard that Mancang wanted to wipe out all the airports that could reach Guya County! You have to know that ever since the Japanese bombed the airport in Maojian County, they have been very vigilant. It won't be easy to take advantage of the situation and bomb the airport again like last time!

First of all, without any news from the Nationalist army, they didn't even know where the airport was!

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to bomb it! You've all seen what happened today. Surviving behind the Japanese is already fraught with danger. If the Japanese come again, none of our people will have any peace!" Mancang said firmly.

"Phew... Alright! Let's bomb it! What do you want us to do? We'll risk our lives to get this done!" Li Dadi said with a long sigh.

“That’s right! As long as we’re fighting the Japanese, we sisters won’t hesitate! Assign us tasks!” Diezi chimed in.

The remaining four nodded silently when they saw that Mancang was determined. Their attitude was clear: just do it!

"The Japanese have occupied Seoul, and the airport in Maojian County was destroyed last time. I estimate that the Japanese airport is very likely in this area. This area to the east also needs to be investigated. If there is radiation here, there's no problem!"

"For the next period of time, you will need to infiltrate and carefully investigate, confirm the exact location, and send the message back immediately! The sooner we resolve this trouble, the sooner we can have peace and quiet!" Mancang said, pointing to two places on the map.

“This area is quite large! It will probably be difficult to pinpoint the exact location in a short time!” Gou Mao said, looking at the area Man Cang pointed out.

"You'll have to figure that out yourselves. Visiting the villagers to investigate personally, or bribing the puppet troops are all options. At most a month; any longer and things might change!" With winter fast approaching, the Japanese also need to stockpile enough supplies for the winter. If we try to target them, it'll be too late!

“Okay! Just one month! We’ll try our best to finish investigating these areas as soon as possible and blow up the airport to give the people peace!” Li Dadi said firmly.

It is indeed difficult to investigate several counties in a month, but for the safety of the county, we can only ask these few people to work hard!

After finalizing the details of the operation with several people, there was finally time to return to the courtyard's playground to comfort the injured. The mourning hall had been set up, with hundreds of bodies covered in cotton sheets placed in the center. Groups of villagers, with white cloth strips tied around their waists, crowded around the mourning hall to mourn, their faces filled with sorrow in stark contrast to the joy they had felt that morning when they were welcomed into the city!

"Commander Mancang is back!"

"The leader is back!"

"Our commander must avenge us!"

"Our commander must avenge us!"

Surrounded by fellow villagers, Mancang respectfully lit four incense sticks before the mourning hall. When he was about to kneel down and kowtow, the crowd helped him up.

"Commander, you are a hero who fought against the Japanese invaders! We are not worthy to kneel and kowtow!"

"Yes! We are all peasants who depend on the Modao Regiment for our livelihood, we can't accept that! We can't accept that!"

"Commander, get up! You're making these people feel terrible!"

"Yes, yes, the commander still wants to avenge us!"

"Fellow villagers! Today's surprise bombing by the Japanese has caused heavy losses to the people of our county! Some people have lost their precious lives in the bombing, and many more have been displaced and left homeless because of this bombing..."

"We must avenge this! Don't worry, everyone, the Japanese devils have been driven out of Guya County. If our Mo Dao Regiment can take this county, we can defend this city! If the Japanese devils dare to provoke us again, we will make sure they don't leave alive!"