vrcanaries Chapter 272 The Japanese 4th Division
Chapter 272 The Japanese 4th Division
Bai Luo hadn't expected that Zhang Qing and his group of businessmen could assemble such a formidable squad. Judging from their aura, they were all seasoned veterans, each with several Japanese soldiers on their hands.
After surveying the squad Zhang Qing had brought, Bai Luo led them quickly to the backyard. Bai Luo opened an iron cover on the ground, revealing a dark hole. This was the small World War II weapons depot that Bai Luo had set up that afternoon.
When Zhang Qing and the other 20-odd burly men entered the armory, they were instantly stunned by the weapons and equipment inside, their mouths agape in disbelief.
It took a long time to recover from the shock.
Even when Zhang Qing and the more than 20 strong men he led came out of Bai Luo's courtyard with weapons, ammunition, and bombs, they still hadn't recovered.
In the end, it was Zhang Qing, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, who spoke first.
"Don't spread what happened today, and hide your weapons."
"Yes."
The entire team responded in unison.
"Shopkeeper, what kind of deity is this child? I'm dazzled by everything in that armory. I've never seen most of the guns before, and I even saw a Japanese mortar."
The burly man who spoke was Zhang Bao, the squad leader, who was tightly clutching the STG44 automatic rifle in his arms.
Zhang Qing glared fiercely at Zhang Bao.
"Don't ask around. He might become your young manager in the future."
"Ah? Shopkeeper, is this child your illegitimate son?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing stumbled as he took his first step.
He turned around and glared at Zhang Bao again.
Then he turned around and left, not wanting to deal with this idiot anymore.
Zhang Bao scratched his head, somewhat puzzled as to why his shopkeeper was glaring at him.
After thinking for a long time and still not feeling that he had said anything wrong, Zhang Bao finally gave up on thinking about the problem.
Holding the STG44 rifle tightly in one hand and carrying a box containing bombs in the other, he followed Zhang Qing's steps.
The next morning at 6 a.m., Zhang Qing brought Zhang Bao to the courtyard where Bai Luo was again.
The group ate a simple breakfast together.
Bai Luo, along with Silly Girl Qin Lan and Silly Bear, followed Zhang Qing and Zhang Bao to the door of a house in the south of the city and stopped.
Zhang Qing stepped forward and knocked on the door. Soon, an old woman opened the gate.
After Zhang Qing nodded to the old woman, he immediately led everyone to the woman's kitchen. Zhang Bao stepped forward and took the iron pot off the stove.
A secret passage hidden under the stove appeared before Bai Luo and the others.
Bai Luo then understood what Zhang Qing meant.
The group quickly jumped into the secret passage under the stove, and within minutes they were out of Er City.
After leaving the city, Bai Luo led the group straight to a cave hidden in the dense forest to the west of the city.
"Xiao Luo is back! Xiao Luo is back!"
After traveling for nearly two hours, Bai Luo and his companions had just reached the edge of the forest when they were spotted by a reconnaissance post set up at the edge of the forest. This observation post was none other than the middle-aged man from before, Qi Tiezhu.
After Qi Tianzhu realized that the person who came was Bai Luo, he immediately shouted a few times in the direction of the cave behind him.
As soon as Xiao Luo entered the woods.
Zhang Shuan and Zhang Yunhai quickly came to greet them.
"Xiao Luo, you're finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have sent people to look for you."
As Zhang Shuan spoke, he looked Bai Luo up and down, and only after confirming that there were no signs of injury on Bai Luo's body did he breathe a heavy sigh of relief.
After Bai Luo returned to the cave with Zhang Shuan, he shared his thoughts with everyone.
No one present objected to Bai Luo's words. They were all poor people who had been persecuted by the Japanese for a long time and had already given up hope for their lives.
Now that they have the opportunity to fight against the Japanese, everyone is willing to join the mutual aid society.
The rest is simple.
Apart from Zhang Yunhai and his 200 or so former soldiers of the 9th Army who were left in the dense forest for training by Bai Luo, the others followed Zhang Qing into the city to be assigned identities.
Bai Luo left these 9th Army soldiers behind to form a mobile squad in case he left Er City for another place and the Mutual Aid Association became a toothless tiger again.
Bai Luo went out alone again that noon.
When they returned, they saw a transport vehicle fully loaded with weapons coming back.
This contains the weapons and equipment of Zhang Yunhai's 200 men: all of them were STG44 assault rifles, along with more than 10 Japanese Type 97 sniper rifles, Japanese mortars, grenades, and so on.
After the weapons were distributed.
Bai Luo pulled Zhang Qing aside.
"Uncle Zhang, once you've found out when the Japanese Fourth Division arrived, you must tell me immediately."
Seeing Bai Luo's resolute expression, Zhang Qing ultimately did not refuse.
He nodded solemnly.
Two days later, deep in the forest, Bai Luo was leading more than 200 soldiers from the 9th Army in mountain cross-country training.
Just then, Qin Lan quickly darted from the back of the group to Bai Luo's side.
"My child, news has come from Er City."
Upon hearing Qin Lan's words, Bai Luo stopped and gestured to Zhang Yunhai beside him, signaling him to lead the team to continue running.
He then followed Qin Lan back to the cave, where they received a message from someone.
The visitor was Zhang Bao.
"Young manager, this is a letter the manager asked me to give you."
After speaking, Zhang Bao took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Bai Luo.
Bai Luo was already used to Zhang Bao's way of addressing him, especially since they had done it a couple of days ago when they came out of the secret passage.
Zhang Bao had been shouting all the way.
Bai Luo took the letter and opened it immediately.
The above shows the departure time, number of soldiers, and marching route of the Japanese division that Bai Luo had been eagerly anticipating.
This Japanese 2th Division of the Northern Province Expeditionary Army had a total of over 8 troops and was an infantry division.
The division commander was Lieutenant General Kazutoshi Nakajima, and the division consisted of eight regiments.
It included one cavalry regiment and one artillery regiment, with the rest being infantry.
This Japanese division has already departed from the dispatched army's fortress.
It is expected to arrive in Erdos around midnight tonight.
After reviewing the basic information and arrival time of the team, Bai Luo immediately opened to another page.
This is a hand-drawn map.
It not only contains a map of the Japanese army's marching route.
There are also terrain markings along the route.
After reading it, Bai Luo couldn't help but marvel at Zhang Qing's extraordinary abilities; it seemed he had been modest before.
It must have been quite a feat for him to gather such detailed intelligence.
Bai Luo knew without a doubt that Zhang Qing must have paid a high price for this; such detailed intelligence couldn't be obtained casually.
Thinking of this, Bai Luo folded the two pages back up and put them back in the envelope.
Bai Luo looked up and gazed again at Zhang Bao, who was standing in front of her.
"Does the shopkeeper have anything else to say?"
After hearing Bai Luo's question, Zhang Bao nodded.
"The shopkeeper told me to tell you to be careful. As long as you're alive, you can always make a comeback."
Bai Luo nodded upon hearing this.
"Go back and tell the shopkeeper that I'm inviting him to watch the fireworks tonight."