A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 290: Situation on the West Bank of the Nujiang River

Of course, Lu Cheng did not accept the little bookworm as his soldier. At present, there are many eyes watching his brigade, especially the people from the Yu family army, who are trying to make trouble for him. Lu Cheng still has to be cautious in his actions.

"I can teach you how to fight, but not now. The people and team you are looking for are nearby."

After saying that, Lu Cheng shouted towards the jungle nearby: "Friends in the forest, come out."

As Lu Cheng finished speaking, the little bookworm looked towards the woods beside him without any precautions, and saw that the grass there suddenly moved, and soon two or three people in tattered clothes, who looked no different from farmers, walked out.

If the other party did not have weapons such as bows and arrows and muskets in their hands, it would be difficult to connect them with the armed personnel.

Among the three people who came out, the leader was a monk wearing glasses, dressed in a gray monk's robe, carrying an old-fashioned flintlock rifle and a single-shoulder cloth bag, looking somewhat out of place.

"Amitabha, when did this donor discover us?"

"Master, this question should be asked the other way around. When we first crossed the river, you should have spotted us, right?"

"Donor, you have a keen eye. I admire you. We did find you a long time ago, but we didn't know why you wanted to cross the river, so we followed you. We didn't expect to be discovered."

"This student must be looking for you. I also crossed the river to check on the situation of the Japanese and sent this silly boy here. I heard before that there is a team like yours behind enemy lines and the conditions are quite difficult. It seems to be true. It just so happens that this person and these three guns are all given to you."

A guy who was using the homemade crossbow on the side immediately stepped forward and said, "Such a good gun, are you really going to give it to us?"

"Of course, I don't need these two guns. It's not easy for you to persist in fighting under such difficult circumstances. This is my little respect for you."

Although this team was dressed in rags and everyone except the fat monk looked pale, they were in high spirits, their eyes were bright, and the tattered weapons in their hands were wiped clean.

"Then we would like to thank this donor. I wonder what the donor wants to know after crossing the river? We may be able to provide some useful information."

"How many Japanese soldiers are there in the nearby towns? Where are they stationed? Do you know?"

"There are three towns nearby, including Heshun Town and Lianhua Township. There is a Ciliang Temple in the middle of these three towns. There is a squadron of Japanese soldiers stationed in Ciliang Temple, with 180 to people. Usually, the Japanese soldiers will form patrol teams of ten to fifteen people to patrol the nearby towns and collect food..."

Lu Cheng already had a clear understanding of the local terrain and topography, but he had not been here for the past two or three months, so he was not very clear about the distribution of the Japanese.

Lu Cheng crossed the river this time, on the one hand to understand the latest situation here, and on the other hand to make contact with this guerrilla force.

If it was just for reconnaissance across the river, Lu Cheng could have asked the special operations platoon or the spearhead company to send people over, but if he wanted to contact the guerrillas here, it would be better for him to come here in person.

As they were talking, a short man with a musket on his back ran over and said, "Master Shihang, there are a dozen Japanese soldiers coming this way. They are probably looking for the three Japanese soldiers who were killed earlier."

Upon hearing this, Master Shihang immediately prepared to move: "Donor, this place is not safe, please follow us first."

This guerrilla team had less than 10 people, less than 5 muskets, an outdated Hanyang rifle, and several homemade bows and crossbows. Facing a dozen fully armed Japanese soldiers equipped with a light machine gun, even if they launched a sneak attack, they had no chance of winning. At most, they could shoot two Japanese soldiers twice and kill them. Then they ran away in a hurry.

Lu Cheng pulled out the twenty-shot box gun from his waist and said, "That's great. I'll give you a few more guns so you can change your equipment."

"Donor, there are too many devils. It's better not to take risks."

Lu Cheng didn't say much. He was like a cheetah. He instantly locked onto the positions of the dozen or so Japanese devils and rushed forward.

Master Shihang saw this and quickly waved his hand: "Let's go and help that donor."

However, before they could get close, gunshots rang out from the opposite side.

"Bang, bang, bang" dozens of gunshots rang out and ended in almost an instant. When Master Shihang arrived with seven or eight guerrillas, they saw only 10 Japanese soldiers lying on the ground. Each of them had a bullet in the head and was dead beyond dead.

"Master Shihang, the job of cleaning up the battlefield is now left to you. The follow-up devils should be here soon, so you better leave as soon as possible."

"Sir, where are you going?"

"This is a military secret, so I won't tell you."

After saying that, Lu Cheng disappeared into the woods.

Master Shihang immediately ordered people to clean up the battlefield. Together with the three rifles before, this Japanese patrol team contributed a total of 9 Type rifles, a Taisho Type light machine gun, two Turtle Box pistols, a saber, a first aid kit, a dozen water bottles, backpacks, and some canned food and other supplies.

The poorly equipped guerrillas immediately realized an upgrade. They quickly cleaned up the battlefield, stripped the bodies of the devils to their underwear, and then disappeared into the jungle.

Soon, when dozens of Japanese soldiers arrived here, they only found the corpses of those Japanese soldiers.

After checking the gunshot wounds on the bodies, the Japanese sergeant immediately knew that elite troops had arrived, and did not dare to pursue them rashly. Instead, he sent someone back to report the situation and patiently waited for the arrival of follow-up troops.

When a small group of Japanese soldiers gathered and went in pursuit, Lu Cheng and the guerrillas had already disappeared.

More than an hour later, in a forest outside Lianhua Township, beside a lush farmland, a skinny, ragged old farmer was talking to Lu Cheng: "...Those devils are beasts. They burn, kill, rob, rape women, and do all kinds of evil...

Heshun Town has surrendered, but our Lianhua Township will not surrender. Even if they shoot us with guns and set dogs on us, we will not surrender. I will not surrender even if I starve to death or die in the fields!

We are farming here, and they use us as targets. We don’t know when they will shoot us, but we still want to live…”

The farmer who was speaking was unkempt and skinny. His entire body was the same color as the earth, except for his bones which were still hard.

Looking at the other person like this, as well as the people around him who could no longer be distinguished between men and women and were worse than beggars, Lu Cheng felt a little heavy in his heart.

What we see in books, movies and TV shows is always different from what we experience in person.

There is no doubt that this is a group of Chinese people who still have blood in their veins. They are unwilling to surrender to the devils, and they are unable to kill people. They can only continue to farm with the hoes in their hands and make a silent resistance.

Judging from these people, what Yu Xiaoqing said does make sense. When the war has reached this point, the Chinese soldiers are indeed guilty.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng personally conducted an investigation, during which he killed a Japanese patrol and seized some guns and ammunition. He did not return to the east coast until nightfall.

The soldiers on the east bank were unaware that their brigade commander had personally crossed the river to conduct a reconnaissance and come into contact with the guerrillas.

After returning, Lu Cheng gathered the special operations platoon, the sharp knife company, and the guard company for three days of intensive training, preparing to launch a surprise operation to rescue the civilians on the other side who were struggling on the verge of death, weaken the Japanese, and conduct a real-combat training...