Chapter 209 I Went Mad During the Republic of China (25 chapters)
In the deep forests of Northeast China, the final crackdown has begun.
"Brother Tongzi, mark the locations of all the remaining Japanese strongholds."
[All locations have been marked, totaling 137 strongholds of varying sizes.]
"Very well, time is tight and the task is heavy, so we can only let them die easily."
Zhou Jue's figure flashed rapidly in the sky over Northeast China. Each pause signified the complete disappearance of a Japanese stronghold.
She didn't have time to deal with the remnants one by one; what she needed to do was destroy their foundation.
At the same time, the various anti-Japanese forces, having received ample supplies, began to launch proactive attacks.
"Commander! All the Japanese soldiers in the pillbox ahead are dead!"
"Reporting to the commander! All the Japanese soldiers in the Japanese barracks in the county town are dead!"
"Report! We've found all of the Japanese weapons are still there!"
Commander Li stood in front of a quiet Japanese bunker, staring at the Japanese soldiers who had died mysteriously inside, speechless for a long time.
"What...what's going on?" The political commissar also looked bewildered.
"Who cares what happened!" Commander Li slapped his thigh. "Pass on my order! The troops are to immediately break into smaller units and drag out every single one of those escaped Japanese soldiers and die-hard traitors!"
"Strike while the iron is hot! Let's take back our territory!"
Similar orders were issued by various anti-Japanese forces in Northeast China.
A counter-offensive that swept across the entire Northeast was thus launched.
Zhou Jue finished all of this without pausing for a moment.
"Brother Tongzi, let's go to Beiping."
[Coordinates locked: Beiping. Teleportation initiated!]
As the light and shadow shifted, Zhou Jue found himself standing on a hillside on the outskirts of Beiping.
A tense and ominous atmosphere filled the air.
[Scan complete. Three kilometers ahead: Provisional headquarters of the Japanese North China Area Army.]
The system's voice echoed in my mind.
[A large number of tanks and heavy artillery have been detected secretly gathering towards Nankou.]
Zhou Jue concealed his presence and drifted towards the command post.
Along the way, squads of heavily armed Japanese soldiers were patrolling, their hearts filled with excitement and bloodlust.
The final assault is finally underway! Those Chinese pigs at Nankou are no match for our iron hooves.
I heard that if we take Nankou, we can go straight to Beiping. Then the pretty girls in the city... hehe...
[Two days. The higher-ups said the battle could be resolved in two days at most!]
Zhou Jue's eyes turned cold. She silently passed through layers of sentry posts and entered the core command tent.
The tent was brightly lit, and a short, stocky Japanese officer was pointing at a huge sand table, spitting as he spoke.
"Gentlemen, please look!"
He was Major General Nobutetsu Sakata, the commander-in-chief of this operation.
"Our main force will launch a strong attack from the front to draw the full attention of the Chinese defenders."
He pressed his baton heavily on the sand table.
"At the same time, our armored forces and mountain artillery will flank them from the east and west sides along this secret path, forming a perfect pincer attack!"
“Like this!” He made a clasping motion with his hands: “Clench them tightly and grind them into powder!”
The staff officers inside the tent nodded and bowed.
"General Sakata is wise!"
"This plan is foolproof!"
Sakata Nobutetsu laughed smugly: "The garrison at Nankou is poorly equipped and short-handed. They never expected us to launch an attack from the cliffs!"
"I hereby order! The general offensive will commence at 4:00 AM the day after tomorrow!"
"Two days! Two days at most! We're going to have a victory celebration on the Great Wall!"
"Hai!"
Zhou Jue stood in the corner, listening to all their plans, troop deployments, firepower configurations, and attack timings.
After confirming that nothing had been missed, Zhou Jue immediately cast a spell, trapping the entire team inside. They could enter but not leave, ensuring that even those who went out to scout would not be able to leave once they returned to report.
Instead of taking action himself, Zhou Jue cast another illusion spell, causing the Japanese soldiers to kill each other.
"Enemy attack!"
"Kill them!"
"Baka!"
Surrounded by Japanese soldiers fighting each other with bloodlust, Zhou Jue moved among them without revealing himself. Instead, he moved all the usable Japanese weapons, vehicles, cannons, food, medicine, and even bed sheets and blankets into his own space.
After the move was completed, he sent a top-secret telegram to the flanking forces on the east and west flanks in the voice of Sakata Nobutetsu.
Zhou Jue chose a narrow Death Valley and ordered them to change their plans. At 6:00 a.m. the next morning, they would launch a surprise attack on the garrison at the south entrance from this coordinate point and make sure to take it down in one fell swoop.
After finishing all this, Zhou Jue found a clean rock to sit on and looked at the group of Japanese soldiers who were still not all killed.
What a waste! Fine, she'll help them out. She raised her hand and channeled her spiritual power, and the Japanese soldiers fell in droves.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking.
"Kill them!"
Upon receiving the "top secret" order, the Japanese troops on both the east and west flanks charged forward with renewed vigor, heading towards the "shortcut" marked on the map.
Then, they met up victoriously in that narrow valley.
"Baka! Which part are you from?"
"We are the eastern flank flanking force! Why are you here?"
"We are the West Wing! Our orders are to launch an assault from here!"
"What?!"
The two "friendly forces" were crammed together in the narrow valley, with people trampling on each other and cars colliding, creating a very chaotic scene.
Just then.
"boom--!"
A loud explosion came from their main camp behind them.
Then, it was like setting off firecrackers.
"Boom! Boom boom boom boom—!"
A series of explosions resounded through the sky, and the flames turned half the sky red.
The Japanese artillery positions, painstakingly built up by the Japanese, were turned into a sea of fire before they could even fire a single shell.
Inside the command posts of both armies, the leaders of both sides were awakened by the sound of the explosion. When they saw the flames around them, they were stunned.
"What's going on! What happened to the artillery position?"
"Report! An unidentified explosion has occurred within the ranks!" a guard shouted in alarm.
Panic began to spread.
The commander drew his sword and roared furiously, "Charge! Charge out! Counterattack! Set up our cannons!"
In the chaos, someone pushed him, though he doesn't know who it was.
This ambitious leader was trampled to death in the mud by his panicked guards.
On the city wall at Nankou.
The city's commander, Song Zhe, did not sleep all night. He was prepared to fight to the death with the position. However, after waiting all night, the expected fierce artillery fire did not appear.
What followed was a series of news messages that left him speechless.
"Reporting to the commander! The Japanese soldiers in the west of the city have started fighting amongst themselves!"
"Reporting to the commander! The Japanese artillery position... it's been blown up! It blew itself up!"
"Reporting to the commander! All the Japanese soldiers in the west of the city are dead!"
Song Zheyuan was completely dumbfounded as he listened to these unbelievable reports.
He suddenly stood up, walked to the map, looked in the northeast direction, and muttered to himself.
"Who...could it be the same person who disappeared from the city last time?!"
"Are you from Yan'an?"
He took a deep breath and turned to give orders to his most trusted adjutant.
"Immediately activate our highest-level undercover agents in Beiping, 'Kite'."
He took out a token with a special pattern from his pocket.
"Do everything you can to get this token into this comrade's hands. Tell him that this is a token of our 29th Army's goodwill, and with this token, all the 'kites' in Beiping City will be at his command!"
The adjutant took the token and nodded solemnly.
"Men! Mobilize troops to surround and kill the Japanese. Now that someone has already blown them up, it's our turn to finish them off and clean up the battlefield!"
"yes!"
On the distant hillside, Zhou Jue watched as the Japanese soldiers of both armies suffered countless casualties. Just as he was about to wipe out the remaining ones in one fell swoop, the system notified him that the 29th Army of Beiping was approaching. So Zhou Jue stopped and left the cleanup to the 29th Army.
She planned to go to northern Hebei to kill Heimu Long. Last time she was in such a hurry to go to the Northeast that she let him live for so long. Now it's time for him to die! Just as she was about to set off, the system notification sounded.
[Warning! Warning! Highest-level encrypted Japanese telegram intercepted!]
The system's voice suddenly became sharp and urgent.
A large-scale joint fleet is assembling in the East China Sea, its target... Shanghai!
The historically pivotal Battle of Shanghai is expected to erupt ahead of schedule!
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