Chapter 128: Battle of Red Island
As Father Qi spoke, tears suddenly blurred his old eyes. "But last autumn, they went to the street to sell pears because they thought the pears at home were ripe. The warlords came into the city and they had no time to hide. They were killed by stray bullets in the melee..."
Father Qi held Luo Jiu's hand and said, "Commander, I don't want to live anymore. Please let me go. I am willing to die. You can save two hundred pounds. Just wrap me in a mat and bury me next to them. I beg you.
You let these young people live for us. I don’t have any ability. I’m just an old man with a bunch of bones. I’d rather die cleanly.
Commander Luo, we went there on the same ship and are coming back on the same ship. Please have pity on me and let me get on board."
As Father Qi was about to kneel down to her, Luo Jiu hurriedly helped him up, "Okay, I won't stop you. If this battle is over and you are still alive, you can go back and visit their graves. If you die, I will have you buried together."
"Okay! Thank you, Commander!" Old Man Qi wiped away his tears with joy, his face full of smiles.
Luo Jiu sighed helplessly, and suddenly heard an argument coming from the registration office.
"If he wants to report it, you should report it to him. If you don't report it, he won't agree."
"How do we report his situation? Doesn't this affect the mission?"
Luo Jiu frowned and walked over, "What's going on?"
Several people saluted. The person in charge of registration of this ship was Zhang Shoucheng, who was a translator in the labor camp.
"Reporting to the commander, this person insisted on signing up for the suicide squad, but I don't think he is suitable for this operation."
Luo Jiu looked at the two people next to him. One was a capable young man, and the other was a burly man in his thirties or forties. They didn't look abnormal. "Why don't they match?"
The big man waved his hands and smiled awkwardly, "Commander, I won't report it. I have seven children at home. I want to save my life first. He reported it, but he... is a mute."
Mute? Luo Jiu looked at the young man with scrutiny, "What's your name?"
The young man shook his head, and the uncle next to him answered for him: "He is called the Dumb, he has no name, we all call him the Dumb. He can hear, but he can't speak, so it won't delay the mission."
Luo Jiu asked the mute, "Who else is in your family?"
The mute shook his head.
"Why do we still want to be a death squad if there is nothing left?"
The mute pointed at Zhu Jiumei, and Luo Jiu understood, "You mean, you're just like them, not doing it for money, right?"
The mute looked determined and nodded vigorously.
Luo Jiu patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, register him."
Zhang Shoucheng was stunned for a moment, "Commander, how do you write this...name?"
"I'll give you a name, okay?"
The mute smiled and nodded repeatedly.
"It's called Weiguo, the Weiguo that protects our country."
The mute excitedly grabbed the hand of the uncle next to him, as if saying, I have a name, my name is Weiguo!
Luo Jiu returned to the war room with a smile. Feng Qi, Cheng Yaoyao and Zhong Jialing saw the smile in her eyes and asked hurriedly, "What's the good news?"
Luo Jiu smiled and said, “I just think that our team will definitely win.
We have the girls from the Thorn Team taking the lead, the elderly Old Man Qi volunteered to be at the front, and even the mute was willing to risk his life to join the suicide squad.
It can be seen that the blood of our compatriots is still hot. Even if they are illiterate and have never read books, they have heard the stories of Yue Fei and Huo Qubing, and they know the words loyalty and filial piety.
In troubled times, there are loyal ministers and generals. We are united in our national salvation army, and we will definitely win this battle! "
The four of them put their hands together, with flames boiling in their eyes, "We will definitely win!"
The battle was about to begin. It was dark at night and the Japanese searchlights were sweeping across the water. It was so peaceful.
Zhu Jiumei led thirty members of the Thorn Team and was the first to dive underwater.
The others kept their eyes on the signal on the shore. When the searchlight cleverly avoided their forward position and the flashlight flashed twice, the remaining members of the Thorn Team immediately drove the speedboat and quickly landed.
The bodies of the Japanese soldiers were scattered all over the ground, all of them had their throats cut, killed by a single blow.
The members of the Thorn Team have occupied the commanding heights and are advancing forward step by step.
Lai Laosan kicked the two Japanese corpses away and ordered the others, "Quick! Turn the guns around to buy time for the main force to land."
Zhu Jiumei and others originally wanted to find the Japanese army's headquarters, hoping to paralyze their command system before the battle to gain the upper hand.
However, this was the Japanese army's territory, and they almost ran into patrolling officers and soldiers, which almost alerted the enemy, so they had to retreat behind two rows of houses.
Huirong used the tip of a knife to pry open a crack in the window, took a peek, and immediately held her breath.
The room was full of Japanese soldiers, but they were fast asleep.
Hui Rong swallowed nervously and said in a low voice: "We ran into the barracks, and there were all sleeping devils inside."
Zhu Jiumei thought for a moment and gestured to everyone to take up their daggers. She and Meng Hu each led a small team, opened the doors of the two nearest barracks, sneaked in with daggers in hand, and carried out a silent slaughter.
Meng Hu came out quickly, holding the bloody dagger. Zhu Jiumei lowered her voice and asked, "How many do you have?"
"Twenty. How about you?"
"Nineteen," Sister Zhu Jiu frowned, "Oh no!"
Before he could finish his words, the soldier who had run out because of a stomachache came back and shouted in Japanese: "Help! There's..."
Zhu Jiumei threw a flying knife, ending his next words, but the footsteps of dozens of people could be heard not far away.
Zhu Jiumei: "Retreat!"
Everyone immediately followed the original plan, taking turns to provide cover and quickly retreating to the shore.
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers on night duty chased after them like crazy, with gunfire like rain.
Before they could figure out why the enemy was running towards the water, a red flare had already risen into the sky, cutting a bright red gap in the dark night sky.
Dozens of cannons on the shore that were on guard toward the water were pointed at them.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, dozens of artillery shells were fired at the same time, waking countless people from their dreams, and the entire Chinese land seemed to tremble!
The warships that had disappeared at the British Empire's naval base were now neatly lined up on the shore, loaded with ammunition, and frantically bombing the Japanese army camps.
Before the Japanese army could organize an effective counterattack, most of the National Salvation Army had already landed. In an instant, the sound of killing was deafening, the crowds of people were surging, and the bullets were as dense as a rainstorm.
The head-on clash between 60,000 temporary troops and 50,000 regular troops had no advantages except for the advantage of taking the initiative.
The battle lasted all night, and at dawn, the bright red flag was finally planted on the city wall of Hongdao.
Fifty thousand Japanese troops were completely annihilated.
Luo Jiu and four other men walked into the enemy headquarters, holding their hot gun barrels.
Zhu Jiumei and a few others quickly grabbed a Japanese soldier who was pretending to be a Chinese and trying to escape, and escorted him to the four men.
Luo Jiu glanced at him calmly, "Position, job content."
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