Chapter 417: A Bit Interesting

Although the situation was unclear, Zhu Ziming still led the brothers of Qingfeng Stronghold and fought a few battles against the Japanese Army.

This time, the Qingfeng Stronghold team went down the mountain as usual to look for Japanese Army strongholds, preparing to give the Japanese Army a fierce beating.

At a Checkpoint, Puppet Army soldiers and the Japanese Army were capturing passing civilians.

At this moment, two plainly dressed men saw this scene, and the slightly sturdier man said, "Damn it!"

"Regimental Commander, the Japanese Army has set up an Outpost ahead; it seems this is the only road for us to cross the blockade line."

Beside the sturdy man, a man wearing black clothes with a standard crew cut looked at the Outpost ahead.

"Once the Japanese Army squad has captured enough civilians, the security will surely be even tighter; let's familiarize ourselves with the environment first."

Seeing Zhou Weiguo speak as if he wanted to take over as Big Boss, Zhu Ziming smiled and said, "Little brother, our mountain has the mountain's rules. If you want to work with me, you must be steady and take it one step at a time."

"Platoon Leader Wu, pick two brothers to escort them!"

Outside!

Zhu Ziming, who was attacking the Japanese Army, heard gunfire coming from inside, "What good marksmanship!"

Sometimes, the Puppet Army would also exploit the civilians; whenever anyone was dissatisfied and complained, Wu Dazhi would beat them to death on the charges of colluding with the Eighth Route Army or the Sichuan Army.

Consequently, Guida Saburo left a squad of Imperial Warriors here, and all the remaining soldiers went out to capture civilians.

A tall Puppet Army soldier looked disgusted: "Damn... motherfucker, bad luck... get lost quickly!"

"First, you were captured by the Japanese Army, and I am attacking the Blockhouse to rescue you, and this equipment also belongs to me; there's no problem with that, right?"

Hearing this, several of Zhu Ziming's confidants laughed coldly: "Where did this brat come from? He wants to be the boss the moment he arrives, damn it!"

The sturdy man scanned the surroundings, "Regimental Commander, there are three watchtowers in total, and each watchtower has a Type 11 Light Machine Gun."

"The Japanese Army's Type 11 Light Machine Gun, plus the Puppet Army's Light Machine Gun—with two machine guns sealing off the firepower, if we aren't careful, the two of us will be riddled with holes by the machine guns!"

This amount of firepower is relatively weak!

As he spoke, the sturdy man dug a few silver dollars out from the soles of his feet and placed them into Wu Dazhi's hands, "Officer, have mercy, let the two of us brothers pass!"

They discovered that guarding the Outpost was a squad of the Japanese Army, plus a platoon of the Puppet Army.

"Giddyap, giddyap, giddyap, giddyap..."

Wu Dazhi felt the weight of the silver dollars with his hand; just a moment ago, he had seen that his two subordinates hadn't managed to scrape any profit off the two of them!

One after another, everyone mocked Zhou Weiguo and Huzi to their hearts' content. Regarding the mockery from this group, Zhou Weiguo smiled faintly and didn't care.

The Puppet Army platoon only had one Light Machine Gun, and the remaining soldiers were all armed with Hanyang-made Rifles.

The Japanese soldier riding on horseback shouted with bared teeth, and at the same time, he drew his Cavalry Saber.

"Have mercy, let the two of us brothers pass!"

"Exactly... this is the first time I've seen someone with such a big mouth."

"These three shots completely took out the Japanese Army's machine gun!"

"Baka yaro!"

There were 13 Japanese soldiers in total, with one Type 11 Light Machine Gun, and the rest were eight soldiers armed with Arisaka Type 38 Rifles.

"Listen to me!" the man in black clothes said calmly: "We continue to walk forward!!"

"Regimental Commander!" the sturdy man said in a low voice: "How about we just retreat now and not go to the Checkpoint ahead."

Three shots rang out, and the three Japanese soldiers standing on the Watchtower were seen falling headfirst.

"Huzi!" the man in black whispered: "We had best run out when the Japanese Army's strength is at its weakest!"

At this time, Wu Dazhi nodded and bowed before the Japanese Army squad leader Guida Saburo, saying: "Sir!"

The civilians, now hearing the Puppet Army Platoon Leader shouting like that, also quickened their pace. Ever since the Japanese Army set up the Checkpoint here, it had been inconvenient for civilians to pass through.

"Yes!" Wu Dazhi responded loudly, and immediately after, he rounded up his men.

"Squad leader, the company commander requires us to build the Blockhouse in five days, but I have almost finished capturing all the civilians in the surrounding area."

"Sigh, sigh... sigh, sigh... we'll get lost right now!" The sturdy man hurriedly nodded and bowed, then reached out to drag the man in black.

Wu Dazhi's reputation had now spread all around, and the civilians dared not provoke this Traitor!

Soon, the inspecting Puppet Army soldiers searched the bodies of the sturdy man and the man in black!

The sturdy man and the man in black kept nodding and bowing to the Puppet Army soldiers with fawning smiles: "Hello, Officer... hello, Officer!!"

Guida Saburo said in not-very-fluent Chinese, "Yosh!"

"Delaying me from going back to eat and sleep—once I'm in a bad mood, you'll all get a beating!"

Several Puppet Army soldiers immediately intercepted the people who had passed the Checkpoint, and the sturdy man came before Wu Dazhi: "Officer!"

Meanwhile, inside the Blockhouse, the marksmanship of Huzi and the man in black was exceptionally accurate, directly forcing the Puppet Army soldiers to not dare lift their heads.

The man in black waved his hand and whispered: "Look over here, the Japanese Army has three Grenade Launchers, which means the Japanese strength here is a squad."

"Brothers, concentrate your fire for me and shoot inside!"

Wu Dazhi was a bit skeptical; he pointed to two subordinates and searched the soles of the sturdy man's feet again, and didn't even let the soles of the man in black's feet go.

The man in black and Huzi looked at each other, and the two of them swung the shovels in their hands and hacked down at the heads of the two Puppet Army soldiers.

When Zhu Ziming was commanding the troops, he also knew to take out the Japanese Army first and then fight the remaining Puppet Army soldiers, so after more than ten Japanese soldiers were taken out, Zhu Ziming led his men and charged into the Blockhouse.

"I am a person who has always liked to be the boss!"

The man in black looked around: "Stay calm! We still have a chance to escape; we can't panic now, let's go to the Japanese Army's Blockhouse and take a look first!"

"As we work now, we will move closer to the bushes; later, we will take the opportunity to finish off the two Puppet Army soldiers on guard and seize the firearms in their hands."

The sturdy man sighed deeply: "Damn... just a little bit off!"

Huzi nodded: "That's right, the two of us killed them!"

"Yes!" the sturdy man nodded!

The two of them approached the Japanese Army Checkpoint like this. Upon arriving at the Checkpoint, the Puppet Army Platoon Leader Wu Dazhi cursed: "Dawdling... you few in the back, hurry up!"

"The Japanese Army only left one squad here; this is simply a god-given opportunity."

Zhu Ziming looked Zhou Weiguo up and down: "Brother, looking at your appearance and accent, you don't seem to be locals."

The group walked for about twenty minutes and arrived at a small highland, where some commoners had already gathered.

"How about staying and working with me against the little devils?"

The Second Boss said to this group of commoners that this was a time of national crisis, and they were the Qingfeng Stronghold anti-Japanese force, following the orders of Principal to fight behind enemy lines, defend the land, resist the war, and protect the home and country.

"Puff, puff!" Two sounds, and bright red blood flowed from the Puppet Army soldier's neck.

"This is a Cigarette brought from Shanghai, top-tier goods, please have a try!"

Saying this, Wu Dazhi handed a box of Cigarette to Guida Saburo.

"Platoon Leader Wu, yours is very good, a representative of Sino-Japanese friendship!"

Just like that, the two worked while moving closer to the bushes on the right; after working for a while, the man in black gave Huzi a wink.

Guida Saburo looked at Wu Dazhi with satisfaction; although he did not know what Wu Dazhi was saying, from the Cigarette handed over by the other party, Guida Saburo knew that this was a tribute to him.

"If we withdraw voluntarily now, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Japanese Army; after all, if you have nothing to hide, why are you running?"

Huzi took a quiet look: "Seen it, Regimental Commander!"

"There are two Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun on the ground, and the remaining thirty or so Japanese Army soldiers, with about twenty or thirty Puppet Army soldiers!"

Huzi and the man in black picked up the Hanyang Rifle and fired at the Japanese Army assistant gunner on the Watchtower.

The man in black suddenly felt something was wrong, and just as he was about to speed up his pace, the Interpreter among the Japanese Army cavalry shouted: "Platoon Leader Wu, stop them all for me!"

Very quickly!

Zhu Ziming looked at Huzi and the man in black, "Since you killed them, let's calculate things now."

Wu Dazhi had a second thought and felt that this matter had great potential, "Your Excellency!"

However, he was confident in overseeing a few laborers now; after Guida Saburo heard this, he felt that Wu Dazhi's idea was very good.

The Interpreter, seeing the face of the silver dollar, spoke in a low voice.

"The money has long been spent, and now we are worried about having food to eat!!"

"Your Excellency, I have a way."

Zhou Weiguo and Huzi on the side saw this scene and felt that this group of bandits from Qingfeng Stronghold was quite interesting; in terms of equipment, this group of people could also hold their own, even better than some local armies.

"Three Type 11 Light Machine Gun, three Grenade Launcher, this is the standard configuration for a Japanese Army squad; as for the remaining devils, I reckon they are grabbing commoners everywhere with the Puppet Army!"

Very quickly, Wu Dazhi expressed his thoughts to the Interpreter, which was that the Imperial Army should all scatter to capture commoners, and the matter of overseeing the Blockhouse progress could be left to the Puppet Army; Wu Dazhi also indicated that although his team's combat effectiveness was not good.

Guida Saburo saw Wu Dazhi come up to speak and hurriedly asked the Interpreter to translate.

He scanned the surrounding environment: "This is all open ground, and the Outpost set up by the little devils can just overlook the surrounding environment."

The man in black heard this, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Steady your breath, see the bushes on the right?"

"It looks like the Japanese Army force here is less than a squad!"

"If the enemy comes to raid, this will be troublesome."

The combat effectiveness of the Puppet Army was indeed worrying; if they went out to grab commoners and encountered the Republic of China Army, he would still have to spend time rescuing them, so it was better to let the Puppet Army oversee the commoners here.

"Slip out when the sky is dim!"

Following closely, a Detachment Leader sergeant grabbed another batch of commoners, and after bringing the commoners to the back of the Blockhouse, the sergeant Ono Hiroshi came to Guida Saburo.

He whispered: "Regimental Commander, if we hadn't dawdled on the road just now, we would have already left this Checkpoint!!"

Zhou Weiguo looked at Zhu Ziming: "No problem, you can take these guns!"

"Now there is a serious shortage of labor, what should be done?"

Looking at the sturdy man up and down, Wu Dazhi's hat was worn askew, "Kid, are there any more?"

However!

Guida Saburo puffed on the Cigarette, and he exhaled smoke rings from his mouth: "Ono-kun, since that's the case, your detachment will continue to expand the search range and capture commoners."

Because the main force of the Japanese Army had also been transferred to grab commoners, the Puppet Army left behind here, facing the strong firepower advantage of Zhu Ziming and others, simply could not hold them back.

"There is nothing on me, not even a single Legal Tender!"

Wu Dazhi personally led a Platoon of the Puppet Army to assist the Japanese Army!

The series of changes in the little devils' actions were all seen by Huzi: "Regimental Commander!"

The sturdy man and the man in black dared not move any further, and then the Interpreter said: "You are very lucky today; the Imperial Army is building a Blockhouse, this is your honor, now all follow me."

Wu Dazhi was on the side, seeing the two devils whispering for a long time, he didn't know what the two devils were saying, so he took a silver dollar out of his pocket and handed it to the Interpreter.

The sturdy man shook his head: "Officer, there is no more, I gave it all to you!"

The two inspecting Puppet Army soldiers searched the sturdy man and the man in black, and found that these two people were as poor as beggars, with no profit to be made!

The two Puppet Army soldiers looked at the sturdy man and the man in black, found that these two people were disheveled and their clothes were tattered, felt there was no profit to be made, and cursed: "Damn, are you two beggars?"

The first moment he entered the Japanese Army Blockhouse, Zhu Ziming asked the Second Boss to clean up the battlefield, while he himself came to Huzi and the man in black!

"The few devils opposite were all killed by you two?!"

"Just relying on the two of us, now we have no money and no guns; once we run, we will only become live targets for the little devils."

"Bang bang bang!! ——"

Huzi wanted to speak, but was pressed down by Zhou Weiguo: "Fighting the devils is fine!"

Ono Hiroshi heard this, and his brows frowned slightly: "Squad Leader, after my detachment expands its range, the manpower for this Blockhouse will be a bit tight."

Hearing this, the man in black clothes pondered for a moment: "No!"

Now the funds scraped together would be treated as anti-Japanese war funds; the Second Boss also indicated that they would not take all the money, and would give everyone a silver dollar as travel expenses to let them go home; after finishing, the Second Boss also began to distribute travel expenses to the commoners.

Just at this time, a small squad of Japanese Army cavalry headed straight for the Checkpoint!

Wu Dazhi pulled out the Mauser C96 at his waist and brought a few brothers forward, "All of you, stop for me."

Huzi nodded to show he understood; just as the two were about to take action, suddenly, three gunshots rang out.

The sturdy man hurriedly interjected: "Two officers, we haven't eaten for two days, and we've been surviving on grass roots and tree bark along the way."

The Second Boss of Qingfeng Stronghold also gathered the commoners together, and after cleaning up the battlefield, he had the Second Boss strip clean any commoner who had any money on them.

"Got it! Regimental Commander, I understand!"

"Sigh!" Huzi nodded: "Regimental Commander, I'll listen to you!"

"Are you bastards looking to eat a bullet!!"

The man in black had faster and more accurate marksmanship than Huzi, firing two shots in succession to take out the assistant gunners of the two outposts.

Seeing that these two men truly had no more silver dollars, Wu Dazhi nodded and had his men let them pass, but at this very moment, the Japanese Army cavalry charged over, blocking the sturdy man and the man in black directly in their path.

"How can everyone who joins want to be the Big Boss? You're lucky you ran into me, Zhu Ziming; if it were any other mountain lord, they might have demanded two of your fingers."

These two men had accurate marksmanship, and in his heart, Zhu Ziming still wanted to recruit them into the group.

(End of chapter)