Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2469 Return of Dragon Boat Festival!

Under the night sky, the stars are like lost pearls in ancient legends, inlaid in the deep sky, twinkling with distant light.

The moon, like a shy beauty, hides behind the clouds, leaving only a faint, imperceptible silver glow, adding a bit of tranquility to the silent night.

At this time, a young man wearing a Mongolian robe and riding a horse was galloping in the boundless night.

The horses galloped, their hooves raising clouds of dust, and every step of the hoof was accompanied by a slight tremor of the stars.

Accompanied by the stars and walking with the moonlight, the figure of the Dragon Boat Festival stretched out under the starlight and gradually turned into a black line.

And this young man in Mongolian robe is Duanwu.

Duanwu was very anxious at this time.

Of course, it wasn't that he really had any thoughts about the Fire Phoenix.

But Phoenix City is very important. Phoenix City is located in the mountains, and there are five or six villages built by the devils nearby.

If Duanwu wants to establish a base in Songyuan area, then Phoenix City is his best choice.

Radiating outward with Phoenix City as the center, the villages and towns built by the Japanese with great effort will become his best support.

Those were soldiers and enough food to support the entire army.

Therefore, and precisely because of this, Duanwu cannot let anything happen to Phoenix City.

Moreover, his cooperation with Huo Feng has begun to show results.

When Huo Feng asked him to kill Qing Mu, she had already boarded his boat.

In the future, if the Japanese continue to press forward, Huo Feng will naturally rebel.

By that time, Duanwu would have sent troops to conquer the vast area west of Songyuan City, and the prototype of the base would have been formed.

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Of course, this would take time. First, Duanwu's troops were insufficient. Second, Duanwu did not have enough weapons and equipment to deal with the devil's crazy counterattack.

Judging from history, the Battle of Wuhan will end soon, but Duanwu is not sure what the outcome of this battle will be.

After he came to the Northeast, he became cut off from news. He could only hear fragmentary information about the battle situation from Ma Ping'an's contact with the underground party, and that was not very accurate.

After all, it was the Kuomintang that was fighting on the front line, and the Kuomintang was defending against the underground party like it was defending against a flood or a beast.

So even if there were the latest battle reports, the underground party would not be able to get them.

However, Duanwu knew the general situation. The Japanese suffered heavy losses, but they were still advancing. According to the intelligence from the underground party, this stop should be to use Wuhan's city defense to annihilate a large number of Japanese forces.

This is a good tactic, because if the Chinese army cares too much about the gains and losses of a city or a place, it will suffer huge losses. In the long run, the Japanese advantage will become more and more obvious.

On the contrary, in every battle in the city, the enemy's manpower can be destroyed, and it may seem that the enemy has won in a short period of time. But in fact, the enemy's overall strength is constantly being weakened.

But Duanwu still felt a little regretful, because if he could be allowed to command this battle, it would probably become a turning point for a full-scale counterattack.

Of course, Duanwu was not discouraged, because as long as the guerrillas grew stronger, starting from the Northeast, destroying the Japanese base would be more significant than a major counterattack.

The Northeast was the Japanese's springboard. Without this springboard, it would be impossible for the Japanese to continue moving south, and they could not even fight the Battle of Shanghai.

Therefore, Duanwu must destroy the Northeast, the base that the Japanese have operated for six years.

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon it was daybreak. When a ray of morning glow appeared in the eastern sky, the guerrillas' base was already within reach.

This is all thanks to the Ferghana horse that Wu Gan gave to Duanwu. This horse is so fast that it can travel a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles at night. It really lives up to its reputation.

If it was his previous warhorse, even if it ran for a day and a half, it would probably still be more than ten kilometers away from the camp.

But at this time, just in the morning, he had already returned to the base.

When the sentry saw Duanwu returning, in addition to joy, he was also stunned by the warhorse Duanwu was riding.

The horse's body was covered with a layer of fine and shiny maroon mane, which seemed to be coated with a faint golden glow in the morning light.

The sweat on its skin was faintly red, causing the sentry to exclaim, "A sweat-blooded horse?"

Duanwu smiled slightly and patted the horse's back gently. The horse seemed to understand its master's intention and lowered its head obediently.

Duanwu jumped off the horse, handed the reins to the sentry and said, "Find someone to feed this horse well for me. If it gets hungry and thin, I will hold you responsible."

"Yes, Leader Ye!"

The sentry was delighted, because this was a Ferghana horse. He remembered that his grandfather had told him that in his early years, his grandfather had seen one when he was feeding horses for the prince. He said that the horse was extremely majestic and its neighing sounded like a dragon's roar.

But unexpectedly, today, he had the chance to see it.

The sentry happily led the horse away.

At the same time, Duanwu had already entered the base, and the soldiers saluted him one by one.

Duanwu nodded repeatedly, and at this moment, Ma Pingan, Long Qianyan, and the injured Ma Shanpao all rushed over.

Ma Shanpao has recovered a lot after a few days of recuperation. His original injury was not fatal, but the wound was infected with tetanus.

As long as he had enough anti-inflammatory drugs, he soon got better, but he was still a little weak.

Duanwu glanced at Ma Shanpao and patted him on the shoulder. Because it's good as long as it's good.

Ma Shanpao and Long Qianyan were both his right-hand men at this time, and they were very handy in using the Dragon Boat Festival.

The same goes for Ma Hu and Li Ergou, but the troops have not developed at this time, otherwise Duanwu would definitely give Ma Hu and Li Ergou the position of captain.

Moreover, Duanwu also wanted to set up an intelligence department and an investigation department.

Of course, this requires the troops to grow first.

Ma Pingan asked first: "Have the issues of the Wugan tribe been resolved?"

Duanwu nodded and said, "It's all resolved, but I don't think the Japanese will give up so easily."

At this point, Duanwu asked, "How is Phoenix City doing now? Did they have any other news when I came back?"

Ma Pingan sighed and said, "It is said that before noon today, the newly appointed devil will bring people to Phoenix City. It is unclear what they are going to do. Should we destroy this group of devils as well?"

Duanwu thought for a while and said, "My plan is to rest and recuperate for a while, learn about the terrain and personnel backgrounds around us, and then grow and establish our own base with Phoenix City as the center. Otherwise, with our current situation, once a large-scale war with the devils begins, we will not be able to stop it at all."

Ma Ping'an nodded and said solemnly, "When you left, I contacted the underground party organization. Now, except for a small number of Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces still active in many areas of the Northeast, the main force has been driven to the area north of the Greater Khingan Range by the Japanese. So I'm afraid that from now on, we can only rely on ourselves."

But at this point, Ma Pingan paused and said, "But I heard that there is an anti-Japanese brigade in the north of Songyuan, near Xiaoxing'anling, and it seems to have several hundred people. What if we can contact them and then combine the two forces?"