Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 728
On April 1942, 4, the various departments of the Eighth Route Army returned to their respective bases one after another after a temporary rest in the southern Hebei base area.

The division headquarters and the 385th Brigade of the Taibei Military Region and the New Tenth Brigade passed the Zhengtai Line from the north of Xingtai. The regiment and the American Mountain Artillery Battalion returned to the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, while Zhou Weihan led the supplementary regiment back to Tainan.

In this battle with the 110th Division, in addition to the weapons and ammunition seized by the Eighth Route Army, the most important gains were more than [-] artillery pieces from the Japanese Artillery Wing and a fully staffed field hospital.

Before the war, the head of the division emphasized that the medical staff of the 110th Division should be well protected during combat.

Outside Pingshun City, it is still as prosperous as before. It seems that the repeated battles between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese Army have not affected the prosperity of the trading market.

"Commissioner, isn't this the way to the headquarters?" The monk reminded him.

"Nonsense!" Zhou Weihan gave the monk a blank look and said, "When I get home, I must see my wife and children first!"

"That is, that is, my sister-in-law and Tai Nan must miss you!" The monk smiled mischievously.

The reconnaissance company went to the station in the city, and Zhou Weihan and the three rushed to the division compound, when they heard the noise of children coming from the courtyard where Zhou Weihan lived. The little boy rushed out, and the two collided head-on, followed by a group of children of about the same age.

"Ouch!" The five or six-year-old boy bumped into the tall monk Wei, and the fate was obvious.

"Hey, where is the child, are you okay!" Seeing this, the monk hurried forward to help the little boy up.

"Smi Masai!" The little boy took the initiative to bow to the monk.

"Little devil?" The monk subconsciously pulled out the short spear from his waist, while Wan Jingang stood in front of Zhou Weihan.

Young children are the most sensitive to changes in their environment. When the little boy saw the adult in front of him pull out a gun, he was so frightened that he burst into tears and came out in a flash. One of the little girls ran away when she saw this. Run to the room where Wen Qiang is.

"Smi Maasai, Smi Maasai!"

"Okay, Monk, put away your guns!" Zhou Weihan also wondered when there would be a group of Japanese children in his residence.

Before Zhou Weihan could think about it, Wen Qiang walked over holding the hand of the little girl who had gone to report the news: "When did you come back?"

"Just arrived, who are these children?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"It was said that they were brought back from the Jingxing Coal Mine, but I don't know the details. The nursery school was short of manpower, and I can understand Japanese, so I brought back a few!" Wen Qiang explained, and then smiled at the group of children in front of her. Said: "This is your Uncle Zhou, called Uncle Zhou!"

Since Wen Qiang arrived, a group of children seem to have found the master, one by one, hiding behind Wen Qiang timidly.

"Uncle Zhou!"

"Okay, let's play, remember, don't run out of the yard!" Wen Qiang instructed.

"Where's the son?"

"I'm sleeping in the house. During this time, I ate and slept all day, and I ate and slept. I'm very good!"

Zhou Weihan looked back and saw that the monk and Wan Jingang were standing at the entrance of the courtyard like two door gods, and immediately said: "Why are you still standing there, look at the two of you scaring the children, monk, arrange a place for Wan Jingang! "

After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he dragged Wen Qiang into the room. Zhou Tainan was lying on the bed quietly, and beside him was another child of about the same age.

"This is?" Zhou Weihan said with a look of astonishment.

"The little guy's name is Shimokawa Yumiko. I heard from comrades that both her parents died in the war. I thought, take one child and two children, so I asked the comrades in the nursery to send them here!"

"Tell me, how about letting her be Zhou Tainan's younger sister?" Wen Qiang said while touching Yumiko's small face.

"I personally have no opinion, but these children have special identities, and how to deal with them needs to be discussed in a meeting!" Zhou Weihan said.

The two stayed in the room for a while, Zhou Weihan was still thinking about the group of Japanese children, and then he went straight to Xing Zhiguo.

"Yo, Chief of Staff Xing's face is full of red, it seems that his life is going well recently!" Zhou Weihan joked.

"How can I compare with you, Mr. Zhou? I've heard that the army almost broke into Shimen. You've lost your prestige!" Xing Zhiguo said.

Ever since Xing Zhiguo asked for a wife, his whole personality has gradually changed, he is no longer as boring as before, and he is becoming more and more energetic. Zhou Weihan and Zhao Gang whispered in private that Xing Zhiguo is the right wife.

"It's just a pity. At that time, the troops spent all their time on building fortifications. If there was an extra day, Shimen would have been taken down!" Zhou Weihan said regretfully.

"Hey, it's okay. The results achieved so far are unprecedented. The main force of the 110th Division was wiped out in one battle. You don't know it yet. During the two days you were away, the headquarters took the initiative to expose the location and lure the Japanese troops who stayed in the city to leave the city. One fell swoop. Annihilate these little devils!"

"There was a lot of friction between Chu Yunfei's only brigade and Kong Jie's independent regiment in Tunliu, and even Fan Hanjie's 24th Army was dispatched. Later, perhaps he knew that our army wiped out the 110th Division on the Shide Line. After hearing the news, the national army will withdraw on its own initiative!"

"Fan Hanjie also sent a report saying, please mediate in the center about the division of the Taiyue Military Region and the National Army's territory!" Xing Zhiguo continued.

Zhou Weihan stared at the words: "Wait, can you still spit out what you ate?"

Immediately, the conversation changed, and Zhou Weihan asked about the group of Japanese army children.

"Most of these children are orphans of Japanese expatriates. After the Ci County Base Regiment returned to the base area, they left these children in Pingshun. I asked someone to make statistics!" Xing Zhiguo said and took out a booklet from a drawer.

Due to the increasing demand for coal, coal mines in the Hebei-Shandong-Henan region not only need to go north to supply the southern Hebei base area, but also need to be transported to the Taihang base area by land, in addition to meeting their own needs, which is too time-consuming and laborious.

Therefore, the Tainan Military Region sold a coal mine from the Japanese in the Fengfeng Mining Area, which was usually run by the Ci County Base Group. All the mining equipment and Chinese laborers seized in the Jingxing Mining Area went to Ci County together.

In the pamphlet that Xing Zhiguo handed to Zhou Weihan, it was clearly recorded that there were 256 adult Japanese expatriates, 55 children over six years old, and 40 children under six years old.

Each person's family relationship and social background are clearly marked behind each person's name.

"After these people were sent to Pingshun, I conducted a special investigation. They all came from a company called Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan. When our army attacked the Jingxing mining area, the Japanese army armed all the adult foreigners over 15 years old in the mining area. , more than half of the adult expatriates were killed or injured!"

"Many of the children who survived became orphans. Their parents died in the war. Those over six years old were sent to the Anti-War League, and those under six were sent to nursery schools. Of course, there were some like Comrade Wen Qiang, who shared a lot of pressure. !” said Xing Zhiguo.

"After discussing with Old Zhao and Comrade Yunshan, we will wait for you to come back and make specific arrangements!"

Zhou Weihan heard the words and said, "What's your opinion?"

"Our army fought and captured Japanese troops has become a normal phenomenon. Most of them were influenced and joined the anti-war alliance and worked inside our army. Naturally, these adult Japanese expatriates can do the same!"

"The trouble is that for these children, those whose parents are still alive can stay with their father or mother in the base area, and those who have become orphans can also stay, but there are 18 children whose relatives are in Shimen. How should these people be dealt with?" said Xing Zhiguo. .

"Send them back to Shimen, but the Japanese expats need to write a letter of proof to prove the identities of these children!" Zhou Weihan said.

"Okay, just do it!"

In fact, sending these Japanese children to Handan was relatively easy, but Zhou Weihan considered that Shimen was currently in turmoil, and if the Eighth Route Army sent the Japanese children directly to Shimen, it would be a better propaganda offensive.

Thinking of this, Zhou Weihan wrote a letter himself:

The tyranny of the Japanese clan invaded China, and the war lasted for four years. The people of China and Japan were killed, injured, disabled, and displaced.

Responsibility for such tragic incidents should be entirely borne by the Japanese clan.

This time our army attacked the Zhengtai line and recovered the Jingxing mining area in one fell swoop, and captured some overseas Chinese. After investigation, it was learned that there were still 18 family members of young children staying in Shimen.

Our army was unwilling to take the initiative to provoke a war, but this is a national war between China and Japan, and we should fight back vigorously. It is a pity that ordinary people should not suffer from the chaos of war, and I can't bear to be separated from each other.

After careful consideration by our army, I would like to send it back here, and please hand it over to his relatives for upbringing. Fortunately, those innocent children will not be degraded to a foreign land and buried in a ravine.

The people of China and Japan have no enmity at all, and they do not seek the dictatorship of the Japanese tyrants. They use their vicious methods to expropriate and extort money internally, and create wars externally.

As a result, the Japanese people live uneasy, living a difficult life, leaving their homes, risking war, widowed wives, lonely sons, and single parents.

As for the peaceful residents of China, burning, killing, prostitution and looting were even more rampant, inhumane, casualties and exiles, causing severe pain and suffering.

This is actually the unprecedented catastrophe of the two great nations of China and Japan, and the heinous crimes of the Japanese tyrants.

But the Chinese people never regard the Japanese soldiers and people as their enemies, so they insisted on the war of resistance, and those who swore to resist the Japanese were forced to defend themselves against the Japanese aggression.

And the invasion of China was not the will of the Japanese soldiers and people, nor was it just a coercion of the Japanese clan.

For the current plan, the soldiers and people of China and Japan should join hands to immediately oppose and eliminate this evil war, and overthrow the Japanese warlords and chaebols, so as to strive for the true liberation, freedom and happiness of the two major nations, otherwise the Chinese people will surely die. It will be even more difficult, and the future of the king will be unimaginable.

The spirit of our Eighth Route Army's internationalism, benevolence and righteousness, has a beginning and an end. It must fight to the end for the survival of the Chinese nation and the eternal peace of mankind, and it must fight to the end with the barbaric Japanese clan.

Shen Wangjun and others are awakened and work together with the Chinese soldiers and people to conspire for liberation. Japan is very fortunate, and China is also very fortunate.

Zhou Weihan wrote his own name on the signature of the letter.

On the same day, after Zhou Weihan discussed with Xing Zhiguo, he immediately notified the reconnaissance company that had just returned to the base area to carry out this task.

That night, Zhou Weihan called Cao Dabao, the commander of the reconnaissance company, and handed over the Japanese expatriate and his own letter to Cao Dabao.

"This mission does not involve combat, but it is very important. These 18 Japanese children must be delivered safely to Shimen. The two letters need to be handed over to the top Japanese army in Shimen. Your reconnaissance company also came back from Shimen, and the surrounding environment is also very important. Familiar, can you complete the task?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Commissioner, Chief of Staff, my reconnaissance company promises to complete the mission!" Cao Dabao responded.

"Okay, let's go tomorrow morning!"

At dawn the next day, all the members of the reconnaissance company rode horses, and brought four carriages separately, covered them with quilts, and used them to carry these Japanese children.

When the reconnaissance company set off, the propaganda officer of the headquarters specially took a group photo for the group.

It is a full six hundred miles from Pingshun to Shimen, crossing half of the Taihang Mountains. Because it is inconvenient to travel with children, it took a group of six days to reach Nanzuo in the southwest of Shimen.

Nanzuo borders the Taibei Military Region, and to the south is a guerrilla zone. This place was captured by the Eighth Route Army. After the Eighth Route Army retreated, the Japanese army in Shimen sent personnel to repair the stronghold again.

When the reconnaissance company arrived near Nanzuo, Cao Dabao immediately ordered the troops to stop and look for a place to hide. He personally took several soldiers and a Japanese child in his teens to Nanzuo.

When soldiers wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army appeared outside the stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops inside the stronghold suddenly felt like a formidable enemy.

When the two little devils in the stronghold were about to let the puppet army shoot, they saw a teenage child walking towards the stronghold holding a sun flag.

"You guys, don't shoot yet!" After the little devil finished speaking, he hurried into the gun tower from the top of the gun tower, and found another kid who was observing through the shooting hole: "Mr. Cunshan, you look like one of your own!"

"Notice, don't shoot, I'll check it myself!" Murayama Jiro said.

The two little devils are under the age of seventeen or eighteen at most, and the fluff on their mouths has not been shaved clean.

After some exchanges, the reconnaissance company appeared outside the Nanzuo stronghold openly. Jiro Murayama lowered his proud head and said in a low voice: "Your army is righteous, our army is ashamed!"

"Don't waste any more time. There are babies who are still in their infancy. You can't stand the trouble. You should inform your superiors that we will send these children to Shimen in person!" Cao Dabao said, referring to the Japanese army.

"Hi, please wait!" Murayama Jiro replied.

Over the phone, the Eighth Route Army's return of the children of the Japanese expatriates quickly reached the ears of the highest officer in Shimen, Shan Zhongchaoyi. Although the little devil couldn't figure out what the Eighth Route Army was doing, he immediately ordered the strongholds along the way to let them go.

After that, under the escort of the Japanese army, the reconnaissance company went all the way to Shimen, and all the Japanese strongholds along the way also learned about the return of the children of the overseas Chinese by the Eighth Route Army.

　The content of the letter was plagiarized. When I saw it at the time, I really felt that the martyrs had a broad mind, so I still remembered it, so I wrote it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)