Chapter 552: Surname Thanks
Chapter 552: Surname Thanks
"I heard that there are wars everywhere and the Japanese soldiers are almost wiped out. Many towns and counties around Taierzhuang, and even in Xuzhou, have been pulled to the front line. Now there are very few Japanese soldiers behind the Japanese. Even if the Japanese come back, they probably won't be able to mobilize many troops. With the sharpshooter leading us, we can definitely defend our homeland."
"The Japanese are not invincible. I am going to join the army, and I will definitely have a bright future following this commander."
"I heard that he is the leader of the underground party and he came from Shanghai. It is said that the underground party has already recaptured Shanghai, Anhui, and most of Jiangsu. I think it won't take long before the whole of Jiangsu can be recaptured."
"Okay, let's join the underground party and follow this commander. Those damn devils have long wanted to kill them."
With someone taking the lead, word spread quickly and more and more people began to rush back to the central square and join the army enthusiastically.
For a while.
The whole Taierzhuang was shrouded in a sea of cheers.
The voice of defeating the Japanese.
Spread throughout the streets.
More and more energetic young people began to volunteer to join the underground party, dozens of people, a hundred people, and three hundred people.
In the central square, Ye Feng looked at these ragged, skinny young men, feeling mixed emotions. They should have been high-spirited and vigorous young men, but now? They were all weathered and dull, like old men ravaged by time.
"This city is a city of heroes."
"Each of you is a descendant of a hero."
"From today on, each of you will pick up a gun and become part of the Chinese armed forces fighting against the Japanese invaders. You will be part of the Taierzhuang Independent Battalion, and you will be the first batch of soldiers in the independent battalion."
"I hope that from now on, you will live up to the gun in your hand and live up to your identity as a son of the Chinese nation."
"Don't bring shame to our ancestors, don't bring shame to the City of Heroes."
"Can it be done?"
In response to Ye Feng, there was a collective shout like a tsunami, the sound was like thunder and filled the sky.
Ye Feng stood in front, raised his arms and shouted:
"Down with the Japanese invaders and restore China."
The three hundred warriors in front of him all raised their arms and shouted towards the sky with a deafening roar:
"Down with the Japanese invaders and restore China."
"Down with the Japanese invaders and restore China."
"Down with the Japanese invaders and restore China."
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At this moment, the people outside were also infected by the high-spirited scene and started shouting.
Many elderly people who gathered at the scene already had tears in their eyes and were filled with emotion.
Many women and children cried for joy and hugged each other.
Although everyone's face and body bear the traces of being tortured by the years, their eyes have begun to light up.
Their expressions were no longer numb, but showed longing and hope.
For many days and nights, they have dreamed over and over again that they could drive away the Japanese devils and live a good life where they could be the masters of their own destiny, no longer having to be oppressed by the Japanese and no longer having to worry about the danger of being harmed by the Japanese every day. Today, their dream has finally come true.
Ye Feng also gave orders to the soldiers of the independent battalion, divided into platoons, with some responsible for maintaining order at the scene, some responsible for moving goods, and some responsible for helping the elderly and children with mobility impairments.
Zhang Ye, along with a dozen or so comrades from the party organization, began distributing food one by one.
At this time.
A white-haired old man walked up to Ye Feng and was about to kneel down to him. Ye Feng hurriedly supported the old man. How could a younger generation like him let an elder kneel down? "Grandpa, there's no need to do this. I just did what I could, and I feel guilty. If I had known earlier, I should have rushed to Taierzhuang faster to make the people here suffer, and to make you suffer."
The old man burst into tears of gratitude and said, "Young man, I still want to thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I don't know how many families would have died of hunger or frozen to death this winter. It is you who saved thousands of families."
"You are great, and all of you underground party members are great."
"On behalf of the folks of Taierzhuang, I would like to thank you, thank you, thank you..."
Many people around also followed the old man, and everyone expressed their gratitude to Ye Feng with grateful expressions and looks.
What caught Ye Feng off guard was that many people who received food and clothing bowed to Ye Feng to express their gratitude from a distance.
These are the common people of our China!
As long as you are nice to them, they will be ten or a hundred times grateful to you.
Our soldiers are a group of lovely people.
Our people are also a group of kind-hearted people who know how to repay kindness.
Looking at those simple and kind faces, Ye Feng really wanted to make up his mind to return along the same route, lead the anti-Japanese armed forces, attack Nanjing, capture Xuzhou, and recover the entire Jiangsu province.
Save the suffering people in towns, counties and cities.
During this half day, Ye Feng took off the image of the killer who killed everyone on the battlefield. The murderous look on his face faded and he became an amiable and humble young man. He chatted and talked with the people. He had a great time chatting with everyone, understanding the people's life difficulties and everyone's physical condition.
At the same time, he was also promoting some progressive ideas of the party organization, so that more people would join the anti-Japanese armed camp and become part of the fight against the Japanese invaders.
Just as Ye Feng expected, after recapturing Taierzhuang, no Japanese troops came to attack for three days.
During these two days, Ye Feng also made deployment plans for Taierzhuang.
An independent battalion of troops was formed to carry out emergency military training, and one thousand reservists were recruited.
Several lines of defense were also set up outside Taierzhuang.
Ye Feng also secretly released the message through some channels that any Japanese who dared to approach or attack the ancient city of Taierzhuang, the hero's hometown, would be killed without mercy!
This is Ye Feng’s warning.
On the Japanese side, no one dares not to act cautiously.
Of course, the Japanese were also very clear that if they withdrew troops to attack Taierzhuang at this time, it would obviously be counterproductive. With Ye Feng in charge, even if you sent a brigade, you probably wouldn't be able to capture it, and you would face the danger of annihilation.
What if we send a division?
However, the Japanese were short of troops and it was difficult to mobilize a division of 2.5 people.
The Battle of Taierzhuang that year.
More than 2 Japanese have died here.
If we fight another battle, I'm afraid even more people will be killed.
It's just a county town. Just give up. It doesn't matter. It's not a big city like Xuzhou.
A few days later, Ye Feng arranged everything in Taierzhuang, and took Song Yu and the others to continue their journey.
For the rest of the journey, Ye Feng did not engage in any battles, nor did he attack towns and counties. He set out in stealth along the way, like a fish or a dragon entering the sea, and completely disappeared from the sight of the Japanese.
When passing through Xuzhou, they only sneaked in for half a day to gather some enemy military intelligence about Xuzhou.
The vehicle drove into the Central Plains, passing through Xinyang, Zhumadian, Xuchang, and then arrived in Zhengzhou.
There is a large airport controlled by the Japanese in Zhengzhou.
A combat mission came from the Yan'an headquarters, asking Ye Feng to cooperate with the surrounding guerrillas to launch an attack on the devil's airport and completely destroy all the Japanese flying fighter planes at the airport.
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