"Chief Zhong, brothers, we really can't take it anymore. If this continues, we will all die."
"Chief Zhong, it doesn't matter if we die on the battlefield, but we have to die of thirst. This way of death is too cruel."
"Chief Zhong, you see, most of the fortress villages are surrendering. Even if we exhaust all our people, there is no point in digging ditches in the dry riverbed to restore the water supply."
"Chief Zhong, let's withdraw."
…
Those who go back to fetch water never come back.
The Imperial Army did not even think about it. Most of the people who went to fetch water were ambushed.
The weather is so hot that some people are suffering from heatstroke due to the sun.
Even the wounds of some of the lightly injured people began to fester and become infected.
Coupled with two more landmines, the one hundred and eighty men once again experienced serious attrition, with less than fifty people remaining.
This includes engineers and soldiers.
As a result, the remaining Imperial Alliance troops no longer cared about whether it was appropriate or not, and some of them took the initiative to tell Wu Ze to evacuate.
Facing the miserable situation of the Imperial Army, Wu Ze looked worried and troubled: "Brothers, why don't I want to withdraw? I also saw that the several fortresses we passed by were all surrendering. Even if we dig a ditch and connect the water supply at this time, it won't make much sense, but we failed in the task. This is a fact. If we go back, will the stationmaster let us go?"
After listening to Wu Ze's words, the remaining dozens of Imperial Army soldiers also became worried:
"Yes, we failed in our mission. If we go back like this, the station commander probably won't let us go."
"The twenty-odd fortress villages will definitely be gone, and the stationmaster will have to find a scapegoat."
"But if we don't go back now, we will die of thirst in the wild."
"Yes, according to me, instead of being thirsty to death in the wild, it is better to go back and give it a try. Maybe the stationmaster will be lenient to us because of our hard work and the difficulty."
"Yes, continuing to stay in the wild is a dead end. It's better to go back and try your luck, what do you think, Chief Zhong?"
…
Faced with the sorrow of the Imperial Army, Wu Ze pretended to sigh: "Well, it seems we can only resign ourselves to fate. Anyway, continuing to go to Wenyang River and waiting in the wild will be a dead end. It is better to go back..."
Before Wu Ze finished speaking, a soldier from the Royal Association suddenly brightened his eyes and interrupted Wu Ze: "Chief Zhong, actually we still have a third way to go."
"Third way?" Wu Ze paused, probably guessing what the Imperial Army soldier was going to say, but he still pretended not to know and asked.
In the current situation, the third way is definitely to surrender to the 18th Army.
The 18th Army treated the prisoners preferentially, surrendered, and had food and clothing. How good it was.
As expected by Wu Ze, the soldier of the Imperial Alliance Army said: "We will have a narrow escape if we go back. If we confront Tubal Road in the wild, we will face death. Why don't we surrender to Tubal Road? It is said that they treat prisoners preferentially..."
Before the Imperial Alliance soldier could finish his words, Wu Ze kicked him over and cursed: "You idiot, if you are looking for death, go die yourself and don't get involved with us."
The words of this Imperial Alliance soldier were like pointing a clear path to other Imperial Alliance soldiers. Someone said to Wu Ze suspiciously: "Chief Zhong, how can you be seeking death? Tubal Road really treats prisoners well..."
Wu Ze pretended to interrupt right away: "You surrendered, but where are your family members? They are still attacking the city. Think about it, how will the station commander treat your family members?"
With a sigh, all the soldiers of the Imperial Association fell silent.
Their family members are all rushing to the city. Once they surrender, their family members will definitely be killed by Pu You.
However, some idiots still said: "Then let's go to the city, secretly take the family members out, and then surrender to Tubal Road?"
Wu Ze pretended to be angry and kicked him over: "You fucking know how to surrender. Do you think the family members can be brought out so easily? Do you think the imperial soldiers at the city gate are just decorations? If you don't have a note, you do this. It will only make your family members die faster."
In order to prevent the Imperial Association Army from surrendering to the enemy with their families, the Japanese army took very strict measures.
No family member is allowed to leave the city as a whole, and an approval slip is required.
Wu Ze continued to add: "Besides, even if you can take your family members to join the 18th Army, do you think this is your way to survive?"
"Chief Zhong, why is this not a way to survive?"
"Are you fucking blind!" Wu Ze scolded, "Can't you see what the 18th Army Group is doing in front of you? They are looting more than 20 fortresses. Do you think the Imperial Army can swallow this? I dare say that as soon as the imperial army frees up its hands, it will immediately have to mobilize heavy troops to carry out a brutal encirclement and suppression campaign against the 18th Army. At that time, let alone the 18th Army, their so-called base area will not even be a rat. It's impossible for them to survive. Use your pig brain carefully, can we vote for this idiot?"
Wu Ze's words immediately won the approval of the Imperial Association Army:
"Yes, what Chief Zhong said is correct. Millions of national troops have been killed by the imperial army. The three divisions of the 18th Group Military Region will definitely not even have any dregs left."
"Yes, yes, if we surrender, we will follow the 18th Army on the road. This is a road to death!"
"On the surface, the 18th Army treats prisoners preferentially, but in fact, it will still kill those who have done too many bad things. Don't listen to Tubalu's lies."
"That's right. If you surrender to earth, you might as well continue to stay in the wild."
…
"Okay, brothers, I can't force you to die. This mission cannot be completed. Let's go back." After Wu Ze "stabilized" the morale of the army, he sighed again: "Death or death?" Live, it depends on your fate.”
"Yes, it's up to us whether we die or live." All the Imperial Army soldiers followed Wu Ze back to Station 23 with this thought in mind.
When they came out, the Imperial Army soldiers were all strong, but their movements were as slow as a tortoise.
Now that we are back, everyone in the Imperial Alliance Army is actually very weak, and many of them are injured, but their movements are very smooth, like agile rabbits, they followed Wu Ze back to Station 23 with a little chirp... …This description may be a bit exaggerated, but that’s basically what it means.
As soon as he returned to Station 23, Wu Ze immediately ordered people to bring water up, and the Imperial Alliance troops immediately started grabbing it:
"I'm so thirsty, I'm so thirsty."
"This is my water, no one can take it from me!"
"You're so fucking blind, you're stepping on me."
…
The Imperial Army soldiers were in chaos fighting for water.
As soon as Wu Ze took a sip, he saw a car driving to the gate of Station 23. This was Pu You's car.
Wu Ze quickly yelled at the Imperial Alliance Army: "The station commander is back, I'll come over to greet you!"
Upon hearing this, the imperial troops immediately stopped daring to grab water and quickly lined up.
In the car, there was another Japs sitting next to Pu You. This man's name was Moriyama Otani. He was a senior Japs official sent by Taiyuan to Station 23 to deal with the emergency situation of the Eighteenth Group Army.
"What's going on? They all look like starving ghosts. What a system!" Moriyama Otani pointed at the chaotic scene of the Imperial Alliance Army and scolded Puyou.
Puyou said quickly: "Mr. Morishan, this is the team I sent out to try to connect to the Wenyang River. I sent 500 people, but now there are less than 50 left. I don't know if they succeeded."
When Moriyama Otani heard this, his tone was bad: "It's obvious, they must have failed."
"How can you see it?" Pu You asked knowingly.
"If you are so thirsty, you must not even be close to the river. Otherwise, how could they be so thirsty!" Moriyama Otani said.
"Mr. Morishan, you are really discerning." Pu You said, and quickly said to Wu Ze: "Deputy Chief Zhong, did the operation fail?"
Pu You deliberately emphasized the word "vice" very strongly.
Wu Ze didn't understand what Pu You meant. Pu You promoted Wu Ze to the position of logistics section chief, and he must not have told the Taiyuan authorities yet.
Therefore, he now deliberately calls himself the deputy section chief. This is a show for the Japanese coming from Taiyuan.
Wu Ze had already seen the pot-bellied Japs next to Pu You. This must be an emergency command sent from Taiyuan.
Wu Ze looked ashamed and nervous: "Webmaster, I have to live up to your trust in this humble position!"
"Are there only so many people coming back?" Pu You asked knowingly.
"Including the wounded who were transported back before, there are about a hundred people." Wu Ze replied, "Tubal Road has been fully prepared. I have tried all kinds of methods, but I still can't get close to the Wenyang River. Station Commander, I..."
"You don't have to blame yourself. I know you tried your best. You and the other Imperial Alliance soldiers have tried their best." Pu You interrupted Wu Ze, "I will reward you when the situation is stabilized."
"Thank you, webmaster." Wu Ze quickly looked overjoyed.
The soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army around him all breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that I was lucky that I didn't surrender. Not only would I not die when I came back, but I would also be rewarded later. I was really lucky.
In the car, Moriyama Otani was dissatisfied and said to Puyou: "This person is not good at doing things. If he is left alone to do anything, he can be killed."
Pu You said solemnly: "Mr. Fukaya, you don't know the damage situation here now. If you kill Deputy Section Chief Zhong, then there will be no one to take the lead in my logistics department."
"Isn't there still Ma Wanpeng?" Moriyama Otani said.
"Ma Wanpeng died in the line of duty," Pu You said.
"What, Ma Wanpeng died in the line of duty?" Morishan Otani paused. There was still some relationship between him and Ma Wanpeng's father-in-law.
Unexpectedly, Ma Wanpeng died in the line of duty.
In this case, the deputy section chief cannot be killed.
Seeing Moriyama Otani pause, Puyou continued: "Not only Ma Wanpeng, the logistics section chief, died in the line of duty, but Li Mu, the intelligence section chief, also died in the line of duty. The losses at our Station 23 were too heavy..."
"Baga, Puyou, are you kidding me? Li Mu is dead too!" Morishan Otani was shocked. Two important section chiefs died in one fell swoop!
"Yeah, I'm worried now. After Li Mu is dead, who will the intelligence section chief ask to take the lead?" Pu You looked worried, "You also know that Li Mu is a good hand in catching military commanders' spies. I'm really worried. , one day this military spy will come to cause sabotage again, if we can't take precautions in advance, the consequences will be unimaginable."
"This is indeed a problem." Moriyama Otani pondered, "Can the original deputy chief of the Intelligence Section be replaced?"
"You definitely can't compare with Li Mu." Pu You said, tentatively asking Moriyama Otani, "Can you apply to Taiyuan to send an intelligence section chief?"
The intelligence section chief is not as important to Puyou as the logistics section chief.
The former is mainly to assist Pu You in his work, and the latter is mainly to help Pu You make money.
"I'm afraid this won't be easy to handle. There's a shortage of talents everywhere now, especially those in the intelligence field." Moriyama Otani frowned, "Kamu Tomo-kun, I'm afraid you have to figure this out yourself."
"Yes, yes, I will figure it out myself, I will figure it out myself." Pu You nodded.
As soon as the car drove into station No. 23, Puyou led Moriyama Otani to his office.
Wu Ze said to the Imperial Alliance troops who were lined up: "Although the station commander won't kill us, we can't slack off. Let's all go down and rest."
"Yes." The imperial soldiers dispersed as if they were facing an amnesty.
Wu Ze walked to his office. Pu You would definitely call him over to discuss work with the Japanese from Taiyuan.
Wu Ze was waiting in the office, but when it was time to eat, Wu Ze didn't see Pu You calling him over.
Wu Ze just went to eat, but Wu Ze never thought that Pu You and Senshan Dagu, who came from Taiyuan, did not discuss how to deal with the 18th Army's looting of more than 20 fortress villages.
After all, even Shinozuka Yoshio couldn't solve the problem, so they didn't put in the effort.
Puyou said to Moriyama Otani: "Moriyama-kun, you have also seen that our No. 23 station has suffered extremely heavy losses and is unable to cope with the chaos of the 18th Army's looting of more than 20 fortress villages. Please apply for assistance from Taiyuan. .”
"Pu Youjun, Taiyuan is also very difficult." Moriyama Otani looked at Pu You, with some hints in his words: "Before I came, I heard some rumors that you, Pu You, are not that attentive to the work of Station 23. You are secretly engaged in smuggling business..."
Before Moriyama Otani finished speaking, Puyou said angrily: "Baga, what bastard spread rumors about me! Since I took office as the head of Station No. 23, I dare not say anything else. At least there has never been a major accident at Station No. 23." , the transfer and transportation of materials has never delayed the frontal battlefield!"
"Katomo-kun, don't be so excited, I'm not questioning your work." Moriyama Otani took a sip of water.
"Mr. Moriyama, this ground will not come out of nowhere. Please tell me who is spreading rumors about me!" Puyou asked anyway.
"Kameda." Moriyama Otani said.
"Baga, I just guessed that this bastard Kameda!" Puyou yelled, "This bastard doesn't care about the friendship between fellow villagers. He monopolized the customers of my mask factory, severely suppressed my price, and made me The mask factory he used was used as a cash machine, and I haven’t settled this account with him yet.”
Moriyama Otani tentatively said: "Kamatomo-kun, what do you mean, do you already know how to deal with Kameda?"
"Fukaya-kun, I'm afraid I need your help this time." Puyou-jun looked at Morishan Otani and stretched out five fingers. "If you help me, you can get this number!"
Kamayo is a human spirit, how could he not know Moriyama Otani's intention of mentioning Kameda in front of him.
On the surface, Moriyama Otani came to Station 23 for emergency command.
In fact, even General Yoshio Shinozuka was overwhelmed by the 18th Army's looting of more than 20 fortresses. Moriyama Otani was not able to come over to command. He just saw Kamuyo making a lot of money at Station 23. Bo Man, I want to come here and take advantage of the opportunity to make money.
Pu You is not stupid, how can he be willing to let Morishan Otani exploit him.
It’s not easy for us to make money these years.
Anyway, Kamado wants to find someone with a higher position than Kameda to work with him. The Moriyama Otani, who has a higher position than Kameda, is exactly what Kamedo wants.
So Pu You just kept doing nothing, and Lassen Mountain and Otani cooperated together.
Moriyama Otani looked at Puyou's five fingers and his brows jumped. It was obvious that this oil and water was beyond his imagination.
He knew that Pu You was a difficult guy, and if he could get money from him, it would be good if he could get one finger, but he could actually get five.
Therefore, Morishan Otani became very interested. He looked at Pu You and said, "Mr. Pu You, I am all ears."
"That's it, let's do this..." Pu You explained the pig-killing plan that Wu Ze gave him.
When Moriyama Otani heard this, he immediately expressed his admiration for Puyou: "Puyou-kun, I really didn't expect that you could come up with such a brilliant idea."
Although Puyu made a lot of money, compared with Kameda, it was still a little less interesting.
How can the oil and water at Station 23 be compared to that in Taiyuan?
Once all Kameda's money is obtained, it will not only be on five fingers, but if things go wrong, it will be on ten fingers.
Pu You, this guy, really didn't realize that this routine is so awesome.
Every aspect is reasonable. Even if the lawsuit comes before Yoshio Shinozuka, Kameda will have to suffer the consequences of being dumb.
Puyou pretended to say: "I have no choice. It's not easy to open my mask factory. Kameda doesn't care about the friendship between fellow villagers and won't even give me soup, so I can only fight back." .”
"You didn't tell anyone about this, right?" Moriyama Otani didn't have time to listen to Puyou's nonsense.
People from Osaka never talk about friendship. What friendship is, it’s bullshit.
What they value is always money and profit!
"The plate is only so big. If there is one more person, wouldn't there be one less portion?" Puyou looked at Moriyama Otani solemnly: "Mr. Moriyama, what do you think, let's work together?"
"Pu Youjun, I have seen the situation at your Station 23. It is indeed a heavy loss. I will talk to the Taiyuan authorities about it. The main responsibility does not lie with you. This incident is beyond the capabilities of Station 23. Scope." Without responding directly to Puyou's words, Moriyama Otani said sanctimoniously.
"Thank you Moriyama-kun for your understanding of justice." Puyou smiled quickly.
It’s done, Moriyama Otani agreed.
He stayed here pretending for a few days, and as soon as he returned to Taiyuan, he immediately had to follow the Kameda envoy.
As long as we cooperate well with him here, hahaha!
