Chapter 312: Hell Cannon Celebrates A Birthday
“Master Liu, today is your sixtieth birthday. I wish you a life as long as South Mountain and fortune as vast as the Eastern Sea!”
“Master Liu, I wish you this day every year and this moment every year!”
“Master Liu, I wish you a life of a hundred years and peace every year!”
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Today was exactly the birthday of the big Traitor Liu Dachang.
On this day, many Traitors, landlords, and wealthy folks came to Liu Dachang’s house to celebrate his birthday.
At the banquet, the Traitors, landlords, and wealthy folks all raised their wine cups to congratulate Liu Dachang, and the atmosphere was lively.
“Haha.” The sixty-year-old Liu Dachang had a flushed face: “Thank you everyone, thank you all. It’s mainly thanks to the Imperial Army’s blessings that we can enjoy peace every year. Come, let’s first toast to Sir Kojima.”（Japanese Invaders have Translator, Translator dialogue plot automatically omitted）
As Liu Dachang spoke, he raised his wine cup toward a Japanese Invaders Squad Leader Kojima at the banquet.
Kojima actually wasn’t there to celebrate the birthday, but to take the flower girls back.
Kojima had Liu Dachang capture thirty flower girls to take to the comfort station.
Coming over today, he happened to run into Liu Dachang celebrating his birthday.
All the Traitor wealthy folks immediately turned their wine cups toward Kojima.
Kojima showed a hypocritical smile: “Yoshi, as long as you are loyal to the Imperial Army, the Imperial Army guarantees your wealth and honor.”
“Of course, of course. The Imperial Army came to this land to establish the Co-Prosperity Sphere. We share prosperity together.” Liu Dachang and the Traitor wealthy folks all expressed their loyalty, and everyone drank it all down.
“Yoshi, shared prosperity.” Kojima also drank it all down, then ate heartily.
……
Outside Liu Dachang’s house, a Guerrilla Team was already ambushing.
The captain of this Guerrilla Team was none other than Wei Ying.
This dog Traitor was too hateful. He captured thirty girls to send to the Japanese Invaders to ravage.
Wei Ying had come to rescue these girls.
“Captain, the situation doesn’t look good.”
A Team Member quickly ran up to Wei Ying and reported, “Civilians in the village urgently provided information that the guard troops at Liu Dachang’s house now exceed three hundred men, and there’s even a Japanese Invaders team among them, with troops numbering thirty or forty.”
These wealthy folks who came to Liu Dachang’s house to celebrate his birthday each brought their own Guard Detachments.
Adding up all these Guard Detachments, the numbers exceeded three hundred.
Wei Ying paused upon hearing this: “Is the information reliable? Are there really this many Japanese Invaders and Traitors?”
Wei Ying had received support from the Border Region Arsenal: two Rocket Launchers and one Hell Missile. With these, taking down Liu Dachang was no problem.
But with so many extra people on the other side, their troops were nearly ten times theirs, including thirty or forty Japanese Invaders—this was more than Wei Ying could handle.
Forget handling it, forcing a fight would mean sacrificing their own side.
“Civilians said these Japanese Invaders and Traitors sneaked into Liu Dachang’s house before dawn.” The Team Member answered.
Wei Ying’s expression twisted instantly upon hearing this.
The girls’ families were all hoping she could rescue their daughters, those pairs of expectant eyes—Wei Ying couldn’t bear to disappoint them.
But!
The Japanese Invaders and Traitors troops in Liu Dachang’s house now exceeded three hundred fifty men—this was impossible to brute force.
“Here’s the plan.” Wei Ying quickly and decisively said: “We’ll temporarily give up on dealing with Liu Dachang. We’ll tail the Japanese Invaders when they come out. We’ll ambush the Japanese Invaders on the road.”
The Guerrilla Team’s troops were limited, and ammunition was limited too, so prioritize completing the rescue mission.
“Captain, I’m afraid that won’t work either.” The Team Member hesitated, “These Japanese Invaders number thirty or forty, their combat power far exceeds ours. We only have one Hell Missile, and we haven’t used the Rocket Launchers before, no experience. If the Japanese Invaders react after the attack, our team might get wiped out.”
If this group of Japanese Invaders were just bunched together, it would be easy to sneak attack.
As long as they seized the initiative to heavily damage them first, then firepower suppression would have opportunity.
But they were escorting girls, staying close to them—our firepower couldn’t be fully unleashed, or we’d risk hitting the girls.
“It’s a pity we can’t contact the Main Force right now. Otherwise, if the Main Force came to help, that would be great.” Wei Ying said with a headache.
Forget the Main Force—even many County Brigades and District Squads had been redeployed to deal with the Japanese Invaders large-scale sweep.
Precisely because the District Squads, County Brigades, and many Guerrilla Teams were redeployed, this dog Traitor Liu Dachang dared to celebrate his birthday, and these Traitor wealthy folks dared to come from their houses to congratulate.
“Yeah, if there were Main Force…” The Team Member’s words trailed off.
Soon another Team Member ran up and reported to Wei Ying: “Report Captain, the Main Force is here.”
The Main Force was here?
Wei Ying thought she’d misheard and solemnly asked: “The Main Force is really coming?”
“It’s our own troops, no mistake.” The Team Member nodded.
“Let’s go, take me there right now.” Wei Ying didn’t hesitate.
Kong Jie was leading his troops toward Liu Dachang’s side. Before they even neared the village, they were stopped by Wei Ying’s people.
Liu Dachang still had eyes and ears watching. Any army approaching the village would be discovered.
Seeing the Guerrilla Team here, Kong Jie temporarily halted.
Though with Kong Jie’s superior firepower, forget taking Liu Dachang—not even razing the entire village would be a problem.
But the Guerrilla Team surely knew the situation better—better to learn first.
When Kong Jie saw a female Guerrilla Captain appear in his view, he was stunned for a moment.
“This woman looks a bit familiar, like I’ve seen her somewhere.” Kong Jie said to the Battalion Commander beside him.
“Yeah, she does look familiar.” The Battalion Commander also felt familiar but couldn’t recall.
Wei Ying walked up to Kong Jie, and Kong Jie introduced himself first: “I’m Regiment Commander Kong Jie of the New Second Regiment, 386th Division.”
Hearing it really was the Main Force, Wei Ying was stunned again.
The Main Force actually had time?
Wei Ying quickly introduced herself: “Regiment Commander Kong, hello. I’m Wei Ying, captain of the Xiangshan Guerrilla Team.”
“Xiangshan Guerrilla Team, Wei Ying?” Kong Jie suddenly realized and laughed: “Haha, no wonder you looked familiar. Turns out you’re one of our own.”
This Wei Ying in front of him looked a bit like the Guard Captain Wei at the Arsenal. With the name said, it matched up.
One of our own?
Wei Ying was a bit confused by Kong Jie’s meaning.
This was her first time meeting Kong Jie, and he called her one of our own—it didn’t seem right.
Though they were all on the same side, comrades, could be called our own people, but “one of our own” and “our own people” were different.
The Battalion Commander beside Kong Jie smiled at Wei Ying: “Is your brother the Guard Captain at the Border Region Arsenal?”
“Yes, that’s right.” Wei Ying nodded eagerly upon hearing this, her eyes lighting up, “Have you met my brother at the Arsenal?”
“Haha.” Kong Jie laughed and said, “More than met—we see him every day. Your brother said you’re very pretty and capable, praised you like a flower. Today proves he wasn’t exaggerating.”
Wei Ying felt a bit embarrassed: “Regiment Commander Kong, my brother must have been exaggerating.”
“Hahaha, not exaggerating—your brother was actually holding back.” Kong Jie laughed again and got to the point, “Alright, chit-chat later. Are you here to hit Liu Dachang too?”
“Regiment Commander Kong, you’ve brought so many troops, even cannons. You’re just passing by here, right?” Wei Ying still said, “My small matter can’t delay your big mission.”
In Wei Ying’s view, the Main Force had no time now. With Kong Jie’s huge force, he must have another important task and was just passing through here temporarily.
“Not passing by. I’m here specifically to deal with Liu Dachang.” Kong Jie nodded seriously.
Kong Jie’s serious expression left Wei Ying a bit dumbfounded.
Regiment Commander Kong, you sure know how to joke.
To deal with a mere Liu Dachang, you bring seven or eight hundred men—not to mention.
Pushing over one Cannon, two Type 92 Infantry Guns, and even Rocket Launchers, Grenade Launcher Mortars—these outnumber our Guerrilla Team members.
With this setup, if you said you were going to hit the County Town, I wouldn’t doubt it.
Hitting a mere Liu Dachang—even in death, he doesn’t warrant such a spectacle.
The Battalion Commander explained to Wei Ying: “Here’s the thing: the Border Region Arsenal needs to test two Hell Cannon Shells. Our side’s Sentry Posts and Strongholds are all cleared out, no suitable targets at the moment, so we came to your side.”
“But, but even so, your troop numbers are too many, and the weapons and ammunition you’re carrying are too intimidating.” Wei Ying said half-believingly.
“No problem.” The Battalion Commander waved it off and said, “Once we take Liu Dachang, we can sweep a few more Japanese Invaders and Traitors Strongholds before heading back.”
In the Battalion Commander’s view, since we’re here anyway, after taking Liu Dachang, doing a few more jobs was just going with the flow.
“I see.” Wei Ying could accept that—makes sense, how could Liu Dachang warrant such a huge force.
The Main Force sweeping a few more Strongholds on the way made sense.
Wei Ying quickly said, “Liu Dachang captured thirty girls for the Japanese Invaders. Today he’s celebrating his birthday at home, the Japanese Invaders brought men too. Now his house’s guard troops and Japanese Invaders troops together exceed three hundred fifty men. I was worrying how to fight this battle—good thing Regiment Commander Kong you brought your troops.”
The Battalion Commander flared up upon hearing: “This Liu Dachang captured thirty girls—he really deserves to go to Hell.”
Traitors capturing girls for Japanese Invaders to make comfort women was the Battalion Commander’s sore spot.
Because a girl from the Battalion Commander’s relative’s family was captured by Traitors, and when sent back, she was insane.
Kong Jie also said angrily: “So, bringing the Hell Cannon to celebrate his birthday and send him to Hell is just right.”
