"Baga, His Excellency Endo's order is to evacuate immediately. Let these Chinese people be left to fend for themselves!"
During the Dragon Boat Festival, a sergeant reprimanded a lieutenant.
But Danwu was here to deliver the order, and he represented Captain Endo. So although the lieutenant felt unhappy, he could only order the team to close up and quickly evacuate to the north of the city.
Dragon Boat Festival shouted loudly in Japanese: "Hurry, hurry, the imperial plane is coming, hurry!"
The little devils passed by Duanwu with grateful eyes on their faces. Because none of them knew that the imperial plane was going to level the entire Lai'an County this time.
And if Dragon Boat Festival had not come to convey the order, then they would have been in danger this time, and they would most likely be buried together with Lai'an County.
So the Japanese all looked at the Dragon Boat Festival with a grateful heart, and then ran all the way to the north of the city.
Duanwu and Zhou Weiguo followed for a while, and then went straight into the alley to retrieve their clothes.
But at this moment, the people who came to An were still stunned. Because the Dragon Boat Festival just spoke Japanese, they couldn't understand it at all. Moreover, there were several middle-aged people gathered together as if they were discussing something.
Seeing this, Duanwu knew that they might be the underground party who had contacted Qiu Ming, so he ordered: "Take the villagers out of the city immediately to escape. The Japs' plane will be here soon. Let's go quickly!"
"We can't leave, I still have my money at home."
"Yes, I still have a bag of stick noodles!"
"I still have two chickens at home, I have to take them away..."
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Several people said that they were going to run back to get their things.
Zhou Weiguo shouted angrily: "Is money or life more important?"
"Money is as important as life."
An old man retorted on the spot, and Zhou Weiguo was very angry and speechless. Because what should we do? These people are all after money rather than their lives, and they will not listen to advice at all. If this continues, when the Japanese plane comes, everyone will have to join together.
Finished.
I just didn’t expect that at this moment, when Zhou Weiguo was at his wits’ end, Duanwu shouted loudly: “Folks, follow our Eighth Route Army and leave the city first. If you lose anything, our Eighth Route Army will leave the city first!”
"Eh? Is this one of ours? Why are you wearing the clothes of the national army?"
"Maybe he is an underground party like us!"
"Yes, yes, yes, we have to cooperate with this comrade. It is obvious that he is here to save people."
"Yes, the little devil's plane is about to arrive. We must listen to this sound. Let's go quickly!..."
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Several underground party members were surprised at first, but then they mistakenly thought that the Dragon Boat Festival was one of their own. After all, can the national army call out the name of the Eighth Route Army?
So thinking of this, an underground party member loudly said: "Follow us, folks, we don't want those things. If there is any loss, our Eighth Route Army will be responsible!"
The underground party raised its arms and shouted, but it was more effective than the Dragon Boat Festival's words. The villagers who had just planned to leave saw that it was the underground party they were counting on and believed it, and then echoed: "Go, go, follow the Eighth Route Army!"
"Yes, yes, follow the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army cannot lie to us!"
Many elders agreed, and the others looked at each other, then followed the underground gang members and headed straight for the west gate.
In a moment, only Duan Wu and Zhou Weiguo were left.
Zhou Weiguo laughed and said: "Duan Wu, you are really good at it. You lied to people in the name of the Eighth Route Army? Hahaha!"
Zhou Weiguo picked up a big joke and laughed loudly, and Dragon Boat Festival was also laughing. After all, it was done at this time, and the villagers all left.
Buzz! Woo!...
However, at this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and a huge buzzing sound followed.
It turned out that the Japs' plane had arrived at this time and was diving in preparation for dropping bombs.
Seeing this, Zhou Weiguo called out: "Duanwu, we have to hurry up, the little devils have already started dropping bombs."
Duanwu glanced at the fleeing villagers and then at the incoming Japanese fighter planes.
He can't lead the little Japanese plane to the villagers.
The Japs are not blind. The villagers have already hidden themselves. If they run in that direction again, the Japs will definitely find them and drop bombs in the direction of the west gate.
Thinking of this, Dragon Boat Festival pulled Zhou Weiguo and ran towards the east city gate, which was at least 500 meters away. He cried as he ran and shouted: "Old Zhou, let's have a race to see who can reach that city gate first."
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Zhou Weiguo said angrily: "If there is a shortcut, why don't you go to the east city gate? And you are still young? When are you still competing?"
It's just that although Zhou Weiguo said this, his body was very honest, speeding up and running to catch up with Duanwu who was running in front.
Duanwu turned around and chuckled, because this was the result he wanted. They were still more than 500 meters away from the East City Gate at this time, and even at a sprint speed of 100 meters, it would take them about a minute to get there.
But at this time, the Japs had already started dropping bombs in the south of the city. According to the speed of the Japs' plane, it would fly over them in thirty seconds, but the time for the bombs to fall was only less than five seconds.
So if they don't run faster, they may soon be submerged in a violent explosion.
Boom! Boom!
Just as Duanwu and Zhou Weiguo were running away, the explosion of Japanese aerial bombs could be heard from the position south of the city.
The 250-kilogram heavy bomb fell, annihilating everything in just an instant. The two-meter-deep trench was useless in front of it. After one bomb, the trench was directly razed to the ground.
A large amount of mud and rocks were lifted up to a height of thirty meters, as if it blocked the sky and the sun.
But this was just the tip of the iceberg. When the Japanese threw incendiary bombs into the city, half of the city burned instantly.
Woo! Woo!......
Japanese fighter planes flew over the heads of Duanwu and Zhou Weiguo. The harsh noise made the two of them dare not close their open mouths, otherwise the huge roar would definitely blast through their eardrums in an instant.
The flames also roared at this time, and the explosive flames raised a heat wave more than ten meters high.
The huge fireball rose up with the explosion and flew in all directions, turning everything it passed into a sea of fire in just an instant.
Duanwu and Zhou Weiguo ran away with their heads in their hands. Zhou Weiguo cursed as they ran: "Duanwu, you are a murderer, if I follow you, I will be unlucky for eight lifetimes."
Duanwu laughed loudly: "Hahaha, Lao Zhou, this is called gaining eternal life in the fire. I think that the Great Sage Qitian obtained the indestructible body of Vajra after being refined in Lao Jun's Bagua furnace for seven or forty-nine days.
, maybe if we break out of this sea of fire, we will be invulnerable in the future."
Zhou Weiguo spat angrily: "Bah, you are still indestructible. I think we will turn into roast pigs soon!"
Before Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, a wave of fire came, and both of them were swallowed up by the flames that exploded instantly! ...