Chapter 24: Identity Switched, Fully Armed Encirclement and Sweep of the Devils

Da Hu Village was not only rich but truly large!

And it was pitch-black now—no lights, with the moon appearing and disappearing behind clouds.

The worst part was that Jiang Yu was hopeless with directions!

Earlier, it was still okay because the devils had bullets and were all eager to catch her.

She was spot-on with every grenade she threw.

But now that the bullets were almost used up, the devils had become very clever, hiding in every nook and cranny.

She took a long time just to find a few unlucky ones.

It even made her vomit again.

Though vomiting was healthier, no matter how much food she had in her space, she couldn’t afford such waste!

What to do?

She had finally worn down the devils’ fighting power—there were thousands of them!

To just give up now would be a huge waste…

Wait!

Why should she give up?

Listening to Zhao Changyun’s gunfire and explosions, which had become sparse,

Jiang Yu suddenly had a bright idea.

Sure, by herself she was slow, but she could find helpers!

And then arm her own fighters with weapons from her space.

Then they could overpower the devils by force, harvesting as they wished.

No problem!

Jiang Yu looked up and quickly ran toward the village’s biggest and tallest tree near the Jiang family gate.

There was a straight road leading out of the village from there.

Under that tallest tree outside the village, her little donkey was tied.

She mounted the donkey and let it “know the way” while she watched her surroundings and called for Liang Mengwen.

Very soon—

“Master, we’re here!”

Upon hearing Jiang Yu’s voice, Lai Tianbao excitedly hurried over as fast as he could.

“Let’s go! First we help Captain Zhao clean up the battlefield, then we’ll see if he needs help…”

Jiang Yu stayed on the donkey, glanced at Liang Mengwen and the others following, and urged them to lead quickly.

Following the sporadic sounds, they soon joined up with Zhao Changyun’s group.

Using the weapons Jiang Yu brought, they quickly wiped out the devils already surrounded by Zhao’s team.

Then they turned and headed toward Da Hu Village.

“What? You’re saying you’ve already killed at least one or two hundred devils, and now the rest are hiding in every nook and cranny?”

Clutching his newly acquired rifle like a treasure, Zhao Changyun nearly slipped and fell flat on his face from shock as he walked beside Jiang Yu.

Suppressing a laugh at his clumsiness, Jiang Yu put on a serious face and complained:

“Yes! After I nearly used up their bullets, they started hiding. They’re too cunning…”

“Wait! Bullets? Didn’t you say the devils brought twenty truckloads of weapons, plus tanks… Did you blow all that up? I didn’t hear any big explosions.”

“Impossible! That’d be such a waste! I kept everything. Didn’t those laborers tell you?”

“They did… but they’re still shaken and not thinking straight. Who’d believe what they say? Wait, when you say ‘kept,’ do you mean what I think you mean?”

“No doubt! Where do you think those Type 99 rifles I just took out came from?”

“Uh… I need a moment to process…”

Sigh.

Zhao Changyun was truly a worldly man, but every time he faced this young girl, he ended up so shocked he couldn’t think straight.

He looked up at the sky, silently trying to digest what Jiang Yu had told him.

“Actually, you don’t need to feel burdened. Your identities have effectively been switched with the devils’.

Although you only have a few hundred men, being fully armed means there’s nothing to fear from the Japanese devils now…”

The long silence made Jiang Yu think Zhao Changyun was worried about whether they could defeat the Japanese.

She quickly reassured him.

“I’m not worried!”

Even when he didn’t know everything before, he wasn’t worried.

Since leaving Sichuan, none of them had expected to survive the winter.

That’s why they didn’t even bring an extra scrap of cloth.

And although they had miraculously survived the winter, their resolve hadn’t changed.

It was just that earlier, his mind hadn’t caught up yet.

Also, happiness came too suddenly; he just couldn’t quite believe it…

Soon they arrived at the entrance of Da Hu Village. This time Jiang Yu didn’t enter the village.

She just quickly reported the village’s situation and told everyone not to save on bullets, grenades, or anything.

Use them up first, then come find her under the tree!

After the report, once the soldiers left, Jiang Yu immediately climbed up the big tree behind where her little donkey had been tied.

She ate while waiting for results.

No choice—she was really hungry and absolutely didn’t want to vomit again.

Unfortunately, while eating, she dozed off.

After all, besides being hungry, she was extremely tired.

When the sun was high in the sky, the soldiers finished cleaning up the battlefield, piling the devils’ bodies at the village entrance, and set them on fire.

Only then was Jiang Yu woken by the pungent smoke, swaying and dazed.

Luckily!

Thanks to last time’s experience, she had tied herself to the tree trunk with a rope, so she didn’t fall.

But once she got down and saw the piles of devil corpses, Jiang Yu was so shocked she instinctively took out her mouthwash before realizing—

These devils weren’t killed by her; she checked carefully.

Still, thinking about the devils left in her space, and now waking up with an empty stomach,

It was perfect timing to vomit again.

So Jiang Yu quickly threw out the devils from her space for the soldiers to burn,

Then hid to vomit slowly, feeling relieved.

“Ugh—”

“You’re not sick, right?” Zhao Changyun, who had been watching her closely, followed over worriedly.

“No, just ugh—”

“You don’t look like you’re not sick…”

“I really’m not sick, just seeing the devil corpses makes me feel disgusted.”

“Sorry! I didn’t expect that…”

“It’s nothing, none of your business!”

After vomiting a few times and rinsing her mouth, Jiang Yu quickly changed the subject:

“Um… does anyone here know how to drive Japanese trucks and tanks?”

“No…”

“Can you contact other Sichuan army units?”

“Yes, as long as they’re nearby.”

“What about the 66th Army?”

“No, but our division commander has a telegraph and can get in touch.”

“I see! Then quickly contact nearby Sichuan units. I want to bring out the devils’ supplies to share with everyone.”

“Okay! I’ll do it right away!”

Hearing about the supplies and confirming Jiang Yu was really okay, Zhao Changyun immediately brightened like a chrysanthemum flower.

Soon!

By noon, squads of several to dozens and even hundreds of people arrived from all directions.

And the people who could drive cars and tanks Jiang Yu needed were finally gathered one by one.

Without a word, Jiang Yu took out from her space around ten trucks and ten tanks.

As for the remaining dozens of ox carts—

Because the oxen all died when entering her space, bringing the ox carts out would be very difficult.

So Jiang Yu simply left the ox carts behind.

“Captain Zhao, have you contacted Commander Hao?”

“Yes, he’s already sent people to assist us.”

“In that case, I’ll set off first…”

“Wait! Where are you going?”

“Of course to rob the devils! Isn’t there a devil squad heading this way?”

“But Commander Hao said after the 66th Army joins up with us, he’ll give you our telegraph machine for easier communication…”

“No need, I don’t know how to use that. If anything happens later, I’ll send him a telegram…”

Jiang Yu was eager to take the port and secure all the devils’ supplies once and for all!

Cleaning up the devils squad by squad was just too troublesome.

So ignoring Zhao Changyun’s pleas, she took Liang Mengwen, mounted her little donkey, and set out again, following the route given by the other devil squad.

The result?

After chasing and hurrying for a long time, they didn’t find the devils’ convoy, but instead picked up a familiar face by the roadside.