The Mysterious Soldier of the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 192: The Bandits' Trouble and the Friendship of Help

The bandit leader's face turned pale, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. He said in a trembling voice, "Please spare my life, hero. I was forced to do this because there was really no way out in this mountain. I came up with this evil idea."

Lei Tao snorted coldly: "No way out? What's the point of robbing your own people? If you have the ability, go fight the Japanese!"

At this point, the team had gathered the bandits together, confiscated their weapons, and simply tied them up. Lei Tao continued to interrogate the bandit leader: "Tell me, how many of you are still in this mountain? Do you have any other hidden strongholds?"

The bandit leader replied tremblingly, "No... there aren't many of us left. We only have this one stronghold. Many of our brothers were killed or wounded before, and we're starving."

Lei Tao thought for a moment and felt that the bandit leader's words were not credible, but he did not have the energy to search the entire mountain area carefully. He said to the team members, "Keep an eye on them. Let's rest for a while, organize our supplies, and then continue on our way."

Following Lei Tao's instructions, the team members found a relatively safe place surrounded by dense bushes as a natural barrier for hiding and defense. They quickly organized a team to take turns guarding the bandits, not daring to slack off in the slightest to ensure that the bandits would not take the opportunity to escape.

Meanwhile, the other team members began carefully counting the supplies seized from the bandits. Various weapons and ammunition were neatly laid out, including several reasonably good rifles, some bullets, and several sharp daggers. There was also some food and daily necessities. While the amount was small, they were invaluable during this difficult period of the War of Resistance.

Lei Tao knew that taking these bandits forward would increase a lot of risks, and they themselves had important tasks to do and had no time to take care of the long-term supervision and disposal of the bandits. Therefore, he decisively decided to let Hu Hansi contact the nearby anti-Japanese guerrillas and inform them of the detailed situation here, including the number of bandits, weapons and equipment, and let them deal with the bandits, and the supplies would belong to them.

Hu Hansi received the order and quickly disappeared into the mountains. With his agility and familiarity with the surrounding terrain, he rushed towards the area where the guerrillas might be active. After finding the guerrillas, Hu Hansi explained the situation in detail and specifically mentioned that the captured supplies belonged to them, but on the condition that they must properly deal with the bandits and prevent them from roaming around and causing harm to the people again.

After hearing this, the guerrilla captain, after a brief discussion, considered that cracking down on bandits was also an important part of maintaining local security and ensuring the environment for the war of resistance, and at the same time, he could obtain a batch of supplies to replenish the team, so he readily agreed to Lei Tao's conditions.

Hu Hansi sprinted through the forest, relying on his familiarity with the terrain and his agility to quickly lead the guerrillas back to their temporary camp. Meanwhile, Lei Tao's team had already gathered the bandits and packed up their supplies, quietly awaiting the guerrillas' arrival.

"Captain Lei, we are here!" Hu Hansi shouted from afar.

Lei Tao stepped forward, smiled, and shook hands with the guerrilla leader, saying, "Thank you all for making this trip. Life is tough these days. Let's work together to fight the Japanese invaders."

The guerrilla leader looked at the bound bandits and nodded with satisfaction. "Don't worry, Captain Lei. Leave these scum to us. We will teach them a lesson and discipline them so they won't dare to do such evil things again."

"That's good. We will hand over the supplies we seized to you as well. I hope it will be of help to you." Lei Tao said, pointing to the neatly stacked supplies next to him.

The guerrillas were delighted to see the supplies and stepped forward to inspect them. Lei Tao smiled mysteriously and said, "Brothers, this isn't all. I have some guns and ammunition for you." He then turned and walked behind a large tree. With a flick of his mind, he pulled out a box of American-style grenades from his Bagua spinning top. There were also several Mauser 20-shot pistols and a box of Mauser ammunition.

Lei Tao took out these weapons and equipment one by one, straightened his back, and said to the guerrilla captain: "I know you are short of weapons and equipment. It's not easy for everyone in this difficult period of the anti-Japanese war. Although we are not well-off, we will give you these weapons. This grenade is extremely powerful and can give the devil a fatal blow at a critical moment; this authentic Mauser twenty-shot has excellent performance and can play a big role in close combat; and these bullets are enough to support you for a while. We are all trying to drive the devils out of China. As long as we can kill a few more devils, these things will be well used."

The guerrillas looked at the weapons, their eyes filled with desire and excitement. The captain held Lei Tao's hand tightly and said, "Captain Lei, we will remember your friendship. If you need our help in the future, please feel free to ask. We will definitely do our best to help you!"

Lei Tao smiled and said, "Okay, we are all one family, so let's not talk behind each other's backs. The Japanese are still wreaking havoc, and only if we unite as one can we drive them out as soon as possible."

The guerrillas nodded and began to carry the weapons and supplies donated by Lei Tao, and also took the bandits away. Before leaving, the captain thanked Lei Tao again and promised to fight side by side if there was a chance in the future.