boyutpedia Chapter 57 The Performing Arts of the Era (Including the War of Resistance) 6
Chapter 57 The Performing Arts of the Era (Including the War of Resistance) 6
(It's National Day holiday today! The author really wants to rest, but as a newbie, I don't have any drafts saved up! I don't even dare to ask for leave!!!)
In 1937, Japan's total population was 7063 million, of which 1693 million were of military age. The number available for conscription was approximately 56.2% of the male population of military age, about 1000 million. Japan's total military strength at that time was 1084 million. Before Japan launched the Pacific War in 1941, during its invasion of China, Japan's total military strength in China remained at around 200 million. After 1941, Japan still had over 100 million troops in China.
During the most intense and dangerous days of Allied fighting in the Pacific theater, more than two-thirds of the Allied forces were firmly "pinned" to the Chinese battlefield, making it impossible for them to move. This delayed their "southward advance" plan, allowing the Allies in the Pacific theater to get through the most dangerous period.
Liu Yuxi didn't expect to kill many Japanese soldiers on her own, but she shot and killed the Japanese commander-in-chief twice, which caused great trouble for the Japanese army. Many military orders could not be issued in time. The weapons and supplies that Liu Yuxi looted were also transported to various places through underground workers in Beiping. As a result, at least our party's weapons and equipment were improved, and wounded soldiers had medicine to treat, reducing a lot of unnecessary casualties.
By the end of 1938, when Tada Shun, the third commander-in-chief of the Little Emperor, arrived in Beiping, Liu Yuxi knew that she would have virtually no more opportunities to assassinate these high-ranking officers in Beiping.
Therefore, she shifted her focus to weapons, supplies, and rank-and-file soldiers. She no longer limited herself to Beiping; she had a car and a map in her inventory. After bringing Tada Shun and looting more weapons and supplies, she left Beiping. Before leaving, she instructed the underground workers in Beiping that she would be going to various cities occupied by Japanese troops, and that any weapons and supplies she found there should be left with the local organizations, instructing them to notify them internally in advance.
Seeing Tada Shun reminded her of the Nanjing Massacre. She apologized, as she wasn't a native of Nanjing in her previous life, and being a science student, she couldn't immediately recall the exact year! Although it's late now, those culprits are still alive, so she decided to go to Nanjing first and deal with those beasts.
Liu Yuxi usually sets off in her car close to sunset and rests in her spatial dimension when it's broad daylight. On the road, she sometimes encounters small groups of people who commit arson, murder, and looting. These are typically small squads of 13 or even 50-plus people. When she encounters such small groups, Liu Yuxi usually eliminates them using the advanced weapons in her spatial dimension and through surprise attacks. If there are civilians nearby, she distributes the weapons and loot to them, lets them leave first, and then collects the bodies. If there's no one around, she provides a complete service.
Sometimes she would encounter large groups of Japanese soldiers moving from their garrison. Whenever she encountered such a large group, she would run away first, then change into a Japanese uniform, find a firing position in a place the Japanese were bound to pass through, and wait for them to pass. She would first shoot the highest-ranking officer of the unit, then use pre-placed grenades to cut the Japanese column into several sections. When she was close to the column, she would fire another wave of grenades, and then take advantage of the chaos to speak Japanese and sneak into the section of the column guarding the weapons and equipment. She would secretly store the weapons into her spatial storage when they were touched.
No one could have imagined the space aspect. As soon as she received messages that soldiers had noticed their weapons were decreasing and other teams were moving closer to the weapons, she would find an opportunity to slowly withdraw from the team. Once she was far enough away, she would throw grenades at the weapon vehicle again, collect her loot, and leave.
Whenever she arrived in a city where local traitors were stationed, she would follow the same routine as in Beiping: first, she would locate their command post, armory, and supply depots, confirm the location of the highest-ranking officer and his travel patterns, then find sniping positions, shoot them, and loot. However, after each looting in these cities, she would always find an opportunity to blow up the command post. Then, she would spend a few days killing local traitors and notorious puppet troops and collaborators in that city, while simultaneously finding opportunities to deliver the stolen weapons and supplies, along with some personal goods she had smuggled in her spatial storage, to the local Eighth Route Army.
But upon arriving in Nanjing, she didn't do that. First, she targeted the highest-ranking commanders of the main Japanese units involved in the Nanjing Massacre, whom she had found in her spatial data. Then, every night, she wore a bulletproof vest—the kind specially made by her "national father" to cover her entire body and head—and a mask she had drawn on her. She would then kill one of the Japanese soldiers she encountered, decapitating them. This time, she didn't collect the bodies; she wanted to terrify the other Japanese soldiers who saw the headless corpses of their comrades. Once she had accumulated a certain number, she would find an opportunity to build two "jingguan" (a mound of corpses) near the Japanese command post.
She stayed in Nanjing for several months until her family was holed up in their base camp waiting for reinforcements, at which point she left Nanjing for other cities.
He traveled all over China for three years, and everyone knew that there was a master sniper who specialized in assassinating their superiors, and a powerful bandit organization that specialized in stealing their weapons and supplies. Neither the Kuomintang nor the Eighth Route Army admitted to being on their side. Moreover, when a place let its guard down, Liu Yuxi would launch a surprise attack, making it truly impossible to guard against.
Liu Yuxi felt that she had killed at least 80,000,000, if not 100,000, over the years, since she had accumulated more than 30,000 corpses in her spatial dimension. It was now the end of 1942. Tada Shun had returned to Japan in July 1941, and the current commander-in-chief of the Japanese army was Okamura Yasuji. She decided to go back to Beiping for a while. She heard from her comrades in the organization that her life seemed to be coming to an end, and that the War of Resistance against Japan in this lifetime might end sooner than expected.
When she returned to Beiping, her courtyard was still there. When she left, she said she was going back to her hometown to find out if there were any surviving relatives. She asked a neighbor to look after it, and to her surprise, it was still there. However, no one had lived there for several years, and the house was full of dust. She spent a day cleaning it, and the next day she was pulling her rickshaw around Beiping again.
She discovered that many of the bars and similar establishments that used to be run by the local residents had indeed closed down, and the number of local residents on the streets had also decreased significantly, indicating that they had likely returned to their home countries ahead of schedule.
In this life, due to Liu Yuxi's indiscriminate killing, many high-ranking officers died suddenly, causing many of the Japanese strategic deployments in China to be delayed. Also, due to issues with weapons and supplies, the Japanese advantage in the Sino-Japanese confrontation was not as great as in the previous life. The number of Japanese soldiers lost in China was greater than in the previous life. The Japanese were also involved in the Pacific War. In the previous life, when the Japanese surrendered unconditionally, there was still a group of warmongers clamoring for a counterattack. In this life, most of the Japanese were somewhat disheartened by the defeat. However, this race will never lack some radical and stubborn elements.