Chapter 29: The Special Forces' Assessment

  Liu Yiming furrowed his brow, seeing Shan Yixuan was determined not to give in, and didn't press the issue further. He said, "Alright, since you're willing, then that's settled!" Shan Yixuan saw Liu Yiming withdraw his attention and smiled, saying, "That's more like it! Let's go, big brother, let's go watch the brothers train!" The two of them walked towards the door together.

  Zhao Wenzhong and Gao Fei had just come down the mountain when Political Commissar Zheng Wen and several others emerged from a nearby thicket. "Old Zhao, are you alright?" Zheng Wen asked, seeing that Zhao Wenzhong was unharmed, then turned to look at Gao Fei who was standing beside him with a bitter expression, asking: "Battalion Commander, did they do anything to you?" The latter shook his head and said: "No!" Although he said so with his mouth, in his heart he hated Shan Yixuan to death.

  Zao Wenzhen smiled and said: "Let's go, we'll talk about it again at the team headquarters!" After that, he led all the fully armed people to the team headquarters.

  Zhao Wenxing returned to the team headquarters, walked in front of the map and looked at the terrain of Qinglong Village, sighed and said: "The second master of Qinglong Village is not simple!" As he spoke, he picked up his water cup and took a sip.

  Zheng Wen looked at Zhao Wenzhen and smiled, saying: "Ah, the people who can make Captain Zhao say it's not simple are countable on one hand. What, you've taken a liking to this bandit?"

  "I'm telling you, Old Zheng, they're absolutely not ordinary bandits!" Zhao Wenzhong took a sip of water, put down the cup in his hand and walked to Zheng Wen's front, saying excitedly: "Let me tell you, that battle at Yitian, it was them who did it! One against twenty times the military strength! And all the things that happened previously in Yangcheng, that person called the mysterious figure by the devils, I reckon it's the second master of Qinglongzhai!"

  Zheng Wen was taken aback, hesitated for a moment and said: "You're talking about the incident where Yang Cheng killed hundreds of devils alone before the Japanese invasion?" Zheng Wen looked at Zhao Wenzhong with some disbelief. After the incident, the underground party immediately reported it to the Eighth Route Army headquarters, but until now they still haven't found that person, not even a clear description of his appearance.

  Zhao Wenzhen nodded and said, "Yes, the two of them actually said that they can liberate Yang City and destroy the airport within two hours!"

  "Two hours? Don't be ridiculous!" Zheng Wen hesitated for a moment, then said: "Yangcheng may not be big, but there are the Japanese garrison troops, puppet army, and those police stations that stand on the side of the devils. How easy is it to liberate Yangcheng? Two hours, I think it's nonsense!"

  Zhao Wenxing lit a cigarette, took a fierce drag and said: "At first, I didn't believe it either, but thinking about it, they were able to annihilate the Kitajima Corps with ease and almost no casualties. This must not be an idle boast!"

  "Didn't you ask him if he wanted to join our team?" Zheng Wen knew that Zhao Wenzhong was a man who loved soldiers, and as long as he took a liking to someone, no matter whether they were bandits or rascals, he would take them under his wing and turn them into fighting elites.

  Zhao Wenxing pursed his lips and sighed, saying: "He wants me to agree to one of his conditions!"

  "What's wrong, still making demands? What conditions are troubling you? Does he want to take the position of team leader from you?" Zheng Wen asked with a smile, seeing Zhao Wenzhong's worried and bitter expression. It was laughable that several bandits could make Zhao Wenzhong so anxious, if this were in the military department, it would be ridiculous.

  Zhaowen Xing took a drag on his cigarette, and Nannan said: "They want us to stop the 'Number One' plan."

  "What?" Zheng Wen heard that the No. 1 plan had been stopped, and he stared at Zhao Wenzhong in surprise, then said: "How did they know about the No. 1 plan?" The No. 1 plan was a top-secret document issued by headquarters, and only five people knew about it, including him and Zheng Wenxing.

  "He guessed it! He's telling us to stop the action of destroying the airport!" Zhao Wenzhong sighed, this was an order from headquarters, how could they just stop now?!

  Zheng Wenguang came to the door, furrowed his brow and asked: "What does he mean?" Zhao Wenxing thought for a moment and said: "He may control this airport, or... it's not that simple! This guy has really big ambitions!"

  "......" Zheng took a deep breath, controlling this airport...... That is to say, if we control this airport, the planes in the entire E Yu Wan war zone will not only not cause casualties to our army, but may also help our army's firepower attack and cover on the front line. However, this idea sounds good, but it won't be that simple if we really do it.

  Zheng Wen looked at Zhao Wenzhong who was still smoking and said: "He has such a big ambition, isn't he afraid of getting stuck or choked?"

  "Young people are all like this! The idea is good, but it's not practical!" Zhao Wenzhong thought for a moment, wondering if he should report the situation to headquarters.

  "What do you plan to do? Are you going to report back to headquarters?"

  "Report and see what headquarters says!" Zheng Wenzhen sighed, he didn't dare to make decisions on his own about the "Number One" issue either!

  Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming walked to the special forces training ground, where everyone was training according to Shan Yixuan's instructions. "Boss, Brother Xuan!" Xiao Feng saw Liu Yiming and Shan Yixuan approaching and respectfully shouted out.

  Liu Yiming waved his hand and asked, "What's the training this afternoon?" The other looked at the brothers who were doing sit-ups and said, "This afternoon there are two hours of physical training and two hours of rifle training!"

  Shan Yixuan pouted and said: "This afternoon's training will be changed to actual combat training!" As he spoke, he pulled out a map of Yang City from his body and spread it on the ground.

  Shan Yixuan marked three strongholds on the map with a pen and immediately shouted: "Assemble!"

  Thirty brothers who were training heard Shuang Yixuan's voice and immediately lined up in three rows at the fastest speed. Liu Yiming looked at his previously lazy, playful, and lustful brothers under Shuang Yixuan's leadership, becoming so neat and tidy, and couldn't help but secretly admire that Brother Shuang was indeed a strong general!

  "Listen up, your mission for today has changed. On this map..." Xuan held up the map in his hand and continued: "I've marked three strongholds, they're located at the front and back of Zhaojiazhuang village, where a number of Japanese soldiers are stationed. I think you should understand what I mean - kill them, bring back their weapons and food! This is your first test after a month of training, I don't want to see any casualties! Remember, one person being strong isn't strength, even if they're very strong, they're still just a lone sheep. A team being strong, that's true strength - unity is what makes you a pack of wolves!"

  "Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison, just like regular soldiers. Shan Yixuan felt relieved, within a month's time, they had really changed a lot, this was just the beginning, and there was still a long way to go afterwards.

  Xiao Feng, Liu San and Lao San looked at the map separately, after consultation, the three had already determined their own attacking positions. "Boss, Xuan Ge, we're leaving!" Xiao Feng walked up to Liu Yi Ming and Shan Yi Xuan.

  The two nodded and took out three labels from their pockets, handing them to Liu San and Xiao Feng, saying lightly: "After the deed is done, put it in a place where the devils' reinforcements can see it!"

  Liu San stared blankly and exclaimed in surprise: "Scorpion?"

  "That's right, it's the scorpion. The scorpion is a poisonous animal that never attacks proactively, but once they seize the opportunity, they will penetrate deadly venom into their enemy's body, causing them to die instantly! Secondly, scorpions are social animals, extremely united and brave. I hope you all can be like the poisonous scorpion, counterattacking our enemies! From now on, every action must make the enemy remember this symbol. Let them not dare to oppose us Chinese people in their next life!"

  Shan Yixuan's words made everyone's blood boil, and after his voice fell, everyone said: "Understood!"

  Shan Yixuan nodded in satisfaction and said loudly: "Go sit down, coming back before dinner is considered qualified!"

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's voice fell, everyone quickly left the two men's line of sight, leaving only the silence of the training ground. Liu Yiming smiled and sighed: "Brother, I'm convinced, these brothers are useless under my hands, you see, they're not much better than when they were in the army now that they're under your command!"

  "Haha, it's all thanks to the efforts of our brothers!" Xuan smiled and walked back with him.

  "Brother, you have time to train the remaining batch of brothers, all the younger brothers want to become more powerful!" Liu Yiming looked at Shan Yixuan and said: "Why did the brothers mark the three strongholds near Zhaojiazhuang? There are eight routes stationed in Zhaojiazhuang now, attacking these three strongholds should not be difficult, right?"

  Shan Yixuan smiled wryly and said, "Big brother, when asking for help, one should first send a gift to show sincerity. Now I'm asking the Eighth Route Army not to move the airport, hoping they can satisfy my small wish!" Shan Yixuan thought to himself that although the three strongholds in front of and behind Zhaojiazhuang were closer to the Eighth Route Army, the latter had just arrived in Yangcheng and would inevitably suffer losses. It was better to take action to help them solve the problem, so the Eighth Route Army would owe him a favor.

  "I just can't figure it out, brother is thinking of protecting the airport, what's the point?" Liu Yiming scratched his head, and no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't think of what Shan Yixuan was going to do.

  "Big brother, the time is ripe, you'll know when it's right. Let's go take a look at the other brothers!"

  "Report, scout reporting, there are a total of three enemy strongholds near Zhaojiazhuang, one artillery tower and the other two have pillbox cover, each with about 20 puppet army and Japanese troops!" A young soldier wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform walked into the room to report.

  Zhao Wenxing had a belly full of anger and hadn't found a place to vent it, but now he did. He immediately said: "Get the regiment commander for me!"

  "Yes!" The young warrior turned and left.

  "Lao Zhao, don't let emotions get the better of you. The enemy's three strongholds all have fortifications and artillery towers. I think it's best to wait for Captain Zhang to arrive and discuss this before making a decision!" Zheng Wen saw that Zhao Wenzhong was emotional and feared he would make a mistake.