Chapter 21: Abundant Achievements (Seeking Bookmarks)

  Just as Liu San was wondering why the devils only reinforced one Type 98, the cannon of the Type 98 aimed at a group of densely packed devils and fired with a loud "boom". Xiao Feng and Lao San were both stunned, and then everyone else was stunned too. Several devils who saw their own people being bombed by the tank ran angrily to the front of the tank, gesturing and cursing. Shan Yixuan loaded another shell and calmly returned the curses.

  Liu San rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and after realizing he wasn't dreaming, he immediately ran to the truck, started the engine, and stepped on the gas. The truck sped towards the arsenal. Liu San drove while muttering to himself, "Xuan Ge is indeed Xuan Ge, even tanks can be obtained, it's truly amazing."

  Lao San saw through the situation and immediately shouted loudly towards Xiao Feng's watchtower: "It's our own people, withdraw!" Lao San and the brother behind him responsible for covering withdrew from the watchtower, each carrying a submachine gun. When the devils were avoiding, Shan Yixuan stuck out his head and shouted: "Withdraw quickly!"

  The tank is not one of our own, the devils are shooting at it like crazy, but unfortunately the bullets can't penetrate its thick armor. The devils' small cannons have almost all been used up on the lookout posts, and there's hardly any ammunition left. Faced with this tank that once posed a serious threat to the Chinese people, the devils now have no way out.

  Lao San and Xiao Feng saw that it was Shan Yixuan, and their hearts were filled with joy. Each of them hugged a Type 96 machine gun, "da-da-da" firing at the devils. If one machine gun could suppress the current 38th Division's big cover, then seven machine guns would make the devils not even dare to raise their heads, let alone counterattack. Shan Yixuan covered himself with the turret while turning his head to look back. Liu San's truck had just stopped, and Shan Yixuan smiled to himself, thinking "I love smart people!"

  "Hurry, get on the truck!" Shuang Yixuan shouted at Xiao Feng, who was almost out of breath. If the enemy's reinforcements arrived, it would be extremely difficult to escape. The enemy's arsenal had been attacked, and Yangcheng would surely provide emergency support here. Fortunately, they hadn't arrived yet. Shuang Yixuan prayed that the enemy would arrive late, he must let his brothers withdraw from the enemy's encirclement.

  Xiao Feng nodded and said, "Withdraw, I'll cover!" Lao San led several brothers to retreat while firing, and Shan Yixuan shouted at Xiao Feng after everyone got on the car, "Hurry up and withdraw, what are you hesitating about?"

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's voice fell, Xiao Feng "thudded" and knelt to the ground, with fresh blood seeping through his pants. Xiao Feng was shot in the right leg, Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow, pulled out a pistol, jumped out of the tank, shooting while running to Xiao Feng's side. "Brother, where are you hurt?" Shan Yixuan asked with concern as he hugged Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng's hand was still constantly pulling the trigger, but his facial expression looked very stiff.

  "Xuan Ge, I'm injured, you go quickly, once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, none of us will be able to escape, go quickly!" Xiao Feng's eyes dropped a tear.

  "Damn it!" Shan Yixuan shouted, killing two devils who were aiming at him. "I, Shan Yixuan, have never abandoned any of my brothers since I was born. What the hell are you talking about?" He pulled up Xiao Feng and carried him on his back, shouting loudly to the brothers in the truck: "What the hell are you looking at? Cover us!" Shan Yixuan's words awakened several old men. Although they no longer had tank cannons, six submachine guns made the little devils also tremble with fear.

  Shan Yixuan almost stepped forward to the truck, Lao San put down his machine gun and helped Xiao Feng onto the vehicle. Just as Shan Yixuan was about to get on, he turned back to look at the tank, then picked up two hand grenades and sprinted towards the tank. Seeing Shan Yixuan running back, Lao San raised his machine gun and shouted: "Covering fire!" The six machine guns fired continuously at the devils shooting at Shan Yixuan.

  Shan Yixuan pulled open the safety pin, hesitated for a moment before throwing the grenade into the tank's driver compartment. He then quickly ran towards the truck and shouted "Start the car!" at a distance of several meters from the truck. Liu San immediately turned the key to start the engine, and as the truck started moving, Shan Yixuan jumped onto it with a gun and several brothers firing at the devils following behind.

  The truck drove further and further away, with most of the devils being left behind. Shan Yixuan took a deep breath of cool air and said, "What a close call! Luckily we left before the devils' reinforcements arrived, or I would have made a big mistake." Shan Yixuan panted heavily as he looked at several brothers who were covered in dust and dirt, "Why are two brothers missing?" Shan Yixuan furrowed his brow and turned to Lao San.

  Lao San lowered his head and let out a long sigh, saying: "Two brothers have fallen, they were hit by the enemy's bullets and fell from the observation post!"

  Shan Yixuan closed his eyes and said with a hint of shame: "Brothers, let's go, we won!"

  The truck slowly stopped at the foot of Qinglong Village, and Liu Yiming led his brothers to surround it immediately. Seeing Liu San, he quickly ran to the back of the car and said: "How is it? Have they all come back?" A few people jumped off the truck, and Lao San carried down the injured Xiao Feng, saying: "There are still two brothers who left ahead of time." As he spoke, several people lowered their heads.

  Liu Yi Ming furrowed his brow, this battle had a huge disparity in casualties, battles always result in casualties, no one could be blamed for that. Liu Yi Ming smiled wryly and said: "Alright, first let's send Xiao Feng to Dr. Li for treatment."

  "Big brother, two of our brothers have fallen, I deeply apologize!" Although Shan Yixuan knew that in war there must be casualties, after all this was someone else's territory, Shan Yixuan felt it necessary to say something to Liu Yiming.

  "Yi Xuan, you're so capable of commanding battles, don't tell me you don't understand this basic principle? I'm just a rough and uneducated man, but even I get it - in war, there will be casualties, it's unavoidable. You can't blame yourself for that, the only ones to blame are those devils, their arrival is what made so many of our brothers leave this world at such a young age. Brother, you fought well, beautifully! Let's go, up the mountain!"

  Shan Yixuan smiled slightly, turned his head to look at all the brothers, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your support, this victory is the wealth we earned with our unity!"

  All the brothers looked at Shan Yixuan with admiring eyes. Liu San walked to Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming's side, softly saying: "Boss, Xuan Ge, how do we deal with this? Open it up?" Liu San pointed at the steep mountain road, somewhat nervously.

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "It's blown up, let's just go and it'll be a waste of time!" Liu San looked at the truck with a pitiful expression and said, "Such a good vehicle, blown up, what a pity!"

  "Alright then, you go ahead!" Duan Yixuan humorously looked at Liu San's reluctant expression.

  "I'll just blow him up then!" Liu San pulled open the car door, got in and said: "Find a brother to ride a horse and follow me, I'll drive the car further away!"

  Liu San's actions made everyone burst out laughing. Shan Yixuan smiled and thought to himself, "He's indeed a master thief, his mind is so meticulous!" He then turned to one of the brothers and said, "Brother, follow him on horseback, wait until he blows up the car, and then you both come back!" Liu San started the engine and drove off into the distance.

  Liu Yiming led the brothers back to the mountain stronghold, shouting: "Tell the kitchen, today we will kill pigs and sheep to celebrate this great victory, brothers tonight will drink to their heart's content!"

  "Oh yeah! Big bowls of wine, big mouthfuls of meat!" The brothers shouted as they rushed out.

  Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming had just sat down when the monkey in charge of the military supplies walked up to them with a small notebook, grinning from ear to ear, saying: "Big Master, Second Master, we've made quite a haul this time!"

  Liu Yiming glared at the monkey and scolded: "Do you still need to ask? Do you dare to sell Guan Zi! Speak quickly, what's going on?"

  The monkey smiled and said, "This time we killed 2,200 devils, including one lieutenant colonel, three lieutenants, twenty lieutenants, and two captains!" Just these Japanese military officers made everyone admire Single Yixuan. The monkey continued to say: "We captured 3,500 long guns, of which 1,500 were new guns that had not been opened! Two hundred pistols, one thousand two hundred hand grenades, twenty mortars, and one hundred fifty rounds of ammunition. We destroyed twenty-five cars, tanks... tanks..." The monkey said, looking at Single Yixuan.

  Shan Yixuan was stunned and said: "Oh, that tank was blown up by me..."

  "We destroyed one tank. One of us was injured and two brothers were killed!" The monkey said, lowering his head, such an achievement, they didn't even dare to think about it before.

  Shan Yixuan smiled slightly and said softly: "Big brother, I think that small house won't be enough this time, hehe!"

  Liu Yiming nodded excitedly and said loudly, "This is a big battle, this is also a beautiful battle! I've been a bandit for so many years, but I've never had as much fun as today! Beautiful! Brother Yi Xuan's abilities are more and more impressive to me!"

  Shan Yixuan shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's all thanks to the efforts of our brothers."

  The whole village was immersed in joy, and everyone was talking about the cowardly appearance of the devils. For a time, the Qinglong Village was filled with laughter and cheers, just like during the Chinese New Year.

  Seito Ichimoku arrived at the arsenal just as the war was ending, and on the ground lay wounded soldiers of his own Great Japanese Empire, as well as many injured Allied troops. Seito walked up to one of the wounded men, grabbed him by the collar and said: "What's going on? Tell me, who did this?"

  The wounded soldier looked down in shame and said weakly, "Reporting to Lieutenant Colonel, there were only a dozen or so enemies, but they occupied our most advantageous strategic position, resulting in heavy casualties on our side. After dawn, an enemy tank appeared, and we thought it was our reinforcements, but... In the end, they were all taken away by a military truck."

  "Hachigaya, hachigaya!" Qingteng Yimut opened the door of the armory and saw that the warehouse was unaffected by the war outside. He put down half of his worries. "Tanks? How could those Chinese devils have tanks?" Qingteng Yimut furrowed his brow in thought.

  "Report, Commander Kobayashi's phone call!" A communication soldier with a radio on his back walked up to Aoi Matsumoto and said.

  Qīng Téng, a lieutenant general who had just been promoted, was trembling as he answered the phone. He had committed such an egregious error and didn't know how to explain it to his superior officer, Commander Kobayakawa!