Chapter 18: Blocking the Reinforced Japanese Army (I)

  Shan Yixuan smiled and looked at Liu Yiming, who immediately shouted in his loudest voice: "Monkey, monkey!"

  "Big, big, what's up?" The monkey put down the Hanyang-made rifle with a bayonet and ran to the three people. Liu Yiming smiled: "Monkey, take out all the things in our warehouse, let the brothers wipe their guns clean and check them."

  The monkey stared blankly and said, "Master, is there something to be done?" The other nodded and whispered, "Go take a look at the thing first!"

  "Alright!" The monkey heard there was a task and immediately took the lead in front, walking while asking: "Big brother, what's the task this time? How many guys will be used?"

  Shan Yixuan looked at the live treasure in front of him and smiled without saying a word. Liu Yiming said calmly, "Use it all!"

  "What?" The monkey's tone was unexpected, "All of it? Big boss, this is our last bit of savings!" The monkey looked at Liu Yiming and Shan Yixuan with some worry. If they didn't have a single thread of assurance, they might not be able to make such good equipment again.

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said to the monkey, "Don't worry, brother. I know these equipment didn't come easily, so I won't let them go to waste without a fight! You have to be willing to give up something in order to gain something. Only those who dare to give up will have gains!" Liu San looked at Shan Yixuan with admiration, and in his heart, he had slowly begun to remember him.

  The monkey looked at Liu Yiming, saw Liu Yiming nodding, and then took out the key to open the door.

  "Wow, so many guns?" Liu San exclaimed in surprise as he saw that the entire room was filled with firearms and ammunition.

  "How many guns are there in total?" Liu Yiming asked, looking at the firearms in the house.

  "Three hundred and eighty big covers, one hundred and fifty poles, four crooked machine guns, one heavy machine gun, four small steel cannons, twenty shells. Forty box guns, over a hundred hand grenades and landmines, bullets as numerous as stars...can't be counted." The monkey said to Liu Yiming while scanning the weapons in the room.

  "Good kid, you remember so clearly! One hundred and fifty guns are enough, each brother can get one!" Liu Yiming laughed and said, "Let the brothers come to receive their guns!"

  The monkey ran out immediately after hearing it.

  Dan Yixuan picked up a rifle, pulled back the bolt, and thought to himself that this damn Type 38 Arisaka and the Hanyang-made rifle were really incomparable, with such smooth and straight rifling...

  The monkey said lead the way, all brothers almost went crazy and ran towards the small cottage on the mountain.

  "Brothers, before we take up arms, I'd like to communicate with everyone!" Duan Yixuan said, looking at all the brothers who had gathered. "I know that overnight, I became the second-in-command of Qinglong Fort, and many brothers have doubts about me. I don't mind if you have such thoughts. However, I hope these thoughts won't appear on the battlefield. When we're not fighting, how you talk about me or discuss me is none of my business. But on the battlefield, I hope everyone will unite as one fist, so that the devils will fear us."

  Liu Yiming nodded in agreement with Shan Yixuan's words.

  "This time, the devils have reinforced Yancheng with over 2,000 people from Xuzhou. Previously, because the devils were stationed in Yancheng, our days were not easy to pass. Now that the devil's reinforcement troops are arriving one after another, I think that if we don't counterattack, the devils will make our lives even more difficult! So, we must take advantage of the favorable opportunity and terrain to eliminate this group of devils on the road to Yancheng. Do you have confidence?" Shan Yixuan looked at everyone, although there were only over a hundred people, but as a former special forces member, he was already accustomed to cases where fewer people won against more, and such things no longer surprised him.

  "Yes!" everyone shouted. Although many people shouted, but from their tone, Shan Yixuan felt that the brothers in front of him did not believe that these people could defeat more than 2,000 devils.

  Shan Yixuan smiled wryly and said, "Brothers, I know that with our current strength, a head-on attack on the devils is almost as difficult as climbing to heaven. We don't have any advantage at all. However, if we launch a surprise attack from behind, we'll gain the upper hand. If anyone doesn't have confidence in winning this battle with me, then there's no need for them to take up arms. I don't want my brothers to become timid when they see the devils outnumbering us several times on the battlefield."

  Although Sun Quan's words were a bit harsh, if one is afraid of going into battle, then it would be better not to go into battle at all. A good commander, if his soldiers' morale collapses, no matter how many men he has under him, will undoubtedly lose.

  "No one in Qinglong Village is a coward! I'm with you!" Lao San took the lead, grabbing a packet of bullets, several hand grenades and a Type 38 rifle.

  Shan Yixuan glanced at Lao San, knowing that Lao San was repaying the favor he owed him. But it was good, someone had to take the lead and set a good example. Under Lao San's leadership, all the brothers received new weapons and equipment. An hour later, the armory was empty.

  "The guns have all been distributed, now I'll assign the tasks, please listen carefully." Shuang Yixuan spread out the map and said calmly: "According to the enemy's marching speed, we will probably encounter them unexpectedly before dawn tomorrow, so tonight we will be camping on the battlefield, sorry everyone." Shuang Yixuan looked at everyone and continued: "Later, I'll call out some brothers to go out with me, I'll teach you how to set up explosive traps and anti-tank cones. The enemy has a battalion-sized force, with tanks following closely behind, Big Brother, can you get us some cement?" Shuang Yixuan asked, looking at Liu Yiming.

  Liu Yiming nodded and said, "Yes, when the house was leaking rain, not much was used, there's still a lot left." Shan Yixuan took a deep breath and thought to himself that even if it didn't solidify overnight, it should be almost done by now. "Alright, big brother, let's use the horse carriage to transport cement to the main road later."

  Shan Yixuan continued: "After I deploy the troops, I will take a few people to leave the main road. Before I return, all commands will be listened to by Big Brother!"

  "Yes!" everyone said.

  Shan Yixuan looked at the artillery and cement that had already been loaded onto the horse cart, smiled and said: "Brothers, let's go!"

  Shan Yixuan led everyone to the ghost's must-pass road, and at the exit of the first line of heaven, he blasted a huge boulder to block the ghost's escape. Then he brought people to set up bait mines, and soon each person learned the method of setting up bait mines in groups of three or five. Looking at the results of their busy work for almost an afternoon, Shan Yixuan took a deep breath and thought to himself: I really hope the ghosts come quickly.

  "Brother, I didn't think you'd still have this skill..." Liu Yiming said, looking at the constructed anti-tank cones and the landmines scattered all over.

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "Big brother, it's up to you here. I'm going to take a few brothers out for a bit. I'll be back soon."

  Liu Yiming looked at Shan Yixuan and asked, "Where to?" Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "We must make the devils anxious to reinforce this place." As he spoke, he picked up an explosive package and walked to a location about 100 meters away from the tank, where he buried it and pulled the rope to a hillside.

  Liu Yiming smiled and said, "Now the devils are going to be out of luck."

  "Big brother, I'm taking ten people away, and they must be good at shooting." Shuang Yixuan said to Liu Yiming after putting the line in place.

  "Alright, no problem!" Shan Yixuan immediately called out a few people and said: "These kids' marksmanship is quite accurate!" Shan Yixuan nodded and counted to seven. "Big brother, I'll choose these two myself, okay?" The other person responded with an "uh-huh", saying: "Alright, you choose!"

  "Xiao Feng, Lao San, Liu San!" Xuan had a good impression of these three people, to say the least. Their marksmanship and martial arts skills could handle unexpected situations, especially Liu San, who was capable of being a great thief on the high seas, and must have mastered the art of escape. This was Xuan's true goal!

  Liu Yiming smiled and said loudly, "Brother, you're really something! I'll give you all the good marksmen from Qinglong Village. Honestly, I don't have any more treasures left." He then looked at the three people who were building anti-tank traps and shouted, "Xiao Feng, Liu San, Lao San, come over here!"

  Three people walked up to Liu Yiming with a confused look on their faces and asked, "Big brother, what's going on?" He looked at Shan Yixuan and said, "The second master has a new task, he wants you few to go!" Xiao Feng looked at Shan Yixuan, yesterday's events still had not allowed him to calm down. How did he practice his marksmanship to such an extent? Xiao Feng thought that his own marksmanship was already quite good in Qinglong Village, but he still lost.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "I have a special task, which is also the most critical task in this battle. Can you complete it? The outcome of this battle depends on whether you can do it or not?" Shan Yixuan looked at the small team in front of him, their marksmanship was among the best in Qinglong Village, although there was still a big gap compared to himself, but he believed that one day, their marksmanship would also become extraordinary.

  "We guarantee completion of the task!" ten people shouted loudly.

  Shan Yixuan nodded in satisfaction and said: "Two people take two rifles, the rest bring enough ammunition and follow me!"

  Tiger cub looked at several people carrying two machine guns and walked up to Liu Yi Ming, saying: "Brother, there are only ten of them, yet they're carrying two machine guns. Isn't that too much?" The latter thought for a moment and finally understood what Shan Yixuan meant: We must make the devils anxious about reinforcements in this place... The only place in Yangcheng that can disrupt the devils' minds is that military warehouse." "You don't understand, they're doing it for us to finish this battle faster!"

  Shan Yixuan walked and asked, "Liu San, can you steal a car?" Liu San smiled and said, "A car? Ha ha, to be honest with you, I can even ignite the enemy's plane..." He paused for a moment before continuing, "It's just that I don't know how to drive!" Liu San's words caused everyone to burst into laughter.

  Shan Yixuan burst out laughing and said, "Alright then, you all head back to the hideout first. I'll go with Liu San to get a truck. We'll meet up at the hideout!" Shan Yixuan's words shocked everyone - was it really that easy to just go and steal a truck? Several people stared blankly at Shan Yixuan, and even Liu San didn't think he actually meant to go steal a truck. Meng Meng asked hesitantly, "Xuan Ge, you're not really going to steal a truck, are you?"