Chapter 15: The Devil's Plan (Seeking Everything)

  Shi Long paused for a moment, then continued: "Yesterday, the second master of the house killed nearly two hundred Japanese soldiers in the city. The Japanese officer, Qingteng Yimutu, was extremely angry. If it weren't for the telegram from the Japanese officer, he might not have let go of investigating the responsibility of the second master so easily."

  "That damned Qingteng Yimoku is nothing but a thing, sooner or later I'll make him know that Chinese people are not to be bullied!" Lao San cut off Shi Long's words in a huff. Shi Long continued: "I learned from several devils that the devils' military airport in southwestern Lu is exposed under the guns of both the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party, for the safety of the planes, they decided to move the planes to Yangcheng two months later, the content of this telegram is an order for Qingteng Yimoku to build a military airport on that open land north of Yangcheng."

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and asked: "Two months later, won't the devils have to wait for a very long time?"

  "Uh, the devils' orders have been issued to our military police, and we'll start arresting people tomorrow. Every household, except for women, young men of military age, and able-bodied old men will be taken away to do forced labor! Moreover, they want to build a gun tower in the north of Yang City. These are secondary matters. The devils' officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi, has promoted him to Major General to speed up the construction of Qingteng Yimu, and has dispatched a regiment from Xuzhou with a sharpshooter!"

  "A whole regiment?" Single eyebrow furrowed, a regiment is more than two thousand people, the devils have mobilized so many this time, it seems that the devils attach great importance to this airport construction task. The latter hummed and said: "I heard that the devils dispatched a godly shooter, this person is not simple, many devils mention him with fear."

  "Cut the crap, that's just hearsay! Don't talk about it until you've seen it with your own eyes." Liu Yiming interrupted Shi Long.

  Shan Yixuan licked the tip of his tongue and asked, "Since Shi Long said that this person is not simple, there must be a reason why he's not simple. We can't underestimate him! Moreover, we can't take it lightly. The devils have dispatched a regiment to garrison Yangcheng, they must be worried that their military supplies will encounter unexpected events during the construction of the airport. We can't let the devils succeed."

  Liu Yiming looked at Shan Yixuan and said, "What's your plan, brother?"

  Shan Yixuan shook his head and said faintly: "Not for the time being!" Then he asked Shi Long: "When will the devils arrive?"

  "It will probably arrive in Yangcheng within seven days!" Shi Long said with certainty.

  "Alright, so, big brother, you take Shi Long and the others to rest for a bit, give me some time, I'll think about it!" Dān Yìxuān rubbed his hands together, looking somewhat embarrassed, as he said to Liú Yīmíng. Liú Yīmíng nodded, and led Shí Lóng out of the room.

  Shan Yixuan recalled the map of Yangcheng, with such a big movement by the devils, it's impossible that the National Army and the Communist Army in Xuzhou didn't receive any news. If one of the two armies received the news, this battle would be much easier to fight.

  Liu Yi Ming sent Shi Long away and hastily arrived at Shan Yi Xuan's side, seeing Shan Yi Xuan fiddling with something that looked like a map. He couldn't help but curiously ask: "Brother, what is this thing?" Shan Yi Xuan turned his head, smiled slightly and said: "It's called a sand table, it's made by scaling down certain real-life terrain features to a fixed proportion. Look, now it's scaled down to the size of the desk, that's Yang City over there, and here is our Qing Long Zhai!"

  Liu Yiming's eyes shone brightly as he said, "It really is like that! With this thing, we don't even need to go on site to survey the terrain." Shan Yixuan chuckled and continued, "A Japanese regiment has about 2,000 people, and there are only two roads leading to Yangcheng. So if we want to attack the Japanese regiment, we should station ourselves on the high mountains on both sides. This way, no matter how many more people the Japanese have, they will suffer a great loss! We now have two options: attacking the Japanese military depot or attacking the Japanese reinforcement regiment. Of course, we can also choose to do nothing!"

  "Brother, what are you talking about? How can we just sit back and do nothing? Yesterday's battle was all thanks to you, the brothers' anger is huge! What do you say we do, listen to you!" Liu Yiming heard Shan Yixuan say "sit back and do nothing", and in an instant he wasn't calm anymore. Such a big gift, how can they not accept it?

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "Give me two days' time. I'll make a battle plan. No one is allowed to disturb me within these two days! Big brother, can you do that?"

  Liu Yi Ming immediately said: "Okay, I guarantee that my brothers will not disturb you, and they will deliver food to your doorstep!"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and nodded, saying: "I still need to trouble you with one more thing, this sand table needs to be moved into my room!" As soon as Shan Yixuan's words fell, Liu Yiming waved his arm, and several people carefully carried the table with the sand table into Shan Yixuan's room. "Hehe, big brother is indeed big brother! There's one more thing, big brother must investigate within these two days whether the KMT and CPC are interested in this mission, we'll try to avoid conflicts with them! I also want to know the time of the sentry change at the Japanese arsenal, the number of patrols, and their firepower configuration!" Shan Yixuan said straightforwardly.

  "No problem, brother, what else do we need to do?" Liu Yiming said excitedly as he looked at Shan Yixuan. Although he was the head of Qinglong Village, he had hardly ever seen such a big battle and didn't dare to give reckless orders, so this time he decided to follow Shan Yixuan's command in everything.

  Dan Yixuan thought for a moment and said: "That's all, let the brothers polish their guns and sharpen their knives. This time, we will make the devils pay in blood!"

  "Alright!" Liu Yiming immediately relayed Shan Yixuan's original words. The brothers, who had just learned that they would soon have a major task, were eagerly awaiting with bated breath.

  "Big brother, this time we might have to use your treasure!" asked Shan Yixuan with some concern.

  "What's wrong?" Liu Yiming said with a puzzled expression.

  "That batch of ammunition..." Shan Yixuan looked at Liu Yiming with embarrassment.

  "Ah, I thought so! I'll tell you, brother, as long as you come up with a battle plan, don't worry about the military supplies. As long as you can get our brothers to kill those devils, those things aren't a problem!" Liu Yiming said, patting his chest in guarantee.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and smiled, saying: "Then I can rest assured!" Shan Yixuan returned to the house, carefully studying the sand table, recalling the terrain of Yangcheng, any place that could be used for military purposes, Shan Yixuan thought of it.

  Shan Yixuan was thinking and writing down his plan on paper, in this detailed plan list, Shan Yixuan did not include the assistance of the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Party. This time, he wanted to give the Japanese a ruthless lesson.

  Liu Yiming finished handing over the tasks entrusted by Yuan Yiwei, and personally led people to check the shift change time of the arsenal's sentry post and the patrol time of the patrol team.

  The next day after Shan Yixuan received the news, the underground party in Yangcheng also received the news. The Eighth Route Army, which was stationed near Yangcheng, entered Yangcheng in plain clothes to investigate and understand the terrain, and quickly made a decision to hide and wait for orders.