Chapter Thirty-two: The Devil's Conspiracy

  Liu Yi Ming nodded repeatedly. The devils are now busy building the airport and have no time to investigate who leaked the news, but this does not mean that the devils will not investigate. "Brother's meaning is to withdraw Shi Long brother back?"

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "Yes, we should withdraw, it's not safe otherwise!" Shan Yixuan said with some concern, although Shi Long had pointed a gun at him that day, but after all, he was innocent until proven guilty. The incident that day hadn't left any impression on Shan Yixuan.

  As the two men spoke, they had already arrived at Yang City. The flames of war had just dissipated a few days ago, and Yang City had returned to its usual bustle. People on the streets, vendors calling out their wares, little girls selling newspapers - the entire scene was like a painting of peace and prosperity. But in reality, the country was not at peace, and the people could not be at ease. However, for the sake of survival, they had to persevere.

  Yangcheng Street, a relatively prosperous street, is where the Chuihua Building is located. The police station and the puppet army's Kempeitai are also located on this street. As soon as the two of them walked onto the main street, a sign that read "Imperial Japanese Army Garrison Command in Yangcheng" caught Xian's eye. Two puppet soldiers stood on either side of the door, each carrying a Type 38 rifle, while inside the door, two heavy machine guns were mounted high up, controlled by two Japanese soldiers.

  "What's wrong, brother?" Liu Yiming asked as he saw Shan Yixuan stop in his tracks for a long time.

  Dan Yi Xuan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Big brother, how much farther is the Cui Hua Building?"

  "Oh, it's not far away, just on this street!" Liu Yiming said, pointing to the crowded area ahead.

  Shan Yixuan licked the tip of his tongue, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. As someone with many years of special forces experience, he was extremely sensitive to anything, which they called intuition. A soldier on the battlefield, accurate sixth sense could make him survive longer.

  "Big brother, I feel something is off!" Duan Yixuan looked at the crowd going in and out ahead, wondering if that was the so-called Cui Hua Lou. The reputation of Cui Hua Lou in Yangcheng wasn't the most impressive, as there were many wine houses in Yangcheng, but this unremarkable restaurant was actually located on the busiest street. Even the best-rated wine house in Yangcheng couldn't get a spot here.

  Liu Yiming was taken aback and looked at Shan Yixuan with a puzzled expression, asking: "What's wrong?"

  Shan Yixuan shook his head, not knowing what was wrong with himself, but he just felt that something was off. This feeling used to appear when he was in danger, but now he had been out of the military for over three years and this wasn't the 21st century, so maybe it was just his imagination? Shan Yixuan thought to himself, took a deep breath and said: "No, it's probably just my imagination. Let's go, Shi Long is still waiting for us at the wine tower!"

  Liu Yiming saw that Shan Yixuan wasn't saying anything, and the two of them strode quickly towards "Cui Hua Lou".

  Although the Cuihua Building is not the best in Yangcheng, its geographical location is superior and business is booming. Shan Yixuan looked at the guests around him and couldn't help but frown again, that dangerous signal reminding Shan Yixuan to be careful.

  On the second floor, near the stairs, Shi Long anxiously waited at a table. He didn't want Liu Yi Ming and Shan Yi Xuan to appear, nor did he want all the brothers to come to this wine house. However, he also knew that Shan Yi Xuan and Liu Yi Ming would definitely come.

  "Shi Long!" Liu Yiming saw Shi Long staring blankly at the floor below, and walked forward to pat Shi Long's shoulder.

  "What?" Shi Long came back to his senses, seeing Liu Yiming and Shan Yixuan standing in front of him, and couldn't help but furrow his brow. He looked around extremely cautiously with his eyes, then whispered: "Hurry up, there's an ambush!"

  As soon as Shi Long's words fell, Shan Yixuan immediately looked around and found that his previous intuition was correct. The thing that didn't feel right just now was that all the people eating were men, but there wasn't a single wine bottle on the table. Thinking about it, several men came to the restaurant to eat, how could they not drink?

  "Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a bullet hole appeared on Shi Long's chest. Shan Yixuan grabbed Liu Yiming, who was still in a daze, and shouted loudly: "Get down, sniper!"

  Shi Long's face turned pale, and he looked at Liu Yi Ming with a guilty expression, saying weakly: "Big brother, second brother, brothers... I... I'm sorry... to you..." As soon as the words left his lips, Shi Long fell to the ground with a thud.

  "Shi Long!!!" Liu Yi Ming saw Shi Long fall in front of him and let out a pained shout.

  When the two realized it was an ambush, everyone in the wine tower didn't give Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming much time to think. Bullets came one after another towards the two people. Shan Yixuan exclaimed: "Quickly find cover! The devils have snipers!" Shan Yixuan said to Liu Yiming while firing his gun, somewhat annoyed.

  The enemy instantly sealed off the entire Cuihua Building, and the strong firepower forced Shuang Yixuan and Liu Yiming to a corner. The sound of gunfire continued to ring out, and the sniper was still searching for the figures of Shuang Yixuan and Liu Yiming. Shuang Yixuan furrowed his brow, picked up a piece of glass from the ground, and used the reflection of sunlight to locate the position of the enemy's sniper. Although the enemy had already surrounded the Cuihua Building, in Shuang Yixuan's eyes, the greatest threat here was the sniper!

  The opponent's sniper was very professional, but Shan Yixuan still found a weakness and whispered to Liu Yiming: "Brother, I saw the enemy sniper, I'll go to the window and take him out later, you cover me!" He picked up an enemy Type 38 rifle.

  He licked the tip of his tongue, looking at the Type 38 rifle in his hand, and couldn't help but take a cool breath. The Type 38 rifle had very strong penetration power, but often could not kill with one shot. Its power was far greater than the old Hanyang-made rifle in terms of penetration, but its lethality was not as fierce as the Hanyang-made rifle. If you want to take out the enemy's sniper, you must hit their head with one shot, so that there is no chance for the enemy sniper to survive. But if one shot does not hit, it is hard to say whether you can kill the devil.

  If the ghostly sniper isn't killed, it will be a threat to everyone in the future! Shan Yixuan picked up a broom next to him, pulled out a stalk of sorghum, narrowed his eyes and said to himself: Yixuan, you are an excellent sniper, with your ability, how can a few devils withstand you? Liu Yiming covered him with a gun in one hand on the side, every time someone came up from the stairs, after a gunshot, there would be a black-clad person rolling down the stairs.

  Shan Yixuan hung the sorghum grass from his mouth, slowly moving to the window, calculating the wind speed, recalling the position of the sniper just now.

  Just as the sniper was searching for Shan Yixuan's position through the scope, Shan Yixuan suddenly stood up, and two guns almost simultaneously aimed at each other. "Bang!" Shan Yixuan didn't think twice before pulling the trigger, and just as the bullet was fired, he immediately crouched down, not even knowing if he hit his target!

  Dan Yixuan took a deep breath, picked up the glass shards he had just broken, and through the reflection saw that the enemy's rifle on the opposite side had already fallen to the ground. It was a Mauser 98k, the standard sniper rifle used by German snipers during World War II. To avoid losing accuracy when removing the scope, the rifle also came equipped with iron sights. In production, only the best barrels were selected for rifles that would be fitted with scopes. The triggers of these rifles had been modified to have a pull of 3-4 pounds.

  "Look, it seems that he's really a professional sniper, and he's even using the German devil's weapon!" Shan Yixuan cursed in his heart. It seemed that the devils had made sufficient preparations for this ambush, and at such a great cost, he had been too careless.

  "Brother, how's it going? Finished yet?" Liu Yiming asked while changing bullets.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and let out a sigh, saying: "It's done, but the devils don't want us to return to Qinglong Village this time!"

  "Huh? What does that mean?" Liu Yiming's words had just fallen when Shan Yixuan raised his gun and blasted a ghost's head.

  "The devils ambushed us this time, obviously they were well-prepared, they came to collect debts." Dān Yìxuān paused for a moment, then continued: "The devils used snipers to kill us, and they're professionals. Although there's still some immaturity, that Mauser 98k is enough to prove everything. We're in a very dangerous situation now, the devils can't hold back anymore, the Shènhuá Building is just tens of meters away from the devil's puppet army headquarters, and they've laid an ambush with so many people, it must be that they want our lives!"

  "Brother, didn't you say that the devils are busy building an airport and have no time to bother with us? Why did they make such a big move this time?"

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "The devils' mission may have been completed ahead of schedule. We killed more than 2,000 devils, this blood debt they will not forget! So, they are now targeting us, Shi Long is just a bait, it's really should have brought out Shi Long brothers earlier!" The unfavorable situation has completely confirmed his own thoughts, but the devils' movements were a bit too fast to catch himself off guard.

  Liu Yiming fired while anxiously asking: "Xuan, what to do now? The bullets are almost gone! Those damn devils just keep coming!"

  Shan Yixuan leapt to the staircase entrance, shouting at Liu Yiming who was caught off guard: "Cover me!" He picked up the gun on the ground and grabbed two hand grenades, throwing one downstairs before quickly hiding in a corner. Panting, he said: "Big brother, these weapons will be enough for us to hold out for a while. We can't go out now, we can only defend ourselves and wait for reinforcements!"

  "Cut the jokes, brother! Who's going to reinforce us? The brothers are all on the mountain, can't even hear a gunshot!"

  "No, Zhaojiazhuang still has the Eighth Route Army. Besides that, when our trained brothers come down from the mountain, they should be able to hear the sound of gunfire."

  "The Eighth Route Army, yes, we still have hope. But when they came, the brothers were all sweeping the floor, can you hear the gunfire?" Liu Yiming said gloomily.

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible. I'll have them run around Qinglong Village ten times. It should work!" Although he said so with his mouth, he wasn't confident in his heart. But even though it was like this, he still had confidence. Shan Yixuan didn't believe that he would fall into the devils' hands after just a few days of arriving.