Chapter Thirty-One: Sending Gifts

  Shan Yixuan saw that his brothers had suddenly become very serious, took a deep breath and said: "Alright, let's just leave it at this for now. Next time, remember to be more careful. This is a mistake that could cost us our heads, and it absolutely cannot happen again!" He then smiled wryly and continued: "Come on, come on! We completed the mission very satisfactorily! Don't all look so glum, like you're attending a funeral at home!"

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's words fell, the thirty brothers raised their heads and looked at Shan Yixuan and Liu Yiming with a hint of joy on their faces. Seeing that his brothers' emotions had improved, Liu Yiming stepped forward with a smile and said: "Let's take a break tonight, I'll make an exception for Brother Xuan, we can have some drinks today!"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and looked at his almost frantic brothers, knowing they had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. He then reminded them, "Cough cough, you guys first follow me to deliver the goods to the Eighth Route Army, otherwise, you'll all collapse soon, who will I look for then?"

  Xiao Feng scratched his head and walked up to Shan Yixuan, saying: "Brother Xuan, shall we go deliver now?"

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Take advantage of the fact that it's not dark yet, send it now!" As soon as Shan Yixuan finished speaking, Xiao Feng and Liu San each pulled out a horse cart and made preparations to depart!

  While still feeling disappointed about the recent failure, Shan Yixuan appeared in Zhaojiazhuang with Xiao Feng and Liu San. The sentry of Zhaojiazhuang immediately reported the situation to Zhao Wenzhong and others. Zhao Wenzhong excitedly said to Zheng Wen: "Look, they have come on their own initiative!" Zheng Wen walked out of the house with some doubt, only to find that three horses covered with hemp cloth had already stopped outside the door.

  A group of fully armed Eighth Route Army soldiers surrounded the carriage, with over a dozen Hanyang-made rifles aimed at Shan Yixuan and others.

  Looking at these seniors pointing guns at him, although feeling very uncomfortable, once thinking that they are all members who have made great contributions to the motherland, and are the roots of my Chinese nation's rise, the anger in his heart also disappeared a lot.

  "Commander Zhao, your hospitality is not very friendly!" Yan Yixuan asked with a bitter smile as he saw Zhao Wenzhong walk out.

  Zhao Wenxing smiled awkwardly and hastily ordered, "Put down your guns! You can go now!" He then walked up to Shan Yixuan and apologized with a smile, "Sorry for startling you, brother. Come on, let's sit inside."

  Shan Yixuan followed Zhao Wenxing to a very simple main room, and couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion. The good life in the 21st century was completely earned through the hard struggles of these predecessors. However, there were more and more young people who didn't know how to cherish their current lives, or even their own lives.

  "Commander Zhao, I know your troops have just arrived in Yangcheng for garrison duty and are not familiar with the place. So I had my brothers remove the nails around you to give your troops some time to make adjustments." Shuang Yixuan looked at Zhao Wenzhen, thinking to himself: This should avoid drawing attention from the airport, right?

  Shan Yixuan took over the cup of water and felt that Zhao Wenzhong's call to himself was a bit strange, so he said: "Captain Zhao, just call me Shan Yixuan!"

  "Yi Xuan, hmm, nice name!"

  "Thank you, Commander Zhao, for your praise. The master of Qinglong Village and I have considered that your army may be stationed in Yangcheng for a long time, so we specially sent some military supplies to your army, please accept them!" Xian Yixuan took a sip of water and pointed to the horse cart outside.

  Zhao Wenxing hesitated for a moment, then said: "This... isn't quite right!" Although he didn't think so in his heart, the Eighth Route Army doesn't take even a needle or thread from the common people - this is what Chairman Mao said. How could it be ruined by himself?

  Shan Yixuan saw Zhao Wenzhong's concerns and explained, "We are jointly defending against external enemies. Normally, we are friendly armies. Friendly armies supporting each other with military supplies, what's wrong with that?"

  Zhao Wenzhen and Zheng Wen exchanged a look, and couldn't help but think to themselves, "This young man really knows too much..."

  "Since that's the case, then we'll accept it! Thank you to the great leader of Qinglong Village and the good men of Qinglong Village on my behalf!" Xuan Ye's explanation made Zhao Wenzhong suddenly enlightened, thinking what a good ally, since that's the case, why not accept?

  Zhao Wenxing had the guards bring a few people to start unloading, when they were halfway done, Shan Yixuan said: "Captain Zhao, I have one more thing, may I ask Captain Zhao for advice."

  Zhao Wenxing's heart skipped a beat, and he asked inexplicably: "Brother, what's going on?"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and knew that Zhao Wenzhong was playing dumb with him again, but even when playing dumb, he had to ask clearly. At the very least, he had to know when the Eighth Route Army would take action, otherwise his future plan to establish the Flying Tiger Team would be completely ruined. "Commander Zhao, I'd like to know when your army plans to sabotage the airport?" Shan Yixuan glanced at Zheng Wen and Zhao Wenzhong beside him, both of whom looked very uncomfortable. This kind of military secret was something that anyone with a bit of consciousness wouldn't reveal.

  Zhao Wenzhen coughed lightly twice, and he knew that this batch of military supplies was not obtained easily. He glanced at the political commissar standing beside him, his face ashen and motionless. He thought to himself that even at a time like this, he had become mute. "Yi Xuan, this...this matter, I have already reported it to headquarters, but headquarters has not given me any feedback yet. It's likely that the possibility of destroying the airport is not great!"

  "Do you doubt my abilities?" Shan Yixuan asked Zhao Wenxing, who looked embarrassed.

  "That's not it, but an airport of this size will pose a serious threat to our military once it's built. I think headquarters is probably considering it!" Zhao Wenzhong had never doubted the young man in front of him, but just because he didn't doubt him didn't mean headquarters wouldn't. Once the airport can dock and take off fighter jets, it will bring unimaginable disaster to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui war zone! This is a gamble that no one can afford to take. It's not betting money, but the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and millions of people."

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment, but this wasn't a small matter. Since he already knew the answer, there was no need to stay any longer. He simply said a few words to Zhao Wenzhong and then left with Xiao Feng and others back to Qinglong Village.

  "Lao Zhao, what do you think he's going to do?" Zheng Wen looked at Shan Yixuan and the others disappearing into the night.

  Zhao Wenxing held a Type 38 rifle in his hand, and Nannan praised: "This little devil's thing is really different. Let's change those old-fashioned guns and let the soldiers practice bayonet with this rifle!"

  "Old Zhao, I'm talking to you!" Zheng Wen saw that Zhao Wenzhong was addicted to playing with guns and lightly tapped his arm.

  "Huh? What did you say?" Zhao Wenzhen finally reacted, put away his gun and continued: "Oh, I don't know what he's going to do either, let's just wait for headquarters' response!"

  Liu Yiming's "liberation" sentence, the brothers who had been training hard for more than a month were drinking and eating meat in the hall, having a great time. Shan Yixuan looked at these lovable and fierce brothers and thought to himself that he had only been here for a month, everything felt different now, and he didn't know how Zhi Luo was doing now.

  "Xuan Ge, come on! Let me toast you a glass, brother!"

  The whole night, the Qinglong Village was brightly lit, and the sound of drunkenness kept coming from the main hall. Shan Yixuan barely managed to return to his own room, then fell onto the bed and fell asleep immediately.

  The next morning, Shan Yixuan stretched his waist and walked out of the room. All the brothers were already awake and many of them were busy cleaning up. The hall was filled with the smell of wine. Shan Yixuan looked at the diligent brothers and couldn't help but smile: "Today is really a good day!"

  "Good morning, Brother Xuan!" said one of the brothers while sweeping the floor.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said loudly: "Brothers, did you drink well yesterday? Today's weather is pretty good!"

  As soon as Shan Yixuan's voice fell, all the brothers quickly cleaned up. If they had to choose between training once and cleaning a hundred times, they would definitely choose the latter.

  Xiao Feng walked up to Shan Yi Xuan and said in a low voice: "Brother Xuan, Shi Long wants to see you and the master!"

  "Huh? Shi Long?" Shan Yixuan was taken aback, remembering the brother who had risked his life to send intelligence a while back, and had contributed to the annihilation of the Kitada Corps. "Where is he? The big boss?"

  "Shi Long came with a message saying that he saw you and the master at the Cuihua Building Restaurant! The master is waiting for you at the foot of the mountain!" Xiao Feng said in a low voice.

  "Ah!" Duan Yixuan nodded, looking at his brothers who were still sweeping and cleaning with a frown, this was clearly just an excuse to slack off! He immediately said: "Limit them to finish cleaning within half an hour, and run ten laps around the Qinglong Village!" After speaking, he ignored Xiao Feng who was stunned on the side and turned away.

  "Ten laps!" Xiao Feng muttered to himself, secretly thinking that the boss wouldn't be so ruthless. But he still walked in front of everyone and loudly announced Xuan Ge's order. After the announcement was finished, everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The brothers who had planned to slack off were now in big trouble - ten laps weren't enough, training would have to continue as usual.

  Shan Yixuan ran down the mountain and saw Liu Yiming waiting for him at the foot of the mountain. He walked up to him with a hint of embarrassment, saying: "Big brother, how did you get here so early?"

  Liu Yi Ming turned his head and saw that Shan Yi Xuan had already arrived by his side, yet he hadn't heard a single sound. Although he was used to such things happening, he still felt a chill run down his back. If this were an enemy, wouldn't he be dead by now? "I thought you must be busy, so I told Xiao Feng that I'd head down the mountain first. Let's go! It's been a long time since we've seen Shi Long, that little brat. You haven't forgotten him, have you?"

  Shan Yixuan walked and said with a smile: "Hehe, how could it be? If it weren't for Shi Long brothers, I reckon there wouldn't have been that big battle in the first place. Speaking of which, Shi Long brothers are indeed not to be underestimated!"

  "Haha!" Liu Yiming laughed and said: "You forgot that he was pointing a gun at you?"

  Shan Yixuan shook his head and said in a low voice, "As brothers of the same family, why bother to calculate so much? I think Shi Long brother being an informant among the Japanese is too dangerous. What do you think, big brother?" Shan Yixuan looked at Liu Yiming, although the Japanese were now most focused on building airports, but this didn't mean they would forget the war in Tianjin, the devils' revenge plan might have been brewing, it just hadn't started yet!