Chapter 36: Liberating Yang City (21st Update)

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "Do you want your troops to suffer casualties?" If they took drastic measures, it was no problem for Shan Yixuan's men to destroy the devils' arsenal. However, in a battle between the two sides, mistakes were inevitable, and casualties aside, if the devils' military supplies warehouse was threatened with safety, it would be better to use small cannons to directly resolve the battle.

  Qingteng stood alone, dazed. He didn't want his subordinates to get hurt, but he was resentful that Duan Yixuan had obtained everything so easily. In his heart, he knew that if the armory was resolved by force, the final outcome would definitely result in the complete defeat of the soldiers guarding the armory. This outcome was precisely what he didn't want to see. If he were ruthless, he wouldn't have let the soldiers behind him put down their guns so easily. He wasn't afraid of death. It's just that thinking about the families of the empire's soldiers still having elderly and young children, dying on the battlefield would be extremely glorious. However, since the empire had invaded first, this wouldn't make his soldiers heroes; instead, they might be cursed for life.

  "Alright, I'm giving the order! Let your people take over!" Qingteng Yimulong let out a long sigh and immediately said to the communication soldier in the team: "Radio! Get me the arsenal defense troops."

  The signal soldier glanced at Shan Yixuan, took the radio from the ground with a trembling hand, immediately called out two passwords, and handed the microphone to Qingteng Yim.

  "Arsenal guard, I am Qingteng Yimut!" Qingteng Yimut said into the receiver. Shan Yixuan believed that this Japanese man in front of him wasn't too bad, he couldn't and wouldn't dare to play with the lives of the soldiers behind him.

  "Major, we heard gunfire, what happened?" asked a Japanese soldier in fluent Japanese on the other end of the receiver.

  "There's nothing going on, the superior has given orders, a special task force is coming to take over the arsenal, they're heading there now, you guys just do the handover procedure." Qingteng Yimou really couldn't think of what kind of language to use to avoid this conflict between the two sides, and in the end he just made something up.

  "Hurray!"

  After the wireless was over, Qingteng Yimut looked at Shan Yixuan and took a deep breath, saying: "I did what you asked me to do, I hope you won't go back on your word. I've already made arrangements with them, telling them that you're an elite special task force sent by the higher-ups, they won't open fire on you. I just hope your people won't harm my soldiers."

  Dan Yi Xuan's mouth curled up, smiling: "Alright, I guarantee not to harm your soldiers." After speaking, he turned around and looked at Xiao Feng and others who were confused, took big strides to Xiao Feng's side, and whispered: "Take fifteen people, go to the military arsenal in Yangcheng North, the devils won't shoot at you. Once you're there, take down their guns and bring the people back to the mountain stronghold. Remember, don't fire a shot, can't kill one devil!"

  Xiao Feng nodded, although he didn't know why Xuan Ge wouldn't let them kill the devils, and led a team of people to leave in a hurry.

  Shan Yixuan looked towards Zhao Wenzheng and Gao Fei, who were not far away from him. Behind them, there were seventy or eighty people hiding behind the bunker, with guns in their hands, aiming either at Shan himself or the Japanese. Shan smiled and walked briskly towards Zhao Wenzheng.

  "Commander Zhao, thank you for your help this time. I was able to escape thanks to you, thank you!" said Shan Yixuan as he walked up to Zhao Wensing and exchanged pleasantries. Although he didn't like making small talk, he still made polite conversation with Zhao Wensing.

  Zhang Wenzhen shook his head and smiled, "No need to be so polite, besides we didn't do anything!" The troops had just arrived at Zheng Street when Shan Yixuan had already taken control of the scene. If you say they assisted, it's true that they didn't even help a bit.

  "Commander Zhao took control of the Yangcheng puppet military headquarters in time, otherwise there would have been no reinforcements to support them. If the Japanese reinforcements had continued, how could I have escaped so easily? I still have to thank Commander Zhao." Shan Yixuan smiled wryly, indeed, the Yangcheng puppet military headquarters had at least 300 people, if the two Japanese devils from the Yangcheng puppet military headquarters had reinforced Zheng Street, it would not have been easy for him to escape.

  Zhao Wenzhong nodded and asked in a low voice, "What do you plan to do with these people?" Being able to lead one hundred men to attack an entire regiment and emerge completely victorious was already astonishing enough for Zhao Wenzhong, who had extensive experience leading troops. Now, this man was actually able to control the entire Japanese military forces in Yang City all by himself, which made Zhao Wenzhong extremely interested in this "bandit" second-in-command - he was a complete military genius.

  Shan Yixuan took a deep breath and finally asked the matter at hand. "I'm taking these people away!" Shan Yixuan looked seriously at Zhao Wenzhong and Gao Fei, without any joking intention.

  "What?" Gaofei and Zhao Wenxing exclaimed almost simultaneously. The two looked at each other, then stared disbelievingly at Shan Yixuan. Zhao Wenxing, who had thought that Shan Yixuan would hand over the batch of captives for him to deal with, was almost stunned, wondering what he was going to do. Was he going to kill this batch of devils?

  "That's right, I couldn't hand over these Japanese troops to your army. The Japanese troops stationed in Yangcheng have already collapsed, and my men have gone to take over the enemy's arsenal. Now that your army has taken control of the Imperial Army Command Center, Yangcheng is safe and sound, so I suppose you won't be thinking of attacking the airport again? Being able to liberate Yangcheng ahead of schedule was something Single Yixuan hadn't even dared to think about before. But now, unexpectedly, Yangcheng had been liberated, although Liu Yiming had sacrificed himself for it, this still counted as good news."

  Yangcheng, this important strategic location, both the Eighth Route Army and the Nationalist Party had their eyes on it, but as the front line was tight, the Revolutionary Army had no time to take care of Yangcheng. Moreover, the Qingteng Yimu League stationed in Yangcheng was not a vegetarian either. This idea was just a thought, and no one would have expected that this important strategic location would suddenly be liberated by a few bandits. If such news were to spread, the entire military world would be extremely shocked.

  "You said your men have gone to take the Yangcheng military arsenal?" Gao Fei looked at Shan Yixuan in disbelief. He then glanced at Zhao Wenxing, thinking to himself that he was really stupid and should have sent the third company to attack the arsenal instead. This time, he had been preempted again!

  "If you don't hand over the Japanese troops to us, what do you want to do? Killing them will only infuriate the Japanese troops in the Huazhong War Zone. If you hand them over to us, we will handle them properly. Also, I will report your situation to the military region. I still hope that you can bring your men and join our Eighth Route Army. Whatever requirements you have for us, you can tell me directly. As long as you join the Eighth Route Army, I will satisfy you!" Zhao Wenxing ignored the incredulous gaze of Gao Fei beside him. If one person could lead over a hundred people to annihilate an entire regiment, then what would it be like if he led a thousand people, or ten thousand?

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "Thank you for the invitation, Captain Zhao. I still think it's not the right time now. Why it's not the right time, I'll tell you later. This group of Japanese soldiers, I won't kill them, nor will I mistreat them. I don't have the habit of mistreating my opponents, but I think they will bring a surprise to the Chinese people in the future." Shan Yixuan smiled mysteriously, not wanting to reveal his plan to Zhao Wenzhong for now, nor did he want anyone to ruin his plan.

  Zhao Wenzhen sighed and said, "Have you really thought this through? As far as I know, Qingteng has more than 2,000 troops stationed in Yangcheng. In that battle, over 500 people were injured. With so many people, don't you think you should let them eat?"

  Shan Yixuan nodded, and indeed there were many people. If they didn't let them do anything, just comfortably being prisoners, the food in Qinglong Village wouldn't last a day. "Don't worry, I won't starve them!" Shan Yixuan turned his head and smiled at all the bewildered Japanese soldiers.

  Zhaowen Xing nodded, since Shanyi Huan insisted on not doing so, he couldn't force him either. After all, these captives weren't caught by himself! "In that case, we won't force it then. I'll report the matters of Yangcheng to headquarters as soon as possible!"

  "Hey, don't!" Single Yixuan said somewhat nervously when he heard that Zhao Wenzhong was going to report to headquarters. The fact that Yangcheng had been liberated was something that Single Yixuan didn't want the outside world to know about, or rather, he didn't want the Japanese to know about it. "Commander Zhao, can this matter not be made public, especially to those devils?" Single Yixuan asked, looking at Zhao Wenzhong with a serious expression.

  "Why?" Zhao Wenzhen was stunned. The liberation of Yangcheng is a great joyous event, it can effectively boost the morale of the soldiers, such good morale, why not let them say?

  Shan Yixuan thought for a moment and said: "For some reason, I can't say it for the time being, but I still hope that Director Zhao will not report to your headquarters first!"

  "Alright, you always make it sound so mysterious, like what you're going to do is more serious than our military secrets!" Zhao Wenzhen smiled and agreed to Shan Yixuan's request.

  "That's good, since Yangcheng has been liberated, Commander Zhao's troops don't need to continue garrisoning in Zhaojiazhuang. You can now move to Yangcheng and station your army there, doing more for the people. The enemy's headquarters can be used as the general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army!"

  "This...". Zhao Wenzhong was somewhat embarrassed and didn't know what to say. The order for the garrison to enter Yangcheng was a time-limited command issued by headquarters to Zhao Weizhong, requiring him to liberate Yangcheng within six months and resolve all Japanese troops in Yangcheng. Now that they had already taken up defensive positions, it was equivalent to having completed their defensive mission ahead of schedule. Zhao Wenzhong asked excitedly: "What about you?"

  Shan Yixuan smiled and said, "We won't go then. By the way, I hope your army won't make things difficult for the Yang family of Yangcheng!" Shan Yixuan had just thought of it - the Eighth Route Army was good at overthrowing local tyrants and distributing land. He had just arrived in this world and met the girl he liked. If the arrival of the Eighth Route Army brought disaster to the Yang family, Shan Yixuan might change his mind.

  "Yang's Grand Courtyard?" Zhao Wenzhong was stunned, guessing in his heart whether the Yang family referred to by Shan Yixuan was the Yang Lao Mr. of Yangcheng. Thinking of that virtuous and respected Mr. Yang, Zhao Wenzhong looked very serious, he was an elder who had made significant contributions to the party and the country.