Chapter 56: The Calamity Star (Seeking Sponsorship)

  The brothers of the Snow Fox Independent Regiment saw that Genya Mononobe was speaking to himself in Japanese, and his tense expression eased a lot. In his opinion, this was Genya's way of showing respect for him. Indeed, Genya did not have any intention of mocking or belittling them, and in his eyes, these people, although they were Japanese, were no different from the brothers of the Ling Fox Strike Team.

  "In Yangcheng, the Eighth Route Army has taken military action. Ten minutes ago, all of the Eighth Route Army in Yangcheng were fully armed except for Yangcheng itself. Since Xuan Ge had instructed us not to engage in an armed conflict with the Eighth Route Army's troops, our people did not block their exit from the city. The commander of the Independent Regiment, Zhao Wenxing, led his team and they all looked very tense."

  "Fully armed?" Yun Yixuan furrowed his brow, could it be that something had really happened?

  "Hai, five minutes ago, I sent a few brothers to the place where the Eighth Route Army is stationed. There's not a single person left there, not even any guards! The only things left behind are the cooking utensils!"

  "Xuan Ge, this Eighth Route Army is too unreasonable! How can they just leave without even saying goodbye to us?" Xiao Feng said with some disdain. He had been training with the Japanese Snow Fox Independent Brigade all day, and although he couldn't speak Japanese, he could still understand a few simple phrases.

  "No!" said Shan Yixuan, frowning. "Something must have happened, and it's probably related to the gunshot we just heard. The Eighth Route Army wouldn't abandon their food supplies easily. Could it be... could it be Temple Suiyi..."

  "Rat-a-tat-tat... Rat-a-tat..." The intense gunfire cut off Shan Yixuan's unfinished words. Shan Yixuan and Xiao Feng walked to the front door, where the dense gunfire further confirmed Shan Yixuan's concerns.

  "Not good, quick, gather the Linghu Rapid Strike Team, follow me to Zhaojiazhuang!" Duan Yixuan picked up the Browning pistol on the table and quickly ran out. Xiao Feng and Xue Hu's brother followed closely behind, Xiao Feng running at top speed to their usual training spot, telling Liu San and others who were helping Xue Hu's Independent Squadron train: "Linghu Rapid Strike Team brothers assemble, quick, there's a mission!" He ignored the puzzled gazes of all the Snow Fox Independent Squadron brothers and ran towards the empty airport.

  As Xiao Feng's receding back disappeared from view, everyone was stunned. Lao San was the first to react, shouting loudly: "Brothers, grab your gear, quick, assemble!" Lao San's words awakened everyone, and the brothers of the Ling Hu Tuan immediately picked up their guns from the ground and followed Xiao Feng's route in a sprint towards the airport. Qing Tian Yi Mu saw that everyone was tense and knew something big had happened, so he immediately said in Japanese: "Snow Fox Independent Brigade, follow me!" He picked up his weapon from the ground and followed the Ling Hu Tuan members as they ran towards the airport runway.

  Shan Yixuan licked his tongue tip, the dense gunfire made Shan Yixuan somewhat worried, and Su Yi in the temple finally couldn't hold back anymore.

  There were several motorcycles and military trucks parked on the airport runway, which was a generous gift prepared by the devil commander for Shan Yixuan. Shan Yixuan looked at these vehicles with a helpless smile, and the devils finally irritated themselves!

  "Xuan Ge, they're here!" Xiao Feng pointed at Liu San and the others who were running over. The entire Ling Hu Tui squad gathered in front of Shan Yu Xuan at their fastest speed.

  "Xuan Ge, what's wrong?" Lao San asked as he walked up to Shan Yi Xuan, who was frowning.

  "Brothers, the devils have arrived at our doorstep! We've occupied their airport, seized their planes, and bombed their headquarters. They can't just sit back and do nothing! There's intense gunfire coming from Zhaojiazhuang and Magou directions, the Eighth Route Army has already set out, but how can we let them clean up the mess we made? I order, Old Three to lead 40 men to Magou Village, remember, don't clash head-on with the devils, learn to fight guerrilla warfare, mountain warfare. Xiaofeng will follow Third Brother, cover for our brothers during the attack!"

  "Xuan Ge, Xiao Feng is a godly marksman, let him follow you! You brothers are only thirty people, while they have forty or so!" Lao San said with some concern. The dense sound of gunfire kept coming from Zhao Jia Zhuang, indicating that most of the devils were not in Ma Gou, which made Lao San very worried.

  "Haha, even if you give me ten people, I believe these devils won't be able to take us down! It's precisely because Xiao Feng is a godly marksman that I let him follow you. With him around, I won't have to worry about taking care of you." Duan Yixuan said, looking at Xiao Feng who was holding the sniper rifle, "Xiao Feng, I'm entrusting the safety of my brothers to you. You must bring them back alive!"

  "Yes!" Xiao Feng replied crisply.

  "The rest of you come with me to Zhao Family Village, let's go, depart!" He said, leading thirty spirit fox brothers towards a truck.

  "Xuan Ge!" Qingteng Yimutu and the brothers of the Snow Fox Independent Regiment arrived just as Xuan Yi was opening the car door.

  Shan Yixuan turned his head and looked at Qingteng Yimu and all the brothers of the Snow Fox Independent Brigade.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Can't we bring the Snow Fox Independent Squadron brothers along?" Qingteng Yimù looked at Shan Yixuan with pleading eyes. Since the establishment of the Snow Fox Independent Squadron, except for controlling a few pilots, they had done almost nothing, and both sides seemed to have some distrust in their hearts. But Shan Yixuan treated every member of the Snow Fox Independent Squadron as brothers, treating them just like he did the Linghuo Strike Team. Shan Yixuan's trust made Qingteng Yimù feel that it was time for him to do something for him!

  "This time, we're going to fight the Japanese!" Shuang Yixuan looked at Qingteng Yimoku with some worry, not because he didn't trust him, but because he didn't want Qingteng Yimoku to see people of his own nation killing each other. In Shuang Yixuan's view, there was nothing more cruel than this.

  "Since we followed Xuan Ge, we were destined to break away from the Dahua nation. After such a long period of training, the Snow Fox Independent Regiment's brothers have become very powerful, and their combat effectiveness has improved a lot! I hope Xuan Ge can let us join!"

  "Alright, you come with me. Order the Snow Fox Independent Regiment's brothers to get ready for battle." He handed a captured signal gun to Qingteng Yimut and said, "Judging from the intense firepower, we're in a tough spot this time. Tell the Snow Fox Independent Regiment's brothers that as soon as this signal flare is fired, they must quickly support Magou and Zhaojiazhuang. This is the mission of the Snow Fox Independent Regiment!"

  Qingteng Yimuturned to face a lieutenant colonel and said, "As soon as this signal flare is fired, you will lead the Snow Fox Independent Regiment to quickly reinforce Zhaojiacun and Magoucun. Inform the Snow Fox Independent Regiment to prepare for battle! Be ready to reinforce us at any time. Remember, we are not on the same side as the Japanese now. Once we enter the battlefield, they become our enemies. If you don't kill them, they will wipe us out!" After finishing speaking, Qingteng Yimuturned to face Shan Yixuan.

  Shan Yixuan nodded and pulled open the car door, saying: "Get in!"

  Qingteng Yimut nodded and quickly climbed into the compartment. The truck started rapidly after Qingteng Yimut got on and sped towards Zhaojiacun. Lao San led another team of people riding trucks and motorcycles to rush to Magou Village.

  The intense gunfire made Shan Yixuan feel uneasy, and the devils were developing from outside to inside, obviously with great strength, intending to attract his attention. What Shan Yixuan was most worried about was that the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang and Magou would suffer, according to the devils' methods, they would first take action against the unarmed civilians.

  The truck stopped a few hundred meters away from Zhaojiazhuang, and intense gunfire kept coming from inside Zhaojiazhuang. It was clear that the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese had clashed!

  "Report to the team leader, the devils seem to be increasing and not decreasing, their firepower is too strong!" Gaofei shouted to Zhao Wenzhong while shooting from behind a low wall.

  "Damn it, the devils have gone mad, they've actually mobilized so many troops! How's the situation at Magou?" Zhao Wenzhong looked at Gao Fei with a gloomy face, the enemy's forces were getting stronger and stronger, and the half-independent regiment was unable to withstand the enemy's powerful firepower.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The mortar shells landed densely to the left and right of Zhao Wensheng, and in an instant, more than a dozen soldiers were sacrificed. Zhao Wensheng pulled out two hand grenades and threw them at the enemy's dense position.

  "The Magou side was also attacked, but the main force of the devils is here." Gaofei said anxiously while fighting. This time he really encountered a formidable opponent, and the Eighth Route Army had already begun to retreat while fighting.

  After a round of mortar shelling, the devils' new wave of attack almost left Zhao Wensing breathless. He immediately ordered: "Withdraw!" Just as Zhao Wensing's order was about to be issued, a burst of gunfire came from behind the devils, and Shan Yixuan and the Linghu Tuiji brothers used the favorable houses as cover, with every shot bringing down a devil. The devils woke up from their shock, just loaded the bullets and raised their guns, only to fall down. Monkey hugged the crooked gun, continuously firing in bursts, almost no bullet was wasted, the whole light machine gun in Monkey's hands seemed to be played without recoil.

  The devils hesitated for a moment, but quickly came to their senses and all the muzzles were firing wildly at the brothers of the Linghu Tuanjia Squad, with the mortar shells bursting wildly around several people.

  Shan Yixuan and Qingteng Yimut quickly hid behind the wall, the corpses of the civilians on the ground made Shan Yixuan furious, looking at the woman who was pressed against the wall, her clothes disheveled, being brutally raped to death, a surge of anger arose, and he couldn't help but curse: "Inhuman things!"

  The appearance of Shan Yixuan and others made all the Eighth Route Army's eyes shine, and Zhao Wensing, who had ordered a retreat, looked at Shan Yixuan and others hiding behind the wall and thought to himself, "This kid has got some real guts!"

  "Bang!" Shan Yixuan knocked off Zhao Wenzhong's hat with one shot and scolded: "Damn it, what are you looking at? Fight!"

  Zhao Wenzhen looked down at his hat that had been shot through, just about to flare up in anger, when he saw Shan Yixuan staring at him furiously and cursed: "Damn it, dare to shoot Laozi's hat, go back and settle the score with you, beat me hard!"

  The Japanese who originally had the upper hand suddenly became passive due to the appearance of Shan Yi Xuan!