Chapter Forty-Four

  "Hurry! Speed up!" Lian Chang shouted repeatedly while running.

  But I was increasingly skeptical of this long command in my heart, but what can be done about it? I just openly violated his command and seemed to have irritated him, now I don't want to do anything else that would make me stand out.

  What's more important is... if things go according to the plan in my head, it means another battle is coming, but if it goes according to Lianzhang's plan, at most we'll just be going to rescue some wounded soldiers.

  I won't mind living a long life, so it's fine to follow Lian Shang's orders.

  But things didn't turn out as well as I had imagined, just when I made up my mind to live a peaceful life, a troop of Liberation Army soldiers came running towards me from the front.

  As I looked at this PLA team, my heart skipped a beat.

  First of all, the spiritual appearance of this PLA troop is completely different from ours. These guys look like old soldiers, and they seem to have just gone through a battle... What's more? Some people still have fresh blood on their faces, and there are even several wounded ones.

  Some people might say... nonsense, can the devils' spiritual outlook compare to our People's Liberation Army? But the fact is not just about imagination, and being afraid of death is human nature. This kind of fearlessness cannot be achieved by just shouting slogans, it has to be forged on the battlefield with blood and bullets, otherwise, they will end up like Shen Guoxin and Xu Guochun, those new recruits.

  Secondly, this team of Liberation Army has a common feature, that is, there is a white towel tied on the left arm.

  It can't be that coincidental, can it? Running into fake Vietnamese soldiers disguised as our troops on every street corner? I had my suspicions, but I didn't dare speak out.

  The main reason is that the two parties will definitely start fighting soon... Although this street is not very narrow, there are AK-47s and hand grenades rocket launchers, who can say they can definitely dodge?

  The other warriors didn't suspect much and continued to rush towards the artillery camp, and even the company commander shouted at the soldiers: "Comrades! What's going on ahead?"

  "The artillery battalion has been ambushed!" A one-eyed dragon replied in standard Mandarin, "We'll go around and capture the fleeing Viet Cong, you guys hurry to the artillery battalion and assemble!"

  "Yes!" The company commander responded crisply and waved his pistol again, urging us: "Speed up!"

  I quietly ran two steps and came to Dao Cuo's side, saying in a low voice: "There is a problem, it's the Japanese devils!"

  "Hmph..." The scar-faced man glared at me and shook his head lightly.

  So I knew that Knife Scar had actually been suspicious for a long time, but didn't dare to take any action.

  It's actually normal not to dare to take any action. Although our army has a company, the number of people is more than that of the Vietnamese army... but in terms of firepower and quality, it is not better than this team of over 30 Vietnamese soldiers. Both sides opening fire at such a close distance will not bring us any benefits.

  For the Viet Minh, there were two options.

  One is that when both sides get close and suddenly start fighting, it will obviously catch us off guard and cause heavy casualties.

  Another one just left quietly, anyway we didn't notice...

  I think most of the Vietnamese army will choose the second option, after all, their mission has been completed. If they continue to fight with us on this road... once they are surrounded, it will be a disastrous outcome for the entire army. After all, aren't the Liberation Army troops from various directions closing in on this place? As soon as they hear gunfire, they will immediately surround this area and make it impossible to escape.

  So now it seems like the best way is to pretend I don't know, just like Dao Jian.

  But thinking about it, I'm so nervous... What if those devils get close and start shooting? My life can't withstand a few shots from their AKs!

  The distance between them was getting closer and closer, I could almost see the vigilance and killing intent in their eyes, as if they would raise their guns at each other with just a hint of suspicion.

  From this point on, our army's vigilance was much weaker, because I found that the soldiers around me were all relaxed. But there was one exception, and that was Chen Yiyi.

  She clutched the submachine gun tightly in her hands, and her eyes flickered towards me, as if asking what to do next... What else could I do? I could only learn from Knife Scar's mannerism and gently shook my head at him.

  Finally, the two sides stepped on each other's dense footsteps and crossed over, and the Viet Minh did not take action... This made me breathe a sigh of relief. It was clear that the Viet Minh now only hoped to successfully break through, so they didn't even think about entangling with us.

  But now I'm a bit unwilling: damn it, these devils are too arrogant, they just bombed our artillery camp and then walked in front of us with such arrogance? If this gets out... our troops will be laughed to death from now on.

  Most importantly... if we turn back and unleash a barrage at their backs right now... although it's impossible to annihilate them all, it should still be possible to inflict heavy casualties on them!

  So I ran two more steps and asked quietly, "How is it? Will you fight?"

  "Are you sure they're Vietnamese?" Scar asked, furrowing his brow.

  So I knew what he was worried about, we just suspected that these people were Viet Cong, just suspected... how to confirm? How to confirm? Let them stop and ask? That would obviously lose the precious initiative.

  Everyone knows that having the upper hand on the battlefield is very important, especially in these close and narrow streets. It can almost be said that it doesn't matter how good your skills are or how good your weapons are, whoever gains the upper hand just needs to fire a burst of bullets to basically end the fight.

  I turned my head and immediately said to Knife Scar: "Let comrades make good combat preparations, I'll try them..."

  Diao Zhen was taken aback, seemingly wanting to ask how to try, but seeing the Vietnamese army about to walk far away, he didn't say much either. He immediately gave a low order: "Second row, get ready for battle, this team behind us is likely to be the Vietcong!"

  The scar-faced man spoke in a low voice, so only a few people around him heard and cast surprised glances. I gave a wink to the several soldiers under my command, and they quickly loaded their guns and made combat preparations.

  Then I turned around and shouted at the "Liberation Army" troops behind me in Vietnamese: "Comrades, goodbye..."

  This is a trick that the devils have used on us before, we've fallen for it once in the tunnels. I'm just learning from experience now. The advantage of this method lies in...it may not be able to deceive those quick-reacting enemies, but not every enemy is quick-reacting.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, several people turned around soon after, apparently understanding what I was saying, but restrained themselves from responding. Only one person waved his hand and said: "Again..."

  "Fire!" Knife Scar shouted loudly, and without saying another word, he raised his submachine gun and fired a burst at these "Liberation Army" soldiers. The second squad's soldiers naturally also raised their various weapons and fought fiercely...

  The battle was over in a few minutes, with both sides only tens of meters apart on the relatively narrow street with good visibility. Even if a soldier who had never fired a gun before shot randomly, he could still hit his target. After a burst of miserable cries, there were only piles of blood-soaked corpses in front of us.

  And I was holding a sniper rifle instead of an AK, what's the point? After just three shots, I found that there were no more people standing.

  But that's not to say we've annihilated the enemy, because I noticed something: just as I shouted out in Vietnamese, Lone Dragon, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly darted into a nearby civilian house and vanished... The speed of this reaction even surprised me, and I hadn't even had time to raise my gun!

  Why not chase?

  Kidding... This guy is obviously skilled, why would I go after him? Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

  It wasn't until later that I found out that this one-eyed dragon was the captain of this special forces unit, and that he had devised and directed the entire sneak attack plan. What should have been a triumphant conclusion to the mission ended in disastrous losses at the last minute.

  After we shot down a large number of people, the rest of the soldiers in our company were stunned, and they all looked at us blankly, not knowing what had happened.

  "What the...what are you people doing?" Lian Zhang was so scared that his face turned pale, and he shouted at us angrily: "What's wrong with you guys? Are you fighting your own people? Have you gone mad or what?"

  "Stretch out!" Dao Ba replied: "They are Vietnamese devils disguised as us, and the ones who ambushed the artillery camp might be these guys!"

  "Huh?" Lian Chang said uncertainly: "You... are you sure?"

  "Got it!" Scar said with a nod, "It was Second Lieutenant who saw through them!"

  Lian Chang glanced at me and nodded, then led several soldiers to check on the "liberated army" that we had knocked to the ground.

  I know what he means, he wants to verify his identity... Only fear is that he still hopes those we brought down are our own people!

  Only to see the soldiers in the long strip of bandages rummaging through the bodies, finally finding a small booklet written in Vietnamese from one of the Viet Cong corpses... With an unhappy face, he walked back and nodded at us, saying: "Hmm, it's indeed the Viet Cong, you guys did well!"

  "Good!" The warriors burst into another round of cheers, everyone proud that we had won again.

  However, it seems that only Lian Chang is unhappy... But to be honest, if I were in his position, I would also be unhappy. Isn't that right? He let these Vietnamese people deceive him so badly, and just now he was still following the orders of the Viet Cong, but under his command, there are so many people who saw through it, not only did they see through it, but also didn't report their private actions to him again... This feeling is like all the soldiers under him are more capable than himself, and only he is a useless person!

  But I also have a hard time, I don't want to offend this superior, I don't want to be the first bird, but what just happened... Do I have time to report?