Chapter 23: Breaking Out of the Encirclement

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  Liu Zhenfeng continued to sleep for two or three more days before finally waking up on the fourth day of the first month of the 27th year of the Republic of China.

  "Huh? Where am I? What's going on?" Liu Zhenfeng looked down at himself, his body was wrapped with explosive packs... no, that's not right, they were bandages.

  "Little Zhang, Little Zhang! You little devil, come in here!" Liu Zhenfeng bellowed at the top of his lungs towards the outside of the door.

  "General, General, are you alright? General. It's great, it's great, the General won't die, the General actually didn't die!" His guard Xiao Zhang shouted happily towards the courtyard.

  My god, what's wrong with him? This kid can't even talk properly! What's the point of having a military seat if he's not going to die?! Is this kid eager to die early or something?!

  Zhao Zhenhai rushed over like a flying bird, tightly grasping Liu Zhenfeng's hand and said with deep feeling: "General, it's great, General, you're fine, that's really great. If something really happened to you, how could I live?"

  "Ugh!" Liu Zhenfeng really couldn't take it anymore. A big, rough man like him was actually holding his hand like a little woman, and speaking in a sentimental tone, saying all sorts of mushy things. Damn! Even if he hadn't died from the enemy's blade, he would still be driven to death by these people's disgusting behavior.

  "Uh-huh, uh-huh, Little Li, hurry up and ask Dr. Ye to come over and take a look at Junzuo to see if he's really okay, hurry up!" Yu Zhenhai said to a soldier beside him.

  Xiao Li immediately ran out to invite Dr. Ye.

  "Marshal, you don't know. You've been unconscious for a whole week. The brothers were worried to death. If something really happened to you, I...I could only kill myself to report to the Marshal." Yu Zhenhai said emotionally.

  "I'm telling you, Old Yu, don't you think this injury is severe enough?" Liu Zhenfeng glared at Yu Zhenhai. This guy, a seven-foot-tall man, was always getting emotional like a girl. And who was he getting emotional with? Not Liu Zhenfeng, anyway - although he did often call his fellow comrades "comrades", heaven and earth were his witnesses, he wasn't one of "those" comrades!

  "Jun Ze, what's wrong? Where are you hurt again? Damn it, which blind rabbit was messing with Jun Ze just now? If anything happens to Jun Ze, I'll be asking for your heads!" Yu Zhenhai glared at the soldiers beside him, and they all dared not make a sound.

  This old man is surprisingly good at diverting the topic, Liu Zhenfeng didn't bother with him again, guessing that if he spoke a few more sentences with him, he wouldn't be driven to death by anger or disgusted to death.

  "Director, Director, Dr. Ye has arrived, Dr. Ye has arrived!" Little Li shouted as he led a female doctor in.

  "You bunch of bastards, get out of here! Don't crowd around, go out quickly! Don't disturb Dr. Ye from examining our commander!" Yu Zhenhai shouted loudly. At this time, the soldiers surrounding Liu Zhenfeng's stretcher all dispersed in a hurry.

  "Then I'll say it again, Old Yu, don't you think you should also be aware of this, wherever is cool just go to that place?" Liu Zhenfeng said with a smile to Zhenhai.

  "General's seat, I think it's coolest here, I'll just stay here!" Yu Zhenhai said with a silly smile.

  My god! I've seen people with thick skin before, but never anyone as thick-skinned as him. No wonder the Japanese samurai's sword can't even scratch his skin!

  "Dr. Ye, take a look at him and see if he's really okay?" Yu Zhenhai made way for Ye Huiyun to sit beside Liu Zhenfeng for diagnosis.

  Liu Zhenfeng looked up at the doctor, and his whole body shook suddenly. Xiao Ran, this girl who had been on his mind all the time, this famous beauty of Nanjing University with both talent and looks, was now sitting alive next to him. How could this be? Xiao Ran, wasn't she already gone?

  "Dr. Ye, take a look at our army's seat!" Yu Zhenhai urged.

  Ye Huiyun saw Liu Zhenfeng staring blankly at her, as if he had seen another person in his eyes.

  His eyes are so similar to those of Ke Tao. He seems to want to see someone else's shadow on me, this, what's going on? Ye Huiyun shook her head and began to check my wound.

  Liu Zhenfeng's eyes still haven't left her face, he only feels his intestines are twisting with tenderness, is it really you? I always thought I could forget you, even when I was studying at Fudan University, there was a period of time when I really forgot about you. But when you appeared in front of me again, my thoughts couldn't be controlled and came flooding back. I admit, I still can't forget you. But are you really Shao Ran?

  As a girl, she was stared at by a male animal while working (Liu Zhenfeng: What's wrong with that? Shouldn't it be a handsome and charming guy looking at her with affection? Why call him a male animal? Author: Aren't humans also animals? Is it wrong to call you a male animal? Do I have to call you a female animal or a two-sexed animal? Liu Zhenfeng: Dammit, are you trying to get me to teach you a lesson? Author: Are you going to be a running dragon? Liu Zhenfeng: Alright, alright, I'll tolerate it!), and this guy would look at her face one moment, then her hands the next, and then... what a pervert! He even looked at her chest, staring intensely as if trying to see through her clothes. Ye Huiyun's face turned red as she gave Liu Zhenfeng a full-body examination, confirming he was fine before turning around to say to Yu Hai: "Commander Yu, Colonel Liu is fine, his body is very good and the wound is healing quickly." After finishing, Ye Huiyun ran out with a blush.

  Liu Zhenfeng was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses and asked Zhenhai, "Old Yu? What's the name of this doctor?"

  "She's called Ye Huiyun, an intern at Suzhou Church Hospital. But according to the attending physician, her level is no less than that of an excellent surgeon. She also agreed to join our team as a battlefield doctor," Yu Zhenhai said.

  "Is it?" Liu Zhenfeng stared at Yu Zhenhai and said.

  "Sorry, Colonel, I didn't get your consent and kept her in the unit on my own, but at that time you were still in danger, and I also wanted to keep a doctor just in case!" Yu Zhenhai explained.

  "Is she pretty?" Liu Zhenfeng asked Yu Zhenhai with a smile.

  "Beautiful! She's kind, diligent at work, and highly skilled in medicine. Whoever marries her will be incredibly lucky!" Yu Zhenhai said wistfully.

  "Why don't I play matchmaker for you!" Liu Zhenfeng said with ill intentions.

  "Alas, I'm just a rough and unrefined man. If there's a woman willing to marry me, I'd be grateful. Someone as talented and beautiful as Dr. Ye is beyond my wildest dreams. Besides, with the country in turmoil, I haven't even considered getting married." Yu Zhenhai said solemnly.

  Yes, now with national difficulties looming over us, wanting a romantic love affair can only be considered a luxury!

  Liu Zhenfeng sighed and said, "She can join our troops as a doctor, but I need to assign a special guard to protect her safety. Little Li was my personal bodyguard when I was the commander of the 37th Division, so let him be in charge of protecting Dr. Ye. Tell that kid that if anything happens to Dr. Ye, he will be held responsible."

  "Yes!" Yu Zhenhai stood at attention and gave Liu Zhenfeng a military salute.

  "How has Xiao Gui been behaving these past few days?" Liu Zhenfeng asked.

  "They didn't search as crazily as they did at the beginning, I think they must have thought we had broken through, but never expected us to be resting right under their noses." Yu Zhenhai said with a smile.

  "We can't delay any longer. We must break through immediately. Commander Yu, we'll set out tonight and continue to fight in the direction of Yixing, then transfer to Huangshan, and finally meet up with the main force at Chizhou." Liu Zhenfeng gave the order to relocate.

  At night, Yu Zhenhai arranged for two strong warriors to carry Liu Zhenfeng's stretcher and set off. They took advantage of the darkness to cross the canal secretly and then quickly headed in the direction of Yixing.

  Like this, they hid during the day and moved at night for two days.

  On the third day, they passed through Yixing, but encountered a group of little devils, numbering around three to four hundred people, roughly equal to their current number. Liu Zhenfeng ordered his troops to hide and then said to Zhenhai: "Old Yu, this time you take three hundred brothers with you, sneak past them quietly, see where these little devils are camping, probably just a routine patrol of devils, combat power should not be strong, we don't know if there are other devils around them, so act fast, clean and neat, try not to dirty their clothes, also, our guns have no more bullets, after annihilating this group of devils, change into Type 38 rifles, then strip off their coats and pants, we'll all wear Japanese military uniforms, that way the road ahead will be much easier. Only problem is, none of us can speak Japanese, what a hassle!"

  "Liu Jun Chang, I can speak Japanese." Ye Hui Yun came to Liu Zhen Feng's side and said to him.

  "You can speak? That's great, it'll be much easier for us to get through the checkpoint." Liu Zhenfeng said with a smile, "Commander Yu, let's move out!"

  Yu Zhenhai led three hundred brave warriors, holding daggers, sneaking towards the Japanese camp that was still camping.

  These Japanese pigs really think this is their imperial land, the whole camp of devils singing their "Kimigayo", eating pork and drinking old wine, with almost no vigilance.

  Yu Zhenhai led his troops to sneak up close and ambush, waiting until all the Japanese soldiers were drunk and then led three hundred brave warriors to take out the sentry first, before sneaking into the enemy camp and slitting the throat of each Japanese soldier, these little devils losing their lives in a mysterious way, without even knowing how they died.

  After everything was done, Liu Zhenfeng led the remaining men to the camp and saw that the enemy had not finished eating the pork, and the soldiers were all starving to death.

  "Dig in, dig in. Finish everything up for me, but I'm warning you ahead of time, no drinking!" Liu Zhenfeng saw how hungry they looked and thought that since it was the new year and everyone had been fleeing without eating much, they must be starving, so he let them eat their fill with these leftover dishes.

  "General, look, this is the document I found on that lieutenant's body. I don't know what it says." Yu Zhenhai walked up to Liu Zhenfeng with a piece of paper in hand.

  Of course, someone like Liu Zhenfeng who only knows some very basic Japanese, how can he possibly understand this document?

  "Let me see!" Ye Huiyun leaned over and took a look at the document, then said to Liu Zhenfeng: "It turns out that this unit belongs to the 55th Division, it's an enhanced squadron, and the captain of this squadron is called Watanabe Nao."

  "Oh, it's Watanabe squadron, okay, let's pretend to be this squadron then. Hmm, what else is written in the file?" Liu Zhenfeng asked again.

  "Also, it's said that the 55th Division is going to Xuan City for a shift in troops. Hehe, General Liu, it seems like this is our chance." Ye Huiyun said with a smile.

  "Alright, change clothes immediately, everything will be OK later, set off right away!" Liu Zhenfeng gave the order.

  The road ahead was quite easy to walk, they pretended to be Japanese soldiers, with their mouths full of "Yoishi", "Hana musume no kōji" (Flower girl's work), "Mishimishi" and "Hachi gatsu" (August 8th) and other words, pretending to be similar. Along the way, they encountered Japanese soldiers who only nodded and smiled at them, or gave them a thumbs up, asking questions like "Where is Hana musume's work?" They just fooled around with those devils and passed by. If there was any communication, they let Ye Huaiyun take over. Hey, unexpectedly this little girl could also act quite well, speaking with a serious face, very much like a high-ranking Japanese female spy.

  After two days of marching, they arrived at Xuan City. Ye Huiyun saluted the company commander who was about to be replaced and told him which unit they belonged to. However, Liu Zhenfeng saw that the pig-headed company commander looked at Ye Huiyun with an eye that seemed to want to devour her.

  "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, Miss Fujita, I don't know if I have the honor, would you like to join me for dinner?" The pig-headed squadron leader grinned at Ye Huiyun. Liu Zhenfeng looked at his smiling face and thought it looked just like a pig's.

  "Die, you die, Nakamura-kun, I still have things to attend to, let's just call it a day today, we'll have another chance to eat together next time." Ye Huiyun forced a smile on her face, suppressing the feeling of nausea.

  "Oh, what a pity! Alright, maybe next time then. By the way, where does Ms. Fujita live?"

  "Oh, I'm from Kobe." Ye Huiyun said with a smile.

  "Wow, I'm from Hiroshima, ah, what a pity not to have joined the 5th Division, under General Itagaki's command, that would be an extremely honorable thing! The 5th Division is our Empire's pride!" Pighead's face was full of admiration.

  "Which school did Ms. Fujita graduate from?" said Buta-chan with a smile.

  "I am a graduate of the Imperial Army's Wilderness School," said Ye Huiyun.

  "So you're a top student from Nakano School, the pride of the Imperial Army, specializing in training special agents. I didn't expect Miss Fujita to be a graduate of that school, it's truly impressive! Pighead immediately showed a respectful face upon hearing about Nakano School."

  Looking at this garrulous pig head, Liu Zhenfeng felt very uncomfortable and really wanted to burst his pig head. Ye Huiyun didn't want to chat nonsense with this disgusting pig head either, if they continued, it would be awkward. So, Ye Huiyun smiled and said to the pig head: "Nakamura-kun, we've marched to this point and are also very tired, preparing to change shifts and rest, what do you think?"

  "Alright, you guys take a good rest, brothers! Let's go!" Pighead waved his big hand and left with his little pigheads.

  "Damn it, I've seen nagging people before, but never a pig-headed one like this!" Liu Zhenfeng said with great displeasure as he looked at the back of that person.

  "Alas, I'm exhausted! This guy is too garrulous. I'm afraid if we continue talking, it'll be exposed immediately!" Ye Huiyun wiped the sweat off her forehead.

  "Brothers, wait until it's completely dark, take off these devil skins, and sneak out under the cover of night." Liu Zhenfeng said to all his soldiers.

  That night, Liu Zhenfeng led his brothers to quietly leave the defense zone of Xuancheng under the cover of darkness and safely entered the Kuomintang-controlled area.