Chapter 9: Fierce Fire

  Disaster is inevitable, we will be the first to bear the brunt, those who die in battle are honored, those who steal life are humiliated, honor and shame tied to one person is light, while tied to the country is heavy!

  A sunny day, a green silk canopy!

  The air was thick with the acrid smell of burning rubber from car tires, a suffocating gas that made me instinctively want to escape its grasp. But on the other hand, I hoped the smoke would get thicker and more pungent. The reason was simple: we needed this smoke as cover, we needed it to survive. After all, sacrificing one's sense of smell and inhaling some toxic fumes were a small price to pay compared to losing one's life.

  Isn't that so? The little devils' planes kept whizzing over our heads, but they couldn't find a target to bomb, so in the end they just casually dropped a few bombs and left.

  The little devils' aimless bombing, of course, posed no threat to us. The thousands of soldiers in the military training corps continued to march forward on the highway as usual. The only difference was that... every few people were carrying a heavy bucket of gasoline.

  Nanyuan was originally a temporary training camp for the military, and the warehouses here stored gasoline reserves for two divisions and one regiment in the surrounding areas, so there was no shortage of gasoline. However, the military training team had limited vehicles, and considering that the roar of cars would easily expose our targets, we finally decided to solve the problem with manpower.

  Fortunately, there were many people in the military training team, with four or five people responsible for a bucket of gasoline, which was not difficult at all. Moreover, Nanyuan is only five kilometers away from Daxingmen...

  "I... I said Captain Chen!" The old captain, struggling to lift the oil barrel, whispered to Chen Dali on the other end: "After all, he is our superior, you... be more polite in your speech from now on..."

  The thick smoke in the air blocked the enemy's line of sight while also preventing Old Squad Leader and several soldiers walking ahead from noticing me right behind them.

  "What about the officer?" Chen Dalie, true to his name, was carrying a several hundred jin heavy oil barrel with a straight face and not even breathing heavily. At this time, he turned his head back easily and glanced at Old Squad Leader, saying: "Didn't you see how pathetic he looked on the battlefield? He couldn't even shoot a gun clearly, who knows what kind of connections he used to become squad leader..."

  "That's right!" A lean soldier beside him chimed in, "I also find it strange. Look at our old squad leader... after decades of fighting to the death in the army, he's still just a squad leader. But look at him, one lap around the battlefield and suddenly he's a platoon leader..."

  "Shut up, you monkey!" The old class leader hastily stopped him: "If someone can become an official, he must have his reasons. It's not for you to complain!"

  "I'm not blind!" The monkey said somewhat discontentedly: "Did you see how intimate the deputy commander was with our platoon leader? Who knows, maybe our platoon leader is the deputy commander's...".

  "Hmm!" At this moment, a soldier discovered me nearby and hastily alerted the others. In an instant, the air was filled not only with choking smoke but also with awkward embarrassment.

  What can I say about this? In fact, even I myself do not dare to believe that on the first day of going onto the battlefield, I became a squad leader. Although being a squad leader can be said to be a small official position, such speed is already comparable to taking a helicopter. Therefore, their suspicion is also very reasonable. If it were me standing in their shoes, I believe I would have the same idea too.

  "Halt! Prepare for battle!"

  "Halt! Prepare for battle!"

  ……

  Just as I was indulging in wild fancies, orders came down one after another from above, and I soon realized that our destination was approaching.

  The warriors thought they had discovered a little Japan, and without saying a word, they dropped the gasoline bucket, grabbed their rifles, and each went to the side of the road to find cover. However, the next command quickly made them realize their mistake.

  "Keep quiet! Pour gasoline into the ditch!"

  "Keep quiet! Pour gasoline into the ditch!"

  ……

  "What?" Chen Dali and the soldiers were stunned when they heard this order: "Pour gasoline into the ditch?"

  Especially Chen Dalie, a pair of eyes staring at me fiercely, as if to say: "Damn it, isn't gasoline more important than people? Letting me work hard to transport the gasoline here just to pour it into the ditch..."

  I smiled indifferently and didn't make any further explanation, I just repeated the order in a low voice: "Everyone has it! Pour gasoline into the ditch!"

  Although the warriors did not know the purpose of pouring gasoline into the ditch, this command seemed to be not difficult to execute, and it could even be said that they were able to get rid of their burdens. Soon, several warriors quietly pushed the gasoline barrels to the side of the road and opened the oil tank cover.

  More and more warriors followed suit, and bucket after bucket of gasoline flowed into the ditch with a "gurgling" sound...

  The warriors were unaware, but I was very clear: a troop of about 7,000 people was lurking in the high beam land less than one kilometer away from us, waiting to give us a fatal blow, only because of the thick smoke and the two bends in front of us, we couldn't see each other.

  It doesn't matter if we can't see them, we've already detected their exact location!

  Now that we know their exact location, and knowing they are hiding in the high beam area, the most effective method is undoubtedly to use a fire to burn them clean! However, the little Japanese are not stupid either, they won't let us set fires in their ambush areas, so what's the best way?

  It's just like me pouring gasoline into a ditch!

  There is water in the ditch, which is used by the people to irrigate their fields. It's clear that this water will flow into the downstream farmland and seep into the high embankment like a spider web. At this time, I poured gasoline into the water, and those water flows would carry the gasoline to the high embankment, which is where Little Japan is...

  However, there is a problem here - gasoline flows into the ambush site of Little Japan, and they can't smell it at all?

  I had considered this point long ago, which is also another reason why I want to burn a large number of car tires in Nanyuan. At that time, the air was filled with choking smoke, and even if the little Japanese did not cover their mouths and noses, it would be difficult for them to detect the flow of water around them, which had unknowingly turned into gasoline!

  Minute by minute, the past time, I carefully listened to the movement on the battlefield... except for a sound of gunfire behind me, there was no sound in front. The longer the time passed, the more at ease I felt, because this proved one thing, that is, the little devils had not detected that gasoline had already seeped into their side...

  "Line up!" Along with a familiar voice, Tong Lin Ge appeared beside me.

  I hastily went forward and saluted Tong Lin Ge with a bow.

  Tong Lin Ge nodded solemnly and said, "Fang Pailong, victory or defeat hangs in the balance of this one move. If we win, you and I will live together; if we lose, I will die with you!"

  "Yes!" Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a deep respect for the renowned general of the resistance war standing before me, and my chest seemed to be churning with hot blood as I stood up straight in response.

  "Brothers!" Then Tong Lin Ge turned to the warriors and shouted loudly: "The battle is inevitable, we are the first to bear the brunt, those who die in battle are glorious, those who survive in stealth are shameful! The honor and shame that depend on one person are light, but those that depend on the country are heavy! The little devils have bullied us too much, it's time to kill the enemy and avenge our country!"

  "To die in battle is honorable, to flee in life is shameful!"

  "Kill the enemy and report to the country, rather die than be a slave of a lost nation!"

  ……

  Most of the soldiers in the military training team are students with a high level of cultural literacy, so when they shout slogans, it's naturally done in unison!

  As Tong Lin Ge raised his hand, Xu Lian Chang loudly ordered us: "Brothers! There is an ambush of little devils in the high beam land ahead, they are blocking our way home, what do you say we should do?"

  "We'll fight it out with those little devils!"

  "Kill back to Beiping!"

  ……

  "Get ready for battle!" Commander Xu shouted loudly: "Fix bayonets!"

  The warriors, while shouting, simultaneously raised their rifles with bayonets and formed a queue on the highway. In an instant, it was a scene of flashing knives and swords. Even in the midst of the black smoke, those bayonets were still gleaming with dazzling cold light, as if they yearned to see the moment when they would slash open the flesh of the little Japanese devils and drink their fresh blood...

  At this time, the Japanese army hiding on the opposite high ground seemed to have some reaction, which can be heard from a few Japanese voices and gunfire in the black smoke. Our slogans just now were too obvious, and the little devils also realized that we had discovered their ambush, so they simply turned into open warfare!

  But all this was too late, the Japanese army had not yet realized that due to my preparations, their troops of seven or eight thousand people had transformed from hunters to our hunting targets... Although the Japanese army's equipment was much better than ours, although the Japanese army's quality was much higher than ours, although the Japanese army's numbers were much more than ours... But at this moment, they were destined to become our souls under the gun!

  "Light it!" With Tong Lin's order, the warriors who had already prepared the fire source threw the torches into the water ditch. In an instant, a bright red flame like a fire dragon rushed downstream, and then this fire dragon split into small snakes like heavenly maidens scattering flowers, drilling into the high cornfields on both sides of the highway...

  It was right in the middle of a scorching summer day, and the crops in the fields had all been scorched dry by the sun. Where could they withstand the burning of gasoline? So it seemed that in just one blink of an eye, what unfolded before us was a world of fire. Of course, except for this road in front of us!

  A chilling scream soon rose, starting with a few, but quickly becoming a cacophony. We were like we had arrived in hell, watching hordes of evil spirits being tormented by fierce flames...

  No! It shouldn't be said "like", but rather "are"... because those who are being tormented in the fierce flames, are evil spirits!

  This chapter is a supplement to yesterday's. There will be an update before 12 o'clock tonight, and another one after 12 o'clock, but it may be a bit late, so readers can wait until tomorrow to see it. The new book needs to be conceived and requires consulting a large amount of data, so the updates are relatively slow. Please forgive me! I will gradually increase the speed in the future!