Chapter 6: Fierce Battle in the Mountain Forest Flying Coffin Web

  Ah Hong was tightly grasped by Chang Lin. She struggled free from the man's big hands and exclaimed, "The armored cars haven't come, it's all infantry, a whole battalion!"

  "Fall back!" Chang Lin knew things were getting a bit out of hand and didn't dare to hesitate, hastily giving the order.

  "I'm going with you!" Ruan Mingshu ran in and hugged Chang Lin tightly: "Take me with you, I don't want to stay here."

  "Alright, help me carry the boxes!" Chang Lin tied the gold box to his back and shouted while pointing at the boxes on the table.

  Ajiao hastily opened a wooden box in the room, took out women's clothes and packed them up hastily. They quickly walked out of the inner courtyard and gathered with four girls. Each selected their own weapons and ammunition, and began to exit the manor and drill into the mountains.

  The Vietnamese army is good at fighting jungle warfare and guerrilla warfare, which is related to their geography and years of war. Chang Lin has been in contact with the Vietnamese army for a year, and he feels more deeply that the cunning Vietnamese will pursue them relentlessly.

  "Leave the grenade with me, you go first!" Chang Lin shouted as he ran into the woods for a moment, hastily telling the five women.

  The girls were already panicked, a sprint made them scream continuously, they put down the hand grenade on the ground and continued to retreat deeper into the forest. Chang Lin made the hand grenade into a scattered thunder in the woods, about ten meters away, another one would be redesigned.

  "Bang!"

  "Dada dada da——"

  Rifle and machine gun fire came pouring in, but Chang Lin remained calm, holding his breath as he returned fire while dodging and running. However, he noticed a girl waiting for him in the distance, causing the iron-blooded soldier's brow to furrow.

  "Fallen behind?" Chang Lin ran over, grabbed Ruan Mingshu's hand and rushed forward, asking in a displeased tone.

  "I'm waiting for you." Mingxue pointed to the mountain in front: "Where are we going to run, the terrain is treacherous and the caves are connected, as long as there's enough ammunition, no one can climb up."

  "They have cannon fire!" Chang Lin didn't dare to gamble with fate and engage in a land battle with the enemy, how could one person be a match for hundreds of others?

  "There's another cave above, which leads directly to the back mountain." Ruan Mingshuo was dragged by Chang Lin as he spoke, already panting for breath.

  "Cave?" Chang Lin was overjoyed. If they could make it to the back mountain, the Vietnamese army would never be able to catch up again. They passed through the cave, leaving behind a few hand grenades. Even if they couldn't blow up the entrance, it would still make the Vietnamese dare not pursue them further!

  Chang Lin followed Ruan Mingshu as he ran forward, feeling anxious and not knowing where Ah Juan and the others were. In order to give the few girls a chance to escape, he could only keep firing his gun to attract the enemy's pursuit.

  Racing through the mountains, even at most an hour is just a few miles. The mountain slope was right in front of them, but it was like trying to reach the horizon on horseback. Two people dodged bullets behind them and after more than three hours finally reached the entrance of the cave. Collapsing together inside the cave, Chang Lin's parched mouth suddenly remembered the canteen with coal oil.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat—" The machine gun fired downwards at the entrance of the cave, and two people sat in a safe place without returning fire.

  The more violent gunfire was still ringing out, Chang Lin took a deep breath and said: "Cannon? It's better to blast the entrance!"

  "Boom!" The Vietnamese army really opened fire, the shockwave blew the two people in the cave far away, and they fell down and bumped into each other. Chang Lin got up and spat out the mud in his mouth, anxiously asking: "Are you injured?"

  "No, it hurts a bit here." Ruan Mingshu was patted by the robust man, and happened to pat on his chest.

  "Sorry, I didn't mean to. Lin said apologetically, pointing to the cave and saying: "You go first, I'll hold on here for a while, and I'll catch up with you soon."

  "No way, there are many forks in the cave and you're not familiar with the road, you can't get out!" Ruan Mingshu said in a low voice: "One of my sisters died here last year."

  "You're very familiar with this place, I don't understand." Chang Lin observed the cave, there was nothing special about it, let alone anything mysterious. It was natural for him to have doubts that a weak and gentle girl like her could come here.

  "I told you, but you didn't believe me." Ruan Mingshu's face turned red as she smiled coyly: "There is a spring in this cave, it's said that if a woman takes a bath here, she will get pregnant."

  "Ah!" Chang Lin exclaimed in surprise. This was truly a fairy tale, getting pregnant from taking a bath in the spring water? Wouldn't that make all men superfluous?

  Hong Ada was eager to have a son, and married seven times without success. From then on, he brought some girls over, whoever could get pregnant after washing the bath would be given the position of the mistress of the house.

  Ruan Mingshu's face was flushed with embarrassment, her head hung low as she revealed the reason for her visit. Chang Lin looked at the beautiful woman who had no flaws in terms of figure, skin, height and appearance, and said with a smile: "You came to take a bath, and didn't get pregnant, that's why Hong Ada gave up on you."

  "I -" Ruan Mingshu hesitated, but still summoned up the courage to say: "I don't want to marry him, I made a fake one on the way here."

  "Ah!" Chang Lin felt strange and wondered if this was still possible?

  "I used tape to stick it in place."

  "Oh? Haha haha!" Chang Lin finally understood that Ruan Mingshu had dodged Hong Adai's selection in this way.

  "One of my sisters didn't want to marry him either, so she fled into the mountain cave. I was anxious and followed her in pursuit, only to discover that the cave was so deep and connected to the other side." Ruan Mingshu said this far, perked up her ears to listen to the movement outside: "Huh? Could it be that the Viet Minh has withdrawn?"

  "They see that guns and cannons are useless, they're preparing to attack!" Chang Lin and Ruan Mingshu were chatting happily, but he was always paying attention to the outside. In a matter of life and death, where could he afford to be careless? To test his verification, he took out a hand grenade, lightly knocked it and threw it out of the cave.

  "Boom!"

  "Ah——"

  "Dada dada da——"

  The Viet Minh army had several hundred men, facing a small cave, but they had no good strategy to attack it. They could only randomly fire after the grenade explosion and dare not attack from outside. After an unknown period of time, the people in the cave had blisters on their parched lips.

  "Where is the restroom?"

  "Do you want a drink?" Ruan Mingshu was startled.

  "Haha, I'm a man, drinking water won't get me pregnant." Chang Lin said with a humorous tone, handing over a hand grenade to Ruan Mingshu: "Just lightly knock it and throw it out, it will explode."

  Chang Lin walked into the cave, and found a circular deep pit over one meter in diameter at the very back. He stared at the pit for a long time, then took out a military canteen and filled it with clear water. When his fingers touched the water, he felt an extreme chill. He picked up the canteen and took a sip, shouting: "Refreshing!"

  "Ah!" Mingxue shouted, and Changlin dropped the water bottle and rushed towards the cave entrance. He found that the Vietnamese army had already entered, hastily picked up the submachine gun, and fired a burst of bullets. The three Vietnamese soldiers who entered the cave fell to the ground, and the girl was also frightened into unconsciousness.

  "Useless!" Chang Lin sighed and picked up the water bottle, walking to Ruan Mingshu's side. He twisted open the bottle and poured some water into her mouth, then helped her sit up slowly to drink it. At this moment, he thought of Ah Juan, who was young but a reliable fighter on the battlefield.

  "You——" The girl woke up and saw that Changlin was feeding her water, with tears streaming down her face.

  "It's your mouth that drinks water and gets it in, I'll take responsibility if anything happens!" Chang Lin said with a smile, giving the girl an assurance.

  "Marry me!" Ruan Mingshu cried, tightly hugging Chang Lin's legs: "This is the rule here, if you don't marry me, I'll become your maid servant."

  "Ah!" Chang Lin knew he was in trouble. The customs of ethnic minorities were not to be offended, and the trouble was his own doing. What could he do now?

  "Do you have a wife? I can be your second, third or fourth one!" Ruan Mingshu was no longer crying, leaning on Chang Lin's body, with a yearning gaze waiting for the strong man's response.

  "Our country is monogamous." Chang Lin couldn't help but laugh, and abruptly hugged Ruan Mingshu in his arms, saying "I'll go with you!"

  "How dare you!" A head poked out from a small hole on the left side of the cave, staring at the embracing couple and shouting: "You can only marry me! If you want to marry her, that's okay too, but she can only be your second wife!"

  "Ah Juan!" Chang Lin exclaimed in surprise, loosening his grip and about to stand up. The unsuspecting girl fell down with a thud, crying out in pain as she clutched her forehead.

  "Hahaha!" Several girls emerged from the cave, and everyone burst into happy laughter.

  "Boom——Boom——"

  Outside, the mortars fired together, causing the cave to shake slightly. The most pitiful were the three corpses at the entrance of the cave, which were crushed even more severely by the falling rocks and soil caused by the cannonballs. Chang Lin quickly ran over and picked up the three guns and bullets, which were the most precious things on the battlefield.

  The cave was finally blocked by the mouth of the cave under the bombardment of countless shells. The Vietnamese army outside the cave stopped shelling, and both sides did not know each other's current situation. Chang Lin placed his gun at the edge of the cave, curiously looking at A Juan: "Do you also know this cave?"

  "Of course." Ah Juan looked at the teapot, her face filled with disappointment. He sized up Ruan Mingshu and nodded, saying: "You're a good match for Ah Lin, but you can only be the second wife, don't compete with me."

  "Let's go!" Chang Lin awkwardly looked at the girls, one trouble had not been shaken off, another came.

  Ajiao and her sisters, after luring the Yue army to Changlin, quickly ran towards the back mountain. They shook off the enemy and found that the Yue army was concentrated on the mountain body attacking the cave. Ajiao, who often hunted, knew that her lifesaver was in the cave, so she brought her sisters here from another entrance.

  "Is there anything to eat?" Chang Lin patted his belly: "I'm starving!"

  "You've drunk the water from the Spring of Giving Birth, now wait for a baby!" Ajiao giggled and without any reserve stretched out her hand to touch Changlin's abdomen.

  "Hahaha." The girls burst into laughter. Chang Lin wasn't a local and didn't know the inside joke.

  "Let's get down to business." Chang Lin let go of the girl's hand and said seriously, "The enemy doesn't know the situation here, we can take advantage of the special terrain to annihilate them!"

  "Two routes advance, mutually covering each other." Ah Juan was very clever, as soon as Chang Lin opened his mouth, she knew it was this kind of final battle method.

  "Right!" Chang Lin pointed to the buried entrance, smiling and said: "You attack the enemy from another direction, wait for him to chase you, then enter the cave to defend. I'll reopen the entrance here, and when you strike the enemy, I'll take advantage of the opportunity to attack from behind."

  "Alright!" Ajiao untied another package and put it on the ground, saying: "Outside the cave is a banana garden, we won't go hungry."

  Chang Lin laughed and said, "You don't even dare to drink this water? Ming Xue, you've already had some, come on, let's have a drink together! It's sweet and delicious, it would be a pity if we didn't drink it!"

  Ruan Mingshu, who had already drunk, really took a few sips when Changlin handed over the water bottle. The water was sweet and cool, just like ice water. It felt extremely comfortable in her stomach. None of the other girls dared to try, they all had to marry men, but there was only one man in the cave.

  "I'll drink it!" Ajiao hesitated for half a day, finally gathering the courage to grab the military canteen. After drinking, she shed tears and said despondently: "If you dare not marry me, I will kill you and then commit suicide!"