Chapter Thirty-Three: Oriole in the Rear

  The bandits who were fighting for the gold bricks rushed over, wanting to teach a lesson to the guy who had cheated them. But the bandit who had picked up the gold brick suddenly burst out laughing, and two burly figures emerged from beside him, each holding a machine gun, standing together with the bandit who had picked up the gold brick, laughing sinisterly. It turned out that the bandit who had picked up the gold brick was actually Fireworks in disguise. The two figures were naturally Big Bull and Second Bull, the two brothers.

  The bandits heard that there were gold bars and rushed over to fight for them, they were all blinded by their interests. However, no one suspected what identity this suddenly appearing bandit was. Now the bandits are aimed at by machine guns, only then do they realize it's someone else's scheme.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat..." The machine gun fire suddenly rang out. The panicked bandits were in disarray, some wanting to return fire, others wanting to flee. But facing this close-range machine gun sweep, the bandits fell like harvested wheat, one after another.

  "Boom, boom......" The explosion of the grenade and the sound of the machine gun rang out at the same time. Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu, two brothers, desperately threw grenades towards the bandits who were sleeping together. Many bandits who were still asleep would never wake up again.

  At that time, the miserable cries filled the air. Several bandit leaders who had survived by luck shouted loudly to organize their subordinates to counterattack. However, before the bandit leaders could shout a few sentences, they were shot in the head and exploded. The bandits who counterattacked more fiercely also became the focus of Yanzi and Zuocaiyun's attention.

  At the exit, there were more than a dozen bandits guarding behind the sandbagged fortifications. After discovering that they had been attacked by the enemy from behind, they hastily flipped over the fortification and fired back at Firenza and others on the other side of the fortification.

  "Charge, kill......" The guerrilla squad surrounded by the bandits shouted and rushed out of the darkness. The bandits who had just turned over the bunker to shoot at Huo Yao and others exposed their backs to the guerrillas' guns. These bandits did not have time to turn around before they were all annihilated by the guerrillas.

  The guerrilla squad continued to launch a fierce charge against the bandits, crossing over the cover. The gunpowder and special warfare team members gathered together, firing even more fiercely at the bandits. The few bandits who survived being attacked from both front and back had no fighting spirit left, and they all ran into the darkness to escape with their lives.

  Seeing the bandits fleeing into the darkness, Liu Tao stopped the guerrilla squad's charge towards the bandits. After reuniting with Huo Yao and others, Liu Tao had the guerrilla fighters quickly gather some of the bandits' guns and ammunition. Once the rear guerrilla fighters had carried out the wounded, Liu Tao immediately led everyone back onto the retreat route.

  The bandit leader, Old Eagle, was furious upon receiving the news of the guerrilla team's breakout. During his last sneak attack on the guerrilla camp, a guerrilla gunman had repeatedly hit the small birds in front of him, which was clearly a stern warning from the guerrillas to Old Eagle not to be an enemy of theirs, as they could take his life at any time and place. Old Eagle did not cause any losses to the guerrillas that time, but seeing someone with divine marksmanship, he couldn't help but feel some fear of the guerrillas' revenge, so he retreated in a sorry state. This time, he had originally wanted to take advantage of the guerrillas' heavy casualties and wipe them out once and for all. That's why he led his bandits to surround the guerrillas. He thought he had already won, but unexpectedly, the guerrillas broke through again. Now that they have become irreconcilable enemies, Old Eagle immediately ordered his subordinates to notify the bandits guarding other road crossings to gather at the exit where the guerrillas broke through, preparing to lead his men in pursuit of the guerrillas.

  "Oniichan, Yamamoto, walked up to the old eagle and shouted angrily: 'How did you let the guerrillas break through? What are your subordinates eating? Are they all a bunch of good-for-nothings?'"

  The eagle is on the rise, and since he didn't take care of Yamamoto, he took his men to check the direction of the guerrilla retreat. Feeling lost face, Yamamoto followed behind the crowd, shouting loudly all the way, but still no one paid attention to him.

  The eagle rushed to the exit of the guerrilla's breakout, seeing the bandits' corpses scattered all over. He was even more furious and vowed not to coexist with the guerrillas. Then he found a bandit who had not yet died, asked about the direction of the guerrilla's retreat, and after the other bandits gathered here from other intersections, the eagle led them in silence, chasing towards the direction of the guerrilla's retreat.

  Yamamoto stopped shouting and had a cold smile on his face, looking like he was enjoying the show.

  Liu Tuo knew that the bandits would soon catch up. If the guerrilla team retreated with the wounded, they would move slowly and might be surrounded by the bandits again. So Liu Tuo found a hidden cave and hid the guerrilla team's wounded inside. He left a few guerrilla fighters to take care of the wounded. Only then did Liu Tuo lead the able-bodied guerrilla fighters in another direction. He wanted to intercept the bandits and lure them in another direction, giving the guerrilla team's wounded a chance to survive.

  The eagle was determined to wipe out the guerrilla team this time and not give them any chance of revenge. He recalled the guerrilla team's godly marksmanship, and his scalp felt numb again. The eagle mixed in with the bandit troops, urging them to pursue the guerrilla team as quickly as possible.

  The guerrilla force saw a long dragon of fire moving towards their hiding direction. The scene of 500 or 600 bandits advancing with torches was still quite spectacular. Because of the several consecutive victories, the morale of the guerrilla fighters was still high and they were not intimidated by the large number of bandits at all.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat... Boom boom..." The sound of gunfire and explosions suddenly erupted, the guerrilla troops launched a fierce attack on the bandit vanguard.

  The bandits who were attacked and did not die immediately hid their bodies and counterattacked the guerrilla troops. By the time the eagles arrived at the attack site, the guerrilla troops had already retreated. The eagles are now in a difficult situation and have no choice but to order another pursuit of the guerrilla troops.

  Seeing the bandits behind him with torches again chasing after the guerrilla team, Liu Tao couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. At least now the wounded members of the guerrilla team were safe.

  In a mountain valley not far from where the pseudo-army, bandits and guerrillas were fighting, a large number of little devils were stationed. In the tent, Nojima and Koide listened to the reports sent back by the devil soldiers from time to time. Although the pseudo-army and bandits had not won a battle at present, Nojima and Koide were still very happy. After all, the pseudo-army and bandits had caused great losses to the guerrillas.

  Ozawa Tsuguo said to Noda Kōji: "Lieutenant Colonel Noda, this move is truly brilliant. The puppet army has always been cunning and refused to charge to the death in every battle. The bandit leader Lao Yingxiong also didn't want to be an enemy of the guerrilla troops. Now that they have a deep hatred for the guerrilla troops, from now on they should resolutely help our Imperial Army annihilate the guerrilla troops."

  Noda didn't care whether the puppet army and bandits were loyal to the Imperial Army or not, because he could find people like that anytime. He just wanted all the enemies of the Imperial Army to be eliminated. Noda suddenly burst out laughing and said: "We are the real yellow sparrows, this time we must thoroughly eliminate the guerrilla troops."