Chapter Twelve

  Xiao Ming led the Flying Tigers, divided into eight large trucks, and arrived at Shimen. Shimen was originally a small village, but after the railway was opened, it became an important transportation hub and commodity distribution center, and is the gateway to Beiping and the throat of Shanxi and Hebei provinces, with prosperous business and a thriving scene.

  To avoid drawing attention, Xiao Ming had the car rearranged, hiding submachine guns and hand grenades in the compartment, even two machine guns, and some local specialties were hung on the car.

  On the way, Xiao Ming practiced while walking, instructing team members to practice attacking, blocking and retreating based on the terrain to prevent accidents. For six whole days, they finally called Da Long to bring ten people to meet them outside, and only then did Xiao Ming and his team enter the city.

  Sun Ergou transformed into the shopkeeper. At this time, Sun Ergou was spirited and lively, able to chat with anyone, and could say a few words about anything under the sun, even Xiao Ming couldn't help but admire him.

  He and the Night Cat met up, and everyone arrived at a secluded courtyard that the Night Cat had rented for a high price. The Night Cat reported on the situation he had investigated over the past few days, and after listening, Xiao Ming thought for a moment before deciding to go take a look around each place again the next day.

  Over the next two days, Xiao Ming disposed of the goods and purchased some medicine, medical equipment, etc. He also bought some things for Xiaoyue and got a general idea of the situation in each place.

  There are three definite targets: a bank, the largest commercial firm and warehouse, all run by Japanese. The Night Cat's people were ordered to keep watch on these places, record their hours of operation and personnel situation, and everyone went back to make preparations.

  Three days later, scouts from all over returned to report the situation they had grasped. Xiao Ming decided to take action. After consulting with Ye Maozi, Xiao Ming arranged the task: The commercial guard was relatively small, and Ma Liu led five people to go; The warehouse was led by Ye Maozi with six people; The bank was led by Xiao Ming with Sun Er Gou and eight others in charge. The scouts were responsible for sending wind, and once they succeeded, they quickly drove the horse cart over. At 2 am sharp, all personnel were not allowed to fire unless absolutely necessary.

  Ye Maozi suggested that he would take people to the bank, and let Sun Er Gou follow Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming saw Ye Maozi very confident, knowing that he was not a reckless person, traveling in the world, there will always be some extraordinary means, so agreed.

  According to intelligence, there are no dogs in the warehouse. At night, there are eight guards on duty. This is also what Xiao Ming and Ye Maozi found strange: In a bustling urban area, what kind of goods need to be guarded by eight people? Today, something unexpected happened. When Xiao Ming arrived, the detective in charge of surveillance reported that about half an hour ago, two people went out and have not returned yet.

  Xiao Ming furrowed his brow, glanced at his watch, and saw that it was almost two o'clock. He couldn't wait any longer. He told the scout to pay attention and signal if there were any developments. Leaving one person on standby outside, he led Er Gou and others to arrive under the wall of the warehouse.

  The warehouse wall was about two meters high, with a half-person-high iron wire mesh on top. This wasn't a big deal for Xiao Ming and the others. Sun Er Gou crouched at the foot of the wall and listened carefully, then nodded to Xiao Ming. Xiao Ming signaled everyone to shoulder each other, and together with Er Gou, they quietly climbed onto the wall head, first letting Er Gou down.

  In the center of the warehouse was a large house, with ear houses on both sides. The room near the gate was lit up. Sun Erdou crept to the window of the bright room and listened for a while, then got up and looked in through the window. He squatted down and made a gesture to Xiao Ming, who pulled the others over and they quietly jumped into the yard.

  Sun Ergou listened at the wall of the next room, indicating that there were still two rooms with people, one with two. Xiao Ming approached the brightly lit room and took a look, inside the house was a table, two people, one leaning against the back of a chair, one lying on a long bench, sleeping soundly, then indicated that the two men formed a group, divided into three groups, one group guarding at the gate, the other two groups entering the house separately, he himself taking care of this brightly lit room, everyone dispersed to take action.

  Xiao Ming gave a slight push, and to his surprise, the door wasn't locked. He quietly opened it and slipped inside. The cold wind that followed made the person on the chair shudder. Just as they were about to open their eyes, Xiao Ming quickly moved forward, grasped the person's head with both hands, and gave it a swift twist, breaking their neck. He then placed the body on the table and pounced on another person. This person seemed to have woken up in shock, opening their mouth to scream, but Xiao Ming swiftly clutched their throat, his knee heavily pressing against their abdomen. Two faint cracking sounds were heard as he crushed their trachea and broke their ribs. A thread of fresh blood trickled from the person's mouth, and it was clear they wouldn't survive.

  Xiao Ming picked up the keys and flashlight on the table, came to the warehouse door, and the other two groups also came out of the house, indicating that they had succeeded. Sun Er Gou stuck to the door and listened for a while, making sure no one was inside, then opened the warehouse door. The flashlight shone in, revealing piles of large and small boxes inside. Xiao Ming signaled for two people to stay at the door and keep watch, and he and Er Gou entered the house, quietly closing the door behind them.

  The warehouse was very large, and there were not a few goods. With the help of the flashlight, Xiao Ming flipped through it, and they were all daily necessities such as matches and soap. He felt strange in his heart, so he gently knocked on the wall with his hand. When he knocked to a shelf, he made a "thud" sound. Sun Er Gou said in a low voice: "Officer, it's a false wall." Xiao Ming nodded, and the two of them carefully moved the shelf away. A hidden door suddenly appeared on the wall. They pushed open the door and shone their flashlight inside. Below the stairs was what seemed to be an underground cellar.

  Sun Erdou said in a low voice, "Officer, I'll go take a look." Xiao Ming said be careful and handed him the flashlight. Not long after, Erdou poked his head out and almost trembling with excitement said, "Officer, we've hit the jackpot! Down there are twenty to thirty boxes of opium, over 1,000 kilograms, and guns!" Xiao Ming ordered someone to send a signal and bring the vehicle over. Erdou asked, "What if those two come back?"

  Xiao Ming thought for a moment: "Turn on all the lights, make it bright and spacious, and load up the car!"

  Having made sure no one was following, Xiao Ming and the others returned to their hideout. Ma Liu and Ye Maozi also arrived soon after. Seeing that it was getting late and there were already people on the streets, Xiao Ming didn't have time to talk, quickly changed his clothes, packed up his things, and headed west out of the city, rushing towards the big mountain.

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  But went.

  Away from the stone gate, Xiao Ming called for a turn south and walked on a small path back to the mountain village. Sun Er Gou was very familiar with the roads in this area and contacted Da Long. They rushed all the way until nightfall, then found a sheltered place to set up camp and rest.

  The sentry was arranged, the fire was lit for cooking, and everyone took a breath. This day ran nearly 200 miles, but it was exhausting. Xiao Ming said with a gloomy face that it's not time to relax yet, hurry them up to take out their weapons, re-load the vehicle, and no one is allowed to speak, maintaining combat readiness.

  The next morning, after a simple meal, they continued on their way. As they approached a mountain pass, Sun Erdou said: "Officer, there is a group of bandits on the mountain ahead who specialize in robbing merchants and travelers, we need to be careful."

  Xiao Ming smiled: "What's there to be afraid of? Don't forget that we're also bandits, who knows who'll rob whom." Although he said so, it still made everyone more vigilant, and he himself pulled out the sniper rifle from the big truck.

  As expected, as soon as they arrived at the mountain pass, a gunshot rang out and a man poked his head out from behind the ridge, shouting in a loud voice: "Listen up, everyone! Leave your money and carts behind, and we'll spare your lives. Otherwise..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Ming raised his hand and fired a shot. The man's hat flew off with a loud "bang", scaring him into shrinking his neck. Xiao Ming shouted: "You mother's... I'm a paid soldier, you'd better get out of the way quickly if you know what's good for you. If not, I'll flatten your mountain stronghold!"

  That man didn't show weakness either: "I don't care what you do, coming here means leaving some money for the road, brothers, open fire... wait a minute, don't shoot." That person felt something was wrong and turned back to see more than ten black gun muzzles pointing at them, which were Night Cat Da Long and others.

  The team passed through the mountain pass, Xiao Ming asked: "Ergou, what is this place?"

  "Sir, this is Flying Eagle Fort. There are probably over a hundred men with guns on the mountain. The leader is Guo Shanfeng."

  "How did you know?" Xiao Ming asked with a smile.

  "I used to work here," Sun Erdou said with some embarrassment. "I didn't expect this kid to still be so rough around the edges."

  "Is this person just a fleeting visitor?"

  "Where is he, that sly fox," Sun Erdou said with great disdain. "This kid has a belly full of evil water, and usually just follows behind Guo Shanfeng's butt, coming up with ideas and doing all sorts of bad things. The master's death back then must have been their doing." Xiao Ming smiled and didn't say anything else.

  Back at the mountain stronghold, four days later in the afternoon, Wang Jinlong was anxious and hurriedly went down the mountain to greet them. He saw Xiao Ming and others looking haggard and disheveled, and grabbed Xiao Ming's hand saying: "Officer, you've worked hard, brothers have suffered, are you all okay?"

  Xiao Ming smiled and said: "The whole family is back, not a single one missing. However, I'm going to go take a nap first."

  This sleep, slept until the sun sets in the west, Wang Jinlong set up a grand banquet in the hall to entertain everyone. After several cups of wine, the atmosphere became lively, and Sun Erdou began to recount the process of handling the matter, bringing bursts of exclamations.

  Ma Liu was not to be outdone, and with a flourish he boasted of his own exploits: The people at the trading company had all been drinking, and after they went in, they killed four Japanese and almost turned the whole place upside down.

  The easiest thing for the night cat to do was to sneak into the bank, cover his nose with a wet cloth, and light some incense. Although the night cat considered himself a chivalrous thief and usually didn't stoop to such base methods, he still had some essential items on hand. After that, it was simple. However, the night cat couldn't help but feel embarrassed: his skills were not refined, and he wasted too much time opening the safe - if only he had been taught by a master, it would have been much faster!

  Wang Jinlong shook his head: "Damn it, I really regret not going with you guys. Do you know how much stuff we got this time?" The crowd fell silent, they really didn't know how much loot there was.

  Wang Jinlong burst out laughing: "There's gold, dollars and banknotes, enough for the mountain stronghold to eat well for several years. And there are guns too! Ah, Instructor, what kind of gun is that?"

  Ma Liu took out ten mirror boxes from the commercial building, and Ye Mao also pulled back the bank guard's gun. Xiao Ming found twenty submachine guns and bullets in the warehouse basement.

  Xiao Ming smiled and said: "American-made submachine guns are more powerful than ours, but the bullets and accessories are not easy to get, and they're useless after firing."

  "It's still the instructor who has a lot of experience!" Wang Jinlong sincerely admired, "Whatever, it's just picked up, we have money now, and at worst, we can buy another one." The crowd burst into laughter. Xiao Ming solemnly reminded everyone: Be sure not to leak any news.

  Just then, Xiaoyue slipped in quietly. Wang Jindong's face lit up with a smile: "Girl, come here quickly, I have something delicious for you."

  Xiao Yue furrowed her brow, opening her mouth as if to say something but not making a sound. Wang Jinlong found it strange and said: "What's wrong, little girl? Have you gotten into trouble again? Tell me, your adoptive father will take care of it." Xiao Yue spoke in a low voice that there was nothing, which made Wang Jinlong even more curious. He said: "Your master bought many good things for you, why aren't you happy?"

  Xiao Yue lowered her head and didn't speak. Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Xiao Yue, the New Year is approaching, it's time to take a break. The master won't check your homework, what do you think?"

  Xiao Yue was overjoyed: "Really? Master is too good!" She jumped up to the table and started eating, causing everyone to burst out laughing.

  Wang Jindong was in a great mood, raised his glass and said: "Brothers have worked hard, let's drink this cup, what reward do you want, just say it!" But unexpectedly everyone became shy, Wang Jindong thought for a moment, smiled and said to Xiao Ming: "Officer, why not let them take advantage of Xiaoyue's presence and also give them a holiday?"

  "Alright, let's listen to the master of the house." Xiao Ming smiled. The crowd erupted in cheers.

  "But if they're not used to it, then that's not our problem!" Xiao Ming said with a sly smile.