Chapter 30: The Divine Gunman

  Under the mound guarded by the second battalion of the Japanese Independent Guard Brigade, there were twenty or thirty corpses scattered all over the place. These people were all Northeast Army corpses, some of whom followed Luo Xiang and Duan Ying to pursue, while the rest were other troops who rushed to hear the news.

  When the Japanese army attacked Beidaying, the 7th Brigade of the Northeast Army was ordered to withdraw from Beidaying. Some soldiers were very dissatisfied and some of them deserted with their guns, ready to find another way out.

  Deserters were almost universal in the warlord troops at that time. Although it was said that they would be shot after being caught, only a few were actually executed. Most of them were just flogged and then nothing happened!

  Otherwise, how come there are so many old soldiers who are very good at shooting and have rich combat experience, and they are in great demand in every unit. However, they never stay in one unit for too long, usually after receiving their guns and salaries, they slip away with oily feet and continue to mix with another unit.

  The Northeast Army, although more disciplined than the miscellaneous warlord troops, also had a number of deserters who absconded. Originally, the treatment of the 7th Brigade was not bad, and desertion was rarely seen, but this time they did something that really disappointed people, so some people left the army on their own initiative.

  Luo Xiang and his men fought fiercely with the Japanese army in Beidaying, and the sound of gunfire could be heard tens of miles away. Even the Northeastern Army inside Fengtian City heard it, but they didn't dare to come and support them due to orders from above. Otherwise, Luo Xiang and his men wouldn't have had such a hard time!

  Having heard the intense gunfire here, the Northeast Army troops who had left their units flocked to this place. Finally, when Luo Xiang and his men were pursuing them, they caught up with their main force and joined the ranks of chasing the Japanese devils together.

  One after another, the number of people was like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. By the time the remnants of Island Honma's second unit were trapped on the hill, Luo Xiang and Duan Ying had gathered nearly 800 people, enough to form two battalions.

  These people were not like the special agents and first battalion soldiers who came out of Beidaying Camp with Luo Rong, obeying Luo Rong's orders. Instead, they were in a state of chaos, like a pot of porridge, shouting and rushing forward without any command. As soon as the devils opened fire with their machine guns, twenty or thirty of them fell on the charging road, and the rest saw that things were not going well and hastily retreated back.

  "These guys are really undisciplined!" Duan Yong was furious and scolded, but he couldn't do anything about it because these people weren't his subordinates and didn't take him seriously as the regiment commander.

  Lu Xiang nodded, but thought to himself, "It seems that these people need to be strictly controlled and strengthened ideological education work in the future. They must be made to obey absolutely!"

  A team that doesn't listen to command, the stronger their combat strength, the more dangerous they are, and at any time they may devour their commander. As the captain and instructor of the elite special warfare battalion, Luo Xiang naturally understood this very well.

  After a setback, these people's minds finally cleared up a bit, realizing that they were facing the Japanese Kwantung Army, not those scattered bandits, and each of them secretly regretted their earlier recklessness.

  "Now, listen to my command. Whoever acts arbitrarily will not blame me for being impolite!" Luo Xuan's cold voice shouted, his tone was not loud but it carried a deterrent force that made people not dare to underestimate him.

  "Who are you, and why should we listen to you?" A crooked old soldier with a hat on his head and yellow teeth from smoking tobacco spoke in an ambiguous tone, looking like he didn't care about anything.

  Sun Dong's eyebrows shot up when he heard this. He let out a low growl, "How dare you! Are you worthy of discussing Captain Luo?"

  "Old Guan Tianli has been mixed up in the troops for over a decade, I don't dare say anything else, but he's got a sense of justice, and his marksmanship is top-notch, he really doesn't care about any squad leader or platoon leader!" The old soldier named Guan Tianli spat out a mouthful of shredded tobacco leaves onto the black soil beside him, then gave Sun Dong a sidelong glance, "Let me show you what real skills look like!"

  Huh!

  With a turn of his body, Lao Bing's oil gunner Guan Tianli raised the Hanyang-made rifle in his hand, and without aiming, the gunshot rang out.

  He pulled the bolt of his rifle with a strong right hand, and the cartridge cases popped out one after another from the chamber, falling to the ground. It was clear that he was skilled in his movements, and had indeed put in some practice with shooting.

  Five shots in a row, all five devils opposite fell down, none of the bullets missed!

  "——Great——!"

  Those Northeastern soldiers who gathered halfway cheered in unison, and it seems that Guan Tianli has some reputation and still has a strong appeal.

  The five shots suddenly startled the enemy soldiers on the opposite side, and after a brief stunned silence, they immediately launched a counterattack. The machine guns roared to life, and bullets sent mud flying everywhere on this side.

  "How's that? Now you know the old man's power, huh?" Guan Tianli raised an eyebrow with a proud smile, revealing his yellow teeth from within his thick lips.

  Luo Xiang smiled slightly, reached out to stop Sun Dong who was about to make a move, then took a Han Yang rifle from a Northeast Army soldier beside him, similar to the one Guan Tianli had. He checked the bullets inside before cocking the gun with a click.

  Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang! Five shots rang out in succession as Luo Xiang's arm quickly pulled the bolt, and the rifle fired almost like a machine gun. The golden shells flew out of the barrel one after another, drawing an arc in the sky before falling down. The movement was swift and agile, like lightning, smooth and effortless, like flowing clouds and water!

  The four devils and a machine gun commander beside the two machine guns on the opposite side fell to the ground, and the machine gun sound suddenly weakened.

  Hmph!

  The entire Northeast Army shrank their necks, took a deep breath of cold air, and were shocked by Luo Xiang's incredible marksmanship. Even Guan Tiangui, that old soldier, stared wide-eyed for half a day without saying a word.

  The devils on the mound were also stunned, one by one felt a chill down their spine, as if they were the target of others, and could be shot dead at any time.

  "General Zhang, your marksmanship is really impressive!" Guan Tianli swallowed hard and then spoke cautiously, his earlier arrogance nowhere to be seen.

  He's no fool, especially as a fellow divine shooter, he naturally knows how sharp Luo Xiang's gun skills are, that's simply the realm of his dreams!

  "Want to learn?" Luo Xiang smiled and tossed the rifle to a nearby soldier, then said to him, "If you want to learn, listen to my command!"

  "Alright, alright, boss! Whatever you say, I'll do it, no questions asked!" Guan Tianli's eyes gleamed with intense light, and for him, this was like a sex-starved wolf who hadn't touched a woman in three years seeing a super beauty - his heart was itching so much he was about to go crazy.

  Conceding to Guan Tianli, the remaining Northeastern Army also became honest. Luo Xiang's reputation spread throughout the Northeastern Army soldiers for a time. Everyone knew that there was such a godly marksman officer who made the arrogant Guan Tianli surrender.

  "Alright, now I assign tasks——"

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