Chapter 20: The Great War Begins

  At night, Hua Lieyang secretly mobilized all the troops that could be temporarily mobilized in his hands and entered the narrow mountain mouth of Beidaying. At the same time as Hua Lieyang's mobilization, in the conference room of the Kwantung Army Headquarters, General Honjō Shigeru was listening to the preparation situation from various aspects.

  "After listening to all the reports, Honjo Hidenori smiled with satisfaction and said: 'The time has come for you all to make great contributions to the Empire of Japan! Your descendants will be proud of your achievements today!'"

  At this moment, all the Japanese officers present shouted in unison: "Long live Your Imperial Majesty! Banzai! Banzai!"

  Time passed by minute and second. Hua Lieyang looked at his watch and muttered to himself, "Time really flies!" As soon as Hua Lieyang finished speaking, Ma Longhai was taken aback. Just as he was about to say something, Hua Lieyang suddenly spoke up, "Uncle Ma, help me call all ten snipers over!"

  "Alright! I'll go right away!" After finishing speaking, Ma Longhai turned around and left. About ten minutes later, Ma Longhai appeared in front of Hua Lieyang with a team of fully armed snipers! Hua Lieyang looked at these ten people and said seriously: "The mission I give you is to take out the Japanese military officers and machine gunners, artillerymen!"

  Hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chunxiao asked seriously: "General, are you asking us to carry out the assassination now?"

  Hua Lieyang shook his head and said, "No! I'm letting you guys hide for now! Tomorrow, or rather tonight, the little devils might make a move against us! If you wait until they make their move before taking action, it'll be too late!"

  "Yes! General, we'll set off immediately!" As the ten men prepared to leave, Hua Lieyang called out to them and said: "You'd best lay in ambush near the Liutiao Lake Nanman Railway! Who knows what gains you might make! We'll gather at Dahu Mountain five days from now!" Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, the ten men nodded in unison and departed.

  Before he knew it, dawn broke! Looking at the newborn morning, Hua Lieyang suddenly felt a great sense of responsibility on his shoulders. He deeply realized that although he was a transmigrator, he was also Chinese, a descendant of the Yan and Huang emperors! Just as Hua Lieyang was lost in thought, Ma Longhai called out softly: "General, it's dawn! Shouldn't we set off too?"

  After hearing Ma Longhai's shout, Hua Lieyang suddenly came to his senses and nodded: "Let's go!" As he spoke, Hua Lieyang casually picked up the photos of Yang Yuting and his parents in the study room and left.

  After leaving the government office, Hua Lieyang and Ma Longhai arrived at a special house built near Bei Daxing's Jishan mouth. Looking at the troops who had all arrived, Hua Lieyang said seriously: "It is possible that some of you will die tonight! But your descendants will not forget you! Because you are not dying in a civil war, but on the road to resisting aggression!"

  When they heard Hua Lieyang's words, all the soldiers were stunned! After a while, a soldier came out and said: "General, I'm an uneducated man, I don't understand what you're talking about! All I know is that when I join the army, I get paid and eat imperial rations!" Before the soldier could finish speaking, Hua Lieyang burst out laughing and said: "Why did you join the army?! Isn't it for your family?! If your parents and brothers were killed by the Japanese butcher's knife, and your wife and sisters suffered humiliation at the hands of the Japanese devils, what would you do?!"

  That soldier heard Hua Lieyang's words and shouted loudly: "I'll f**k the ancestors of those little Japanese! If they dare, I'll castrate them!" Hearing the soldier's words, Hua Lieyang said seriously: "If we don't stop the little Japanese, this will become a reality!"

  After finishing his speech, Hua Lieyang let all the soldiers take a break. Then Hua Lieyang took Ma Longhai and Liu Changgeng to Wang Yizhe's office. After the soldier reported, Hua Lieyang took Ma Longhai and Liu Changgeng into Wang Yizhe's office. Wang Yizhe was stunned when he saw Hua Lieyang's sudden visit, and after a while, Wang Yizhe came back to his senses and smiled: "Jiting, how do you have time to come here today?!"

  Hua Lieyang heard Wang Yi Zhe's words and signaled Ma Longhai and Liu Changgeng to leave, then said: "Uncle Wang, I came today to ask you to quietly withdraw the troops from Beida Camp tonight! Because I received reliable information that the little devils will launch an attack on Beida Camp tonight! I'm afraid that at that time, Uncle Wang will be bound by General Shao's military order and dare not resist, so the task of resisting the Japanese devils will be left to me!"

  Hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Wang Yizhe was shocked and asked: "Jiting, is your intelligence source reliable?!"

  "It's extremely reliable! Otherwise, I wouldn't have transferred all of my men to Jishan Kouzi!" Hua Lieyang said seriously with narrowed eyes.

  "Jingting, let me remind you as your uncle, never get into a physical fight with the Japanese! It's not worth it!" Wang Yizhe said seriously.

  "Uncle Wang, you're wrong! The more we don't dare to take action, the more rampant those little devils become! If we had given them a good beating from the start, they would have retreated obediently!" Hu Lieyang glanced at Wang Yi Zhe and continued, "Uncle Wang, don't forget who my grandfather is! My granduncle Yang Yu Ting is always watching over me from above!"

  "Xian nephew, are you reconsidering again?!" Wang Yi Zhe asked once more.

  Before long, it was evening. After dinner, Wang Yi-zhe immediately began to withdraw his troops. This move of Wang Yi-zhe's immediately made some Han traitors aware of it and reported it to the Japanese Kwantung Army. General Honjo Shigeru, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Kwantung Army, received the report and exclaimed excitedly: "It is really thanks to the protection of Amaterasu Omikami!"

  At the same time Wang Yi Zhe was withdrawing his troops, Hua Lieyang also began to mobilize his men. Soon, all three secret fortifications at Jishanmen were arranged with troops. At this moment, Ma Longhai, who was beside Hua Lieyang, asked in a low voice: "General, do you think the little devils will come tonight?"

  Hua Lieyang looked at his watch and said, "The little devils will definitely come back!" Not long after, the hands of Hua Lieyang's watch had passed ten o'clock, and about half an hour later, a loud explosion was heard. This explosion broke the tranquility of Beida Camp! After hearing the explosion, Hua Lieyang immediately ordered: "Get ready for everything! The little devils will be here soon!"

  At the same time as the explosion, the Kawashima detachment on the north bank of Liutiaohu Lake, about four kilometers north of the explosion point, immediately moved south and began attacking Beidaying. Soon after the Kawashima detachment launched its attack, the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Kwantung Army's 2nd Division, led by Heitaro Kimura, which was stationed near Beidaying, and the 2nd Railway Guard Battalion, led by Shigenori Kuroda, which was stationed in Mukden, attacked the Chinese army's garrison at Beidaying from both north and south.