Volume 1: Fierce Resistance Against Japan Chapter 18: The Situation is Critical

  Looking at the crowd looking at the weapons, Hua Lieyang smiled and said: "Everyone, continue with yesterday's training! Ten snipers follow me!" After hearing Hua Lieyang's words, ten people looked at each other and reluctantly followed him away.

  Before they knew it, ten people followed Hua Lieyang to the edge of a tree. Hua Lieyang opened the four wooden boxes placed at the edge of the tree and said: "Here is your equipment! A sniper rifle, a Tokarev pistol, and a German-made twenty-shot revolver!"

  When Yang Chunxiao heard Hua Lieyang's words, he walked out and asked: "Young Master Sun, you didn't call us over just to hand out weapons and equipment, did you?!" Hua Lieyang nodded and said: "That's right, after you're all equipped with your weapons, I'll be training each of you individually!" Looking at his watch, he continued: "The first lesson is camouflage! The ten of you will be limited to a certain area, and I'll hide within that area. If you can find me, you'll be free to do as you please! But if you can't, then you'll have to train according to my requirements!"

  "Alright!" the ten people said in unison. Ten minutes later, all ten of them had their weapons and equipment ready. Seeing their excited expressions, Hua Lieyang smiled and said: "You can start dividing up the territory now! I don't have much time to spare!" Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, the ten people looked at each other before finally pushing Yang Chunxiao forward. With no choice, Yang Chunxiao drew out the dagger from his waist and walked over to a nearby tree, beginning to carve out boundaries.

  After a while, Yang Chunxiao finished his work and smiled: "It's just this range!" Hua Lieyang heard Yang Chunxiao's words and smiled: "Then let's start now! Trouble you to go over there for a bit!" As he spoke, Hua Lieyang pointed in the direction of Yang Chong and others, and continued: "You come back after ten minutes!"

  When Yang Chunxiao heard Hua Lieyang's words, she nodded and left with the others. After watching them leave, Hua Lieyang began to prepare. Soon, wearing a camouflage uniform, Hua Lieyang hid in a depression. In the blink of an eye, ten minutes passed. Yang Chunxiao brought back ten people.

  Looking at the empty surroundings, Yang Chunxiao said seriously: "Two people in a group, everyone is serious about finding, every place can't be missed!" After hearing Yang Chunxiao's words, ten people started searching very tacitly. After searching for about half an hour, Yang Chunfeng walked to Yang Chunxiao's side and said: "Chunxiao, we have searched everywhere except for the few trees around us! Is it possible that Master Sun is fooling us?"

  As soon as Yang Chunfeng finished speaking, Hua Lieyang, who was hiding in the pit, shot Yang Chunfeng with a slingshot. Feeling painful, Yang Chunfeng shouted: "Who is it! Who hit me just now?! Come out!" Before Yang Chunfeng could continue, Hua Lieyang shot another mud pellet from his slingshot and hit Yang Chunfeng's mouth squarely.

  Seeing this scene, Yang Chunxiao looked around at his companions and shouted: "Young Master Sun, come out! We admit defeat!" Hearing Yang Chunxiao's shout, Hua Lieyang stood up from in front of Yang Chunxiao with a smile on his face.

  Suddenly appearing in front of oneself

  Hua Lieyang and several others were stunned! At this time, Hua Lieyang spoke up, "As an excellent sniper, first of all, you must learn to hide yourself well! Starting tomorrow, I'll play hide-and-seek with you. When I can't find you, that's when I'll teach you the next thing!" After finishing speaking, Hua Lieyang ignored their reactions and turned to leave.

  Watching Hua Lieyang leave, Yang Chunfeng covered his mouth and walked to Yang Chunxiao's side, saying: "Too awesome! He was hiding right in front of us!"

  Yang Chunxiao said lightly: "The most dangerous place is the safest place!" As he spoke, Yang Chunxiao glanced at others and said: "It seems that Young Master Sun is not simple! Let's follow Young Master Sun and do a good job!"

  Spring went and winter came, and in the blink of an eye it was 1931. Hua Lieyang, dressed in military uniform, stood at the window of Yang Yuting's former study, gazing out at the snowflakes dancing in the wind, and asked faintly: "Uncle Ma, how many people do we have now?"

  "Master Sun, since the defeat of General Zhang in the Sino-Soviet War on the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929, Yang Chunqing and I took advantage of this opportunity to recruit about a battalion of soldiers. In addition to the bandits we secretly recruited, there are now two thousand people at home! Among them, one thousand people are training in the mountains behind the arsenal! They belong to our own faction!" Ma Longhai said seriously.

  Hearing Ma Longhai's words, Hua Lieyang said calmly: "Since General Zhang led the troops into the pass last year! I'm really worried about the situation in our Northeast now!"

  "Master Sun! Our Northeastern Army still has hundreds of thousands of troops in the Northeast, why worry about the Japanese?!" Ma Longhai said seriously. Upon hearing Ma Longhai's words, Hua Lieyang smiled bitterly and said: "You've followed my grandfather for so many years, haven't you heard him mention the Eastern Conference convened by Japan in 1927?! If I didn't tell you, the Japanese formulated the 'Policy Outline towards China' (also known as the Tanaka Memorial) at that conference, which stated: 'In order to conquer China, we must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia. In order to conquer the world, we must first conquer China. If China can be completely conquered by our country, other nations such as Central Asia, India, Southeast Asia, and others will surely fear and respect us, and surrender to us.' Now you know what I'm worried about?!"

  When Ma Longhai heard Hua Lieyang's words, he was suddenly stunned! At this moment, the old steward walked in and said: "Young Master Sun, Guan Yuheng has arrived, he wants to see you!"

  Hua Lieyang was taken aback by Guan Jia's words and asked seriously, "Master Ma, is this Guantuan the original subordinate of my grandfather?"

  "Yes! It turned out that he was already a traveling general! Later, due to being implicated by General Yang, he was demoted to regimental commander by General Zhang and made to guard the Xing'an Ridge Suolun area!" Ma Longhai said seriously.

  "Alright! Then I'll go see him!" Huale Yang said to the old butler, "Fu Bo, take him to the living room! I'll be right there!"

  "Alright! Young Master Sun!" The old steward said, turning around and leaving. After the old steward left, Hu Lieyang suddenly remembered that Guan Yuheng was one of the sparks that set off the September 18th Incident! Thinking of this, Hu Lieyang immediately asked Ma Longhai: "Uncle Ma, do we have any men in the vicinity of Wanbaoshan?!"