Chapter 5: Revenge and Annihilation of Bandits

  He walked into the small wooden house and picked up a sniper rifle from his package, looked at it and muttered to himself: "Mosin-Nagant 1919 rifle, magazine capacity 5 rounds, combat firing rate 10-20 rounds/minute, sighting range 2000 meters, equipped with 3.5 times magnification PE sight, very reliable structure, because the sight is set on the left side of the gun, in case of necessity, such as at night, the mechanical sight on the gun can also be used."

  Hua Lieyang disassembled the gun and checked it, then put it aside. He picked up a familiar handgun, skillfully disassembling and reassembling it, saying calmly: "Soviet Tokarev TT30/33 pistol (also known as Type 54 in China). Chambered for 7.62mm Tokarev cartridge, overall length 196mm, unloaded weight 0.85kg, barrel length 116mm, muzzle velocity 420m/s, fed by an 8-round magazine, effective range 50 meters."

  After checking the two guns, Hua Lieyang counted the other items: 320 rubles; three pistol clips, 96 bullets; 300 sniper rifle rounds; three hand grenades; a small whetstone; a pair of binoculars; a watch and a small compass! After counting the items, Hua Lieyang thought for a moment and said quietly to himself, "I didn't protect my family well before! Since heaven has given me this chance again, I will make my greatest effort to protect my family!" Putting on his camouflage net, picking up his gun and bullets, wearing his binoculars and watch, Hua Lieyang walked out of the wooden house and quietly ran along the mountain road towards Tuo Lao Cai's old nest.

  After running for about half an hour, Hua Lieyang arrived at the highest point of a small earth slope near Tuo Lao Cai's old nest, using binoculars to observe the surrounding terrain. As he looked, Hua Lieyang muttered to himself: "This is really a good sniping position, with a broad view and strong concealment!"

  After a while, he fully understood the terrain around him and found a way to retreat. Then, Hu Lieyang gently pulled the bolt to load the bullet. He then began to search for targets through his scope.

  More than twenty minutes passed, a black sedan with the Japanese national flag appeared at the entrance of the target house. Suddenly, Hua Lieyang saw Tuo Lao Cai and his three sons walking out of the door, swaggering onto a car. Seeing this scene, Hua Lieyang smiled slightly and pulled the trigger towards the gas tank of the car. After hearing the gunshot, Tuo Lao Cai and his three sons crouched in the car, not daring to move, while other henchmen fired randomly around them.

  Hua Lieyang found that the bandits had not discovered him, so he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger again. The bullet rubbed against the sparks emitted by the car and ignited it instantly. A loud explosion followed, and Tuo Lao Cai and his three sons were all blown into the sky.

  After seeing the car explode, the other bandits around immediately became a mess. Hua Lieyang seized the opportunity and used his Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle to send the panicked bandits to accompany Tuo Lao Cai one by one. After solving the bandits outside, Hua Lieyang put down his sniper rifle, took out his Tokarev pistol, opened the safety catch, and carefully walked down the mountain slope. He quietly sneaked into Tuo Lao Cai's home.

  As soon as Hua Lieyang entered the gate of Tuo Lao Cai's house, he quickly shot down all the bandits holding guns with his Tokarev pistol, and mercilessly killed all the innocent people in Tuo Lao Cai's house. Suddenly, Hua Lieyang thought to himself: "I'll learn from the underworld and do a black-eat-black!" As soon as he thought of this, Hua Lieyang took action, searched Tuo Lao Cai's house thoroughly, put on a horse-drawn carriage, loaded two boxes filled with gold and silver coins, jewelry, and all the guns and ammunition found in Tuo Lao Cai's house onto the carriage. Then, Hua Lieyang drove the carriage to an uninhabited wooden hut in the mountains used for hunting.

  After hiding everything in the wooden house, Hua Lieyang ran back home with a rough breath as if nothing had happened. On his way back home, Hua Lieyang thought to himself: "It seems my body is still too weak! It seems I need to strengthen my training even more! Hard qigong can't be given up!"

  Three days later, the cow big brother next door ran to the front of Father Hua Xun with excitement and said: "Hua Lao Di, I have good news for you! Tuo Lao Cai and his men were all wiped out a few days ago! It is said that the one who took action was an expert, and those who were shot in the head were all shot in the brain! Among them, many people were also hit in the brow!"

  Father Hua Xun heard what Niu Dabo said and thought for a moment before asking: "Niu Dage, who do you think did it?!"

  "I don't know about that!" said Old Man Niu, taking out his pipe and puffing on it a couple of times before continuing: "I heard from the detectives at the police station that it was a bandit shootout! I don't know anything else!"

  Upon hearing Old Man Niu's words, Father smiled and said: "In any case, it's a good thing that Tǔ Lǎo Cái and his family are dead. At least from now on, the villagers won't have to be afraid of them causing trouble anymore!"

  Just then, Yang Fenglan walked in and took some money, saying: "Brother Niu, can you help me go to the town tomorrow? Can you help my family buy some brown sugar?"

  "Alright! No problem!" Old Man Niu smiled as he took the money from his mother Yang Fenglan's hand, then jumped down from the kang and said: "Well, Brother Hua and sister-in-law, I'm off first!" After finishing speaking, Old Man Niu turned around humming a little tune and left.

  After Old Man Niu left, Mother frowned and said to Father: "Zhiteng, who do you think did it?!"

  "Unclear!" Father shook his head and said, "According to what Niu Lao Ge just said! I reckon that in our Northeast Army, we can't find anyone with such skills!"

  "Could it be Japanese?!" Mother anxiously asked.

  "I don't know about this!" Father Hua Xun said lightly, leaning against the kang.

  Before long, a month had passed and the massacre of the Tuo family was gradually forgotten. The villagers continued their dull lives as usual.

  After a month of rest and recuperation, Father Hua Xun's gunshot wound on his leg had fully recovered.

  Time flies, and the year-end is approaching. Father Hua Xun brought many pheasants and roe deer from the mountain to the mountain goods store in town, exchanged some daily necessities and bullets, and was about to leave when he suddenly saw a small repeating crossbow in the store. After playing with it for a while, Hua Xun thought: "My son has grown up too, and it's time for him to learn how to shoot! This little repeating crossbow is just right for him to practice his marksmanship!" Thinking of this, Hua Xun bought it without hesitation and left the small town happily towards his home.