Chapter 33: Capturing the Bandit King

  "Yes!" Yang Chunluo said, turning around and leaving. About half an hour later, Yang Chunrui walked to Hua Lieyang's side and said: "General, everything is ready!" Upon hearing Yang Chunrui's words, Hua Lieyang looked at his watch and said: "I'll take ten people to clear the way ahead, you bring the others to protect the seriously injured!"

  "Alright! Don't worry!" After finishing speaking, Yang Chunrui turned around and left. With everything ready, Hua Lieyang carried a sniper rifle, wore camouflage clothes, and led ten people to slowly run towards the direction of the Japanese army's garrison.

  They crept all the way, and before they knew it, Hua Lieyang had brought his men to the front of the Japanese army's position. After taking a look at the surroundings, Hua Lieyang said to the soldiers beside him: "You three go take care of the three devils on the machine gun position on the left; you three go take care of the right! The rest of you follow me and cover them as they take out the devils on the machine gun position, then we'll go take care of the devil's command center!"

  After hearing Hua Lieyang's arrangement, everyone began to take action. Hua Lieyang installed a silencer on the sniper rifle and adjusted the scope, starting to cover the soldiers attacking the Japanese machine gun position from behind. Through the scope, Hua Lieyang saw three people pull out their bayonets, sneak up to the edge of the Japanese machine gun position, and suddenly pounce on the Japanese soldiers in the position, killing them with bayonets before sending signals to Hua Lieyang.

  After seeing the signal, Hua Lieyang immediately let Yang Chunrui lead the men to pass quickly. Then Hua Lieyang led the men to solve the two Japanese soldiers guarding outside the military account and walked into the military account with guns. Benkura Kenjirō and Takakura Kenkuma in the military account were shocked by the sudden appearance of Hua Lieyang, and Benkura Kenjirō quickly regained his composure and angrily asked: "Who are you?!"

  Hua Lieyang looked at Moto Kurakane and Takakura no Kenu and laughed, saying: "I'm here to take your lives! You bunch of beasts shouldn't be in this world!" As he spoke, Hua Lieyang swiftly drew his Tokarev pistol and shot the command knife out of Takakura no Kenu's hand. He then gave a signal to the soldiers beside him with his eyes. The two soldiers immediately understood and rushed forward, pinning Takakura no Kenu firmly to the ground.

  At this time, Hua Lieyang looked at Ben Kojiro on the side and smiled: "You don't need to resist, if I'm in a good mood, I'll leave you with a whole corpse!" When Ben Kojiro heard Hua Lieyang's words, he burst out laughing and said: "The Chinese are really stupid, if it were me, I wouldn't say so much nonsense!" Just as Ben Kojiro finished speaking, Hua Lieyang ruthlessly pulled the trigger on him. A bullet instantly pierced Ben Kojiro's front teeth and shot into his brain.

  On one side, Takakura no Kiyomaro saw Honjō no Kiyotsura lying on the ground and was momentarily stunned. Then he saw Hua Lieyang pull out Honjō no Kiyotsura's commander sword and hand it to a soldier, saying: "Cut off the heads of these two devils!" When Takakura no Kiyomaro heard Hua Lieyang's words, he began to struggle. Because in Japan there is a legend that people without heads cannot be reincarnated!

  The soldier, excited by Hua Lieyang's order, took over the command knife and first beheaded Ben Cang Jianzilang. Then he raised his knife high and swung it down to behead Gao Cang Jianxiong. After everything was over, Hua Lieyang said to the soldier: "Take away the little devil's command knife and two heads!"

  Hua Lieyang soon caught up with Yang Chunrui and his men. Looking at Hua Lieyang, who had rushed over, Yang Chunrui said seriously: "General, are you alright?"

  Hua Lieyang smiled and said: "What's wrong with me?! Let the troops hurry up and advance! If we're a bit slow, those little devils will discover us and we'll be in danger!"

  Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chunrui thought for a moment and asked: "I understand!" As he spoke, Yang Chunrui immediately rushed to the front to command the troops to speed up their march. Just as Hua Lieyang was commanding the troops at Jishanmiaozi to break out of the encirclement by the Japanese devils, Taro returned to the command tent and saw Benkura Kenjirou and Takakura Kenkuma lying on the ground without their heads, and he angrily shouted: "Order the troops to chase after them! We must capture those Chinese!"

  Upon receiving the order from Lieutenant General, the Japanese army quickly pursued in the direction of Hua Lieyang's retreat. In the blink of an eye, just as Hua Lieyang was commanding his troops to enter the mountain forest, the Japanese pursuers arrived under the command of Lang Hu. Hearing the sound of dogs barking behind him, Hua Lieyang immediately ordered: "Uncle Rui, take the men and go first! I'll hold off the enemy with ten men!"

  Hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chunrui also didn't pretend to be polite and hastily said: "You be careful! We'll go ahead and wait for you!"

  "Got it!" Hualei Yang said, leading his men away. After watching the main force leave, Hualei Yang took out a cluster bomb and came to the road where the Japanese pursuit troops must pass, buried the trap in advance, and hid with his men beside a few scattered big trees. As the devils got closer and closer, Hualei Yang gently pulled the bolt of his rifle and said to the soldiers beside him, "After I fire, you immediately throw out the cluster bombs in your hands!" As soon as he finished speaking, Hualei Yang pulled the trigger of his sniper rifle and shot the leading military dog dead on the spot. Upon hearing the gunshot, the surrounding soldiers quickly opened the safety pins of their cluster bombs and threw them out rapidly.

  One explosion after another rang out, and Hua Lieyang shouted loudly: "Withdraw!" After hearing Hua Lieyang's shout, the ten soldiers took turns covering each other as they retreated to the back. Not long after retreating, an explosion sound came from behind them. Upon hearing the explosion, Hua Lieyang immediately said: "Take cover on the spot, we'll clean up these little devils!"

  As soon as they heard Hua Lieyang's words, the ten warriors immediately dispersed and found suitable positions to hide. About ten minutes later, the devils appeared in front of them.

  Watching the Japanese army getting closer and closer, Hua Lieyang pulled the bolt of his sniper rifle and said: "Get the devils in!" After hearing the order, a series of sounds of pulling the bolt were heard. After a while, Hua Lieyang found his target through the scope of his sniper rifle, slowly adjusted the scope, and said: "Fire!" As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Lieyang pulled the trigger of his sniper rifle, and a bullet accurately shot through the Japanese machine gunner's head.

  Just as Hua Lieyang pulled the trigger, the soldiers around him simultaneously pulled the triggers of their submachine guns. Under the layered automatic firepower, the Japanese army quickly lost more than half of its troops in pursuit. Taking advantage of the blocking of the Japanese army, Hua Lieyang set up a trap at the nearby entrance and shouted: "Withdraw!" Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's order, the soldiers threw out the hand grenades in their hands.

  After rushing for about half an hour, Hua Lieyang caught up with the main force. When Yang Chunrui and Yang Chunchao saw Hua Lieyang return, they smiled and surrounded him, and then heard Yang Chunrui say: "Jiting, have you dealt with those devils in the back?!"

  "It's all settled! They can't catch up even if they want to now!" Hua Lieyang said seriously. Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chunsheng asked: "Ji Ting, what do we do next?"

  "Take the men to settle down in the mountains! I want to go alone to Rehe and meet up with Uncle Xiao, then come back immediately!" Hua Lieyang said seriously. After a while, Hua Lieyang seemed to have thought of something and took out a map to add: "Uncles, if the road we came from is blocked by the little devils! Then I will lead Uncle Xiao and the others into the pass! Remember the things marked on this map! If you encounter the little devils surrounding you, you can replenish at the locations on the map!"

  Yang Chunrui heard Hua Lieyang's words, thought for a moment, took over the map and looked at it with Yang Chunchao. About half an hour later, Yang Chunrui returned the map to Hua Lieyang. Hua Lieyang took back the map, hid it close to his body and said: "If I don't come back, you'll gather with my uncle Ma, Liu and others! People together are stronger!"

  As soon as Hua Lieyang finished speaking, Yang Chun super thought for a moment and said to Hua Lieyang: "You bring a radio with you, so we can also contact each other conveniently!" After hearing Yang Chun super's words, Hua Lieyang thought for a moment and said: "It seems that it can only be like this!" In the evening, Hua Lieyang and Yang Chunrui led their men into the mountains. After a brief rest, early the next morning, Hua Lieyang carried a radio and separated from the main force.

  The words split in two, and just as Hua Lieyang led his troops to break through the encirclement, Momenosuke brought his men into the defensive fortifications that Hua Lieyang had built at Jishan Kou. Looking at the fortifications, Momenosuke angrily said: "Those idiots from Tokko, they didn't even know that the Chinese had built such a large fortification here!"

  Hearing the words of Tofu Ito, Horiuchi Genji, who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, said: "Your Excellency, this is not our dereliction of duty! These suddenly appearing defensive fortifications are even unknown to General Zhang!"

  "Impossible! Zhang Zuoxiang is the highest commander of the Northeast Army!" said Tomenosuke calmly. Upon hearing Tomenosuke's words, Tofei Genji seriously said: "There are many factions within the Northeast Army, and Hua Luoyang and Zhang Zuoxiang have a grudge against each other!"

  Before Tsuchiya Genjiro finished speaking, a soldier rushed over and said: "Division Commander, Lieutenant General Yokoyama Shizuo is looking for you!" Upon hearing the soldier's words, Tamon Jirō thought for a moment before walking out of the bunker. Just as he stepped out of the bunker, an earth-shaking explosion occurred.

  At the moment of the explosion, the soldiers beside Tomenosuke and Doihara Kenji immediately pounced on the two. After a while, when the explosion subsided, Tomenosuke, supported by the soldiers, looked at the ruins behind him with gritted teeth and said: "I must tear Hua Lieyang to pieces!"

  Just as Tamotsu Ira was furious, Yokoyama Shizuo came to the front of Tamotsu Ira and said: "What's going on with the explosion just now?!" On the side, Tofei Genji honestly pointed to the ruins behind him. After seeing Tofei Genji's action, Yokoyama Shizuo was stunned.

  After a while, Yokoyama Shizuo came back to his senses and looked at Tamo with a surprised expression, saying: "Tamo-sama! I didn't expect this underage kid to be so fierce! So many of our Imperial brave warriors fell under their gunfire!"

  Before Yokoyama Shizuo could finish speaking, Tomenosuke Ii took a step forward and slapped Tofu Hara Kenji twice, saying: "You're too incompetent! Letting such a dangerous Chinese person survive until now!"

  When Tofu Hara heard the words of Tamada Jiro, Tofu Hara Kenji lowered his head and didn't dare say anything. Yokoyama Shizuo, who was on the side, sighed and said: "Tamada, calm down! Now our main task is to complete the remedial measures! If we let these escaped Chinese soldiers recover, then our rear will not be peaceful in the future!"