Chapter 71 Revenge (Three)

  "Yongjun! What to do? We must avenge our fellow villagers!" Wang Yunlin said with tears in his eyes, speaking to Wang Yongjun who was kneeling in front of the tomb of his brother and sister-in-law. His relatives had all fallen victim to the enemy's cruel hands, and he had found their graves here.

  "Let's go find the guerrillas, I haven't seen my nephew yet! Besides, to avenge ourselves we need to gather more strength, otherwise it will be difficult for us few people to deal with the enemy's large troops."

  "Alright, let's go find the guerrilla team." The other soldiers also wiped away their tears and left this sorrowful place to look for District Chief Xiao's people.

  Not long after they left, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers arrived at Wangjiazhuang. They were the people sent by Li Xinnan to chase after Wang Yongquan and his men.

  "It seems they just left here not long ago." said Zhang Yuxiang, the leader of the team.

  "What shall we do? Who knows where they will go now!" a soldier said.

  "You two immediately go back and report the situation here to the battalion commander, we will stay behind and continue to search for them." Zhang Yuxiang arranged the work, and the two groups of people took action separately.

  Zhang Village Third Battalion's barracks, soldiers were doing basic training on the large drill ground. Li Xinmin got up early to train in a corner of the training field, accompanied by Huang Yuke and other battalion cadres. Li Xinmin would first teach his skills and training techniques to these battalion backbones, who would then pass them on to the soldiers. After all, there were sacrifices on the battlefield, and if every soldier had to be taught personally by Li Xinmin, he wouldn't have time for anything else. How could he possibly teach so many people in the entire battalion? If everyone learned together, they couldn't learn thoroughly. To ensure that multiple skills could be learned and understood by the soldiers, Li Xinmin adopted this teaching method: first, let the backbones learn, then have them pass it on to others. If there were any unclear points, they could ask Li Xinmin again. This way, the Third Battalion's soldiers made rapid progress. First, the backbones taught the soldiers, and after the soldiers had all mastered the skills, new recruits would be led by veteran soldiers when joining, and in battle, it was also the veterans leading the new recruits.

  "How's it going? Have you made any progress during this time?" Li Xinmin asked, putting down the stone lock in his hand.

  "There's been just a tiny bit of progress." Liu Wentao said with a smile.

  "Hahaha!" Several people were amused by him, and Zhao Hailong, who had just arrived in the past few days, was very fond of this place, especially after using these devices, he was even more grateful to join the third battalion. When he heard that these peculiar devices were designed by Battalion Commander Li Xinmin, he admired Li Xinmin even more. On his first day at the training ground, seeing the soldiers in training, he couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for Li Xinmin.

  When Li Xinmin was about to teach him his kung fu, he felt a sense of rejection and was quite displeased. Because he himself knew some kung fu, and had never met anyone whose kung fu was stronger than his, he always thought that his own kung fu was good enough. In the past, when he was in the guerrilla team with those team members, his kung fu was indeed very good, but compared to Li Xinmin, there was still a big gap, however, he didn't realize this because he had never seen Li Xinmin make a move, let alone fought him, and therefore wasn't fully convinced.

  "Now that you've made progress, let the two of you have a friendly competition and let's see how you do." Li Xinmin had Liu Wentao and Zhao Hailong engage in a simple trial match, with him judging from the side.

  The two men didn't say much, walked into the arena, adjusted their clothes, and exchanged polite words before engaging in a fierce battle. The two men exchanged blows for over a dozen rounds without either gaining the upper hand. "Stop!" Their intense fight made Li Xinmin frown.

  The two of them stopped and found that Li Xinmin seemed unhappy.

  "Director Yin, what's your opinion?" Liu Wentao asked boldly for Li Xinmin's view.

  "What's wrong with you! How could your moves be so different from what I taught you every day? Your sparring is like a street performer's show!" Li Xinmin asked very seriously.

  "No way! I used to practice like this before!" Liu Wentao replied.

  "Then you take action against me now." Liu Wentao quickly made a move towards Li Xinmin after Li Xinmin took his stance, and in just a few exchanges, Liu Wentao was subdued by Li Xinmin.

  "How could this be?" Liu Wentao asked in confusion. "Because you added many fancy moves to the technique, those whistling sounds affected your technique." Li Xinmin said very seriously. Liu Wentao nodded, indicating that he understood, and he was very convinced by Li Xinmin's words.

  "Ha Long, you come and try." Let Liu Wentao step down, Li Xinmin invited Zhao Ha Long to compare, the two people also tried several rounds, Zhao Ha Long was easily defeated by Li Xinmin, Zhao Ha Long's moves were not as many as Liu Wentao's.

  "Hai Long, your training has gone a bit awry." Li Xinmin directly pointed out Zhao Hai Long's shortcomings.

  "Camp leader, how could my move have gone wrong?!" Zhao Hailong asked in puzzlement.

  "Haha! Haven't you noticed that your constant changes are a bit too much?" Li Xinmin asked with a smile. Zhao Hailong still didn't quite understand.

  "What's the purpose of us being soldiers? Are we here to show off our martial arts skills? No, we're here to kill devils. As long as our moves are practical, that's all that matters, no need for fancy stuff." Li Xinmin explained to Zhao Hailong again.

  "I've always been like this, I didn't think there was anything fancy about it!" Zhao Hailong said with great puzzlement. In his mind, that's just how one should act!

  "Captain, you're right. There are many unnecessary moves in your current technique, Hai Long," Huang Yu Kai said from the side.

  "Not bad! Your fancy moves look good, but they're useless. On the battlefield, we value practicality. If one move can kill an enemy, we don't use a second." Li Xinmin said, seeing Zhao Hailong's skeptical expression.

  "Come on, Seadragon, let's demonstrate it once."

  "Look! The captain is going to make a move!" Someone shouted on the training ground, and the soldiers around Li Xinmin stopped what they were doing and gathered around to watch. Huang Yuke and the others didn't restrain them either. It was rare for Li Xinmin to take action, and every time he did, the soldiers would get to watch and learn something new. Most importantly, they had a personal admiration for Li Xinmin.

  "Go ahead!" Li Xinmin said to Zhao Hailong.

  "You go first, Captain." Zhao Hailong said politely.

  "Hailong, you'd better make the first move! Once our captain makes his move, you won't have any chance," said Huang Yukei from the side.

  The warriors started discussing it in seven mouths and eight tongues.

  "How long do you think Zhao Lianzhang can last?", "I think he's about the same as Liu Lianzhang.", "No way! He definitely won't be able to hold out as long as Liu Lianzhang!", "Alright, alright! Stop guessing wildly, they'll be engaging soon. Let's focus on how our battalion commander will make his move!", "Right! Don't miss our battalion commander making his move, it's going to be too fast!" The soldiers all widened their eyes, afraid of missing this spectacular match.