Chapter 47: Laozi Refuses to Be a Coward

  The shrill alarm sounded in the air, as if it was going to grasp people's hearts and tear them apart bit by bit, making one feel short of breath involuntarily.

  Under the command of Japanese officers, the originally somewhat panicked Japanese soldiers gradually restored order and gathered at the entrance of the airport. The only ones left in the airport were the Japanese engineering troops who continued to build the runway and apron under the command of the robust dings, and the sentries responsible for surveillance around them.

  What an opportunity!

  Due to the commotion at the entrance, the Japanese soldiers responsible for guarding the plane also turned their heads towards the entrance. Human curiosity always exists, and as a result, the defense around the plane was greatly weakened.

  If we rush over now, maybe we can successfully blow up the plane and then take advantage of the chaos to rush out of the airport!

  Qin Yang's mind suddenly flashed with this thought, and he took two steps forward, his right hand grasping the military knife at his waist, the cold light in his eyes flickering, as if ready to strike.

  A large hand stretched over from beside and pressed down on his wrist.

  Qin Yang turned his head and saw Wan Lai Sheng slightly shaking his head, signaling him not to act impulsively.

  The cacophony of voices stopped, and Qin Yang calmed down a bit. He had barely managed to suppress this extremely tempting idea. In fact, he also knew that the result of doing so would likely be to trap all of them here, and even if they succeeded in blowing up the plane, it was almost impossible to escape from among so many people.

  But this opportunity is really rare, and it's a bit reluctant for him to give up.

  Qin Yang hesitated.

  "What are you guys still dawdling for? Hurry up and go to the entrance!" The Japanese officer, seeing Qin Yang and the others standing still on the spot, not going to the entrance to gather like the other soldiers, looked extremely annoyed, standing aside waving his war knife and bellowing.

  Qin Yang took a look at the Japanese sentry who had already begun to return to normal, and then looked at the robust men who were busy sweating beside the plane. He sighed in regret and reluctantly gave up this good opportunity.

  Mixed in with other Japanese soldiers, Qin Yang and his men also arrived at the airport gate.

  Outside the gate, a large number of Japanese soldiers had gathered on the empty ground, and under the command of their respective officers, they were sorting out their troops in their own sequence. As the sound of orders continued to come, the originally chaotic troops gradually restored order.

  Qin Yang squeezed in the crowd and looked towards the front of the team, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

  In front of the group of Japanese soldiers, four corpses were laid out on the ground in a row, with their outer garments removed to reveal white shirts and white underpants underneath. One of the Japanese soldiers' heads had been severed and was placed beside his body.

  It was the soldier of the Japanese patrol team that Qin Yang and his men had taken out.

  But Qin Yang couldn't understand why they still got found by Japanese soldiers even though they had already dealt with the corpse.

  The answer was soon revealed.

  A burst of barking came from a distance, and this time Qin Yang understood. They knew that their identities would probably be exposed too.

  With the sound of barking dogs, two Japanese dog handlers rushed over from Zhongguan Town with two large black dogs. The big dogs had fierce blood-red eyes and were running while sticking out their long red tongues, with foul-smelling saliva constantly dripping from their mouths onto the ground.

  "It seems I was negligent and forgot that the Japanese army also had military dogs!" Qin Yang blamed himself. Perhaps people might not be able to find the buried corpses, but the Japanese military dogs would definitely be able to smell the bloody scent and find those few bodies: "Could it be that after coming to this world and being in a state of non-crisis for a long time, my combat consciousness has also begun to degenerate?"

  To know that at the original base, he would absolutely not make such a low-level mistake, but now it seems that he often makes some low-level mistakes.

  "What to do?" The red-clothed man leaned in close to Qin Yang and asked in a low voice. If they let things develop further, it's likely that even without the military dogs identifying them, the comrades of the soldiers who were killed would discover that the four of them were impostors. By then, surrounded by so many Japanese soldiers, escape would be impossible.

  Qin Yang was also thinking anxiously, but for the time being, there was no solution either.

  Chen Liu, who had been following behind Hongyi without saying a word, suddenly spoke up and said, "I have an idea, let's give it a try!"

  "What's the plan?" Qin Yang asked.

  "In a moment I'll rush out, kill the military dog, and then run west to lure away all the Japanese soldiers. You take advantage of the chaos to escape!" Chen Liu slowly spoke out his plan.

  "No way, how can we let you sacrifice yourself? If anyone should go, it's me!" Qin Yang said urgently.

  "Stop arguing, just listen to me. I'm Chen Liu, a useless person who owes his life to the old master's kindness back then. Now it's time for me to repay that debt. Besides, all of you are still useful, can't just die like this!" Chen Liu's attitude didn't waver one bit.

  Qin Yang tried to stop him again, but the red-clothed man blocked his way: "Let him go, you can't die now, there are still so many people outside waiting for you to return and take command!"

  Hongyi finished speaking and glanced at Chen Liu, instructing: "Liu'zi, after a while, lure the people away. Don't be obsessed with fighting, think of a way to escape. If you can get out, go to the storehouse to meet up!"

  "I know!" Chen Liu took a last look at the people, threw off the Japanese soldier's coat, pulled out two guns from his waist and shot the two Japanese military dogs. The two dogs fell to the ground with a loud thud. Then he jumped out of the crowd and ran wildly westward.

  This stirred up a hornet's nest, and the Japanese soldiers rushed after Chen Liu, who was running westward with their rifles at the ready. Bullets whizzed past Chen Liu's body from time to time. If it weren't for the Japanese officer wanting to capture someone alive, even ten Chen Lius would have been riddled with bullets by now.

  "Big boss, tell the old boss for me that I, Chen Liu, have come to repay my debt!" The sound of gunfire faded away as Chen Liu's voice was heard, and then the shots grew fainter and fainter, heading west.

  Tears welled up in Hongyi's eyes, she wiped them away with a sweep of her hand and turned to leave: "Liu Zi, my good brother!"

  A few people took advantage of the chaos, and with the Japanese army's attention focused on Chen Liu, they quietly slipped out of the encirclement and returned to Zhongguantun.

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  In front of a forest west of Zhongguan Town, Chen Liu was running, his movements agile and swift as he had been accustomed to shuttling through the mountains for years. He ran like the wind, and the Japanese army couldn't catch up with him for a while. If it weren't for slowing down on purpose in order to delay the enemy for the sake of the Red Dresses, perhaps he would have already shaken off these pursuers and entered the forest.

  Feeling that the time was about right, Chen Liu turned around and emptied the remaining bullets in his rifle, suddenly accelerating towards the forest. As long as he could rush into the woods and run along the woods to the rocky wall at the other end of the woods, he could climb up the mountain along the nearly eighty-degree slope and escape the Japanese army's pursuit.

  Just as he was about to take two more steps into the woods, a gunshot sounded from behind, and his right leg felt like it had been struck by an iron rod. In an instant, he lost all sensation and balance, and his body rolled forward several times before coming to a stop in front of a tree.

  "Hahaha!"

  Jian Liu was finally hit, and the Japanese soldier rushed up with a mad laugh.

  Chen Liu threw away the empty shotgun, leaned against a tree and stood up. The numbness in his right leg had passed, replaced by a burning pain. He looked down and saw that his right calf was a bloody mess, with fresh blood staining his pant leg red.

  Looking at the Japanese soldiers surrounding him, Chen Liu smiled bitterly, he knew that today he was probably unable to escape.

  Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Chen Liu thought: "If only I had brought a hand grenade at the time!"

  A Japanese officer pushed aside the Japanese soldiers in front of him and walked out. He looked at Chen Liu who was leaning against a tree, then looked at his leg which was bleeding profusely, and said in broken Chinese: "Your hero, surrender will be greatly rewarded!"

  Chen Liu sneered and glared at the Japanese officer with a slanted gaze: "You think I'll surrender? Dream on! I won't be a coward like those turtles behind you!"

  Many pseudo-policemen mixed in with the Japanese soldiers lowered their heads and felt a burning sensation on their faces.

  The Japanese officer sneered and pointed at Chen Liu's leg with a wave of his hand: "If you don't surrender, I'll beat you until you do!"

  Several Japanese soldiers rushed up and swung the butt of their rifles at Chen Liu's body.

  The butt of the gun fell on Chen Liu's body like raindrops, making a dull thud as it hit his flesh. Chen Liu's eyes were wide open, and his teeth were clenched so hard that they had bitten through his lips, but he didn't make a sound!

  "Kneel down!" Seeing that beating had no effect, a Japanese soldier lifted his foot and kicked Chen Liu's wounded leg.

  Chen Liu let out a muffled hum, and beads of sweat burst forth from his forehead. His body trembled slightly as he grasped the tree trunk, his ten fingers turning blue from exertion.

  Other Japanese soldiers found Chen Liu's abnormality and also joined in, kicking Chen Liu's wound with their boots.

  Chen Liu's underclothes were soaked with sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and stared wide-eyed without making a sound.

  A Japanese soldier, tired of beating him, saw that Chen Liu still refused to surrender. He picked up his rifle, pulled the bolt back with a clang, aimed at Chen Liu's left leg and shouted: "I'll break this leg too, see if you kneel or not!"

  Chen Liu's face changed, he suddenly exerted himself to push away the surrounding Japanese soldiers, grabbed the bayonet on this Japanese soldier's rifle, pulled it out, and chopped down two Japanese soldiers who were surrounding him, retreating back to the tree.

  "You little devil, I won't be a coward!" Chen Liu shouted with all his might, then turned his hand and stabbed the bayonet into his own chest.

  The sharp dagger pierced his body with all his might, and then deeply stabbed into the trunk, pinning his body to it.

  Slowly releasing his grip, Chen Liu gazed at the increasingly blurry figure in front of him and muttered: "Killing two before dying, I've made a profit!"

  Blood gushed from the corner of his mouth, Chen Liu coughed twice and fell still.

  The surrounding Japanese soldiers looked at Chen Liu, who was nailed to the tree and still standing upright even after death, and fell silent with reverence.

  The wind blows through the forest, as if mourning for the fallen heroes!

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