Chapter 24: The Formation of the Special Forces Team

  "Alright! Since the young master has said it to this extent, we won't be polite either!" The man called out four others and then said to Zhang Lieyang: "Young master, it's just us five against you!"

  "Alright! Just go ahead and don't hold back!" Zhang Lieyang said, taking off his suit jacket and putting it aside. He then told them, "All of you come at me together!"

  When Zhang Lieyang finished speaking, the leader of the group gave a signal to the other four people with his eyes, and the other four people tacitly surrounded Zhang Lieyang. Just as they were about to attack, Zhang Lieyang took the initiative to strike first with a running side kick followed by a hand knife, quickly rendering two people unable to fight. The other three people rushed forward to rescue upon seeing Zhang Lieyang's action, but it was already too late. Zhang Lieyang approached the leader and delivered an inch of power, followed by a backhand elbow strike that hit the person who came to rescue. In an instant, four people lost their ability to fight. Looking at the four people lying on the ground, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said to the remaining person: "Do you want to continue fighting?"

  Upon hearing Zhang Lieyang's words, the person trembled and said: "Of course we have to fight!" As soon as he finished speaking, he pounced on Zhang Lieyang. Zhang Lieyang dodged and countered with a powerful throw, sending the person flying out!

  After a while, the five people got up with the help of their companions. Seeing their appearance, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "You are not my opponents, that's because you have learned ordinary fighting skills! And I use killing skills! From now on, in addition to teaching you hand-to-hand combat, shooting, and tactics, I will also teach you foreign languages!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang looked at the people he had injured and continued: "Now I divide your 45 people into five groups, with the person who just fought me as the leader of each group!"

  After seeing that everyone had no opinion, Zhang Lieyang said: "Now you follow me to get your equipment!" As he led them into the basement, he said: "Now each of you take a shotgun, and after taking it, assemble in the square!" With that, Zhang Lieyang casually took two boxes of ammunition and walked out.

  When the crowd walked out of the basement and came to the square, Zhang Lieyang had already set up a blackboard and was waiting there! Seeing that they were all present, he said: "What you are holding in your hands now is a genuine German twenty-shot revolver! After installing the wooden box on the gun, this gun becomes a miniature submachine gun......!" As Zhang Lieyang explained the working principle and usage of this gun to these people, he told them: "There are two boxes of bullets here, now each of you come up and take two boxes!"

  After distributing the good bullets, Zhang Lieyang took them to a temporary shooting range behind the warehouse and grabbed a shotgun from someone's hand. He fired ten shots in single and burst modes and said, "This is your qualified standard!"

  Everyone present couldn't help but take a cold breath when they saw Zhang Lieyang's target paper, and each of them thought to themselves: "Look at this elegant young master, not only is he fierce in fighting, but his marksmanship is also top-notch!"

  Just as everyone was in a trance, they heard "Now start practicing shooting! Don't worry about not having bullets, I'll teach you foreign languages and literacy tonight!"

  Without waiting for their reaction, Zhang Lieyang immediately shouted: "What are you still stunned about? If you haven't started yet, I'll come to inspect tonight!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang took out five boxes of bullets from the basement and placed them behind them before leaving.

  After Zhang Lieyang left, everyone stopped shooting and gathered around the person who was talking to Zhang Qihuai, asking: "Fifth brother, you've always been following Master Qichao's side, so you must know something about this young master?"

  "I know some, but you can rest assured! This young master is good to his subordinates! Everyone can rest assured!" With that, Fifth Brother comforted everyone: "Everyone should focus on practicing their marksmanship instead!" Upon hearing Fifth Brother's words, everyone obediently went to practice their shooting.

  At night, Zhang Lieyang drove to the warehouse with his notebook and pen. After looking at their target papers from practicing shooting during the day, he said: "Today's shooting is basically qualified!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang pointed to Wu Ge and asked: "What's your name?"

  "My name is Zhang Xiangwu, and all of us here are surnamed Zhang!" said Zhang Xiangwu seriously.

  "Alright! When I'm not around, you and the other four who spar with me in the morning will supervise their training together!" Zhang Lieyang said as he handed over the notebook and pen to Zhang Xiangwu, saying: "Help me send one copy of this to each of them!"

  After a while, after everything was sent out. Zhang Lieyang looked at everyone and said: "I have formulated a training plan for you: 1. Get up at six o'clock every morning, run twenty laps around the warehouse, then wash and have breakfast; 2. After finishing breakfast, rest for half an hour and practice shooting; 3. After lunch, take a break until three o'clock when I will come to teach you hand-to-hand combat; 4. Study after dinner! These four points are the plan I have formulated for you!"

  After the announcement, Zhang Lieyang looked at everyone and continued to announce: "From now on, you are no longer just household servants, but my future soldiers! Now I have a few rules to announce: 'Firstly, without permission, you are not allowed to leave this training camp; Secondly, all training content is confidential and must not be leaked!' At the same time, I also have a few announcements about your benefits: 'Firstly, each of you will receive 10 taels of silver per month; Secondly, the top two in the weekly assessment will be rewarded, while the last ten will be punished; Thirdly, three meals a day and clothes will be specially delivered to you!'". After announcing all this in one breath, Zhang Lieyang continued: "I will write down what I said and post it on the wall as evidence! Now, those of you who can read, raise your hands!"

  At the sound of Zhang Lieyang's words, all 45 people raised their hands simultaneously. Seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "Better than I imagined! Now I'll start teaching you English and Japanese!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang turned around and began writing on the blackboard.

  Just as Zhang Lieyang was about to write, a servant curiously asked: "Young master, why do we need to learn English and Japanese?!"

  Upon hearing the question, Zhang Lieyang turned around and said with a smile: "Learning foreign languages is for dealing with foreigners! Just like foreigners learning Chinese!"

  "So young master! What's the use of learning this and protecting you in the future?" Zhang Xiangchun asked curiously.

  "Of course it's useful! I'd like to ask you, how did you all become orphans?" Zhang Lieyang asked seriously. Upon hearing Zhang Lieyang's question, everyone fell silent. After a while, Zhang Xiangwu spoke on behalf of the crowd to Zhang Lieyang: "Young master, we're learning!"

  "Alright! Let's start learning from simple ones!" Zhang Lieyang said, turning around and starting to write on the blackboard.

  The next morning, Zhang Lieyang came to the warehouse again and walked in. With a smile, he said to everyone: "Don't be happy, today I'll teach you the most basic fighting skills!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang handed out a set of military boxing moves to everyone, while also teaching them some introductory training methods for Aikido. The morning passed like this! In the afternoon, Zhang Lieyang continued to teach them Sanda and human body structure. At night, he taught them foreign languages again. This was how he trained the forty-five people in the warehouse day after day.

  Before long, it's already October, and a hint of coolness has begun to creep into the air at Zhejiang University.

  Zhang Lieyang lay alone on the grass in front of the Zhejiang University bell tower, staring blankly at the sky. When he was lost in thought, he always thought of his parents. At the same time, he recalled the life of the past two years and sighed at the approaching war smoke.

  Zhang Lieyang was dazed, and Liu Kaifeng appeared in front of him. After chuckling a few times, he said: "I knew you'd definitely be hiding here." After finishing speaking, Liu Kaifeng also lay down like Zhang Lieyang, opening his eyes wide to gaze at the sky. He looked for half a day, but finally couldn't help asking: "What good things do you see in the sky? I've been looking for half a day and haven't seen anything. Why aren't the three flowers by your side following you today?"