Chapter 48: Revenge for Love

  Before Tang De could ask further, Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "In front of us is not a single company of devils, but a regiment of devils. Moreover, it's an entire regiment under the command of the devil's first-class division!" As he spoke, Zhang Lieyang handed over the documents captured by the special warfare team in the French-style building to Tang De.

  Tang De took the documents from Zhang Lieyang's hands and said after a glance: "I'll send these files to headquarters immediately! You can go down and rest now!"

  "No need, Commander Tang! I, Fang Zhenghai, want to ask you to let me stay behind! I want to avenge my fallen brothers!" Fang Zhenghai said with tears in his eyes. He then turned to Zhang Lieyang and said: "Brother, take your men down to rest and recover! You are the most capable commander I have ever seen, don't forget what you promised me!"

  Seeing Fang Zhenghai's appearance, Tang De nodded heavily and said: "Alright! Captain Fang, you can stay behind! If anyone else is willing to stay behind, then stay behind! Those who are not willing to stay behind will go down with the wounded!"

  When Zhang Lieyang wanted to stay again, Fang Zhenghai took advantage of his inattention and knocked Zhang Lieyang unconscious, handing him over to Zhang Xiangwu, saying: "Take my brother away! If I don't knock him out, he will definitely stay behind!"

  "Don't worry! I'll take good care of our young master!" With that, Zhang Xiangwu led the way, protecting Zhang Lieyang as they left.

  When Zhang Lieyang woke up, he was already on his way back to Ningbo. Zhang Wu saw Zhang Lieyang wake up and excitedly said: "Young master, you're awake! We're now on our way back to Ningbo!"

  Zhang Lieyang suddenly remembered that it was Fang Zhenghai who had knocked him unconscious earlier, so he hastily asked: "Where is Captain Fang?!"

  "He's still at the battlefield on Qingyun Road!" Zhang Xiangwu said to Zhang Lieyang, "Young Master, you must avenge the Tang family when you return!"

  "What's going on?!" Zhang Lieyang asked with a frown.

  "You'll know when you get back, I'm not very clear about it either! When we retreated from Qingyun Road, one of the Tang family's servants saw someone from Tang Miss's maternal grandmother's house. After he came back, the emotions of those Tang family servants were not stable!" Zhang Xiangwu said seriously.

  "I've got it! Later, you'll let Xiangchun send me back home, and the others will wait for orders at Lishan! I must avenge myself!" With that, Zhang Lieyang fell asleep again.

  When Zhang Lieyang returned to Ningbo, as soon as he walked into the Zhang family gate, he saw Tang Wan Yue's father and mother appear in front of him. Seeing Tang Haohan and Li Mengjie with tears in their eyes and looking a bit older, Zhang Lieyang's heart trembled involuntarily, and he hurriedly ran to them and asked: "Uncle, Auntie, what happened? What's wrong with Wan Yue?"

  Tang Haohan pulled Zhang Lieyang's hand and said, "Lieyang, you've finally come back! You must avenge my father and Wanyue, as well as the 120 people of the Tang family!" Upon hearing Tang Haohan's words, Old Man Zhang, who was standing behind him, said, "Lieyang has just returned, first go take a bath and change your clothes, then come to my study. The entrance is not a place for conversation!" With that, Old Man Zhang left.

  After a while, Zhang Lieyang finished his bath and quickly came to Zhang Lao's study. In the study, Zhang Lao looked at Zhang Lieyang with an expressionless face and said to Tang Haohan: "You tell Lieyang about it!" As he spoke, Zhang Lao raised his teacup and sat down calmly.

  Tang Haohan composed himself and said, "We didn't stay in Shanghai for long before the war broke out! So we left Shanghai overnight with Wanyue's grandmother's family to head back to Ningbo. However, when we were halfway there, we encountered Kurokawa of the Black Dragon Society and Fukuda Yasuo of the Fukuda Corporation, along with their underlings. They demanded that we sell them our silk factory in Shanghai and the dock in Nanshi at an exorbitant price. We refused, so they started a fight with us. Since we were fleeing in a hurry, we had more people but fewer weapons than they did. Soon, half of our group was defeated. Wanyue was shot three times by the Japanese while trying to save my father. By the time Xiao Haixia arrived with his men to rescue us, there were only over twenty people left between our two families! After arriving in Ningbo, Wanyue died soon after due to ineffective medical treatment!" As he spoke, Tang Haohan and Li Mengjie, Wanyue's mother, burst into tears.

  After listening to Tang Haohan's account, Zhang Lieyang asked mechanically with red eyes: "Uncle, can I see Yuanyue?"

  "She can, she's right at home!" Tang Haohan said to Zhang Lieyang with a sigh of helplessness. After getting Tang Haohan's consent, Zhang Lieyang knelt on the ground and looked at Old Master Zhang, saying: "Grandfather, Wanyue is already engaged to me, can I bury her in our Zhang family's ancestral tomb?"

  Old Man Zhang looked at his beloved grandson, thought for a moment and nodded: "I have no opinion, the rest is up to you, Uncle Tang!" Upon hearing Old Man Zhang's words, Tang Haohan choked with sobs and said: "Good! I agree!"

  Having obtained the consent of his elders, Zhang Lieyang suddenly knelt down in front of Tang Haohan and his wife, calling out "Dad! Mom!", before hastily leaving.

  After leaving Zhang's house, Zhang Lieyang did not rush to the Tang's house, but instead drove the car towards the warehouse in Pear Mountain. As soon as the car entered the warehouse, Zhang Xiangwu led him up and said: "Young master! The brothers of the Tang family are now very unstable!"

  "I know, take me to see!" Zhang Lieyang got off the car.

  When Zhang Lieyang walked in front of the Tang family's housekeeper, the noisy crowd suddenly quieted down. Seeing Zhang Lieyang's arrival, the head of the Tang family's housekeeper stepped forward and said: "Young master, you've finally returned!" The man was about to continue speaking when Zhang Lieyang interrupted him, saying: "Xiang Wu, order everyone to bring all their equipment tonight! Be ready to set off at any time, I still want to kill someone today!"

  The well-trained and battle-hardened guards, fully armed, appeared before Zhang Lieyang. After seeing that everyone was present, Zhang Lieyang expressionlessly led the group to the sand table and commanded: "Tonight we are going for revenge! The target of this operation is all Japanese merchant ships and military officers in Ningbo! This time we are going to kill people, so no prisoners are needed! If the mission is not completed within 15 minutes, withdraw immediately!" Zhang Lieyang then clearly stated each small team's attack target. After everyone understood, Zhang Lieyang continued: "Attention! The current time is 5:50 PM." A while later, after attention was called, Zhang Lieyang commanded: "Five-minute equipment check!" After the equipment inspection was completed, Zhang Lieyang decisively ordered: "Departure!"

  After receiving the order to depart, all the family members skillfully boarded their vehicles and set off.

  With a swift ride, Zhang Lieyang arrived at the Fook Tin Corporation with thirty-six fully armed guards who had participated in the Qingyun Road battle. As soon as they got off the car, Zhang Lieyang gave Zhang Xiangwu a signal, and Zhang Xiangwu immediately led the guards to quietly knock down the guards at the door and rushed in. Under the lead of well-trained guards, Zhang Lieyang quickly rushed to the president's room on the fourth floor with his guards.