Chapter 17: What is Guangping? Feikuwang

  "Lin said: "Liu, the great hero, everyone has their own aspirations. We can't force you, but the door of our Eighth Route Army is always open to you. If you're willing, you can join us at any time. What do you say?"

  Liu Feng clasped his fists and said: "Alright, thank you Captain Lin."

  Chen Zhi Kui said: "Liu Yingxiong, you asked us to contact our superiors, and we are already in contact. It just takes a few days, or you can stay here for a few days?"

  "Alright, no problem."

  "Comrade Liu, our Eighth Route Army has a very strong fighting spirit, but in terms of tactics, we are far inferior to you. We have suffered heavy casualties in battles against the Japanese devils. Can you give us some guidance?"

  Liu Feng said, "No problem. Your Eighth Route Army uses inferior equipment to deal with the devils, and I admire that. However, it's still possible for you to improve your combat skills a bit. Can you first let me understand the combat strength of your district team?"

  "Alright, that's great! Bugler, sound the bugle and assemble the troops!" Captain Lin immediately shouted to a young fellow outside the house.

  The squad leader soon blew the assembly whistle, and soon all 41 soldiers in the district team gathered on a vacant lot in the village.

  Captain Lin and Instructor Chen accompanied Liu Feng to the front of the team.

  Comrade Commander Lin said, "Comrades, today we have invited a great anti-Japanese hero Liu Feng. He alone has killed over a thousand devils and puppet troops in Qiu County and Quzhou County, everyone welcome!"

  Although everyone was shocked by Captain Lin's introduction, good discipline meant that no one spoke up, but instead followed Captain Lin in applauding.

  Liu Feng nodded, and indeed, the discipline of the Eighth Route Army was not covered up.

  Captain Lin said, "You guys think you're so great all day long, and those soldiers who killed a few Japanese devils are even more arrogant. But others have single-handedly killed hundreds or thousands of Japanese devils. Today we'll invite Liu Feng to give you some guidance, and also invite Big Hero Liu."

  Everyone applauded again, and Liu Feng stepped forward and said: "You Eighth Route Army soldiers are fighting the Japanese devils with very poor weapons. I admire you very much. And I just got lucky, so I killed more devils than others. If you're willing to do what I say, then you can also kill more devils like me."

  Everyone listened and as long as they did what he said, they could kill more devils, so they were all very excited.

  Liu Feng said, "To kill the devils, we must first have good physical fitness. Because we don't have cars or airplanes and cannons, our tactics are destined to rely on our feet, constantly moving, eliminating the devils in guerrilla warfare. And movement means running, being able to run requires good physical condition. All of this is achieved through regular practice. I'll stay here for a few more days, I'll set up an obstacle course outside the village, and you'll all have to run on it every day. After running for several months, you'll be faster than the devils' cars!"

  "Second, to kill the devils, you must have good marksmanship. Within 200 meters, the Japanese devils' marksmanship is very good, basically point and shoot, but they are also human, trained. If your marksmanship is poor, within 200 meters, the Japanese devils can hit you, but you can't hit them. Then it's definitely you who will die! So marksmanship must be practiced. And practicing marksmanship isn't just about holding a gun and aiming, it's about firing live rounds. I know your Eighth Route Army has limited ammunition, but if you want to quickly improve your marksmanship, the only way is through live-fire training. If you really lack ammunition, I can help you get some."

  "Thirdly, killing devils requires proficiency in close combat with bayonets. Of course, the Eighth Route Army's level of proficiency in this regard is quite excellent, so I won't elaborate here."

  The Eighth Route Army had no ammunition supply, usually practiced bayonet fighting, and naturally the level of bayonet fighting was high, which was also a helpless measure.

  Liu Feng finished speaking, and Director Chen said: "Great hero Liu has spoken so well, let's give him a round of applause!"

  Everyone applauded, and Liu Feng said: "Now I need manpower to build a training ground. Please arrange it for me, Captain Lin."

  Captain Lin waved his hand, and these people all came under your command. Liu Feng had everyone take their shovels and tools and head to a flat area outside the village to start building a training ground. This training ground was built according to the modern military 400-meter obstacle course. Liu Feng hadn't suffered enough from this obstacle run during his special forces training, now he brought it ahead of time to the Eighth Route Army's training ground.

  Obstacle running is the most representative of various situations encountered on the battlefield, combining crawling and rolling with various sports projects. As long as you can complete the 400-meter obstacle run very well, you can adapt to various complex terrains on the battlefield.

  With many hands, the obstacle course was repaired in just one day. Liu Feng demonstrated to all the Eighth Route Army soldiers how to use this venue for training and then told Captain Lin and Instructor Chen how long it would take to complete the entire course.

  This time was too simple for Liu Feng, but it was difficult for the Eighth Route Army soldiers, even for Lin and Chen. When Liu Feng told them that this thing had to run twenty laps at a time, they were even more amazed. Although the Eighth Route Army had trained a pair of iron feet, such a tortuous obstacle course had never been practiced before.

  After everyone ran away, Captain Lin was more interested in how Liu Feng could get bullets for them to train with and kept asking him about it.

  Liu Feng said, "Alright. For the next two days, pay attention to the movements of the devils in Guangping County and Feixiang County. They should have already found out about Qiu County and Quzhou County by now. So they must be making some adjustments. We'll attack one of the county towns."

  "Take the county town?" Captain Lin was shocked, "Can we few people take the county town?"

  "Of course I can. I alone can take down a county town, how could it be that with so many more people, we suddenly can't?" Liu Feng said.

  "..." Captain Lin said to Instructor Chen, "Instructor Chen, what do you think?"

  Chen Zhi-kui hesitated and said, "This matter is quite big, we should still report to our superiors. Our district team has only 40 people, even with the guns brought by Liu Yingxiong, there are only 40 guns, while Guangping and Feixiang have at least one Japanese army company and two puppet army companies defending, this difficulty..."

  Liu Feng said, "I don't need that many people. I only need six agile men to enter the city with me. Of course, I need accurate intelligence on the deployment of Japanese and puppet troops. Can you provide it?"

  "This is no problem, Commissar Chen. You stay here and manage the troops at home. I'll take five men and Liu Yingxiong on a trip." said Captain Lin.

  Liu Feng said: "After I capture the county town, we need to transport weapons and equipment, food and materials from the ammunition depot, so we also need your Eighth Route Army to cooperate with us in mobilizing personnel to transport them as soon as possible. Of course, if possible, we can also attack the enemy's reinforcements."