Chapter 41: The Troop Encounters an Aerial Ambush by the Devils

  Chen Shaoqin saw that the other side was wearing almost the same military uniform as himself, with a blue sky and white sun hat badge on their heads, fully equipped with regular equipment, each one looking like a tiger coming down from the mountain, eager to immediately take away the weapons in Chen Shaoqin's and his brothers' hands and then kill them quickly. Behind those brothers, the flag of the National Revolutionary Army's 19th Route Army, 34th Division, 211th Regiment, Special Service Battalion was fluttering, with the words "National Revolutionary Army" written in regular script on it, making it clear that this was a regular army unit.

  The brothers saw each other and used their guns to squeeze the brothers into a surrounded circle. As soon as they made a move, they could eliminate everyone in an instant. Out of self-preservation instinct, all the brothers raised their guns, pulled the trigger, and pulled the hand grenade cord, with a posture that seemed to be ready to fight against the brothers who were having trouble with them.

  "What's going on? A group of Japanese spies still want to put up a desperate fight? If I were you, I'd honestly put down the guns in your hands and surrender, otherwise all of you will die under our gunfire!" At this time, an official walked to the front of the brothers and shouted loudly at them. It was clear that they had mistaken Chen Shaobin and the others for Japanese spies.

  "Are you the commander of the Special Forces?" Chen Shaoqin appeared in front of his brothers at this time, directly facing the opponent's gun with his chest, and then carefully aimed at the military rank on the opponent's neck. When he saw that this kid was a lieutenant colonel, he immediately made his own guess.

  At this moment, the guns on both sides were already loaded with fire, and if either side accidentally pulled the trigger or misfired, things would be unimaginable. Chen Shaoqin did not want a bloody incident to occur due to misunderstandings between the two sides, so he had no choice but to take the initiative to sell himself out and stop the situation from escalating further.

  "I'm not afraid to tell you, this is the 211th Special Service Battalion Commander Fang Shaopeng of the Songhu Battle that made the Japanese naval landing troops tremble with fear! He led half a battalion of brothers and held off two small teams of devils' rotating attacks! We won absolute time for the main force to transfer! Are you scared?" A little soldier heard Chen Shaoqin's inquiry, puffed out his chest and introduced their commander in front of Chen Shaoqin.

  "On the battlefield against Japan, we don't say we're afraid, but rather we admire. To be honest, we are also brothers who just came down from the battlefield fighting against the devils. Is it not somewhat inappropriate for you to treat us like this?" Chen Shaoqin immediately explained his identity in front of them, he was very clear that if this matter wasn't clarified, these soldiers would definitely continue to be at odds with them today, and things would really get out of control."

  "Are you an anti-Japanese team? Who would believe that?" Fang Shaopeng looked up at Chen Shaoqin, then shifted his gaze to the brothers led by Liu, and after seeing the equipment in their hands, he continued to speak to Chen Shaoqin, "Look at you, all of you are equipped with Japanese gear. If you say you're not Japanese spies, how can we believe you?"

  "Is Comrade Fang saying that anyone with Japanese equipment is a little devil? If so, doesn't that mean the Eighth Route Army's weapons were also stolen from the little devils, and they're also spies for the little devils?" Xue Yumei found Fang Shaopeng's words extremely laughable, and immediately Chen Shaoqin pointed his gun at Fang Shaopeng.

  "What a sharp tongue! But it's no use telling me these things, I don't have the ability to judge whether you're a traitor of the enemy or not for now. However, this is an extraordinary period of full mobilization for war, in order to prevent our military secrets from being leaked to the little devils, we can only take extreme measures against you! Take away their guns and hand them over to the regimental headquarters for disposal!"

  All the soldiers heard the order and immediately raised their guns, while the other brothers quickly advanced forward, planning to shrink the encirclement circle, making Chen Shaoguo and Liu's activity space narrower, so that their troops could take down these unknown troops more easily.

  "Who dares!" The opponent's action directly stimulated the brothers under Liu's command, and several of them quickly moved to the front, holding hand grenades with rings, using their bodies to block Chen Shaoqin's body, ready to pull the ring at any time. If they continued, as long as the opponent made a move, they would pull the grenade ring and perish together!

  At this moment, a jeep stopped by the side of the road, and from the car came a military officer wearing a Mao-style uniform with the rank of colonel on his collar, accompanied by a guard and several comrades-in-arms, walking towards Chen Shaokan and Fang Shaopeng.

  When they arrived in front of Fang Shaopeng and Chen Shaoqin, Fang Shaopeng and Chen Shaoqin almost simultaneously gave the military salute to the officer. The officer also politely returned their salute and asked: "Fang Shaopeng, why didn't your battalion continue marching and stopped here?"

  "Report to the commander! We discovered a group of Japanese scouts on our march, and we were about to disarm them and hand them over to the commander for disposal!" Fang Shaopeng heard the officer's inquiry and didn't dare to hesitate, immediately explaining the reason for their delay clearly. He believed that if the commander knew this reason, he would definitely not blame him.

  "You're the traitor and running dog of the Japanese devils!" Liu Ke, who was unwilling to hear this term, immediately protested in front of the officer, regardless of politeness. It's worth noting that the brothers had been fighting against the Japanese devils with Chen Shaokun since they were young, sacrificing many comrades along the way. But now, after encountering the troops, they themselves became traitors and spies for the Japanese devils, a wrongful accusation that Liu Ke was unwilling to bear, just like the fallen comrades who died fighting against the Japanese devils would not want to bear it either.

  "Reporting to the superior, I am Chen Shaoqin, a graduate of the German Munich Military Academy. I was ordered by the Nanjing authorities to return home and support the resistance against Japan. On the way, we encountered Japanese warplanes...” Chen Shaoqin stopped abruptly, then continued, recounting everything about himself and Hei Hu's situation, hoping that the listener would believe in his and his comrades' innocence.

  "So that's how it was! I've heard of Chen Shaoqin's name, our team was originally responsible for receiving you back to the country, but at that time your plane had an accident and didn't arrive at the designated location, we couldn't receive you," The officer seemed to understand something after hearing Chen Shaoqin's words, and said, "Afterwards, the superior department thought you were all killed in action, didn't expect there was a survivor, and little brother you've been operating in the enemy's territory with those devils, really can't help but make me admire!"

  "It's hard to put into words!" Chen Shaoqin was at a loss for words for a moment, unsure of how to express himself.

  "Alright, you're back, our country now has hope!" The officer patted Chen Shaobin's shoulder lightly, seemingly placing considerable expectation on him.

  Just at this time, the sky transmitted a burst of aircraft roaring sound, followed by several huge shells falling from the sky, and the earth was quickly covered with explosive smoke...