Chapter 42: Chen Shaoqin Shoots Down a Japanese Plane

  "It's the enemy plane, get down quickly!" The squad leader shouted to all his comrades as he heard the whistling bombs and the flying sound that was almost close to the ground.

  Chen Shaoqin and Liu they immediately fell to the ground, not daring to move, followed by Fang Shaopeng's men, then the battalion commander and the brothers of the guard company. Although their movements were relatively swift, many brothers on the march were still blown up by the whistling shells, and the wounded brothers rolled around on the ground in pain, while the military doctors rushed to give emergency treatment to the wounded soldiers amidst the continuous explosion of shells nearby.

  "Captain, we can't keep going like this. We must counterattack, or those little devils' planes will continue to bomb us!" Chen Shaoqin crouched beside the captain, seeing that the enemy plane had already flown over their heads, but he knew they were not safe yet. As long as the enemy plane made another pass, all his comrades would be exposed to the enemy's firepower once again.

  "But we don't have anti-aircraft weapons, and the troops are on the move, not even heavy machine guns can be assembled at this moment!" The regimental commander was also helpless in the face of the sudden attack. They were a unit that had been urgently transferred from northern Jiangsu to Xuzhou, having marched over 300 kilometers since their departure. In order to speed up their march, they had disassembled their heavy weapons and carried them on their shoulders, so when they needed to use them temporarily, there was no time to assemble them.

  "Is there a sniper rifle?" Chen Shaoqin also understood the helplessness of the battalion commander, but at this time, the devils' planes were rampant, and he couldn't just watch these flies buzzing in front of them, causing heavy casualties for his brothers on the anti-Japanese battlefield. Therefore, he put forward his own requirements to the battalion commander, he needed a high-configuration sniper rifle to deal with the devils.

  "Do you want to use a rifle to shoot down the enemy's plane?" The battalion commander looked at him in surprise, probably thinking that this kid was out of his mind and not even clear-headed. "How is that possible?"

  "It's up to us, nothing is impossible. Besides, I couldn't just watch the little devils' next bombing raid cause more casualties for us!" Chen Shaoqin didn't have time to explain much, the enemy planes could return at any moment, and even if he had a sniper rifle in his hands, it would be useless by then. So he felt that they were now competing with the enemy not for territorial advantage, but for time.

  "Fang Shaopeng!" The captain heard Chen Shaoqin's words, although he knew that this thing was impossible to do, but at the moment there was no other way out, he could only let Chen Shaoqin try. After all, Chen Shaoqin was a person who had studied in Germany and might have more insight into this matter than him. So he hesitated for a moment and immediately shouted towards Fang Shaopeng on the side.

  "Yes!" Fang Shaopeng naturally heard their conversation, so he took the sniper rifle from a brother's hand and came to Chen Shaoqin's face, handing the gun to Chen Shaoqin and instructing him, "This is our regiment's only sniper rifle, you have to save it for me, don't get it broken!"

  "Don't worry!" Chen Shaoqin took over the sniper rifle and immediately stood up from the ground, rushing to a large stone on the side of the road. He raised the sniper rifle in his hand, carefully aiming at the direction of the little devil's plane through the sniper scope. At this moment, the roar of the little devil's plane sounded again, and in an instant, another plane came close to the ground and dropped bombs. Just as the plane slid down from above, Chen Shaoqin pulled the trigger under his right index finger.

  At this moment, Chen Shaoqin's body sank slightly under the recoil of the gun, and a bullet flew out of Chen Shaoqin's gun, piercing through the air resistance in the sky, directly hitting the mailbox of the little devil's plane. The oil in the fuel tank was affected by the high temperature of the bullet, and in an instant, a strong burning flame burst out, covering the entire plane.

  The plane suddenly lost its sense of direction, possibly because the pilot had been affected by the high temperature and began to panic, with large deviations in his hand operations. The plane dragged a long flame, accompanied by a strong roar, and crashed into the mountain peak on the other side. After a huge shock, the plane turned into a ball of flames in the mountains, and it was clear that the pilot had been killed in the crash.

  The other two enemy planes, seeing that the plane had been shot down, were worried about their own safety and immediately turned around, quickly leaving the area. In a flash, the enemy planes disappeared from Chen Shaokan's sniper scope and never came back again.

  "Good boy, what kind of rifle is this? It's simply a high-caliber artillery piece!" The regimental commander couldn't help but give Chen Shaoqin a thumbs up when he saw that Chen had accomplished the impossible. Among all his soldiers, no one else had skills like Chen Shaoqin, which made the regimental commander think of keeping him behind. "I don't want you to leave either, just stay in Xuzhou and work with me under General Li Zongren's command, let's make a big move against the little devils here!"

  "We are supposed to go back to Nanjing, isn't it not good to stay behind without permission?" Chen Shaoqin hesitated. He was originally going to Nanjing to find the organization, but now he had encountered the devils' attack in Xuzhou. The regimental commander still wanted him to stay and fight, and to be honest, he wanted to stay too - where could he not fight against the little devils? But as soon as he thought of his mission, he felt that he shouldn't do this, which was why he hesitated in front of the regimental commander.

  "I know you're the Central Army's precious darling, returning to Nanjing is your mission, but Nanjing has already fallen, and if you want to find your superiors, you can only go to Chongqing. However, the road to Chongqing is long and arduous, and it will take some time to get there. Right now, the battle in Xuzhou is critical, and we urgently need elites like you to join us!" The battalion commander persuaded, "Old brother, after we've won the battle of Xuzhou, I'll personally lead you to Chongqing to explain things to your superiors, how about that?"

  "In that case... all right! Let's talk about it after the battle!" Chen Shaoqin finally made a decision. This time, the little devils attacked Xuzhou and used bombers. It seems that the little devils are determined to take Xuzhou. He felt that he had no reason not to be present in this battle to defend Xuzhou, so he decided to lead his troops to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou.

  "Alright, I'll temporarily assign your team to my vanguard regiment, and you'll be the regimental commander!" The battalion commander immediately gave Chen Shaokan's team a unit number. "However, due to the urgency of the war, for the time being, I won't be able to provide you with many more soldiers. So, the battalion headquarters guard platoon and two stretcher teams will be reassigned to your command!"

  "Thanks, Captain!" Chen Shaoqin immediately saluted. At this time, having someone with a gun was good enough to fight the little devils properly, and he couldn't afford to be picky.

  "Order your troops to come with us to the front line!" The regimental commander said, turned around and led his troops to rush forward. He, like his brothers, did not take a car, but chose to run.

  Chen Shaoqin certainly did not dare to slack off either, bringing along Guai Zi Liu and Xue Yumei, following the main troops as they advanced towards the front lines...