Chapter 30: The Devil's Invitation and the Mysterious Thunderclap

  "You little scamp is getting more and more clever, eh! I haven't even said anything, and you already know what I want!" Chen Shaoqin was taken aback by Liu's words, which were indeed unexpected. Normally, Liu's brain reacted very slowly, but this time he didn't understand why he was so quick-witted. Could it be that this little scamp had really become clever? This was a bit too much to believe! Not only did Chen Shaoqin not believe it himself, but all the brothers around him wouldn't believe it either. "I just don't get it," he said, "have you really turned into a tapeworm in my belly?"

  "I'm telling you, Officer Chen, can't you speak without that nauseating tone?" Liu the Crooked said as he picked up Xiaogui's rifle and cocked it, protesting to Chen Shaoqin, "You know I'm one of your soldiers too. If I don't even know how my own officer wants me to behave, how am I supposed to get by?"

  "Want to be my soldier?" Chen Shaoqin smiled as he looked at him, although this result had been expected for a long time. When he heard Liu say it himself, he should have felt even more excited, but instead, he didn't feel that way at all. On the contrary, in his heart, there was an inexplicable sense of pressure, probably because Liu had completely entrusted the lives of all his brothers to him, making him feel a huge burden.

  "Director Chen is great at fighting, as long as he's on the battlefield killing little devils, it's just one word, exhilarating!" Liu, the crooked one, put the gun handle on the ground, his right hand slightly raised the barrel, speaking to Chen Shaoqin in a serious tone, trying not to affect Chen's trust with even a slight expression. "Brothers, don't you agree?"

  "From now on, brothers will follow Officer Chen, wherever Officer Chen goes, we'll go!" The brothers immediately gathered around, expressing their determination to follow Chen Shaoqin.

  "Alright, from now on, you are all members of the War Eagle Sniper Team!" Chen Shaoqin was delighted by everyone's enthusiasm. With these brothers following him, he believed that finding his own organization and contacting Hei Hu to get in touch with Qian Zhanggui would be much easier. More importantly, on their way to Nanjing, they could continue to attack the little devils. This kind of life was originally what he had been looking forward to, and now everything was right in front of him. His heart was filled with an indescribable joy. "However, the little devils will be here soon, we must quickly clean up the battlefield and take back all the necessary supplies to our temporary base. Our wounded brothers are still waiting for us to save their lives!"

  "Brothers, let's move out and take away everything that can be taken, especially those medicines and food!" After Chen Shaoqin finished speaking, Lao Liu immediately ordered the brothers around him to speed up and clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible. In the meantime, Lao Liu told two of his brothers to leave and go to Xiaoshi Tou, but it's unknown what they went there for.

  Chen Shaoqin saw that everyone was busy cleaning up the battlefield and transporting supplies, so he didn't pay much attention to him. After all, he knew very well that Liu was sincerely following him to fight against the devils and would never do anything detrimental to this team.

  Five minutes later, the brothers had almost all the equipment and supplies moved away, and those that could not be taken away were also installed with booby traps. No matter what, they did not want to leave them cheaply to those little devils.

  Chen Shaoqin saw that everything was in order, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat. All the combat personnel carried their combat supplies and ran into the forest, and several brothers led by Xiaoshi also returned to Chen Shaoqin's side at this time, following Chen Shaoqin into the forest, walking towards the central position of the forest.

  Less than a li away from the team carrying supplies into the forest, they heard a loud explosion. The previous sound was slightly farther away and it is believed that the devils' truck hit the landmine set up by the little devils, causing an explosion. The subsequent series of explosions should be the little devils being blown up and then searching forward, accidentally triggering the landmines placed on the supplies by the brothers. Probably those little devils and the supplies that couldn't be moved went to the Western Heaven together.

  "Boss, this explosion is so powerful that it's shaking the earth! The force is really great!" Xiaoshi heard the intense explosion and immediately turned to Lao Liu, feeling proud in his heart for the sound of eliminating the little devils, which sounded pleasant to their ears.

  "What a pity for those guns and ammunition!" Lao Liu said with regret, "If I could bring more away, I would definitely take two 92-style machine guns and several 80-type mortars, so that the little devils wouldn't dare to bully us because we don't have equipment in our hands?"

  "Alright, the blasted supplies didn't leave anything for those little devils. We've already made a profit, and on our way to Nanjing, we can still snatch some from them, right? So there's no need to be disappointed!" Chen Shaoqin immediately said to Liu after hearing his words. Although it was a pity that so many supplies were blasted away like that, they had already taken away a considerable portion, which would be enough for them to use for a while, so they should be content with what they have for now.

  "Right, right, with these guys in our hands, it's enough to make the little devils drink a pot of wine!" Liu the Crooked heard Chen Shaoqin's words and immediately responded, then led his brothers to continue running forward, not daring to delay at all. After all, they were now members of Chen Shaoqin's War Eagle Sniper Team, a regular army unit, so marching had to be done in a military manner. He didn't want his brothers to lose face with him in front of Chen Shaoqin.

  As he saw his brothers all running, Chen Shaoqin naturally followed the team and ran all the way, almost side by side with Liu. He took this opportunity to ask Liu: "By the way, what did you let the two brothers who were cleaning up the battlefield do just now? It's so mysterious!"

  "I'm going to get the little devils some gifts!" Crooked Liu didn't plan on hiding it, seeing Chen Shaoqin ask, he stopped in his tracks and stood to one side panting, letting the other brothers continue to maintain formation and advance.

  "What gift is it?" Chen Shaoqin's curiosity was piqued, and he also stopped in his tracks, standing in front of Lao Liu, asking him with a determined attitude, as if he had to get to the bottom of things, or else his heart wouldn't be at peace.

  "It's nothing, really. It's just what you guys did in Xiao Yang Village. I just copied it down, and this time, let these little devils remember it well!" Lao Liu smiled slyly in front of Chen Shaoqin, continuing to explain what he had done, but the more Chen Shaoqin listened, the more confused he became, wondering what kind of trickery this kid was up to.