Chapter 27: The Team Escapes Danger and Meets New Trouble

  Xue Yumei continued to help Chen Shaoyin bandage his wound, moving gently and carefully, afraid that she might accidentally touch his wound and cause him severe pain. However, her stiff movements made it impossible for her to avoid touching his wound. Chen Shaoyin gritted his teeth in pain but didn't make a sound, perhaps because he couldn't bear to let Xue Yumei see his weak side, or even more so, he didn't want to see the worried and fearful look on her face, which would suffocate him.

  After a while, Xue Yumei finally managed to bandage Chen Shaoqin's left arm with stiff hands, but Chen Shaoqin didn't even say thank you to her. He got up and followed everyone else to leave. When he turned back to see Xue Yumei still standing there in a daze, he ran back a few steps, pulled her hand, and together they retreated into the woods with the rest of the group.

  At this time, the little devils had organized a large number of troops and were chasing in the direction that Chen Shaoqin and others were retreating. The sound of gunfire and pursuit was uninterrupted, as if they would not stop until they caught Chen Shaoqin and Liu. For a time, the little devils began a mountain-wide pursuit action, intending to use large-scale encirclement tactics to thoroughly surround Chen Shaoqin and Liu in the mountains, and then annihilate them.

  Nomura led the Suzuki squad in pursuit to the edge of the forest, where they saw Yamamoto Taro stumbling out of a bunker. At this moment, Yamamoto's shoulder was still bleeding profusely, with red blood almost soaking through his entire military uniform. He was able to stand up and face the enemy squad solely due to his strong willpower; otherwise, he would have bled to death in the bunker.

  "Yamamoto? What's...?" Nomura was startled to see Yamamoto appear before him in this state, and he couldn't imagine how the first shot of the Great Japanese Empire could end up like this, with such a crushing defeat, and on top of that, suffering from such severe injuries.

  Yamamoto Taro completely lost his strength and waited for Nomura to finish asking, then immediately fainted in front of all the devils. Now all the devil soldiers surrounded him, helping to lift Yamamoto Taro onto a stretcher, planning to send him back to the rear hospital for treatment.

  Chen Shaowu and his team entered the deep mountains, and for some reason, the village head did not continue to pursue them. This gave everyone a chance to catch their breath, and the brothers all sat panting on the roots of the vines in the forest, trying to rest as much as possible.

  "Lao Er is dead, Lao San and Lao Si will never come back. More than twenty brothers died under the enemy's artillery fire, and we can't do anything about it!" Liu, a young boy of 15 or 16 years old, was overcome with grief as he recounted what had just happened, wiping away tears. He had experienced few things in his life, especially not such a massive sacrifice on the battlefield, which he simply couldn't accept.

  "This account, must be settled with the little devils!" Liu slammed his right fist on the big tree, venting his discontent. This battle was originally a victory, but unexpectedly, the little devils took the upper hand in the blink of an eye, and even lost more than 20 brothers, what he couldn't accept most was that among them were Lao Er, Lao San, and Lao Si, to know they were all brothers who had gone through life and death with him, how could he accept the cruel fact that they would not live in this world?

  "We don't have much food left, and we're also short of medicine. We must think of a way to solve this!" The soldier in charge of provisions came up to Chen Shaoqin and Liu, and said to Liu, "The problem with our food supply has reached a critical point. If we don't resolve it soon, once everyone eats this meal, there won't be another one. Therefore, he felt that the two leaders should take responsibility for making a decision."

  "But after this battle, we've suffered heavy losses. Many of our brothers have lost their combat effectiveness. Now, there are only about fifteen people who can still fight against the devils. The others are either wounded or women. I'm also at a loss for what to do. Let's just have everyone drink some thin porridge for now and we'll think of something later." Liu heard the soldier's request and immediately expressed his own difficulties, feeling that they could only temporarily make do for the time being.

  "Yes!" The soldier heard the helpless words of Crooked Liu and had no other choice but to follow his words. He cooked the remaining food into porridge, letting everyone fill their bellies first. He responded with a sound and was about to go make a fire when he was stopped by Chen Shaogin.

  "Wait a minute!" Chen Shaoqin stopped the soldier, then turned around and came to Liu's side, saying, "This won't do. We can eat some porridge or something, it doesn't matter, but what about the wounded brothers' wounds? If we delay treatment and something unexpected happens, what will we do?"

  "But we haven't escaped the devils' sphere of influence yet, and there are little devils lurking around us. This place is also in the middle of nowhere, where can we get food and medicine from?" Liu the Crook understood Chen Shaogin's concerns, but he knew the current situation better than anyone else, so he felt that it was pointless to explain anything now.

  "We still have a dozen or so men in our hands, some guns and ammunition, it's no problem to set up a small ambush. These little devils outside the forest must still have transport vehicles for supplies, we just need..." Chen Shaoqin said, deliberately walking over to Liaozi Liu and expressing his own thoughts.

  "Can it be done like this?" After listening to Chen Shaoqin's words, Liu's confusion grew even more. Although Chen Shaoqin had a unique insight into the matter, when faced with investment risks, he felt that there was not much grasp in his heart, so he looked at Chen Shaoqin with full of doubts.

  "Don't worry, we will definitely achieve our expected goal!" Chen Shaoqin said with certainty. Perhaps in his opinion, the idea he came up with was basically flawless, the key was to see how they would take specific action.

  "Alright, let's do it your way!" Liu the swindler seemed to be convinced and stopped hesitating. He chose to execute Chen Shaoqin's plan, hoping that there were no flaws in it and they could complete their task smoothly.

  Liu, in order to get what they wanted, thought this risk was worth taking, so he turned around and without hesitation called over the dozen or so brothers who could fight by his side, preparing them to join him in this plan.

  When everyone gathered together, they all walked in one direction towards another part of the forest...