Chapter 9 Designing the Annihilation of the Devil Sub-Commander

  The next morning, at the sweet potato field near Zhang Lao Han's thatched hut, Ye Cun led a platoon of devils to surround the area, almost sealing off all escape routes. As Chen Shaoqin had anticipated, Yan Lao San was among them, leading his puppet troops. Yan Lao San stood with his head bowed and waist bent in front of Ye Cun, looking as if he was waiting for punishment.

  "Hachigatsu... War Eagle Sniper Unit, damn War Eagle Sniper Unit!" Nomura looked at the five black characters on the wall and his anger suddenly erupted. He immediately pulled out the military sword from his waist and slashed it down on the wall made of bamboo fence and mud, instantly tearing open a hole in the wall. The gash was exactly connected to the middle of the five characters, looking very eye-catching.

  "General Ta, calm down, you shouldn't get worked up over these few rebels and harm your body!" The interpreter Liu beside Nomura immediately stepped forward to persuade him, with a hypocritical air of being a filial son, making people feel sick at the sight.

  "How many people? It's just that many people, who made the Imperial Japanese Army surrender a whole regiment of the Royal Guards under my command, and fled to my face in disarray!" The anger in Nomura's heart still couldn't be calmed down, he put away his sword and glared at Yan Lao San and the others with a fierce gaze, as if he wanted to kill them. "A bunch of useless fools!"

  "Tai Jun, it's not that our subordinates are incompetent, but this Hawk Strike Team is really too formidable. Their bullets never miss the mark, and all the brothers who were hit by their gunfire died instantly. Faced with such a powerful enemy, of course...". Yan Lao San was clearly dissatisfied, so he found an excuse to make excuses for his own incompetence in front of Nozawa.

  "Eight Gua, you're making excuses for your incompetence and weakness!" Yamamura was furious after hearing this, raised his right hand and slapped Yan Lao San's left cheek. It seems that he was really disappointed with the pseudo-military forces under him this time, feeling that they were not worthy of great use.

  Yan Lao San covered his face and didn't dare say another word, only repeatedly acknowledging his own incompetence.

  "Captain, the obstinate people and rebels here are colluding to resist the Imperial Army. I think we should eradicate them all, eliminate every seed of resistance!" A lieutenant said in front of Noyama, clearly not intending to let this matter end quietly, but instead wanting to make a big stir to intimidate everyone, not allowing those who resisted them to have any space to survive!

  "Alright!" Nomura didn't object, acquiescing to the lieutenant's suggestion. He then ordered all the Japanese soldiers to charge into the village and carry out a brutal massacre of Xiaoyang Village.

  Just at this time, several vanguard troops who had entered Xiaoyang Village earlier returned to report to Noyama: "Commander, the village is empty and deserted, probably they have fled overnight!"

  "Damn it! Bakayarou!" Nomura was furious, mixing Chinese and Japanese as he yelled towards the direction of Xiao Yang Village, "Burn, burn this place to ashes!"

  As soon as this order was given, Xiaoyang Village instantly burst into a raging fire, and the entire village of Xiaoyang was plunged into a sea of flames.

  At this time, Chen Shaoqin and Xue Yumei did not know what had happened on the side of Xiaoyang Village. The two people carried their guns and continued to wander in the forest.

  Just as they were about to reach the end of the forest, a group of devils appeared in front of them, patrolling the road. They were all equipped with Type 38 rifles and had no heavy weapons, but their movements were uniform and their formation was neat, looking like well-trained veterans whose combat effectiveness would not be weak. Chen Shaoqin instinctively pulled Xue Yumei into a grass heap by the side of the road to hide.

  "How can there be so many devils here?" Xue Yumei was very surprised at the appearance of these devils. They had always been heading north, and the devil's battalion should have been wandering around Xiao Yang Village at this moment. How could so many devils appear in front of them? Could it be that the little devils had the ability to predict the future, knowing their route? This was unthinkable.

  "These are the devils' patrol soldiers, I think there must be some important base or camp of the devils in front of us!" Chen Shaoqin speculated that where patrol soldiers usually appear, it's either a large troop deployment or a military base, but this place is not a county town, nor an outpost, but a vast forest, so he also found the appearance of the little devils strange. "I think we should go and investigate!"

  "Are you crazy? We're just two people, with two guns, going into the enemy's lair isn't that looking for death?" Xue Yumei immediately protested. They had been avoiding the little devils' pursuit in order to strike back at them more effectively, but now going into the enemy's base like this would be pointless even if they were willing to sacrifice themselves. And what about her, who couldn't even fire a gun? The long rifle on her back was just for show.

  "Now that we've met, of course we have to go in and take a look. Anyway, we can't let the little devils get away with it. If you're afraid and don't dare fight the devils, you can stay here, but I won't guarantee that the devil's patrol soldiers won't find you!" Chen Shaoqin made up her mind, whether it was herself or Xue Yumei, they had to take this trip, because at this moment she might be of some use.

  "Go if you go, who's afraid of whom!" Xue Yumei was stirred up and immediately agreed. She picked up her gun and prepared to follow Chen Shaoqin all the way in to take a look at what was going on. "Anyway, I'm following you to fight against the devils, this life has long been tied to yours!"

  Then Chen Shaoqin and Xue Yumei slowly approached the front, feeling their way to the edge of the forest. It turned out that at the edge of the forest, a group of devils had set up an awning, and a devil lieutenant colonel was standing opposite the mountain, painting while drinking red wine, looking very comfortable.

  Chen Shaoqin noticed that there was only one second lieutenant standing guard beside the Japanese captain, with no other soldiers around. Adding to this, there were only about a dozen Japanese soldiers patrolling the perimeter. He immediately made up his mind to take out the captain and the Japanese patrolmen in one fell swoop.

  "See that, there's a big rock in front of us. In a moment, you'll take the gun and run over there, hide behind it, raise your gun to the sky and fire, attracting the enemy's attention, so I can create an opportunity to snipe the enemy commander!" Chen Shaoqin said with a glance at Xue Yumei.

  "What you say, I'll do! Kill the devils, I'm not afraid!" Xue Yumei declared in front of Chen Shaoqin, looking very resolute.

  "Alright, I'll teach you how to shoot now!" Chen Shaoqin took the gun from Xue Yumei's hand and pulled back the bolt in front of her. "See this? This is the bolt. Rotate it 90 degrees, then pull it open. Next, rotate another 90 degrees and push it back into place. That way, the bullet will be loaded into the chamber. All you need to do is pull the trigger, and the gun will fire!"

  With such detailed explanation, how could Xue Yumei not listen carefully. After seeing Chen Shaoqin complete the operation, she also began to try it out herself. She took back her own gun and did it again. When she ejected the cartridge, the bullet inside should have popped out, and when she pushed and pulled it back in, another bullet entered the chamber. All the operations were very much in place, basically without any problems.

  "This rifle's magazine only holds five rounds, after firing them all, you have to reload new bullets, I don't have time to teach you that now, today you just need to be able to fire the four rounds in the gun and it will be considered a success!" Chen Shaoqin didn't have high expectations for Xue Yumei, he just hoped she could smoothly finish firing the bullets in the gun.

  Xue Yumei nodded, holding the gun and slowly moving towards the big rock. However, at this moment, the enemy's patrol soldiers came from the mountain in an orderly manner, and were about to turn a corner and see Xue Yumei's position. This made Chen Shaoqin's palms sweat with cold sweat, as if danger was already approaching...