Chapter 54: The Devil's Pursuit Team Closes in on Yang Family Village

  "What? You've heard of us?" Chen Shaoqin was curious about the guy's expression. Logically speaking, their War Eagle Sniper Team should be more famous among the Little Devils, after all, Nomura and Hamada were both driven crazy by them. The fact that this soldier knew them too made him feel somewhat unexpected and incomprehensible.

  "Of course, we saw it in the wanted list of Little Devils!" The battalion commander took a deep breath and pulled out a notice from his body, opening it in front of Chen Shaoqin. "Perhaps you yourselves don't know that this thing is not only posted in Xinyi County, but also throughout Xuzhou and even the entire Jiangsu war zone."

  "A few days ago, our battalion commander led a few brothers to Xian County to investigate the situation and planned to destroy the large batch of strategic materials that the little devils had hoarded in Xian County. However, we didn't expect to learn from this notice that the devils' supplies were destroyed by someone in Zhujiatun, and nearly an entire company of devils was annihilated!" A soldier continued speaking at this time, probably he was one of those who entered Xian County with their battalion commander, so he was very clear about the situation at that time, even understanding every detail particularly clearly.

  "What? You big fool, how can the reward for you be 10,000 dollars? We didn't even mention it!" Xue Yumei carefully read the contents of the notice again, feeling a sour taste in her heart. She was unwilling to accept that the devil's notice only mentioned Chen Shaoqin and the War Eagle Sniper Team.

  "Isn't this about the War Eagle Sniper Team? You're all from the War Eagle, mentioning the War Eagle Sniper Team is basically mentioning you guys, isn't it?" Chen Shaoqin didn't expect Xue Yumei to be so sensitive about this, so he comforted her in a gentle tone.

  At this time, gunfire rang out from the other side of the mountain again, shocking everyone. The battalion commander immediately roared at the soldiers under his hand: "Who the hell fired a shot? Didn't I tell you all to unload the bullets and put down the safety?"

  "Wait... that's not our gunfire, listen carefully..." Chen Shaoqin immediately stopped the battalion commander's roar and said to him, reminding him to listen carefully to the sound of the gun.

  The gunfire from the other side of the mountain started with a few sparse shots from Mauser pistols, followed by the Type 38 Arisaka rifles and submachine guns of the little devils. The shooting was quite lively, and judging from the sound of the gunfire, it seemed to be getting closer and closer, very likely heading towards Yangjia courtyard. This point was just like in Chen Shaoqin's seemingly already established fact, without any suspense.

  "It's the devils!" The battalion commander came to a conclusion and immediately gave an order, "Brothers, quickly enter the village and then withdraw from here!"

  All the brothers heard this order and immediately set out to run in a military manner. After all, their superiors had given orders, and they had to unconditionally obey the orders and do what their superiors asked them to do.

  "Wait...!" Chen Shaoqin blocked the way of the battalion commander, blocking the path of all his brothers. "The little devils are right behind you, and you're not firing a single shot, do you think you can escape?" Chen Shaoqin shouted loudly at the battalion commander. He had seen it before, people fighting to the death, even the regimental commander sacrificing himself on the front line of battle, until the entire defensive line collapsed, not one person retreated as a deserter, that was a true Chinese soldier. But these people in front of him were not worthy of being called Chinese soldiers.

  "Deserter? I'm afraid that's not for you to say! We haven't received any orders to hold our position here, and as the highest commander in this area, I have the right to give any order to my troops. Moreover, from the gunfire we heard earlier, it's clear that those little devils' firepower is several times stronger than ours. If we stay here, it's like betting on the lives of our brothers! Brothers, listen to my orders, immediately enter the village and prepare to retreat!"

  "Who dares to retreat!" Seeing that they were about to withdraw, Chen Shaoqin's persuasion had no effect. The brothers beside Chen Shaoqin raised their guns, loaded the bullets, and prepared to use force to stop this group from retreating. The one who said this was the brother closest to Chen Shaoqin, who had already cocked his gun, loaded the bullet, and pointed it at the regiment commander's head. With just one order from Chen Shaoqin, he could shoot the fleeing regiment commander in a second.

  "What do you want to do? Want to rebel?" The camp commander puffed out his chest, standing fearlessly in front of Chen Shaoqin.

  "Our backs are the fellow villagers of Yangjiacun, if you retreat like this, have you thought about them? What should they do? Hand them over to the devils for abuse? How can you live up to the rank of lieutenant colonel on your neck!" Chen Shaoqin did not stop his subordinates' behavior, he didn't think that his brothers were wrong. "I tell you, if you want to be a deserter in front of me, there is only one dead end!"

  "Brother... Brother was just joking, the little devils invaded my China, seized my land, and bullied my Chinese daughters. As a Chinese, I will not coexist with the little devils!" The battalion commander was pressed against his head by Chen Shaoqin's gun and did not dare to be arrogant again, because he was not sure what Chen Shaoqin would do in this situation, so he could only surrender under Chen Shaoqin's long gun. "Brothers, build fortifications on the spot and fight a decisive battle with the little devils!"

  The brother has just put on his gun, picked up the engineer's shovel and started digging trenches on both sides of the road. It seems that this time he was forced by Chen Shaoqin to have a real battle with the little devils. Otherwise, they would not have any way to leave this place at all. After all, Chen Shaoqin's ferocity is no longer just hearsay, and he has to be careful in his actions.

  Chen Shaoqin saw that they had all entered a state of combat, so he ordered several brothers around him: "You few, go find some more sniper points nearby. When the devils come later, we'll give those little devils a heavy blow, knock out their heavy weapons and reduce the pressure on our brothers' front line!"

  "Don't worry, Director Chen, we will definitely complete the task!" Several brothers immediately responded and climbed up to the top of the mountain, looking for a suitable ambush point in a more hidden place on the mountaintop, then hid and waited for the arrival of the little devils.

  "What should I do?" Xue Yumei saw that everyone had their own tasks, but she didn't know what to do and went forward to ask Chen Shaoqin about her arrangement.

  "I'm giving you a daunting task, and you must complete it for me!" Chen Shaoqin saw that Xue Yumei was making strong demands, and it was really hard to refuse. So he whispered a few words into Xue Yumei's ear, then said, "If you mess this up for me, we'll all be finished here!"