Old Du is in trouble

  According to the underworld rules, before both sides start a fierce battle, they cannot take advantage of the opponent's momentary lapse in attention and shoot them in the back when they turn around to return to their own team. This behavior is not upright and will provoke public outrage. Even if it were done by one's own gang members, they would still look down on their own boss for doing so. Du Boss dared to show his back to Ma Boss after falling out with him because of this rule, but unexpectedly, Ma Boss actually fired a shot.

  For Ma Boss, since he defected to the Japanese army, his position has completely changed. He witnessed the Japanese army's dominance in China and knew that if Japan occupied China, the original gang order would cease to exist. The so-called Jianghu morality was far inferior to Japan's favor. He sent someone to kidnap Du Xinyu, which was already a big step towards betraying Jianghu morality. This time, he naturally wouldn't care about any rules and just wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill Du Boss and eliminate his future troubles.

  Mr. Du dodged the fatal shot at the last second, but his left arm was hit by a bullet and the bone was shattered. The bodyguard wanted to protect him from retreating, he gritted his teeth and said: "No, I want to stay, personally kill this scum of the Jianghu."

  After simply bandaging his arm, Boss Du joined the fight with a gun in one hand. Both sides had about 30 people, but Boss Du's men were more elite, selected from thousands of apprentices. The "apprentices" referred to in the underworld are not actually related to the boss as master and apprentice, but rather a euphemism for gang members. Boss Ma's gang originally had over a thousand people, but after he defected to the Japanese army, some gang members with a conscience left on various pretexts, greatly weakening his power. Moreover, due to differences in strength, Boss Ma's men were far inferior to Boss Du's men in terms of training level. As soon as the two sides clashed, the difference was apparent. In the gun battle, Boss Ma's men fell one after another, while Boss Du's side suffered much fewer casualties.

  "Those with the surname Ma, surrender! It would be better for your brothers to avoid unnecessary death. Since we have met before, I will grant you a whole corpse!" Old Master Du shouted out loud as he saw his side gaining the upper hand.

  "Surrender? No way!" Boss Ma replied from behind the earth mound, "You Du, don't be so smug, I haven't used my trump card yet."

  "Bring it on, I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve."

  Old Du's words had barely fallen when a burst of gunfire suddenly came from behind, several bodyguards were caught off guard and fell to the ground with gunshot wounds. The remaining bodyguards hastily turned around to return fire, but were pinned down by the opposing firepower.

  "Boss Du, we're surrounded!" a bodyguard shouted.

  "What time did Mr. Ma bring so many people?" Old Du felt a bit surprised, "How can his men's guns be so accurate, it doesn't add up."

  "Boss Du, it seems like the opponent is using something other than a shotgun."

  Boss Du also figured it out, the other side was very far away and had already exceeded the shooting distance of a short gun. The Shanghai underworld mainly operated in the city, so they were mainly equipped with short guns. The other side suddenly pulled out more than a dozen long guns, and at such a long distance, their marksmanship was still so accurate, it was really surprising. Boss Du's men only had short guns, which posed no threat to the other side, and were clearly in a passive position of being beaten.

  "Who did the surname Ma go to for help?" Boss Du thought quickly in his mind, his influence in Shanghai was big enough, other powerful gangs generally wouldn't come to stir up trouble, and small gangs couldn't possibly have such strong gunmen.

  "Boss Du, the other side is using a Type 38 rifle. They're Japanese!" The bodyguard had already judged their equipment from the bullets used during the January 28 Incident, and the notoriety of the Type 38 rifle had spread far and wide. Shanghai's underworld didn't use Type 38 rifles, nor did the National Army, so the other side could only be the Japanese military.

  "Damn it, the one with the surname Ma actually called in the Japanese for help." Old Du reacted at last. In fact, he should have thought of this possibility long ago. Since Old Ma had already surrendered to the Japanese army, it was not impossible that they would ask the Japanese for help. It's just that Old Du couldn't anticipate beforehand that Old Ma could be so shameless. After all, in a gang fight, calling in an invading army for assistance is a very shameful thing.

  "Boss Du, we're beat, let's retreat." The bodyguard suggested.

  "Boss, a gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, if you don't withdraw now, it will be too late." Another bodyguard advised.

  But it's too late to retreat, on one side are Ma Boss's men, and on the other side are the lurking Japanese army. Du Boss and others can no longer retreat unscathed. Although Ma Boss's people have weak combat power, they are still enough for simple defense. It is very difficult for Du Boss's people to break through from this direction under siege from both front and back.

  "Fire the signal flare." Old Du ordered.

  A bodyguard threw a flare into the sky, and a red smoke emerged. This was their pre-arranged distress signal, which Boss Du would not normally stoop to using. But he also knew that when drifting in the rivers and lakes, one can't avoid being cut by knives. Although his own power was great, it didn't rule out the possibility of encountering danger, and having an extra way to call for help is always useful.

  A few of Du's men were guarding the cars in a place two miles away. When Du and his party arrived at Minhang by car, they left the cars in a relatively distant place to avoid damage in the chaos and assigned several people to guard them. At this time, seeing smoke bombs rising from the battlefield, several people knew that Du had encountered trouble.

  "Go, hurry up and go help." They called out to each other.

  A few people walked a distance onto the battlefield and saw the situation on the battlefield. Two groups of people, one in front and one behind, sandwiched Du Boss and his party in between, with Japanese soldiers holding Type 38 rifles on one side.

  "Ah, are there Japanese troops joining the battle?" one of the helpers said.

  "Hurry up and go get someone, I'll sneak up behind the Japanese with Old Wang and help the boss escape." Another henchman instructed.

  The servant responsible for delivering the message hurried back to start a car and rushed towards the city. Returning to the mansion, he was told that Miss Du had already gone to the hotel, so he rushed to the hotel to deliver the message again. Since Mr. Du is not present, specific troop deployments require Miss Du's instructions.

  Du Xin Yu heard that her father was in danger, and her face changed completely. She immediately ordered the informant: "Quickly, go call all the bodyguards in the mansion, follow me to rescue my dad."

  "Miss, there are only a few people left in the mansion. The boss has taken away most of the key people, and the others still need to be gathered again."

  "Hurry up and gather!" Du Xin Yu said urgently.

  Luo Yi asked: "How many Japanese are besieging Old Du?"

  "There are almost 20 people around here. On the opposite side of Ma Lao's place, there are over a dozen more."

  "Alright Heart Rain, I'll take my people and go rescue them first. You bring your people and follow after us."

  "Luoyi, this has nothing to do with you, don't get involved," said Du Xinyu.

  "Cut the nonsense," Luo Yi said. "It's already this late, if we wait any longer it might be too late."

  Du Xin Yu nodded in agreement, and Luo Yi immediately convened a meeting with all the members of the Strike Corps. Du Xin Yu then hastily returned to organize his own people. Coincidentally, today, except for Yuan Jing and Zeng Shan who went to study, the other members of the Strike Corps happened to be present, adding up to 7 people including Luo Yi.

  "Brother Luo, there are only 7 of us, but the Japanese have more than 20 people. Can we do it?" Le Jialin hesitated after hearing Luo Yi's introduction.

  "What's to fear? I think the Japanese aren't much stronger than our own army, we can take them on." Su Xiaofeng said with a swagger, he had clashed with the Japanese once in Zhoupu Village and had become bolder.

  Luo Yi said: "Now that things are urgent, Boss Du is a patriotic person who has been framed by the Japanese. We should try our best to help him. The military quality of the Japanese soldiers is very good, and although we have undergone several months of intensified training, we do not have an advantage over them. Therefore, we cannot underestimate the enemy. If we sacrifice ourselves, it will not be worth it. Let's discuss how to find a foolproof plan."

  Su Xiaofeng said: "Luo Zi, you are boosting others' morale and undermining your own prestige. Look at what happened in Zhoupu Village that time, 8 Japanese soldiers, we were only 4 people, didn't we take care of them?"

  Luo Yi said: "In Zhoupu Village, we were able to succeed only by launching a surprise attack. If we had engaged in open warfare, the four of us might not have been their match."

  "How about we launch another surprise attack this time?" Toujiu interjected.

  "Surprise attack?" Luo Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Ninth Uncle's words woke me up. I was thinking that the place is an open area and it's not easy to launch a surprise attack. Now that I think about it, there really is a way. Let's discuss it and see if this method works."