Chapter Twenty-Two: Naked Offering to Heaven

  When he heard that the Nakamura incident had really happened, Zhao Xiaofeng was so happy that he almost jumped up, because Qi Yong and Jin Zhanguo had already asked him for a bet more than once! Now the three of them get along very well, just like brothers.

  At the same time, Qi Yong and Jin Zhan Guo, who also heard the news, were now like eggplants that had been hit by frost, unable to muster up any spirit. Zhao Xiao Feng immediately took out 200 yuan from his drawer: "You two can either bet or admit defeat! This is a small token of brotherly love, you can take it! Haha!" Zhao Xiao Feng finally got the chance to get revenge after being teased by the two until their ears were numb!

  "You!" Qi Yong pointed at him, so angry he couldn't speak.

  "Alright! Alright! We're not joking around!" Zhao Xiao Feng surrendered.

  "Hum!" Zhi Yong still didn't extinguish his anger and immediately refused, saying: "What's the use of taking your dollars when we've already lost?"

  Zhao Xiaofeng immediately handed the ocean to the two men and said: "Two brothers! Today, I won this gamble not by chance, but by predicting and inferring the situation. From now on, I hope you two big brothers can listen to my advice and train our soldiers well. We cannot let our brothers and folks in Northeast China be disturbed by the flames of war!"

  "What?" Zhi Yong furrowed his brow and said: "What have you predicted again?"

  "The Japanese are about to take action against us!" Zhao Xiao Feng said firmly.

  "Then let's hurry up and report to the team leader!" Jin Zhanguo immediately shouted.

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng waved his hand and said, "Although I can predict that the Japanese will attack our Shenyang, even the entire Northeast, but I still dare not confirm it! If you two tell others about this matter, won't they laugh me to death?" Zhao Xiao Feng was not unwilling to report this matter to his superiors, but he really couldn't. If he reported it, his superiors would at most reply: "Put all the guns and cannons in storage! No one is allowed to resist!"

  "But!" Zhi Yong said: "We can tell the people of the Seventh Brigade about this matter! Tell them to be prepared early!"

  "No! We'll go to Fengtian ourselves and block the enemy's attack!" Zhao Xiaofeng had already figured it out in his heart, even if he told them, it would be useless. In fact, Wang Yizhe had long known that the Japanese wanted to make trouble, but didn't he just disguise himself as a commoner and escape?

  "We are so far away from Shenyang, how can we get there? It's punishable by death to move troops on our own!" Qi Yong already somewhat believed Zhao Xiao Feng.

  "Let's go into battle! We'll advance towards the capital under the pretext of military training!" Zhao Xiao Feng replied firmly.

  "How did you know when the Japanese would attack?" Jin Wengu asked.

  Zhao Xiaofeng looked at them and said firmly, "Today is September 1st. The Japanese attack on Shenyang will be around 10 o'clock on the night of September 18th. If we succeed this time, we will all become heroes. But even if our prediction is not accurate, it's just a joke for the soldiers under us! So, you two must believe me, and doing so, we have nothing to lose!"

  "But!" Qi Yong put away his great knife and said: "Battalion Commander, big brother! We have just over 200 men, how can we fight against several tens of thousands of Japanese? Isn't that going to get us killed?"

  "Hmph!" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately laughed and said: "A great man has things he will do and things he won't do. Don't you know the logic of knowingly going into a mountain with tigers?"

  "But this is also too unbelievable!" Zhi Yong muttered, "We're not afraid of death, but it's just not worth dying for!"

  Helpless, Zhao Xiaofeng could only say: "You two brothers, do you know who I am?"

  "What kind of person?" Zhi Yong and Jin Wanguo looked at Zhao Xiaofeng in surprise, Zhi Yong suddenly laughed and said: "A man!"

  "Pfft!" Jin Zhanguo said: "I knew it all along!"

  "Haha!" Zhao Xiaofeng laughed: "I am Zhao Xiaofeng, the commander of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army!"

  "What? What?" Qi Yong looked at Zhao Xiao Feng in surprise, "Don't joke around! You're a top student from the Martial Arts Academy, how could you be a bandit?"

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng still said calmly: "I am Zhao Xiao Feng!"

  "Really?" Qi Yong and Jin Wuguo exchanged a glance, asking in a low voice.

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiaofeng nodded.

  "Stop joking!" Qi Yong stood up and said: "I am still the commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Party!"

  "Damn it!" Jin Zhanguo kicked him and said: "The regiment commander doesn't seem to be lying!"

  "Oh!" Qi Yong immediately sat down and stared at Zhao Xiao Feng: "Really? Big brother?"

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiao Feng still smiled and didn't say a word.

  "So you're a spy who has infiltrated our army?" Qiyong continued.

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiao Feng nodded his head, still not speaking.

  "I! ...... " Qi Yong pointed at his own nose and said: "Why should I believe you?"

  "Are you asking us to lead our soldiers as bandits?" Jin Zhan Guo immediately pulled out the silver dollars from his pocket and put them on the table, and Qi Yong also reluctantly pulled out the silver dollars.

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng stood up, he clearly knew that if he couldn't convince them, they would never follow him to fight against the Japanese. He said: "Do you know? Our brigade commander Yan Zishan has now colluded with the Japanese and will soon betray us!"

  "What? What evidence do you have?" Qi Yong exclaimed.

  Zhao Xiaofeng did not respond, but continued to say: "On September 18th, when the Japanese attacked Shenyang, the Seventh Brigade will retreat without a fight and let Shenyang be taken by the Japanese!"

  "Really? How did you know?" Qi Yong was a bit skeptical.

  "So!" Zhao Xiao Feng still did not answer him and continued to say: "We must go and gather those defeated soldiers of the Seventh Regiment who retreated back, organize them to resist the Japanese attack!"

  "Those soldiers are Wang Yizhe's men, how can we command them?" Qi Yong asked again.

  Zhao Xiaofeng saw that they were already wavering, and immediately took advantage of the situation to say: "The rise and fall of a country is the responsibility of every individual, we are revolutionary soldiers, and should be the first to raise the great flag of defending our home and country, to protect our homeland from Japanese invasion, and our brothers and sisters from Japanese humiliation!"

  "Hey! Hey!" Jin Zhanguo stopped him: "Big brother, what's the use of saying so much? We won't join the bandits no matter how you put it!"

  "That's right!" Qi Yong said.

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng shook his head and said: "My troops are called the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army, not bandits at all. Moreover, when the time comes, the Northeast Army will have run away, the Nationalist Party will have run away, only leaving us, these hot-blooded men with weapons in our hands. How can we be bandits? At that time, we will be heroes defending our homes and country!"

  "Will the Japanese really come and attack?" Jin Wengu asked.

  "Hmm!"

  "Will our troops really run away with their tails between their legs? What about the people of Northeast China?" Jin Zhanguo asked.

  "Uh-huh!" Zhao Xiaofeng nodded firmly.

  "Good!" Jin Zhanguo said: "If you're right again this time, I'll call you Big Brother from now on and resolutely obey your command! Whether you ask me to be a bandit or a soldier!"

  "Me too!" Seeing Jin Zhanguo like this, Qi Yong could only say in a low voice, and quietly put the package of silver dollars back into his own pocket.

  Zhao Xiaofeng would have burst out laughing if it weren't for the situation he was in, because he suddenly remembered a modern joke:

  A man was very shy, one day he went to the market to sell corn, stood for half a day without calling out.

  Just then, a vendor pushed a cart over and shouted: "Corn for sale! Big, fragrant and sweet corn!"

  The man was overjoyed when he heard that and immediately pushed his cart behind the street vendor, saying "Me too!......"

  "This matter I think it's better to report to the team leader!" Qi Yong said suddenly.

  "No!" Zhao Xiao Feng said very firmly: "Now I'm just predicting, if others find out, they'll laugh at me for being a fool! So, you two must not leak the news!"

  "But all our actions are under the eyes of the squad leader! How can we not leak the message?" Jin Zhanguo asked.

  Zhao Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Everyone just quietly made some arrangements!" Zhao Xiaofeng was confident that the Japanese would definitely attack Shenyang on that day, but he still didn't want his superiors to get involved. Besides, he still didn't know what kind of person the regimental commander was - was he a traitor like Yu Zhishan?

  Today is September 18th! Zhao Xiaofeng's eyes were bloodshot, he couldn't believe that he would be insomnia, and it had been going on for three days.

  "Captain! Why don't you go back and rest for a while?" Qiyong said with concern.

  Zhao Xiaofeng waved his hand and didn't speak, he knew that even if he lay in bed, he wouldn't be able to sleep! So, he still led the troops to hide on a hillside near the east gate of Fengtian City, this time he still used the name of exercise to bring out the troops, and also brought a large amount of bullets and dry food.

  Zhao Xiaofeng often led the troops to conduct drills, and Zhi Shan had known about this for a long time. However, he was now busy communicating with the Japanese, so he turned a blind eye to Zhao Xiaofeng's irregular actions and did not interfere.

  The two soldiers on duty are now taking turns to go back to sleep, Zhao Xiao Feng does not want the soldiers to face the upcoming fierce battle with a tired body.

  Zhao Xiaofeng is now filled with doubts about whether the Japanese will come to attack Shenyang today, why there has been no movement until now. In fact, all possibilities will become a reality today.

  Finally, the night of September 18th arrived.

  Zhao Xiaofeng led his troops to quietly approach the outer city of Fengtian, he looked at the wide open city gate of Fengtian City, looking at the twinkling lights in the city, only then did he truly understand why the Japanese would ** now. The Seventh Brigade stationed in Fengtian, including all the officers of the Fengtian troops, have almost reached the state of "horses grazing on Mount Nan, swords and guns put away". They simply couldn't imagine that the Japanese would come to attack their own Fengtian, so they are still drinking outside every day, looking for women.

  Because, on September 17th, Japanese Envoy Shigemitsu Mamoru issued a statement to China and foreign countries, saying that due to the "Nakamura Incident", the rumors of Japan's military mobilization plan were "all unfounded talk", with the aim of paralyzing the Chinese authorities.

  Within 24 hours, the Japanese army suddenly launched a surprise attack on Beidaying in Shenyang, the garrison of the Northeast Army, and bombarded Shenyang City, launching the shocking September 18th Incident.

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