Chapter 27: Luminous Technique Battalion

  Sun Liren arrived at the entrance of the barracks, looked up and down, nodded, then turned to Chen Jifang and said: "Heroes of China's 'Divine Eagle', please come in."

  Chen Jifan heard a hint of disdain in his tone, but didn't mind, and beckoned to Hu Yunfeng and Luo Yuguang to follow him into the barracks.

  Sun Liren's soldiers had already moved over a few stools. Sun Liren said "please" and then sat down himself.

  After Chen Jifang and the other two sat down, Sun Liren spoke first: "I am Sun Liren, courtesy name Fumin, appointed by the National Government as the Commander-in-Chief of the Tax Police Corps. May I ask your honorable surnames? What is this Chinese 'Divine Eagle' Anti-Japanese Special Operations Team all about?"

  Sun Liren first introduced himself, but the subsequent questioning had a somewhat interrogative tone.

  Chen Jifan took over the conversation and said: "Originally, as the military commander of the 'Divine Eagle', there are many things that cannot be revealed. However, we have always respected General's ability and conduct, so it doesn't matter if I tell you. My name is Chen Jifan, this one is my comrade-in-arms, Hu Yunfeng, and this one is called Luo Yugang. We were originally studying military affairs abroad, but as soon as we returned, we encountered the devils attacking Nanjing. We sneaked across to Jiangbei and happened to encounter a small Japanese army pursuing several Chinese soldiers. We took them down and then gradually gathered some Chinese soldiers to form our troops."

  "Wait a minute, you just said that the three of you took out an entire Japanese army squad? Just the three of you?" Sun Liren didn't believe it at all, and the soldier next to him couldn't help but want to laugh.

  "It's not just the three of us, there are seven people, and we all have guns." Chen Jifan replied calmly.

  "A Japanese army squad would have at least forty or fifty people, right? Can the seven of you really make them all surrender? Mr. Chen, aren't you joking?" Sun Liren's tone gradually became somewhat cold.

  "I'm not joking, we first used a surprise attack to wipe out the 14 vanguard who were chasing us, then found the remaining devils and finished them off in one go when they were camping at night. We killed a total of 53 devils, which should be the size of a small squad." Chen Jifang said in an unhurried tone. In fact, Chen Jifang had a good impression of Sun Liren as a person, if it were someone else, he would have left long ago and wouldn't have bothered to waste his breath.

  "It seems that I, a humble person, was blind and didn't notice the exceptional skills of several people. In this case, my subordinates haven't seen much of the world, so I'd like to ask Mr. Chen and his two brothers to teach us a thing or two. This way, when we go into battle in the future, we won't lose our lives unnecessarily. Please don't decline, Brother Chen." Sun Liren stood up and made a polite gesture with his hands.

  This is as clear as it gets, they simply don't believe us and we need to show them our skills. Chen Jifan could also understand Sun Liren's proposal, after all, military personnel are always dodging bullets with their heads exposed, how can a few words be enough to dismiss them? It's either a mule or a horse, might as well bring it out for a spin.

  "Not to decline at the moment, he said to Sun Liren: 'A strong general has no weak soldiers under his command. General Sun's great reputation is renowned throughout China. The brothers under your command must be exceptional individuals. We three can spar with them, an opportunity not everyone has. Please set the topic, General."

  "Hurray!" Sun Li-ren stood up and said to a soldier around him, "Assemble the troops! Follow me."

  The martial arts arena was set up on the playground. Apart from the soldiers brought by Sun Liren, the wounded who had already tidied up their hair also came to watch the excitement with each other's support, after all, the military camp had not been so lively for a long time, and many people gradually gathered around. The first program was of course a shooting competition, Sun Liren had someone hang up several large ocean targets at a distance of 500 meters, in groups of three.

  "Mr. Chen, you have only three people, so I'll also find three to learn shooting skills from you. Who's going first?"

  Chen Jifan smiled and modestly declined: "Let's have the brothers from the Taxation Police Brigade show off their skills first."

  Sun Liren smiled lightly and waved his white-gloved hand backwards. Three soldiers marched out in unison, holding their guns with both hands.

  "Please, Mr. Chen, inspect the guns." As soon as Sun Liren's voice fell, the three soldiers marched in unison to their front, holding out their guns with both hands. The three men didn't hesitate, taking the guns from them with a uniform motion, pulling back the bolts with a "click-click" sound, checking the bullets inside, and then another "click-click" sound as they loaded the bullets into the chambers. Chen Jifan and his two companions performed the actions that any ordinary soldier would do, only their movements were more practiced and uniform. This simple action was seen by Sun Liren and his men, who had previously looked down on them, and their scornful hearts retreated a lot.

  Chen Jifan handed the gun back and said to Sun Liren: "Belgian FN1930 rifle, it seems that the Taxation Police Corps is really rich. It's said that this gun is also rare in China. General Sun, I'm so envious of your army."

  Sun Liren secretly felt a chill, it seemed that these few people had real skills, and could call out the name of the gun at a glance. He put away his scornful heart and said: "Mr. Chen is indeed knowledgeable, let's begin, my brothers are still waiting to see the 'Divine Eagle' shooting skills."

  After finishing, with a wave of his hand, three soldiers entered the shooting position under the command of a junior officer beside him. The three took the kneeling position, which requires higher arm strength as the weight of the gun is entirely on the body, making the shot relatively more difficult.

  "Fire!" With the command, three crisp gunshots were heard, "Bang-Bang-Bang", and the three soldiers stood up with their guns. The marker immediately ran over to check.

  "Report to the superior officer, our side fired three shots, all three hits." As soon as the spotter's voice fell, there was a burst of cheers around, and Sun Liren's face couldn't hide his pride. Three hits, already standing undefeated, let's see if Chen Jifan has anything to say.

  Chen Jifan nodded to this side, they didn't go up together. After the other side reloaded the ocean, Chen Jifan gestured for Luo Yuguang to go first. Luo Yuguang had a face full of indifference, his eyes seemed to say to Chen Jifan and Hu Yunfeng: "No problem, watch me."

  After Luo Yugang went up, he didn't start shooting immediately. Instead, he took the gun, pulled back the bolt, and looked at it before putting it on his back and starting to do push-ups. Luo Yugang did push-ups very quickly, and Sun Liren and his soldiers were all staring at him with wide eyes, wondering what kind of medicine this guy was selling. Luo Yugang counted out loud as he went: "489, 490, 491...500." As soon as the words left his mouth, Luo Yugang sprang up from the ground, quickly pulled out the gun from behind his back, took aim with a simple glance, and pulled the trigger. "Bang!" The sound rang out, and then he put away the gun.

  "Bullseye!" The voice of the target officer stunned the surrounding soldiers who were still excited a moment ago. The gap was obvious, they had done 500 push-ups and then aimed and fired in one breath without even blinking an eyebrow, and hit the target every time. Sun Liren was also considered to have seen the world, in the Tax Police Corps he personally trained his own troops, which team won first place in every competition? But today, this "God Eagle" had given him a warning shot as soon as it appeared. It seemed that this "God Eagle" couldn't be underestimated after all.

  Hu Yunfeng gave Luo Yuguang a thumbs up and smiled as he took the stage. He asked An Jing to lengthen the line, shake the ocean, and swing it open as much as possible. Then he ran to the shooting position, with his back to the target direction, holding the gun and taking a deep breath. "Start!" Chen Jifan gave the order.

  Hu Yunfeng suddenly turned around, without any hesitation, raised his gun, aimed and fired in one swift motion. After the gunshot, Hu Yunfeng handed the gun back to Sun's soldier, saying "Good gun, thank you." Then he returned to his original position.

  "Bullseye!" The voice of the target reporter came again, and Luo Yu Gang excitedly patted hands with Hu Yun Feng.

  The whole scene was silent. Even a fool could see the difference between high and low, Sun Liren's face began to look somewhat embarrassed.

  It's Chen Jifan's turn to take the stage, and the first two performers have already stunned the audience. As a superior officer, what else can he do? Everyone is looking forward to it, even Sun Liren is curious, and Luo Yuguang and Hu Yunfeng are in the same mood, they haven't seen Chen Jifan's gunplay performance either.

  Chen Jifan took the Belgian FN1930 rifle and placed it on the ground, indicating to An Jingyuan to put up the silver dollar. After the silver dollar was put up, Chen Jifan suddenly pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and covered his face with it. Everyone watched this move together, and they were all stunned, "No way, shooting 500 meters with eyes covered, impossible, this guy is a bit crazy."

  After his eyes were covered, Chen Jifang gestured to the soldier beside him to check. A soldier quickly glanced at Chen Jifang's face and then nodded to Sun Liren. "Begin!"

  Everyone thought Chen Jifan was about to "aim", but Chen Jifan covered his eyes and started disassembling the gun. With a few swift movements, the entire gun was reduced to several components, neatly arranged on the ground. Then Chen Jifan paused for a moment, still covering his eyes, and reassembled the parts one by one. In the blink of an eye, the gun was restored to its original state. Chen Jifan pulled the bolt back, loading the bullet, and raised the gun with both hands in the direction of the target...

  Time seemed to pass very slowly, at least that's how everyone on the playground felt at the time. Hu Yunfeng and Luo Yugang also wiped away a bead of sweat. The moves they had made earlier looked difficult, but in special forces, they were simply child's play. Today was just an opportunity to show off, but Chen Jifan's move was different. Disassembling and reassembling the gun wasn't a difficult task, but shooting 500 meters with eyes covered, and being unfamiliar with the gun...

  Everyone's eyes were fixed on Chen Jifan, the whole scene was quiet to the point of being scary, even the barber who was cutting hair in the distance stopped what he was doing and stretched his neck to look over. Chen Jifan's gun moved slightly in the air, just as everyone was unprepared, the gun fired. Chen Jifan quickly took down the handkerchief, the muzzle was still smoking. He handed the rifle back to the soldier, who seemed to be still in a daze and almost didn't catch it.

  The target runner ran towards the silver dollar, and everyone's attention was once again focused on that small silver dollar.

  "Report, hit!"

  The whole scene suddenly boiled, not only the wounded soldiers from the Nanguo barracks, but also Sun Liren's subordinates who came with him all applauded spontaneously. Sun Liren's expression on his face went through a series of changes from disdain to surprise to shock to admiration, and he also applauded and walked towards Chen Jifang.

  "A few gods will make the people and all the brothers open their eyes, China has such soldiers, how can we worry about the Japanese invaders not being destroyed?" Sun Liren's tone of speech changed, and he called out his own words.

  Chen Jifan was about to say a few polite words, but Luo Yuguang couldn't help but interrupt: "What's the big deal? If Wen Chuanhao were here, I'm afraid we wouldn't be his match."

  "Oh?" This made Sun Liren's stomach turn upside down. "Who is Wen Chuanhao? Are there even more powerful people in your army than the few I've seen?"

  "Others don't know, if it's real bullet shooting, I reckon I'll die at this kid's hands."

  Sun Liren and his men were even more surprised, this master who could do 500 push-ups and hit a target with one shot was still afraid of someone? Everyone's face was full of question marks.

  Chen Jifan couldn't bear to see their appearance, and hastily said: "General Sun, don't listen to him. Wen Chuanhao is our brother who returned to the country with us. He is the sniper captain of our 'Divine Eagle' unit. Every time we fight against the devils, he would take out the devil's commander, grenade launcher and machine gun first, so we can fight relatively smoothly."

  "Do you have a dedicated sniper?" Sun Liren looked at the three people in front of him with new eyes. To think that snipers and sniper tactics, which originated from World War I, were still being experimented with in major military powers around the world, and not many had actually been used in real combat. Yet, a small mountain village guerrilla team (Sun Liren always thought of them this way) was equipped with something even regular national armies didn't have - snipers. And there was also a team leader. This was just too unbelievable.

  "General Sun, if you're interested, after the comparison is done, we can continue to explore." Chen Jifan's meaning was that you don't have to be surprised, just compare thoroughly, and today let these regular troops open their eyes, also letting this "sea returnee" not dare to underestimate himself in the future.

  According to previous arrangements, after the shooting competition was completed, hand-to-hand combat would be carried out. Originally, a bayonet fighting event was planned, but due to concerns about accidental discharge of firearms, it was changed to single-soldier unarmed combat.

  Luoyu Gang was a connoisseur, and at a glance, he immediately weighed the other person's weight. On this side, still in order, he was the first to go up, Luoyu Gang slowly took off his jacket, wearing only a green short-sleeved T-shirt issued by his former unit, despite having a layer of clothes covering him, it couldn't hide the bulging muscles all over Luoyu Gang's upper body.

  He walked up and said to Sun Liren: "General, forgive me for being disrespectful. I'd like to ask you to choose eight brothers to go with me!"

  This statement is arrogant enough, if it were in peacetime, even if Sun Liren had the temperament, his soldiers would have blown up the camp, but Luo Yuguang first performed gunplay in front and Hu Yunfeng Chen Jifan continuously played out tricks behind, now no one dares to express doubt about this statement, Sun Liren is no exception, he thought for a moment, then raised his head and ordered: "You eight, fall in!"

  The martial arts competition officially began. Eight people surrounded Luo Yuguang tightly in the middle, these eight people were Sun Liren's personal soldiers, some of whom had followed him even before he became the head of the tax police team. It could be said that each one was skilled and had been tempered through brutal battles with the enemy, so Sun Liren still trusted them. He thought to himself: since you want to be arrogant, I'll indulge you; if I win, I can also somewhat regain my face from earlier.

  Luoyu Gang didn't dare to have any intention of underestimating the enemy, because in the eyes of these eight people, a hint of murderous aura was faintly visible, which only those who had fought and killed on the battlefield possessed. The eight people quickly launched an attack, with one person punching straight at Luoyu Gang's face, two people attacking his lower body, another two launching a side attack, and the remaining three not moving, seemingly responsible for defense. As soon as Luoyu Gang made any unusual movement, these three would immediately fill in and attack.

  Luo Yuangang watched as the person approached him, his mouth slightly raised, and he stretched out his hand to grab the fist that was about to hit him. With a slight movement, he brought it forward and put it down on one person. Since it was just a test, he didn't use all his strength; otherwise, this person's leg would have been broken. Immediately after, another two people's sweeping legs quickly swept over, Luo Yuangang shouted loudly, his body slightly crouched, and he forcibly withstood the opponent's sweep. The two who attacked below were ineffective, and before they could react, they were kicked away by Luo Yuangang. At the same time as the lower part was being attacked, people also attacked from both sides. At this moment, although Luo Yuangang had resolved the attack from the front, his position made both sides empty, and he saw that his ribs were about to be hit. Luo Yuangang shouted loudly and jumped up in place, stretching out his right leg for an airborne horizontal sweep. The back of his foot accurately kicked the faces of the two opponents on either side, and they fell to the ground without being able to get up. If Luo Yuangang had used this kick against devils, these two people's faces would have been ruined.

  Luoyu Gang instantly dissolved the first wave of attacks from his opponents and knocked down two people. The remaining three immediately attacked from three directions, Luoyu Gang quickly retreated and then turned to face the left side. The opponent on the left was not afraid and swung a punch directly at Luoyu Gang's waist, but Luoyu Gang was faster and before the punch landed, his own two fists had already struck the opponent's body. The opponent on the left let out a muffled groan and fell to the ground unable to get up. The situation on the field suddenly changed, from eight people to five, Luoyu Gang did not want to give his opponents another chance to organize an attack, he quickly moved forward, rushing into the crowd of opponents. His opponents had never seen such a fighting style before, they were all frantically defending themselves, but Luoyu Gang's strength was too great, and no one could withstand his fists and feet. Wherever he went, someone would fall to the ground, in the blink of an eye, all eight people were knocked down to the ground.

  Sun Liren watched with increasing shock and amazement. This wasn't a comparison of martial arts, this was simply a killing god! If they were on the battlefield, his eight men would probably die even faster. The opponent seemed to have no technique, just like a thug fighting for their life, but in reality, they were using defense as offense, and every move was lethal. If the opponent hadn't shown mercy, these people would probably be crippled. Now he had no doubt about Shenying's combat strength, there was no need to continue the test.

  "Hold on!" Sun Liren quickly stepped forward and said to Luo Yuguang, "Thanks for sparing our lives, brother Luo. We've lost this round. Why don't you take a break and rest for a while?"

  Luo Yu-gang then gathered his momentum, bowed to Sun Li-ren, and turned around to make a deep bow to his eight opponents before returning to his position.

  "The heroes of China's 'Divine Eagle', I think it's unnecessary to continue, my brothers and I have full confidence in your military strength. Please forgive me for the slight earlier. Sun Liren is a man who can put down what he picks up, just now in the trial, the three opponents only showed a corner of their abilities, he now believes that if the 'Divine Eagle' were to encounter the enemy, they would surely not have a good outcome, no matter how you look at it. The country has such soldiers, what great fortune! He felt a desire to make friends with them."

  Chen Jifang was about to make a concession, but Sun Liren shouted loudly again: "Brothers, let's applaud the wonderful performance of both sides' brave warriors." At this time, applause erupted.

  "General Sun has lifted us up, but the true heroes are your soldiers. Without their bloodshed on the battlefield, we wouldn't be gathered here today. I propose that brothers, let's give a round of applause for your heroic deeds!"

  Another round of applause erupted even more fiercely below.

  Sun Liren was also very happy and shouted: "Su Shao Wei! Su Shao Wei!"

  "Over here!", Su Jingwei walked out of the crowd, earlier when he was testing his marksmanship, he didn't know, and only rushed over to watch the excitement after hearing the gunshot. As soon as he arrived, he happened to see Luo Yuguang fighting eight people, and was shocked into a daze on the spot. It wasn't until he heard Sun Liren calling him that

  "Please tell the kitchen to prepare food, today I want to have a good chat with Brother Chen and his two friends here. And as for the barber's wages today, they will all be paid by the headquarters, no matter what, we can't let them spend their own money again. Did you hear that clearly?" Sun Liren instructed loudly.

  "Yes! Sir! I'll go and do it right away." Su Jingwei turned his head and gave Chen Jifan a happy wink, Chen Jifan nodded slightly in gratitude.