Chapter 49: Night Raid on the Train Station (3)

  Kobayashi was lifted into the air, struggled weakly for a moment, and had his neck chopped off by Yang Guo with one palm, and was lightly thrown to the side.

  Kawabata Yasukichi was a very meticulous person, he was the first to discover that Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi had come to inspect, and he was also the first to hear the faint "puff" sound from above, but out of consideration for Lieutenant Colonel Kobayashi, he did not issue any warning, instead, he carefully listened to the movement above alone. But there were no more sounds coming from above, not even the sound of people talking, or Kobayashi's shrill and sly laughter. A drop fell silently onto Kawabata's face, Kawabata looked up, shocked to discover that along the top of the staircase, thick, red-black, fishy-smelling blood was flowing down! Ah! Something's happened!

  Kawabata's first reaction was to reach for his gun, but the person coming down from the stairs didn't give him a chance. Just as Kawabata's hand touched his gun, his life had already left his body. A small black dot appeared on his forehead, and red blood began to ooze out of the hole in the back of his head.

  The six devils on the third floor, except for Kawabata who saw that the person coming down from upstairs was not one of their own, were completely unaware of what had happened until they died. The sound of Yang Jie and Li Baoguo's guns, equipped with silencers, firing in double bursts was so faint that it would have been mistaken for just a gentle breeze.

  The three devils on the third floor were quickly taken care of by Yang Jie and Li Baoguo. Two of them didn't even stop to rest before heading down to the second floor. Yang Jie jumped up onto the stairs, clearing the way for Li Baoguo's line of fire. In mid-air, Yang Jie fired with speed and accuracy that was no less than Li Baoguo's. The two of them showed no mercy to the devils who were caught off guard, striking them down in various poses. It all happened within a minute.

  On the first floor, there were only three devils. Unexpectedly, there was also a wolf dog at the entrance! As Yang Jie and Li Baoguo took out the devils on the first floor, the wolf dog silently slipped into the room through the gap in the door and pounced towards Yang Jie. Yang Jie ducked his head and dodged the dog's front paws, then swiftly punched the dog with his right hand, sending it crashing into the wall.

  Without even looking back, Yang Jie walked over to the entrance and took a glance outside. At Nan Weiren's position, there was nothing but the wind rustling through the grass. He signaled for Li Baoguo to cover him, then took out his combat knife and carefully dug out some of the mortar from the gap in the wall. The brick was easily dislodged, and soon a hole big enough for one person appeared on the wall.

  Li Baoguo slipped out of the room, feeling a refreshing coolness from the night breeze. He had been too tense earlier, but now he could finally relax. Although this wasn't his first time experiencing something like this, it was still nerve-wracking. Now they could move freely.

  Li Baoguo arrived at the front of the trench and saw Nan Weiren already on the other side. He pulled out a rope, placed a wooden board across the trench, and several team members quickly carried a beam to place on either side of the board, forming a bridge about one meter wide. The team members retreated, and then more team members rushed over carrying door panels, placing them in order until they reached the entrance of the artillery tower. Yang Jie had already climbed up and was shaking the searchlight. Here, Li Baoguo commanded the team members to enter the artillery tower. The special warfare company all entered the artillery tower, replacing the original position of the special warfare detachment, continuing to lie in ambush.

  On the top floor of the artillery tower, Yang Jisou and Li Baoguo carefully observed the layout of the entire train station, only then did they realize how many supplies were inside. There were four large piles, already exceeding the height of the artillery tower. Between the piles, there was a firebreak, and each pile was covered with canvas, making it impossible to see what was inside. Between the four piles, there were Japanese patrol teams, two teams for each pile, with ten devils in each team.

  "There!" Nan whispered to Yang Ke, "There's someone on the wall, look at that rope ladder."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, on the north side of the mound, a soft ladder was hanging down.

  "Where is the dormitory of the foreigner?" Li Baoguo asked.

  "It should be in front, you see there, it seems like a wall, along this watchtower!" Nan Weiren said in a low voice.

  "Take out this patrol first." Yang Wei lowered his voice, taking advantage of the dim light in the gun tower. "Li Baoguo, later on, you and Xu De will go up and take care of the devils on the wall, replacing them with our people. Nan Weiren, you organize people to prepare for the replacement of the devil's patrol team, each team must have someone who can speak Japanese in front. Liu Jian, you choose ten snipers, ambush in the gun tower, wait until the devil's patrol team turns around the corner, take action, and make sure to shoot one bullet per enemy!"

  Li Baoguo and Xu De followed the devils up the soft ladder, and when they reached the top of the mound, Li Baoguo realized how big it was. Standing on this side of the mound, looking at the devils on the other side, they seemed a bit blurry and much smaller. There were four devils on the top of the mound, guarding two machine guns, occupying both ends of the mound. Li Baoguo slightly swung his gun at Xu De, and they split up to act separately.

  Xu De almost swaggered past, the dark night gave him excellent cover, there were no lights on the top of the wall, only a faint starlight, the devils just took a glance at Xu De who was coming over and sat up straight, "How did you little devil get up here?"

  Xu Deming smiled, with a flattering expression, and quickly walked forward a few steps, pretending to tell him a secret. He leaned down, and the gun behind him fired from under his left arm in the dark shadow.

  Li Baoguo was not so lucky, as soon as he approached the devils, he was discovered by them. "Password!" At this time, the two were about 10 meters apart. "I'm here to check the sentry," Li said, firing his gun and killing the devil who asked for the password. Another devil rolled to the side, pulling out a machine gun, and Li Baoguo's bullet pierced through his skull. He carefully took the machine gun from the corpse, and Li Baoguo's sweat came out in an instant. The devil's machine gun was already loaded, all he had to do was pull the trigger, and everything would be reduced to nothingness.

  The watchtower's embrasure was increased to ten shooting points, and the snipers waited patiently for orders. As soon as the first five men of the enemy patrol turned around the corner of the mound, Liu Jian's order was given, and instantly, the light sound of rifle bolts being cocked and the faint humming of silencers could be clearly heard. The ten-man enemy patrol almost simultaneously fell to the ground. At the same time, ten team members rushed out of the watchtower, dressed in full enemy attire, removing armbands from the enemy patrol's arms and putting them on their own, marching forward in neat steps. The team members behind pulled the enemy corpses into the dark corners of the watchtower. Another group of enemies came over, and Liu Jian ordered his men to open fire without waiting for the enemies to reach the corner. He was worried that the enemies would smell blood and become alert, knowing that they were also very vigilant.