Chapter 20: The Beginning of War

  In the next dozen or so days, Xu Fei also went to follow Chen Kai to train in martial arts during the day. At night, except for accompanying his sister Xu Fei and Yu Yun to chat, he began to explore Yu Yun's body when it was late at night.

  Because his cultivation completely relies on the push of merit points, he basically won't be like those cultivators who often close up for a long time. Apart from adapting to his increased strength, he has no concept of cultivation at all.

  "Bang bang......"

  The constant gunfire on the training grounds of the mountain stronghold was torturing Xu Fei's nerves. In less than twenty days, he had already used up nearly a thousand rounds of ammunition that he had exchanged for with his merit points. To think that previously, he only had forty-three merit points, and according to the system's requirements, once they were used to level up, they could not be reused or exchanged again. The merit points that were spent would completely disappear. Now, there were only twenty-two usable merit points left, but in order to continue leveling up, Xu Fei did not dare to casually use them anymore.

  Fortunately, the thirty bandit soldiers had each undergone nearly three hundred rounds of live ammunition training, and the originally unreliable guns in their hands became exceptionally accurate. Xu Fei was still resentful about not having killed Mo Si with one shot earlier, so he got a broken gun and found a clay pot at 100 meters to try it out. Under his superhuman stability and vision, he finally used up ten bullets to find the gun's accuracy.

  "This gun is still no good! The quality is too poor and it wastes bullets." Xu Fei stood at the edge of the makeshift shooting range outside the mountain stronghold, saying to Chen Cigang.

  Chen Kaijian held up a worn-out 38 rifle and said with a smile: "What the master of the house said is right, this weapon is not good enough and will waste ammunition. But now we have these guys, it's already very good. This thirty-mile Tiger Fort is really a nest, there are only a few guns in the whole fort, and more than 60 people. Last time they went out to do business, they happened to meet us when we were going out to work. They thought that Qingyun Fort was doing business with them, and they were so scared that they turned around and ran away! What they feared most was our old Mauser rifle. Now we have more than 30 long guns, if we shout out, I estimate that we can recruit hundreds of people."

  "We can't recruit people for the time being, we have to eliminate the devils in Gushan Town first. They are right under our noses, and their weapons and military quality are much higher than ours. Although we have twenty more people than them, I think it's still far from being a match for those devils in a head-on confrontation! By the way, what about the reconnaissance mission to Gushan Town that I asked you to send someone on?" Xu Fei asked calmly.

  These days he's been thinking, this devil is just over ten people, compared to the thirty people of the security forces, it's simply worlds apart. When he was in college, he studied the Japanese army during World War II and saw that the Japanese army before World War II was considered one of the best in the world, but he didn't believe it. It wasn't until those short devils chased him like a stray dog that he realized they could run so fast and strike so viciously!

  "Report to the big boss, scouts have been checking out Gu Shan Town for days. Since the security troops were eliminated, Yingkou City hasn't sent any more security troops for joint defense. That Mo Si Fei was also recalled to Yingkou City, don't know what he's doing there now. There are only eleven devils and one Japanese translator left in Gu Shan Town. The devils' barracks are still at the entrance of Gu Shan Town, with two devils guarding the road into town day and night. However, their barracks aren't guarded by anyone, and we've confirmed the time they change shifts. What do you think, how long should we wait before taking care of this?"

  Chen Jigang's mention of killing devils has increased his morale many times, and being a national hero is his ideal. Although he has been a bandit for several years, he does not want to live a mediocre life with a bad reputation all his life. Xu Dazhang can see that he is not the kind of person who wants to be a bandit for long, and as an overseas student, this point can still be analyzed.

  "Alright! Since our troops have been trained and we're familiar with the situation in Gushan Town, let's take action tonight. You're a bit stronger than me in terms of military command, so you'll be in charge of this operation."

  Xu Fei's eyes flashed with determination, this would be his first proactive challenge in this period, and the opponent was everyone who blocked the strong descendants of Yan and Huang.

  "Yes! I'll go gather the troops right away."

  Chen Dajiang immediately ran into the training ground after standing at attention and shouted loudly to all the henchmen:

  "Emergency assembly!"

  A few days ago, the free and unruly bandits hastily flew in from their respective training grounds. In a neat rustling sound, thirty bandits formed three neat rows of troops standing on the training ground, then began to loudly report their numbers.

  "Report to the leader, Qingyun stronghold should have 31 people, actually arrived with 31 people, please leader give instructions"

  Chen Ciguang followed the military training and let everyone's eyes focus on Xu Fei, then he ran to stand at the edge of the team.

  Xu Fei felt a hint of hot blood swirling in his heart at this moment, he walked to the front of the team with a serious expression, scanning his subordinates with an unusual sense of solemnity. When everyone held their breath, he finally spoke in a low voice:

  "I don't have any grand principles to share with you today, but what I want to say is that the brothers of Qingyun Village are all men of honor and iron-like descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Now! The Japanese have invaded our territory, humiliated and toyed with our sisters, killed our flesh-and-blood brothers. From today on! We, Qingyun Village, will join forces with countless Chinese descendants to drive out the Japanese invaders and reclaim our land! Although we are bandits, we must also be chivalrous heroes who uphold justice. So tonight, I will lead you all to annihilate the small Japanese squad in Gu Shan Town. Below, our Third Master Chen Cigang will arrange a battle plan for you, and when the time comes, follow the plan! We must completely annihilate the Japanese devils, not leaving one alive!"

  "Annihilate all Japanese devils! Not a single one will be left!"

  These rascals have learned a lot in recent days. When they shout slogans, outsiders might think it's a regular army here.

  Xu Fei and other rebel soldiers shouted slogans before nodding their heads loudly saying:

  "Hmm, not bad! I can feel a surge of hot blood from everyone's voices. From now on, our Qingyun Village gang will no longer be bandits. We'll take on the devils head-on. Let's call ourselves the Annihilate Devils Squad!"

  "Destroy Japan squad! Destroy Japan squad!......"

  Thirty-one people's eyes became more determined in the instant when Xu Fei's voice fell, and their shouting voices were more passionate than ever! Perhaps even they didn't know why it had become like this, but Xu Fei knew that with his words, this small team had washed away the stain of being bandits from everyone's body. One was a bandit, one was a hero! In their cheering voices, Xu Fei heard more of the surging hot blood!

  The team, under Chen Cai's command, quickly began to tidy up their equipment. They carefully wiped each broken gun, loaded each bullet into their self-sewn bullet belts, and checked the lids of the hand grenades one by one.

  When everyone stood fully armed in front of Xu Fei, he simply waved his hand and left Qingyun Village. This time, Xu Fei deliberately left behind Qingyun and Xu Fei, and the current battle already belonged to Xu Fei and a group of thugs. He felt that his woman, no matter how strong she was, should not be on the front line of the battlefield.

  Qingyun Village is located behind a large forest, surrounded by rolling hills, and does not resemble the mountain strongholds often depicted on TV as being situated on steep and perilous peaks. After the troops disappeared from view along the mountain road, the family members who had come to see them off returned home to attend to their own affairs.

  "Yun sister, do you think brother and the others can successfully get rid of the devils?" Xu Fei asked, still standing outside the village gate, looking at Yunyun with a somewhat helpless expression.

  These days, the most anxious thing in her heart is Xu Fei. Every night, as long as the panting sound that makes people feel hot comes from next door, she can only stare blankly at the brick wall that blocks her line of sight. Xu Fei has already promised Yunyun that after getting rid of the devils in Gushan Town, he will take time to formally marry Yunyun, and although she can accompany Xu Fei every day, it makes her feel even more anxious and distracted.

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