Vanguards of the War of Resistance! Let's travel back in time together, classmates!

Chapter Sixteen: The Jungle Hunter

"Alright, alright, I'm leaving now." Shangguan Yun winked at Zhu Yanping and turned to leave.

At this moment, the shopkeeper walked over, holding a paper package in his hand, and handed it to Shangguan Yun.

"Please be careful on your journey. These are pancakes my wife made. Take them with you for the road. If you don't mind, you can rest at my old home, which is about 5 miles north of Songshutun. Hehe..."

"Thank you very much, sir. I will definitely visit you if I have the chance." With that, Shangguan Yun took his leave.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I almost caused trouble just now," Zhu Yanping said in a low voice.

"It's alright, a few traitors are easy to deal with. Guess who I just saw? It was when I told you to keep your head down and not say anything."

"Who is it? Seeing how nervous you were, I didn't dare to ask," Zhu Yanping said.

“Yes, it’s Li Yonggui…” Shangguan Yun said seriously.

"Ah...he's here too!" Zhu Yanping's mouth dropped open, his expression a mixture of shock and delight.

suddenly!

"Stop them... Don't let them go... Those two students... Stop... Baka yarou..."

Behind them came the roar of a car engine and shouts from Japanese soldiers and puppet troops.

At this moment, Shangguan Yun and Zhu Yanping had only walked about twenty or thirty meters when Shangguan Yun frowned. "This is bad. The boat may have been exposed. Let's go quickly..."

Without looking back, the two rushed straight into the woods.

The key point is actually easy to understand: when the Japanese soldiers spotted the speedboat, someone would definitely recognize it as belonging to the island's garrison.

However, the Coast Guard patrol team did not detect any Japanese landing, and the Japanese would definitely have landed at a regular pier, not just anchored randomly.

Then they sent people to the island to investigate, and they immediately found out what had happened. They then turned around and began searching for and tracking down the students.

The situation was critical, and there was no time to think. In the blink of an eye, the two had already rushed dozens of meters away and entered the woods.

The four closest puppet soldiers were the first to react, especially the puppet soldier leader, who was so startled that he jumped around and grabbed his gun.

"Smack... Grab those two students, don't let them get away, smack..." However, due to the trees blocking the way, the shot missed.

In less than a minute, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers and puppet troops followed Shangguan Yun into the woods, only to be met with two gunshots and several silent crossbow bolts.

"Thud... Sizzle..." With their intentions catching the enemy off guard, several enemies fell to the ground.

"Brother Ban, you take Sister Zhu and go first. Brother Min and I will cover the rear. Songshutun is 5 li to the north. If we get lost, we'll meet up north of the village tonight," Shangguan Yun shouted.

"No, I'm not leaving. Let Sister Zhu go first. I'll stay with you and hold off the enemy!" Brother Ban shouted.

"No, if we delay any longer, none of us will be able to leave. It looks like there's a squad of Japanese soldiers and more than twenty puppet troops. We only have two guns, and we're easily surrounded... Let's go..."

Shangguan Yun waved his hand to shake off the two men, and he and Min Wenqian sped away in another direction.

"Waaah..." Sister Zhu sobbed and wiped her eyes when she saw Shangguan Yun's determined gaze.

"Little brother, I'll wait for you up ahead... Li Dechao, hurry up!" With that, Zhu Yanping grabbed Li Dechao and rushed into the depths of the woods without looking back.

"Bang...bang...rat-a-tat-tat...boom..." The sounds of rifles, machine guns, and grenades echoed continuously in the woods.

"Brother Min, how about we have a competition?" Shangguan Yun said, licking the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes bloodshot. It was unclear whose blood it was.

"Hehe, how should we compare them?" Min Wenqian was very interested in Shangguan Yun's suggestion.

"It's simple. We'll split up and see who kills the most Japanese soldiers in the end. No cheating allowed, okay?"

Min Wenqian's eyes gleamed. "Alright, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond. Remember the quantity."

As they spoke, Min Wenqian hurried to the right, while Shangguan Yun dashed to the left. The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops split into two groups and chased after them.

Although the two were temporarily separated, their ultimate goal was the same: to meet up with Sister Zhu and the others in Songshutun. However, the Japanese soldiers did not know this, so the two began to lead the enemy in circles in the woods.

Following Shangguan Yun were about seven or eight Japanese soldiers and a dozen or so puppet troops. After running for a while, Shangguan Yun rolled over and hid behind a big tree, gritting his teeth and holding his breath without making a sound.

After firing a few shots, the enemy realized something was wrong, stopped firing, and began to spread out to both sides, encircling the enemy in a fan shape.

Shangguan Yun looked around at the terrain. It was full of pine and cypress trees and some low shrubs. The ground was covered with thatch grass, which was more than half a person tall. Because it was autumn, all you could see was yellow withered grass.

Shangguan Yun lay prone in the grass, peeking to observe the enemy's movements. He tightened his grip on the Browning pistol; the gun was good, but its range was poor, only about 50 meters.

The Japanese Type 38 rifles had a range of over 500 meters, and the Type 11 light machine gun could hit targets more than two kilometers away, so he had to wait for the Japanese and puppet troops to get close before firing.

However, the Japanese soldiers had surrounded him, and he couldn't fall into their encirclement, so Shangguan Yun slowly and stealthily moved towards one side of the Japanese encirclement.

He gave all the crossbows to Sister Zhu and Brother Ban, leaving him with only a pistol and a Type 96 light machine gun, but that thing couldn't be used casually.

If he charged straight in, even with an energy shield, he could only activate it 20 times. If the enemy fired a burst of bullets, he would be finished. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

An 18-year-old high school student, even with some military training, would be basically helpless against a dozen fully armed soldiers. Even with systematic enhancement of physical fitness, he should still act with caution.

Therefore, he had to wait until the most opportune moment to strike and inflict maximum damage on the enemy.

Accompanied by the sound of the enemy's footsteps and his own heartbeat, Shangguan Yun gripped his pistol tightly once more. "Thump thump..." His heartbeat gradually quickened.

Gradually, the Japanese soldiers' footsteps drew closer: 100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters. Shangguan Yun's palms were already covered in sweat. Finally... 10 meters.

He had reached his maximum speed of ten meters per second. Shangguan Yun's eyes narrowed and his body arched.

"Swish...bang...bang bang..." Shangguan Yun fired three shots in quick succession. At such close range, the three puppet soldiers had no time to react and fell to the ground.

Then, Shangguan Yun leaped up with lightning speed, and in the blink of an eye, plunged a dagger into the chest of a Japanese soldier.

"Pfft..." Blood sprayed all over his face. Shangguan Yun turned his head and, almost without any pause, used "Lingbo Weibu"—increasing his speed threefold.

"Swish, swish, swish..." Like a ghost, a Japanese soldier wearing a steel helmet didn't see what it was at all. He only felt a chill on his neck, covered it with his hand, and blood gushed out instantly. The corpse slowly fell to the ground.

Before they died, all they saw was a ghostly figure rapidly reaping the corpses of their companions.

"Da da da..." The Japanese soldiers behind them got anxious and immediately opened fire with their Type 96 light machine guns, unleashing a dense barrage of fire.