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

042 The Feast at Hongmen

Song Xiaoyun blushed deeply! She was also annoyed!

"Pah, pah, pah... Who said we're a perfect match... Dream on! Let me tell you, you... you bullied me so badly last night, I'm going to get my revenge. You'll have to let me ravage you properly..."

Otherwise... Hmph... Otherwise I'll never talk to you again... Bang bang..." As she spoke, she unleashed a flurry of light punches, pounding away for quite a while.

"Fine... If Yunmei isn't satisfied, when we get to a secluded place, you can do whatever you want to me, and I won't fight back..."

With a forced smile, Shangguan Yun grabbed Song Xiaoyun's hands and pulled her close. Their eyes met, and both of them gasped for breath. Song Xiaoyun was immediately at a loss for what to do.

The two slowly approached each other, and just as their mouths were about to meet, footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

"You annoying guy, let me go! Someone's coming!" Song Xiaoyun said anxiously.

Shangguan Yun was just thinking about how to take advantage of the innocent girl in front of him when someone suddenly appeared. He couldn't help but curse inwardly:

"Damn it, who's so clueless..."

Song Xiaoyun straightened her clothes, and then she heard footsteps outside. Min Wenqian, Zhang Zhenfei, Brother Ban, and others stepped into the hall.

Seeing the two looking hurried and strange, the group exchanged glances, seemingly lost in thought. Brother Ban stared blankly for three seconds, then turned and ran outside.

Others followed suit... and all wanted to turn away...

"Come back, you're already here, what's the matter?" They were all his subordinates, so Shangguan Yun didn't give them any friendly treatment. After opening his mouth for a long time, the old man still looked at Min Wenqian.

Min Wenqian reacted with maturity and composure, "Um... Instructor, Miss Song, after Chief Song left just now, the more I thought about it, the more something seemed off."

Dafei just said that Liu Yong's reconnaissance team has discovered some unusual activity down the mountain these past two days. I think it's suspicious, so I came to find you. I hope I didn't bother you, haha..."

"Sorry to bother you, you bunch of idiots..."

Shangguan Yun thought to himself, but said aloud, "It's nothing. Miss Song and I are studying... um... studying the map. Come on, let's talk about what you've discovered recently, based on the map..." The group walked towards the map.

Min Wenqian said, "Dafei, let Liu Yong speak instead."

Liu Yong followed behind, and upon hearing this, he came to the map and said:

"Brother Shangguan, it's like this, as you can see, there are two main roads leading north from our Songjia Village."

Go straight for 10 li to the left to reach Taipingzhuang, and continue straight for 20 li to reach Wulongkou.

If you turn right at Taipingzhuang and walk 20 li, you will reach the Dragon King Temple.

From the north gate of Songjiazhai, take another road, turn right, and walk straight through the canyon for 20 li to reach Xiejiazhai, which is the outpost of Camel Peak.

The canyon leads directly to the Dragon King Temple, and there is also a small path connecting Taipingzhuang to Xiejiazhai.

"Mmm..." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Yong's eyes gleamed with a sharp light; he was clearly intelligence-gathering or guerrilla warfare material. He continued:

"Recently, our investigators have discovered that there are often disguised spies operating in the Taipingzhuang area, and there are also unidentified individuals frequently entering and leaving the Xie Family Old Shop in Xiejiazhai and the Japanese military police squadron in Wulongkou."

The investigators discovered that Xie Family Village was an informant for Camel Peak, and that Xie Family Village had been conducting frequent drills recently, with the sound of gunfire audible across the canyon. Yesterday, some soldiers were even brought out for training, which was very unusual.

Just two days ago, Yu Chaofeng and his team discovered a Japanese truck going to the old hot springs southwest of Taipingzhuang. It's really inexplicable... That's all.

"kindness..."

After listening to Liu Yong's report, Shangguan Yun frowned slightly, his eyes scanning the map repeatedly, wondering if there was any activity near the Dragon King Temple.

"That place has long been surrounded by Japanese soldiers and puppet troops. Our people cannot get close within a ten-mile radius..."

Shangguan Yun's eyes sharpened, revealing a hint of murderous intent!

"Immediately send men to keep watch along the road to the Dragon King Temple. Taiping Village and Xie Family Village must be carefully investigated. Send out mobile sentries ten miles out, and put the entire village on high alert..."

Liu Yong agreed and went out to make the arrangements.

"Brother Min, how many troops are left in the stronghold...?" Shangguan Yun turned and asked.

"Two platoons, a guard platoon of 10 men, a heavy machine gun platoon, and about a platoon of logistics soldiers, and the rest are the medical team and the cooks..."

Shangguan Yun frowned slightly. "We don't have enough troops. Hmm... what equipment did the leader bring?"

"In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese, we brought old equipment such as Hanyang rifles," Min Wenqian said.

Shangguan Yun frowned and paced back and forth a few steps, looking outside. "Brother Min, gather all troops and assemble in the main hall immediately. We need to get to work..."

"Yes!" Min Wenqian was immediately energized and rushed out to issue the order.

Half an hour later, all the troops in the village, including about a hundred logistics personnel, gathered at the main hall gate. It was nearly noon.

Meanwhile, at Longwang Temple, 30 miles away, the Japanese and puppet troops were on high alert. Japanese military police, puppet troops, and people from all over the surrounding area, as well as leaders of various mountain strongholds, were all gathered there.

They all came to the Double Ninth Festival party hosted by the Japanese company commander Sasaki, appearing cheerful and beaming, but in reality, each harbored their own ulterior motives and had their own agenda.

Little did they know, what awaited them was a trap, a bloody storm about to break out...

After assembling the troops, Min Wenqian turned around and stood at attention, reporting to the instructor: "All the soldiers in the village who are capable of fighting have assembled."

Shangguan Yun nodded. "Well... everyone, please relax and don't be nervous. Now I'll explain why we've gathered everyone here and what our next move will be."

"First of all, neither of the two leaders are currently at the mountain stronghold; they've gone to attend the Japanese's Double Ninth Festival banquet. According to our reconnaissance, this is very likely a conspiracy."

It is very likely that the Japanese have set a trap for the various mountain strongholds and heroes. Now that time is of the essence, in order to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, I have ordered the army to make the following arrangements.”

Shangguan Yun's voice was loud and clear, and his expression was solemn. Even Song Xiaoyun, who was next to him, was affected by his voice and became nervous.

"I order the entire village to enter a state of war. All logistics troops will be armed. Third Platoon Leader Zhang Zhenfei will lead the Third Platoon to guard the south gate of the village and defend the boundary bridge direction, and will be equipped with a light machine gun."

Gao Wei, along with the logistics platoon, guarded the north gate of the village, equipped with a light machine gun.

Brother Min led the heavy machine gun platoon, Brother Ban led the guard platoon and the remaining half of the platoon (10 men), and they brought over all the weapons and ammunition. The remaining weapons were distributed to the cooks and medical team. They were to move out immediately...

Meanwhile, at the temple fair square in front of the Dragon King Temple, banners fluttered and colorful ribbons danced in the breeze.

Squad Leader Sasaki sat on the high platform with a smile on his face. Guards stood all around him, and dozens of leaders from the surrounding hills and mountains within a hundred miles had gathered here.

Including the guards they brought, there were about twenty tables set up. There were no delicacies on the tables, only a pot of sake and a few small dishes for each person at each table.