Chapter 104: Recruiting Liu Yuankun

  Dong Li Mao was preparing for a protracted war. Tai Nai Nai had once said that after Tai Ye Ye's defeat in the expeditionary army in northern Myanmar, he never returned to her side and there was no news from him. So he thought that Tai Ye Ye might have stayed in the occupied area. Since he himself had become Tai Ye Ye, he had to prepare to lead the special task force brothers to fight a guerrilla war against the Japanese devils in the next two years.

  Kong Xue's face was impatient as he waved his hand and said, "The military supply station is currently lacking in everything, except for people. Take a look at whoever you want, just take them away!"

  As he walked towards the temporary resting cave of the special troops, Dong Li Mao was thinking about how to recruit those scattered soldiers and brave warriors to join the special troops. Along the way, he looked at the government soldiers leaning against the wall or lying down, hanging their heads and looking listless, knowing that most of these people were guys who feared death and loved life, bullying ordinary people in peacetime but shrinking like turtles once on the battlefield, not one of whom Dong Li Mao thought was worthy.

  As he walked to the military supply station food distribution point, he saw a group of officers and soldiers surrounding it, making a ruckus. Dong Li Mao didn't want to join in on the commotion, thinking that these people were arguing with the military supply station staff over more biscuits and canned goods. This kind of thing happened all the time before he crossed over - whenever someone gave away free stuff on the street, it would attract a large crowd like flies smelling rotten meat, all afraid of missing out on a good deal. It's human nature to love taking advantage of opportunities, everyone wants to get more benefits, let alone these scattered officers and soldiers who were each seeking self-preservation - they wouldn't fight over ammunition for fighting the enemy, but food was a different story, every person wished they had enough good stuff to last them a lifetime.

  "This is not the logistics station of your 66th Army! Nor is it the material distribution center of your new 38th Division, this is the regular army's Fifth Army logistics station..."

  "Get out of my sight, you damn dog! You look down on people with your dog eyes! So what if I'm a irregular soldier? When we were fighting against the little devils, did you distinguish between regular and irregular soldiers? Today, I'll let you see the power of us irregular soldiers... Brothers, charge!"

  The crowd suddenly parted with a commotion and sounds of fierce fighting came from within.

  Dong Li Mao heard that the new 38th Division's people had run here, stopped in his tracks and said to Hu San behind him: "Hehe... there's a good show to watch, let's go take a look."

  As soon as the words fell, a gunshot was heard, and the surrounding soldiers quickly bowed their bodies. Then there was a rattling sound of guns being cocked. Dong Li Mao saw more than 20 fully armed soldiers standing back to back in a circle at the entrance of the cave, pointing their guns at the soldiers who surrounded them and were also holding guns. An officer hugged his left thigh with both hands, rolling on the ground and yelling.

  Dong Li Mao recognized the rolling officer, it was Wang Zhangzhang from the military supplies department, the one he had beaten to a pulp before. The man wearing a steel helmet and holding a twenty-shot gun seemed to be the leader of this group, shouting loudly: "Come on if you dare! Shoot at Grandpa me! I'm not afraid of those Japanese devils, let alone you turtles!" His demeanor was exactly like that of an enraged beast.

  Dong Li Mao walked to the side of Director Wang, who was rolling on the ground, and stood still with a smile. He squatted down and looked at Director Wang, asking: "Does it feel bad to be shot?"

  Director Wang's face, twisted in pain, moved towards Dong Li Mao, as if he had seen the King of Hell himself, and forgot about his wounds that were still bleeding, his eyes wide open, pointing at Dong Li Mao: "You... you..." unable to speak.

  "That's right, it's me, we meet again." Dong Li Mao smiled and stretched out his hand to point at the bloody wound on Wang's thigh, saying: "I didn't expect your blood to be hot, I thought people like you had cold blood running through their veins!"

  Director Wang seemed to have been poked in the sore spot by Dong Li Mao's finger and let out a loud howl.

  Dong Li Mao suddenly became the center of attention, including those twenty or so new 38th Division officers and soldiers, who stared at him with wide eyes in confusion. They saw him wipe the blood off his finger on Director Wang's clean clothes, then slowly stood up.

  "Are you from the new 38th Division?" Dong Li Mao directed his gaze at the man carrying a twenty-round rifle and asked.

  "What's it to you?" The man glared at Dong Li Mao and shouted back.

  "Number? Name? Position?" Dong Li Mao stared at him and asked a string of questions.

  It seems that Dong Li Mao's momentum suppressed the man who raised twenty responses, and he retracted his fierce gaze to answer: "New 38th Division Reconnaissance Company, Sharp Knife Squad, Squad Leader Liu Yu Tung!"

  "Do you know which military rule you just broke?" Dong Li Mao asked sternly.

  Liu Yudong was taken aback, glanced at the twenty or so soldiers beside him, and then replied: "A man does things by himself and takes responsibility for them! It has nothing to do with my brothers! Whether it's killing or beheading, I, Liu Yudong, will accept whatever punishment is given!" After finishing speaking, he threw the gun in his hand to the ground and waited to be captured.

  The remaining twenty-odd warriors almost shouted in unison: "No one is allowed to move!"

  "Brothers, put away your guns. Remember, the guns in your hands are for killing little devils, and apart from those little Japanese devils, you have no other enemies!" Liu Yuzhong's words seemed to be effective, as those twenty-odd soldiers all put away their guns.

  "It seems you're not stupid after all, so why did you shoot at the quartermaster?" Dong Limao asked with a stern face.

  "Liu Yudong seemed to be stunned by Dong Li Mao's question, lowering his head before suddenly raising it and saying: "The brothers haven't had a decent meal in two days!" After finishing speaking, his eyes were filled with tears."

  "Who the hell is shooting here!" Kung's roar had already arrived before he did.

  Only the sound of chaotic and urgent footsteps came, and in a short while, a group of constables surrounded this place. Kong Xueri hastily pushed through the crowd of onlookers, saw Director Wang still rolling on the ground, glared at Dong Li Mao, swept his gaze over Liu Yu Zhuang and the twenty or so people, and asked: "Who did it?"

  "It's me!" Liu Yudong replied readily.

  "Bring him here! Take him out and shoot him!" Kong Xueri didn't ask who it was or what the matter was, he directly ordered to execute the person.

  Several gendarmes stepped forward to arrest Liu Yuxiang, and the twenty soldiers raised their guns again.

  "Nobody come over! Whoever dares to move our formation, we'll fight him to the death!" A soldier stepped forward and shouted loudly.

  "It's all gone wrong!" Kong Xueri shouted loudly: "Tie up all these soldiers for me!"

  The garrison troops began to approach the twenty-odd warriors step by step with a swoosh.

  Just as a fight was about to break out, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Dong Limao felt he should step forward and shouted loudly: "Stop!"

  His roar stunned both sides.

  "Shut up! You're not even supposed to be speaking here! Get out of my sight!"

  "Director Kong, you don't care about right or wrong and arbitrarily execute people. If Director Du finds out about this, how will you explain it? Moreover, at a time when the country is on the brink of survival, if you act like this, aren't you afraid of triggering an even bigger mutiny? Look at these people around you, they are all watching you with both eyes." Dong Li Mao walked to Kong Xue Li's side and intentionally loudly incited the surrounding officers and soldiers: "Brothers! We are all here to resist the Japanese devils! We can die under the guns of the Japanese devils, but if we die unjustly under the tyranny of an incompetent commander, are you willing?"

  "Refuse!" At first, only Liu Yuxiang and the twenty-odd soldiers shouted loudly. Then, the surrounding officers and men also started to get excited, Hu San took the opportunity to raise his fist and shout along with them. As a result, almost all the surrounding officers and men shouted "Refuse", causing the mountain cave to reverberate with the sound.

  "You... " Kong Xueri pointed at Dong Limao, listening to the deafening shouts, seemingly also frightened, and asked in a low voice: "What do you want to do?"

  Dong Li Mao glanced at Liu Yu Kang and said: "Captain Kong, didn't you promise me that I can have anyone here? Does that still count?"

  "You're saying......" Kong Xueri looked at Liu Yudong and them, smiled: "Count it, of course count it!"

  "But they are from the new 38th Division, so we need to ask Commander Kong to make a phone call to the military seat and let him take care of it. In the future, the new 38th Division won't bother you, Commander Kong, for people." Dong Li Mao said as if he was considering Kong Xue's interests.

  "Who are the people of the new 38th Division?" Kong Xueri seemed to have only just realized that Liu Yuzhen and the others were not under his jurisdiction, so he boasted to Dong Li Mao: "The new 38th Division is nothing special, there's no need for the military seat to intervene, I've got this under control! It's settled then, from now on they'll be under the Special Operations Unit!"

  "What about these constables..." Dong Li Mao looked at the constables surrounding Liu Yu Dong and his group.

  "Put down your guns! Captain Dong has reported the situation to me, and I'll let the special forces handle this matter. Everyone else, disperse! Whoever dares to disrupt military morale again will not be treated kindly by me!" After finishing speaking, he glanced at Director Wang who was lying on the ground and ordered his men, "Take this useless thing to the medical station!" He then strode away with his head held high, followed by the constabulary soldiers. Two junior officers from the logistics station lifted up Director Wang and carried him away.