Chapter 86: A Small Test of One's Skills

  A month after the establishment of the Hu Long Lian, everything has entered a state of regularization. Chen Jing and I have divided our work and fully exerted the combat effectiveness of the Hu Long Lian.

  Today is the day when Old Chen comes to inspect the Hu Long Brigade, and all the officers and men of the Hu Long Brigade are lined up waiting for Old Chen's arrival.

  The rebuilt Hu Long Lian has its own training base, an independent office building, and is equipped with an independent communications platoon, reconnaissance platoon, special operations group, and three combat platoons.

  So far, we have nearly two hundred people, which can be considered as a reinforced company.

  Since the Shaolin, Nangong family, Wudang, Zhang family joined the special task force under the banner of Hu Long, some other martial artists have also joined the special task force. The current special task force already has thirty-eight warriors, each with extraordinary skills and super strong combat power.

  We organized personnel to train them in the use of firearms and other hot weapons, so that they can also use some basic hot weapons to enhance their combat effectiveness. However, these martial artists are all very self-conceited and unwilling to cooperate with others, and their team combat capability is poor, not as good as the three squads of soldiers from the Dragon Guard who have been trained for a long time.

  I and Chen Jing, according to their respective abilities, set the special task force's mission to deal with martial artists or personnel with special abilities from various hostile forces. The three platoons of soldiers that originally belonged to the Hu Long Lian were specifically tasked with dealing with those organized ordinary enemies who invaded.

  Xun Nan Gong Qian Lan and others are still continuing to search for Sun Heng, their mission is a long-term task, I have said before, if they don't find Sun Heng, the task will not end.

  In the midst of busyness, I spent a month. Old Chen was also busy and had almost no contact with our Longwang Squad. This time Old Chen came, I knew he must have a task to assign to us Longwang Squad.

  So I'm a bit excited, but also worried. Excited to finally be able to go into battle and fight for my country, worried about the ever-changing situation on the battlefield, I may not adapt well.

  Although Chen Jing helped me, I wasn't completely lost and couldn't find my way. However, Chen Jing hadn't been through any major battles either, and was basically just a little stronger than me, so I didn't know if she could really help me.

  Old Chen arrived right on time and was greeted by our welcoming team. He smiled and said, "Comrades, you've all worked hard."

  "I loudly replied: 'Please arrange the task, leader.'"

  Chen Lao was taken aback, then smiled and said: "It seems that you are well-prepared. I came here today to assign a task to you. Jin Cang, Chen Jing, your mission for the Dragon Guard this time is to escort a group of our scientists to Wuhan, the central city of our country. We have established a new energy research institute in Wuhan, and these scientists are going there to study energy. As everyone knows, energy is a symbol of a country's prosperity or decline. This time, we discovered a new type of energy, but there are still big problems with utilizing this energy. You are to escort the scientists to solve this problem, understood?"

  "I and Chen Jing said in unison: 'Understood!'"

  Chen Lao laughed and said: "It seems that you have handled your relationship well, I can rest assured now, haha..."

  Chen Jing took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Can't you be serious for once? I don't want to be laughed at."

  Mr. Chen looked at Jing and said in a low voice, "Have you agreed to be Jin Cang's girlfriend? It's about time, Jin Cang is a good young man."

  Chen Jing looked at me and said in a low voice, "Jin Cang is a philanderer with many girlfriends. Aren't you afraid that I'll be deceived by him? Can you take responsibility for it when the time comes?"

  Chen Lao was taken aback and immediately said loudly: "How did I not know that Jin Cang is such a person? You must have misunderstood him!"

  Chen Jing lightly let out a "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

  Old Chen laughed and said, "You all get ready now, we'll set off early tomorrow. Since there are too many people going to Wuhan this time, we can only take the train. Your mission is very heavy, you must be vigilant at all times and ensure the safety of the scientists."

  "We guarantee to complete the task."

  Old Chen nodded slightly, and when he turned to leave, he suddenly said in a very heroic tone: "I've read these few sentences, let me tell you. A general on the front line said this to new soldiers about to go into battle: Comrades, look at the comrades who have sacrificed themselves in front of you, what is this? This is a declaration of war, a provocation to Chinese soldiers! Now I order you, take back the dignity that has been lost! The place we are going to defend is just a small area on earth, it's not heaven, nor is it a fairyland, but in our eyes as soldiers, this is the most beautiful place. Because it is the border of the Chinese people, it is the place where we must defend with our lives and blood. Now, let us take an oath with military dignity: whoever offends China will be punished, no matter how far away!"

  Old Chen finished speaking, looked deeply at me and Chen Jing for a moment, paused slightly, and continued: "You are the pride of my life, and the Dragon Guard is also the pride of my life. I hope you will win the first battle, show our momentum, and show the military power of the Dragon Guard!"

  I feel a surge of heroic spirit in my chest, and I couldn't help but shout: "Unleash military might, lift up China! Quell internal strife, drive out foreign invaders!"

  Mr. Chen smiled slightly and turned away.

  Chen Jing watched Chen Lao leave, and suddenly said in a low voice: "Grandfather, take care of yourself! We will be victorious..."

  My mood suddenly became very depressed, and the heroic spirit that had just filled my chest also disappeared instantly. I looked at Chen Jing's face with a sad expression and asked in a low voice: "Is Old Chen going to go to the battlefield?"

  Chen Jing looked at me, silently not saying a word, but her eyes betrayed her inner thoughts. I guessed it right, Old Chen must be going to the front line himself, to have a face-to-face battle with our enemy.

  Chen is already old and should not be going to the front lines, but something unexpected happened and he was actually sent to the front lines.

  I also wanted to ask Chen Jing, but Chen Jing turned around and left.

  At this time, the three platoon leaders of the Hu Long Regiment all came over and said in unison: "Instructor, all officers and men of the Hu Long Regiment, except for those who are out on a mission, have assembled. Please instruct!"

  "I thought for a moment, my brain racing quickly, and said: 'The first and second teams immediately rush to the train station, from now on, take full control of the train station. Once there are people who can appear, immediately control them. If you encounter resistance, you can use force appropriately. Ensure the safety of the train station and its surroundings."

  The first and second lieutenants responded in unison "Yes", saluted and left.

  The third row is still waiting for my order. After careful consideration, I said: "All the officers and men of the third row immediately went to the Academy of Sciences, took all the scientists who went to Wuhan to the train station, we set off in advance and went to Wuhan!"

  The three rows of people also responded with a "yes" and turned around to leave.

  I watched Sanpailong leave, and suddenly I had an urge in my heart. I immediately picked up the phone: "Please ask Master Yucheng to come here at once."

  The warriors of the communication team immediately conveyed my order. Master Yu Cheng almost ran over, and when he saw me, he smiled: "What are your orders, instructor?"

  "I said seriously: 'Master Yu Cheng, please withdraw ten members from the Special Task Force. I have a task for them.'"

  Master Jade nodded: "The person has been in my heart for a long time, but I don't know what their task is."

  I hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Their mission is to secretly protect Chen Lao's safety. No matter what happens, they must ensure Chen Lao's safety without letting him discover them."

  Master Jade nodded: "I know. Jin Cang, you also need to be more careful, now you are the leader of the martial artists announced by the military, I'm afraid there will be many enemies who want to harm you."

  I nodded: "Thank you, Master, for reminding me. I'll be more careful."

  Master Jade smiled slightly and got up to arrange the task he gave me.

  After I finished this matter, I felt a little relieved in my heart, and then set off for the train station.

  The train station has always been a place with the most complicated personnel, but with the two rows of people I arranged in advance sitting there, it's relatively safe for the time being.

  When the three rows of dozens of scientists arrived at the entrance of the train station, we had already communicated with the staff of the train station to let the scientists board the train directly without queuing.

  We took over three cars directly. For safety, I arranged the scientists in the second car near the locomotive, and also let a row of soldiers be on call in the first car, and the second row be on call in the third car. The remaining two rows and I stayed with the scientists, Chen Jing was together with them too.

  With our addition, this train became somewhat crowded, and the station had to temporarily add three cars to ensure that other passengers could board smoothly.

  Chen Jing and I both have experience of encountering danger on the train, so we are also experienced in protecting scientists on the train. Scientists generally don't talk much and most of them bring their own assistants. They often ask their assistants to handle things, which saves us a lot of time and energy.

  I sat in a small compartment on the train, looking at the informatized command platform in front of me, commanding the escort mission.

  Chen Jing was with those scientists because they were all a bit nervous and someone had to comfort them.

  As the train slowly started, my heart also began to tense up. I communicated with several squad leaders and asked them to report any problems immediately and must handle the discovered problems in the first place. Several squad leaders solemnly promised me that they would protect these scientists well.

  We were taking an ordinary express train, which would take about ten hours to reach Wuhan. In these ten hours, our escort task was very heavy. Because there were many scientists and they were not easy to manage, it all depended on their self-awareness, plus our persuasion, to let them gather in one carriage.

  I thought these eccentric scientists might be too tired from the journey to listen to our arrangements, so I temporarily had a soldier take some playing cards and chess pieces from the train staff and handed them over to those scientists as entertainment tools.

  This method is quite effective, and the scientists who had something to do suddenly stopped arguing about leaving this train car, but instead began playing cards and chess in groups of three or five, almost forgetting that they were on a train. However, there are still a few people who don't like playing cards or chess, they just look at their books, or chat with others...

  After settling the scientists, I began to focus on my cultivation. During this period of time, because I was too busy, my cultivation time was very short, so as soon as I had time, I would start cultivating. After all, only when one's own strength is improved can they truly protect the people they want to protect and make greater contributions to the country.

  Just then, I heard a very soft voice in my ear. Someone was talking: "The boss told us to blow up this train, but we only have so little explosives, what should we do?"

  Another person said: "We don't have enough explosives, it's impossible to blow up the whole train. Why not just blow up the locomotive and let the train derail itself?"

  The first speaker to laugh said: "Good idea. But now we are in the fifth carriage, how can we go to the locomotive? Don't forget, there are soldiers everywhere on the train, and if we get caught, it's a disaster."

  "We went to the dining car and then climbed up onto the roof of the train, going straight to the front of the train."

  "Let's just do it. We..."

  I feel that my hearing has made great progress, and I can even hear people whispering in the next two carriages. This discovery makes me unable to calm down and practice anymore. I find Chen Jing calmly and lean down to her ear, whispering: "There are enemies who want to blow up the front of the train, I'll go stop them. You stay here and command, don't leave this carriage easily."

  Chen Jing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and whispered "be careful" before going back to chatting with the scientists.

  I went straight to the front of the train, took out my military ID and showed it to the conductor. After that, I said: "I found out someone is going to blow up the locomotive, so I need to get on top of the train to stop them. You continue driving as usual but slow down the speed, after I've stopped the enemy, you can accelerate again."

  The train conductor nodded with difficulty, wanting to say something, but was stopped by my gaze. I immediately climbed out of the window and onto the roof of the car, running towards the dining car at the back of the train in big strides.

  I wouldn't have dared to run on top of the speeding train like this before, but now that I've practiced Wudang kung fu, it's no big deal. In one breath, I ran to just one carriage away from the dining car and saw two men wearing duck-billed caps climbing onto the roof of the dining car.

  I rushed up without hesitation and kicked one of the men, sending him tumbling off the car. The remaining man hadn't even had time to react when I grabbed his clothes and lifted him up entirely.

  With my current strength, it's not just a person, even if it's an ox, I can lift it up.

  That man completely lost his ability to resist in my hands and was also frightened pale. I asked him on the spot: "Who are you? Is it the Wanlong Society?"

  "This man immediately said: 'Yes, I am a member of the Ten Dragons Society... you hold me tight, don't let go, there is a bomb in my bag, it will explode with just one touch...'"

  I sneered and reached out to grab his backpack from behind him, then casually tossed it away. With my strength, the backpack flew over a hundred meters in an instant. By the time it landed, our train had already traveled far away. From afar, I faintly heard a muffled explosion sound, as if the bomb really did explode.

  The person I caught was suspended in mid-air by me, and it was possible to drop him at any time. So the man said very consciously: "I'm just a small role, let me go."

  I laughed: "Small role? Then you still dare to blow up the train head? Tell me, how many more of you are on the train?"

  "This man didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately said: 'There are only two of us. However, I heard that several suspicious people also got on the bus, they seem to be Japanese pirates, but I'm not very sure.'"

  I frowned and said: "It's those Japanese pirates again, they're really asking for it. This time we'll make sure they don't come back. Do you know how many of them got on the bus?"

  "He said: 'There were probably five people, that's what we saw, as for whether there were any others we don't know, I wouldn't say'."

  I immediately informed all the soldiers in the regiment of this news and asked them to pay attention to the travelers around them, to prevent any Japanese pirates from sneaking in.

  "Wait until I've arranged everything," the person I caught said immediately, "Can you put me down now? I know it's impossible for me to escape from your hands, and holding me like this will be tiring for you too... Why not put me down first... I'll tell you everything I know, you..."

  I smiled and put down the man, directly asking him: "Are you willing to take me to find those Japanese pirates? Don't think about escaping, we have a company of soldiers on the car, unless you grow wings, otherwise you can't escape."

  He nodded with a bitter face: "I can only recognize five people among them, and I don't know the others."

  "I said: 'We start from the dining car, you point them out to me one by one. Remember, no tricks, I'll be keeping an eye on you.'"

  This guy almost immediately agreed to my request and was dragged by me into the dining car. The cooks inside the dining car were all knocked out, and at this moment, not a single person woke up. And the door of the dining car was also locked from the inside, and now there is no one coming over to eat.

  I opened the door of the dining car and pushed the people from the Wanlong Club to search for the Japanese pirates one carriage after another.

  Those Japanese pirates were indeed formidable, and it wasn't until I had searched through five cars that I was finally able to identify one of them. I didn't alert this person, but instead quietly activated our communication device and sent a photo of him to the warriors in our Dragon Protection Squad.

  After searching thirteen train cars, we finally found the remaining four Japanese pirates in a small compartment. They were discussing something, and I disguised myself as a plainclothes policeman and loudly said to them: "Check your IDs!"

  They were well-prepared, almost uniformly pulling out their fake IDs. I took a quick glance, nodded slightly and said: "No smoking or gambling allowed on the bus, got it?"

  One of the Japanese pirates stepped forward and smiled: "Understood, we won't."

  This person speaks Chinese very well, basically the same as what we Huaxia people speak. However, he still has their unique accent of Wo Kou, and I immediately confirmed their identity.

  I turned around and took a look at the Wanlonghui man who was still following me and didn't dare to leave, suddenly I swung my hand and knocked him unconscious on the ground. Then with lightning speed, I shared the four Japanese pirates in the private room, using all my strength from the start.

  My attack was discovered by the four Japanese pirates, but because it was sudden, they were unable to completely block my attack. My sudden punch knocked down the pirate who was talking to me. Then I rushed over and fought with the other three pirates.

  The Japanese pirates' martial arts skills were quite formidable, with three people simultaneously throwing punches at the three vital points on my body. I didn't dare let their attacks hit my weak spots, so I could only slightly retreat a step back and then charge forward again to launch a fierce attack.

  In this way, my offensive was dismantled by their joint efforts, and they also had time to attack me. I knew it was because of my lack of actual combat experience, so I gritted my teeth and rushed forward without hesitation, targeting a relatively weak pirate and directly using a killer move on him.

  My martial arts moves are relatively gentle, but I also have killer moves. This time I faced four Japanese pirates alone and didn't dare to show any mercy, so I used a killer move as soon as I started. The pirate was confused by my attacking move and couldn't react in time, so I knocked him down with one move and he lost his combat effectiveness.

  However, at this time, the other two Japanese pirates took advantage of the situation and launched a frenzied attack on me. I was attacked and retreated step by step, and for a while, I didn't have any room to counterattack. Fortunately, the private room was very small, so I didn't need to worry about my back. Otherwise, if they had attacked me from both sides, I might not have been able to defeat them, and would have only been able to defend myself.

  I don't believe I will be defeated by the Japanese pirates. So, I am not worried about failing, I just keep resisting the Japanese pirates' attacks and look for opportunities to counterattack.

  This battle left the passengers in this carriage very puzzled and worried, they all ran to the rear carriages to avoid the battlefield.

  In the chaos, I lost my place to retreat again. Behind me was a crowd of people fleeing in panic, and I couldn't let the Japanese pirates harm them. So I gritted my teeth and withstood a punch from one of the Japanese pirates, then seized the opportunity to counterattack, punching back the pirate who had hit me.

  The last pirate seemed to know that they couldn't escape this time, so he turned around and tried to flee from the car window. How could I let a pirate escape in front of me? Enduring the pain of being hit, I rushed forward and grabbed the pirate's right calf just as his upper body was about to exit the window. The pirate was caught by me holding onto his right calf, wanting to turn back but blocked by the car window, unable to move for a moment, suspended in mid-air.