Chapter 89: The Defense of the Three Gorges Dam (Part 2)

  The battle in the air had just begun, and the communication team of my dragon protection unit was the first to sound the alarm: a group of waterborne troops driving assault boats were approaching the dam.

  I took a rough estimate, and the number of assault boats coming over is quite massive, with at least over a thousand. It seems that the enemy has made sufficient preparations, but this also suggests one thing: the nuclear attack on the Three Gorges Dam may have been cancelled. Otherwise, they wouldn't send so many people over to die. A nuclear attack is all-encompassing, with no distinction between friend and foe.

  Without waiting for my order, the Longinus soldiers collectively stood on the front line, each aiming at those assault boats that had just appeared in our sight.

  I won't stop the warriors from taking the initiative to attack. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and the warriors must have a certain degree of autonomous combat consciousness, otherwise, what are they waiting for orders for?

  As I watched the approaching assault boat, I gave a decisive order: "Fire!"

  The warriors of the Hu Long Lian immediately began attacking the assault boats in the Yangtze River with various weapons. I didn't idle either, grabbing a sniper rifle and aiming at the enemy on the assault boat before pulling the trigger.

  The bullet accurately hit the person I aimed at, and that person fell into the river. Various weapons opened fire simultaneously, and many of these assault boats were sunk or directly blown to pieces in no time.

  However, the bullets and shells fired from the assault boats, as well as various ammunition, also caused some casualties among our soldiers. Several soldiers of the third squad of the Dragon Protection Company were hit by a rocket shell, killing one person on the spot and seriously injuring two others.

  I knew that war would inevitably result in casualties, and it was unnecessary to pay too much attention to this matter. On the contrary, I focused my attention on a series of shots, killing several enemies. One of them was the operator of an assault boat, who was shot dead by me, causing the boat to capsize and sink into the river.

  Chen Jing was anxious behind me and loudly said to me: "You are a combatant, not a fighter. Don't just focus on fighting the enemy and forget your mission."

  I stopped firing and handed the sniper rifle to a soldier beside me, then shouted loudly: "Aim at the operator on the speedboat, give it a good beating!"

  My orders were quickly executed, and I watched as the speedboats in the Yangtze River continued to capsize, collide, and spin around in place due to loss of control. In my heart, I secretly thought: "My method is very effective, instantly pinning the enemy down, unable to move at all..."

  Before I could think more, a rocket shell suddenly flew over from the river surface, and its target was actually me and Chen Jing behind me.

  I was startled, and instinctively grabbed a sandbag that was piled up in front of me to build a trench, and threw it directly at the rocket. All this happened in an instant, many people didn't even see my action, the sandbag had already collided with the rocket.

  The rocket exploded immediately, blasting the sandbag to smithereens and sending sand flying everywhere. However, since it was quite far from both me and Chen Jing, as well as a certain distance away from our battlefield, it didn't cause us any losses.

  I let out a sigh of relief and was just about to tell Chen Jing to be careful when I heard some soldiers shouting in unison, "Instructor, that's amazing!"

  As I turned around, it was several soldiers who had seen me use sandbags to stop the rocket-propelled grenade, shouting loudly. I smiled slightly and shouted: "Fight hard, we will defeat them."

  More warriors shouted: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

  I saw the warriors' morale was high, and I secretly rejoiced. Turning back to Chen Jing, I said: "This battle, we will surely win!"

  Chen Jing's eyes flashed with a strange light, and she said loudly: "I know, I believe you!"

  I smiled and was about to let Chen Jing squat down when I saw three people suddenly appear on the top of the dam next to us.

  The three of them stood at the top of the dam, swaying gently, as if they would be blown away by the river wind at any moment. My heart sank suddenly, and I saw the eyes of these three people slowly becoming stern.

  These three people can come to the top of the dam, which is the most heavily guarded place, under the eyes of thousands of soldiers and horses. They must have extraordinary skills. Maybe they are some of those Japanese pirates or some experts in hiding.

  Chen Jing also saw those three people and exclaimed: "How did they get up there? How come we didn't discover them?"

  I said slowly: "You quickly contact the military department and let Chen Lao send a special mobile team to support us, I'll go deal with these Japanese pirates."

  Chen Jing suddenly grabbed me who was about to leave and said urgently: "Be careful... don't be too desperate... come back alive, I'll wait for you!"

  I turned back and smiled slightly, "This is what you said, don't regret it later..."

  Chen Jing's face turned red, and she wanted to say something else, but I had already smiled and turned around.

  The troops on the dam had all withdrawn, and these three people went up without being discovered. I came to within five meters of where they were standing before their deaths and asked directly: "Who are you?"

  The three people simultaneously looked up, and surprisingly they were triplets who looked exactly alike. They said in unison: "Are you Jin Cang?"

  I frowned and said: "How did you know my name?"

  The person in the middle smiled slightly and said: "We are here to find you, how can we not know your name?"

  The person on the left continued: "Someone is paying for your life, don't blame us."

  The man on the right said: "Accept your death."

  I was furious, these people actually treated me as a dead man, completely disregarding my thoughts, as if I were really a dead man. So I stopped talking and directly rushed up, Wudang Heart Method rotating, true energy gathering on my arms, full force attacking the three triplet brothers.

  My true energy surged, even the clothes on my body fluttered. My two full-strength fists collided directly with two of the triplets charging towards me.

  Two muffled sounds rang out in succession, and I felt a numbness in my arm, involuntarily taking a step back. Looking at the two of them, they also took a step back, just like me. They were indeed high-ranking martial artists, with no less inner energy than mine.

  I took another look at the three of them, secretly shocked in my heart. The person who had been still in the middle suddenly laughed and said: "How, were you stunned? I've long heard that you're a Wudang disciple, and thought you'd be quite skilled, but it turns out you're nothing special after all."

  I took a deep breath and said, "What are you people after all? Are you also from the Huaxia Martial Arts world?"

  The man in the middle smiled and said, "We are the Kunlun Three Heroes. My name is Murong Da, I am the eldest of our three brothers, and also the leader of the Kunlun Three Heroes."

  I frowned and said: "So you are from the Kunlun School, no wonder you have such profound internal strength. What are your two brothers called?"

  Murong burst out laughing: "My second brother is called Murong Zhong, and the third one is Murong Xiao. We came to kill you, so we shouldn't have told you our origins, but since we all belong to the same martial arts world, let's make you a knowing ghost."

  Murong Zhong immediately continued: "After you die, don't look for us, we are not afraid of ghosts."

  Murong Xiaoze said: "Looking for us is useless, we even dare to kill ghosts."

  I suddenly laughed: "It seems that you three are indeed triplet brothers, and your coordination with each other is very good! However, I don't understand why you want to kill me. Is it just for the money?"

  Murong Da sneered: "We kill you, it's just for the money. What do you think we're after? You're now very valuable, someone is willing to pay 30 million for your head."

  I was taken aback, then burst out laughing: "Three million? That's too little. A few years ago, the Wanlong Society offered five hundred million to buy my life, which is a lot more than your three million."

  Murong Dai was taken aback, and then angrily said: "You despicable Wanlong Society, why did you deceive us into thinking there were still 30 million?"

  Murong Zhong also said: "The Wanlong Association is deceiving us."

  "They think we're idiots."

  I couldn't help but want to laugh, but I couldn't laugh out loud, and for a moment it was very uncomfortable. In the end, I still laughed out loud. Fortunately, the dense gunfire sounds coming from the air and around me covered up my small voice.

  Murong Dai looked at me, seemingly discovering that I was smiling. He said very seriously: "What are you laughing at? We were just deceived by the Wanlong Society, how do you know we won't kill you?"

  "Even if we don't kill you, it's impossible."

  Murong Xiao followed closely and said: "Exactly, you're worth a lot of money."

  I watched them open their mouths and three people spoke one sentence each, which was a bit "dumb". I couldn't help but say: "Are you really from the Kunlun School?"

  Murong Dalu immediately frowned and said: "I am the eldest of the Kunlun Three Heroes, do you say I am not from the Kunlun Sect?"

  Murong Zhong also said: "I am the second of Kunlun San Jie, you say I am or not Kunlun Sect?"

  Murong Xiaoze followed up and said: "I am the youngest of the Kunlun Three Heroes, do you say I am not from the Kunlun Sect?"

  I couldn't help it and burst out laughing: "You're the Old Young? Haha, you guys are interesting. However, if you want to kill me, you have to help me with one thing first. Otherwise, I'd rather escape than fight you."

  Murong Xiao hastily said: "You don't have to fight us, it's us who want to kill you, you basically don't need to lift a hand."

  Murong Da immediately shouted: "Shut up! Will he stand still and let us kill him? He will definitely make a move."

  I really can't take it anymore, I couldn't help but shout: "How long are you going to keep talking?"

  Murong Da immediately said: "No more talking. Let's start fighting now, do you want to fight us one by one or all together?"

  I smiled wryly and said: "It turns out it's a group of madmen, I don't have time to play with you guys anymore, I'll leave first."

  As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly rushed towards Murong. I had intended to launch a surprise attack when they were off guard, so what I said with my mouth was completely different from what I did with my hands. There were three of them, and their skills were not inferior to mine. If I didn't use some tricks, it would be difficult for me to defeat them.

  Anyway, they are here to kill me. No matter who it is, I won't let them off easily. If people don't offend me, I won't offend people. But if people offend me, I will never be polite either.

  This move I made towards Murong Dagu was almost my strongest move. So Murong Dagu didn't react at all and was hit by me in his vital spot on the chest.

  My fist was filled with true energy, and this punch directly sent Murong Dai flying while he was still thinking about talking to me. Murong Dai's body slammed directly onto the dam top, making a "slapping" sound.

  I didn't go to look at Murong Da, but instead faced the already charging Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao, and swung out two fists with all my might. We didn't use any weapons, our fists were our weapons.

  My fist collided with Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao again, and a dull sound was immediately heard. A few fine wounds appeared on my fist, and a thread of blood also flowed out. Looking at Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao, the two men's fists were also red and swollen, but no wounds had appeared yet.

  This move cost me a bit, I didn't manage to hurt the prepared Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao, and I ended up getting injured myself. However, this small injury doesn't matter to me, so I charged forward again, punching fiercely.

  The three of us exchanged blows with our fists, the sound echoing nonstop. As our true energy collided, it emitted a "slapping" sound, and our battle intensified.

  I fought with Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao for a few rounds, but I felt that their physical strength was not stronger than mine, and even weaker. However, their true energy was very pure and abundant, and it seemed that they should be much stronger than me. So I wasn't their match and was repeatedly beaten back by them.

  I'm not doing very well right now, my fists are covered in wounds and fresh blood has stained my fists red. Moreover, I can feel the true energy from their fists repeatedly surging into my body, causing great damage to my internal organs.

  I gritted my teeth and persisted in fighting them, but I also knew that if I continued like this, I would be beaten to death by them. If I had a weapon in my hand, even just a samurai sword, I wouldn't have ended up so miserable.

  Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao's strength is not my match, so if I use weapons, they shouldn't be my match either. Unfortunately, this is reality, and now I have to face the iron fists of both Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao. So, gritting my teeth, taking advantage of the moment when we were exchanging blows, I quickly took off my clothes, tore them in two, and wrapped each of my fists separately.

  Murong Zhong saw that I was clenching my fists, and smiled: "Are you thinking of boxing? We're not afraid that you'll hurt us, we can withstand your punches."

  Murong Xiao loudly laughed and said: "He is a fist that was injured by our true energy, the pain is unbearable, he can't throw punches, so he had no choice but to wrap it up."

  I secretly felt anxious in my heart, knowing that this wouldn't work out, so I didn't respond and simply gave up using the true energy within my body, relying solely on my own strength to swing my fists at the two of them.

  This time, my fist and his collided, I felt a very strong true energy directly passing through my fist to attack my arm, my arm also immediately became numb. But my body strength also hit Murong Zhong and Murong Xiao at this moment.

  I heard the two of them exclaim in unison, and then I saw that both of their right arms were hanging limply at their sides, looking like they were seriously injured. My physical strength had actually hurt the two of them who had infused their arms with true energy, it seemed I had done something right again. My true energy was no match for theirs, but my physical strength was far superior to theirs, and after trying it out, I found that it was surprisingly effective.

  However, both of my arms had gone numb and it was a bit difficult to even lift them up. If I continued fighting like this, I'd be in trouble. So, I secretly hastened the circulation of my inner energy to alleviate the numbness in my arms. Smiling, I said, "How's that? These two punches aren't bad, right?"

  Murong Zhong angrily said: "So you've been hiding your true abilities all along, we were deceived."

  Murong Xiao said: "Second brother, I think he's also injured. We're just evenly matched. If we keep fighting, he's alone and we have two people, he can't beat us."

  I smiled and said, "You're right, I'm no match for the two of you. But I can still try to hold you back. By the time our warriors finish off those enemies, I doubt you'll have any chance of escaping."

  Murong's face suddenly turned speechless, staring at me for a long time without saying a word. I took this opportunity to catch my breath, and my arm regained its sensation, ready to fight again. So I said loudly: "What are you waiting for? Aren't you trying to kill me? Then come on, I'd like to see how you're going to kill me."

  Murong Zhong hesitated for a moment, wanting to attack me but also feeling somewhat fearful. Unable to decide what to do, he suddenly said: "We'll let you off today, but next time we meet, you're definitely going to die."

  He said, still thinking about how to talk to me, Mu Rong Xiao, turned around and hugged Mu Rong Da, who was knocked unconscious by my punch, and ran towards the dam in another direction.

  I felt very helpless, chasing after them didn't necessarily mean I could beat them, but not chasing was unbearable. After hesitating for a moment, I actually let Murong Zhong and the others get away.

  Actually, there were also troops stationed on that side, but at this time they were all attacking the assault boats in the Yangtze River with all their might, and they didn't notice Murong Da and others at all, who successfully mixed out.

  It wasn't until then that I felt the intense pain in my fists. When I tore open the clothes wrapped around them, both of my fists were a bloody mess and couldn't be recognized as their original shape. This was only what could be seen on the surface; I also felt that several of my finger bones had been broken, seemingly all shattered from just now.

  I gritted my teeth and endured the pain, turning back to Chen Jing's side. I saw that the warriors here were still fighting hard to block the enemy, but many of them had wounds all over their bodies, and several warriors lay in a pool of blood, looking like they had already sacrificed themselves.

  I looked at the speedboats in the Yangtze River and frowned, saying: "Why are there more and more of them? Are enemies coming again?"

  Chen Jing said: "The enemy is very cunning, towing some empty speedboats behind the ship. When they reached our attack range, they immediately released those empty speedboats to attract our firepower. At first, we didn't notice and wasted a lot of ammunition. They took advantage of it and launched an attack, causing us great losses..."

  As I looked closely, I really found that there were many empty assault boats drifting on the river surface. Some troops didn't know the situation and wasted all their shells on these empty assault boats. Watching my comrades being constantly hit by the enemy beside me, I immediately said: "Notify our troops to inform all troops of the situation we have discovered. Then ask the artillery to use incendiary shells to seal off the river surface and block the enemy's attack. Finally, use powerful shells to wipe them out."

  Chen Jing said: "I've already done all these things, the artillery should be preparing. You... are you okay? Why is your hand bleeding?"

  Chen Jing only then discovered that my hand was injured, I heard her voice full of concern, and felt a warmth in my heart, so I said: "I'm fine, just a minor injury. After the battle is over, I'll go find the military doctor."

  Chen Jing hastily pulled over my hand and took a look, then said: "Is this still a minor injury? Your bones are all broken, why don't you hurry up and go find a military doctor to get treated?"

  I took a look at the artillery position that had yet to make any moves, and without paying attention to Chen Jing, I said: "What's going on? Why are the artillery so slow? Is something wrong?"

  Chen Jing was startled and immediately said: "It's possible, let's send someone over to take a look."

  I was just about to send someone over to take a look when I heard Ding Hui's voice come over: "Director, Chief of Staff, I'll go take a look."

  I saw that Ding Hui took the initiative to ask for battle, so I nodded and said: "Take three people with you to take a look. If there is any discovery, don't act rashly, report to me immediately."

  Ding Hui immediately pulled out a few soldiers and set off, looking quite progressive.

  Chen Jing watched Ding Hui leave, then suddenly grabbed my wrist and said: "Come with me to find the military doctor..."