Chapter 95: An Extremely Difficult Battle (Part One)

  With twenty laser guns, the overall combat effectiveness of our Dragon Guard Regiment has increased significantly. In addition to the latest models of various firearms sent by Old Chen, we even received some anti-aircraft missiles and a weapons expert gave us on-site guidance.

  I arranged for ten elite warriors to go and learn how to use anti-aircraft missile launchers, while the other warriors all switched weapons, preparing for the impending battle.

  With new weapons, the warriors of our dragon guard are all spirited and full of confidence in the future.

  Scientists in the research base are also constantly creating and improving various weapons to equip frontline soldiers, better blocking the enemy.

  During this period, Chen Jing also introduced Ding Hui to the Hu Long Regiment through Lao Chen. Ding Hui served as a communication warrior in the Hu Long Regiment and was appointed as the head of the communication team due to his outstanding reconnaissance ability.

  Ding Hui provided us with a lot of useful information, the most important one being that the Wanlong Society and the Ninja of the Japanese pirates have joined forces to attack our research base.

  This is not a simple fight between soldiers, but a contest between my Chinese martial arts and the Japanese ninja. So I will gather all of Master Yu Cheng's men to defend against the attack of the Wàn Lóng Huì's martial artists and the Japanese ninja on our research base.

  Master Yu Cheng has gathered some martial artists again and let them join the special task force of the Dragon Guard. The special task force now has more than 80 people, divided into five small groups by Master Yu Cheng, named after the directions of east, south, west, north and center. Among them, the central group is the commando group and also the mobile group. The other four groups are combat groups, with several members of the Nan Gong family serving as group leaders.

  Nangong Qianlan's tribesmen, who cooperated with Master Yucheng very well, all showed great respect for Master Yucheng and made significant contributions to the country. After discussing with Chen Jing, we recorded their military achievements, issued some comfort goods, which can be regarded as a kind of reward.

  However, the Nan Gong family didn't care about these things. They handed over all the materials they had obtained to the martial artists who fought side by side with them. This made the Nan Gong family's reputation soar in the Hu Long Lian, and laid the foundation for the future generations of the Nan Gong family to take on leadership roles in special task forces.

  The southeast, northwest and other small groups were also arranged in the southeast, northwest and four directions of the base to assist the garrison troops. I and Chen Jing stayed in the office with full command, under the assistance of the communication team, we can understand the situation of the whole base in real time and give timely instructions for the battle.

  In this era of informatization warfare, this is just the most basic. However, I'm a rookie and still feel very curious about it, so I couldn't help but ask Chen Jing many questions about this aspect, which made Chen Jing somewhat impatient.

  It's been almost two months since I left my Shifu and fellow disciples, and they won't take the initiative to contact me, so I can only call them to ask about their recent situation. I heard from Shifu Kong that our Wudang sect now has more than 50 disciples, all of whom are my junior brothers and sisters. Of course, many people have just entered the sect and cannot be considered as people in the martial arts world at all, with no kung fu skills and almost zero combat effectiveness.

  I originally wanted to get Yifan Shidi and Huang Yi'er Shimu to come over and help me, but after hearing Kongshou say that they are currently guiding the new disciples in their cultivation, I had no choice but to give up on that plan.

  After our careful arrangement and deployment, the defense of our research base is in place, I am confident that we can deal with an attack by a force of less than a thousand people. However, if you count the warriors from the martial arts world and the ninja from the Japanese pirates, it's a different story.

  Martial artists each have their own unique skills, making them hard to defend against. Those ninjas are especially skilled at launching sneak attacks, making our defensive tasks even more daunting.

  Chen Jing was very worried about this, and brought it up with Old Chen several times, asking him to provide us with high-tech surveillance equipment as much as possible to prevent the enemy's masters from launching a sneak attack. Old Chen did give us some equipment, but after all, these devices were dead, and true masters would always find ways to crack down on these monitors.

  So after repeated consideration, I decided to change the method, using a combination of traditional methods and modern high-tech, taking a two-pronged approach, guarding against the invasion of enemy masters.

  We dug some pitfalls in the yard and set up some traps commonly used by hunters. After several days of effort, the entire research base was almost covered with traps, and every step was a crisis. We had our own special route, and each soldier of the Dragon Squad had to remember it firmly in mind, and could not take a wrong step, otherwise, they would likely die without a burial place.

  After finishing all this, Chen Jing and I finally felt a little relieved. However, at this time we actually hoped that the enemy would arrive as soon as possible, after all, we also wanted to see if our equipment could really work.

  Our plan seemed to have come true very quickly, because on the night of the day when we had set everything up, Ding Hui reported to me that someone had fallen into the trap we had set in the yard and was caught alive.

  When I rushed over with renewed energy, the person had already been locked up in our temporary prison. This temporary prison was just a very small room with iron doors and windows, temporarily holding captured prisoners of war.

  "My arrival was quite unexpected for Ding Hui: 'How did you come? We haven't reviewed it yet, and we're not clear what kind of person it is.'"

  "I smiled and said: 'Then let's start the interrogation now, I'll listen in on the side.'"

  Ding Hui immediately opened the door and entered the room, pointing at the big man tied to a chair inside and saying: "This is the person we caught. So far, he hasn't said a word. He looks like a tough nut."

  I laughed: "Even the toughest bone will open its mouth and speak when it's in your hands. You can start interrogating, do you want me to step aside?"

  Ding Hui shook his head: "No need. I'll still be polite for now, and if it doesn't work out, you can step aside then."

  I nodded slightly and listened to Ding Hui say to Da Han: "Are you a member of the Wanlong Society or a Japanese pirate?"

  The sentence "still wokou" behind, Ding Hui used the language of wokou, I guess it means this.

  Dahan looked at Ding Hui and slowly said: "Are you the highest person in charge here?"

  Ding Hui was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "Our top person in charge is this one..." He pointed at me, and continued to say: "This is the instructor of our Hu Long Squad."

  The big Han looked at me with disdain and said, "He's so thin and weak, just by looking at him you can tell he got to where he is through connections. I won't bother talking to someone like that."

  I was also stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "What makes you say I climbed up relying on connections?"

  The big Han said disdainfully: "If you can prove that you didn't climb up by relying on connections, I'll...I'll tell you everything you want to know."

  I took a step forward, stretched out my right hand, grasped the chair that Da Han was sitting on, and with a slight exertion of force, the chair, along with Da Han, was lifted up by me.

  The big Han let out a shout, as if he had been scared by me. I smiled and said, "Can this prove it?"

  "Quickly, quickly... let me down, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you."

  I put down the Big Han and asked: "Are you a person from the Wanlong Association? What is your purpose in coming here?"

  The big Han thought for a moment, and slowly said: "My purpose in coming here is something you should have already guessed. I came to investigate and see how your defenses are. But I didn't expect that you would use outdated traps to prevent outsiders from entering. And you even made many fake people... fake robots, which confused me. Ah, this is a case of falling into the ditch while trying to cross the river."

  I laughed: "You got what you deserved. Listening to your words, you should also be a Chinese, how could you disregard the safety of your own country and help the Wanlong Society's **** instead?"

  The Great Han smiled and said: "To be honest, I am not a Huaxia person."

  I stared blankly: "You're not a Huaxia person? Then where are you from?"

  "I am a Chinese American, so I don't count as a true Chinese. You'd better let me go quickly, otherwise our country will take revenge on you."

  I shot a glance at the big Han and couldn't help but curse: "Good Chinese people don't do this, yet you go join another country's nationality. You still have the nerve to say you're not Chinese, you're really a traitorous Han who sells out for glory! Tell me, how many of you came this time? Are you trying to steal our number one new energy source?"

  Dahan's eyes widened: "What is No. 1 New Energy? What kind of ghost thing is that, I don't know what you're talking about."

  I glanced at Ding Hui, and Ding Hui immediately stepped forward and gave the big Han a kick, kicking him to roll on the ground. Ding Hui's voice was very cold: "This is your last chance, if you don't speak, we will shoot you dead immediately, American thief, traitor!"

  The Great Han struggled to get up, but couldn't, and lay on the ground saying: "I wasn't born in China, how can you say I'm a traitor? You have to respect human rights, or else I'll sue you."

  "Human rights? We will talk about human rights, but that is only for our own people. You are a spy who has entered our country, and according to international law, we can execute you by firing squad."

  The big Han seemed to be frightened and immediately said: "I surrender, I have surrendered. Now I am your prisoner of war, prisoners of war should be treated with kindness..."

  Ding Hui kicked the Great Han's body again and said loudly: "We do not accept your surrender, so you are either a spy or someone who can be shot by us. Quickly tell me how many people came with you, otherwise I will shoot you now."

  The Han general said with some disappointment: "Wasn't it said that your army treats prisoners of war well? Why aren't you like that?"

  Ding Hui pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the big man's head: "Last chance, speak up!"

  "Hold your fire, I'll tell you," Da Han said hastily. "We have thirteen people here, and we're backed by several hundred... no, over a million members of the Dragon Association. We've come to sabotage your weapons production line."

  "Over a thousand people?" I frowned and asked, "Aren't you scaring us?"

  "Ah, I wouldn't dare! Comrade instructor, you have to believe me, I'm not capable of lying."

  I looked at Ding Hui and said: "Continue the interrogation, I'll go arrange tonight's defense. The sooner we get the information, the better. As for the method of interrogation, you handle it yourself."

  Ding Hui responded with a "yes", and began to get busy. I turned around and left the cell, returning to the command room.

  Chen Jing was still in the command room looking at the documents. Seeing me arrive, she said: "What did you find out? Is there an enemy coming to destroy our base?"

  I nodded: "The Wanlong Society is colluding with the Americans, trying to sabotage our weapons production line. I suspect there's a traitor among us, this production line has only been in operation for a few days, how did the Americans know of its existence?"

  Chen Jing slightly furrowed her brow: "Traitor? You're not referring to those service personnel, are you? Our Long Dragon Regiment would never have a traitor; only those service personnel are the most suspicious."

  I thought for a moment and said, "We need to investigate the background of those service personnel again. It's best if we can invite relevant personnel from the Wuhan government to assist us in clearing up this matter. We must find out the traitor as soon as possible, otherwise, once they collude with each other, our defense might be completely destroyed."

  Chen Jing nodded: "I'll contact the Wuhan government right away. Tomorrow morning, I'll find an excuse to take all the service personnel away from the base and conduct a thorough search."

  "I smiled slightly: 'Then I'll leave it to you.'"

  Chen Jing smiled and left, I took a look at the file Chen Jing just looked at, my heart suddenly shook violently, almost shouting out loud.

  There is a string of numbers on the document, which is the data of our army's casualties since the war began. The number is very large, so large that it shocked me. 21,064 people have died in battle, this number makes me tremble with fear. More than 20,000 excellent soldiers have sacrificed themselves, yet they still haven't completely eliminated the invading enemy. Even now, it's just a stalemate, and victory or defeat is hard to determine.

  I don't know what kind of enemies the soldiers on the front line are facing, but just by looking at the data of the fallen soldiers, I can see that the enemy is very powerful. Our soldiers are very strong, this is recognized by the world. Yet there are still such heavy casualties, which is enough to illustrate the enemy's strength.

  This number also makes me feel pressure, unprecedented great pressure. Because if I can't protect our research base well, I won't be able to develop more excellent weapons for our soldiers, and to some extent, increase the casualties of our army. So I must protect this place well and fulfill my duty.

  "Summon the three platoons and Master Yu Cheng. I'll make it brief: there's an enemy force of over a thousand people trying to attack our base. We're outnumbered, roughly one to four. So we need to be strategic and not engage in direct combat. Here's the reassignment of defense zones: First Platoon will defend the main gate area, due south; Second Platoon will defend due east; Third Platoon will handle northward defense; Master Yu Cheng's special task force will gather at the westward defense zone. I'll command this difficult battle from here. Everyone must prioritize defending the base above all else. Is that clear?"

  The three replied in unison: "Understood, mission guaranteed!"

  Master Jade nodded slightly and then miraculously disappeared. I knew he was going to prepare for the shift, so I didn't think much about it either.

  The three guards also left, they are going to change shifts completely, everyone has to prepare. This shift change was a sudden decision I made, because considering there might be traitors among us, our previous defense plans may have already been leaked, that's why we need to make an emergency shift change.

  Know yourself and know your enemy, a hundred battles will not be perilous. I want the enemy to be completely unclear about our defense, and also make the enemy lose specific attack targets. Confuse the enemy's vision and hearing, disrupt the enemy's judgment.

  The expected enemy will appear soon, and all our officers and men are ready for battle, and can start counterattacking the enemy at any time.

  Time slowly passed, and Ding Hui finally finished interrogating the big Han and came to my command room to report: "Director, he has confessed everything. The enemy knows about our No. 1 Xinxing Energy and also knows that we have developed a new type of weapon, the laser gun. This time they came to attack us, it is to forcibly seize our No. 1 Xinxing Energy technology and laser gun technology."

  I nodded: "I expected as much. Does he know who the traitor is?"

  Ding Hui was taken aback, and then shook his head: "He didn't say, he should be unaware. There is a traitor among us... Yes, there must be a traitor, otherwise how would the enemy know about our top-secret No. 1 new energy source and laser gun?"

  I smiled and said: "You're very clever, you understand at once. Now go gather all the information about suspicious individuals who have recently come to Wuhan, see if there are any groups of over a hundred people entering Wuhan."

  Ding Hui immediately sprang into action, while I sat in the command room watching the soldiers of the Hu Long Brigade busy with their shift change, waiting for Ding Hui's information.

  Not long after, Ding Hui said loudly: "Report, there are three teams of more than 100 people who have recently entered Wuhan."

  "Is there a detailed record of entry?"

  Ding Hui said: "There is a delegation from a neighboring province, with 114 people, who have been received by the Wuhan government and have detailed records. And there is another tourist group... This is very suspicious, at this time, there are still tourist groups coming to Wuhan."

  I took the file from Ding Hui's hand, glanced at the tourist group and immediately said: "Find out where they are currently living, it's best to find out their recent movements."

  Ding Hui immediately said: "They have been found, they are living in a small hotel, and they are still in that hotel now."

  I frowned and said: "Immediately notify the Wuhan Public Security Department, secretly arrest that tourist group in the hotel."

  Ding Hui said: "Okay, I'll go and do it right away."

  I took a look at the third team of over 100 people and found that it was actually an overseas inspection team. The team had a sign that said "Wildlife Inspection", but what they were really doing, I must find out.

  Ding Hui was still dealing with the tourist group at this time, so I said to another communications soldier: "Immediately investigate this overseas inspection team and report back to me as soon as there is any news."

  The warrior immediately began investigating and I looked at the remaining small groups and individuals who had recently entered Wuhan, thinking of finding more suspicious people from them.

  Prevention is better than cure, it's one of the principles to win a war. Being prepared is always much better than hastily making arrangements at the last minute.

  Chen Jing returned at this time, smiling and saying: "Everything has been arranged. Tomorrow morning at 5 o'clock, all service personnel will be taken away from here. The reason is that our place may be attacked, for their safety, we can only temporarily withdraw."

  I nodded: "Let's do it this way, I believe the traitor among us will be found out tomorrow. By the way, it's very late, you go rest, I'll keep watch."

  Chen Jing smiled slightly and said: "I'll just sleep here for a while, if there's anything you can call me."

  I nodded: "Okay, you sleep for a while."

  After Chen Jing fell asleep, I was about to look for more people who could enter the country when Ding Hui said: "Instructor, the people in that tourist group are now surrounded by police and I believe we will have news soon."

  I nodded slightly, very satisfied with Ding Hui's efficiency: "So fast, your handling speed is getting faster and faster..."

  Ding Hui smiled and said, "Some instructors are exaggerating. However, this time's rapid reaction wasn't my credit. This time it was the public security department of Wuhan who had suspected this team early on and started investigating them. The message we sent over earlier made them determined to capture them immediately, that's why it was so fast."

  I suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. It seems that we taking the initiative to attack is better than us passively defending. As soon as we took action, we caught over a hundred people and gave the enemy a heavy blow."

  Ding Hui laughed and said: "Yes, this is more than a hundred living forces, the enemy should be crying now."

  I couldn't help but laugh at Ding Hui's words: "You're right, the enemy should be crying." After a pause, I felt an inexplicable surge of sadness and anger well up in my chest, and I couldn't help but say in a low voice: "This time the enemy has caused us irreparable losses, we should return the favor and let them taste this feeling too."

  Ding Hui furrowed his brow and said: "What do you mean?"

  I sighed and said, "Since the war began, more than 20,000 of our excellent soldiers have been killed or wounded. Can we not avenge this hatred? Those who dare to attack us, we won't let any of them go."

  Ding Hui's eyes reddened slightly, and he lowered his head to say: "I'm sorry, in the past I even helped the Wanlong Society attack our army, I... I deserve to die..."

  I raised my hand to stop Ding Hui from continuing: "Let's not mention the past, now you are the head of our communication squad, as long as you do your best to provide us with the most useful information for the Dragon Protection Regiment, that is how you can make amends. By making contributions, you still have a chance to make up for your mistakes."

  Ding Hui nodded: "I will, please rest assured, instructor!"

  I smiled: "What you're doing now is very good, keep working hard, I have faith in you."

  Ding Hui nodded with some effort and turned to go busy himself.

  I continued to look at the documents in my hand, while also paying attention to the movements of the entire base. The shift change was now basically over, and what remained was arranging specific positions and tasks for each person, which were the affairs of the squad leaders, so I didn't need to worry about it anymore.