Chapter 102: Thunder God Cannon

  Chen Jing rushed over and said, "The road ahead has been destroyed by the enemy and is impassable. Our wounded cannot go to the hospital."

  I frowned and said: "What can we do? Many friends in the martial arts world are in urgent need of treatment, and our warriors also have many wounded who need treatment."

  Chen Jing thought for a moment: "Otherwise, let's send the wounded to the underground base first. There are doctors and nurses there who can perform some simple operations."

  I nodded slightly and said, "Then hurry up and arrange it. You're in charge of opening the password at the entrance to let Master Yucheng and the others enter the base to treat their injuries. I'll be here monitoring the enemy's movements, and as soon as I discover any unusual activity from the enemy, I'll immediately notify you to close the entrance."

  Chen Jing nodded slightly and turned to leave. I stayed with several warriors of the Hu Long Lian, keeping watch on the enemy who had just escaped, worried that they would return to launch a surprise attack.

  In fact, only a small number of the enemy escaped, while most were either killed or captured by us after being knocked unconscious. Now, beside me, there are soldiers watching over more than ten Japanese ninja who were caught by us after being knocked out.

  I had a soldier go and call over Ding Hui, because he understood Japanese and was also skilled at interrogation. After the soldier went to get him, I reached out and woke one of them up, then directly asked: "How many people did you bring with you this time?"

  He looked up at me, but didn't say a word. I smiled and said: "It's okay if you don't want to talk. Listen carefully, you only have one chance. I'll ask you again, if you still don't speak, I'll shoot you dead!"

  At this time, Ding Hui, who had been in the communication class all along, came over and looked at the Japanese ninja caught by us. He couldn't help but say: "You've caught so many? That's great, we should interrogate them thoroughly, maybe we'll get a lot of useful information."

  I nodded and said to Ding Hui: "You start interrogating now, we'll do it here. The enemy has escaped with some people and may attack us again, so we can't leave this place."

  Ding Hui nodded and squatted down beside the ninja, saying a few words in Japanese. The man immediately responded with a few sentences, seemingly answering Ding Hui.

  Ding Hui said to me after listening: "He said they came with more than 150 people, the leader is called Qingmu Sanlang, and another leader is a female ninja named Yamaguchi Yoshiko."

  I had a sudden movement in my heart and pointed at the ninjas beside me, saying to the warriors: "Take off their masks and see their true faces."

  The warriors immediately took action, taking down the masks of all the ninjas we had captured. I pointed at them and asked the awakened ninja: "Are there any of the people you mentioned, Aoki Ichiro and Yamaguchi Yoshiko?"

  Ding Hui translated what I said. The ninja looked at the ninjas we caught, nodded slightly, and said a few words to one of the female ninjas.

  "This woman is Yamaguchi Yoshiko."

  When I looked at that female ninja, Nangong Qianlan said beside me: "This is the ninja we caught back. Her skills are very good, I thought she was a man, didn't expect her to be a woman, and still a very beautiful woman."

  I said: "What about Aoki Ichirō?"

  Ding Hui translated and exchanged a few words with that ninja, then shook his head and said to me: "Coach, that Qingmu Yirou has escaped."

  I frowned as I received: "Take him to identify all the ninjas we've killed, and make sure that guy named Aoki Ichirō is among them."

  Ding Hui nodded and pushed the ninja away. I then said to the warriors, "Bring water over to splash awake Yamaguchi Yoshiko, we will immediately interrogate the enemy leader."

  A warrior was about to take action when he heard someone say in a slightly non-standard Chinese dialect: "I've been awake for a long time..."

  I saw the very pretty female ninja in front of me open her eyes, looking at me with a smile that was not quite a smile, and seemingly familiar: "Mr. Jin, we finally meet. Mei has long heard of your great name and has long wanted to see you, but didn't expect it would be here, in this way."

  I smiled slightly: "It seems that your intelligence is very thorough, and you even know who I am. However, it's clear that our conversation today won't be a friendly one, so why don't you take the initiative to tell me all about your intelligence?"

  Yamaguchi Yoshiko smiled faintly, and a gentle warmth appeared on her already beautiful face. She said softly: "Although we are enemies, I am now your captive. According to your customs, shouldn't you treat me with kindness? I think you won't force me, will you?"

  As I watched Yamaguchi Yoshiko speak, my mind was unexpectedly moved by her words and actions, and I had an urge to release her immediately. The Wudang Heart Method in my body automatically started operating, and my mind returned to normal. I slightly furrowed my brow and muttered to myself: "This woman actually knows the legendary seduction technique, it seems I need to be more careful."

  When I turned my head to look at other people, they were all in a state of infatuation. I opened my mouth and shouted: "Wake up!" This loud shout of mine was transmitted through the true energy, and when it reached other people's ears, it sounded like a burst of thunder.

  Everyone was startled awake by my shout, each and every one of them looked surprised, as if they had just had a nightmare.

  Yamaguchi Yoshiko's expression changed, and she said coldly: "So you've learned the internal family method, and my charm can't tempt you... But even so, I won't tell you anything."

  I frowned and said, "You don't have to put it so absolutely. We don't treat stubborn prisoners of war with kindness all the time."

  Yamaguchi Yoshiko listened to my words and glared at me with a scowl, turning her head away and refusing to speak again.

  At this time, a soldier came over and whispered in my ear: "Director, the Chief of Staff has summoned you!"

  I was taken aback and immediately said, "Put Yamaguchi Yoshiko and the others in our small building. Everyone must wear handcuffs, and put leg irons on Yamaguchi Yoshiko."

  The warriors immediately took action and took away all the ninjas we had captured. I followed the warrior who came to call me to see Chen Jing, and also called Ding Hui when I left.

  Ding Hui and the ninja of the Japanese pirate searched for a long time in the pile of dead bodies, but couldn't find Qingmu Yilang. It seemed that Qingmu Yilang had already escaped.

  Upon arriving at the command room, Chen Jing looked at us with some confusion, then whispered to me: "News from the front line says that the Japanese pirates have used their newly developed secret weapon, the Thunder God Cannon, to heavily damage our frontline soldiers. The military department has issued an urgent order for our base to develop a new weapon capable of countering the Thunder God Cannon in the shortest time possible. I've already discussed this with Professor Shi Yu Shi, who's in charge of the base, and they've decided to go all out to develop an upgraded version of the laser gun, which is a more powerful radiation cannon. However, the base currently lacks the necessary materials, so Professor Shi wants us to send someone to retrieve some of these materials from a secret military warehouse in Wuhan. The problem is that the enemy has blocked off all roads leading to the base... what do you think we should do?"

  I didn't think of what to do, but asked: "What is the Thunder God Cannon after all? How powerful is it? Is it more powerful than the ballistic ones we have now?"

  Chen Jing nodded slightly: "As far as I know, the Thunder God Cannon is currently the most powerful land-based single-soldier weapon. Our existing weapons are no match for it. The Thunder God Cannon is a fully automatic infantry weapon that can be used by two soldiers. It is lightweight, easy to carry and operate, and has tremendous power, with a killing radius comparable to small nuclear bombs. It is said that one shell can kill all living things within a kilometer radius. It is currently the world's most intimidating land-based weapon. Moreover, it has automatic aiming and tracking functions, making it far more advanced than previous portable missile weapons."

  I couldn't help but say, "A radius of one kilometer? Isn't that the combat radius of a small nuclear bomb? What kind of material did the Japanese devils use to make their shells, with such great power? It can't be a nuclear bomb, can it?"

  Chen Jing shook her head: "International conventions clearly stipulate that no country or region is allowed to use nuclear bombs at will. The Japanese pirates also dare not openly violate the common regulations of all humanity. What material they used, we still don't know for now. However, our scientists suspect that the Japanese pirates used a new type of energy substance as the internal filling material for the cannonballs, replacing the various gunpowder and explosives used in the past. And the reason why the power of the Thunder God Cannon is so enormous is precisely because of this new type of energy substance."

  I became even more puzzled: "What kind of energy substance can make a shell's power reach such an extent?"

  Chen Jing sighed: "If we had known, would we have been heavily damaged by the Wokou's Thunder God Cannon again? Don't ask too much, hurry up and think of a way to secretly take materials from the military warehouse, so that our scientists can make a new powerful weapon as soon as possible, which is enough to compete with the Thunder God Cannon."

  I thought for a moment and then said, "I'll go get the materials myself... do you know where the killing power of the Thunder God Cannon is specifically reflected? Is it the shrapnel from the bomb or the high temperature?"

  Chen Jing said: "The news from the front line is that it's extremely high temperature, and according to the law of artillery shells producing high temperatures, any living thing within a radius of one kilometer can be killed instantly. The creatures at the center point will even be directly vaporized, leaving no ashes behind."

  I suddenly thought of our new incendiary bomb and said, "Isn't that our latest successfully developed incendiary bomb? But with greater power, equipped with aiming system and tracking function, and also using a special single-soldier cannon to launch, generating thrust."

  Chen Jing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly shouted loudly: "You are truly a wake-up call to the people! Our scientists have only seen the great power of the Thunder God Cannon and thought about what kind of filling material is used in the shells, ignoring what you just said. I will immediately report your discovery to the military department and ask the military experts to follow your thinking to produce several single-soldier cannons, replace the filling material of the shells with the filling material of our incendiary bombs, and experiment to see if we can also produce our own Thunder God Cannon."

  I nodded: "Then you contact the military department first, I'll go prepare, and immediately go to the secret military warehouse to retrieve the original materials."

  Chen Jing happily contacted the military department, and I left the command room, calling Ding Hui and a squad leader, saying: "You two bring five people with you, follow me to get something."

  A row of people immediately picked out five people from a row, and then followed Ding Hui to quietly leave the research base with me, secretly heading to the secret military warehouse in Wuhan mentioned by Professor Shi Yu.

  Because there were only eight of us, fewer people made it easier to avoid detection, so we smoothly passed through the enemy's blockade area. On the way, I saw several lone enemies wandering around, apparently they were the ninjas that we had scattered earlier.

  We didn't hesitate, quietly following the enemy and resolving everything smoothly. When we encountered a large number of enemies, we changed our route and quietly left. Our mission was not to kill the enemy, but to retrieve materials, so we couldn't afford to engage in a fierce battle with a large number of enemies at this time.

  The password-protected military warehouse is twenty kilometers away from our research base. By the time we arrived at the secret military warehouse on foot, it was already broad daylight. Two plainclothes soldiers guarding the warehouse saw us and one of them immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Who are you? Halt!"

  I showed my officer's certificate and explained the purpose, and the two guards let us into the warehouse. Upon entering the warehouse, I was shocked to find that it was also built underground, with a scale comparable to our research base. The inside was packed with stored strategic materials, which seemed enough for the entire city of Wuhan to live on for a year or so.

  The guard led us to a person who looked like the warehouse manager, and after telling that person my needs, the manager took a row of Long's protection team and five soldiers to find the materials we needed.

  Ding Hui and I stayed behind and chatted with the guards. Ding Hui said casually, "Are you two working hard here?"

  The guards all shook their heads, and the man on the left said: "Actually, we don't have much to do here. Every day is just standing guard and patrolling, and we switch shifts every two hours, it's not tiring at all. You guys on the front line are the ones who suffer the most, risking your lives to fight against the enemy, we... really admire you."

  Ding Hui smiled: "It's just a different division of labor, your position is also very important, if there is no strategic material, how can this battle be fought?"

  The guard also smiled and said: "That's true... but we also want to go to the battlefield, after all, watching the enemy invade our country, we are just standing here, it's hard to bear!"

  Ding Hui paused slightly and sighed, "There will be opportunities. You guys hold on to the strategic materials here tightly, our country needs you, and you are also working hard for the country."

  The guard smiled slightly and said to Ding Hui: "Do you need weapons and ammunition? Why come over and take these cumbersome materials?"

  Ding Hui looked at me and I nodded slightly: "Our mission this time is to come over and take these materials back, other things, we haven't received orders from our superiors, nor can we ask you for this or that."

  The guard nodded: "That's true, though. But if you're short of weapons, I can give you some. Your Dragon Guard team is here to protect our research base this time, and we all know that you are the most hardworking and also the most dangerous. So our superiors have taken care of us long ago. They said that anything you need, as long as we have it, will be unconditionally satisfied."

  My heart skipped a beat, and I immediately said: "Then give me some rocket-propelled grenades, some hand grenades, incendiary bombs, landmines, C4 explosives, anything will do."

  The guard immediately said: "No problem, I'll go tell the administrator right away. You can take as much as you want, we have plenty of these things here!"

  I watched the guard who had just spoken smile and run away, and couldn't help but glance at Ding Hui: "It seems that for our enemies, any Huaxia person feels angry, will think of all ways to support our country and army, resolutely strike and eliminate our enemies..."

  Ding Hui nodded: "Yes, they also know how hard it is for us frontline warriors, and if they can give us some convenience, they won't be stingy."

  The guard who remained on the spot smiled and said, "You're right, our leader also said so. By the way, we still have some Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missiles here, do you want to take some back?"

  "After some thought, I said: 'Forget it, we found that several roads were blocked by the enemy on our way here. With Red Arrow-8 weapons like this, it's hard to avoid the enemy's blockade. Just give us some conventional weapons and ammunition, we won't be able to carry much.'"

  The guard nodded and sighed: "If you need it, come back to us anytime."

  I said "thank you" and turned to face the row of soldiers who had just moved out the materials, saying loudly: "Each person carry thirty kilograms of materials, those with strength can also bring some weapons and ammunition, we set off immediately to rush back to base."

  The warriors responded in unison with "yes", then worked together to bring these materials, each took some weapons and ammunition, bid farewell to the warehouse guards, and then began to return to the base.

  When we came, we were basically empty-handed, so it was very light. When we went back, we all carried dozens of kilograms of goods, and the speed slowed down a lot. Plus now is daytime, our difficulty in avoiding enemies increased, can only slowly sneak, four degrees even slower.

  All the way, we didn't encounter a large number of enemies, which is also a very fortunate thing. When we arrived at the base, Chen Jing and others were waiting for us. Seeing us return, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Jing even whispered in my ear: "If you don't come back again, I'll go find you..."

  I felt a little moved and said in a low voice: "We have to try our best to avoid the enemy, so we're going slower."

  Shi Yu was checking the materials we brought back at this time, and when he heard my words, he immediately smiled: "You've worked hard, instructor."

  "You're too kind, this is what we should be doing."

  Shi Yu nodded and said seriously: "We will develop new weapons as soon as possible, which will be more powerful than the Wokou's Thunder God Cannon."

  "I said with gratitude: 'Then I will thank you and the scientists under your command on behalf of tens of millions of Chinese soldiers.'"

  Shi Yu's face was stern: "No need to thank us, this is what we should do. Those little dwarves actually dared to attack our Huaxia several times, it's time to show them some color..."

  I looked at Shi Yu's righteous face and suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit in my heart. Earlier, because too many comrades-in-arms and fellow martial artists had died or been injured, I was feeling uneasy and depressed inside, but hadn't shown it. Now that I heard Shi Yu's words, I immediately regained my former heroic spirit and said loudly: "Well said! My billions of Chinese compatriots, how can we be bullied by those little Japanese pirates? We will show them some color, let them know the true spirit and charm of the Chinese people. And also let them know that we are not cowards who can be bullied at will!"

  Shi Yu burst out laughing and said: "Then I'll hurry up and research new weapons, add some fuel to your fire!"

  I said "thank you" and watched as Shi Yu entered the base. Suddenly, I thought of a good way to deal with our enemies.