Chapter 1431: The New Look

The cannon fodder looked in surprise at the brand-new Wang Yan, seeing him wearing a well-fitting English military uniform, his hair greased and parted to the side, his leather boots shiny, and a brand-new Colt in the holster at his waist.

"Damn it, Master Wang, you changed into this set of clothes, you really became a Master Wang, hahaha..." Bu La laughed loudly.

Fan La was also amazed: "I really can't say, you changed into this outfit, wow, this look is much better than Yu Xiaoqing."

"What is Yu Xiaoqing? Can he be mentioned in the same breath as our Master Wang?" Long Wenzhang said, "If you ask me, our Master Wang will step on Yu Xiaoqing sooner or later."

Wang Yan waved his hand amusedly: "Alright, if I let you blow me up to the sky, you don't know my situation, or do you think we can't go back, so you don't think about it at all?

Now I've committed an even bigger crime, the major I kicked before was just a small matter. If the foreigners contact Chongqing, I'm afraid I'll be labeled with the crime of sabotaging diplomatic relations and sabotaging unity, and if it goes wrong, I'll really be shot."

"Hey, Master Wang, that really has to wait until we can go back." Ya Ma grinned, "But don't worry, Master Wang, the brothers all support you, whoever wants to shoot you, I'll shoot them."

"Right! Damn it, whoever goes against Master Wang, we'll shoot them!"

A bunch of cannon fodder and scattered soldiers got themselves excited and started clamoring again.

"Alright, you guys stay here, Fan La, Si La, let's go, come with me to meet the foreigners again, and get some good weapons for the brothers."

Wang Yan, who had slept well all night, took Fan La and Si La, followed the foreigners who came to call people, went to an air-raid shelter not far away, and met William, who clearly hadn't slept well, in a tent at the entrance of the cave.

"Hi, William, did you sleep well last night?" Wang Yan asked knowingly.

"Very badly, thank you."

"You have the good quality of honesty, but not the broad-mindedness of a man. There is an old saying in our country: those who achieve great things do not fuss over small details. William, you still have a lot of room for improvement."

"Alright, Wang, let's let each other go, if possible, I hope I won't see you again in this life."

William hummed, waved his hand, and signaled Wang Yan to come closer.

He pointed to an airport map on the table and said: "You need to help us hold on in the east and south for ten days."

Wang Yan glanced at the map and shook his head: "William, judging from your terrible reaction, it seems your leaders have already abandoned this place. I heard that the German army has already entered your territory, and you are already overwhelmed. I think it is very likely that you will not wait for reinforcements."

"What do you mean?"

"Defense is bound to fail, the best defense is offense. We need to take the initiative to attack, as long as we mobilize the surrounding Japanese troops to leave, then you will be safe."

"Wang, you are a brave soldier, I respect you. But it is a pity to tell you that I received a telegram from your officer Yu, who asked you to obey my orders completely."

William had pity in his eyes as he picked up a piece of paper and handed it over.

Wang Yan glanced at it; the meaning was very simple, which was to let the scattered soldiers led by Wang Yan obey the management of the English officers here. In fact, this was the arrangement from the beginning, but except for a few people who came to the airport, other troops were beaten to pieces by the Japanese army on the way.

But the same order, changed to a different time and different background, had a different meaning.

Fan La took the telegram and translated it for Long Wenzhang, who didn't understand, and both of them were wise people, so they immediately understood the meaning.

Long Wenzhang laughed: "Master Wang, he wants us to die."

Fan La hummed: "You can still laugh?"

"Dead, I was already dead, and you are dead too, all dead, hahaha..."

"Dog-day, get lost and act like a fool." Wang Yan gave him a slap, then looked at William, "Then execute it according to your meaning."

"Wang, don't you understand the meaning of this telegram? I think you are a brave person, a person who is not bound by rules, why..."

Wang Yan waved his hand: "Because I'm poor, I need the weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine you provide. The weapons and ammunition transported before should be very abundant, right?"

"Of course, enough to arm two battalions. But it's a pity, our plan failed."

"Give them all to us, help you fight this battle, and protect your safe evacuation."

"Okay! Anyway, we can't take them away."

Wang Yan nodded: "But you don't have ten days, only five days. William, don't say any more. My officer abandoned us, but we don't want to die yet, we need enough time to prepare for evacuation. Those brothers of mine were gathered by me, and I have to be responsible for them. But because of your generosity, I can relax for one day, today counts as a gift to you."

"Wang, you can't do this, with such a short time, we can't make it."

"Then tell me, William, should we die? Or is your life more expensive than mine?"

"Wang, perhaps I shouldn't have found your officer, they disappointed you."

"There has never been hope." Wang Yan patted him on the shoulder, "William, let someone take us to move the weapons. Also, do you have any sniper rifles? Give me one, my marksmanship is very accurate."

William sighed heavily and nodded, acknowledging the defense for six days and the sniper rifle...

Wang Yan wanted a sniper rifle mainly for the scope, although the difference at this time was large, it was indeed stronger than having no scope. Burma wasn't all jungle, and they couldn't always be in an unfamiliar jungle, so they had to be prepared.

Of course, he couldn't always be at the front, but having a sniper rifle at this time could provide some fire support. After all, one shot from him was more useful than others firing hundreds or thousands of bullets.

The warehouse was full of various weapons and ammunition; besides guns, there were even several cannons, dozens of mortars, and various shells were quite complete.

The cannon fodder and scattered soldiers who hadn't seen much of the world swallowed their saliva when they saw the weapons, and some even drooled. Besides weapons, there were complete military uniforms and boots, and the cannon fodder all happily changed into new military uniforms, just like Ya Ma, wearing fisherman hats and new steel helmets on their heads...

"These foreigners are really rich!"

"It seems Yu Xiaoqing didn't lie to us."

"Get lost, didn't you hear? There are only two battalions of equipment here, Yu Xiaoqing was beaten away by the little Japanese, and these weapons were only then available to us. Otherwise, do you think we could get a share? Let alone a share, we couldn't even touch them."

The cannon fodder held the weapons and ammunition like treasures, laughing, cursing, and scolding.

Fan La also changed into a new set of clothes, but he had no joy, looking at Wang Yan who was fiddling with the sniper rifle with the scope added, and asked: "Master Wang, you are really calm."

"What high opinion do you have?" Wang Yan glanced at him sideways.

Fan La opened his mouth to speak, but finally sighed long: "None."

"Then why are you talking nonsense?" Wang Yan shook his head amusedly, "Didn't I fight for it? Counting today, we'll hold for six days and then retreat."

"By then, I'm afraid the little Japanese will have blocked us, where can we retreat to?"

"How we came in is how we go out." Long Wenzhang said, "You still don't understand, Fan La, you don't think about it, what do the little Japanese want to do at this time? They want to advance north and drive our troops back. The airport here is basically an isolated army, although there are troops in other places, they can't support it anymore.

Who would use so much power against an isolated army? Surrounding without attacking is the best policy. At most, it's just launching a few waves of attacks occasionally to threaten and intimidate. So if we are determined to escape, we can still kill our way out."

Seeing him look at himself, Wang Yan gave a positive answer: "It's about the same as what he said. No matter what, we definitely can't tell the brothers that the superiors have abandoned us, that would be the end.

Yu Xiaoqing is really harmful, at this time, if he had a little courage, instead of leading the team to run back to the country, he should have turned back and fought, and we would have contained them from the rear, so the north and south would have clamped down, and the battle results definitely wouldn't be bad. I have already foreseen the day when the Japanese army advances the front line to the Nu River."

"If you go back, he might shoot you, are you still going back?"

"It's not whether I go back, but whether the brothers go back."

Fan La sighed: "I think they all want to go back."

Wang Yan shook his head: "It's that they haven't figured it out yet, Chanda is not home, what's the use of going back? Do we still have a home? Even if we return to Chanda, we will just be reorganized and continue to be fooled by Yu Xiaoqing to sell our lives."

"That means we still have to go back?" Long Wenzhang laughed, "When the brothers know they can't cross the river, their hearts will die, and by then we will still be killing Japanese in Burma, and when we kill enough, we will find a chance to deal with Yu Xiaoqing!"

"He has people above him, a direct line to Chongqing, what are we dealing with? It's good enough to survive." Wang Yan waved his hand lazily, signaling them to maintain order.

Watching Long Wenzhang laughing and joking with the cannon fodder, Wang Yan couldn't help but shake his head amusedly.

The status is different, so the words are different. Long Wenzhang understands how to talk to people and how to talk to ghosts; he grasped Wang Yan's wildness of not obeying the rules, which is why he said he was killing Japanese in Burma.

In the original drama, he led people to the riverside, fighting the Japanese army all the way, and many people were killed, but he didn't think about running away with people, and finally crossed the river and returned to Chanda.

His attitude toward killing Japanese is correct, but it doesn't delay his flexible mind. Now that he is Wang Yan's messenger, he naturally speaks according to Wang Yan's mind.

He is also not a person who wants face, anything goes...

After emptying two warehouses full of weapons, and moving away a large pile of food, medicine, and various tools, Wang Yan led the team according to William's orders, divided into two parts, guarding the eastern and southern areas of the airport, occupying favorable positions, and blocking the roads.

Wang Yan was in the south where there were the most enemies; there was a flat dirt road here, the terrain was relatively open, and it was easy to attack. The relatively easy east was left to Fan La and Long Wenzhang to lead the team.

"Don't say, these foreigners' trenches are dug quite well, deep enough, and there is air defense, quite good." Mi Long smoked, sitting beside Wang Yan, "It's just that they are not very useful, I thought foreigners were very powerful, but they were still beaten by the little Japanese until they couldn't find north."

"It's that the little Japanese are too strong, and they occupy the favorable terrain. They are so close, while the foreigners are so far away, and the planes have to stop in the middle when they come over."

Seeing Wang Yan fiddling with the sniper rifle, Mi Long said: "Let me play with it for a bit?"

Wang Yan handed the gun over, and Mi Long took it and looked at it through the scope. This was a Lee-Enfield rifle made in England, with a range of 900 meters.

Mi Long fiddled with it for a while, and finally pulled the bolt with a *clatter* to load it, turned his head and asked, "Can I fire two shots?"

"What's wrong with that? Let you fire five shots."

So Mi Long threw away his cigarette, stood up, lay on the edge of the trench and aimed.

They were not far from the Japanese position, and they could see it from here just by looking, about 500 or 600 meters away.

Mi Long aimed for a long time, fired a shot with a *bang*, and it missed by a long way. Wang Yan saw clearly through the telescope that the little devils who were laughing and talking over there didn't move at all, but instead stood up and gestured to mock them.

"Damn you, you bunch of bastards, I'll kill you!"

Mi Long cursed and continued to aim, fired another shot with a *bang*, and the result was naturally no surprise, the bullet missed by a lot.

Mi Long pulled the bolt angrily, fired three more shots in a row, and then returned the gun: "Brother, you do it, your marksmanship is good, kill them."

Wang Yan smiled, pressed five bullets into the gun, pushed the bolt to load, aimed for a moment, raised the muzzle slightly, pulled the trigger, and it rang with a *bang*.

Mi Long held the telescope, his mouth slightly open: "Damn! Headshot! Headshot! Really accurate, brother, shoot quickly, kill them."

"Mi Long, let me see, let me see..." Bu La rushed up, snatched the telescope, and then laughed loudly, "Damn it, the little Eastern devils are scared and hiding, Master Wang, hurry up and kill them."

There was no need for him to say, Wang Yan had already fired again, and with a *bang*, the bullet spun over.

"Another one down! Another one down!" Bu La shouted excitedly.

The cannon fodder were all happy, clamoring and cheering for Wang Yan, asking him to kill a few more.

Wang Yan lived up to expectations, fired five shots, and killed three little devils.

This battle record was already quite good, after all, the opposite side was moving, especially since they were all hiding, and it was 500 or 600 meters away, which was very hard to kill. Wang Yan was human after all, and the gun he held was just an ordinary gun, not a causal weapon that would hit as soon as it was fired.

The cannon fodder also cheered enthusiastically, laughing and joking.

Wang Yan shouted twice, stopping their chatter.

"All be honest, hurry up and run into the cave, I'm afraid they'll get anxious and shell us directly. Who knows, they might launch an attack in a while."

He wasn't wrong; after about ten minutes, shells whistled over.

At the same time, the Japanese army over there also drove over and launched an attack on them...

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