Chapter 418: What Kind of Play Is This?

Seeing Zhu Ziming say this, Zhou Weiguo grinned: "Then what if I can prove that I have this ability?"

The bandits all around, seeing that Zhou Weiguo still didn't know what was good for him, also began to clamor.

"Big Boss, why say so much to him? This kid is clearly looking for trouble!"

"Exactly... exactly..."

"Big Boss, ignore him. This kid is disrespectful to you. Let's teach him a lesson and hurry up and retreat!"

"Once shots are fired here, the little devils nearby will definitely gather. We must get away as soon as possible."

Several of Zhu Ziming's confidants looked at each other and then said: "No objections!"

Dozens of little devils began to pursue Zhou Weiguo and Huzi. In the bushes, Zhou Weiguo and Huzi returned to a small hillside.

These little devils, how did they become so fragile?

"Bang, bang, bang!! —"

"Charge up there for me, catch these two Chinese!!"

"Fake devils!" Zhu Ziming was also stunned for a moment.

The rest of Zhu Ziming's confidants also had no confidence in Zhou Weiguo at all. After all, the little devils who entered the territory of Shandong Province were elite soldiers; even the last time Qingfeng Stronghold and the Eighth Route Army from Hutou Mountain Base fought the Japanese transport team.

"I just said it too, as long as he has the ability, he can take my position as Big Boss. I have no objections, how about you all!"

He was commanding his troops, wanting to break out of the encirclement. Zhou Weiguo had already set his sights on this old devil in the dark, and raised his hand to fire a shot.

Seeing the man in black before him say this, Zhu Ziming frowned slightly, and at the same time waved his hand to let his underlings be a little quieter: "How do you want to prove it?"

Zhu Ziming introduced his confidants from Qingfeng Stronghold, "Brother, you are about to be the Big Boss now, may I ask your honorable name?"

Two gunshots rang out, two devil soldiers were hit and fell to the ground, and the remaining little devils all looked for cover.

Therefore, the little devils at the foot of the hill were clearly over one meter fifty-five in height. It was very obvious that they were a group of fake devils, most likely Puppet Army soldiers disguised as Japanese soldiers.

"This Big Boss, still needs Brother Zhu to do it!"

The bandits at the scene, hearing Zhou Weiguo say this, all gasped in cold air.

"Their walking posture is also different from the devils I encountered before. This is a group of fake devils."

"Baka!"

Zhu Ziming looked at Zhou Weiguo, "Brother, I would like to see how you plan to ambush them!"

The little devils fired at the position where Zhou Weiguo and Huzi were hiding.

"Strange!"

The bandit team was in chaos. Zhou Weiguo scanned the crowd: "What?!"

Zhou Weiguo looked at Zhu Ziming: "Very simple!"

After taking the Telescope, Zhou Weiguo carefully observed the two small detachments of Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain. It didn't matter if he didn't look, but once he did, he discovered a big problem.

In view of Zhou Weiguo's eye-catching performance earlier, Zhu Ziming intended to listen to Zhou Weiguo and let the team hide.

"Brother!" Zhu Ziming patted Zhou Weiguo on the shoulder: "You come be the Big Boss, I have no objections, I will give the position to you."

Zhu Ziming looked at Zhou Weiguo: "Brother Zhou, your skills are good, your marksmanship is accurate, and you know so much, you aren't an ordinary person, right?"

Subsequently, under Zhou Weiguo's arrangement, thirty bandits began to work together to hide in the bushes, while Zhu Ziming took the remaining dozens of brothers and hid on another hilltop.

"First of all, the height of this group of little devils is a bit wrong. They are a bit tall, their pants don't fit, and their walking posture isn't bow-legged."

After firing a shot, Zhou Weiguo immediately said: "Huzi, hurry and retreat with me!"

"Bang, bang!!"

The strength Zhou Weiguo had shown was already enough to make this group of bandits convinced.

It wasn't just Zhu Ziming and the others who were a bit confused; even the thirty bandits who followed Zhou Weiguo and Huzi to fight the devils now had their heads buzzing. Are these Puppet Army soldiers they are fighting?

Since when were devils as weak as the Puppet Army? This isn't scientific!

Soon, Zhu Ziming brought the remaining bandits to Zhou Weiguo's side: "Brother!"

"I have truly had my eyes opened today. Thirty or so people, completely wiped out forty or so devils. This is simply a great victory."

"You few, no objections, right!?"

Both sides had used a great deal of effort to take down the devil's transport team, and that was still while occupying the terrain advantage.

"Baka yaro!" Seeing the Chinese who launched the sneak attack fleeing, Kameda Saburo climbed up from the ground and waved his Command Sword.

Just when this group of bandits didn't think much of Zhou Weiguo, Zhou Weiguo saw that the devils had already entered the ambush circle and shouted: "Huzi, pull the mines for me!"

Zhu Ziming looked Zhou Weiguo up and down, feeling that the kid in front of him was no ordinary person. His whole body revealed a special aura, which made him very curious. Therefore, Zhu Ziming intended to see how the man in black before him would wipe out the remaining forty or so devils.

"Brother Zhu!"

"Brother Zhou, you really are the savior of my Qingfeng Stronghold."

Looking at Zhu Ziming, Zhou Weiguo said softly: "Brother Zhu, my saying I wanted to be the Big Boss was just a joke!"

Kameda Saburo cursed loudly: "It's a trap, retreat immediately!"

Even Huzi, who was beside Zhou Weiguo, now discovered a trace of abnormality.

At the same time, Kameda Saburo led the remaining troops and quickly returned to the Blockhouse. Zhou Weiguo and Huzi, according to the pre-set plan, fired at the little devils.

Seeing that Huzi also noticed something, Zhou Weiguo grinned: "There's a trick to this. This is a group of fake devils. Let's wait and see what medicine is in the devils' gourd."

This discovery shocked Zhu Ziming. Zhou Weiguo also briefly explained the principle of the Triangular Ambush Formation to Zhu Ziming.

"See it? How do you plan to do it?"

Just at this moment!

On a small path at the foot of the hill, two small detachments of devils appeared. These twenty or so devils were patrolling on the path.

"How did you manage to do this?!"

On the hillside, after Zhu Ziming saw this scene, his eyes widened directly. At the same time, the few bandits who had just mocked Zhou Weiguo were also stunned with fear.

Hearing this, Zhu Ziming looked at Zhou Weiguo. In his heart, he was already very clear about what Zhou Weiguo wanted to express.

"Charge! Charge!! ——"

However, after the end of World War II, the little Japanese devils vigorously developed their economy, and the government subsidized eggs, milk, and fruit for compulsory education, leading to a rapid growth in the height of the little Japanese devils.

"However, in a previous encounter, I also dealt with the devils. Even when the Japanese Army lacked machine guns and other weapons, their marksmanship was extremely accurate, forcing me to withdraw my troops."

"That's right, Big Boss, we've gained so much today, we should slip away now; if we don't leave now, it'll be too late."

"Oh!" Zhou Weiguo had indeed not thought of this point, and subsequently, both sides exchanged a few words.

"Could it be that these little Japanese devils have set their sights on my Qingfeng Stronghold?"

Right now, in this thicket, the small hillside occupied by Zhou Weiguo and the others did not have a terrain advantage, and they would be at a great disadvantage fighting the devils.

"Regimental Commander, this group of Japanese Army soldiers is a bit strange."

Now, this man in black actually wanted to engage the remaining Japanese Army soldiers with a hundred men; this courage was simply too bold, even bordering on reckless.

As he spoke, Zhu Ziming's gaze swept over several other trusted subordinates: "You all have seen it, this brother is a capable man."

The bandits of Qingfeng Stronghold, carrying the spoils captured in this ambush, were heading back to the stronghold, but when walking along a hillside, Zhou Weiguo said to Zhu Ziming: "Brother Zhu, there is a situation."

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!! ——" Guida Saburo shouted while waving his Command Sword.

Several of Zhu Ziming's trusted subordinates came to his side, "Big Boss, let's stop dragging things out with this kid, let's run for it now."

"Brother! My name is Zhu Ziming, Big Boss of Qingfeng Stronghold!"

"I want to lead you all to completely annihilate the remaining little Japanese devils."

"In this Ambush, we have the advantage in weapons first, no problem with that, right?"

The two of them fought while retreating, drawing dozens of devils into the pre-planned Ambush location.

"Hiss!! ——"

The bullet drew an arc through the air and then struck Guida Saburo in the forehead; bright red blood poured down, and Guida Saburo only felt everything go black before falling into a pool of blood.

Ever since the Japanese Army entered the territory of Shandong Province, Qingfeng Stronghold had clashed with the Japanese Army more than a dozen times, yet Zhu Ziming still couldn't see why this group of Japanese Army soldiers was fake, and besides, they were about the same as the devils he usually encountered.

"Just now I heard the sturdy man beside you call you Regimental Commander; brother, you are an officer of the Republic of China Government Army, right?"

Because he now discovered that no matter where he hid, the opponent's firepower could hit the Imperial Warrior.

Zhou Weiguo nodded: "That's right! Brother Zhu, I am an officer of the Republic of China Government Army. During the Lanfeng Battle, when my unit was breaking out of the encirclement, we were scattered by the devils, and I was wounded myself. Once my injuries improved a bit, I was preparing to leave the territory of Shandong Province to find my unit when I ran into the devils."

"You have about a hundred men, you have two Czech Light Machine Guns in your hands, plus the six Machine Guns you just captured, that makes a total of eight Machine Guns."

It had only been a few minutes of fighting, yet they had already completely annihilated forty or so Japanese Army soldiers so quickly, and the ratio of the two sides' forces was close to one-to-one.

There are eight bandits here; Zhou Weiguo shouted, "Open fire on the little Japanese devils for me, remember, don't fire the Machine Guns yet."

"Also, Big Boss, this kid in black wants to fight the devils, but instead of concentrating his forces on the small hillside, he actually splits a portion of them out; this kid is a complete donkey."

Li Wu and the others nodded: "No objections, Big Boss, just arrange it as you see fit."

Huzi nodded and pulled the Simple Hand Grenade he had buried; after a huge explosion, all thirty or so bandits began to open fire on the little Japanese devils, and the dense firepower formed by the Machine Guns and Mauser C96s instantly stunned Guida Saburo.

"Previously, when the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army was still around Teng County, our Qingfeng Stronghold had joined forces with the Sichuan Army to fight the little Japanese devils."

"The Japanese Army stationed here has one platoon, and now that the devils have lost their Machine Guns and Grenade Launcher, they are at a disadvantage in terms of firepower."

A platoon of the Japanese Army—they had dealt with them before; Qingfeng Stronghold would need three or four hundred men, and they would have to occupy the terrain advantage to dare to engage the devils.

"Fine!" Zhu Ziming nodded: "I'll pick thirty brothers, and all the Machine Guns and Mauser C96s in our hands will be under your command."

Subsequently, Zhou Weiguo let Zhu Ziming take a close look at the Firepower Point he had set up; Zhu Ziming took a look and discovered that the Japanese Army was in the crossfire zone of three machine gun Firepower Points.

Moreover, he had not gathered all thirty bandits on the small hillside, but instead split the bandits into two groups, dispersed on the two flanks of the small hillside.

"What is it, Brother Zhou?"

The Japanese Army of the 1930s was clearly not tall, basically around 1.55 meters; this was the recruitment requirement of the Japanese Army at the time, and it was also a rigid regulation. Later in the war, due to a lack of a large number of soldiers, the Japanese Army's minimum height requirement of 1.55 meters was broken and lowered to 1.45 meters.

After being pointed out by Zhou Weiguo, Zhu Ziming took a careful look, "It really is!"

Zhu Ziming nodded: "Indeed, this time the Japanese Army has no Machine Guns or Grenade Launcher, our weapons are indeed at an advantage."

"Brother Zhu, the Telescope!"

"Fine! Brother, you can be the Second Boss directly!"

On another hilltop, the Second Boss curled his lip and smiled: "Big Boss, just relying on this kid, he wants to finish off the remaining little Japanese devils with just these thirty people?"

"Last time we returned to the stronghold, there were no devils patrolling this area!"

"You pick thirty people to come with me, I only need thirty people; as for the rest, you all hide in a safe area and watch how I fight the little Japanese devils."

Plus, the little Japanese devils kneel all year round, and after their bodies develop, their walking is clearly bow-legged; short stature and bow-legs are the characteristics of real devils, which is also why they are often called little Japanese devils.

"No wonder!" Zhu Ziming laughed out loud: "You kid know so many things, one look and I know you're not an ordinary person. Brother, come with me to fight the devils, it's the same anywhere; don't you underestimate our Qingfeng Stronghold."

"Are you all afraid, is your courage that small?"

"Brother Zhu, the situation here is a bit wrong, let's wait and see first."

"Zhou Weiguo!"

Even the few trusted subordinates around Zhu Ziming were secretly shocked in their hearts when they saw this formation; fortunately, this was to deal with the little Japanese devils, if the people of Qingfeng Stronghold were to encounter it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"If we don't finish off the devils later, we'll have to go and rescue them. These little Japanese devils, Big Boss, you also know, their marksmanship is accurate and their skills are good, every bullet bites into flesh."

"Charge! Charge!! ——"

A smile rose on Zhou Weiguo's cheeks: "However, your Machine Guns and Mauser C96s must all be under my command, otherwise this battle cannot be fought."

"Yes!"

As for what was wrong, Huzi couldn't say yet, but the little Japanese devils at the foot of the mountain were just a bit strange.

Huzi, as an Old Soldier who had been through the Songhu, Jinling, and Lanfeng Battle, had been in no fewer than a hundred battles of all sizes and was particularly familiar with the little Japanese devils; this group of devils was different from the ones he usually encountered.

At the same time, the remaining little Japanese devils were all dealt with by Zhou Weiguo and the others in less than ten minutes under the crossfire.

Zhu Ziming frowned slightly; he was also very glad that he had led his team to stop. If they had foolishly continued to move forward, they would likely have had an encounter with the Japanese Army.

"These few are named Li Wu, Zhao Shoutian, Sun Fugui, and Wu Yongqiang respectively."

"See that thicket over there?"

"These little devils' trousers don't fit; it's just like a grown man wearing a child's clothes."

"Brother Zhu! We have to wait here and see what these devils are actually up to!"

"Hmm! I also want to see what kind of play this is, with the Puppet Army pretending to be little devils."

(End of chapter)