Chapter 47: Kong Jie’s Shock and Doubt: Old Li Didn’t Die? Who Did It? Li Yunlong’s Choice!
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Kong Jie led the soldiers of the Independent Regiment’s First Battalion swiftly toward Yangshugou. Although gunfire could be heard from the direction of Yangshugou while they were still in Yangcun, there remained a considerable distance between the two locations. As Kong Jie and his men approached, the gunfire grew fiercer.
“Hurry, hurry!” Kong Jie urged the men anxiously. “Pick up the pace; we can’t let those damned devils escape again.”
The intensity of the gunfire made him fear the battle might end before they arrived. After all, Kong Jie had been eager to seize this chance to exact revenge on Yamamoto’s spy squad.
The First Battalion pushed forward, accelerating their march. Yet before they reached Yangshugou, the gunfire clearly began shifting farther away.
Being a seasoned veteran, Kong Jie immediately understood the significance: the continuous movement of gunfire meant one side was faltering, retreating while firing.
His anxiety deepened. No matter which side was withdrawing, if the weaker party escaped, his chance for vengeance would vanish. If the devils fled, their captain would be lost. But if it were the friendly forces retreating, without their support, the First Battalion alone would struggle against those elite spies.
“Run, faster!” Kong Jie urged his subordinates again. “If we miss this opportunity, revenge will slip through our fingers.”
The soldiers broke into a full sprint, rapidly closing in on Yangjiagou.
Finally, the once fierce gunfire abruptly ceased. At this moment, Kong Jie’s group was only a few hundred meters from Yangjiagou.
Meanwhile, at Yangshugou, Li Yunlong was supervising the clearing of the battlefield with Zhou Weiguo and others.
Suddenly, the voice of the Divine Choice System echoed in Li Yunlong’s mind:
[Ding dong! System detects Kong Jie approaching Yangjiagou; Divine Choice System activated!]
[Choice One: Meet Kong Jie; system rewards 5 Italian cannons and 10 heavy machine guns.]
[Choice Two: Quickly withdraw from the battlefield; temporarily avoid meeting Kong Jie; system rewards a cavalry regiment’s warhorses and a gold mine.]
(Note: All rewards will appear through perfectly reasonable means.)
“Is Kong the fool coming here?” Li Yunlong’s expression shifted strangely after digesting the information. He thought silently, “A cavalry regiment’s horses plus a gold mine? The system’s being extremely generous this time.”
“Though I want to meet that second-rate Kong, this reward is too tempting.”
“The New First Regiment currently lacks a cavalry regiment; the system knows exactly where I’m vulnerable.”
Coming to a decision, Li Yunlong finally resolved, “Forget it, I won’t meet Kong just yet... It’s not the right time now; there will be plenty of chances later.”
He made his choice, and the system’s rewards arrived, ready for retrieval whenever he wished.
Ah, Kong the fool, don’t say I, Li Yunlong, sold you out!
Ha ha ha!
The main reason was simply the allure of the reward.
Originally, Li Yunlong intended to meet Kong Jie, but with such a tempting choice from the system, he had to seize the bigger advantage.
Glancing at the system’s storage, Li Yunlong murmured, “Better withdraw before Kong the fool gets here.”
Just then, Zhou Weiguo approached and reported, “Report, Commander, the battlefield has been cleared.”
Li Yunlong surveyed the area; all the equipment from the enemy spies had been confiscated by the Snow Leopard Special Forces.
Just as he was about to order a retreat, a thought struck him.
“Zhou Weiguo...” Li Yunlong looked at him. “Leave a set of the devils’ special forces gear here for the Independent Regiment.”
“At least they’ll have something to report to headquarters, proving these devils were no ordinary troops.”
As a time traveler, Li Yunlong knew that previously the Independent Regiment had only captured a single helmet from Yamamoto’s spy squad.
Now he couldn’t let Kong Jie return with just one helmet to report. That would surely bring heavy punishment.
“Understood!” Zhou Weiguo nodded thoughtfully and complied.
Leaving behind a set of equipment and a pile of enemy corpses, Li Yunlong and his men swiftly withdrew.
...
Minutes later.
Kong Jie and the First Battalion arrived belatedly.
At Yangshugou, only numerous enemy corpses and the single set of equipment deliberately left by Li Yunlong remained.
All other gear had been taken away by Li Yunlong and the Snow Leopards.
Kong Jie stared at the bodies in shock.
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“How is this possible?” Kong Jie exclaimed, stunned. “Such a formidable enemy force should not have been decimated like this! Who did this?”
“What kind of troops possess such terrifying combat strength?”
“How could these devils be wiped out so thoroughly?”
The Independent Regiment had just clashed with this elite spy unit and witnessed firsthand their deadly prowess.
Yet this fearsome group had been swiftly overwhelmed by another force.
The stark contrast left Kong Jie deeply unsettled.
The First Battalion commander echoed his disbelief in a low voice, “Commander, was it our troops who fought this devil squad?”
“Do we have such an elite unit that could so quickly annihilate these devils and wipe out so many special spies?”
“More importantly, there are no other bodies here besides the devils’.”
“This suggests that the unit which defeated them suffered little to no casualties... Otherwise, there would be many bodies, and the battlefield wouldn’t be this clean in such a short time.”
“Where did this mysterious, unbelievably powerful force suddenly appear from?”
If Kong Jie had met Li Yunlong, he would know that Old Li was very much alive.
“Who do you expect me to ask?” Kong Jie rolled his eyes. “We heard gunfire in Yangcun and got here in less than half an hour.”
“In that short time, such an intense and unimaginable battle took place. Naturally, it’s alarming.”
“Though we don’t know where the force that defeated these devils came from... they must be our allies.”
“Even if they aren’t from our Eighth Route Army, they’re probably from the Central Army or Jin-Sui forces.”
“Their combat strength is incredible; it’s strange we’ve heard nothing of them before.”
“This matter must be reported to headquarters immediately.”
Turning to the First Battalion commander, Kong Jie ordered, “Begin investigating the surrounding area at once. See if you can find anything.”
“Yes!” the commander responded promptly.
...
Minutes later, the First Battalion commander suddenly shouted, “Commander! I have a new discovery!”
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