Bright Sword: The Flowers of War

Chapter 16 Just with this gun in my hand
When the gunshots subsided, everyone's eyes were drawn to the dark pistol in Su Yaoyang's hand.

"For no reason other than this gun in my hand, is that enough for you?"

Su Yaoyang stared at the group of women led by Yu Mo, his eyes filled with sharpness and impatience.

"What time is it now? The Japanese devils could break in at any moment. They won't be as easy to talk to as we are."

You all know the consequences of being captured by the Japanese, otherwise you wouldn't have escaped.

I'm just asking you to help move some things, what's there to complain about?
Anyone who doesn't want to move can leave now. I won't force her!

Seeing the young man, who had originally looked like a well-mannered student, suddenly turn into a fierce-looking person, Yu Mo and his group were all frightened.

They looked at Su Yaoyang, then at the gun in his hand, and suddenly realized that this young man wasn't joking with them; he was serious.

If they want to stay in this church, they probably really have to listen to him.

Yu Mo, whose face turned pale and then red, threw the mahjong tiles in her hand onto the table and snorted coldly: "Fine, I'll go. It's just moving some things. Is it more tiring than me serving those stinky men?"

"Sisters, let's go with this guy and see what he can get us to move!"

Yu Mo undoubtedly held a very high level of prestige among the women along the Qinhuai River. After she said this, the other women echoed, "Yes... Sister Yu Mo is right. I also want to see what this guy has to offer us to move."

After saying that, they pushed the mahjong table aside and swayed as they headed out.

"Wait a moment……"

Su Yaoyang's voice rang out again.

Yu Mo turned her head and said sarcastically, "What... does Young Master Su have any other instructions?"

Are you dressed like this to move things?

Su Yaoyang pointed to Yu Mo and the others' clothes, then looked at their high heels without saying a word.

"Humph……"

Yu Mo blushed and walked to her trunk. Without trying to hide it from the crowd, she took out a piece of clothing and put it on, then changed into a pair of flat shoes.

The other women followed suit, and more than ten of them walked out with a clatter...

More than ten minutes later, led by Su Yaoyang, Xu Dapeng, Meng Shujuan, Wang Xiaozhen, Xiao Lu and other women followed Su Yaoyang to an abandoned courtyard.

"Squeak..."

Su Yaoyang pushed open the courtyard gate, and a box as tall as a small mountain appeared in front of everyone.

"This...this is..."

Looking at the boxes piled up like a small mountain in front of them, Xiao Lu, Yu Mo, Meng Shujuan and other women didn't react much, but Xu Dapeng and the other two soldiers were stunned.

Before Su Yaoyang could speak, Xu Dapeng was the first to rush forward, pull out his bayonet, and pry open the box.

"Bah!"

As the box was opened, ten brand-new rifles, neatly arranged in a wooden frame, were revealed to the crowd.

Xu Dapeng picked up a rifle, feeling its heavy weight, and frowned slightly. "This... seems to be an American product?"

"Yes!"

Su Yaoyang said calmly from behind, "The M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle, 7.62mm caliber, eight-round magazine, no need for manual ejection and reloading, maximum rate of fire can reach 40 to 50 rounds per minute, extremely fierce firepower." "And this!"

Su Yaoyang opened another box, revealing a box full of iron pineapples.

"The American MK2 grenade, although it only contains 50 grams of TNT and its explosive power is not as great as the M24 grenade you are used to, it is plentiful and satisfying."

There are thirty boxes here, with two hundred pieces in each box, enough for you to make.

Here we also have M2 60mm mortars, M1917 Browning water-cooled machine guns, five anti-tank rifles, and 100,000 rounds of various types of ammunition. How about that... is that enough for you?"

"I……"

Xu Dapeng was speechless; he was completely dumbfounded.

This was also what Li Gaoyuan, who had just returned to the church in the early hours of the morning, saw.

Li Gaoyuan experienced the same feeling as Xu Dapeng, pointing to the ammunition piled up like a small mountain.

"Brother Su... is this the ammunition you mentioned that you secretly stockpiled?"

"Yes!"

After moving ammunition all night, even with Su Yaoyang's amazing stamina, he was quite exhausted. He nodded, panting, and pointed to the pile of ammunition, asking, "Old Li, is this enough weaponry and ammunition?"

"It's more than enough; these guys are enough to arm a reinforced battalion."

Li Gaoyuan's surprise was palpable; he realized he had underestimated this younger brother he had only known for less than a day.

Forcibly suppressing the pounding in his heart, he pulled over a tall, dark-skinned, bearded middle-aged officer and said to Su Yaoyang, "Brother Su, let me introduce you. I happened to meet these two brothers last night. Would you like to introduce yourselves, or should I introduce them to you?"

"No need to trouble Commander Li, I'll do it myself."

The middle-aged officer stepped forward, saluted Su Yaoyang, and said, "I am Lu Shaobin, Lieutenant and Deputy Company Commander of the 596th Regiment, 336th Brigade, 112th Division. I have already heard about Young Master Su's matter from Commander Li."

In short, you are exactly what we call you; in our Northeastern dialect, you're a real man!

After saying that, Lu Shaobin gave Su Yaoyang a thumbs up, which made Su Yaoyang quite embarrassed, and he quickly waved his hand.

"Company Commander Lu, you're too kind. I just acted impulsively because I was young and hot-blooded, without thinking too much about it."

But when it comes to truly remarkable figures, it has to be soldiers like you and Brother Li. It is thanks to countless loyal and courageous soldiers like you that 450 million compatriots were spared the ravages of the Japanese invaders!

"I...Young Master Su, you flatter me...sigh..."

Hearing Su Yaoyang's praise, Lu Shaobin sighed and said with a wry smile, "I'm ashamed. If we were really useful, we wouldn't have let the Japanese invaders reach the capital."

Perhaps not wanting to dredge up the past, Lu Shaobin rubbed his hands together, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "By the way, Young Master Su, after our troops were defeated at Zijin Mountain, many of our brothers were killed or scattered, and we lost a lot of our weapons. Could you replenish the brothers' weapons and ammunition?"

"of course can!"

Su Yaoyang naturally agreed without hesitation. He had spent so much effort and exchanged so many weapons; he wasn't just doing it for fun.

He casually patted the box on the ground. "Company Commander Lu, hurry up and let the brothers come over to change. Take as much as they can. Not only weapons and ammunition, but I've also bought a lot of uniforms."

Oh, right, I have to mention beforehand that this batch of weapons might be a little different from what you've been using before; they're all American-made. So you'll need to familiarize yourselves with them after you receive them. It would be terrible if you found out you didn't know how to use them when you were in combat.

"Alright, I'll thank Young Master Su on behalf of the brothers below!" Lu Shaobin was overjoyed and immediately called his men over to change.

(End of this chapter)