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Just as everyone was waiting for death to pronounce their verdict, just as Fei Shuwen had closed his eyes, waiting for the bullet to pierce his flesh, just as Bu Mancang was sprinting forward with all his might, just as the Japanese soldier had already revealed a triumphant smile on his face.
It moved, it moved.
Everyone's gaze involuntarily converged on the same spot.
All the people saw was Tang Shengkai grab one end of each of the two logs with his arms, exert his strength, and lift both logs that were resting on the abyss at the same time. Then the people saw the two logs fall into their fortress in a circular motion in mid-air.
The "bang bang" and two "plop" sounds were both abrupt and delightful.
"Haha, that's amazing!" Chen Erniu laughed loudly, ignoring how badly Bu Mancang and Fei Shuwen had fallen.
Everyone else wore relaxed smiles. Yes, nothing is happier than being alive.
But their smiles had barely formed on their faces when the sound of bullets piercing wood rang out.
The group instinctively crouched down and hid behind the wood.
Bu Mancang and Fei Shuwen sat up, covered in dust, and haphazardly wiped the dirt off their faces. Tang Shengkai had already found the right angle when he made his move.
Bu Mancang was very fast. By the time Tang Shengkai exerted his strength, he was already close by. However, the Japanese gunfire was very dense. Even if he got there, the two of them would inevitably be hit by bullets.
However, Tang Shengkai exerted force and lifted the log high, causing the log on the Japanese side to fly high, directly changing the trajectory of Bu Mancang and Fei Shuwen, perfectly avoiding the bullets, and being thrown into their fortress by Tang Shengkai.
Before Bu Mancang could even see Tang Shengkai clearly, he spoke up, relieved to have escaped death, "Old Tang, I can't thank you enough. I've almost lost count of how many times you've saved me."
Fei Shuwen instinctively wiped the dust off his face, his mind still reeling. The sound of bullets hitting wood slowly brought him back to his senses. Turning his head to look at the figures hiding behind the wood, Fei Shuwen's eyes instantly reddened.
He's still alive. To survive in something like this, what incredible luck! His life has been worthwhile!
He gasped for breath, his gaze sweeping over everyone, before finally choking out, "Thanks!"
Everyone could sense Lao Fei's feelings, but this was definitely not the time for conversation. How could the Japanese soldiers be satisfied that they hadn't taken the two men's lives under such circumstances?
The cries of "Baka!" echoed incessantly. The bullets grew increasingly dense. The men could only huddle tightly behind the logs. To prevent the logs from being pierced, Bu Mancang and Wang Junhui prepared to stack the two logs Tang Shengkai had just thrown at them inside the fortress. The two bent down, ready to lift one log together.
However, despite their flushed faces and all their strength, the two men couldn't move the log...
It didn't budge.
The two men saw shock in each other's eyes. Was it really that heavy? Or was it because they hadn't eaten? They probably hadn't eaten anything, otherwise how come they couldn't even lift a single log?
Old Tang just carried four of them over by himself. They haven't forgotten.
Tang Shengkai was also ready to do what Bu Mancang and the others wanted to do. Seeing that the two men couldn't lift it and that the enemy's firepower was so fierce, Tang Shengkai didn't have time to explain. He came over, picked up the log, and placed it in position. Then the second log was stacked on top of it.
"Was it that easy?"
Bu Mancang sat there, muttering to himself with vacant eyes. Wang Junhui snapped out of his daze and patted Bu Mancang, "Move forward a bit, be careful of spies attacking from the side."
As soon as he finished speaking, sure enough, the Japanese soldiers couldn't hit anyone from the front, and had already spread out to both sides. Countless bullets hit the edges of the wood and the ground, and the flying wood chips and stones almost hit Bu Mancang's head.
The two quickly moved to the middle.
Chen Erniu leaned tightly against the wood, his eyes wide with rage, his face filled with fury, and he kept cursing, "These damn spies are too despicable!"
He clenched his fists, his whole body tense, wishing he could rush across the abyss and fight the spies to the death. He stomped his feet on the ground, kicking up dust, and the veins on his neck bulged, as if he wanted to die with the enemy.
As the battalion commander, Xu Hongchang was no longer in such a hurry. He was already extremely satisfied that everyone was alive and well. He kept observing his surroundings, trying to find something he could use to block the agents' fire. His eyes swept around like lightning, his brain working at lightning speed, thinking of contingency plans.
At the same time, he shouted loudly, "Don't panic, everyone! Take cover!"
Although the agents on the other side couldn't hit the people on this side, they still wore smug sneers. The leader of the agents even shouted arrogantly, "Hide! Let's see where you can run to. Today is your death day!"
He didn't lower the gun in his hand, still aiming it at the logs on the opposite bank, his eyes filled with cruelty and determination, as if he could already see everyone lying in pools of blood.
"Keep shooting at one spot, I refuse to believe I can't break through a piece of wood." (Japanese)
This guy is like he's blind; he doesn't know that Tang Shengkai and the others stacked two layers of wood.
Tang Shengkai kept a close eye on the situation on the other side. He knew he couldn't just sit and wait to die any longer. The enemy was better prepared than they were, and they might even have ropes.
Just as I was thinking this, I saw several more Japanese soldiers running out of the jungle on the opposite bank, carrying thick ropes in their arms.
In a moment of quick thinking, he shouted to his men, "Brothers, feign an attack and distract them!" With that, he picked up more stones and threw them in different directions at the agents, changing their positions as he threw them to make it difficult for them to aim.
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