Chapter Twenty-Four: All Han Traitors Deserve to Die

  At 8 o'clock in the evening, Tianjin, the demonstration of Japanese soldiers outside the Hebei Provincial Government finally came to an end. However, a street battle exercise began on Ping'an Street near the Japanese concession. The daytime commotion had just subsided a bit, and the sound of gunfire started again. In this tumultuous autumn, Tianjin City was destined not to have a quiet moment. Residents did not know what happened, some guessing whether the Chinese and Japanese armies had already clashed, and they all hung their hearts in their throats, worried that some careless shells would visit their own rooftops.

  The sound of gunfire rang out when Ouyang Yun had just come out of the Song Mansion, and as soon as he opened the car door, Guo Biao rushed out: "Ouyang brother, it's not peaceful in the city, take this," handing over a Mauser pistol and two magazines.

  He thanked him and asked: "Where is the battle?"

  "Huang Jiazi said that the Japanese are going to hold a night combat drill tonight."

  Ouyang Yun's eyes widened, thinking that this little Japanese was really arrogant, treating Tianjin City as his own backyard? The effects of the wine began to take hold, and with a dizzy head, he said: "Damn it, I really want to grab a machine gun and join in on the fun."

  Kuo Piao had always wanted to do so, he pursed his lips, looking somewhat unwilling, and said: "Let's forget it for today, there will be plenty of opportunities later." Lowering his voice, he added: "The commander asked me to tell you to keep a low profile recently, otherwise, who knows what conditions the Japanese might propose."

  The Japanese are too greedy, and the National Government and the highest authorities are soft and weak. Ou Yang Yun thought this was the reason, and he bowed to him and said: "Thank Song Gong for me, Guo brother, goodbye."

  "Goodbye?"

  "See you later."

  Kuo Piao also smiled and said: "Well, goodbye then." Then he stood at the door waving his hand to see him off.

  On the street, people returning late were in a hurry, obviously startled by the sound of gunfire. Ouyang Yun looked at them and sighed - the people of a weak country are pitiful, they can't even feel safe in their own homes. He shook his head, got into the car, started it, stepped on the brake, shifted gears, and the old Ford sped away with a screech.

  The sound of gunfire grew more intense, like firecrackers on New Year's Eve, reminding Ouyang Yun of past celebrations and the scenes of revelry with his comrades. The negotiations with Song Zheyuan seemed to be going well, and with the 29th Army on their side, many things would become much easier - thinking about how, through his own efforts, factories would spring up, one after another, and new guns and cannons would flow out, causing the Japanese devils to cower in terror amidst the flames. His mood was good, so he rolled down the window, let in the cool breeze, and began to sing: "We common folk are truly happy today... truly happy..." As he sang, he suddenly felt something was off, and saw a bright light flashing behind him. He turned around to see a Chevrolet following closely behind. He intentionally slowed down, then took two turns through alleys, completely changing direction, but the car still followed. Certain that they were after him, he coldly smiled, shifted into neutral, slammed on the brakes, and stopped the car. Then, grabbing the handgun Guo Biao had just given him, he cocked it and got out of the car.

  There were three people in the Chevrolet, led by Feng Shanping, who belonged to the Tianjin office of the Special High Police Department under the North China Garrison. Feng Shanping was originally named Feng Pingzhi, a native of Tianjin, but he had a strange aesthetic sense and thought Japanese names sounded beautiful, so he added the character "shan" after his surname. At 2 pm, he began to stake out outside Song's residence, following the orders of his superior, Wu Er, to investigate the true identity of the "extraordinary person" inside Song's residence. He had originally planned to follow them to their destination and then return to report back, but unexpectedly, the "extraordinary person" was indeed extraordinary, singing a "happy song" while driving, which made the three men burst out laughing, secretly thinking that the more happily they sang, the less likely they would discover they were being followed. However, before long, they saw the other party stop and clearly discovered them...

  They are not nervous either. Although Tianjin is currently a national military base, no one can threaten their safety due to the existence of the Japanese concession and the Japanese North China Garrison. However, they forgot that "extraordinary people" must do things in an extraordinary way. As soon as they discovered their tail, instead of panicking like ordinary people, they got off the car and provoked them boldly.

  Under the gaze of three traitors who were somewhat at a loss, the young man got off the car, holding a box-shaped pistol in his right hand. He leaned back against the car, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled a string of smoke rings with great elegance. He muttered to himself: "On a dark and windy night, it's best to kill while drunk!" Then, surprisingly, he said in Japanese: "The followers behind, come out!"

  Ouyang Yun is just showing off, a self-loving episode that often occurs with travelers, and the effect of alcohol, showing off coolness is also understandable. As for that Japanese sentence, it's just a small trick he uses to test the other person's identity.

  It seems he wasn't drunk after all.

  But he came up with this move, which made Feng Shanping and the other two suffer. The three of them had never seen such a posture before, and the other's momentum was even more majestic than the imperial army. For a moment, they couldn't understand what kind of "extraordinary person" this was, and they didn't dare to neglect it, so they all got off the car. Feng Shanping was okay, after all, he had seen big scenes before, although he was muttering in his heart, but his performance was not humble or arrogant; his two subordinates were not good enough, as soon as they got off the car, they nodded and bowed, and "Taigong" also came out of their mouths, immediately revealing their true form.

  Ouyang Yun smiled, under the car lights, his two rows of white teeth were particularly eye-catching. He said with a smile: "So it's three traitors!" Before he finished speaking, his pistol was already cocked, and with a "click click click" sound, a burst of bullets shot out.

  Poor Feng Shan, Pingzhi and Sanpian. At first, they thought they had met their master, but when they found out that this master called them traitors and pointed his gun at them, they knew something was wrong, but it was too late. They were shot multiple times and could only let out a faint cry before reporting to the underworld.

  Many people who know Ouyang Yun can't figure out why he hates Han traitors so much, and deals with them even more ruthlessly than the Japanese devils. Only Ouyang Yun himself knows the answer, but he has never explained it.

  With a land of over 10 million square kilometers, a population of 400 million, and an army of several million, such a vast country fought for eight years, with military and civilian casualties totaling over 20 million, only to achieve a victory that was neither glorious nor shameful: Outer Mongolia was lost, and the people's livelihood became even more desolate.

  Is the gap between China and Japan really that obvious? In the early stages of the war, the Japanese army was just a bit better than the Chinese in terms of tanks and artillery, and the soldiers were slightly better trained.

  What is China's weakness? "Internal consumption"! The internal war, the traitors and the puppet army. Among them, the traitors are especially terrible - as descendants of the Yan and Huang emperors, we don't ask you to die for honor rather than live in shame, but you also can't help bandits harm your compatriots! This is what is meant by "the deeper the love, the deeper the pain", this is why Ouyang Yun especially hates traitors.

  It serves Feng Shanping and them right for being unlucky enough to run into Ouyang Yun, a jinx.

  Ouyang Yun used a box of bullets to wipe out three traitors, feeling quite satisfied. He nonchalantly blew away the remaining smoke from the gun barrel, sniffed the smell of gunpowder emanating from it, and happily shook his hand, muttering to himself: "The recoil is a bit fierce; if you don't tilt it sideways, it's really hard to control the accuracy."

  Mauser pistol, also known as the "shell gun" or "box cannon", has a high appearance rate in anti-Japanese war-themed movies and mostly appears with a positive image. For example, Ou Yang Yun's idol, Li Xiangyang, an anti-Japanese legendary figure, uses a pair of shell guns. Having watched too many idol movies, Ou Yang Yun has a strong admiration for the shell gun, and when he takes the gun from Guo Biao, he thinks about finding a place to try it out, even thinking about going to the Japanese army's alleyway combat training ground to practice - at this time, Feng Shanping and Zhang San find him, which is no different from sending him to his death.

  Ouyang Yun searched the three traitors and took away their pistols, then he drove out of the alley and onto the main street, heading towards Cai's Garden.

  After about twenty minutes, he saw the Cai family garden in front of him and completely relaxed, letting out his intoxication, just as he was getting drowsy, suddenly a house diagonally across from him lit up with a burst of flames.

  In the northeast corner of Cai's Garden, on the east side of Huayuan Street, four people - Dai Gen, He Ye Village, Sakura Shi and Chuan Mo Fuqing - had been lying in ambush for over an hour. Since Ou Yang Yun and Chu Tian Ge's identities were exposed by Zeng Che in the training class, the Japanese military also learned about this news soon after. Upon learning that they were also responsible for the "Hebei Incident", Mei Jin Meizhila was furious and immediately ordered a manhunt for the two. The "Hebei Incident" had already implicated the 25th Division's training class, and the Japanese military used this as an excuse to make a "reasonable" demand for the 25th Division to withdraw from Hebei and disband the training class. They didn't lose out in the end. The "April 26 Massacre", the crime of which the Third Garrison Battalion was guilty of, couldn't be escaped - after all, they were in cahoots with the Blue Shirt Society. Now, as long as they could capture or kill either Ou Yang Yun or Chu Tian Ge, they could grasp the handle of the 51st Army and drive them out of Hebei as well.

  Heirou Pingjin is good at abacus, but he underestimated the ability of Ouyang Yun, or rather they were unlucky to face Ouyang Yun instead of Chu Tiange.

  When it comes to fist and footwork, Ou Yang Yun and Chu Tian Ge's skills are not much different, the latter might even be slightly stronger. However, when it comes to killing people or counter-killing, Chu Tian Ge is far inferior to Ou Yang Yun. Moreover, Ou Yang Yun has a treasure on his body that makes him immune to swords and guns.

  Objectively speaking, the Japanese this time assassination action planned very carefully, the four people who went into action were all elites - Ono Masaharu was a disciple of Nagarekawa Shōjū, with excellent martial arts skills; Hayashi Murai was a godly shooter; Funamori Kiyoshi excelled at explosions; and Sakurajima Uta, as the only woman in the group, was a direct descendant of the Iga school of ninjas, skilled in tracking, assassination, poisoning, and escape.

  Originally, if Ouyang Yun had stayed in the Cai family garden, the Japanese would have been unable to take action. However, he actually visited the Song residence, which gave the Japanese an opportunity.

  Those traitors who went to Song's house, including Feng Shanping and others, did not know about this assassination. The Japanese didn't know the relationship between Song and Ouyang Yun, so when they were trying to get close to Song, they didn't dare to go too far. Therefore, they chose a location near Caijia Flower Garden for the assassination. Another purpose of doing this was to intimidate the 51st Army - in Tianjin, our Japanese power is still very strong!

  The activity ability of Japanese special agents is still very strong, and the ninja is a particularly special existence. As soon as Ouyang Yun left Song's house, he was discovered by Sakurajima Shi, who was hiding secretly. Sakurajima Shi cleverly released a firework-style warning signal, and Ono Masashi and others received the news, immediately laying in ambush according to the terrain they had investigated during the day, waiting for the target to appear.

  The division of labor among the four had been clear for a long time. Hayashi and Yabe would take care of blowing up the tires, then Funamoto would pay off and throw out specially made bombs. Next, Ono and Sakurajima would surround them from both sides, either capturing or directly silencing them.

  When Ouyang Yun drove the old Ford to the intersection of Dongdajie, Sakurajima Shi, who had been following him on the roof of a civilian house, lit another signal flare.

  The other three saw the signal rod emit fireworks and immediately took their positions; Sakurajima Shi finished signaling and proceeded to the rooftop with the car.

  Everything seems to be in the hands of the Japanese people——