Chapter 13: Strike Team

What a boy who is ignorant of the world! With you and three people, you captured the commander-in-chief of the West Road of the Anhui Army alive. Our 100,000 troops are all decorations, and bragging is not like this.

Several staff officers laughed angry by him. A young adjutant looked at Wu Peifu's unstable face and jumped out and shouted: "Rareless, you dare to speak nonsense in front of Yu Shuai!"

Chen Zikun calmly said: "I didn't speak nonsense, Qu Tongfeng was captured by the four of us alive."

The adjutant was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, but he had to admit that he was qualified to say this big talk.

Wu Peifu's face still couldn't see his joy or anger, and he said lightly: "Tell me about your plan."

Chen Zikun said: "It's just how to fabricate it. How to destroy the Songlin Store, how to destroy Changxin Store. I just need three people to go with me, one of them pretends to be my adjutant, two of them pretend to be my horsemen, and I disguise myself as an officer under Qu Tongfeng. I took advantage of the opportunity to report the situation of the war to Duan Zhigui and sneaked into the Anhui Army camp of Changxindian, setting fires everywhere to create chaos. If Yushuai sent a team of troops to attack, why worry about Duan Zhigui not surrendering."

The staff members scoffed and disdained to comment. It was rare that a blind cat met a dead mouse and even wanted to eat everything. This kid was crazy about getting promoted and getting rich.

The adjutant looked at Wu Peifu's face and asked Chen Zikun: "How much chance do you have to win?"

Chen Zikun said: "At most, 10%.

The adjutant angrily scolded: "You can't even guarantee a 10% chance of winning. You dare to boast about it in front of Yushuo. Do you think it's a joke to fight?"

Chen Zikun said tit-for-tat: "War is a life-and-death matter. If it were almost certain, the enemy would have fled long ago. How could this war be there today?"

The adjutant pointed at Chen Zikun's nose and said, "You, you..."

To be honest, Chen Zikun's plan is not new. China has a great civilization for 5,000 years, and it is common to have a battle to disguise themselves in enemy camps to meet the army to attack the city. However, the executors have a life-threatening death, and the chances of winning are often not high. Hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting on the battlefield. It is an unrealistic fantasy to expect a few soldiers to do something stealing to affect the situation.

If another general was replaced, he might directly repel Chen Zikun, or he would really use him as a dead soldier who would never return, but Wu Peifu was an exception.

Seventeen years ago, when the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the Qing court decided to take the minority of the two evils after repeated considerations and secretly sent personnel to help Japan. Wu Peifu, who was the officer of the Staff Office of the Beiyang Supervision and Training Office, was here. He disguised himself as a detachment and went deep into the Russian army to investigate the enemy's situation and made great contributions. He was even captured by the Russian army and sentenced to gunfire. He jumped into the ice river on the way to the execution ground to escape, and he also received the Japanese medal.

At this moment, Wu Peifu seemed to see himself when he was young, a scholar who was devoted to military affairs, but no one cared about his beautiful articles. He had to hold his head and compete on the battlefield. He was still a deputy chief at the age of 40. This tragedy cannot be repeated.

Chen Zikun looked at Wu Peifu with earnest eyes. He hadn't studied the history of this victorious general. He was a scholar, had no talent, was late to achieve greatness, and used troops like a god. This can be seen from his rushing army to attack Songlin Store that General Wu must be a general who likes to use surprise soldiers.

"The main soldiers fight to the decisive battle, the strange soldiers win the decisive battle. Please think twice!" Chen Zikun made a sound, and his nine-foot body stood up high. This was not the second-class private in the kitchen squad. It was clearly the general who eagerly asked for battle.

How can a general not love the warrior? Wu Peifu likes this young man who seems rash but is actually meticulous. He pondered for a moment: "To be specific, what kind of play are you going to play?"

Chen Zikun was overjoyed and said, "We did not prepare in advance this time, and we could even destroy the Songlin Store. It can be seen that the Anhui Army's training was not bad. Now the enemy's front-line command has been fully in my pocket. Duan Zhigui, who is in Changxin Store, must be anxious. If there is a front-line reward at this time, how could he not ask in person? Then..."

Wu Peifu laughed: "Okay, what do you need?"

"Thank you!" Chen Zikun suppressed his ecstasy and said in an orderly manner: "I need a set of border guards' officer uniforms, and I need a complete set of erectile ties. The rank cannot be too high or too low. It's just a major, and I also need detonators, **, gasoline and a car."

He paused and said, "I need three more death-death men to accompany me." He said that, and glanced at Zhao Yufeng and the others.

Zhao Yufeng's heart trembled and sweated.

Wu Peifu said: "I will give you all the equipment you want, and I will allocate another company of troops for you to drive."

Chen Zikun said: "Master, I am just a private. I am afraid that I can't command them, so I'd better only bring three people."

Wu Peifu said: "From now on, you will be the captain of my storm-squadron selection team. If anyone dares not follow, you can shoot him on the spot."

Chen Zikun was cheered and saluted: "Thank you, Marshal!"

Wu Peifu said to Zhao Yufeng and others again: "You three come here."

The three of them stepped forward to obey the orders.

"I captured Duan Zhigui alive, I'll invite you to drink." Wu Peifu patted the two veterans on the shoulders, shook Zhao Yufeng's hand, and then said this.

When it comes to this point, all the three of them can do is to straighten their backs and take the order.

The anti-rebellion army captured Songlin Store and seized countless supplies. Chen Zikun quickly got what he needed. A Ford car with five-color star badges on the door, a set of border guard major uniforms, hats, horse boots and sabers, and a whole warehouse of weapons for Chen Zikun to choose from. Various jackpots, shell guns, carbine rifles, machine guns, boxes of bullets, detonators, **, and grenade fuses are all available.

In addition, there was a fully woven pistol company dispatched by the Grand Marshal, a 150-strong army coronary bullet belt, a box cannon with a flower mechanism or a carbine, which was energetic and murderous, waiting for Chen Zikun's orders.

But Zhao Yufeng, Lao Wang and Lao Li had no sign of excitement on their faces. They didn’t even have the soda and trough cakes in front of them. Changxindian was the enemy’s base camp, and it was just a few words to go there - seeking death.

Chen Zikun walked over with a spring breeze. His horse boots were shiny, his sword was firm, and his sword eyebrows were staring under the black lacquer hat. He was so different from the silly man in the countryside who came to join the army with a disheveled face and a beard.

Zhao Yufeng muttered, "This kid wants to be an official, he really wants to be crazy."

Li Changsheng sighed and said nothing, Wang Degui smoked and looked into the distance.

Chen Zikun was tidying up his white gloves and said slowly: "Actually, I can do this alone."

Zhao Yufeng jumped up and shouted, "Then you still..." Looking at the pistol team not far away, he lowered his voice and said, "Then you are still holding us together to tie us up. What's wrong with my surname Zhao? I'm not like you. I have an 80-year-old mother in my family and a three-year-old child at the bottom. What should they do if I have a 3-year-old girl?"

Chen Zikun smiled and said, "I thank Zhao Junxu and his two elder brothers for their care for me all the time, so I will give you a credit."

Zhao Yufeng couldn't touch his head and blinked and waited for his next sentence.

Chen Zikun took off his military cap and applied a lot of wax on his hair. It was shiny in the sun, and even flies couldn't stand it. Not to mention that this kid pretended to be an officer, he was more stylish than Zhao Yufeng.

"The three of you went to the Songlin Shop with me, and they have died once. How could I take you to the gates of hell again? Those words just now were for the Grand Marshal. When I arrived at Changxindian Camp, I could just go in alone. You three could just pick you up outside."

Zhao Yufeng was stunned for a moment, suddenly laughed, turned his head to look at Lao Wang and Lao Li, and said, "Hey, this kid has a little conscience."

But Lao Wang and Lao Li didn't laugh.

"I am also a bachelor, I have no worries, I'll accompany you." Wang Degui stood up and sorted out his military uniforms.

Li Changsheng said: "It is natural to eat food and work hard in the war. If you don't say anything, I'll go too."

Zhao Yufeng was stunned again and swallowed with difficulty: "Old Li, you still have my mother at home."

Li Changsheng said: "At worst, I can see you goodbye on the road to the underworld."

Zhao Yufeng hugged his head: "You can do it, I won't go to Changxindian anyway."

Chen Zikun took out his pocket watch and looked at it, saying, "It's getting late, I'm going to set off."

So the four of them got on the car and headed straight for Changxindian. The team followed closely behind and ran forward. Then there was the army led by Wu Peifu, pushing northward with a scattered formation.

In the battle of Songlindian, the frontier headquarters of the Anhui Army was taken down and the entire front was in chaos. The First Division of the Northwest Frontier Defense Army under Qu Tongfeng was defeated and could no longer stop as soon as the gap opened. The Third Division of the Border Defense Army, the 15th Division and other troops lost their command, and were as chaotic as headless flies. From Gaobeidian to Zhuozhou, and then to Changxindian, there were commanders and field telephone contact soldiers from the Anhui Army everywhere, which was in chaos.

The car driven by Chen Zikun mixed in the torrent of defeated soldiers and headed north. It was as slow as a turtle and honked it. It was useless to honk the horn. It disguised as a pistol of the Anhui army. The soldiers stood on the pedals on both sides of the car, and used a whip to suck the defeated soldiers hard, and forced a way out.

He quickly arrived at the Zhuozhou front line. The 15th Division of the Anhui Army was deployed here. The car was stopped in front of the position. A platoon leader ran over and saw a young major sitting in the car. He quickly stood attentively and saluted: "Sir, please get out of the car."

Chen Zikun glanced at him: "What are you doing when you get off the car? Move away quickly. I'm going to Changxindian."

The platoon leader said: "I'm sorry, our division commander has an order, and no soldiers from the front line are allowed to pass through Zhuozhou."

Chen Zikun took out his pocket watch impatiently and looked at it, saying, "I'll ask your boss to talk to me."

The platoon leader ran back and reported to the company commander. The company commander did not dare to make decisions, and then reported to the battalion commander. The battalion commander came here in person. When he saw Chen Zikun's clean and tidy military uniform and his young and overly young face, he guessed which young master came to gild. He complained in his heart that his subordinates could not do things, and went up to him and asked with a smile: "Who is your lord?"

Chen Zikun said carelessly: "I am the major adjutant of the former enemy headquarters. My name is Xu Tingge. Xu Shuzheng is my second uncle. Why don't you let me go?"

The battalion commander knew that he was right and stood at attention: "Staff Officer Xu, I'm sorry!" turned his head and shouted: "Will you move the horse away?"

The soldiers hurriedly moved the roadblock away and stood solemnly on the side of the road. The battalion commander smiled and said, "Staff Officer Xu, come down and have a cup of tea and have a rest?"

Chen Zikun said: "I have important military affairs, so I won't disturb you. The company behind is my guard. Do you want to detain it?"

The battalion commander said: "Staff Officer Xu is joking and will be allowed to do so!"

After crossing the Zhuozhou front line without any danger, the road became empty. Chen Zikun stopped the car and said to Zhao Yufeng: "Zhao Junke, it will be dangerous to move forward. You get off here."

Zhao Yufeng got out of the car silently, Chen Zikun closed the car door, stepped on the accelerator and rushed forward. He drove dozens of steps away and suddenly saw someone running in the rearview mirror, and quickly braked and stopped.

"I guess it would be a bit fake if you don't bring an adjutant." Zhao Yufeng said breathlessly, Chen Zikun smiled knowingly and opened the car door.
Chapter completed!