Chapter Twenty-Three: A Sudden Battle
As soon as Pang Wenlan's voice fell, several of his subordinates guarding the side glanced at each other a few times, all full of admiration and admiration.
Pang Jindong nodded slightly: "For decades, my uncle has created a career in a foreign country!"
"When I came to MD with the remnants of the army, I was initially thinking about how to survive, but after many years, we have taken root in this land and regarded this place as our home, and we want to run this family well............" Pang Wenlan's eyes became deeper and deeper, and he seemed to be caught in the recollection of the past: "Later, when I saw the difficult life situation of the Chinese overseas, I thought of doing something for them and creating a sky for our nation overseas."
Listening to Pang Wenlan's words, Pang Jindong couldn't help but feel excited, and at the same time, he was reminded of one thing, that is, he still has a second uncle.
Since Pang Jindong knew about the past of the family and decided to look for relatives, only this fourth uncle had some news, so Pang Jindong put all his energy here.
For the second uncle who didn't know anything about it, Pang Jindong wanted to find it, but he didn't know how to start.
Pang Jindong originally thought that since the fourth uncle had always kept in touch with the second uncle, then after he saw the fourth uncle, he would definitely let himself go to visit the second uncle.
But to Pang Jindong's surprise, since arriving at Changqing Mountain, the fourth uncle and ancestor never mentioned it to the second uncle, as if there was no such person as zĂ i in the world until just now.
Pang Jindong was thinking about how to ask about the situation of the second uncle, but suddenly heard a violent gunfire from the bottom of the mountain, accompanied by a faint shouting of killing.
Pang Jindong almost instinctively quickly bowed down, and then rushed to Pang Wenlan's side with an arrow step, his body blocked in front of Pang Wenlan, and said very anxiously: "Fourth grandfather, hide quickly!"
As soon as the words fell, Pang Jindong looked around, but found that the others were all calm, as if nothing had happened, only Masaharu Kazama and Kazuka Nagano followed him nervously.
Pang Wenlan looked at Pang Jindong and waved his hand slightly: "Don't worry! You heard the gunshots very close, in fact, there is still some distance from here, and the bullets can't fly up anyway!"
"Is it a drill?" Pang Jindong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, as a mercenary who had been fighting all over the world for many years, he should be in danger at this time.
"It's not a drill!" Pang Wenlan shook his head slightly, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's the Khmer Rouge who came to grab the goods!"
Pang Jindong nodded: "When I was in China and country M, I heard that the Khmer Rouge is now stealing business with the Kokang Republican Army everywhere!"
Pang Wenlan didn't speak, and Yang Jiawei smiled coldly: "Not only to grab business, but also to rob our goods!"
Yang Jiawei told Pang Jindong that the areas controlled by the Kokang Republican Army and the Khmer Rouge did not meet, and the two sides had no contacts, so it can be said that there was no enmity or kindness.
However, as the two sides continue to expand their networks, there is a great deal of overlap in the sales market, which in turn creates a competitive relationship.
It is conceivable that this kind of competition is not like ordinary commercial competition, and the only solution is to resort to force.
As a result, the two sides have recently engaged in dozens of armed conflicts, large and small, with each side winning and losing.
Still, the Kokang Republican Army continued to expand, while the Khmer Rouge shrank.
In this case, Colonel Song Shuang took a desperate approach, that is, constantly attacking the Changqing Mountain base, destroying the infrastructure of the Kokang Republican Army, and stealing the processed goods.
Yang Jiawei pointed to a place in the distance where smoke was rising and said, "That's one of our factories, and there is a battle going on right now!"
From a distance, the place Yang Jiawei was pointing to was nothing more than an ordinary forest, not to mention a factory, and there were not even any buildings in sight.
But the smoke that kept getting thicker, and the fierce gunfire that surrounded the neighborhood, confirmed Yang's account.
Yang Jiawei's words made Pang Jindong realize one thing: "You can accurately determine the location of the battle, and you don't show any panic, you should have been prepared a long time ago!"
Hearing Pang Jindong's words, Pang Wenlan laughed. He first nodded approvingly to Pang Jindong, and then instructed Yang Jiawei: "Sue him!"
"My brother is really sharp-eyed!" Yang Jiawei also smiled, and showed a strategizing look: "When the Khmer Rouge launched an attack on Changqing Mountain for the first time, we were caught off guard and let them reap a lot of benefits! In the beginning, they were cautious, there were not many people involved in the attack, and they only dared to harass some small factories and plantations on the periphery, but slowly, they became more and more emboldened, not only more and more people participated in the attack, but also the location of the attack went deeper and deeper!"
Pang Jindong nodded: "So you guys are ready to ambush, and this time they will all be annihilated in that factory!"
"That's right, now they've been made dumplings there! However, it's impossible to wipe them out, because the main forces of the Khmer Rouge haven't been dispatched, and no one knows where they're hiding, so the most we can do is make them hurt!"
Hearing these things, Pang Jindong had a question: "The Khmer Rouge base is far away from Changqing Mountain, and they also cross several national borders, how can they appear here?"
Yang Jiawei sighed softly, and the pride just now turned into frustration: "Colonel Song Shuang has made great changes to this organization since he took charge of the Khmer Rouge! Although the Khmer Rouge is still hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, the number of base areas has increased! Moreover, its main force has become unpredictable and haunting like a ghost! If it appears in MD today, it may appear in Vietnam tomorrow! Not to mention exterminating them, it will be difficult to find their traces......
Pang Wenlan snorted lightly and interrupted Yang Jiawei's words: "The Khmer Rouge is a criminal organization that owes a lot of blood debts to the people of all countries in the Indochina Peninsula! These rats in the gutter will never dare to show their heads, so they can only hide everywhere, otherwise they will be wiped out many times long ago!"
Pang Jindong sighed: "Fourth grandfather, no matter what, I don't think it's better to be careless, Colonel Song Shuang is not simple!"
Pang Wenlan frowned and asked strangely: "Hearing you say that, I should know Colonel Song Shuang!"
"I can't talk about acquaintance, just a few contacts!"
"Friend or foe?"
"It's not whether it's friend or foe, when I was a mercenary, I received several tasks to capture Colonel Song Shuang, but every time it fell short!"
"Well, that's the enemy!"
"Sort of!" Pang Jindong originally wanted to explain that for mercenaries, public is public and private is private, and they will not have personal grudges with others because of the tasks they are hired for.
But after thinking about it, Pang Jindong felt that it was redundant to say this, so he swallowed it again.
There is another thing, Pang Jindong didn't say it, because he didn't think it was necessary, and he didn't know how Pang Wenlan would react.
The relationship between Pang Jindong and Colonel Song Shuang is not only a hunter and a prey, but there is actually another layer of relationship, that is, Lin Peiwen's Star Dragon Gang.
Lin Peiwen is Pang Jindong's good friend, and the source of drugs for her Star Dragon Gang is Colonel Song Shuang's Khmer Rouge.
But Pang Jindong didn't mention it, but Pang Wenlan himself said it: "The biggest gang in City B of country Z is called the Xinglong Gang, you live in that city, how much do you know about this gang?"
"Just heard of it...... I don't know anything about it...... Pang Jindong stared at Yang Jiawei nervously after saying that, because he didn't know how much Yang Jiawei had in charge of his own affairs.
If he knew about his relationship with Lin Peiwen, Pang Jindong was worried that he would expose himself in public.
Yang Jiawei didn't speak, as if he hadn't heard Pang Wenlan's question at all, his eyes were just staring at the battle in the distance, looking concentrated.
Pang Wenlan said: "The business of the Star Dragon Gang is very large, and it is also the most important source of income for the Khmer Rouge. We are now negotiating with the Star Dragon Gang and trying our best to win them over, if the negotiations can be successful, Colonel Song Shuang will look good now!"
At this time, Yang Jiawei suddenly said: "General, the battle is over!"
As Yang Jiawei said, the gunfire has become sporadic and scattered, replaced by the shouts of many people, as if to persuade the enemy to surrender, and as if to escort prisoners.
Pang Wenlan nodded, and said to Pang Jindong: "Everyone didn't sleep last night, now go back and have a good rest! When you get up at noon, the fourth grandfather wants to interrogate the prisoners, if you are interested, come over and watch the fun!"
Pang Jindong immediately agreed: "Okay!"
Masaharu Kazama and Kazuka Nagano walked over in a curt, Masaharu Kazama opened his mouth to say something to Pang Jindong, but in the end he didn't say it, just spit out two words: "Mr. ......"
Pang Jindong looked at Masaharu Kazama's dejected appearance, understood what was going on with her current love, pinched her face with his fingers, and said with relief: "These are all my own people, and they are not enemies, so I don't need you to protect me at all, so I can't talk about your dereliction of duty!"
Pang Jindong's action made Masaharu Kazama feel like an electric shock, and he was a spirit at that time, and the knife on his waist fell to the ground with a "dang long".
Pang Jindong smiled, leaned over to help Kazama Masaharu pick up the knife, at this time Pang Jindong was standing in front of a boulder, holding Kazama Masaharu's knife in his hand, and was about to stand up straight, when he suddenly felt that a cool breeze seemed to blow through the back of his spine, followed by a crisp gunshot.
The boulder beside Pang Jindong "snapped", and was stirred up by a bullet to countless small stones and hit Pang Jindong's body.
All of those present were seasoned and immediately realized that they had been attacked, and reacted quickly.
Masaharu Kazama and Kayaka Nagano were on Pang Jindong's left and right, and Pang Wenlan's men immediately stood in a circle, surrounding Pang Wenlan in the right, and Yang Jiawei and the other two people quickly shot towards the place where the gun rang out like arrows off the string.
The figures of Yang Jiawei and others disappeared behind a rock, only to hear the sound of a fight there, and then someone begged for mercy with "oops".
A moment later, Yang Jiawei walked out with a short and sturdy middle-aged man, and when he arrived in front of Pang Wenlan, Yang Jiawei kicked the person behind his knees, and at the same time shouted: "Kneel!"
This person knelt down in front of Pang Wenlan, trembling all over, his forehead against the ground, and he didn't dare to look up at Pang Wenlan.
"How could someone sneak into Changqing Mountain? Is the purpose to murder the Fourth Uncle Ancestor, or me? Who will send it?" Pang Jindong was thinking about the identity of this person, but Pang Wenlan had already given the answer: "Ah Meng? Why are you?"
"Will ...... The general ......" Ah Meng trembled all over, and his expression was extremely frightened. But Pang Jindong noticed that his eyes were shining, and he kept glancing around.
Yang Jiawei walked to Pang Jindong's side and said in a low voice: "This person's name is Ah Meng, is it...... It's your third uncle Pang Tianxiao's cronies......" After a pause, Yang Jiawei raised his voice and asked Ah Meng: "Ah Meng, are you crazy or do you want to rebel?
"I ...... I didn't ...... I didn't want to murder the general!" Ah Meng let out a miserable cry and hurriedly defended: "How dare I murder the general!"
Pang Jindong found that although Ah Meng had a ghost in his heart at the moment, the fear he expressed was real.
This fear is mainly for Pang Wenlan, it can be seen that Pang Wenlan usually governs the army very strictly, and his subordinates are all very afraid of him.
It is precisely because Pang Wenlan laid strict discipline that the combat effectiveness of the Kokang Republican Army was ensured, and then the survival of the entire team was ensured.
"Oh, you don't want to kill me?" Pang Wenlan didn't get angry, on the contrary, he was extremely calm. But for others, the calm is even more terrifying: "Who is that going to kill?"
"I ...... Want...... I want to kill ......" Ah Meng stopped his words and didn't say the target.
"Say!" Pang Wenlan almost squeezed out the word from between his teeth, and his tone rose a lot.
Ah Meng trembled violently, raised his arm almost reflexively, and pointed at Pang Jindong: "I want to kill him!"
In fact, even if Ah Meng didn't say it, the people present also knew this answer, because the bullet was obviously fired at Pang Jindong.
If it weren't for Pang Jindong bending down to pick up the knife, I'm afraid he would have been blissful at this time.
And Pang Jindong was not close to Pang Wenlan at that time, and with the distance when Ah Meng shot, even if he aimed at the wrong target, it should not be so bad.
Pang Wenlan took a deep breath and asked slowly, "Who instructed you?
"Yes...... It's ......"
In the face of Ah Meng's spitting and spitting, Pang Wenlan's patience quickly ran out, and he stopped drinking at that time, like a thunderbolt flashing in the clear sky: "Say!"
Ah Meng's body shook again, and he hurriedly replied: "Yes...... It is indeed the Third Young Master!"
"This little brute ......" Pang Wenlan's teeth gritted "gurgling", and a sharp gaze shot out of his eyes, as if he was about to tear Ah Meng in front of him to pieces.