The Magic Lamp Ability: Starting with One Person in the Republic of China Era

The last one is shrapnel damage. You can only try to protect yourself from it. As long as it doesn't hit your head, it won't be fatal, since Zhou Ming has the percentage recovery effect of the Blood Demon Blade series.

"With the aid of the Yuanqi Lamp, I wonder how long it will take to cultivate to the second realm." Zhou Ming opened his eyes and looked back at the night sky.

After a moment, he closed his eyes and began to cultivate.

……

The next morning, the area outside the small courtyard became lively again, with a group of soldiers surrounding it.

A middle-aged man with short hair, wearing a long robe and holding a fan, stood at the entrance of the courtyard.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The middle-aged man knocked on the door.

"Wang Wen, Zhou Ming, I am the newly appointed leader of the special operations team."

The sound echoed, but there was no response from inside for a long time.

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, he unleashed his Qi and kicked the door open.

The courtyard was completely quiet, without the slightest sound, which clearly indicated that something was wrong.

"Damn it! Search him!" The middle-aged man's face was filled with exasperation.

The soldiers rushed into each house and returned shortly with a letter.

After snatching it away and tearing it apart, the middle-aged man's hand suddenly clenched tightly as he looked at it.

"Going it alone? Sabotage behind enemy lines? Damn idiot, my relic!"

Chapter 53 Luodian

"Xiao Ming, even though we're acting alone, we can't just wander around like headless flies!" Wang Wen was wearing armor, but he walked with such lightness that he made no sound.

“Although Shanghai is a large city, there are only a few key points. Luodian should be one of those key points, and there are enough Japanese devils for us to kill,” Zhou Ming said coldly.

"Although the Japanese are strong, the population of this small country is limited. How many of them are men, especially elite soldiers? Killing tens of thousands of elite Japanese soldiers can reduce the fighting power of the entire Japanese army by a level." Zhou Ming's words were full of bloodthirstiness.

This is very difficult to do, especially when the other party also has many superhumans.

After so many wars, Zhou Ming had come to realize that the Japanese had an unexpectedly large number of extraordinary individuals.

The "many" here does not refer to the fact that there were more "outsiders" in the Japanese army than in China, but rather that there were a great many "outsiders" under the orders of the Japanese military.

“The Japanese are probably more mature and larger in scale than the domestic system for cultivating superhumans,” Zhou Ming said, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Although the country is vast, it lacks a unified government, resulting in widespread chaos and the proliferation of factions, clearly resembling a chaotic era of power struggles.

No major family or sect dared to easily choose one side, because their experience over the years had taught them that while supporting the dragon brought great benefits, the backlash was also severe, especially in the event of failure.

Even Mr. Liu did not join the Kuomintang; he merely co-founded a college to train talent.

This is why the vast majority of people in the special operations team use aliases.

Japan, on the other hand, is completely different. It had long been unified domestically and had completed industrialization, resulting in a massive population explosion. Through years of cultivation and collection, it possessed a large number of extraordinary individuals.

Although most of these extraordinary individuals are third-rate, there are some highly skilled ones among them when there are a large number of them.

"The more the better, they're all top-quality materials." Zhou Ming said coldly.

……

Luodian is located between Taicang County in Shandong Province, and Jiading and Baoshan Counties in Shanghai.

Its geographical location was extremely important. To the south, it led to Liuhang and Dachang, threatening Zhanghuabang and Yunzaobang, putting the Nationalist army that was fighting in the urban area of ​​Shanghai at an absolute strategic disadvantage.

Heading west, they could reach Jiading and Anting, occupy the Nanjing-Shanghai railway line, and completely cut off the retreat route of the Nationalist army's front-line troops.

Controlling Luodian would allow for direct access to the Zhabei, Jiangwan, and Hongkou areas of Shanghai at the time, or for a direct attack on Jiading along the Luojia Highway.

If the Japanese army occupied Luodian, it would open a passage for them to advance south into Shanghai, cutting off the Nationalist government soldiers' land transportation link with the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. Therefore, Luodian's strategic location made it a focal point of contention between the two sides.

"Buzz!"

The roar of bombers could be heard, and the Nationalist soldiers in Luodian immediately took cover in their bunkers.

"Boom boom boom!" A violent explosion rang out.

The ground of the entire position shook, and some soldiers lying on the ground felt a dull ache in their chests from the tremors.

Moments later the explosions stopped, and the bombardment team moved away from the battlefield amidst a buzzing sound.

Just as one soldier was about to get up, his squad leader immediately grabbed him.

"do not move."

The words had barely left his mouth when another violent tremor struck.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Japanese artillery regiment bombarded the position fiercely, filling the air with the strong smell of gunpowder.

When the artillery bombardment finally stopped, the soldiers of the 56th Division poked their heads out of their bunkers and saw a large amount of smoke rising.

Those were enemy smoke bombs; the Japanese had already taken the opportunity to advance.

Tanks, like makeshift fortresses, advanced toward the position with a large number of Japanese soldiers hiding behind them.

Luodian covers a large area, and this is just one of the positions, defended by only one battalion of the 56th Division.

A round of bombardment and artillery fire did not kill many soldiers in the position, but it made them dizzy and disoriented, and to some extent, it impaired their ability to organize quickly.

At this moment, the deputy battalion commander, looking disheveled, said to the battalion commander, "Battalion commander, the Japanese attack is too fierce. Let's retreat quickly and take back the position tonight."

The battalion commander's face was very gloomy. His soldiers were not raw recruits, but this was the first time they had faced such intense bombing.

Their organizational and reaction speeds were all slowed down considerably by the explosion; they only began an organized counterattack when the enemy was already right in front of them.

Eventually, the battalion was driven out of the battlefield and retreated into Luodian. The Japanese did not pursue their victory but immediately repaired their positions and set up machine gun emplacements.

Without the slightest recklessness, every time a position was captured, it was repaired first, proceeding steadily and cautiously, step by step.

Behind a hill in the distance, Zhou Ming and Wang Wen peered out, watching the Japanese soldiers in the position.

"These Japanese devils have incredible firepower," Wang Wen said in alarm.

When he and Zhou Ming arrived, the enemy's artillery regiment was bombarding them relentlessly.

Even from here, you can feel the tremors coming from the ground.

"Firepower is secondary; their professionalism and discipline are what truly make them formidable, and they're not reckless at all," Zhou Ming said softly.

Just as the two were observing, the Japanese soldiers, having finished their initial repairs, began their operation again.

They left one or two hundred men to guard the position and then attacked the next position.

"Our chance has come!" Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

When the main force of the Japanese army was still there, Zhou Ming charging forward would have been suicidal, but now that there are only one or two hundred men, it's a different story.

"Xiaoming, with so many heavy machine guns and quite a few mortars, it's still too dangerous. Let's sneak over there tonight," Wang Wen said softly, looking at the setting sun.

"Of course we'll make our move tonight, Brother Wen! I won't become arrogant and complacent just because my strength has improved a little," Zhou Ming said with a light laugh.

"By the way, Brother Wen, is Wang Wen your real name?"

Zhou Ming could tell that the artillery fire had greatly shocked Wang Wen.

That must have been the first time he had ever witnessed such a large-scale, prolonged, and continuous bombing.

"Actually, this is my real name, but when I'm with that guy Lao Wu, it looks like a fake name," Wang Wen said with a slight smirk.

"I joined the special operations team four years ago. At that time, I hadn't been assigned to the Special Service Department yet, since there wasn't such an organization back then."

"Brother Wen, why did you join the special operations team back then?" Zhou Ming asked curiously.

“I remember that year I was still in Tianjin. I felt that I had mastered my skills and wanted to cause trouble for the Japanese devils and avenge my father and my master’s family. So I ran to Shanghai alone.” Wang Wen recalled his early days in Shanghai.

"It took me two months to identify a target. The other party was a member of the Black Dragon Society, a sumo wrestler. That guy was really tough to deal with. After killing him, I was also injured. In addition, it was my first time carrying out an assassination, so I left a lot of traces. The Black Dragon Society found out about me and I was hunted down for a long time."

Chapter 54 Blood Demon Soldier Carrying a Crane Gun

"At that time, the team leader had already started organizing the special operations team, noticed the Black Dragon Society's actions, and personally rescued me."

Just then, a buzzing sound came from afar.

Zhou Ming turned his head and looked at the sky with a stern expression. With a thought, the five blood eagles flying in the sky immediately started to move.

After last night's improvement, Zhou Ming's control over the Blood Bird Technique has become even more refined, and he can now split into five Blood Eagles.

"Let's see who can run this time," Zhou Ming said with a cold snort.

Wang Wen also fell silent with a serious expression, looking at the nine bombers flying over, the size of a squadron.

The squadron leader, piloting a bomber, flew at the highest point and immediately noticed the five blood eagles.

He was immediately terrified, because he thought of what had happened to a friend of his, who was also a pilot, a few days earlier.

Before they could make any other move, they saw the blood eagle fly over.

The high-speed collision blew through the protective shield.

"Bang bang bang!"

The five bombers lost their balance immediately. Some crashed into the bombers next to them, while others spun around and fell directly to the ground in the distance, exploding into huge pillars of fire.

Zhou Ming's body surged with bloodthirsty power, and five blood eagles soared into the air, rapidly charging towards the remaining three bombers.

Not long after, three bursts of fire exploded on the ground in the distance.

There was some commotion on the distant positions, and after a while, half of the soldiers were sent to the direction where the bomber had crashed.

Zhou Ming's eyes lit up; the fact that there were fewer people on the other side immediately piqued his interest.

The Bloodhound leaped off his body and instantly disappeared underground, rapidly advancing towards the position.

After arriving below the position, the Bloodhound furtively peeked out and began to carefully observe the entire position.

With nine heavy machine gun emplacements, three mortars, and nearly 20 light machine guns, the firepower was extremely fierce.

Fortunately, the position is relatively large, and these firing points are somewhat scattered.

"Nine heavy machine guns?" Zhou Ming narrowed his eyes and immediately began to consider whether they could take action.

The Blood Eagle flew in the sky, surveying the surrounding terrain. A river flowed through the town.