Courtyard House: Home Alone

After dinner, Lin Yifan greeted Tang Guoan and Schmidt, saying that he was going out to meet an acquaintance to take care of something and would be back later, and that they should take good care of their families and not worry about them.

After leaving the inn, he found a secluded corner to make sure no one was around, then used teleportation twice to reach a grove of trees two kilometers outside the western suburbs chemical plant. Under the cover of darkness, he slowly made his way towards the chemical plant.

The closer Lin Yifan got, the more certain he became that the defenses here were indeed tight. He discovered hidden sentries a kilometer away from the chemical plant. Guard towers had been built all around the perimeter of the wall, each guarded by four Japanese sentries, and electrified barbed wire had been strung on top of the wall.

Every half hour, a patrol team of soldiers passes by the perimeter of the chemical plant, each team consisting of a full squad, making the security extremely tight.

Lin Yifan concealed himself against a tree, then spread his mental energy and scanned the entire chemical plant. Sure enough, deep underground in the factory area, he found the converted prison cells and laboratories.

At this moment, there were already more than 170 "maruts" locked in those underground cells, with dozens of Japanese guards on duty in shifts. The weapons and ammunition were stored in the armory next to the main gate of the factory area.

The entire chemical plant should be guarded by a brigade of about a thousand people.

Having figured out all the arrangements, Lin Yifan left quietly without alerting anyone and returned to the inn in the concession along the same route, without attracting anyone's attention.

Back in his room, Lin Yifan mentally reviewed the next day's itinerary to make sure nothing was missed.

Then he checked the weapons in the storage space, loaded the rifles, machine guns, and submachine guns with bullets, and replenished some grenades. Only then did he lie down to rest and recharge, waiting for Shiro Ishii to enter the chemical plant at dawn so he could wipe out this gang of devils in one fell swoop.

At the same time, we must also consider changing our tactics and try not to use the old methods of "Ghost" to make the Japanese untraceable, so as to ensure the safety of their families.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Lin Yifan finished explaining things at the inn to Tang Guoan and Guo Yanfang, and then went out to sneak back into the dense forest outside the West Suburbs Chemical Plant before Ishii Shiro and his group could.

Around 9 a.m., the long convoy indeed drove into the chemical plant. After the gate closed again, Lin Yifan could clearly hear the Japanese officers exchanging greetings inside the plant.

As the sun set and night fell, most of the office buildings in the chemical plant were dark, except for the searchlights sweeping back and forth on the guard towers. Only the entrance to the underground laboratory was still lit with a dim yellow light, indicating that Shiro Ishii was still inside inspecting and giving instructions.

Taking advantage of the gap left by the patrol team, Lin Yifan leaped onto the old locust tree beside him without making a sound. With a thought, several grenades appeared next to the machine gun positions of several guard towers. After a few muffled explosions, the Japanese sentries in the guard towers were blown to pieces before they could even react.

His movements were incredibly fast. Before the Japanese soldiers in the factory area could react, he teleported repeatedly and used submachine guns to take out several hidden sentries on the perimeter.

He then teleported directly to the armory entrance, fired two shots to take out the guards, collected some ammunition and grenades, and then teleported dozens of grenades into the armory. After a deafening explosion, half of the armory was blown open, and the ammunition stored inside exploded one after another, collapsing half of the factory's perimeter wall. The Japanese soldiers inside were instantly thrown into chaos.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the explosion, Lin Yifan arrived at the entrance of the underground laboratory and shot the bewildered Japanese sentry dead.

Then two grenades appeared simultaneously in the underground laboratory. The laboratory where Ishii was located was the largest, and there were many Japanese researchers inside, all listening attentively to the old Japanese man's explanation.

This place also received special treatment. Lin Yifan used ten grenades at once, turning the cramped underground laboratory into a living hell, causing the devil Shiro Ishii to be turned into a pile of minced meat before he could even use his special skills.

Lin Yifan not only controlled grenades to explode everywhere on the ground and underground, but also used light machine guns and submachine guns to spray bullets everywhere.

The Japanese soldiers guarding the chemical plant thought they were under a large-scale attack. While resisting Lin Yifan's slaughter, they prepared to call the Japanese garrison in Shanghai for help.

Lin Yifan had anticipated this situation, so he cut off the Japanese telephone lines before the operation and immediately blew up the Japanese telecommunications room with grenades.

He had to buy as much time as possible to ensure that the rescued KMT prisoners and civilians could escape alive.

He teleported to the entrance of the underground prison, emptied the Japanese guards with a single burst of fire, flung open the heavy prison door, and shouted inside, "I'm here to rescue you! If you want to live, follow me and rush out!"

Upon seeing this, the prisoners in the cell erupted in thunderous cheers and rushed out. Many even picked up the Japanese soldiers' guns from the ground and followed Lin Yifan toward the exit.

Lin Yifan handed the rescued people over to the leading prisoner officer, who directed them to rush out through the breach in the wall. He told them to try to run west and first hide in the mountains around Zhejiang.

He then grabbed his gun, crouched behind the broken wall, and targeted the Japanese officers. In no time, he took down Tianye and the Special Higher Police Chief.

Then, with a thought, two open barrels of gasoline appeared at the entrance to the underground laboratory. "Bang, bang, bang, bang!" The two barrels of gasoline were quickly poured into the underground laboratory and ignited by the embers left by the explosion below.

And so, the remains of Ishii Shiro, this demon on earth, and his sins were burned to ashes. After shooting and killing the last remaining Japanese soldier, Lin Yifan turned and ran towards downtown Shanghai.

He noticed that a line of car lights was heading towards the chemical plant from the direction of Shanghai. It was normal for the Japanese garrison in Shanghai to be alerted by such a large commotion. However, the fact that this was a secret base was something that not many people within the Japanese army knew about.

Therefore, the Japanese garrison only provided support in the same way they would have dealt with guerrillas and the New Fourth Army, and did not immediately organize a large-scale encirclement.

Taking advantage of the darkness and the cover of the woods, Lin Yifan ambushed the roadside in advance, first using grenades to signal the Japanese scouts on motorcycles.

Then, he used a machine gun to strafe the Japanese troop transport trucks behind him. He multitasked, attacking with grenades and machine guns at the same time, making the Japanese think they were being ambushed by a large armed force. They dared not advance rashly and could only stay in place, relying on the vehicles to build fortifications and call for reinforcements.

Lin Yifan had been sniping for about half an hour. He estimated that the rescued prisoners and civilians should have run far away, and the Japanese reinforcements had been almost all killed.

The remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers also hid behind their bunkers. They figured they wouldn't be able to organize a rescue or pursuit for the time being, so they took advantage of the chaos to turn around and retreat, not bothering to entangle with the Japanese soldiers at all, and disappeared into the vast night in no time.

When the main force of the Japanese troops arrived to clean up the battlefield, they only saw Japanese corpses scattered all over the ground and the burned-down underground laboratory. They couldn't even find a trace of the attackers. They could only rage at the scene of devastation, but they couldn't even find out who did it.