Courtyard House: Home Alone

Lin Yifan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the fully equipped and ready team before him. He spoke in a deep voice, giving instructions: "Qi Haishan, you lead your men ahead and be responsible for guiding the way. Shen Jingbo, lead the main force behind, keep your distance, and don't make a sound. We're heading straight for the ambush point outside Lushun City. I'll assign specific tasks once we get there."

The two responded in unison and immediately adjusted their formation according to the plan. Under the cover of the woods, the group silently made their way to the designated ambush position.

The sun had already set, and it was getting dark. The wild grass and fields outside Lushun provided cover for the team. They marched on without encountering any Japanese patrols, and their progress was smoother than expected.

When they arrived at the ambush point, it was exactly seven o'clock. Lin Yifan found a raised earthen mound to stand on, released his mental power to confirm that there were no Japanese sentries around, and then spoke to everyone, assigning the attack mission for the night: I will first take care of the Japanese sentries, both visible and hidden, and the enemies in the outer city defense fortifications.

Qi Haishan, you arrange for two hundred brothers to follow up and take over the outer city defenses; those behind, wait for my signal and prepare three hundred men to take over the city walls and gates.

You guys just need to keep watch. I'll take care of all the brothers. This time we must fight silently and try not to alert the Japanese too early.

After dealing with the Japanese soldiers in the city defenses, the rest of us will gather at the coastal forts and docks. We will then launch a pincer attack from the north and south, trapping all the Japanese soldiers in the city, and wait for the main force at the docks to land before clearing out the city.

Brothers in the outer city defense fortifications, please be especially careful not to let the Japanese reinforcements in. In addition to the weapons left by the Japanese, I will give you another batch of weapons to strengthen your firepower.

After the tasks were assigned, everyone gripped their guns tightly, their eyes filled with excitement. After holding back for so many days, they could finally start killing Japanese soldiers.

Lin Yifan checked the time, raised his hand and gestured for everyone to set off. The group immediately split into three teams and quietly made their way to their respective targets.

Lin Yifan then used his lightness skill to pounce on the Japanese sentries. Bullets from the stationary warehouse continued to fly out, piercing the heads of the Japanese sentries, both visible and hidden. Even the Japanese soldiers hiding in the bunkers were not spared.

Within his domain, he was a god, an omnipotent god. He slaughtered the Japanese so quickly that his comrades could hardly keep up. In less than an hour, the outer city defenses and the city walls were all under the control of his own people.

Next, Lin Yifan rushed to the Japanese army camp next to the city wall and began massacring the Japanese soldiers who were sleeping in the camp. It took another forty-five minutes for all the Japanese soldiers in the camp to be killed.

He ordered Qi Haishan and the others following behind to open the armory and distribute the weapons and ammunition inside to the city defense fortifications and walls. The brothers who took over the fortifications and walls also replaced their pistols with rifles, and most of them even replaced them with machine guns.

Next came the military police and the police station. He led his men and fought their way through, and the stench of blood in the city grew stronger and stronger.

At 2 a.m., he led the remaining 700 men to the vicinity of the coastal defense fort. He ordered Qi Haishan to lead men to clear out the Japanese soldiers on the dock, while he himself teleported to the fort's command room.

The Japanese soldiers operating and defending the forts belonged to the navy, and they wore dark blue naval uniforms, not the same yellowish-brown uniforms as the city defense troops.

Lin Yifan arrived at the command room, where the Japanese officers on duty were located. He had to take down the Japanese command system first.

A series of bullets pierced skulls, and in less than three minutes, he sent the duty officer and the duty communications officer back to their hometown in Japan.

Having dealt with the commander, Lin Yifan stealthily made his way to the gun emplacements along the gun emplacement corridor. Any Japanese sentries he encountered were silently eliminated. When he reached the main gun emplacement, the Japanese soldiers on duty were still staring blankly at the sea, completely unaware that death was already standing behind them.

Lin Yifan didn't give them a chance to react. He spread out his domain, and the warheads hidden in the stationary warehouse flew out instantly. In just over ten minutes, nearly two hundred Japanese naval soldiers at the entire coastal defense fort were wiped out.

Next, he went to the Japanese army camp at the foot of the mountain and began to clear out the Japanese soldiers in the camp. He used his spiritual power to check the entire fort again and saw that there were no living Japanese soldiers. So he ordered the brothers following behind to start building fortifications with sandbags to prevent the Japanese armed merchants from attacking the fort.

After giving his instructions, he teleported to the dock and found that Qi Haishan had just finished clearing out the Japanese soldiers on the dock. So, he ordered Qi Haishan to lead his men to build fortifications around the dock to ensure the safety of the main force when they landed.

He then boarded the ship and began clearing out the crew members from the cargo ships. Most of these crew members were Japanese sailors forcibly conscripted by the Japanese army, and they were all carrying guns. They had just been awakened by the commotion on the shore and hadn't even figured out what was going on before Lin Yifan called them out one by one, leaving no one alive.

After clearing out all the cargo ships, Lin Yifan returned to the dock and stored the cargo ships, patrol boats, and small gunboats next to them into his personal space.

The supplies in the warehouse area at the dock were left untouched; they were left for Li Yunlong and his men.

After doing all this, he used his spiritual power to scan the entire Port of Lushun, confirming that all Japanese troops in the port had been eliminated. Only then did he take out a telegraph machine and send a message to Li Yunlong, ordering them to rush to Port of Lushun and land overnight.

After sending the telegram, he sent a message to Chen Gongshu, telling him that Lushun had been captured and that he didn't need to worry. He then exchanged ten MG42 general-purpose machine guns and their ammunition in the system, and also took out ten captured 81mm mortars and shells from the system and gave them to Qi Haishan to strengthen his defensive firepower.

After arranging the guards at the dock, he teleported to the north gate and exchanged a batch of general-purpose machine guns and mortars for the men there to bolster their firepower. These men were alright with mortars, but they'd be completely lost if given artillery.

After doing all this, he teleported to the police station in the city center. Here, he could take charge of the defense of the entire city. He first exchanged five general-purpose machine guns for the eighty brothers defending the station, and also took out five mortars, ready to welcome the Japanese police officers who came to the police station in the morning.

After doing all that, he went to the police chief's office and lay down on the large sofa to rest.

He had only been lying down for half an hour when he heard light footsteps outside the door, followed by the sentry's low voice: "Young master, Instructor Shen is here. He says he has something to report."

Lin Yifan opened his eyes, sat up, and said, "Let him in."

Shen Jingbo strode into the office, his face grave. He walked up to Lin Yifan and lowered his voice to report, "Young Master, when we were counting and checking the Japanese corpses just now, we found that several people were missing."

After investigating, it was discovered that the Japanese military police captain in Lushun, along with several close associates, had left the city that evening to vacation at a nearby hot spring villa and were no longer in the city.