Chapter 28 Lean Back and Shoot!

Under the night sky, the stir-fried dishes were served, and the old-fashioned large bowl was filled with hot water and hot wine. Xiufang leaned on the kang with her legs tilted and called to Xu Chaoyang at the head of the kang: “Chaoyang, it’s time to eat.”

Xu Chaoyang couldn’t hide anymore and could only open his eyes.

Where else can he hide?

There are two rooms in the house, and the result will be the same no matter which room I go to.

He could only sit beside the kang table and stare at the wine pot, not knowing what to do.

“Put that thing down. Can you use it to pick up food or drink?”

After Xiufang’s reminder, Xu Chaoyang finally realized that there was a well-maintained Liao 13-type 79 rifle on his legs, and on the mattress next to it, there were bullets removed from multiple guns.

Xiufang poured wine for Xu Chaoyang across the kang table. There were only two dishes on the table. One was cabbage and potatoes stewed with potatoes, which almost every household eats in winter. If you want something delicious, there was also a plate of frozen cabbage and a plate of egg sauce.

“Come on, drink!”

Xiufang not only poured a glass for Xu Chaoyang, but also poured a glass for herself. She was also afraid that she would feel embarrassed and need to drink to give herself courage. After all, this was different from going out.

“what!”

Xu Chaoyang didn’t even pick up the wine glass. He watched Xiufang drink the full glass of wine, her cheeks flushed, and she didn’t even wait to say anything…

The sound of galloping horses came to my ears.

Wang!
Wang Wang!

All the dogs in the village were barking, and Xu Chaoyang immediately turned his head and looked out the window.

“Chaoyang, I know you are capable and a grown man. As for me, I have a child and I’m married… We are not a good match…”

“But I also have my advantages!”

“I can serve others and I know how to care for you. I also know that the world is difficult and it is not easy for men and women to survive. I am content…”

Then, all the sounds disappeared!
The sound of galloping horses disappeared, and the barking of dogs in the village also died down with the sound of horses’ hooves. But Xu Chaoyang knew that these horses were definitely not just passing by!
The sound of passing horse hooves should be a process from far to near and then far away, just like the fluctuation of car sounds he had heard on the winding mountain road countless times during his own era when he performed infiltration missions in military exercises;
Today, the sound of horse hooves only came from far away, but there were no steps farther away!

In the backyard of the Xu family, two men in black leather came back and nodded to Xu Fu outside the wall. It was clear that they had found the horses in the backyard of the old Xu family. However, in the village of Xu’s shack, they were the only family that could have so many large animals…

“The rising sun.”

Inside the house, Xiufang’s cheeks blushed under the oil lamp. When she looked up, she saw Xu Chaoyang, who had just been sitting at the table on the kang, had rushed to the window, holding the gun in one hand and loading bullets into the gun with the other.

Click!

The gun was fully loaded with bullets. Xu Chaoyang pushed the bolt to load the bullet. Then, with a frown on his face, he pressed his index finger on his lips towards Xiufang.

He felt something was wrong, but he couldn’t tell what was wrong. However, the sudden acceleration of his heartbeat made Xu Chaoyang a little uneasy.

Veterans all know that when the feeling comes, no matter what it is, they must choose to believe it. This is the talent of a veteran. Xu Chaoyang dipped his index finger in saliva and poked a hole in the window paper. When he tilted his head and looked out through the hole, he found that nothing happened in the yard. Even the dogs and geese in the yard did not bark.

Suddenly, a figure with half a head appeared on the window paper. Xu Chaoyang kicked forward with all his strength and fell backward. As he fell, his legs were spread as far as possible. At the same second when his back touched the earthen kang mat, his body just stabilized – bang!

He flicked off the safety and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Swish!
The bullet penetrated the window paper and flew out, almost brushing the brim of the black dog’s hat. The next second, the black dog leaned against the wall suddenly, gasping for breath in fear.

The tactical move used by Xu Chaoyang was the lean-back shooting, which he learned after joining “Old Special”. This tactical move is generally used for sudden situations encountered in close-range combat in cities, such as sudden encounters with enemies at windows or doors, for quick counterattacks.

The predecessor of this tactical action is the “falling back” training in the army. After having the boring training foundation in the army, only when you join the “old special forces” will you be taught this tactical action with obvious “killing” characteristics.

Then why did he open his legs as wide as possible when leaning back?

One is to keep the body as stable as possible to facilitate subsequent shooting; the other is to facilitate rapid rolling and getting up after shooting.

“what!”

Xiufang was about to say a few words, but when she heard the gunshot, she slipped down from the kang, squatted beside the kang with her head in her hands, and did not move. Xu Chaoyang quickly rolled off the kang, and after landing, he pulled the bolt to eject the cartridge case and loaded the bullet into the chamber.

He knew that the person who entered the courtyard could not be the old man Xu Hanshan. The old man did not ride a horse when he left. Those horses were extremely precious to the old man, and he was reluctant to ride them out.

Xu Chaoyang also knew that the person who entered the yard was definitely not his brother. Even if the dog at home was familiar with his brother’s smell, the goose would have to bark. Since even the goose didn’t bark, it meant there was something fishy going on.

Therefore, the moment Xu Chaoyang saw the figure, he immediately fell back and fired decisively. Based on the principle of not knowing how many people there were on the other side and killing one as many as he could, he instantly entered combat status.

Snapped!
The sound of window paper being broken came from the east room. The next second, without even thinking, Xu Chaoyang raised the muzzle of his gun towards the east room without aiming at all. According to his memory of the positions of the doors of the two rooms, he pulled the trigger at an angle – bang!

After the gunshots rang out again, Xu Chaoyang had no time to eject the bullet. He grabbed Xiufang by the collar and rushed to the outer room. He pushed Xiufang to the edge of the stove to avoid the bullets. He ejected the bullet himself and reloaded the bullet. He fired at the ceiling through the door curtain – bang!

Afterwards, he continued to unload the shell and load it into the chamber. After completing this operation, Xu Chaoyang reached out to lift the door curtain high, pushed the door open with the muzzle of the gun and stuck it on the door frame so that he could aim at any time, then rushed in with the gun at hand.

He fired these two shots to scare away the people who were trying to break the window and break into the house. Xu Chaoyang didn’t believe that these guys could withstand the psychological pressure and not retreat out of the house after seeing the bullets hit the room, so he fired the second shot at the roof.

He was also afraid of hurting Lu Damazi’s wife and two children, otherwise he would not have rushed into the room so eager to save them.

After rushing into the room, cold wind poured in through the broken window, but Xu Chaoyang did not see anyone standing on the kang after rushing in through the window through the sight. He only saw the shivering wife of Lu Damazi hiding in the quilt, and the child stretching his neck without fear, wanting to see what was happening.

“Hold the baby!”

Xu Chaoyang held the butt of the gun with his arm and armpit and continued to hold the gun with one hand, while his other hand was held up along with the child. Only then did Lu Damazi’s wife, who was wearing silk pajamas, dare to crawl out of the bed and hide behind him in the outer room holding the child.

Xu Chaoyang walked backwards and slowly left the room, pushed open the door curtain with his back, threw the child to Xiufang, and then resumed his posture of holding the gun with both hands.

Right now, he was alone with a gun, guarding the outer room with the back window, the front door, and the doors on both sides of the east and west rooms…

(End of this chapter)