Chapter 2009: Chapter 2110: Lin Youyong’s Extraordinary Cleverness

Xiang Yu picked up the phone.

"Number One." Xiang Yu said simply.

"What is it?" Number One sounded extremely tired.

Their relationship was in a very strange place now. Back when they were in China, Number One had sent people to arrest Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu escaped.

"I need your help." Xiang Yu said sincerely.

Number One froze for a moment. Ever since he’d known Xiang Yu, this was the first time Xiang Yu had so bluntly asked for support.

"What can I do for you?" Number One asked.

"I’m short on weapons." Xiang Yu said straightforwardly.

"You want me to provide you with weapons?" Number One asked in some surprise. "Impossible. All weapons in the country are numbered, and they all carry our insignia."

Number One’s meaning was obvious. Xiang Yu and his people were a foreign force, with nothing to do with China. Number One had to clearly cut any connection with them.

And on the international stage, people already regarded Xiang Yu and his group as no different from a terrorist organization, something no one wanted to get involved with.

"Erasing the markings is easy. You people must have ways." Xiang Yu insisted.

"The state cannot take the risk of providing you weapons. Anything else?" Number One said.

Xiang Yu didn’t get angry. After all, their positions were different. Number One was high up; what he cared about were affairs of state and national interest.

Xiang Yu might have been born in China, but now his every move no longer represented the country.

"You owe me. The country owes me." Xiang Yu said coolly.

Xiang Yu didn’t want to make it sound so absolute, but he had no choice. Ever since the war broke out, all arms dealers had cut off their dealings with him.

Now Xiang Yu’s weapons were running dry. He no longer had the strength to fight the next war. If the people from Wolf Fang attacked now, all they could do was hide.

"You’re wrong. The country doesn’t owe you. The country trained you. You’re a soldier of the state. Obeying orders is your duty. Right now you’re still a soldier of the state, but how you choose is your own business." Number One said in a low mood.

It was already eleven at night in China, and after a full day’s work, Number One was mentally and physically exhausted.

"Fine. In that case, I’ll think of something else." Xiang Yu finished and was about to hang up.

"Hold it." Number One suddenly said. "There’s a batch of scrap metal in the arsenal. That stuff wasn’t produced by us, and we were just about to throw it out. Do you want it?"

"Yes. When will you send it over?" Xiang Yu asked.

"You still want it delivered? Your family back home is really helping you to the very end. Send me the address." Number One said and directly hung up.

After hanging up, Xiang Yu smiled, then sent over the delivery address.

Just then someone came in from outside with a report.

"Commander, there are Wolf Fang people moving around outside. Looks like they’re gathering intel." the man said.

"Hold the line. Ignore them." Xiang Yu ordered.

Although Xiang Yu’s weapons and ammunition were drying up, he absolutely couldn’t show even a hint of fear, or the other side would exploit the weakness.

At the same time, in Wolf Fang’s office, Lin Youyong was anxiously waiting.

"Trash, a bunch of useless trash. You can’t even get me intel." Lin Youyong shouted furiously.

Just then, an intelligence officer rushed in and stood there. "Boss, according to our recon, the ones holding the line there are Xiang Yu’s troops. COM’s people have vanished."

"What do you mean vanished? They took down two cities. What, did they just fly away?" Lin Youyong shouted anxiously.

Lin Youyong had originally planned to negotiate with COM, and have the two forces carve up Xiang Yu’s territory.

But he couldn’t get through to Darzi’s phone at all. He’d had people calling all night, and still no word.

Only then did he send people to the front to investigate. And what they found shocked him.

COM’s people were gone. Both Sun City and Lieyun City were held by Xiang Yu’s men.

And Xiang Yu’s forces were on full alert, ready to fight at any time.

This sudden turn of events left Lin Youyong utterly at a loss.

"Did COM’s people suddenly retreat?" Lin Youyong muttered, but even he didn’t believe that theory.

"Boss, is it possible that COM took the cities, then dressed up as Xiang Yu’s men to lure us in?" someone suggested suspiciously.

Only then did Lin Youyong see the light, and he nodded. "What you just said really gave me an idea."

Lin Youyong thought for a moment, then suddenly sneered. "Darzi, oh Darzi, you really do have quite the appetite."

"So what do we do now? Do we attack and fight it out with them?" the man asked indignantly.

Lin Youyong just let out a cold laugh. "No need for that. COM’s people are on full alert right now. They think we’ll attack, so we just won’t. I want to see how long Darzi can hold that stance."

Once Lin Youyong had figured this out, his mood improved a lot. Now he would respond to all changes by remaining unchanged. He really didn’t believe COM dared attack their base.

So a day went by. That morning, while Lin Youyong was leisurely sipping red wine, a communications soldier rushed in. "Boss, we’ve got new intel. Construction is underway inside Lieyun City, and there’s movement in Sun City too."

"What kind of construction?" Lin Youyong asked curiously.

"Looks like they’re rebuilding the city over the open ground. We didn’t dare get too close, so we couldn’t figure out exactly what they’re doing." the communications soldier reported.

After hearing this, Lin Youyong snorted. "Ignore them. They’re just trying to bait us. We’re just not going to bite."

Lin Youyong was quite pleased with this decision. He couldn’t understand how he’d suddenly gotten so smart.

On Xiang Yu’s side, he was seizing every moment to train his soldiers. Real combat had proven that trained men were completely different from fresh recruits.

Most of the time, newbies only caused trouble on the battlefield. When danger came, they just ran around in panic and wouldn’t obey orders.

But trained soldiers were much better. No matter what happened, their unit structure remained intact, solid as an iron plate.

At the same time, Xiang Yu was gathering engineers to develop weapons.

In the underground base he had set up a large armory and specially brought in intellectuals to start R&D.

Of course, ordinary firearms were easy to manufacture—just copy the existing models.

But large-scale weapons required research step by step.

The next afternoon, several planes suddenly appeared over the skies of Lieyun City.

The planes had no markings whatsoever, and their design was so unique it was impossible to tell which country had built them.

Just as people were beginning to panic, many big crates were dropped from the planes.

Parachutes were attached to the crates, and they drifted down slowly.

At first, people thought they were bombs and scattered in all directions, but when the crates hit the ground, they didn’t explode.

Someone reported the situation to Xiang Yu, and he excitedly ordered the City Guard Army to haul the crates into the underground base.

Everyone was baffled. Even Tie Zhuzi asked in confusion, "Brother Yu, what is this stuff? It’s not a bunch of bombs, is it?"

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