Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 501 Longmen Grottoes

After Wang Meng finished speaking, he took out the pistol from his waist, then bent down and ran forward quickly following the scout.

Monk Wei gathered the troops, and a platoon of soldiers, all holding automatic rifles, followed Wang Meng.

After about twenty minutes, Wang Meng squatted next to a small tree.

"On the hills on both sides ahead?"

"Yes, right in front!"

Wang Meng loaded his pistol, then moved forward vigilantly along the side of the mountain!

"Chief of Staff, be careful!"

Wang Meng looked at the soldier behind him with a pale face, pointing a gun at him.

The situation happened suddenly, and Monk Wei was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe. He could only stare and pray that the soldier didn't accidentally discharge his gun.

In a flash, Wang Meng's body flashed to the side, and then the soldier exerted a little force with his fingers, ready to shoot.

However, Monk Wei held his finger down and shouted in a low voice:

"what happened!"

The soldier pointed his gun and shone his flashlight.

Wang Meng, Monk Wei and the surrounding soldiers immediately turned their heads to look over there.

A face appeared in the dim light.

Everyone gasped, frightened by that terrifying face.

All I saw was a simple and rough face carved out of stone standing in the cave.

"Longmen Grottoes!"

"Longmen Grottoes?"

"Yes, I felt that the name of Yi River was familiar to me. Now I finally remembered that Yi River is the river next to Longmen Grottoes!

Those figures you saw should be these stone statues! If you don’t believe me, go and have a look. There are several huge stone statues ahead!”

Monk Wei and others were puzzled. Who on earth was this chief of staff? He had never been to western Henan, so how did he know that this place was the Longmen Grottoes?

"Go and see!"

The soldier ran forward and came back panting in less than ten minutes.

"Chief of Staff, Commander, there are really several huge Buddha statues ahead, they look to be more than ten meters tall!"

"That's the Vairocana Buddha, carved by Wu Zetian! These are all treasures of China. Mark them. In future wars, you are not allowed to bombard or bomb here, or you will be prosecuted by military law!"

Wang Meng frowned and gave the order, then shone the flashlight on the exquisite Buddha statue. He felt sad when he thought of the messy and broken-faced Buddha statues that would be destroyed decades later.

Although Wang Meng is not a cultural worker, let alone an archaeologist, he looks at these stone Buddha statues just for fun.

However, these Buddha statues are real cultural treasures and even a "root" for millions of Chinese people.

"Chief of Staff, everything has been marked, let's retreat!"

Monk Wei stuffed the map and pen into his backpack and stood next to Wang Meng.

"Let's go!"

Wang Meng took another lingering look, and then led the team to walk along the banks of the Yi River again.

After walking for about three minutes, the scout in front ran back again.

"Chief of Staff, Commander, there are people ahead!"

"This is a road, it's normal for people to see it, don't make a fuss!"

"There's no one on the road, there's someone in the cave on the stone wall!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure it's not a stone Buddha statue?"

The scout said firmly:

"Sure! But it looks like there aren't many of them, maybe only seven or eight."

Wang Meng loaded the bullet again.

"Flank them and don't shoot unless it's necessary. This is to protect the statues and to avoid alerting the enemy!"

After Wang Meng finished speaking, he rushed over first and arrived at the entrance of a huge Buddhist cave. He vaguely saw a person who was keeping watch.

"Go up and control it!"

Monk Wei gave a look and two scouts approached him, one covered his mouth and the other hugged his waist, and then dragged him away.

When they reached a safe place, they threw the shifty little guy to the ground.

The short man in black clothes and black pants looked at the black muzzles of the guns around him and was so scared that his pants got wet.

"Please spare my life, sir. Please spare my life. I am just a lookout. They are the ones who did all the bad things."

Wang Meng smiled and shook his head. With such poor psychological quality, it was obvious that they were a second-rate team. They were either bandits or puppet troops.

"Spare your life? No problem! But you have to tell me, whose team are you from and what are you doing here?"

Seeing that he had a glimmer of hope, the man raised his head slightly.

"Good man, we are the militia of Longmen Formation. Someone in Peking offered us a high price to come here to take some things."

Wang Meng looked at the wilderness in confusion. What could be worth taking in the middle of the night?

Could it be!

Could it be!

Wang Meng's eyes flashed, he squatted down, and looked straight into the man's eyes, which frightened him so much that he couldn't help but lean back.

"Let me ask you, is the thing you want to take the Buddha statue or mural in this cave?"

The man nodded.

"Yes, good man, the people from Peking pay the money, and we just contribute our labor."

When Monk Wei heard this, he was furious. Although he had left Buddhism, he still had awe for these Buddha statues. He immediately took out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at his head.

"How dare you take this job? Aren't you afraid that the Buddha will blame you? Aren't you afraid of retribution?"

The unlucky guy who was on the lookout could only blame himself for his bad luck. Although the theft of the stone Buddha statues and murals from the Longmen Grottoes had become an open secret, he had nothing to say now that he was in danger.

"Good man, we ordinary people cannot see whether there is retribution or not, but we can see the real money, right?"

Monk Wei sneered.

"Really? You can't see retribution? Then I'll show you retribution!"

After saying that, he pulled the bolt to load the gun.

Qing's clear and crisp voice is particularly obvious at night.

This unfortunate guy really wants to slap himself twice. Wouldn't it be better for him to just kowtow and confess his guilt? Instead, he is still talking nonsense. Isn't this like an old man eating arsenic because he thinks his life is too long?

"Please spare my life, my dear. I am just a lookout. I will help you catch them all, please spare my life!"

"Okay! Lead them all out, and we'll consider sparing your life! How many people are there inside? Are they armed?"

Without waiting for Monk Wei to agree, Wang Meng agreed first. It would be best if these troubles could be solved quietly.

"There are six more people inside, with three pistols, and the leader is the militia leader Hu Dadao."

"You lead them out later, and leave the rest to us. Don't play any tricks, otherwise, you will be worse off than dead!"

The unlucky guy was dejected and was held on the left and right by two soldiers as he walked to the entrance of the cave.

Two soldiers put their pistols against his waist.

"Be honest and do as I just taught you!"

The unfortunate fellow took a deep breath and whispered inside:

"Boss, come out and take a look, there's another one that's even better looking!"