376 The tragedy of the Situ family
President Zeng said that he would go to the neighboring county of Haishan early tomorrow morning, because the village of Lile, where the Situ family was located, had been destroyed by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army had occupied it as a base for their land and water transit.
It turned out that Lile Village was close to the big river that separates the neighboring county from the sea and seamount, and on the day He Xiaojun left Hong Kong for the second time, a small group of Japanese soldiers took several motorboats to the county seat of the neighboring county to reconnoiter this small town next to the road to the southern part of the province.
The Situ family relied on the first-class defense arrangement in the village and did not make any special preparations for war, so when the Japanese army saw that the defense of this village was good and wanted to go to investigate, the whole village of the Situ family was blocked in the village.
After the conflict with the Japanese army, at the beginning, the Situ family relied on three carved towers and more than 20 guns, and they could still block the Japanese army. Even if the Japanese army used grenadiers, they could only break some of the surface cement of the sturdy carved tower of the Situ family, and could not cause damage.
Seeing the Japanese army, they couldn't do anything for a while, and the clansmen of the Situ family were even more relieved, completely forgetting the proposal that He Xiaojun had ordered to retreat when they encountered the Japanese army, and they did not have the slightest intention of retreating.
After fighting for a while, the Japanese soldiers, who threw down more than a dozen corpses, stabilized their positions, changed their attack strategy, first suppressed the other two carved towers with firepower, and then transferred a group of soldiers with accurate marksmanship to target the carved towers at the entrance of the village.
The Japanese attack really worked, and under the attack of the Japanese soldiers who fired accurately, the carved tower at the entrance of the village was soon captured.
After seizing the carved tower at the entrance of the village, the Japanese army immediately used this carved tower to contain the firepower of the other two carved towers, and at the same time the troops divided into two ways and attacked the two carved towers.
It was no longer possible to form a cohesive defensive system, and of course it would not be able to withstand the well-trained Japanese attack for a long time, and before long, the remaining two carved towers were broken by each of them.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Situ people only thought of escaping at this time. But it was too late at this time, although the retreat channel built after He Xiaojun's proposal last time could only save a small number of nimble villagers, and the rest of the villagers were all controlled by the Japanese army.
Fortunately, the retreat channel built at the suggestion of He Xiaojun was built, otherwise, the Situ family's clansmen in China would face the disaster of extinction this time.
After capturing the village, the Japanese army, which had paid a great price, carried out a crazy revenge on the Situ family. Men, the elderly, and children were mercilessly killed, and women were arrested and ravaged day and night.
The perverted Japanese boys who attacked the land of Lile may have lost too much, and in order to vent their anger, they also threw all the ancestral tablets of the Situ family into the dung pit, and blew up the ancestral graves of the Situ family with bombs.
Killing people and slaughtering villages is no longer as good as beasts, and the act of destroying ancestral tombs and ancestral tablets is even more indignant to people and gods.
Those who escaped from the Situ family told the people abroad about the tragic incident in China.
Situ Huaibi and other foreign Situ people, after hearing that the domestic ancestors and the objects representing the ancestors had been so ruined, immediately angered the Situ Guild Hall abroad, and first accused the Japanese army of brutality through local newspapers, radio and other news means; Then marches, fundraisers, and other actions were launched to resist the Japanese invaders; A petition group formed by Situ Huaibi and other well-known people sent urgent telegrams to the provincial government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking the government to eliminate and drive out the animals that occupied their families, and let them go back to repair and clean up the objects symbolizing their ancestors.
Since Situ Huaibi was well-known in the province and even in the whole country, and the government at that time was also seeking more foreign support, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately instructed the province to send troops to retake Lile Village in order to appease the anger of the Situ people and win the support of this well-known family in Jinshan for the government.
As a result, Mayor Xie and Platoon Commander Liu received instructions to deal with the matter of Lile Village. Company Commander Cheng, the highest commander of the city garrison who had fought side by side with He Xiaojun in Shihua Mountain, and now the battalion commander Cheng, also received an order to recapture Lile Village.
Battalion Commander Cheng and his two companies joined together a Ban Haishan garrison and more than 100 self-defense troops brought by Mayor Xie and Platoon Commander Liu, and launched a fierce attack on the more than 50 devils in Lile Village with a force of more than 300 people.
Because the attack environment was unfavorable, and the attackers were far inferior to the Japanese army in terms of military quality, this battle was fought for a day and a night, and the attacking side lost troops and suffered dozens of casualties, but they could not cross the thunder pool by half a step.
After receiving the report for help, since the troops in various places had tasks and could not get out, the province asked President Zeng to lead the special team of the Fuxing Society to reinforce and recapture Lile Village before the reinforcements of the Japanese army arrived.
After President Zeng received the order, in order to avoid the Japanese army and to gain time, he ordered Yang Platoon Commander, who was once the Haishan garrison and now has the rank of captain, to take his special team to move before He Xiaojun and them arrived, and took the first step. He took care of some business and set off early tomorrow morning.
After listening to President Zeng's briefing, He Xiaojun hurriedly asked Mayor Xie and Platoon Commander Liu about the situation.
When he heard that his father-in-law and the sworn eldest brother were all right, He Xiaojun was relieved.
President Zeng told He Xiaojun the unfortunate news that Battalion Commander Cheng, who led the army this time, was seriously injured, and Director Hu of the police department, who was in charge of public security in Haishan City, died in this battle.
Hearing that the two acquaintances of Company Commander Cheng and Director Hu had suffered misfortunes, He Xiaojun couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, especially for Director Hu, a person whose father and son had a good relationship with him. Unexpectedly, Hu Feng, a supporter of himself, became an orphan without a father.
Concerned about the safety of his father-in-law and the eldest brother, He Xiaojun decided to go over with President Zeng to see how they were doing.
Of course, President Zeng is willing from the bottom of his heart to involve He Xiaojun, a person who has both brains and bravery, after all, his special team is not sure about this kind of battle.
Originally, this action was not about Bai Yulan, the leader of the special operations team, but I don't know what kind of mentality, she took the initiative to ask President Yingzeng to think about it, agreed to Bai Yulan's request, let her act with He Xiaojun, and asked He Xiaojun to protect her safety.
Before dawn the next day, He Xiaojun drove the motorcycle he captured from the Japanese army in the provincial capital, rode Magnolia and President Zeng, and under the guidance of President Zeng, a person who was familiar with the Japanese army in the province, bypassed the Japanese army's deployment and marched in the direction of Lile Village.
The motorcycle seized by He Xiaojun is similar to the shape of the prince's car in his previous life, not only the body is wide, but also quite long, and it can barely sit for three people.
Although the speed of this motorcycle similar to the prince car was limited by the manufacturing technology at that time, the horsepower and off-road performance were good, which was just right for He Xiaojun and their choice of remote mountain roads this time.
President Zeng, who was sitting at the back of the car, looked at He Xiaojun, who could open this rare thing in China, and was both surprised and admired for his endless skills. At the same time, he showed a pleased smile to the white magnolia who was sitting in front of him and naturally hugged He Xiaojun's waist.