Chapter Thirty-Five: Encountering the Enemy in Downhill Village

After receiving the news that the Japanese puppet army had entered the mountains to sweep away, Zhao Shixun immediately stopped the training of the militia brigade. In order to prevent the morale of the army from being shaken by his family members after returning to the village, Zhao Shixun did not let the militia go back to the village, but directly asked people to send dry food that had been prepared for a long time.

Majiagou is not far from Shenquan Village, less than 100 miles to the east of the village. Since Shenquan Village is located in the depths of the mountains, there is no avenue leading to it, only a steep mountain road leading to the outside world. The mountain road is difficult to walk, at most you can barely walk on a donkey cart, most of the time people can only ride horses or walk, and the other roads into the village are mountain paths.

There are three larger villages in the west of Majiagou, namely Zhou Village, Shenquan Village and Xiapo Village. Zhou Village is the closest of the three villages, and it is also the richest and largest village. With a population of more than 300 households, it is one of the largest villages in the area.

Moreover, the relationship between the maintenance chairman of the village and the puppet army in the county town has always been good, and Zhao Shixun estimates that the Japanese will not go there to sweep up.

The rest are Shenquan Village and Xiapo Village, and there are some smaller villages.

Through the study of a map left by Lao Wu in the past few days and the intelligence of the villagers. Zhao Shixun judged that the next target of the devil would be the downhill village where the road was relatively smooth.

Xiapo Village is more than 50 miles away from Shenquan Village, and the distance is not far.

There are two roads leading from the county to Xiapo Village. One is to cross the mountain west of the county and directly enter Xiapo Village, and the other is to pass through Zhou Village and then enter Xiapo Village.

After Majiagou was swept away, the villagers of Majiagou just crossed the mountains and ran directly to Xiapo Village, and some even ran to Shenquan Village in the ravine. According to the steps of the Japanese puppet army, after the sweep, they will inevitably chase the fleeing villagers for a second sweep, which means that the next target of the devil is downhill village.

After determining the destination, Zhao Shixun immediately led the militia to the west, and he planned to look for opportunities in the area of Xiapo Village and ambush the Japanese puppet army.

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In the vast Zhongtiao Mountain, a militia of more than 20 people moved quickly along the mountain road. Although they were not many in number, the firepower of this team was not weak, and they even had a machine gun.

After marching rapidly for most of the day, Zhao Shi led the team to a place less than three miles away from Xiapo Village. The mountain road is difficult to walk, not to mention the rapid march. The strength of the militia brigade has almost reached its limit. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Zhao Shixun decided to find a place to rest nearby. Although Xiapo Village is not far ahead, the situation is unclear, and Zhao Shixun does not plan to directly lead troops into the village.

Having placed troops on a hillside, Zhao Shixun took a short break and decided to take a militiaman to the village in front to reconnoitre.

"Kiko, you come with me. Old immortal, you take the rest of the people to stay here, and no one is allowed to leave here without my orders. ”

"You two be careful......."

The old immortal sat on the ground tiredly, and it took a long time to catch his breath.

Taking Xizi with him, Zhao Shixun quickly descended the mountain and went straight to the downhill village not far away.

After walking two miles along the mountain road, the two soon saw the downhill village not far away. Xiapo Village is located at the intersection of three large mountains and has 100 households. Because there is not much arable land in the surrounding area, the villagers of Xiapo Village are also very poor, far less affluent than the villagers of Zhou Village. Fortunately, it is backed by the mountains, and the villagers can barely mix their bellies in this troubled world.

Zhao Shixun and Xizi walked along the mountain road for a while, and soon approached Xiapo Village, standing on the mountain beam and looking at the wisps of cooking smoke under the hillside and the villagers working outside the village, Zhao Shixun breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the devils haven't swept up here yet.

After the large army of the devils withdrew from Zhongtiao Mountain one after another and went south, the strength of the Japanese puppet army in this area dropped significantly, and many villagers who fled into the mountains returned to their homes one after another.

With the departure of the Japanese army, in order to stabilize the law and order in the Jinnan area for a long time. The Japanese army imitated the law and order methods in North and Central China, and began to further expand their cage policy in the southern Jinnan region.

This policy was mainly carried out by the construction of fortified forts along highway passes and even near villages. Strengthen the security of this generation by restricting the movement of people with strong points of fire.

From Yuncheng to the north, along the northern foothills of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese army built a large number of stronghold artillery towers along important roads. Because the anti-Japanese forces behind enemy lines lacked weapons to attack strong strongholds, the Japanese army highly respected this defensive method.

"Let's go to the village and see how it's going."

Seeing that everything was normal in the village, Zhao Shixun put on his back his weapon and planned to go down to find a villager to inquire about the movements of the Japanese puppet army.

The two of them followed the mountain road and soon came to the village. Many villagers in Xiapo Village saw the two people coming down from the mountain with guns on their backs, and they all fled in horror.

Many people ran back to the village in a panic. When the two entered the village, there were almost no pedestrians in the village, and the doors of each house were closed.

Zhao Shixun and Xizi went around half of the village, but they didn't meet a passerby.

"Captain......, the people in this village are hiding, probably treating us as bandits. Why don't we go back? ”

Kiko looked at the deserted street and pouted.

"Grandma's, I don't believe it."

Looking around a little unpleasantly, Zhao Shixun glanced at the smoking yard not far away, and touched the stubble on his chin.

"Just go to that house! The chimney was smoking, someone must be at home, so we went to call the door and asked. ”

The enemy situation is unknown, Zhao Shixun urgently needs to find a villager to ask about the situation nearby, and he can't come all the way in vain.

Walking to the door, Zhao Shixun deliberately cleaned up his outfit and hid the gun by the door.

Bang bang ......!

Bang!

Just as he was about to knock on the door, several sharp gunshots suddenly rang out.

More gunfire was heard from the west side of the village!

With the sound of gunfire, the whole village seemed to be suffocated, and then the sound of cries began to be heard from far and near from the west of the village.

The moment he heard the gunshot, Zhao Shixun knew that it was broken. The sound of the 38 big cover and the crooked handle machine gun Zhao Shixun is very familiar.

The Japanese puppet army has entered the village!

"Captain! Isn't that right? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, come with me! Fast! ”

Picking up the guy, Zhao Shixun rushed in the direction he came!

The Japanese puppet army entered the village at this time, which was completely unexpected by Zhao Shixun. The first thing to do now is to get back to the south as soon as possible.

After running wildly for a few minutes, Zhao Shixun and the others finally ran to the south of the village, and at this moment, the crying in the village suddenly increased. People screamed hoarsely as if they had met the devil of hell.

Amid the gunfire, more and more Japanese puppet soldiers poured into the village. The puppet army is fine, just grabbing something. The devil is like a wild beast, killing a man when he sees it, and pounced on a woman when he sees it.

As he spoke, several yellow shadows rushed into a courtyard not far from the two.

Seeing someone rushing in, an old man in Tsing Yi rushed out of the house tremblingly, and knelt on the ground with a puff and pleaded.

The devil wearing a steel helmet saw someone blocking in front of him, and without saying a word, it was a stab!

Tragically, the old man swore his eyes abruptly and scolded weakly. A woman's heartbroken scream was also heard in the house.

"Daddy......!"

"Old man! Yes......! little devils. ”

An old woman rushed out of the house and lunged at the devil soldiers like crazy.

"Yaga! Sine! ”

Bang!

A puppet soldier next to the devil fired a shot, knocking the old woman to the ground.

"Taijun! There's a flower girl in the house! Flower girl! ”

"Yo Xi, you're watching here! Flower girl! ”

"Little devil...... Help me! Brute! ”

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Zhao Shixun and the others, who were not far away, saw this scene, and immediately felt blood gushing into their heads.

"Little devil! Lao Tzu slaughtered you! ”

Xizi roared, picked up Hanyang and rushed over.

"You come back to me!"

Pulling the angry Xizi along, Zhao Shixun glanced at the courtyard not far away.

"You go back and tell the old immortal to dig a bunker at once a hundred meters from the mountain road halfway up the mountain. Be fast, whether lying on your stomach or squatting, as long as you can hide people!

Let everyone pay attention to the disguise, wait for my order before shooting, and if I don't go back in an hour, you will let the old immortal take the team back to the village, and then let the villagers all withdraw to the mountain. Do you understand! ”

"Nope! I'm not going! Let's go together! ”

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Xizi immediately stopped doing it when he heard this, he just didn't want to go, Zhao Shixun was anxious, and kicked the other party on the heel.

"Tamad! Obey the order and go! Or I'll kill you. Come on......! ”

Xizi, who fell to the ground, had red eyes, and he understood that Zhao Shixun was going to stay alone to attract devils. Looking at Zhao Shixun's resolute eyes, Xizi nodded heavily, got up and ran towards the mountain.

Seeing Xizi running up the mountain, the last trace of anxiety in Zhao Shixun's heart disappeared, and the rest was up to him.

Quickly put on his bayonet. Zhao Shixun took a few steps to the courtyard wall, and jumped in with a force under his feet.

As soon as he landed, Zhao Shixun happened to run into the puppet army who was catching chickens in the yard. When this kid saw Zhao Shixun jump in, he was so frightened that he didn't even have time to unload the rifle on his back.

In the confusion, the puppet army grabbed the hen and ran into the house shouting.

"Taijun! There are enemies! There are enemies! ”

Bang!

A round of six or five bullets flew out of the chamber of the gun, directly beating the puppet army to the heart!

The shouting also stopped abruptly.

When the devil in the house heard the gunshot, he hurriedly lifted his pants, grabbed the 38 big cover next to him and was about to turn around and go out.

At this moment, the curtain of the bedroom door was opened, and a cold bayonet stabbed in out of thin air.

The devil soldier is obviously a veteran soldier, and he has a fierce side at the moment of life and death, which can avoid a fatal knife. The sharp bayonet almost stuck to the devil's clothes, and the assassin passed, cutting a hole in the uniform.

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