Chapter Twenty-Four: The Burning of Taiping Village (Part II)
In the middle of December, it was already very cold in Huainan, especially the cold river wind hitting the face, and it hurt!
The sunset hung lazily in the sky, without a little heat, and a group of Japanese troops marched on the avenue in the northern suburbs of Chuxian County, the team was a little chaotic and a little slow!
In the middle of the team is a car, Captain Gangcun is sitting in the co-pilot, his face is sinking like water, poor third division, when other troops are resting and carnivaling in Nanjing City, the third division has to brave the cold to sweep the Jinpu line, and what is even more sad is that his squadron was driven out of Chuxian by Shaozuo......
The driver also looked pale, and complained to Gangcun: "Captain, why didn't Shaozo let us spend the night in Chuxian?" ”
Gangcun reluctantly smiled at the driver: "Murakami-kun, don't be discouraged...... The people of China are like a flock of frightened ducks, wherever the imperial army goes, they flee from the wind, such a rich place, are you still worried about not finding a place to spend the night? ”
"Hey," Murakami smiled, "it would be nice if I could find some more chickens and ducks." ”
Gangcun showed a wry smile, "The hateful Shina people, one by one, ran faster than rabbits, and they took everything they could...... There are already two villages that leave us with nothing. ”
"Bang," a gunshot suddenly rang out ahead, and Murakami hurriedly stopped the car.
"Bang bang ......" The sporadic gunshots came again, and Captain Gangmura pushed the car door and jumped down.
A second lieutenant hurriedly ran over and "report, a soldier was killed......"
Gangcun was startled, and then anger surged, "Has the murderer been caught?" ”
"No," the second lieutenant paused, and hung his head, "someone has been sent to chase him, and there is only one murderer, who suddenly jumped out of the side of the road, cut off Matsushima-kun's head with a knife, and then jumped into the woods and ran......"
"Rice bucket!" Gangcun scolded angrily, "Tanaka, how did you lead the team?" ”
"Hey," Second Lieutenant Tanaka said hesitantly, "murderer...... It's so fast! It's not like the average Chinese ......."
"Hmm, then leave him alone," Gangmura frowned, he had heard some legends about Chinese samurai, and those people were not easy to mess with!
"But," said Second Lieutenant Tanaka in embarrassment, "Matsushima-kun's head was taken away by him......"
"Yaga!" When Gangcun heard this, he was furious, "The hateful Shina ronin...... Grab him, I'm going to tear him up with my own hands! ”
"Hey!" Second Lieutenant Tanaka took the order, and Captain Gangmura got into the car angrily.
"Bang bang," the gunshots came sporadically, and Gangcun instructed Murakami, "Drive east." "It turned out that there was a fork in the road, one east and one west, and the sound of gunfire came from the fields in the east.
The fields of Huainan were flat, Huang Hua was holding a bloody head in his left hand, holding the cold and shining saber in his right hand, and he was unhurriedly fishing for the little devil behind him, and the bullets of the little devil hit him behind him, splashing bursts of dust and smoke...... The little devil chased after him breathlessly, but he could only see his back all the time, and the range of the 38 big cover couldn't reach him.
In Taiping Village, the trap and firewood have been prepared, Li Siwei, Liao Heiniu, and Shi Mengbury led people to lie on the low slope in the west of the village, night has fallen, and Huanghua still has not returned.
Shi Meng became a little anxious, "Battalion Commander Li, you shouldn't leave such an important matter to someone who has just arrived. ”
Li Siwei smiled slightly, did not refute, and he had no bottom in his heart.
Liao Heiniu glared at Shi Meng, "You know a hammer, wait with peace of mind, Lao Tzu believes in that Taoist priest." ”
"Liao Heiniu, do you believe that there is a hammer to use," Shi Meng was not to be outdone, "If he messes up, what do you say?" ”
"How?" Liao Heiniu was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Lao Tzu will listen to you in the future." ”
"Okay," Shi Meng looked at him, "If he does it, Lao Tzu will listen to you in the future." ”
At this moment, I saw a soldier running over with a cat, "That Taoist priest is back, and he still has a human head ......."
"Head?" Everyone was stunned, Li Siwei frowned and asked, "What is he doing?" ”
The soldier was also full of doubts, "He hung the devil's head on the archway at the entrance of the village......"
"Where's the devil?" Shi Meng and Liao Heiniu asked in unison.
As soon as they finished speaking, they heard gunshots at the entrance of the village......
Huang Huahang hung his head on the archway of Taiping Village, and after hanging it, he was not in a hurry to go, but leaned on the pillar under the archway and panted, looking exhausted. When the little devil's pursuers approached, he straightened up and ran desperately to the east of the village, and a team of little devils chased after him, constantly putting cold guns.
Huang Hua didn't run a few steps to the river in the east of the village, and "bang", he plunged into the icy river with a fierce son.
"Papapa......" The little devil chased to the river and shot into the water, making a splash.
"What about people?" Second Lieutenant Tanaka caught up.
"Jump," one soldier said, pointing to the black river.
"He won't be able to run," said another soldier, "or he won't jump into the river." ”
"Yes," echoed someone, "on such a cold day, you will definitely die if you jump into the river." ”
Second Lieutenant Tanaka's face was cloudy, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted, "Let's go, go and take off Matsushima-kun's head." ”
Soon, the devil's brigade drove along the road to the entrance of the village, and Second Lieutenant Tanaka hurriedly reported the situation to Gangcun.
Gangcun was silent after hearing this, and then sighed for a long time, "Forget it, he can't live...... Has the village been searched? ”
The second lieutenant paused, "After the search, all the people in China have run away, and not a single chicken is left!" ”
Gangcun Shen looked at the panting soldiers around him, and sighed secretly, "Arrange the sentry, we will spend the night in the village tonight." ”
"Hey!" Second Lieutenant Tanaka was stunned and happily arranged, it would be better to spend the night in the village on such a cold night!
A group of soldiers chased all the way, and at this time they were tired enough, and they were naturally happy to hear this, as for the danger...... The warriors of Great Japan have never encountered danger all the way north from Nanjing, and the people of China who lost the capital have long been frightened!
Murakami was also very happy, although he was not tired from sitting on the bridge all the way, but he was itching to think about the pile of chickens and ducks looted in the truck!
The truck slowly pulled up to the gate of the compound, and several soldiers hurriedly climbed into the car, and all the chickens and ducks, vegetables and canned food were taken out of it......
The fire rose in the compound, and the soldiers of the national army who were cold-resistant in the woods outside the village couldn't hold their breath, Liao Heiniu and Shi Meng quietly came over and asked Li Siwei: "When will you fight?" ”
"Wait a minute," Li Siwei said softly, "The longer you wait, the better the odds of winning." ”
Liao Heiniu and Shi Meng silently retreated.
At this time, Huang Hua also came back, wet all over, but he came to Li Siwei's side like a nobody, and smiled, "How is it?" Poor Dao didn't say much, did he? ”
Li Siwei was stunned for a moment, and looked at him with concern, "Why did you do this?" ”
Huang Hua smiled: "Do you have to do a full set of plays, if the Taoist master doesn't jump into the river, how dare they rest with peace of mind?" ”
Li Siwei hurriedly took off his coat and handed it to him, "Change it quickly, don't freeze it." ”
Huang Hua smiled, "It's okay, if the poor Dao can't even hold this bit of freezing, the Dao of all these years will be in vain." ”
Everyone looked at him in amazement, this guy is really a freak!
Huang Hua smiled disappreciatively: "The little devil asks Dao Ye to take a bath, wait a minute, Dao Ye will invite them to bake the fire!" ”
Li Siwei scolded with a smile: "You turtle is about to change, it should be frozen into a popsicle in a while!" ”
Liao Heiniu also took off his coat, "Brother Paoze, Hao Mengyao's group of students sang that song and said 'with him', how can Lao Tzu let you freeze alone?" ”
Huang Hua looked at Liao Heiniu and didn't shirk, and said with a smile: "Okay!" Brother Paoze! ”
In the courtyard, the rich aroma of meat wafted out, and a group of little devils impatiently divided the broth, and it was extremely rare for them to be able to drink the broth by roasting a bonfire on a cold night.
Captain Gangmura took the broth, and said to the chef of the cooking class with a smile, "Nishino-kun, hard work." ”
Nishino-kun smiled all over his face: "Hehe, Captain, the people of China have put all the pots up, saving us a lot of effort." ”
Gangcun laughed, "The people of Chi are very considerate, but they are too cowardly." ”
The soldiers burst out laughing.
Strange Japanese songs sounded in the courtyard, and a group of little devils drank broth, nibbled on flatbread, and sang songs, so happy!
The little devil tossed until the second half of the night before it stopped, and the snoring sound slowly sounded in Taiping Village.
Li Siwei beckoned to Huang Hua, and Huang Hua came over excitedly, "Sir, can you do it?" ”
Li Siwei nodded and commanded in a low voice: "You go and inform Wei Zheng and Liu Heishui, you can start." ”
"Okay," Huang Hua smiled, "Dao Ye asks the little devil to bake the fire!" With that, he sprang into the night like a tanuki.
In the south of the village, the little devils arranged a sentry here, and the three little devils hid under the eaves at the entrance of the village and burned a bonfire, smoking intoxicatedly, chatting with each other, they didn't believe that there were still people who dared to come to find death.
The little devil suddenly stood up and smiled, "Urgency, urgency......," he said, and walked into the corner.
The other two little devils laughed and ignored him.
The little devil stood in the corner and took out the guy and began to drink, suddenly, he felt a cool breeze blowing, shivered excitedly, and was about to scold, he felt a cold neck, and then he felt a soft body, and a hot thing sprinkled his neck, he opened his mouth to shout, but all that came out of his mouth was blood, but there was no sound......
Huang Hua was already standing behind him with the saber at some point, blood was dripping from the saber, and the little devil's head was hanging to the side, leaving only a piece of skin still attached to his neck...... A soldier jumped over and gently held the body of the little devil.
The other two little devils didn't notice it at all, they were still sitting in a bunch chatting, and Huang Hua and Wei jumped over one by one, left and right.
The two little devils only felt that their eyes were dark, and they thought that their companions had returned, so they raised their heads to look.
"Poof!" The yellowed saber was like a match, directly cutting a devil to the ground, and the big head fell to the ground with a gurgling, still spinning on its own.
The other little devil opened his mouth and was about to shout, but Wei Yidao had already pounced, and the short knife was directly inserted into the little devil's mouth, straight through his neck.
Huang Hua glanced at Wei Yidao in some surprise, and now he understood why Li Siwei wanted the two of them to act together, this is also a master of using knives.
Several national soldiers quietly rushed over and dragged the three corpses to the corner, and then Liu Heishui and a group of brothers carried Chai He to the intersection to block the intersection.
Huang Hua said softly to Liu Heishui, "Wait for our signal ......" and took Wei Yidao to dive to the north of the village, the so-called signal is just the fire in the north of the village!
The little devil went all the way north, and he was also tired, and he had a good sleep after resting in various houses.
In the dream, Captain Okamura seemed to be back in Hokkaido, it was a sunny afternoon, he was lying quietly on the beach in Hokkaido, the sun shining on his body, warm ...... It's just that the sun is extraordinarily bright, bright and a little scorching, he frowned, and wanted to get up, but found that he couldn't move at all......
"Captain, Captain," an anxious voice woke him up as he panicked, "It's on fire, it's on fire......"
"What's the panic?" Gangcun opened his eyes and saw the panic on Murakami's face, and couldn't help but scold, "It must be which damn soldier roasted the fire and set the house on fire......"
"No," Murakami said, with a panicked face, "the whole village is on fire." ”
"Ah," Gangcun panicked, sat up suddenly, hurriedly touched the saber and pistol, and rushed out the door. As soon as he rushed out of the door, he was stunned, the whole village was ablaze, the fire was soaring, the courtyard where he slept, two of the three rooms were already on fire, no wonder it was so hot.
"Break out," Murakami ordered as he urged him.
"Don't panic," Gangcun calmed down, and hurriedly ran out of the courtyard with a few entourage, "Go out first to see the situation......
The village was in chaos, and the sergeants were fleeing like ants on a hot pot...... The slow runner was trapped in the house, screaming in despair.
Second Lieutenant Tanaka ran to the east of the village with a few subordinates in disheveled clothes, "Quick, there is water in the east of the village......"
The fire in the east of the village was not large, and several subordinates hurriedly rushed out of the village behind Lieutenant Inoue, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the big river rippling in front of them. As soon as Inoue turned around, he shouted at the top of his voice, "Come east, come east......
"Bang bang ......" A gunshot rang out, and Ensign Inoue and several of his retinue were all overturned to the ground.
On the other side of the river, the stocky young man scolded: "Which one shot first in the street, don't you know that they will shoot when they come over again?" ”
A young soldier stubbornly said: "Platoon commander, we just have a few guns, and there are too many little devils here, so we can't do it." ”
"Hit the street," the platoon commander hammered the ground hatefully, "cheer up, you can't put a single one in the river, it's all weapons!" "Yes, every devil who kills a devil who rushes out of the fire will capture an extra weapon, and it won't be easy to let them go down the river.
The fire in the south of the village was the largest, Liu Heishui looked at the raging fire and scolded in annoyance: "Turtle son, this time I miscalculated, such a big fire must not dare the little devil to come......"
A soldier smiled and said, "Company commander, it's good that the little devil comes over, the brothers just wait to collect their bodies." ”
"You know a hammer," Liu Heishui glared at him, "If the little devil comes out, he won't have to seize ......"
"Ah," everyone was dumbfounded, "Company commander, what should I do?" ”
"What to do?" Liu Heishui gritted his teeth and shouted: "Chen Ergou, you bring a few brothers for Lao Tzu to guard here, and the others come with me and go to the west." ”
The fire in the west of the village is not large, and this is a retreat specially reserved for the little devils...... If it weren't for the seizure of weapons, Li Siwei really wanted to burn all the little devils in the village with one fire.
But the strange thing is that the little devil does not rush to the west of the village.
"That's not right," Liao Heiniu said to Li Siwei suspiciously: "Is the little devil stupid by the smoke?" Why don't you run this way? ”
Shi Meng was also puzzled, "Are we burning the fire too much?" ”
Li Siwei shook his head, he couldn't figure out the situation, could it be that the little devil's head looked different from ordinary people?
"What then?" Liao Heiniu and Shi Meng looked at Li Siwei anxiously.
Li Siwei looked at the fire in the village carefully, and gritted his teeth, "Shi Meng, you take your brothers to continue the ambush here, and Hei Niu will go to the north of the village with me to have a look." ”
The fire in the south of the village is surging to the sky, the fire is raging, and the little devils can't rush out; To the east of the village is a large river, and when it passes, you will either jump into the river or use it as a live target for the brothers of the 74th Army outside the fire; Only in the north of the village, the fire is slightly weaker, and the troops of Wei Zheng and the Sen Barbarians are not much......