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Uesaki Tatsujiro stood there in a daze, and he saw that in the firelight, several Fanmin were using their scimitars to slash the thick barrel of the cannon, trying to destroy the cannon.

Tatsujiro Uezaki mechanically raised his rifle and opened fire on the people who were destroying the cannon at the gun emplacement, and one of them fell down, while the others did not shoot back, but continued to slash the cannon until the knife in his hand broke.

Suddenly, there were bursts of gunfire behind him, and Tatsujiro Uezaki turned his head to look and saw the Japanese soldiers rushing towards him, and he recognized the figure of Chief Sakuma Sakuma who was leading the team.

Sakuma Zuo Matthew pulled out his command knife and shouted loudly, the Japanese soldiers stopped, raised their rifles in unison, and fired at the people on the gun emplacement, and after a thick rain of bullets, the fans fell to the ground one after another.

After several successive salvos, they found that there were no more people on the gun emplacement, and the Japanese soldiers cautiously stepped forward. Many soldiers passed by Tatsujiro Uezaki, and Tatsujiro Uezaki was unaware of it, and it was not until Chief Sakuma Zomata came to his side and patted him on the shoulder that he came to his senses.

The Japanese soldiers came to the gun position, and at this moment, a tall fan man suddenly stood up from the pile of corpses, raised the broken scimitar in his hand, and slashed the head of the nearest Japanese soldier.

Uesaki Tatsujiro looked at this strong man with bloody eyes and eyes like a furious god, and was startled, and the Japanese soldiers who had just come to the gun position were also stunned by this scene, until this strong man cut off the head of a Japanese soldier with another knife, and the Japanese soldiers howled like a pot, holding a rifle with a bayonet and stabbing at the strong man.

Uezaki Tatsujiro saw countless bayonets stabbing the strong man's body from different directions, front, back, left and right, blood scattered in all directions, but the strong man still did not fall, he clutched a bayonet that had been stabbed into his stomach, and stabbed the broken knife in his hand into the chest of a Japanese soldier with all his might, and then staggered down.

The gunfire in all directions gradually became scattered, and finally calmed down again.

The nightmarish night raid launched by the Fanmin has finally come to an end.

When Saigo learned from Michi that Fanmin's night attack had been crushed, he let out a long sigh of relief. But when he heard the report of the damage caused by the night attack, his mood turned bad again.

In this almost suicidal night attack, the Japanese not only attacked the artillery positions, but also attacked some infantry camps, in which about 200 people were killed, more than 300 were wounded, two gun emplacements were damaged, and about 80 shells were destroyed, and the losses can be said to be quite heavy.

The only thing worthy of Saigo's rejoicing is that all six mountain guns have been saved, although the wooden carriages and gun carriages of two of the mountain guns were destroyed, but because the people lacked effective means to destroy the cannons, the Japanese artillery parts were basically intact, and the damaged wooden devices could be repaired quickly.

As long as the artillery is still there, the initiative on the battlefield is still in the hands of the Japanese army.

Although there was no movement in the second half of the night, most of the Japanese officers and soldiers who had suffered a serious blow did not dare to close their eyes, and from Saigo from Michi to Uezaki Tatsujiro, all of them had their eyes open, looking at the east and showing the whiteness of the fish's belly.

It was finally dawn.

After hastily eating a few glutinous rice balls, the Japanese army marched towards the holy land of the Peony Society.

Saigo endured his rumbling belly, mounted on his horse, and led the army to set off. Since the second batch of reinforcements brought by Akamatsu Norira brought mountain artillery and medicine, the situation of the Japanese army has been greatly improved, but the only thing that continues to make Saigo feel entangled is that the rice balls brought by the reinforcements are still rancid.

"General, I don't think we'll have much resistance today." Li Xiande rode a horse and came to Xixiang Congdao with one arm hanging and said.

"Oh? Why? Saigo raised his eyebrows and asked.

Li Xiande took out a necklace made of agate beads and glass beads from the pocket of his military uniform and handed it to Saigo Congdao's hand.

Saigo took the necklace from the road and looked at it, and he noticed that the glass beads in the beads that looked like human eyeballs were already very old, and those agate beads were very new, as if they had just been strung up, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"This is what I found from the corpse of a Shengfan last night, and its owner should be the big chief of the Shengfan tribe here." Li Xiande said.

Seeing the puzzled look on Saigo's face, Li Xiande continued to explain: "This kind of bead has an extraordinary meaning to Shengban, each bead represents a certain meaning, or represents a legend or story. As they grew older, they would add new beads to their ornaments or receive gifts from elders and important people, such as strings of beads that could only be owned by the noble leaders or very important people of the tribe. ”

"You're saying their leader has been killed by us?" Saigo asked with some excitement.

"That's right." Li Xiande nodded affirmatively, "I can be sure that the chief of the Peony Society, Alugu, died last night, and this necklace is his relic." ”

"It's a pity that our bodies have been thrown into the valley by us." Saigo said with some regret, "If only you had told me earlier." ”

"This necklace can be presented to His Majesty the Great Emperor as a trophy of war and physical evidence of our conquest of Taiwan." Li Xiande smiled and said.

Hearing that Li Xiande had a good idea for himself to invite merit and reward, Saigo Congdao was very happy and carefully put away the necklace.

The Japanese army continued to advance, just as Li Xiande expected, along the way, until the "holy land" of the Peony Society, they no longer encountered resistance from the people, as if they had suddenly disappeared from the jungle.

After walking for about an hour on the mountain road, under the guidance of the guide of the Lion's Head Society, the Japanese army finally arrived at the "holy land" of the Peony Society.

The gusts of mountain wind blew, rolling up the red petals in the sky, and falling down one after another.

"It's ...... Cherry blossom? Saigo's eyes widened in surprise as he watched the rain of petals falling from the sky.

"Yes! It's a cherry blossom! Checkmate! One of the guards said in surprise as he held the petals in his hand.

"Sakura! It's cherry blossoms! ”

"I never thought you could see cherry blossoms here!" More Japanese soldiers shouted.

A bright red petal fell on Kishida Ginka's shoulder, and he gently picked up the petal with his fingers, put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully.

Unlike the pink cherry blossoms that can be seen all over Japan, the cherry blossoms here are red in color.

It's as red as blood!

At this moment, Kishida Ginka is holding the petals of this red cherry blossom in her hand, as if she is back in the fierce battle of last night.

And the chief of Fanmin, who had fought like a lion until the last moment, fell in front of him.

He couldn't help but shudder now when he thought back to the man who still roared with rage from the countless bayonets in his body.

He had never seen such a brave and tenacious person.

Until Li Xiande untied the necklace from his neck, he was still worried that this person would suddenly rise up and kill them.

Kishida Ginka raised her head and looked at the red cherry blossom petals that kept falling above her head, and an inexplicable association arose in her heart.

Are these cherry blossoms made from the souls of those brave and unyielding people?

Kishida carefully picked up a few whole cherry blossoms, took out the notebook, and put them in the pages.

"This is their 'holy place'?"

Looking at the primeval forest composed of towering hundred-year-old giant trees in front of him, Saigo flashed a look of disappointment in his eyes.

"General, look!" Li Xiande was the first to notice the strange appearance on the branches of these big trees that were the thickness of three people, and he couldn't help but be taken aback.

Saigo looked in the direction of Li Xiande's finger from the road, and immediately saw a female corpse dressed in white hanging on a tree branch!

Saigo's body couldn't help but tremble, and the horse under the seat also let out an uneasy neigh.

Saigo rode a horse from the road and slowly stepped forward, looked around the big tree, and found that on the branches of the big tree, there was a female corpse hanging by hanging!

Not far away, a large number of female corpses were also hanging on several other big trees. In some big trees, there are too many hanging corpses, and even the branches are bent and hanging down!

"What an incomprehensible barbarian!" Li Xiande shook his head and sighed, "Why kill yourself?" ”

Mizuno Zun, who had been silent from time to time, remembered the beautiful Paiwan woman he saw at Lin Yizhe's house, and couldn't help but secretly worry about her, he endured his fear, stepped forward to observe carefully, looked at it for a long time, and did not find the figure of Eya, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Saigo didn't understand what the scene in front of him meant, and when he saw Mizuno Mino's strange expression, he asked him to ask the guide of the Lion's Head Society what was going on.

The guide listened to Mizuno's question, and replied in local language while gesturing with his hand. After listening to the guide's answer, Mizuno's face became extremely gloomy.

He said that these women chose to commit suicide in order not to let their husbands have worries, so that they could fight against foreign enemies wholeheartedly, and also to save food for the men. Mizuno replied.

Hearing Mizuno Zun's answer, Saigo's face turned iron-blue.

"I can't imagine that these barbarians living in the deep mountains and old forests still have our Japanese samurai spirit!" Saigo sneered.

Before Saigo's words fell, there was a sudden rustling in the jungle in the distance, and Saigo was startled and immediately pulled out his pistol.

Around him, Japanese soldiers raised their rifles towards the place where the sound came from.

The guide suddenly ran to Saigo's horse and shouted loudly in the local language, waving his hands, as if asking the Japanese not to shoot.

At this time, the sound in the jungle was getting closer and closer, and after a while, a group of Fanmin dressed in white and wrapped in a headscarf appeared on their heads. Some of them had rifles in their hands, some of them had earthen guns, and they also had the kind of scimitar that was unique to the Fanmin at their waists.

"He asked us not to shoot, these are the people of their lion-headed tribe, who are here to help us." Li Xiande understood the guide's words and said to Saigo.

Saigo nodded from the road, put away the pistol, and waved his hand, and the Japanese soldiers put down their rifles one after another.

The leader of the Lion's Head Society, who had arrived, came forward to salute Saigo and told him that they had occupied the area before the Japanese arrived.

"Ask them, do you find any other enemies?" Saigo said to Mizuno Tsumito.

Mizuno Jun translated Saigo's words into the local language, and the leader of the Lion's Head Society shook his head, nodded again, and replied with a gesture.

Mizuno had a look of surprise on his face.

"There was also a woman who was not caught, they said. The woman used a very long gun and killed several of them. Mizuno said to Saigo Norimichi, "They're searching for this woman right now. ”

Hearing that there was only one woman left in the Peony Society to resist, Saigo Congdao didn't care, and under the guidance of the guide, he "visited" the holy place of the Peony Society, which only had thousand-year-old trees and caves, and ordered to evacuate.

Just as Saigo Congdao and the others were about to leave, there were suddenly several sounds of artillery firing and the whistling of shells breaking through the air in the distance, followed by a huge explosion and a loud sound of mountain collapse!

Saigo's surprise was not trivial, he immediately rushed in the direction where the sound came, Li Xiande and Kishida Yinka and others also caught up, and the Japanese soldiers followed behind the commanders one after another.

Saigo Congdao and the others came to the edge of a cliff and stood on top of a flat mountain nest. When Saigo saw the steam warships with dragon flags fluttering on the sea in the distance, his eyes almost popped out of his sockets!

At this time, Saigo Congdao didn't know what had happened in the time just now. And why are Chinese warships here?

"Bang!" Hiding under a tree, Aya fired the last shot, and not far away, a cloud of blood erupted from the head of a Lion's Head pursuer, and he fell backwards in response.

Seeing that this person was killed, several people who caught up with him dodged one after another.

They had just learned the power of the spear with a clairvoyant mirror in this woman's hand.

From morning to now, there are almost more than a dozen members of the Lion's Head Society, all of whom have died under this gun.

Aya looked at the sniper rifle that Lin Yizhe gave her in her hand and shed tears.

Now, it was time for her to say goodbye to her most beloved weapon.

A sharp pain came from her abdomen, she gritted her teeth, jumped up, threw her gun down the cliff with all her might, and continued to run along the cliff, in the direction of the coast.

Seeing that Aya was no longer shooting, the pursuers realized that she might be out of bullets, and immediately jumped out of hiding place and chased after her in great strides.

Her **** feet were already dripping with blood, and the clothes on her body had been scratched by tree branches.

The sea breeze was whistling in her ears, and she smelled the familiar smell of the sea, and she ran faster with the strength under her feet.

Now she has no other thoughts in her heart, just to be able to see her beloved husband.

The last time he sent a boat to pick her up, she was worried about the safety of her father and brother, so she didn't leave.

And now, apart from him, she has no worries.

"Take everyone to the ancestral spirit house. After the last shot, he'll come looking for you! These were the last words that her father, Alugu, said to her.

Aya ran forward desperately, and she felt that the sea was ahead.

She recalls the first time she met him.

That time, it was also by the sea.

Will the big ship with the red dragon flag come again?

Aya slipped and nearly fell, and she stopped abruptly, staring blankly at the feet ahead.

It's a cliff.

Below the cliff is the rough sea.

Aya turned around to find her way down the cliff, but she only took a few steps before stopping.

The enemies of the Lion's Head Society have chased her here, blocking her way down the mountain.

Aya suddenly pulled out the knife on her waist and glared at the other party angrily, the other party was shocked by the look in her eyes, but seeing that Aya was pregnant at this time, she had no gun, and a sinister smile appeared on the face of the pursuer of the Lion's Head Society.

Several people slowly approached Aya E.

Suddenly, they stopped.

Aya noticed the horror in her enemy's eyes, and she suddenly glanced back at the sea, and her heart immediately jumped wildly.

A battleship flying the red dragon flag is speeding towards the shore!

The shape of this battleship was very similar to the last time she saw the "Weiyuan", but it appeared more tall and mighty.

And behind this battleship, there are several other battleships that are also flying the dragon flag!

"They can't save you!" There was a strange cry behind him, and Aya turned her head to see the lion's head enemy drop his rifle, draw his scimitar, and stride forward, raising his knife and slashing at his head.

Aya struggled to pounce forward, and at the same time crashed into the opponent's arms, she didn't allow the opponent's scimitar to fall, and the knife in her hand stabbed into the opponent's heart.

The other party screamed, blood spurted wildly from his heart, and he fell backwards, rolling down the hill with his bones.

The other people looked at the forehead with a bloody face and a sharp knife in his hand, and they didn't dare to step forward again, but raised their rifles one after another.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Aya felt something burrow into her arm, **** and abdomen, and a sharp pain came, and she fell to the ground slowly.

She turned her head and looked at the Dragon Flag battleship coming at high speed on the sea, and found that on the flybridge, the person she had been dreaming of had also fallen there at this moment.

Although far away, she saw his face, which was already distorted with pain.

"I'm sorry...... Tetsuro ...... I'm sorry......" Aya said softly with tears in her eyes, "I'm going to the Ancestral Spirit House...... I'll stay with you again in the next life......"

She sensed the enemy approaching her, struggled to her feet, and jumped off the cliff.