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Chapter 114 Dabeigou Massacre

Although the situation on the battlefield had turned around slightly, Yao Zhihai was not relieved. He watched the small group of Japanese soldiers heading towards the village. He wondered when Zhou Shangxin would be able to persuade all the villagers to leave. However, there was no smoke coming from Dabeigou, which meant that there were still people in the village.

But Yao Zhihai has no choice now. Not to mention supporting the village, he doesn’t know how long he can hold out against the Japanese devils here.

Seven or eight grenades fell on the hillside where the Japanese were charging. After blowing up several of them, Zhou Shangwu's humanoid grenade launcher temporarily curbed the Japanese's charge.

This group of dwarfs could only learn from the Japanese devils and lie on the ground and slowly crawl forward, but the Japanese grenade thrower stared at the sky and seemed to have found the pattern of Zhou Shangwu's movement trajectory. After Zhou Shangwu threw a grenade again, two consecutive grenades fell near Zhou Shangwu at the edge of the trench.

Even though Zhou Shangwu lay down quickly, the flying shrapnel still left deep wounds on his back and arms!

Although his life was temporarily saved, Zhou Shangwu also lost his ability to attack.

Yao Zhihai was filled with inexplicable grief and anger, "Hide! Comrades, hide, put on bayonets! Prepare grenades, we will wait until the Japs get closer before attacking!" Yao Zhihai had no choice but to fight desperately.

You can only fight in close combat. If you keep the Japanese about 20 meters away, their grenade launchers will no longer fire, because at this position, the grenades will explode and bite people indiscriminately, and the killing range is at least within a radius of more than ten meters.

But if we let the Japanese get so close, our front line would be breached if we weren't careful.

Once you get within 20 meters, it's basically a close combat, relying on willpower to persevere.

These new members of the armed work team have only been in the team for a short time. Although they have received some training in assassination, it is not much.

After all, the armed work team has never been separated from production labor, and has recently been concentrating on reclaiming wasteland.

At this moment, everyone leaned against the trench, took out their bayonets and started to put them on their guns, their adrenaline surging!
Although they knew that the Japanese were close at hand, no one wanted to retreat. Those who joined the armed work team basically understood why they were fighting. Although Yao Zhihai's combat training was discounted, his ideological education was no less important.

Whether a unit has combat effectiveness or not depends first on making everyone understand why they are fighting!

Although the villagers of Dabigou were almost isolated from the outside world and did not know much about the situation in the outside world, after being enlightened by Yao Zhihai and others, they knew the brutal nature of the Japanese devils who burned, killed and looted in the country. At the same time, they also felt the heavy burden brought by the Japanese devils' demand for food and labor, and realized that they could not live a good life unless they drove away the Japanese devils.

The idea of ​​defending the country has gradually become everyone's most simple pursuit.

The Japanese machine guns stopped firing. "Grenade! Throw!" Yao Zhihai stuck his head out and saw that the Japanese and puppet troops were already 20 meters away from the trench. He shouted and threw the grenade in his hand.

For a moment, grenades fell like raindrops on the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.

"Shoot!" Yao Zhihai saw that the grenades blew the Japanese soldiers all over the sky, but there were still some who had escaped and were lying on the ground. Taking advantage of the pause in the Japanese machine gun fire, he raised his gun and started calling out their names.

There was no need to aim at this position, just point the gun and shoot. For a veteran like Yao Zhihai, he would never miss the target by hitting one Japanese soldier with one shot. It was just that the speed of the Type 38 Hanyang rifle limited his performance.

At the same time, several other smarter members of the armed work team also leaned forward and started shooting.

Most of the Japanese soldiers who rushed up were killed at once. When the Japanese machine guns fired again, Yao Zhihai retracted his head and rolled to change positions. He let the bullets whiz by over the trench, and then there was the sound of the grenade explosion!

If he hadn't moved, he would have been hit by the Japanese grenades.

The remaining villagers did not feel the brutal battle at the entrance of the village at all, but they were stunned by the brutality of the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the village with such momentum.

Several puppet soldiers, along with a squad of Japanese devils, began to drive the villagers to gather together from house to house. If anyone refused to obey, the Japanese devils would shoot and kill them!
All the villagers who stayed behind regretted their decision, but it was no use. More than a hundred people were driven to an open space at the entrance of the village. Zhou Shangxin, who stayed behind to work, was also forced to join the villagers.

The machine gun was placed on a stone mill at the entrance of the village, with the black muzzle pointed at the villagers. The Japanese sergeant stared at the villagers fiercely without saying a word.

He was waiting for Fujino Taro to come.

According to their experience, now that they have captured so many villagers, the Japanese don't believe that Yao Zhihai and the others will just escape.

This group of hostages is their bargaining chip to wipe out the Dabeigou guerrillas.

When Zhou Shangxin saw this situation, he became very anxious. Beads of sweat rolled down his face. Countless thoughts ran through his mind, but he could not find a way to solve the current dilemma.

There were more than a dozen Japanese soldiers and a few puppet troops, with more than twenty guns and a machine gun pointed at them. Most of the people left on the scene were the elderly, the weak, women and children. There was no chance at all if they fought head-on.

Now we can only delay time and see when Xiaodongzi’s reinforcements will arrive!
Xiao Dongzi used all his strength to run towards Ligezhuang. When he got close to Ligezhuang, his throat was about to burst into flames, but Xiao Dongzi did not dare to slow down.

He saw the number of Japanese soldiers with his own eyes. Uncle Zhihai and his men were not only outnumbered, but also outgunned. They had to call for reinforcements as soon as possible to have a chance of survival.

Xiao Dongzi ran to the head of Ligezhuang Village like the wind. He saw a group of people clearing the land from afar. Xiao Dongzi stopped to catch his breath. After taking a deep breath, he shouted, "Captain Yang, Captain Yang, the Japanese invaders have entered Dabeigou. Captain Yao asked you to tell the battalion commander that at least a squadron of Japanese invaders has arrived. The villagers have not completely retreated yet. We need reinforcements!"

In the distance, Yang Changshun heard Xiao Dongzi's shouting and his face changed. "Comrades, go back to the village to get weapons immediately. We must reinforce Dabeigou immediately!" Yang Changshun dropped his hoe and ran directly to the armed work team's base!
The remaining twenty or so armed work team members also dropped everything and followed Yang Changshun.

At the armed work team’s base in Ligezhuang, there was a walkie-talkie that served as one of the central contact points. After Yang Changshun ran back, he turned on the walkie-talkie and called the relay point to report the situation. He then immediately led the armed Ligezhuang armed work team on a rapid march to Dabeigou for reinforcements!

Along the way, Yang Changshun learned about the current battle situation from Xiao Dongzi, who accompanied him back to Dabeigou. When he heard that the villagers had not yet retreated completely, he secretly exclaimed in his heart, "Oh no!"
This round of Japanese invaders is coming with great force, and I’m afraid these villagers are in great danger!

Yang Changshun joined the team in 37. He had fought countless battles with the Japanese and knew what kind of people the Japanese would behave after suffering a loss. Yao Zhihai and his men blocked the attack but did not block the road to the village ahead, so it was entirely possible that the Japanese would split up and advance.

The common people who stayed in the village may have fallen into the hands of the Japanese.

Although Yang Changshun's group of people was not large, only about twenty or so, they would definitely not be able to defeat a squadron of Japanese devils. However, Yang Changshun and his group did not retreat at all, but tried their best to hurry on their way!

Even if we can't defeat the Japanese, we must try our best to create a chance for our fellow villagers to escape!
Unfortunately, when they arrived at the end of the hill in Dabeigou Village, what they saw was the tragic scene of a destroyed village with flames shooting up into the sky!
In the open space at the entrance of the village, Yang Changshun and his companions saw the bodies of villagers lying all over the place from afar!

They were finally a step too late!
Second update! The third update is still being edited, it will be later, I suggest you read it tomorrow
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