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Chapter 101 Chapter 100, Return to Xiahe Village

The team set out, heading south along the Xiajia River, forming a long queue in the ravine. Li Yuexuan followed the team and followed their orders in all actions.

However, Li Yunlong, the regiment commander in charge of this march, could not do nothing like Li Yuexuan and the others. He had to take care of many things, such as the logistics supplies carried by the replenishment battalion, the special forces company scouting the road conditions in front and being alert to the enemy, how many miles to march a day, and where to rest. He had to take all these into consideration.

The most important thing was that he had to choose the shortest but safest route on the map and bring the team back to the Taihang area safely. Fortunately, our captain Li had a good ability to read maps and had already planned the way back on the map.

After some reorganization and replenishment, the strength of the new regiment here has reached more than 1500 people, which is already a good level for a main force regiment. Of course, the first battalion and the two direct companies of the special forces company and the guard company are still able to fight. Niu Youtian's supplementary battalion has once again received new recruits, and the number of people has reached more than 600. It is unknown where Li Yunlong recruited these soldiers from.

Li Yuexuan was very familiar with our Captain Li's ability to expand the team. So when he saw that the new team had recovered to this level, he was not surprised or surprised. This was very Li Yunlong.

The team set out early in the morning and reached the road blocking stone in two hours, which was a 10-kilometer march. After reaching the road blocking stone, the team continued to move south and saw the dilapidated Dragon King Temple in about minutes. After reaching the Dragon King Temple, the team turned west, passed through Shuijiao Village, and entered Heshanggou.

Looking at the familiar terrain and the burial ground with jujube trees planted everywhere, both the old comrades of the guerrillas and the comrades of the New 1st Regiment who participated in this battle had a feeling that things had changed and people had changed.

"Haha, last month, we annihilated a battalion of Japanese invaders and defeated two battalions of Japanese invaders here! Today we are revisiting the old place!" Li Yuexuan said in the team.

"Well, this is indeed a good place! Although I didn't fight alongside you, I feel happy when I see those places where the Japanese are buried!" said Zou Ming.

"Xiao Li, do you want to go back to your hometown later?" Zhao Danian asked.

"Xiahe Village? Then let's go back and take a look! Although we don't have many relatives here, we don't know when we can come back after this separation." Li Yuexuan agreed.

Following the familiar road, everyone headed west and finally arrived at the mountain town that had attacked the Japanese before at noon. When they got here, Li Yunlong announced that they would rest for 4 hours before setting off again.

So, Zhao Danian took Li Yuexuan and the guerrillas and left the main force and headed towards Shanghe Village not far to the north.

The village is still the same village, the mountain is still the same mountain, the river is still the same river, but the mulberry forest has become bare and leafless, with only the red mulberry fruits still hanging on the branches.

Ignoring this place of travel and not thinking about whether he could sleep here and then travel back, Li Yuexuan followed the team towards the village.

However, just as the team arrived at the entrance of the village, they heard a commotion in the village and the cries of the people. Something was happening!

"Everyone, prepare for battle! Comprehensive squad, immediately set up a firepower point at the south entrance of the village and control the road to the village! Vanguard squad, prepare to conduct a reconnaissance into the village. Old Xing, you lead squad one and the cooking squad to detour to the east of the village and control the east of the village. Squad two, lead the transport squad, set up a machine gun position at the west entrance of the village!" Zhao Danian quickly made a battle deployment, surrounding the village on three sides with one missing.

Xiahe Village was not a big village, so 63 people could completely surround the village. What Zhao Danian was worried about now was that the Japanese had not completely left, or that the Shanxi Suiyuan Army knew that the Japanese had left and came to cause friction.

Now we use 4 machine guns and 2 shotguns to establish firepower points. Then we can deal with the enemies in the village, as long as they are not too much larger than us.

After hearing what Zhao Danian said, everyone immediately took action and headed towards their goals. Li Yuexuan led the comprehensive class directly to the south of the village, found a relatively high earthen mound, and immediately established a firing point: Li Yuexuan led Zhang Lu to form a grenade launcher group, Jiang Daquan followed them with a medical box; Bai Dashan led a new recruit to form another grenade launcher group.

Zhu Erlong, a wounded veteran who changed his name to Zhu Dantong, and his assistant shooter set up a machine gun position at the highest point of the mound. Yang Gongxun, however, led three new recruits, carrying two shotguns, and set them up on the wall at the entrance of the village, one on the left and one on the right, to block the door and the street from close range.

Li Yuexuan's side was the closest, had the strongest firepower, and was the firepower core of the entire team. After they were in position, two positions, one in the east and one in the west, also established their own firepower points, ready to launch an attack at any time.

After everything was ready, Hu Lanzhou and Tian E led their men quietly into the village.

Normally, the villagers should have noticed such a big commotion outside the village. But the reality was that everyone had surrounded the village, and even the vanguard squad had passed several houses along the main street, but the villagers had not noticed it. At this time, Li Yuexuan heard gunshots from the village, the sound of box guns, and the noise in the village quieted down.

At this time, a duck-voiced scolding voice was clearly heard from the village and into the ears of the guerrillas who were not far away.

"You peasants, you bastards! I know you call my damn father Kong Yanwang behind my back, but I don't care! I am happy to be called the Yanwang! What's the matter? Seeing that my house was bombed by the imperial army, my damn father is gone, and all my concubines are gone, you think there is no one in my family, right?"

"Look, open your dog eyes and see clearly! I, Kong Laosan, am not dead yet! Not only am I not dead, I am also the security captain of Wutai County. I am back! You must return all the things you took from my house to me; you must spit out all the things you ate from my house! If you can't spit it out, you can pay off the debt with money! I don't ask for much from my fellow villagers, just give me 10 yuan in cash from each family, and the matter will be settled!"

"If you don't hand it over...hahaha...do you see Xu's head? He's your role model! What are you still standing there for? Beat him until he's willing to pay!"

The rampant voice ended, and the sound of whips being swung could be vaguely heard, followed by the screams of men. "Mr. Kong, don't be so arrogant. When the Eighth Route Army guerrillas come, they will avenge us! Ah ah..."

"Stop... Big-head Xu, you know what, I'm not afraid of the Eighth Route Army coming! Kill a few of them, and I can even go to the Imperial Army to collect the reward! Hehe... Isn't this the second daughter of the Xu family? Miss Xu, you are 15 years old this year, right? How about this, Big-head Xu, you give your second daughter to me as a concubine, and I won't take your 10 yuan! From now on, you will be the father-in-law of me, Kong Laosan!"

"Mr. Kong, don't push me too far! Be careful if you do too many evil things, or you'll encounter ghosts knocking on your door in the middle of the night!"

"So what if I'm pushing them too far? The Li family was destroyed by my damn father, and no little devil came to visit! What are you still standing there for? Drag my little wife into the house. I'm going to be the bridegroom in the bridal chamber right now! I'll be his son-in-law in front of my father-in-law! What's the matter? Aunt Xu, why are you pulling me in? Do you want to be with your granddaughter? Hahaha..."

The arrogant words made everyone so angry. We all came from poor backgrounds, and who hasn't been bullied by the landlords? Now hearing the scene in the village, everyone felt the same way! Of course, now that we are here, someone will take care of the bully!
Zhao Danian couldn't stand it any longer, so while the little devil Kong was talking, he led Li Yuexuan and his class into the village, joined the vanguard class, and surrounded the street outside the village ancestral hall. That's right, the ancestral hall in the village is the best place in the village, and the open space in the yard is also the place to talk about things. Now the people are gathered there by the little devil Kong.

At this time, the crying of a girl could be heard from the ancestral hall, mixed with the sound of a woman crying and begging for mercy, and the angry cursing of Xu Dabo.

"Old Zhao, what should we do?" Xing Weiguo also brought his men here and asked in a low voice.

"Fight! Kill all those with guns inside, catch those who are harming the people, and then execute them publicly!" Zhao Danian said gritting his teeth.

"Captain, let me bring my men. I'm a good shooter and have a fast shooting speed!" Li Yuexuan had already taken the box gun in his hand, turned on the safety, and even replaced it with a long magazine with 20 rounds.

"Xiao Li and I will take the lead, and the Bai brothers, Tian Chuan, Tian E... you guys will follow up! Okay, that's it, let's move!" Xing Weiguo said, bowed slightly, and walked out of the street with a box gun in his hand.

Xing Weiguo was in front, and Li Yuexuan was not ambiguous, holding a box gun and following him out of the street. I have seen it just now, whether it is the common people or the evil bullies, they are all in the courtyard of the ancestral hall at this time, and there is not even a guard at the door of the ancestral hall.

Several people holding guns walked quickly to the gate of the ancestral hall and entered the open gate. At this time, the crying of a girl and the grim laughter of Kong Laosan came from the ancestral hall, and everyone could not help but speed up their pace. The gate of the yard was open, Xing Weiguo entered the gate first, pointing his gun to the left; Li Yuexuan followed closely behind, pointing his gun to the right.

Then, the sound of gunfire rang out, and Li Yuexuan leveled his box gun and shot the nine puppet soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Army and holding rifles at the fastest speed. These puppet soldiers were easy to identify by their clothes. The most interesting thing was that at this time, these puppet soldiers were looking at the ancestral hall with lewd smiles on their faces, and did not notice the people coming in through the gate at all.

The yard was only about 30 meters square. At such a close distance, for Li Yuexuan, who had an absolute sense of gun, he could just raise his hand and shoot. He could kill one puppet soldier with one shot and leave no empty ones.

When Li Yuexuan was shooting, Xing Weiguo on the other side also fired more than ten shots, but he didn't know how many puppet soldiers he killed. At the same time, Hu Lanzhou took a few veterans with the best shooting skills and directly occupied the gate. They held their guns and shot at the two imperial soldiers standing guard at the gate of the ancestral hall, one by one, and called out the puppet soldiers facing the gate of the courtyard one by one.

Li Yuexuan moved quickly. After shooting the puppet soldiers on the right, he looked up and saw two Czech machine gun groups on the wall. The machine gunners were still a little dazed at this time, not understanding why so many Eighth Route Army soldiers came. Li Yuexuan didn't care what the machine gunner was like. He raised his gun and shot. After two shots, the machine gunner and the machine gun rolled down from the wall.

After shooting the machine gunner, Li Yuexuan also did not spare the two assistant machine gunners, and shot them down one by one. It's true that the original German box gun is really easy to use, and the shooting is clean and neat.

The sound of gunfire came and went quickly, and in just over ten seconds, all the puppet soldiers in the courtyard of the ancestral hall were killed. Of course, I can't guarantee that all of them were killed, but no one wearing puppet army uniforms was spared, and they were shot to death. No rules? This is a war, what's the rules? Don't be soft-hearted if you strike first, and talk about it after you're done!
"Who the hell is firing randomly? I haven't even taken off my pants yet, and you've ruined my fun?" The fighting was over here, and Kong Lao San, who was in the ancestral hall, appeared at the door of the ancestral hall with a horse whip in one hand and a box gun in the other. However, what awaited him was not the flattery of his men, but a bullet fired by Li Yuexuan.

Bang, puff... He was shot in the middle of his eyebrows, and the back of his head was split open. Red blood along with white brain matter sprayed directly onto the ancestral tablet of King Kong Yan's family, and the grandparents and grandchildren were reunited.

"Ah..." A sharp scream was heard, probably because Miss Xu in the room was frightened.

"Ah..." More screams were heard. The women among the people were terrified.

"Be on guard!" Zhao Danian had already entered the courtyard gate. After whispering in everyone's ears, he shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, calm down, stop shouting, the guerrillas are coming!"

Zhao Danian's voice was loud and effective, and immediately stopped the people from shouting. At this time, Li Yuexuan looked at the crowd with a vigilant face, fearing that there might be enemy agents hiding among them.

Fortunately, Li Yuexuan's worries were unnecessary. The Imperial Army was estimated to have only one platoon of soldiers, and they had all been killed. However, everyone was still worried. While Zhao Danian was talking, Xing Weiguo led Tian Chuan, Tian E, and Hu Lanzhou to the entrance of the ancestral hall and entered the house with guns in hand to ensure that there were no hidden puppet troops.

After ensuring that there were no puppet soldiers left alive, everyone relaxed a little. Xing Weiguo went straight out of the ancestral hall to arrange the team, leaving only Zhao Danian here to comfort the masses.

"Well, fellow villagers, you still recognize me, Old Zhao, right? Hurry up and get some people to let the eldest brother of the Xu family down! Aunt Xu, don't worry, Erniu is fine. Fellow villagers, don't be afraid, we, the Eighth Route Army, are back, and we are here to help you! You can tell us about any suffering or grievances you have, and we, the Eighth Route Army, will help you!"

Zhao Danian did a lot of mass work and soon calmed the masses. Then, some people came out to complain, saying that the third son of the Kong family came back for some unknown reason and turned against the people after he came back. Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army arrived in time, otherwise, who knows how he would harm the people...

(End of this chapter)