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Chapter 67 Chapter 067, In the dark night, fight and leave
Tonight's dinner was still steamed bread and pickled vegetables, but everyone could get a bowl of stewed meat full of soup. Don't ask what kind of meat it was, just cut from the big animals killed by the battalion in the morning. In one pot, there were horse meat and donkey meat, even if only salt was added, and pepper, onion, ginger and garlic were used as spices, it was undoubtedly a rare delicacy for people of this era.

Well, it’s not just this era. Li Yuexuan, who came from later times, also eats very happily.

After dinner, it was already completely dark. Under the gloomy sky, the stars were blocked by thick clouds, and it was pitch dark.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment were accustomed to night battles and did not feel sad about it.

Li Yuexuan was somewhat uncomfortable, but with his comrades around him, he felt at ease. At this time, they had quietly left the north of Shuijiao Village and headed towards the deep mountains in the north along the river valley.

They didn't know how far they had walked in the dark until they reached the top of a small hill and stopped. Then, several hundred people stopped on the top of the hill and turned around to look in the direction of the village.

In the village, Wei Ming led two squads of soldiers as the rear guard tonight. In order to make his operation more smooth, his two squads actually used 6 Type light machine guns.

"Captain, will the Japanese be fooled?" someone asked in a low voice in the darkness.

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate! We don't need to worry about whether it works or not, just complete the task assigned by the regiment commander!" Wei Ming continued: "Now, the squad leader and his men are here, and I will lead the second squad to the west street! Remember, when you hear an explosion, open fire immediately, fight fiercely, and retreat quickly after the battle!"

The conversation in the dark ended here, followed by the sound of rustling footsteps, and then everything returned to silence.

The night was quiet, with the occasional wolf howl, which sounded particularly creepy. Some pheasants also clucked, and I wondered if they were attacked by predators.

I don’t know how long this scene lasted until the sound of footsteps was heard outside the village.

The soldiers in the village did not hear the footsteps, but they still pricked up their ears and listened to the movements around them. However, what they heard the most was the breathing of their comrades.

In the west of the village, Captain Kimura Naoki, with a squad of Japanese soldiers, was approaching the entrance of Shuijiao Village. When he got here, he took a long breath, and then took a few deep breaths. There was no other way. When they passed through Heshanggou, the stench there was already very strong, so they had to hold their breath while walking. Especially the buzzing sound of flies, which disturbed their minds. These were all fellow villagers.

At the same time, at the southeast entrance of the village, a small group of Japanese soldiers approached the village entrance, led by Captain Masao Takagi. Compared with Kimura's side, their side was much better, at least there was no stench of corpses.

"Enter the village quietly, don't shoot..." Well, the Japs said it in Japanese, and this is roughly what it means when translated into Chinese.

Under the guidance of this idea, the Japanese soldiers quietly bypassed the village entrance and entered the village one by one. These Japanese soldiers were very professional. They did not run around the village in a noisy manner, but set up machine guns at the entrance of the village to control the street in the village first. Then, a small team of Japanese soldiers stood at the door of the people's homes near the village.

Creak... The half-closed door was pushed open by the Japanese soldiers, and then several Japanese soldiers quietly entered the yard, holding their guns and heading towards the main room. If there were no door-opening mines, these Japanese soldiers would quietly bypass the screen wall, walk to the main room, and then sneak into the house to fight, just like Zhang Chong and his men ambushed and killed the enemy this morning.

But... isn't this Li Yuexuan who has come and contributed the door-opening thunder, and has let Wei Ming and the others learn it!
So... Boom... Amidst the huge explosion, the door beam of the people's house was blown in half, and the door collapsed. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the three Japanese soldiers who entered the door, plus the three Japanese soldiers at the door, were all affected by the violent explosion! Especially the three Japanese soldiers inside the door, who were directly blown away and hit their heads on the screen wall.

That’s not all! The screen wall made of adobe could not withstand the shock wave and the impact of the Japanese. So after the Japanese hit the screen wall, the entire screen wall collapsed and scattered in the yard.

As for the Japanese soldiers at the door? They were not blown away, but the explosion point was right above their heads, and they were blown to pieces one by one.

"Company commander, it's the house at the entrance of the village. I have placed four grenades there!" In the village, in the dark night, the excited voice of the soldier Xiaoniu was heard.

"What are you still standing there for? Shoot! Make some noise!" After Wei Ming finished speaking, he pulled the rope of the grenade in his hand and threw it towards the village entrance.

At the same time, the soldiers of squad 2 also raised their guns and fired towards the village entrance, especially the three crooked handle rifles, which fired non-stop, with bullets whizzing in and out of the village.

"Fire..." The squad leader also gave the order decisively after hearing the explosion in the west. Then, grenades, Type 38 rifles, and Type 99 rifles were fired at the same time, making a huge noise.

"Baga, we've been discovered, we're going to die...ah..." In Muranishi, hearing the fierce gunfire, Naoki Kimura raised his command knife and commanded the Japanese to shoot into the village.

"Damn it, the sneak attack failed, we're asking for death..." In the southeast of the village, team leader Gao Shuzhengnan also gave the order to attack.

Not only did they order an attack, they also sent messengers to pass the order of the attack back to the battalion headquarters and request tactical guidance from the battalion commander.

"Listen... Stop! Enough firepower..." In the village, Wei Ming asked the soldiers to stop firing after hearing the gunshots from the west and southeast. After listening for a while, Wei Ming laughed and said, "Okay, mission accomplished, retreat quickly! Squad leader, retreat..."

"Understood, retreat with me!" The squad leader responded and led the soldiers to evacuate quickly.

Shuijiao Village was neither big nor small. Amid the sound of the Japanese gunfire, Wei Ming and his soldiers quietly left the village and then retreated to the north without stopping.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers in the village, unaware that their enemies had retreated, were still desperately attacking! That's right, there were many Type 38 rifles and Type 99 rifles on the opposite side, and there were also grenades exploding, which must mean that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was in the village! As for why the Eighth Route Army had Japanese weapons? The Japanese soldiers in Suzuki's squadron believed that they were captured from the Inukai Squadron, but Miyamoto believed that they were captured from his own family.

For a moment, the Japanese soldiers, who were unaware of the truth, attacked from the village entrance, little by little, towards the center of the village, until... they met each other in the village!
(End of this chapter)