Chapter 55: Rescue

  "Speak up," Mura said, his eyes flashing with anger as he raised his hand. "Bang." A Japanese soldier in the distance fired a shot, and one of the people in the crowd fell to the ground.

  "Your father," "Father." Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the crowd. "This is what will happen to you if you don't speak up. Otherwise, I'll kill one villager every five minutes." Mukamura continued to coerce Zhang Pai-chang.

  "Say, say, please, don't harm the villagers anymore, just kill me. What can I say? I really don't know where they are from and these guns were all given to us by them. They said they couldn't take them away, so they left them with us."

  "No, no, no, I don't believe what you're saying. Your Chinese comrades are short of guns, how could they be so kind as to give these weapons to you? Look, all the machine guns, grenade launchers, were left for you. Tell me, is it your superior or some special unit of yours?"

  "I, I really don't know." Zhang Paichang painfully squatted down, endless remorse and self-blame gnawing at his heart. The team leader had once reminded him to be careful that the little devils would come to take revenge, but he didn't take it seriously. How could he let a new recruit stand guard? They had just killed nearly two hundred of those devils!

  "Speak up, who killed my soldiers? My patience is limited." Mukai insultingly slapped Zhang's face. "You." Click, click, the sound of guns being cocked, dozens of rifles instantly pointed at Zhang.

  "Five minutes to go." "Bang," with the sound of Kimura's voice, another shot rang out, "Old Li." "Dad." The crowd erupted in another **.

  "Zhang, you tell them, who killed him, there's only you and those people who have been in contact with him." At this time, some people in the crowd cried out, the pressure from the devils was effective, but Zhang really didn't know where Liu He and the others came from or went to. Moreover, Liu knew that there was a person called Captain, and he also knew that his surname was Liu, but how many people with the surname Liu were there in the world? Who would have known they were from somewhere else? However, judging by their accent, they were indeed not local people.

  "Captain, you've finally arrived." Li Lu walked up to Liu He, "Captain Li, what's the situation?" "Not good, the devils are forcing Captain Zhang to tell them where we're from. Luckily, you didn't tell them, otherwise they would have machine-gunned us by now. Now they've only killed a few villagers."

  "Captain Li, I know this already. Tell me about the situation around here. How can we get close to them?"

  "Captain, the devils have set up sentry posts all around and the villagers are gathered in a large courtyard in front of the village. We can't get through from the village. There are also devil machine guns on some rooftops keeping watch. Perhaps our way is on the road in front of the village. The devils don't have many sentry posts on the road, besides it's already evening now and there are many torches lit up inside the village. The devils are being cautious."

  Liu He led his men to the front of the village again, and from a distance, they saw that the village was brightly lit, it seemed that the little devils had indeed set up many torches in the village, and even several houses were on fire. The houses did not burn extensively, the little devils were keeping watch on the rooftops.

  "Captain, I've checked before, the devils have thirty machine guns on the rooftop, but these machine guns are not far from the courtyard, only more than thirty meters away. From the south side of this village, we can slowly crawl over, and the shadows of people holding torches can just cover our presence."

  Unexpectedly, the little devil sneaked into the village from the head of the village, and Liu He and others also entered from this place. Both sides neglected the front of the village, thinking that it was a flat ground in front, and now there is no obstruction, and you can see far away at a glance.

  "Alright, let's go," Liu He waved his hand and the team members all bent down to move forward. If you say that the devils can't see them, then they really can't see them. The team members were all wrapped in a white cloth, and especially on the snowy ground at night, it was really impossible to tell if someone was walking around. Moreover, the firelight from the village was just blocked by the villagers and the devils, leaving only a dark shadow in the distance. Liu He led the team members to walk within this shadow.

  "Yours, after all, whether to say or not, my patience is limited, machine gun ready, shoot." "Rat-a-tat-tat." "Shoot" "Bang bang bang……" With Liu He's order, the team members first eliminated the machine gunner on the rooftop. By the time the devils reacted, they were also killed by the team members' guns.

  When the machine gun sounded, the devils were also holding guns and wanted to shoot at the villagers. But just as they did, the machine gun fell silent, and in their moment of confusion, they themselves were hit by bullets.

  "Ah……" As soon as the villagers saw the little devils fall, they rushed up, and some of the little devils who were shot but not dead were also bitten to death by the villagers. The machine gun in front had already fired, and dozens of villagers had fallen into a pool of blood. The other villagers had no intention of living anymore. Unexpectedly, the machine gun stopped firing after one shot. Some villagers who closed their eyes opened them to find that they were not dead, while the devils opposite them were dead. Naturally, their anger surged up at once.

  "Alright, everyone stop." Liu He shook his head helplessly. These villagers were too crazy, but it was understandable. They had all walked the thin line between life and death, so some craziness was to be expected.

  "Captain Liu, we meet again. I'm really sorry, I didn't listen to you." Just then, Zhang Paichang appeared from somewhere and walked over. He had been by Mukamura's side the whole time, so the machine gun hadn't hurt him.

  "Zhang Paichang, we're late, and you've suffered." "We're fine, but the villagers have suffered. This time, several dozen were killed by the devils."

  "Zhang Paichang, you'd better advise the villagers to stop now. The little devils are already dead, and this man is still going to live a good life. The fire has started in the village, so let's hurry up and put it out. Otherwise, there won't be any place to live."

  "Woe is us, Zhang Paichang! We are guilty! If we hadn't been so lax on our posts, the village wouldn't have suffered such a great disaster." As Zhang Paichang went to persuade the villagers, those newly recruited soldiers all knelt down in front of him.

  "Get up, all of you! You are all revolutionary warriors now and should not have weak knees. Besides, this mistake is also my fault. I didn't realize that you were all new recruits who had just joined the army from being peasants. What do you know? Whatever punishment there should be, I will take it."

  "No, it's our responsibility. We can't even stand firm at our own doorstep, what face do we have to meet our own parents and brothers, our fellow villagers?"

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