Chapter 64: The Blood Has Yet to Cool

  Koizumi led the 9th Brigade to launch a fierce attack on the left side of Hongyun Ridge, starting an assault in the mountainous and plain areas of the Chinese army's defense zone. In order to carry out this so-called revenge war, the devils have made an all-out effort this time, leaving very few devils at each stronghold in the occupied area. However, Koizumi still managed to make up for the problem of insufficient defenses at strongholds, especially important large strongholds, where large numbers of puppet troops also entered during the devil's shift change.

  The blockhouse group in Xizhang Village controls three main transportation routes, two of which are directly connected to the outside of the occupied area. Originally, there were 65 Japanese troops stationed here. In this large-scale operation commanded by Ozawa Takeo, the Xizhang Village stronghold withdrew 50 devils and replaced them with 210 secondary troops from the reinforced Huang Cooperation Army.

  The remaining 15 Japanese soldiers were distributed among the five fortresses, only serving as a deterrent.

  Even though only a dozen or so devils were left, their habit of occasionally harassing the villagers nearby had not changed. As night fell, five devil soldiers accompanied by over a dozen secondary dogs again entered the village. They swaggered into the home of Liu Debao, the head of the East Zhang Village Maintenance Association. At this point, Liu Debao's home was basically a reception point for devils.

  This time, the Japanese sergeant also quietly came to Liu's house. Liu Debao nodded and bowed his head, indicating that he would definitely satisfy the sergeant's requirements. Liu Debao's two wives and one daughter had already been offered to Huang Jun many times before. Seeing Liu Debao fawn on the Japanese again, the three women immediately twisted their waists and stuck themselves onto the Japanese sergeant's body.

  The three women had been seen by the sergeant before, he brutally pushed Liu's wife to one side and roared: "Where is Flower Girl? No! Dead! Dead!"

  Liu Debao didn't expect this devil to suddenly turn against him. He, Liu Debao, had endured the cold shoulders of his fellow villagers in order to serve the devils well, and if they were to turn against him again, there would be no place for him in this world. Thinking this way, he immediately bowed down and smiled obsequiously, saying: "Flower girl, yes! Yes! The daughter of Old Wang's family at the village head is a beauty. Good! Very good!" This Old Wang usually didn't give him a straight look, and Liu Debao thought that now was an opportunity to use the devil's power to harm the Wang family.

  "Alright! You lead the way!" The Japanese sergeant's face turned into a sly expression, and the speed of his change in demeanor made Liu Debao secretly admire him.

  With the devils entering Old Wang's house, Liu Debao quietly slipped out and hid at the foot of the wall. He also knew that this was a sinful thing to do, and he didn't even dare to see Old Wang's face.

  The ghost's lewd smile spread out, mixed with the mournful cries of Old Wang's daughter, especially in the quiet night. Liu Debao crouched under the strong foot and couldn't help but shrink his neck.

  With a loud crash, the door of Old Wang's house was kicked open. The Japanese military officer grasped his bloody military sword and walked out. The Japanese soldiers gnashed their teeth and walked in front of Liu Debao, the Japanese military officer covering his lower body, shouting: "You, good citizen, are not, hurting Huang Jun, dead, dead!"

  Liu Debao almost crawled to the gate of Old Wang's house and took a look inside, only to see that Old Wang, his wife, daughter, and young son were all lying in a pool of blood. Liu Debao felt dizzy for a moment, but suddenly he found strength from somewhere and stood up straight, saying to the ghost: "They are innocent people! How can you take their daughter's life and also harm them?"

  "What? Is Huang Jun wrong?" The devil shouted.

  "Not true!" Liu Debao didn't know where he got the strength from, but his reply was very clear and decisive.

  A military sword chopped down on Liu Debao's body, this time he didn't dodge or evade.

  The Japanese soldiers were still unsatisfied and cut off the heads of several dead people, carrying them back to Liu's house.

  In the Liu family, Huang Xiejun and the women of the Liu family could not bear to look at those heads. The devils intentionally left Liu Debao's head by his wife's feet. This woman took a glance, let out a loud wail, and also had her head chopped off by the devils.

  In the blink of an eye, all the Liu family members were killed, and Huang's dozen or so men stared blankly.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo!" The ghost's sinister laughter echoed far away.

  You Fei was now hiding with the soldiers outside Dongzhang Village, waiting for the devils and Er Gouzis to come out. At this time, a scout returned to report: "The devils have killed people. They piled up more than a dozen heads at the door of Liu's house. Several devils are taking turns urinating on top of them!"

  "Follow me! Into the village."

  After entering the village, You Fei ordered everyone to occupy advantageous terrain and hide. He himself crept to a wall corner near the devils, took aim, and fired one shot at the devil captain's forehead.

  "Ah!" A shout, all the devils and secondary dogs fell to the ground, not daring to move, only turning their heads to look around.

  "Surrender! Those who surrender will not be killed!" You Fei shouted and hastily changed his hiding place.

  A little devil indeed threw a hand grenade at the place where You Fei had just hidden. The explosion of the grenade blew up half of the house.

  Then there was a long silence. You Fei didn't move, and the devils didn't dare to move either. Slowly, they all discovered that more than a dozen of Huang's cooperative army guns were actually pointing at the devils. Four devils crawled in the urine they had just sprinkled, which was still steaming hot, surrounded by Huang's cooperative army who crawled around and stretched out their rifles. Er Gouzi's gun barrels were all pointing at the devils, as if they had surrounded them.

  "Hey! Are you going to rebel?" A devil also pointed his gun at a secondary dog.

  This devil was practicing Huang Xie's military tactics, often casually beating or even executing those "disobedient" lackeys. He truly never treated these two dogs as human beings. At this time, the devil soldier pointed his gun at him, and that lackey immediately felt that his life was over, sweat on his forehead remained, and he also made trembling and flattering movements.

  "The muzzle points outward, shooting those Zhong Biao people."

  This second dog son only now understood that the devils were surrounded here! They had just killed Chinese people and were immediately surrounded by Chinese people. At this point, they still dared to be arrogant? This second dog son secretly hoped that these devils would die quickly. Thinking of having to bury the devils himself, he was not very happy. He cursed: "Damn it, you're still so arrogant until now." His hand tightened, and he pulled the trigger again, another devil finished.

  Three living devils jumped up and wanted to escape into the house. Seven or eight guns rang out at the same time. The three devils were immediately shot with seven or eight holes.

  Huang Xiejun's dozen or so soldiers looked at each other and suddenly burst out laughing. "Hahaha!" "Hahaha!"

  "Hao Mao!" shouted You Fei.

  "I'm also a Chinese! I'd be happy to kill a few devils with my own hands, even if it means dying." One of the Er Gouzi said this, and more than a dozen people from Huang Xiejun's side stood up.

  You Fei and He Tianhao, along with dozens of soldiers from the 259th Brigade, emerged from their hiding places.

  "You throw all the guns over here."

  More than ten rifles were thrown over, not one less.

  "Look at you! Just kill a few devils and that's it! And there are still so many devils, what's the point of keeping them as monkeys?!" The soldiers stepped forward to collect their guns and brought the two dogs over. More than ten people wearing yellow skin stood in a row with their heads down, listening to You Yunfei's lecture.

  "Let's get out of the village!" You Fei didn't want to linger for even a moment.

  After leaving the village, You Fei asked a dozen or so prisoners of war, "After killing the devils, what do you plan to do?" The prisoners replied in twos and threes, their meaning being: "Anyway, we've killed the devils, whether we live or die doesn't matter now. For now, it's just a matter of facing the prisoners, later whatever happens is fine."

  "So you didn't want to go back to the devils' stronghold?"

  "Go back again? That's a dead end."

  "Huh? Just now who said kill the devils, and life and death are also important?" You Fei asked.

  The captives looked at each other in dismay, unsure of what Yufei had planned.

  "It's like this......" Yu Fei flew over to these people and explained, only then did they understand. Yu Fei wanted them to disguise those few devils and have this squad of Huang's cooperative army bring them into the Xizhang Village stronghold.

  "Officer! These few people are useless too! The captain of Huang Xiejun's team is very loyal to the devils!" "Officer! There are still ten devils inside! They are ruthless killers!" This group of people chattered and told You Fei about the situation inside, along with a couple of brief comments.

  "Hum! Devils and die-hard running dogs, kill!" You Fei said. With a wave of his hand, the warriors also brought up several devils' heads.

  You Fei had the warriors string the devils' heads on a rope through their ears, then wrapped them in a tattered garment. He handed this string of heads to the leader of the Liefeng squad: "String up the rest as well! Hang them from the largest cannon tower!"

  "Yes!"

  You Fei said to everyone: "More than 200 Chinese people, dealing with ten devils and one or two iron rod traitors. You go in quietly and tell the devils' unhuman things, I don't believe their blood is cold? There are those who wear the same pants as the devils. Kill!"

  "Yes!"

  This time those who answered "yes" also included a few newly captured little Japanese devils.

  You Fei looked at the team of soldiers in front of him, who were eager to try and had just disguised themselves as devils, and said slowly: "At dawn tomorrow morning, if you still can't see the devil's head hanging on the cannon tower, I'll lead my brothers to launch a strong attack on the devil's stronghold and avenge you."