Chapter Seventy Revenge (Part Two)

  In the class where Wang Yongquan was in, his comrades all knew that his family had been killed by the devils and that he was not in a good mood. Everyone spoke very carefully when talking to him, fearing that they might provoke him.

  Wang Yongquan had no mood to do anything else, he sat alone on a stone outside the village, looking in the direction of home, muttering "Dad! Brother! Sister-in-law! I'll get revenge for you guys after some days!" with hot tears still flowing from his eyes. Wang Yongquan didn't even eat and just sat there, several comrades came to call him but couldn't bring him back. Wang Yunlin and the others also didn't go to eat, as soon as it got dark, Wang Yunlin walked out of the village and sat down beside Wang Yongquan.

  Wang Yongju didn't even give him a glance, just like Wang Yunlin had never been there. Wang Yunlin fell silent for a moment before saying, "Yongju, do you want to take revenge?"

  "How I wish I could eat the enemy's flesh and drink their blood! I dream of avenging myself!" Wang Yongquan said, gritting his teeth.

  "Shall we sneak back?" "Are you crazy! Do you want to violate discipline!" Wang Yongquan suddenly turned around and asked. "Exactly! That's what I'm thinking, if I can avenge my family, even if I get shot, I'd be willing." Wang Yunlin said excitedly.

  Wang Yongchu was somewhat moved by his words. "How about it? Let's go back together! We've all discussed it, and even if we go back now, the worst that will happen is that Pai Zhang will scold us for a while. Who knows, he might even support our actions!" Wang Yunlin continued to urge him on.

  "Alright, I'll go back!" Wang Yongquan nodded vigorously after a moment of consideration, agreeing to return with Wang Yunlin and the others to seek revenge.

  "Alright, I'll go inform Wen Shun and the others to leave." "When are we setting off?" Wang Wen asked anxiously, hoping that they would set off immediately.

  "I'll go find them right away, let's discuss it among ourselves. I've thought about it, and I think we should leave tonight." Wang Yunlin replied.

  Two people consulted and Wang Yunlin immediately went back to find someone. Soon, several people gathered together, after a discussion, they finally decided to set off tonight, taking advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the camp. After returning, they were busy packing their belongings, repeatedly checking their guns, and even loading all the bullets provided by the troops. At night, they pretended to rest, waiting for their comrades to fall asleep, then quietly got down, picked up their guns, and also secretly took away the bullets from their comrades' bodies. Wang Yonghui waited under a big tree outside the village for a while before several people slipped out one after another. Fortunately, the moon was very bright tonight, they sneaked out of the camp in the moonlight, avoiding the sentry, and rushed towards the direction of Wangjiazhuang.

  Daybreak, some people found they were gone, and some lost bullets and hand grenades. Comrades knew that things were serious, so they immediately reported to the squad leader, who then reported to the company commander. Li Xinmin soon learned about this too.

  He gathered all the cadres together and inquired about this matter in detail, and finally learned that Wang Yongquan and others had gone back to take revenge. Li Xinmin immediately asked Zhang Dawei to find a soldier who was familiar with Wang Yongquan's village from the third company, and let him bring a few people to bring Wang Yongquan and others back.

  Arrange people to chase Wang Yongquan and others. Li Xinmin also gathered several cadres under his command, held a discussion meeting, and the meeting focused on discussing the defense issue.

  "Wang Yongquan and the others' violation of discipline has exposed many shortcomings in our regiment, we must correct them immediately, otherwise we will suffer greatly because of this." Li Xinmin said very seriously.

  "Firstly, it's a disciplinary issue, which shows that our disciplinary work hasn't been done well. We must immediately reflect on this and strengthen education in this area; secondly, our sentry work is too poor, allowing several big living people to sneak away like this. If this were a large-scale sneak attack by the enemy, what would happen to us? I think at that moment we'd either be captured alive or shot dead!"

  "Now our top priority is discipline and safety, without discipline it's hard to command the troops, if safety is unreliable how can we continue fighting against the enemy?"

  "Captain, this time it was my work that didn't meet expectations, I take responsibility." Zhang Dawei stood up and said to Li Xinmin.

  "This is not the time to discuss whose responsibility it is, we should first solve these problems, this is the most important thing!" Li Xinmin said very seriously. Zhang Dawei sat back down after seeing Li Xinmin's expression.

  "Now everyone go back and focus on these two tasks, they must be implemented, in two days I will personally inspect, if there are any more mistakes, I will severely punish those who are lazy." Under Li Xinmin's instructions, several key members went back to work on these two tasks.

  Wang Yongquan and the others carried guns and ammunition on their backs, running down the small road. They were all born and raised in the mountains, so walking on mountain roads didn't affect their speed at all. They were afraid that the troops would send people to find them and bring them back, so they deliberately chose a small path to walk, and soon arrived at the small hill east of Wangjiazhuang. From this small hill, looking down, Wangjiazhuang was in full view. At this moment, Wangjiazhuang had become a ruin. The devils were furious when they left, because they couldn't catch up with those escaping villagers, and were ambushed by the district squad, killing and wounding dozens of people. In a fit of rage, Mountain Middle School Commander ordered the devil soldiers to search for all the grain in the village, load it onto carts and take it away, and burn down all the houses. The fire burned for a whole day and night. Because most of those who escaped were children, the district squad didn't dare let these children return to Wangjiazhuang to live again. Old Xu was afraid that the devils would come back and kill again, making it even more dangerous for the children.

  Looking at the desolate Wangjiazhuang, King Yongquan and several others couldn't help but shed tears. This once bustling village was now a ruin after being burned down by a big fire, where their loved ones had died tragically. They found many newly dug graves outside the village. King Yongquan knew that someone must have returned to bury their fellow villagers here.

  These graves were built by the local militia. After the devils left, they didn't dare to rush to Wangjiazhuang immediately. They waited for a while and made sure that the devils wouldn't come back before they dared to come to Wangjiazhuang. At that time, the tragic scene on the spot made all the militiamen burst into tears. When the devils left, they only took away their own dead bodies and left the bodies of the villagers abandoned in the village. Some corpses were burned beyond recognition by the big fire, while others were scattered at the killing site without moving. The temperature was relatively high, and rot had already appeared on the wounds. Many corpses and organs that flowed out were eaten by wild dogs, and some were eaten by rats and black crows. It was simply too cruel.

  The worst on the scene was Wang Chunsheng's corpse, which had been completely disfigured. He had been tied to a tree by the devils and sliced piece by piece until he died. Part of his body had exposed white bones and internal organs. A large group of black crows were attracted to eat his flesh, and due to the high temperature, the meat attached to the bones had turned black. When the people from District Team saw his corpse, they vomited on the spot, including Old Xu, the team leader.

  "Damn it, you little beast!" The team members couldn't help but curse. In the end, the district squad asked the escaped crowd to help identify the bodies of their fellow villagers and bury them outside the village. Those that could not be identified were not given a tombstone. It was said that they would set up a tombstone, but in fact, it was just a simple grave marker made from wooden stakes, with the name of the deceased written on it, so that later their relatives could find their graves and pay their respects.