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  A gunshot rang out, and Lin Xiangxin subconsciously took a step back, touching his chest with his hand. After a pause, he looked at his hand in disbelief, then touched his chest again, only to find nothing unusual. He looked forward once more, and saw that the Matsumoto in front of him was staring blankly at his palm, the gun in his hand gone, replaced by a handful of fresh blood.

  "Who fired the shot? Son of a bitch doesn't want to live?" The man in the official uniform hastily pulled out a revolver from his holster and shouted loudly. He had already seen it, just as Song Ben was about to shoot Lin Xiangxin, someone among the villagers had fired a shot, the bullet hit Song Ben's gun, knocking it flying, and Song Ben's hand was also injured.

  "Eighty-eight!" Matsumoto finally came to his senses, shouting furiously. The Japanese soldiers behind him raised their Type 88 rifles, cocked the bolts, and took aim at the villagers.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat!" Three shots rang out from behind the Japanese troops, and three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground. The remaining soldiers hastily turned around, firing wildly at their rear while quickly diving to the ground to find cover for the shooter.

  The villagers heard the gunfire and turned to run back, but Luo Yi pulled Zhou Xi'ao against the crowd and rushed forward two steps. Zhou Xi'ao suddenly rushed to Lin Xiangxin's side, grabbed his hand and shouted: "Uncle Lin, run quickly!"

  The man in the official uniform had already turned around to look at the Japanese army attacking from behind, and when he heard Zhou Xi's voice, he turned his head back with a gun. Before he could react, Luo Yi had rushed to his front, kicked his wrist with one foot, and the man's rifle flew out of his hand more than ten feet away. Immediately afterwards, his face was hit by Luo Yi's heavy fist, and he felt stars all over his eyes, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

  Luo Yi used one foot and one fist to take down the Fu Zong man, then turned his body and pounced on Song Ben. Song Ben no longer had a gun in his hand, and was just about to draw out his command knife to engage in a fierce battle with Luo Yi. Luo Yi didn't give him any chance, using his "Double Wind Piercing Ears" move to strike directly at the two temples on either side of Song Ben's head. Song Ben dodged backwards, avoiding Luo Yi's fist by a hair's breadth. But who would have thought that Luo Yi was coming at him with such speed? In one step, he had already reached Song Ben's side and back, his arm hooking around Song Ben's neck, instantly tightening around it.

  “#%^&*@#……” Matsumoto shouted in Japanese, which Luo Wei couldn't understand, probably calling for help. He then lost his voice. Two Japanese soldiers who were shooting towards the village turned around and saw a Chinese youth strangling Matsumoto's neck. Matsumoto kicked his legs wildly but couldn't break free. The two soldiers hastily raised their guns, wanting to shoot Luo Wei, but Luo Wei used Matsumoto as a human shield, leaving the Japanese with no choice. Just as the two Japanese soldiers were at a loss for what to do, a shotgun emerged from under Matsumoto's arm and fired twice, hitting the two Japanese soldiers in the chest and killing them instantly.

  The last two Japanese soldiers found themselves surrounded, so they picked up their rifles and rushed out of the village, trying to break through the encirclement. Outside the village, Su Xiaofeng and three others were ambushing the Japanese, hiding behind a low wall. In the first round of shooting, they took down three Japanese soldiers. At this moment, seeing that the Japanese were attempting to break out, Su Xiaofeng couldn't resist the urge to join in, grabbing a pitchfork from nearby villagers who used it for harvesting rice and charging forward.

  "Hey little Japan, dare to play a game with grandpa?" Su Xiaofeng shouted.

  Two Japanese soldiers stood with their guns at the ready, taking a defensive stance. Su Xiao Feng shouted "Kill!" and thrust his pitchfork straight at one of the Japanese soldier's chest. The Japanese soldier used his bayonet to deflect Su Xiao Feng's attack and countered with a swift stab. As the enemy's gun approached him, Su Xiao Feng quickly dodged to the side and grabbed hold of the Japanese soldier's rifle. At this moment, Xu Liang Qing's teachings on killing techniques proved useful, and Su Xiao Feng was not unfamiliar with the Japanese soldier's stabbing movements.

  "Bring it to me." Su Xiao Feng said. He was notorious in the assault regiment for his brute strength, he grabbed the enemy's gun and pulled it towards himself, causing the Japanese soldier to lose balance and take a step forward. Immediately after, Su Xiao Feng pushed the gun forward again, causing the Japanese soldier to retreat another half-step, clearly flustered. With one swift kick, Su Xiao Feng sent the Japanese soldier tumbling to the ground.

  Another Japanese soldier took advantage of Su Xiaofeng and his companion's fight, holding a bayonet to take Su Xiaofeng from behind. Tu Jiu and Cao Xianjin wouldn't give him the chance, both pounced on him together, outnumbering him, and pressed the Japanese soldier to the ground until he couldn't get up.

  The assault battalion made its debut, with four against nine. In just a few minutes, five Japanese soldiers were killed, three Japanese soldiers and one bandit were captured, and the assault battalion suffered no casualties. The biggest advantage of this battle was that the assault battalion took the initiative, eliminating three enemies with quick shots before the Japanese army reacted, and then Luo Yi used Matsumoto as cover to kill two more Japanese soldiers, and the remaining enemies were not worth fearing.

  "Mr. Lin, this is my boss, his surname is Luo." Zhou Xiying had witnessed Luo Yi's bravery and instantly admired him to the extreme. He pulled along a stunned Lin Xiangxin, introducing Luo Yi with a showy attitude.

  "Mr. Lin, you're startled," Luo Yi said politely, "I'm Luo Jiu from Jiangdong, and I've brought my young master back to visit today. Who would have thought we'd run into such a troublesome matter?"

  "Thank you, Boss Luo, for saving my life! If it wasn't for Boss Luo's divine marksmanship, I would have lost my life here." Lin Xiangxin only started to feel a little scared now, and he thanked Luo Yi with a trembling voice.

  Luo Yi said, "Don't be polite, uncle Lin. If there's injustice on the road, one should naturally draw their sword to help. However, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, but today if you confront the Japanese like this and something goes wrong, it would really not be worth it. The Japanese devils don't do things in a human way, if you reason with them, you'll definitely end up losing."

  Lin Xiangxin said angrily: "These little devils, how can they bully people like this!"

  Two people were talking when Su Xiaofeng came over and asked Luo Yi: "Luo Zi, what to do with these few people?"

  Luo Yi turned his head and saw that the three captured Japanese soldiers and the county magistrate had all been tied up. Tu Jiu and Cao Xianjin were busy sorting out the spoils of war, including two short guns, a Japanese command knife, seven Type 38 rifles, bullets, hand grenades and other items, which were piled up in a small heap.

  Luo Yi walked up to the official's man and poked his head with the muzzle of his rifle. The official's man completely lost his arrogant air from earlier, and his knees went soft as he knelt down before Luo Yi: "Great hero, great hero, spare my life... I have an 80-year-old mother at home..."

  Luo Yi didn't wait for him to finish speaking and directly gave him a slap on the face: "You're just a son of a bitch, you also dare to say that you have an elderly mother?"

  "Yes, yes, yes! I'm a son of a bitch!" The young man nodded repeatedly.

  "What's your name?"

  "My name is Hong Kunsheng."

  "Who is your boss?"

  "Hong Kunsheng suddenly didn't dare say anything."

  "Don't want to talk?" Luo Yi hummed softly and casually released the safety catch of his rifle.

  "I said I said!" Hong Kunsheng heard the crisp sound of the rifle's safety catch, and was so frightened that his soul flew away. "I am a man of Master Ma, this time it is Master Ma who sent me here, it has nothing to do with me..."

  Actually, just now when Hong Kunsheng was scaring Lin Xiangxin, Luo Yi had already heard him mention the name "Ma Boss", this is just to confirm again.

  "I'm asking you, where did these devils come from? How far is their barracks from here?"

  "They are from Liu Fang Town, five miles away."

  Wu Li thought to himself for a moment. The gunshot earlier, the devils outside of five li should be able to hear it. They probably won't think that their own people were at a disadvantage, and will definitely still think it's their own people shooting at the villagers. However, if time drags on a bit longer, whether or not the large Japanese troops from Liu Fang Town will come to reinforce is hard to say. A battle occurred here, the Japanese suffered eight casualties, they definitely won't let this go easily.

  Luo Yi called Su Xiao Feng over and said to him: "Take Hong Kun Sheng away, bring him back later and hand him over to Du Boss. Since Ma Boss has connections with the Japanese, it seems that the kidnapping of Du Xin Yu is not a coincidence."

  "What about these Japanese?" Su Xiaofeng asked.

  "Stay, I have use." Luo Yi said, turning to face Lin Xiangxin, "Lin old man, the situation in Zhoupu Village is very dangerous now. Since the devils have set their sights on this village, I estimate that everyone will not be able to live here anymore. According to my understanding, the devils will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Moreover, we have already clashed with them, if everyone doesn't leave, it's possible that the devils will carry out a massacre in Zhoupu Village."

  "Tú village?" Lin Xiangxin was shocked, "How dare they do this?"

  Luo Yi smiled bitterly, as a traverser, he was too familiar with the atrocities of the Japanese army, and the Three Alls Policy was not something to be taken lightly.

  The villagers who had just run away in fright are now slowly gathering again. Lin Xiangxin found a few people in the village who were more knowledgeable and conveyed Luo Yi's warning to them. Everyone looked at the five Japanese corpses lying on one side, as well as the three Japanese prisoners of war who were tightly bound, and also began to feel that the situation was not good.

  "Old Master Luo, what do you think we should do?" Lin Xiangxin came with several villagers to ask for his advice in front of Luo Yi.

  Luo Yi said: "I suggest everyone hurry up and move out. Zhoupu Village can't be kept safe anymore, everyone can only find another way to make a living."

  "But where can we move to? If we leave the village, everyone's livelihood will be a problem."

  Luo Yi thought for a moment and said, "Now is not the time to talk. How about this, Old Man Lin? You take your people and leave here first, find a place to stay temporarily. In two days, send a few representatives to the Shihao Hotel on Xiafei Road to look for me, we'll discuss it together. If you really have nowhere else to go, you can follow me to Jiangxi. At least our side is safe."

  Lin Xiangxin again consulted with the villagers, and everyone was also frightened to death. They could only follow Luo Yi's arrangement and take it one step at a time. Everyone helped the elderly and children return home to collect their belongings and reluctantly left Zhoupu Village. Tu Jiu searched Hong Kunsheng's body and found several hundred dollars, which he gave to Lin Xiangxin to temporarily settle the villagers. This money was originally brought by Hong Kunsheng as a farewell gift for the villagers, and now it has come in handy.