Chapter 69: The Blood Wolf Unleashes Its Fury (Three)

  The Blood Wolf Battle Team was pursued by the cavalry, who knew that this was a trap set up by Yongxiang and Wenliang long ago.

  A dozen or so warriors ran ahead, and the cavalry detachment of the Imperial Army was overjoyed. More than a thousand people chased after a dozen or so, with large troops of the Imperial Army behind them.

  "Hurry up and catch them alive!" Zhang Haipeng's seventh team leader swung his whip, watching as the people in front of him could no longer run and fell to the ground.

  "Fire!" The Blood Wolf Battle Team, who had been lying in ambush at the crossroads, opened fire after the enemy entered their encirclement.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  "Whoosh, whoosh!"

  All the shots were single fire, but every shot hit the pseudo-army riding on horseback. Here is a hillside, and in front of it is a big river. The royalist army was crowded together, unable to do anything but stare blankly as they were being killed off.

  "Brothers, cross the river!" The commander of the imperial army's brigade was frightened. The terrain was unfavorable, firepower could not be deployed, and they were surrounded on three sides with only one road along the river. Fortunately, the horses knew how to swim, and it wouldn't be a problem to escape for their lives.

  A thousand-man army can't counterattack? Sounds too mysterious, but it's all caused by the commander of the Imperial Guard. The order was to capture alive, so guns weren't needed, and the fake soldiers put their guns on their backs and held sabers in their hands. A sudden gunshot rang out, and the horse herd was startled and became restless. The Imperial Guards were panicked, and if they fell off their horses, they would be trampled into pulp, so they could only lie flat on their horses' backs and endure the hail of bullets.

  "Captain, we've got just about enough horses!" Wen Liang looked up and laughed at the urgently needed means of transportation.

  "Switch to burst, send them across the river!" They had always been single-shot firing, and the warriors were all in a state of no objection. However, the machine gunner and grenade launcher were depressed.

  The order was given to fire and the machine guns suddenly burst into cheerful chatter.

  "Boom!" The grenade launcher also started firing and was soon suppressed by Yongxiang.

  "Idiot, you've fired all the shells! What will you do when we encounter a crisis? Quick! Hitch up the horses and drive off with the extra ones!"

  More than 400 people got on horseback, and each person had an additional carbine. The Type 44 carbine was essentially the same size and construction as the Type 38 rifle, with the main difference being that the Type 44 carbine replaced the bayonet with a folding triangular blade, which could be extended and fixed in place when needed, and folded back into the stock when not in use.

  From Nenjiang to the northwest, it quickly enters the Oroqen territory. The mountains are high and deep, with streams crisscrossing, and the Xing'an Mountains stretching for thousands of miles, where there are dense primitive forests everywhere.

  "Captain, why are we rushing into the mountains? We were preparing to go hunting?" A soldier urged his horse on, still asking questions.

  "Our goal is to lure the enemy into the mountains and reduce the pressure on Ma Zanshan! Now that the task is complete, let's head west and prepare to return home!" Having escaped the Japanese pursuit, Yongxiang lit a cigarette for the first time and took a drag.

  "Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!"

  "Hahaha..." The warriors all laughed. It was the first time they had seen the captain smoke, and also the first time they saw the captain in such a sorry state.

  "Grandma, I'm quitting smoking for good this lifetime!" Yongxiang tossed the cigarette butt to the ground and Wenliang hastily jumped off his horse to stomp it out.

  Yongxiang knew he had made a mistake and gratefully glanced at Wenliang, ordering the soldiers to dismount and rest.

  "Bang!" A crisp gunshot sounded, and three people appeared in front. Yongxiang raised his binoculars to take a closer look, nodding continuously as he muttered to himself. Wenliang hastily raised her own binoculars and saw two women and one man chasing after a roe deer.

  "Oroqen people!" Wen Liang smiled warmly, seeing this mysterious ethnic group and their peculiar attire for the first time.

  The Oroqen people have lived and multiplied in the vast areas north of Heilongjiang since ancient times. The Oroqen people have long been mainly engaged in hunting, supplemented by gathering and fishing. Almost all men are excellent riders and marksmen, they are familiar with the habits and life rules of various wild animals, and have rich hunting experience.

  Tigers, bears, deer, wild boars, sables, foxes, and pheasants inhabit the forest. The Oroqen people have been relying on a rifle, a horse, and a hunting dog to hunt for generations, chasing after hares, deer, and other game in this vast sea of forests all year round.

  Within a hundred meters of the Blood Wolf Battle Team, three hunters saw them and stopped their horses. Wen Liang picked up his rifle, cocked it with one hand, and fired at the deer's forehead in an instant.

  "Come on, the prey is yours, I'll give you three good guns!" Wen Liang took down the carbines from the three war horses, pulled out 500 rounds of ammunition and held them up high: "We are friends, please come over to chat!"

  Seeing that the group of people had no hostility, their gentle movements attracted them even more. The three good guns were what they had been dreaming of. Moreover, the prey was not willing to be abandoned, and could only slowly walk towards this group of strange people.

  "Come, try our canned goods!" The warm and hospitable host was entertaining the three people who had just sat down, both sides carefully sizing each other up.

  The two girls, the oldest was seventeen years old, and the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen. The man seemed to be their brother, no more than twenty-five years old. Wen Liang opened a can of food for each of them and took out a bottle of white wine, shaking it.

  "Can't drink? This stuff is too strong!"

  "Give it to me." The man stretched out his hand and Wen Liang hastily handed it over to him.

  "Who are you?" The older girl still held her gun at the ready, cautiously watching the black-clad members of the Blood Wolf Battle Team.

  "We are also hunters, fighting against the Japanese devils!" Wen Liang smiled slightly and said to Yong Xiang: "Captain, I want to have a shooting competition with them!"

  "Let's compare!" Wen Liang stole the spotlight, and Yong Xiang was very unhappy in his heart. But he generously said to the two girls: "The guns are yours now, 500 rounds of ammunition will be enough for you to play with for a while."

  "I want this one!" The man's eyes were fixed on the multi-functional military dagger at Wen Liang's waist, his gaze greedy and unwilling to let go.

  "Ah..." Wen Liang said with a difficult expression: "Big brother, this thing..."

  "Give it to him!" Yongxiang didn't wait for Wenliang's refusal and hastily ordered him to take it out.

  "Me too!" The smallest girl's eyes reddened as she snatched it from his hand, fondling it lovingly.

  "One for each!" Yongxiang took out his own and also pulled out the guard's, handing it to the slightly older girl.

  "Rifles, really for us?" The man picked up a Mauser rifle, expertly loaded it and fired a shot into the distance.

  "How's it? Is it working or not?" Wen Liang Xian Qin handed him a bullet, letting him continue to test the range of this gun.

  "It's useful!" The man couldn't bear to waste bullets anymore and casually loaded several hundred rounds into his backpack.

  "Big brother, if you still want the guns and bullets, how about exchanging them with us for leather?" Yongxiang saw that the three of them were only checking the guns, and his heart was even more delighted to propose this. He also pointed at the horses and said: "These over a hundred warhorses can also be exchanged!"

  "Come, I'll take you to see our chief!" The man was delighted. He used a fire lance, which had to be reloaded with gunpowder after each shot. Its short range and low accuracy were its biggest drawbacks. It was easy to get good guns, but he hoped to get more bullets for future use.

  The Oroqen people have no fixed abode, and it's hard to find their place of residence. There are three Oroqen people leading the way, who know that there is still more than 30 miles away from here. As soon as everyone got on horseback, they heard intense gunfire coming from the northwest direction.

  "It's bad, the little devils are at war with our clan!" Hearing the sound of earth guns and the explosion of throwing tubes, the man was shocked and galloped forward. Yongxiang waved his hand and the Blood Wolf Battle Team hastily followed behind him in a rush.

  Two squads of Japanese troops and a company of Manchukuo Imperial Army soldiers entered the mountains to surround and attack the temporary camp of Oroqen people. They went from door to door, arresting young men without distinction, and carried out large-scale massacres.

  Fortunately, the young and strong laborers were not in the village, but the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who stayed behind were all harmed by the little devils. An hour later, the Blood Wolf Battle Team arrived. The four battalions each selected their targets, and the first round of artillery fire hit the Japanese artillery and command center outside the village right on target.

  Compared to the Type 38 rifle, the modified Hanyang rifle was more powerful. Specializing in close combat, their pistols were no less than a submachine gun. Fierce firepower poured towards the Japanese army without stopping, and sniper rifles also began to aim at the village entrance, killing Japanese puppet soldiers.

  Two women and one man, all with excellent marksmanship, held the newly acquired rifles and didn't miss a single shot. The village had no walls. When the Japanese collaborators saw troops approaching, they hastily rushed out to escape in the distance.

  "Pursue! Drive the enemy far away!" Yongxiang understood that it was impossible to annihilate the enemy in this vast wilderness, they could only drive them away and rescue the Oroqen people in the village.

  In the village, the Japanese army shot and killed 12 innocent villagers, then beheaded them and hung their heads on trees. A woman was stripped naked, stabbed in the abdomen with a bayonet, and had her back pierced through. The wooden houses were riddled with bullet holes and knife slashes, with many corpses of those who had been brutally murdered. Some women were also raped and gang-raped before being killed.

  "Save them!" The second platoon went after the enemy, while the other three platoons started rescuing the villagers.

  "Report, after careful investigation, more than 20 villagers were killed. Only two of the able-bodied men were left, all the others who were killed were old people and children, and...and..." The soldier couldn't continue, bowing his head and crying out: "It's too cruel, several women have gone mad!"

  "Gather them together and treat their wounds first. Tell the fourth squad leader to pay attention to the movements outside the village and be ready to retreat at any time!" Yongxiang's face was black, his fiery eyes almost jumping out of their sockets.

  "Mom."

  "Mom!" The two girls cried out, the man picked up a piece of leather to cover the naked woman's body. Yongxiang walked over and said in a low voice: "Big brother, this is not the time for grief, hurry up and bury them, retreat first."

  The man nodded and walked to the remaining crowd, shouting: "Aunts and mothers, the little devils will come back, let's listen to this officer and bury our dead fellow villagers!"

  Wen Liang admired the strong man, who ordered the soldiers to dig more than 20 large pits on the spot and bury the bodies wrapped in animal hides. The second battalion had returned, and seeing that the small mountain village with few people was left with only a group of women and children, they shed tears.

  The sky is almost dark, and the Oroqen people who went out hunting have all rushed back to the village. Everyone stands silently in front of the earth mound, praying for the dead. The man walks up to Yongxiang, kneels down with his legs bent, and says: "You avenged us, let's fight the devils together!"

  "Yes, we'll follow our officer to fight the devils!" Twenty or so young Oroqen men all knelt down and begged Yongxiang to take them away from this place.

  "What about them if you all leave?" Yongxiang was worried, leading the remaining thirty or so villagers, and it would be difficult to break through the enemy's blockade line with these people.

  "Sir, there is a secluded valley in Gen River where they can live by farming and fishing!" The man said firmly: "I'll stay behind to take care of them, you take my sister and the young men away!"

  "Alright, let's send them to the place you mentioned first, and then discuss our next move. Third Squad Leader, distribute the captured weapons among them, and have these people carry their belongings on horseback!"

  "Yes!"

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