Chapter 6: The Bloody Battle of Xiao Zhuang Village

  Several people quickly crossed the open area, Zhou De picked up a rifle from the front of the tree and held it tightly in his arms. Zhou Deqin laughed: "You can't shoot."

  "With this thing, I feel at ease." said Zhou De Shu.

  Yang Jing and several others entered the village from the north, along a winding alley, with large gates open on both sides, and from time to time, there were bodies of villagers killed by devils slanting at the door.

  "Quick!" Yang Jie shouted, rushing towards a house where someone was crying out. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a sturdy man holding a large chopper facing off against a Japanese soldier, with sounds of fighting and children's cries coming from inside the room. Just as the Japanese soldier raised his gun to fire, Yang Jie rushed forward, striking the soldier's neck with his palm, causing the soldier's head to droop down, his entire body going limp on the ground.

  "Uncle Shi!" Zhou De Shu shouted, and Zhou Shi Cai stared blankly as Yang Kun led a few people rushing into the house. Before long, the room fell silent.

  Zhou De Shu grabbed Zhou De Qin's arm: "Brother, tell the captain, let's go to our house first."

  Yang Jikui and others have already changed into the devils' clothes, although they don't fit well, but can still cope with the situation. Upon hearing Zhou Detu's words, he immediately said: "Alright. Li Baoguo, you go with Zhou Detu this time, pay attention to mobilizing the masses along the way, like this big brother, daring to kill devils is a good thing."

  "Can I go with you to kill devils?" Zhou Shicai asked.

  "Welcome. As long as you have the guts, you're a good fellow. You go with him to Zhou De Shu's house." Yang Ji pointed at Li Bao Guo, "Zhou De Qin, is there a wealthy family in your village?"

  "There is one, named Li Fusheng. He's the largest landowner in our area."

  "Alright, let's go!" Yang Jiong didn't allow Zhou Dekun to waste any more words, carrying a Type 38 rifle in one hand and his own 9mm pistol in the other, walking out of Zhou Shicai's house.

  Zhou Deqin walked while secretly asking Nan Weiren: "Why rescue the landlord first?"

  "Beheaded." Nan said a sentence that Zhou Dekun couldn't understand no matter what.

  Li Fusheng's home was in the central area of the village, and it was the best high gatehouse in the village. Yang Jue and his party encountered devils along the way, and shot them to death without mercy. Gao Junping and Nan Weiren unexpectedly exchanged two machine guns on their shoulders. The rescued villagers spontaneously armed themselves and slowly infiltrated both sides.

  In fact, anything is like this, lacking a leader; once someone takes the lead, there are many people who follow blindly.

  In front of Li Fusheng's tall gate, four devils guarded two machine guns at the entrance. The courtyard inside was very deep, and devils could be seen moving about vaguely.

  Yang Jie knew that about 150 devils belonged to the company level. According to historical records, a standard infantry company of the Japanese army had 180 people. Including: A 19-person company department (company commander, executive officer, 3 soldiers, 4 medical personnel, officer's attendant, signalman, 8 communication personnel), 3 platoons with 54 people each.

  Equipment: The Japanese army had 13 men in each squad, including the squad leader, 4 machine gunners and 8 riflemen. There was one light machine gun, with a crew of four (commander, gunner, two ammunition carriers), these four were equipped with self-defense pistols, sometimes also carrying rifles (except for machine gunners) during combat; The remaining eight riflemen each had a single-shot rifle. In specially strengthened units, the reinforced squad would be equipped with an additional 50mm grenade launcher carried by two men.

  Platoon: A Japanese platoon had three rifle squads of the above organization and a grenade discharger squad with three grenade dischargers. Total 54 men.

  Yang Jie led the way in front, and only heard the ghost soldier guarding the door greeting him: "How's the harvest? Is Huaguniang pretty?"

  Yang Jie hadn't spoken yet when Li Ying's gun went off behind him, saying "Very pretty."

  Yang Jie knew that all members of the Special Task Force, including support staff, had to be proficient in two foreign languages: English and Japanese. Since Yang Jie took over the Special Task Force, this rule has been strictly enforced. In order for the team members to speak fluently, Yang Jie specially used Liu Qingqing's social connections to hold irregular Japanese wine parties, allowing these special task force team members to gain experience.

  It is really necessary to thank those who arbitrarily tamper with history, attempt to expand their territory and occupy others' islands. Yang Jieming sensitively realized that as a conventional war, it will not happen for the time being, but as a special war, it may happen at any time, so learning the language of that country is necessary.

  Li Ying's gunshot rang out, and Gao Junping and Nan Weiren immediately rushed over from both sides, occupying the two sides of the gate. Yang Jie turned around to observe, and with a swift motion, shot dead a devil who had heard the gunshot and was peeking out at them 150 meters away in the alley, and then picked up the machine gun at the entrance to keep watch.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, five or six devils rushed out of the alley again. Before they could react, Yang Jie's machine gun fired several bursts, and the devils fell to the ground with a thud. Zhou Dekun, who was watching, stared wide-eyed; he had hunted before and knew the trick.

  Li Ying rushed into the courtyard under the cover of Gao Jun, Ping He and Nan Wei Ren. The devils in the courtyard heard the gunfire, but they had never encountered any resistance before, so they thought it was just their own people slaughtering villagers and didn't consider that someone might be resisting.

  Li Ying was a dual-wielding sharpshooter, and even Yang Wei couldn't help but admire her skills. With Gao Junping and Nan Weiren covering for her, Li Ying focused on taking out all the devils she could see, while any devils hiding in the shadows trying to counterattack wouldn't escape the eyes of "Sniper King" Nan Weiren.

  Li Fusheng still underestimated the cruelty of the devils. When his son Li Hongcai sent his daughter-in-law back to the countryside, he told him about the evil of the devils in the city. Li Fusheng stubbornly equated the devils with bandits, thinking that it was just a matter of spending some money and nothing more serious. He did not know that the one who came to his house today was called "Butcher of China" - Ono Kitaro.

  Ogata Kōtarō was only a junior lieutenant and squadron leader, but due to his bravery in battle, especially his fondness for slaughtering unarmed Chinese civilians, he was called "Shina no Tōfu" (Chinese butcher) by some in the Japanese military. After the Japanese army occupied Wei County, under the dispatch of Captain Watanabe, the commander of the Japanese garrison in Wei County, he led four squads of Japanese soldiers to garrison Kangjiatun. Because Kangjiatun was an important land transportation route from Wei County to Zhuolu, Watanabe specially dispatched another squad to ensure the supply of supplies from Zhangjiakou.

  Oono soon created several cases of destroying villages under the name of suppressing bandits, and plundered a large amount of property. Due to his "tribute" being abundant, Watanabe was extremely pleased with him.

  This time, the raid on Xiao Zhou Zhuang was aimed at Li Fusheng. He had heard from Kang Bao, a notorious landlord in Kangjia Town, that Li Fusheng of Xiao Zhou Zhuang was the richest man in this area and had several shops in Guangxian County. As soon as he arrived, Kano prepared to slaughter the village, leaving no one alive, and then give the Li family's shops in the county seat to General Watanabe.

  Li Fusheng had no idea about Xiao Ye's ambition. Seeing many Japanese soldiers surrounding a Japanese officer with a thick face and a body much larger than ordinary soldiers, he hurriedly smiled and welcomed him: "Taikun, welcome to our humble abode. Please take a seat." Meanwhile, he secretly instructed the butler to fetch the gold bars.

  When Li Fusheng presented a dozen gold bars with great respect, it further solidified Xiao Ye's determination to destroy the Li family. Xiao Ye looked at the gold bars in front of him and shook his head. Li Fusheng had no choice but to send the steward to fetch more, but this time, instead of the steward, several Japanese soldiers came carrying boxes from their own treasury, dozens of them, containing the wealth accumulated by generations of the Li family. Xiao Ye sneered, speaking in standard Chinese: "Is this your loyalty to the Imperial Army? There's a Chinese saying 'don't cry until you see the coffin', I think it's necessary for you to witness the Imperial Army's methods." With a wave of his hand, the Japanese soldiers rushed in, and the entire Li family compound was thrown into chaos. In no time, all the gold, silver, and valuables from the Li household were gathered in the main hall, with stacks of silver dollars reaching as high as the Eight Immortals table. Li Fusheng collapsed to the ground, knowing that the Li family was completely finished.

  What he could not have imagined was that all the women of the Li family were concentrated in the hall, and the men were shot one by one. Leaving Li Fusheng alone in the hall, Ono wanted him to watch with his own eyes as his women were played with by him.

  The service soldiers quickly prepared the wine party, and Xiaoye had someone call over the squad leaders. Several devils stripped Li Fusheng's wife and daughter-in-law Gao Jintui, as well as his daughter Li Hongjuan, of their clothes in front of him. While drinking, they teased these poor women. Other devil soldiers wanted to take away other women to play, but were stopped by Xiaoye, who indicated that those devils should start right there in the main hall.

  That man's excited humming, the woman's painful moans, Xiao Ye's wild and wanton laughter, the deviant wails of the Japanese invaders, all intertwined, echoing through the Li family courtyard. Li Fusheng felt pain, regret, and anger, but he could only lie paralyzed on the ground, watching as his family was humiliated. His daughter, Li Hongjuan, was being held in a Japanese soldier's arms, struggling and crying out "Dad, save me!", while another Japanese soldier was brutally ravaging Gao Jintui, pinning her to the table, leaving her shamefully unconscious, only to be pulled back awake by the Japanese soldier, her loud cries only further arousing the beastly desires of the invaders.

  The Japanese devils who were indulging in debauchery did not notice the gunshots in the courtyard. Li Ying didn't expect that there would only be a few orderlies and medical soldiers in the courtyard. He rushed to the entrance of the hall, where the Japanese were sprawled on the ground amidst piles of money, their faces twisted in shame. With a sweep of his hand, he fired a burst of shots. Xiao Ye, who was still enjoying himself, didn't understand what was happening and loudly scolded Li Ying in Japanese.

  Other devils stood up to find guns and resist, Li Ying Shuang seized the opportunity to shoot, not giving them a chance. Xiao Ye pulled Li Hong Hua over, blocking her in front of him, and casually drew out his command knife, holding it against Li Hong Hua's neck. Li Ying also simultaneously eliminated all the other devils, pointing his gun at Xiao Ye.

  "Who are you? As a soldier of the Great Japanese Empire, have you forgotten your country's honor and future?"

  "I am a Chinese soldier. As a soldier, don't you feel ashamed of your actions? Don't you feel ashamed for your country and nation? Is this the so-called Bushido spirit that your Yamato people are proud of? Is this what you call friendship and kindness? You're worse than beasts!"

  "Good. Can you afford to ignore her? I can guarantee that I'll kill her before you can pull the trigger."

  As soon as Ono's voice fell, a bullet shot in from outside the door, grazing Li Hongzhu's right ear and accurately entering Ono's forehead. The massive impact force penetrated Ono's head, and the red and white brain matter splattered out with the bullet. Li Hongzhu didn't see the flying blood, only felt a heat by her ear, and saw that Ono's hand had loosened, so she quickly escaped. When she turned around to look, she let out a sharp cry and fainted.

  Li Ying knew it was Yang Wei's good deed, because in the final live-ammunition rescue exercise of the African military confrontation competition at that time, Yang Wei had saved the Swiss prince with a single shot.

  But Li Ying still turned back and glared at Yang Xun fiercely, "Not enough to see?!" Hurriedly blocking Gao Junping who was about to enter the house, she threw clothes at the naked women. Li Fusheng crawled over from the ground and kowtowed to Li Ying with his life.

  Yang Jie commanded Gao Junping and Nan Weiren to clear out the remaining devils, only to find that there weren't many soldiers guarding this place. He led the crowd to charge towards the other side of the village.

  Zhou Dekun finally understood what "beheading" meant.

  Zhou Deqin was also very happy, he found that he not only mastered the use of these three eight big covers, but also used them with great ease. He shot and killed three devils in a row, and received praise from Yang Jie, who also taught him how to use hand grenades.

  Yang Jie led a few people out of Li Fusheng's house and heard the sound of artillery explosions coming from the northwest corner of the village, which sounded like mortar shells.

  "Hurry, Li Baoguo is in trouble." Yang Wei raised the machine gun in his hand, "Deqin, you go and organize the masses who can fight to block all roads out of the village, don't let a single devil escape."

  "Yes." Zhou Dekun learned from Li Baoguo and said loudly.

  Yang Jie led Li Ying and three others, each carrying a machine gun, rushing northwest.

  Li Baoguo followed Zhou Detu and Zhou Shicai into the village, shooting and killing any Japanese soldiers they encountered along the way. Zhou Detu was afraid for his family's safety and urged them to hurry, but Li Baoguo's fiery temper flared up: "You have a gun in your hand too, can't you save people yourself? Every household on this road is our brother and sister!"

  This sentence was just heard by a dozen devils who had just turned out of the alley, seeing that one of their own kind was talking intimately with two Chinese civilians, and seeing that Li Baoguo's military uniform was obviously not fitting, they immediately understood that this was an impersonator. They shouted: "Eight Gaha, this is a Chinese!" and rushed over.

  Li Baoguo raised his hand and fired a few shots. The advantages of the 92-style 5.8mm pistol's power, accuracy, and firing duration were immediately apparent, almost perfect, especially with the 20-round magazine that gave Li Baoguo a feeling of reaping lives. More than a dozen devils were killed in an instant, and Li Baoguo's bullets were also exhausted. The devils saw this and surrounded them, shouting and waving their bayonets, making Zhou Detree's legs weak, sitting on the ground, and his Type 38 rifle fell to the ground. The devils laughed at Zhou Detree's appearance.

  Li Baoguo threw away his pistol, weighed the Type 38 rifle in both hands, and prepared to engage in close combat with the enemy. He didn't have much confidence in this, although he was skilled in hand-to-hand combat. The Japanese soldiers at the beginning of the war were all seasoned veterans and experts in bayonet fighting. Li Baoguo made a move that delighted the enemy and shocked Zhou Detu and Zhou Shicai - he removed the bayonet from his rifle, casually threw away his gun, and pulled out an M9 multi-functional dagger used by US special forces from his body. But his next action was even more unexpected.

  Without hesitation, Li Baoguo charged at the devils in front of him. "Use one's own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses", "Fight quickly and decisively, break away from entanglement with the enemy" - these principles Li Baoguo remembered very clearly. Faced with the increasing number of devils, Li Baoguo decided to fight a quick battle and withdraw from combat.

  The devils in front of him did not fire, not because the devils were stupid, but because the design of the Type 38 rifle had problems. Although it had a long range, its bullets had little killing power. At such close range, they were afraid of hurting their own people, so when engaging in bayonet combat, the devils usually unloaded their bullets.

  Li Baoguo charged forward, and two devils, one on the left and one on the right, raised their bayonets and stabbed at him. Li Baoguo's bayonet in his left hand made a "brushing" sound as he swung it, hitting the devil on the left in the throat. The great force sent the devil's body flying backward.

  Li Baoguo's dagger in his right hand chopped down along the devil's gun towards his hand. The devil panicked, not expecting Li Baoguo to be so fast. His hands loosened, and the gun fell to the ground. However, Li Baoguo's dagger thrust upward, cutting off the devil's throat.

  Li Baoguo kicked the devil's body into the crowd, then pounced forward.

  Zhou Shicai was a martial artist, and after exchanging a few blows with the Japanese devils, he found that their bayonet techniques were nothing but a few simple moves, completely lacking the complexity of Chinese spear techniques. With full confidence, he let out a loud shout: "Little devils, today Grandpa will show you what real Chinese kung fu looks like!" As he spoke, he shook his rifle, and in an instant, the bayonet in front of the Japanese devil's eyes transformed into three. This shaking of the rifle was truly a display of skill, as it is said that a master can shake the rifle to create nine transformations, and this was no ordinary iron rifle, but not one of those wax-coated rifles used in modern martial arts performances.

  Gun in hand, dragon flying and snake dancing, Zhou Shicai finally found the feeling, the gun in his hand stabbed and pressed, suddenly stabbing into the devil's belly, two arms exerted force, the bayonet cut out horizontally from the devil's abdomen, inertia made the devil throw out three to five steps.

  Zhou Detree sat on the ground, but instead calmed down and found that another five or six devils came out from a small alley. He knew that there would be more and more devils, and suddenly thought of Li Baoguo teaching him to use hand grenades. He took four hand grenades from his body, first finding the pull ring, pulling it open, and indeed, white smoke emerged from inside. He threw them towards where people were crowded. As soon as the grenade left his hand, Zhou Detree was scared out of a cold sweat. In the crowd, Li Baoguo was fighting with devils, and this grenade would surely take care of him too.

  But Li Baoguo was indeed an elite of the Special Task Force, and in a fierce battle with the devils, he suddenly saw something flying towards the crowd. He immediately realized the danger, his body rolled to the ground, and he rolled away. With a loud "boom", the devils fighting Li Baoguo were all blown to death.

  Li Baoguo took a look at this idiot, although he was angry in his heart, but also blamed himself for forgetting to use the grenade! He said irritably: "Quickly, throw it!"

  Zhou Deqin threw it but forgot to pull the string. The hand grenade was like a watermelon, and smashing it wouldn't kill anyone.

  Li Baoguo's grenade followed, and in the midst of two loud explosions, Li Baoguo pulled Zhou Detu and Zhou Shicai into a nearby house. The wall between the two houses was not too high, and Li Baoguo didn't hesitate to jump over it. He saw a Japanese soldier hastily getting up from a woman's body, with a machine gun behind him, and another Japanese soldier looking out of the gate. Li Baoguo pounced on the Japanese soldier like a hungry tiger, knocking him to the ground, where his head hit hard and he fainted. Li Baoguo flipped over the Japanese soldier's body, snatching the machine gun from his hands, and with a "rat-a-tat" burst of fire, the Japanese soldier at the gate fell to the ground.

  Zhou Shicai pulled Zhou Detree up the wall, and the devils behind also entered the yard, shouting and firing at the two. Li Baoguo stepped on a large stone, put the machine gun on the wall, and swept the devils who entered the yard, seven or eight devils fell in the blood pool.

  "De Shu, how far is your home from here?" Li Baoguo asked, "Otherwise, I'll take this big brother to lure the devils away, you go back and take a look first?"

  Zhou Shicai saw Li Baoguo collecting the enemy's ammunition and took over: "De Shu, we'll go first, you help Guizhai family clean up a bit, then go home and take a look."

  Zhou Detu nodded: "Alright, I'm not afraid now. I'll go home and take a look, then come find you guys." He felt very embarrassed about being scared stiff on the ground.

  "The little devils only have that much strength, as long as we have guns and dare to fight them, there's nothing to be afraid of!" Zhou Shicai felt full of confidence because he had killed several devils with his life on the line.

  "All right. If you really want to kill the devils, go home and watch after finishing, then help your neighbors around, they are all fellow villagers." Li Baoguo said, "If possible, organize the masses to resist the devils." After finishing speaking, he climbed up on the stone again and found that there were no devils.

  He and Zhou Shicai walked out of the Gu family's house, the alley was very quiet, Li Baoguo walked towards the main street, the two were still wearing Japanese uniforms, although they didn't fit well, but the devils coming from afar couldn't tell them apart. The main street was empty, they had walked through two alleys in a row without finding any devils.

  The two of them were surprised: "Have all the devils gone?"