Chapter 461: Autumn Harvest and Winter Lovers 19

"Dadadada..." The light machine gun behind him was roaring, "Swishwasaki..." Watanabe could feel the hot bullet passing by him. Watanabe no longer dared to take up the airs of the "Great Japanese Warrior". He dropped the gun and the command knife of the sergeant. He no longer cared about his comrades around him and fled to the outskirts of the village.

Watanabe's combat experience, which has been through the battle formation for a long time, is indeed extremely rich, and his abilities to escape are even more weak. In a short while, Cao Chang Watanabe disappeared into the deep twilight.

Because it was a hasty attack, the Sixth Squadron did not make a careful plan for this assault. It was carried out entirely with the brave spirit of the soldiers, so there was no time to completely encircle the village. After the Sixth Squadron's attack, although many Japanese and puppet troops fell down on the ground, many enemies still followed Watanabe in the dusk.

Among the fallen enemies, there were two Japanese soldiers, one of whom was killed and one was injured. The one who was injured was naturally straight and dying, while the one who was injured was lying on the ground and shouting to the sky and crying.

The enemy seemed to have been killed, but the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Squadron did not dare to be careless. The knocked enemies might be hidden nearby. For the sake of safety at night, the officers and soldiers began to search for enemies that might be hidden in corners.

In this short period of time, all the villagers in the village rushed out, holding hoes and sticks in their hands. When they saw the Japanese and puppet troops lying on the ground, they fought, regardless of whether the Japanese and puppet troops lying on the ground were dead.

The Japanese who was still howling just now was beaten to death by the villagers in a few seconds. Some soldiers were about to stop him. Shen Zengshun said, "All these beasts should die, let the people vent their anger."

The battlefield was cleaned soon, but the puppet army ran away very quickly. In the end, the Sixth Squadron picked up a lot of guns and ammunition, but there were only two living puppet army prisoners.

These two prisoners were also puppet soldiers. One of them was injured and the other was lost. These two were both veterans. Although they were captured by **, they still looked like they were careless.

The battle was over, and Shen Zengshun ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield as soon as possible, and at the same time, he sent people to report the battle to the rear overnight.

This battle was very small, the enemy's resistance was weak, and they ran away very quickly. Shen Zengshun had fought with the Japanese many times, and he knew the Japanese's vengeance. In order to prevent the enemy from retaliating late at night, Shen Zengshun set up many open and secret whistles around Zhongguo Village at night.

Shen Zengshun didn't know that the Japanese and puppet troops that attacked the New Fifth Army this time were not very sufficient. Their front-line troops had already reached a long distance because of their "attacking" the New Fifth Army.

The night covered the earth and was pitch black all around. Watanabe and some escaped puppet troops ran away. The place where they finally stopped was a small forest of miscellaneous trees.

There were no pursuers behind him, but it did not mean that everything was safe. Just now, Watanabe and the others had no time to distinguish the direction. In fact, even if they determined the direction at that time and were turning around during the escape, Watanabe and the others didn't know where they were now.

There is a village not far from the woods. The village does not look small. You can see the lights here, and there are also a few barking sounds of dogs coming from time to time in the village.

There are people living in the village, which is very tempting to the tired and hungry Watanabe and others, but Watanabe did not dare to enter the village. After running for so long, Watanabe couldn't be sure whether it was a Japanese-occupied area or a national-controlled area. To be on the safe side, these people resisted their hunger and hid in the woods all night.

Early the next morning, these people identified their direction through the direction of the sunrise mountain, and they rushed to the east.

Because they were afraid that they were still in a dangerous area, Watanabe led these puppet troops and did not dare to go into the village to find food and drink even if they were tired and hungry. They ran desperately like dogs. It was not until in the evening that Watanabe and the others suddenly saw a stronghold with a plaster flag in their eyes and stopped.

After breaking into the stronghold, Watanabe and others had a full meal and reported their attacks to the Japanese army stationed in Mizuma on the phone. In order not to feel too embarrassed about their escape, Watanabe and others exaggerated the number of troops on the other side, and they reported that they had received an attack from a large troop.

The New Fifth Army received strong support! After Mizumaji's Japanese came to this conclusion after receiving Watanabe's report.

The Japanese are not fools. They took a quick look at the map and combined some intelligence analysis to know that Li Qinglin's Ninth Detachment took action.

The Japanese commander Ishihara, who stood in front of the 1/50,000 military map, was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat after thinking.

Ishihara's idea to attack the New Fifth Army first this time. Attacking the New Fifth Army is just a cover, with the purpose of attracting everyone's attention to this. Ishihara, the Japanese commander who is used to dealing with the ** troops, knew the mystery between the ** troops. He always believed that the Ninth Detachment and the New Fifth Army were not of the same faction. Therefore, even if the Ninth Detachment sent troops to support them, they would not do their best. Therefore, the Japanese army did not have many troops to attack the New Fifth Army.

The Ninth Detachment did not have much force and occupied a large territory. The Japanese had fought with the Ninth Detachment several times, and they suffered several losses after the fight. Therefore, they knew that the Ninth Detachment was not a ** guerrilla force in the general sense.

The Ninth Detachment belongs to the guerrilla force, and it is said that there is no deep friendship with the New Fifth Army. The Ninth Detachment decisive attack this time proves that the First War Zone issued a death order, requiring the Ninth Detachment to fully support the New Fifth Army. Moreover, against small units like Watanabe, the Ninth Detachment dispatched a large brigade of troops, which means that the Ninth Detachment may have all its troops out. If the Ninth Detachment is really dispatched, then the rear route of the Japanese and puppet troops attacking the New Fifth Army this time is very likely to be cut off by the Ninth Detachment; at this time, if the New Fifth Army concentrates its forces to give the Japanese and puppet troops that are deeply invaded, the troops ahead will be in danger.

Bewildered by Watanabe's attack information, Ishihara immediately issued a new combat order: the Japanese and puppet troops that broke into the New Fifth Army positions retreated across the board, and the withdrawn troops gathered in the direction of Nakaku Village; a mobile force stationed in Mizushi was immediately prepared and strive to start attacking towards Nakaku Village tomorrow; the two troops advanced against each other, striving to entangle the main force of the Ninth Detachment near Nakaku Village, and finally annihilate the main force of the Ninth Detachment on the spot.

Ishihara's order was soon sent out through the radio station. The sweeping troops that had penetrated into the New Fifth Army's positions were also prohibited. They packed their luggage overnight and tried to force their troops towards Nakaku Village early tomorrow morning.

Chen Zengshun was not idle either. They killed Watanabe's small army and fought very little. Chen Zengshun and his casualties were naturally very small, but they had to deal with a lot of things after they settled down, and these things were all related to the people.

The people of Zhongguo Village did not actually go far. When Chen Zengshun and his friends forcibly marched over, these people thought that they had hope of returning home, so they all ran out of their hiding place and returned to Zhongguo Village with the large army.

After the battle, the family of the peasant woman who was killed by the Japanese was naturally heartbroken. They built a coffin overnight to prepare to bury the dead person the next day. After the other two women who were defiled by the Japanese were rescued, they felt that they had no face to see anyone. Once the family was not careful, they would either hang themselves on a rope or commit suicide with a knife, or even jump into a well to commit suicide once.

The two living lives were about to die, and the village was in a state of turmoil. The villagers generally had no education, and it was the first time they encountered such things, especially such matters that were related to a woman's reputation, and others were not able to come forward to persuade her. In the end, the old patriarch in the village was really unable to do so. So he found Chen Zengshun and asked the army to help persuade the women who insisted on committing suicide.

Chen Zengshun was also an old veteran. During his time in the army, his comrades or his subordinates had been captured and humiliated. He deeply understood the despair of those who had been insulted. However, this matter was not a category that the traditional ** troops should be managed. Chen Zengshun initially expressed his inability to help. However, the old patriarch did not give up. He repeatedly emphasized: "You are the army sent by the central government. You are all people who understand the truth. You speak more convincingly than us."

Looking at the old patriarch who was begging, Chen Zeng softened his heart and finally agreed to this matter.

Following the old patriarch, Chen Zengshun came to the home of one of the women. There were five people in this family, both young and old, and the woman's parents-in-law were alive, and there was a child over one year old. Because such a big scandal happened at home, and the woman was still crying and wanted to commit suicide. Except for the insulted woman who hid in the inner room and cried, everyone else in the family gathered in the yard and sighed.

As soon as Chen Zengshun entered the house, he saw the child. This child was a boy who was raised and fat. He was probably very tired during the day and was now lying in his arms and asleep.

Seeing this child, Chen Zengshun had an idea. Before entering the house, Chen Zengshun said to the old patriarch: "Women love face, you don't have to go in. I will explain the truth clearly and the matter will be solved."

The old patriarch nodded repeatedly and said, "Sir, as long as you can make her live well, we will do whatever you say." At this point, the old patriarch sighed and said, "It is difficult for us farmers to marry a family."

Chen Zengshun entered the house and saw a dim oil lamp lit in the inner room. A young woman was lying on the kang and crying sadly.

Chen Zengshun did not immediately persuade her. He found a bench and sat down, took out a cigarette and lit it on the oil lamp and started to suck it.

After a while, when the crying woman laughed, Chen Zengshun said, "Sister-in-law, did you give birth to the child outside?"

The woman on the kang did not respond, and Chen Zengshun continued, "This child is so cute."

I don’t know what sad thing Chen Zengshun’s words touched the woman, but she started to cry.

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