day by day it slopes to the west.
The red sunset welcomed the cold wind of early spring. At dusk, it spared no effort to evaporate its last remaining warmth.
The blood-red sunset sprinkled over the high hills of Taihang Mountain and the vast land of Luliang.
Reflecting the stars in the sky, the entire world seemed to be covered in a layer of extremely unreal and hazy colors, as if it was a dreamy painting that was deliberately drawn.
However, a troop of thousands of people, who were silently hurrying on their way, added an inexplicable hostility to this beautiful scenery.
Even the air was filled with a heavy killing intent.
This troop, which had set off from Shi 'an in the darkness of the night and was quietly advancing towards Yangchuan, was naturally the Yamazaki Brigade led by Yamamoto Ichiki.
It had to be said that Yamamoto Ichiki had racked his brains to deal with Six Successive Attacks.
In the end, he actually chose a crazy method, just to force the Sixth Company to take the initiative to attack.
After leaving Shi An, after more than an hour of marching, the Japanese and puppet army of more than a thousand people was about to reach Yangchuan's defense zone.
But at this moment, Yamamoto Ichiki gave an order.
He split up the entire army and attacked separately. With the puppet soldiers who were familiar with the terrain leading the way, he took small roads and implemented the inhumane policy of killing all the villages along the way!
Kill them all, burn them all, rob them all!
In the darkness of the night, the residents near Yangchuan County were suddenly wiped out!
Countless commoners fled at the sight of the ghosts. Because they did not have time to make any preparations, a large number of old, weak, women, and children who could not move could only stay at home in despair and be mercilessly killed by the ghosts.
Those who escaped were also premeditated by the Japanese. Only a few people hid in the mountains and luckily escaped.
Because of the haste, the Japanese advanced at a rapid speed.
In just over two hours, the Japanese troops had flattened four to five villages and entered Yangchuan County.
It was only at this moment that the Japanese's Three Light Sweeping Operation met with real resistance.
The militia that Geng Zhan had allocated to each village played a crucial role at this moment.
Xipo Village was located at the outermost perimeter of Yangchuan County's defense zone, bordering Shi An County in the south.
This village was relatively large in the surrounding area, with more than 300 people.
In the past two days, when Ninth Company was recruiting soldiers, they had recruited more than 20 young and middle-aged men. There were also about 20 to 30 people. Under Geng Zhan's instructions, they formed a militia team.
When Yamazaki Haruhira's nearly 100-man sweeping team sneaked into the vicinity of Xipo Village under the cover of the night.
A militia sentry immediately discovered them and opened fire to stop them.
Although the shot did not hit the target, it was a timely warning to the other militia members and villagers.
The captain of the militia, Zhang Fei, hurriedly gathered his troops after hearing the gunshots. He led his men to the village entrance to set up defenses.
At this time, the sentry who had fired a warning shot in the forest had already been killed by the Japanese's retaliatory firepower.
When he saw the scale and firepower of the Japanese army, Zhang Fei was immediately shocked and knew that the situation was not good.
He immediately ordered the militia around him,"Everyone, retreat as you fight. Retreat into the village and try your best to stall for time to cover the villagers 'retreat!”
After saying that, Zhang Fei raised the rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger.
As they were retreating into the village, Zhang Fei grabbed a teenager who was about thirteen or fourteen years old and shouted at him,
"Hu Zi, we don't need your help here. Quickly inform the 8th Route Army in Yangchuan County that the Japanese are coming! Hurry up and go!"
The young man named Hu Zi was a member of the village children's group. His main task was to keep watch.
As he had not had the time to train, he did not receive permission to participate in combat on a daily basis.
However, when he saw the Japanese approaching, Hu Zi subconsciously wanted to come up and help, but he was scolded back by Zhang Fei.
However, Hu Zi also knew the seriousness of the matter.
After nodding nervously, Hu Zi did not say anything else and replied,"Alright, I'll go now!"
After saying that, he hurriedly ran to the back of the village with a trace of fear.
After he ran out of the village, he relied on his familiarity with the terrain and environment to immediately drill into the distant forest and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Not long after he left, a large number of Japanese and puppet soldiers rushed to the outskirts of the village.
At this time, most of the villagers had not had the time to complete the transfer.
Zhang Fei brought more than 20 members of the militia. They could only rely on the favorable terrain nearby to launch a blockade in place to buy time for the villagers to evacuate.
However, both sides were far from each other in terms of military strength, firepower, and combat quality.
After Zhang Fei and the others resisted, the cunning Japanese left a portion of their forces at the village entrance to continue dealing with the militia.
In addition, they sent out dozens of Japanese soldiers to bypass the battlefield at the village entrance. They went along the left and right wings and surrounded the area behind Xipo Village.
Soon, the dozens of Japanese soldiers successfully circled around the back of the village and blocked Zhang Fei and the other soldiers of the militia, as well as a large number of villagers who had not yet evacuated.
There were even some elderly and slow-moving villagers who bumped into the Japanese soldiers who had completed their encirclement.
Facing the unarmed and defenseless villagers.
The Japanese were insane. They pulled the trigger without any mercy and started shooting crazily at these innocent people.
For a moment, there were loud gunshots, the wails of the elderly, the screams of women, and the cries of children…
A large number of voices interweaved together and resounded through the sky in the night!
One by one, the kind and simple people fell under the inhumane guns of the Japanese and sacrificed their precious lives as the bullets passed through.
The thick smell of blood wafted through the air. Along with the cold wind, it quickly filled the entire Xipo Village.
Suddenly, he heard the sounds of gunshots coming from behind him. Zhang Fei immediately cursed in his heart,"Oh no!" Then, he turned his head to look behind him.
When he took a look, his heart felt like it was being stabbed by a knife, and his eyes were about to split open!
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