Chapter 948: Japanese Reinforcements Arrive

Chapter 948: Japanese Reinforcements Arrive
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Due to the accidental explosion of the plane, the group of people from the Senchuan family in the Wang's mansion were basically instantly devastated.
Those who managed to survive were either left half dead from the explosion or scared to the point of losing their resistance.
It can be said that the coincidental blunder of the Japanese aircraft actually ended up helping the Independent Regiment immensely, as it completely disrupted the remaining resistance from the Morikawa Undercover Team.
And by the time Old Ghost led his men charging into the smoke-filled courtyard, there were only a handful of people who could stand up and resist.
Under the chaotic gunfire, more than half of the remaining plain-clothed officers immediately fell. Amidst the cries of agony, the surviving Japanese puppet soldiers either died or ran for their lives, and their resistance was instantly shattered.
However, just when the battle in the courtyard was basically over, the leading ghost who initiated the attack showed no signs of stopping. Instead, he continued to search the ground littered with bodies.
Seeing this, Zhao Shixun, who was standing outside the yard asking about Xizi's injuries, frowned.
"Xiaotian... go call Vice Captain Gao, tell him I have something to ask him, hurry up."
"Yes...!"
With a nod, Hu Tian quickly climbed over the wall holding the flower mechanism and ran away.
Just a short while after Hu Tian entered the yard, Da Peng also entered with a few soldiers. In his hand, he was dragging a captured undercover agent.
Originally, after the members of the Independent Brigade stormed into the courtyard, several plainclothes officers chose to flee. Unfortunately, Zhao Shixun had already set up a light machine gun outside the village.
"Captain Commissar... I've taken care of the ones who ran away. Also, the guys caught a sneaky bastard who pretended to be dead on the way."
As he spoke, Big Peng, with a wicked smile, raised his hand and forcefully threw the captive directly in front of Zhao Shixun and Zhou Yu.
Thump...
Oh dear...
The captive, who fell to the ground, let out a miserable scream. Ignoring the pain from his wounds, he struggled to get up and knelt down, crying:
"Comrade, I am just a lowly minion who survives by getting some bread. Please spare my life."
"Sir, I still have three hungry mouths to feed at home, and I have to take care of my elderly mother. Please spare me..."
Amidst the pleading, as Zhao Shixun and Zhou Yu curiously looked at the captured prisoner, the old ghost who had been rummaging through the corpses in the yard suddenly rushed over without uttering a word.
A few steps sprinting to the prisoner, in front of everyone, the old ghost grabbed the opponent's hair and forcefully pulled it in front of his own eyes.
"You... you damn animal... you're still alive... ah...?"
被老鬼突然的举动搞得一愣，众人也是有点搞不清老鬼到底是咋了。而就在一边的周宇忍不住要出言询问的时候，那个俘虏竟然猛的瞪大了眼睛，仿佛看到了鬼一样惊恐的长大了嘴巴。
"Big... big brother... you... you're still alive...?"
Big brother?!!
Hearing these two words, everyone in the crowd was stunned. No one had expected that this undercover team captive would actually know and even appear to be related to the old ghost...
"Brother... Hehe... Hehehe... Beast, how dare you still call me brother. Why don't you go die... Go die!"
Accompanied by two horrifying screams of extreme fear, the captive's pleading abruptly ceased.
吼声中，老鬼狠狠的掐住对方的脖颈，然后用尽全力将对方提了起来。
这一下，被掐住的俘虏脸色瞬间变得煞白, 开始奋力挣扎了起来。不过, 此刻的老鬼却如同疯了一般，不管对方怎么挣扎都不松手。短短的几秒钟功夫，被掐住的汉子脸色就成了酱紫色，眼瞅着就要翻白眼了。
Seeing the situation, Zhou Yu, who was a little confused by Lao Gui's abnormal behavior, quickly reacted and rushed over with several soldiers.
"Comrade Gao Mingyuan...! What are you doing? Let's talk it out and quickly let go, quickly let go."
感受到老鬼胳膊上的巨大力量，意识到老鬼已经下死手的周宇再次苦劝起来，确仍然不见对方松手。
“高连副……！老子还有话要问他，你给我马上松手，这是命令……！”
At this moment, the low roar of Zhao Shixun also sounded.
In the face of the abnormal behavior of the old ghost, Zhao Shixun also got a little angry. He is not pitying this traitorous devil, but really wants to interrogate this live mouth to see how many Japanese soldiers are behind them.
And it seemed that the old ghost had heard the anger in the leader's words, and a hint of sanity returned to his eyes that had just turned red.
As he gradually loosened his hands, Zhou Yu and the others finally managed to pull him aside with force.
Next second, the man who regained a life collapsed and fainted on the ground.
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Bang bang...!
Dadada... dadada!
Suddenly, just as Zhao Shixun was about to lift the captive on the ground for interrogation, intense gunfire broke out again outside the village.
Dimly, there were sporadic shots of munitions hitting with precision, followed by bursts of the powerful 38mm standard rounds and the rattling sounds of the Thompson submachine guns.
Upon hearing this, the faces of the crowd immediately changed.
Obviously, the sentry post just outside the village is engaging in a firefight with the enemy reinforcements!
"Yoshiko...! You continue to clean up the battlefield and then move all the wounded to the cellar in the village chief's house, quickly...!"
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Wenyan nodded silently. Xizi immediately called her soldiers to lift her wounded brothers from the battle and began to search for weapons and ammunition on the battlefield.
Nowadays, the independent regiment is cut off from supplies and can only replenish on the spot during battles.
"Xiao Tian... you take someone to wake this guy up and bring him over to me. I have something to ask him."
"Understood."
Soon, as Hu Tian dragged the captives on the ground downstairs, Zhao Shixun looked at the old ghost and Big Peng in front of him and said:
"You two bring the rest of the people and follow me... quickly!"
Speaking of this, Zhao Shixun immediately drew his weapon and rushed towards a courtyard to the west of the village.
Soon, including the Wang family's compound that was just reclaimed, Zhao Shixun and his men quickly seized control of three courtyards in the western part of the village. Just as they were deploying their forces, four figures hastily descended from the small hill on the western side of the village.
"Lao Zhao, it seems like Xu Jiawang and his group have withdrawn...."
Seeing a figure, Zhou Yu's face was filled with concern.
Without saying a word, Zhao Shixun quickly raised the binoculars to take a look.
Only saw, in the afterglow of the setting sun, veteran Xu Jiawang was running towards this side with three surviving soldiers.
Clang clang...
After a moment, accompanied by two explosions made by border area mines, two smoke rises up from the small hill on the west side of the village. Obviously, the Japanese invaders stepping on the snares set up by Xu Jiawang and his team.
The smoke had not yet dispersed when sporadic shots from rifles rang out.
As the soldier who ran back was hit and fell to the ground, Zhao Shixun, closely watching the battlefield, frowned.
"Everyone! Aim at the figure on the top of the western mountain and shoot...!"
Although it was difficult to effectively kill the enemy at this point and their own ammunition was running low, Zhao Shixun knew very well that he couldn't just watch the Japanese army shoot down his soldiers like targets.
As soon as the words fell, a dense stream of bullets immediately shot out from the soldiers' guns, creating a series of smoke and dust on the slopes over two hundred meters away.
Startled by the attack, the Japanese soldiers chasing Xu Jiawang and his group quickly stopped their pursuit and redirected their firepower towards Blackstone Village. For a while, dense bullets whizzed back and forth between the village and the slopes, making it difficult to tell who was being hit. However, despite both sides having strong firepower, due to the long distance and protection of cover, neither the Japanese nor Zhao Shixun and his comrades were able to inflict any significant casualties on each other.
With the cover of their firepower, Xu Jiawang and the two remaining soldiers retreated back to the village in a sorry state.
Immediately, Zhao Shixun called for the shooting to stop.
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However, seeing that the Eighth Route Army suddenly stopped firing, the Japanese soldiers also stopped shooting after venting a burst of firepower.
On the top of the hill, Harada, who had just led his men to the outskirts of the village, raised his binoculars to take a look at the now completely quiet Heishi Village. The expression on his face was visibly stiff.
He knows very well in his heart that the previous group led by Morikawa was most likely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, the village would not be so quiet. Based on his understanding of Morikawa, once they learned that he had led troops to arrive, they would definitely make some noise.
Placed in the telescope, Morikawa turned and came to the hill behind him.
At this moment, more than 120 soldiers had already been assembled by him.
Although the forces in his hands were limited, Harada had no intention of regrouping, but instead wished to immediately rush into the village and wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop.
"Lieutenant Matsushiro, has the third wave of communication soldiers that I asked you to dispatch set off?"
Seeing the commander-in-chief looking at him, a scar-faced Japanese officer nodded quickly.
"Please rest assured, Captain Harada, they left five minutes ago. There are two individuals in total, one is an Imperial sergeant and the other is a Kingdom collaborationist private."
Satisfied with the information, Harada nodded and looked at the soldier standing in front of him, clearing his throat before speaking:
"Imperial warriors...! Now before you, are the Chinese soldiers who escaped from Chizhen. Just a moment ago, Morikawa successfully broke into the village and dealt a heavy blow to the Chinese army."
So, as long as we can trap them firmly in this village, we will definitely be able to annihilate them completely once the reinforcements arrive!"
Although it was clear that the Senchuan group who entered the village earlier had all been killed, Harada shamelessly told his soldiers a lie at this moment.
Of course, he didn't exaggerate when he said he had completely annihilated the remnants of the Independent Corps. Compared to defending Blackstone Village with just one battalion from the Independent Corps, Harada and the reinforcements that followed him have the ability to easily defeat Zhao Shihun and his group.
...To be continued, thank you for the support of the readers.
(End of this chapter)