Traveling through the 1940s, the whole village was massacred at the beginning

"Maybe it was because the girl's family thought that Ma Chao might have died outside, so they let her get married!" When Jiang Wenming heard Jiang Jiyuan and Liu Zhiming talking about this matter on the phone, he also listened in on it.

After hearing this news, Jiang Jiyun couldn't help but frown and said, "Then my brother Ma will become a bachelor again, right?"

"Yes, so we won't be able to attend his wedding for the time being. In that case, after we pass Changde, let's take the train directly back to Hu City." Jiang Jiyuan told them the next plan.

When Jiang Jiyun heard that she could go back directly, she immediately became excited. She began to count on her fingers how long it would take before she could see Sixth Grandpa and Xiaobao and the others.

Chen Meng and the others saw that the little girl had completely forgotten about vocal training, and that the annoying devilish sound would no longer appear, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After a long journey, the group finally arrived at a small village not far from Taohua County on the fifteenth day.

Peng Yongyan stopped and looked up at the sky, then turned to his companions and suggested, "I think we should stay in the village over here for one night and then go through Taohua County tomorrow. If we take another detour, it will probably take several more days."

When Jiang Wenming heard him say this, he followed Peng Yongyan's gaze towards the nearby village and nodded in agreement: "Well, I think this is better too. Everyone is tired, so we can just rest here for a while."

However, just as everyone was about to enter the village, Zhang An suddenly stopped. He stared at the village, frowning slightly, as if he had discovered something wrong.

After a while, he said to Jiang Jiyuan and the others, "Look, there's no trace of life in this village. By this time, every household should be cooking dinner."

After hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the village. Just as Zhang An said, the village was quiet, without a trace of smoke rising from cooking fires, and no noise from children could be heard.

Chen Meng speculated, "Could it be because the villagers here are more frugal with their food, so they don't eat dinner at night?"

Jiang Jiyun sniffed the air and shook his head, saying, "I don't smell any blood, which means nothing unexpected has happened in the village."

Jiang Jiyuan observed his surroundings and took out a blood-stained map. He looked at it for a while and said, "This is a key road. It's the only way in and out of the county."

Jiang Jiyun looked at the blood-stained map of Hubei and realized that it was taken from the Japanese. She asked worriedly, "Brother, is this map accurate?"

Zhang An looked at the map and said, "This map should be good. This village is in this place. The Japanese crossed it out here. They must have set their sights on this place."

"How about I go over and take a look?" Peng Yongyan said, looking at everyone's vigilant expressions.

Zhang An shook his head and said, "Chen Meng and Xiao Wei know kung fu. It would be more convenient for them to go and investigate the situation than for you. We can just wait for them here."

Jiang Jiyun also stuck his head out to see what was happening in the village, but Jiang Wenming hugged him and said, "Let's get ready. It would be best if nothing happened. If something happened, we'd still be able to rescue them in time."

After the sky became completely dark, Chen Meng and Xiao Wei ran back panting, their faces full of shock.

Chen Meng didn't even have time to rest and quickly told everyone, "There's a problem in the village. As soon as we approached the village, we discovered a sniper lurking near the village."

"Those guys hid really well. If we weren't sharp-eyed, we probably wouldn't have spotted them. We knew the situation was bad, so we didn't dare get any closer and quickly ran back to tell everyone."

Xiao Wei echoed, "Even though we were far away, I still saw the people in the village. They were all young and middle-aged men. There weren't any women or children. This is so abnormal. How could a normal village be without women and children?"

Jiang Jiyun's face grew serious when he heard this. He stared intently at the gradually brightening lights of the village in the distance and muttered, "There are no women or children, only young men... Shit, could these be the devil's men in disguise?"

"It must be the Japanese. Those ambushing snipers don't look like our people." Chen Meng said affirmatively.

Jiang Wenming and his companions picked up their binoculars and carefully observed the village in the distance. More and more lights were lit in the village, and people were swaying in the village, but they could not see any women or children.

Jiang Jiyuan realized that the situation was not good, so he immediately contacted his superiors and asked if they had any recent battle plans near Changde.

After some communication, Jiang Jiyuan got the exact news that the team here did have a combat plan recently, but it was not their own people but friendly forces, and the target was Taohua County, and the time was about the next few days.

"This is troublesome. It seems that their battle plan must have been leaked. The Japanese have already set up an ambush here in advance." Jiang Jiyuan's voice was low and serious. His brows were tightly furrowed as he thought about how to deal with it.

There was a drizzle in the sky, and Jiang Jiyun's cheeks were gently touched by the raindrops, bringing a hint of coolness.

However, the rain did not stop, but became heavier in a short period of time.

Jiang Jiyun and others quickly entered the space and put on raincoats. When they stepped out of the space again, the scene in front of them made them frown.

Now the rain is getting heavier, pouring down like a bucket, forming a misty curtain of rain.

Under such severe weather conditions, relying on smoke to cover the operation was obviously no longer feasible.

Jiang Wenming looked towards the village and asked worriedly, "Do you think there are any survivors in the village?"

Zhang An held the telescope tightly, observing the village through the rain. After a moment's silence, his voice was a little heavy: "The possibility of survival is slim."

Jiang Wenming's expression grew serious. After a moment's thought, he said resolutely, "If there are no living people in the village, we can just bombard them and solve the problem directly."

Zhang An and Jiang Jiyuan looked at each other, and they could see a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes. Although this was not what they wanted, facing so many enemies, there seemed to be no other way.

Jiang Jiyuan took a deep breath, and then released the barrel and shells without hesitation.

Jiang Jiyun and Jiang Wenming, holding sniper rifles, quickly searched for suitable sniping points.

They thought that they could not let go of those Japanese soldiers who might escape from the artillery fire, and prepared to give them a fatal blow.

"This place is almost ten kilometers away from the village. Is the mortar's range enough? Should we move forward a little or get a bigger cannon?" Peng Yongyan stood on an open grassland, his eyes fixed on the cannon barrel placed on the ground. He frowned slightly and said thoughtfully.

Jiang Jiyuan beside him was also staring at the mortar. This was the first time they used this new weapon.

This cannon was made by Qiao Qingshan using the materials he exchanged for. Although it looks small, Du Liuxuan told them that after experiments, this 120mm mortar has a range of about 14 kilometers.

Everyone was a little unsure. After all, they had not actually used this gun yet and did not know much about its actual performance, so they were still a little worried.