I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

That day, Nagano Yokoo followed the grain transport team, loading flour from three other locations onto trucks. He watched the convoy drive onto the highway and walked quite a distance before turning back, demonstrating the importance he placed on this mission.

The convoy consisted of seven vehicles. Five of them, each carrying five tons of flour, drove in the middle, with one vehicle in front and one behind for protection. Each vehicle carried thirty Japanese soldiers, armed with everything from Type 96 light machine guns and grenade launchers to Type 38 rifles. With such equipment, they could have easily escaped even against a regular Chinese army!

……

Around noon, in the woods near Laohekou, the group leaned against their fortifications, dozing off. They had been waiting there for two days and two nights. If the grain convoy hadn't passed through today, the Japanese might not have taken this road to transport grain. Intercepting the grain convoy needed careful planning!

At the entrance to the Laohekou Valley, Shimizu, leading his hunting dog Fujita Kuro, stood guard as the forward observation post. Just as Shimizu was distracted, Fujita Kuro, who had been curled up, suddenly stood up and stared warily at the distant highway!

"Huh?..." Shimizu exclaimed softly and quickly took out his binoculars to look into the distance. Upon seeing this, the young man became excited; seven trucks were suddenly speeding towards them on the distant highway!

That's a huge investment! Absolutely a huge investment! Putting everything else aside, how much are these seven trucks worth? If a caravan can drive trucks to do business and pass through checkpoints, who would dare to stop them?

These two days and two nights of waiting were worthwhile! Without even bothering to clean up the traces, we quickly rejoined our brothers.

"Cangwa, quick! The convoy is here!" A man and a dog quickly scrambled into the fortifications to report.

"Good! I knew it! Why take the long way when there's a shortcut? Wake up, everyone, it's time to get to work!" Mancang, who had been resting against a rock with his eyes closed, suddenly stood up excitedly and gave the order when he heard the call.

"Finally here! Damn it! Those Japanese devils are so slow!" Tiger cursed as he rolled over to check the crossbow.

"Good thing you came! These past few days have been worth the wait!" Da Zhao muttered afterward.

"Good thing you're here!"

"Fuck him!"

"Take him down without batting an eye!"

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The brothers immediately returned to their positions, their anger largely dissipated, and they were all eager to fight the Japanese devils!

Soon the convoy arrived at the mouth of the valley. Yamamoto Taikawa, the leader of the grain transport team in the lead vehicle, peered around through binoculars from afar. As a seasoned Japanese soldier, he immediately recognized the unusual nature of the place and became alert.

His binoculars swept across a small tree halfway up the mountain, and a rock leaning against the trunk caught his eye. The rock had clearly been moved from elsewhere; the soil beneath it was still damp.

"Stop the car!" Yamamoto Taikawa immediately ordered.

"Screech!" The truck came to a stop on the road at the mouth of the valley, leaving long tire tracks in the road. Then a series of braking sounds rang out, and the vehicles behind it stopped one after another.

"You wait here. We'll proceed quickly once we've confirmed it's safe!" Yamamoto Taikawa said to the driver before jumping out of the car.

"Hi!" the driver quickly replied.

"Everyone get off the bus! Second squad, guard position; first squad, form search formation and follow me!" Yamamoto Taikawa ordered.

Soon, the Japanese soldiers in the lead vehicle jumped off, raised their guns, and moved forward on guard. The Japanese soldiers behind immediately surrounded the convoy and raised their guns to guard it.

Yamamoto Taikawa, holding a pistol in one hand and binoculars in the other, scanned the mountains on both sides. Only after confirming it was safe did he lead his troops forward, proceeding with extreme caution.

He couldn't afford to be careless; problems with military supplies were a serious matter, and delaying the war would mean certain death for him! The stone under that small tree proved that someone was active on the mountain, so he had to be extremely cautious!

"Hurrah!"

Just as they were about halfway into the valley, a "whooshing" sound came from the hillside on one side. Everyone immediately raised their guns and pointed them in that direction to find the source of the sound.

A young man was seen carrying a bundle of firewood down the mountain, the end of the firewood dragging against the mountainside with a "whoosh" sound!

"Oh my god! Japanese devils!..." The young man had just stepped onto the road when he saw so many Japanese devils that he was so frightened that he fell to the ground with a thud. The firewood on his shoulder rolled to the side, and the machete at his waist clattered to the ground!

"What are you doing?" The Japanese soldiers immediately raised their guns and surrounded the other side. Yamamoto Taikawa leaned in and asked.

"I...I'm...a woodcutter!...a law-abiding citizen..." The young man was so frightened that he stammered and could barely speak!

"Baka! We're harvesting wheat, why are you chopping firewood?" Yamamoto Taikawa was clearly familiar with the local situation. These past two days, all the villages have been harvesting wheat, so why would this person be up in the mountains chopping firewood?

“…I didn’t farm much…the harvest is all over…there’s nothing left to cook at home…” The young man trembled even more violently, his eyes filled with fear!

"..." Yamamoto Taikawa seemed to understand what the other person meant, and after a moment's thought, he believed most of it. He pointed up the mountain and continued, "Up on the mountain, who else is there?"

"Huh?...Nobody's here...It's just me..." The young man was still trembling violently!

Yamamoto Taikawa stopped talking, raised his binoculars, and observed for a while, but found nothing special except for the marks left by the man dragging the firewood. He put down the binoculars, looked at the shivering young man, then at the firewood and machete beside him, and ignored him.

"Let the convoy drive in. We'll keep watch along the way and get on the vehicles after we cross the canyon!" Yamamoto Taikawa said to the soldier beside him.

"Yes, sir!" The soldier acknowledged the order and turned to leave.

Soon the convoy slowly drove into the canyon. Yamamoto Taikawa led the way, while the second team followed closely around, keeping watch and clearly not feeling at ease.

"Boom!"

"Hurrah!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

Just as the Japanese troops were about to leave the valley, large sections of rocks rolled down from the mountain in front and behind, piling up in the middle of the road and blocking the road in front and behind the convoy!

Immediately afterwards, a large number of arrows were shot down from the opposite mountain, shooting into the crowd while billowing black smoke, and the scene immediately became chaotic!

"Baka! We've been tricked! He's over there! Counterattack!" Yamamoto Taikawa realized what was happening immediately and turned around to look for the woodcutter, but there was only a bundle of firewood on the empty ground; the man was nowhere to be seen!

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Gunfire erupted immediately, and the Japanese soldiers, hiding at the front and rear of the vehicle, fired towards the opposite mountain. Even though they hadn't found the enemy yet, suppressing them with firepower was definitely the right thing to do!

"Shhhhhhh!"

Another volley of arrows rained down, and the Japanese soldiers quickly dodged behind the truck. The smoking arrows made a "thud" sound as they struck the truck bed, clearly indicating that the arrows had pierced the metal!

"Baka! You Chinese bandits! Don't be afraid of them, fight back!" Yamamoto Taikawa looked at the arrows that had shot into the mountainside and immediately realized that the enemy was not a Chinese army! How could they possibly defeat them with these primitive weapons?