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

As Kato Oka and his soldiers charged menacingly within 500 meters, the familiar rain of arrows arrived as expected. Of course, at such a distance, there were no casualties.

"Yoshi!..." Kato Oka grinned like a fox upon seeing the rain of arrows. He charged forward for several dozen meters before decisively ordering a retreat! He didn't give the enemy a chance to launch a second wave of arrows!

A feint attack! Yes, a feint attack!

The retreat was faster than the attack; the large group of people quickly retreated more than a kilometer away, looking at the bewildered members of the Mo Dao gang with disdainful smiles.

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Meanwhile, Kobayashi Kazuhito and Masakado Nagamiya, leading two hundred Japanese soldiers, had reached the summit of the mountain behind Tianma Village. Kobayashi Kazuhito raised his binoculars and looked at the wisps of smoke rising from the village chimneys, the busy people just getting up, and the wounded soldiers with limbs broken who were out for a walk in the square... He revealed a crocodile-like smile!

Crocodile tears are not worthy of sympathy, and a crocodile's smile is just as chilling!

Yes, this was the moment he had been waiting for! The battle in Mafang Village had begun, yet the village remained silent. This meant that all the members of the Mo Dao Regiment had been drawn away, leaving only the defenseless civilians and the wounded remnants of their defeated army in the village!

If they can't take down a village like this, they might as well stop being soldiers!

Having ascertained the situation in the village, the next step was to find a suitable route. Since they were going to take action, they needed to seize the entire village with a blitzkrieg. With these villagers under their control, they wouldn't have to worry about the Mo Dao gang causing trouble!

The left side of the back mountain has been blown to pieces, a trace left by Wang Daben's battle here! More than a month has passed, yet there is still a faint smell of gunpowder in the air, and the land, turned upside down by shells, remains barren!

To the right is a forest of cork oaks, and further in is the newly established training ground of the Mo Dao Regiment. The various makeshift training facilities are already greasy and leaking, a testament to their frequent use!

Crossing the playground leads to the village wall. From here, it takes less than ten minutes to enter the village gate, and taking over the entire village in half an hour is no problem!

"Hemp Rope, lead your team down from here and take that village within half an hour!" Kobayashi Huai-ren ordered.

He's just taken over this unit and doesn't yet understand the specifics. It'll be more efficient to let the original captain command the battle. As for him, the captain can handle the command alone!

"Hey! Mission accomplished!" Ma Sheng Chang Gong glanced down the mountain, completely unfazed. What was the difference between this and a routine village robbery?

"Alright! Let's go!" Kobayashi immediately ordered the attack. The situation was clear; capturing the stronghold would be as easy as taking candy from a baby!

"Hey!" Ma Sheng Changgong immediately ordered the soldiers to go down the mountain. In less than five minutes, two hundred soldiers had rushed to the foot of the mountain and entered the forest without even thinking!

However, once they entered this mountain forest, their nightmare began!

The trees in the forest ranged in size from as thick as a bowl to as thin as an adult's arm. Just as the group was pushing aside the thorns and striding past the small trees, several soldiers' screams suddenly rang out from ahead!

Upon closer inspection, a trap several square meters in size was revealed on the newly cleared ground, with a large opening at the bottom. The bottom was lined with upright bamboo skewers, and three soldiers lay dead in the pit, their bodies riddled with thorns.

"Baka! There's a trap! Everyone be careful!" Ma Sheng Chang Gong shouted in distress.

It's heartbreaking; such non-combat casualties are just too humiliating!

The troops continued forward, but at a much slower pace. Each soldier cautiously observed the ground, and some even used their bayonets to poke the leaf-covered ground several times to make sure there were no traps before daring to step onto it and continue marching.

"Shhhhhhh!"

No one knows which unlucky soul triggered the mechanism, but just as everyone was cautiously moving forward, a hail of arrows suddenly appeared out of nowhere! A dozen or so Japanese soldiers in the middle were immediately hit, their chests pierced by javelin-like arrows!

"Watch out above!" Kobayashi Kazuhito warned afterwards.

But the soldiers didn't care about his reminders; they scattered in a flash, keeping a safe distance from the fallen soldiers!

"what!"

"idiot!"

"So, Dai Si Nai!"

Suddenly, several more soldiers forgot the danger beneath their feet, fell into the trap, and turned into hedgehogs!

"idiot!"

"The consciences of those lowly Chinese are utterly wicked!"

"Dead!"

The Japanese soldiers suddenly became agitated, cursing incessantly! But they dared not move an inch, fearing that something else might suddenly appear in front of them and take their lives!

"Baka! Keep advancing, but be on guard! How could the mighty Imperial Japanese Army be intimidated by such petty tricks? Everyone, just be careful!" Masakane Nagamiya reprimanded in a deep voice.

Although there were certainly traps and obstacles waiting for them ahead, who were they? The pride of the Imperial Japanese Army could not be restrained by these insignificant creatures!

"Hey!" many soldiers responded loudly on purpose, trying to dispel their fear.

"There are only a few dozen meters left ahead, be careful and get back quickly!" Kobayashi encouraged him at just the right moment.

Indeed, this grove of trees is less than 100 meters from the foot of the mountain to the edge of the playground. Anyone who passes through the grove is a lamb to the slaughter!

However, the irony struck swiftly. Just as Kobayashi Kaito finished speaking, a log as thick as a bowl fell from the sky, landing not far from him. Two soldiers were struck squarely on the head, their bodies going limp as they collapsed to the ground, unconscious!

Immediately afterwards, two more soldiers were tied by the feet with ropes and hung upside down in the air, swinging back and forth like on a swing! It seemed that the mechanism was triggered by the sword in Kobayashi Kazuhito's hand!

"..." Even the rope-wielding magistrate was too exhausted to curse anymore! Can't you be a little more ruthless? What's wrong with tightening your grip on that broken officer's sword? Are you worried about it getting stuck in your crotch? There are only a few dozen meters left, wouldn't it be better to just let it pass peacefully?

"Boom boom boom!"

However, before he could finish thinking, a series of explosions came from not far away!

I don't know which scoundrel stepped on the wrong hand and detonated the grenade that was hidden somewhere!

This thing is incredibly powerful! It explodes over a huge area! And it explodes in the air, like a shower of petals, detonating more than a dozen people in a row! The Japanese soldiers quickly lay down on the ground to take cover, but what happened next was that many of them didn't get up after the explosion! Their backs were covered in blood!

"Rope-kun, have the soldiers form a single file and march through this forest!" Kobayashi Kaito had pulled another stunt. Clearly, he was thinking that if the soldiers in front cleared the way, those behind could cross safely!

Ma Sheng Chang Gong thought about it and realized that this made sense; it should save fewer people from dying!