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

"Hahaha, deal! You two stay here and do what you're supposed to do, we'll go back and get ready!" The two exchanged a glance, got up, and headed back up the mountain.

Dealing with tanks isn't something you can do with just guns and cannons; they need to find something more suitable.

"Fine... alright!" Manxin was very unwilling. The Japanese were about to arrive, was it still possible to prepare things now?

"Don't worry! It'll only take half an hour. Just hold on when the Japanese come. They won't let you down!" Wu Zi reassured Man Xin, clearly noticing his worry.

"Okay! You guys go ahead with your work! I'll try my best!" Man Xin urged.

Half an hour is neither a long nor a short time, but Manxin knows that this is the fastest she can go, and she hopes that everything will be in time!

However, reality is often disappointing. Not long after the two left, a large group of Japanese soldiers came over!

Perhaps because they hadn't encountered any enemies, they moved very quickly, almost running all the way to the wooden bridge.

The hundreds of people were dumbfounded when they saw the narrow wooden plank bridge. How long would it take for them to cross? Tanks, of course, had no problem; the knee-deep river water couldn't stop these behemoths. But Man Xin and his men had been waiting for this moment!

"Pull the string! Fire!" Just as Tan Ke approached the riverbank, Man Xin immediately ordered the firing, grabbing a bundle of explosives, lighting it, and throwing it over!

"Boom boom boom!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

All kinds of weapons were deployed to overwhelm the Japanese first!

The fewer people there were, the more intense the gunfire became, creating the illusion of a powerful force for the enemy and drawing them away. And sure enough, the explosives Luo Xiang and Wu Zi brought were incredibly effective. Aside from their destructive power, the commotion was deafening! The pebbles that exploded were like bullets, completely stunning the Japanese soldiers!

There were also more than twenty buried grenades, which, as expected, did not cause any real damage to the tank, but they dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese soldiers following behind the tank! Shrapnel mixed with sand and gravel rained down on them, causing a large number of Japanese soldiers to fall to the ground and howl in pain!

"Retreat!" Seeing that they had successfully outmaneuvered the Japanese, they quickly ordered a retreat. Their main task was to lure the Japanese to the stone dam. A dozen or so men alone wouldn't be enough for the Japanese to mow them down! The best course of action was to retreat quickly before the Japanese could recover. If they were any slower, they would be wiped out here!

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"Baka! They're over there! Rabbits, get them! Eliminate them!" As soon as Man Xin and his men moved, Nagano Hengsheng naturally spotted them. When he saw that there were only a dozen or so people daring to provoke him, the old Japanese devil, he was furious! Even if I'm down on my luck, I'm not someone that a dozen lowly Chinese can bully, am I?

Just because a tiger doesn't roar doesn't mean it's a sick cat! Do you think I'm easy to bully if I don't wipe him out? The key is, it's only a dozen or so people; it'll be over in a round.

"Hey!" Kato Oka was also furious, her face red with anger. She had been hit all over by the sand and gravel that had been sprayed up, and two of her teeth had been knocked out by a pebble. She was in a fit of rage! She would be doing a disservice to her two pearly white front teeth if she didn't wipe out these dozen or so rats!

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Japanese soldiers swarmed after the dozen or so men, the gunfire more intense than popping beans! The two tanks also turned their cannons, looking for an opportunity to fire.

However, the distance was not close after all. They watched as the dozen or so rats were chased by bullets and jumped into the stone dam and disappeared. The bullets of the Japanese soldiers hit the stone dam and sparked a few tiny sparks!

"Fire! Blow up that stone wall!" Kato urged.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of artillery fire rang out, and the shells landed on the stone dam, collapsing a section of the stone wall! Fortunately, the stone dam for diverting water was thick enough that even though the front half collapsed, the back half could still hold up, so it did not cause too much damage.

Under the suppression of artillery fire, the enemy did not retaliate at all, and a group of Japanese soldiers quickly approached the stone dam wall!

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Just as the Japanese soldiers charged within fifty meters, dozens of crossbows crawled out from behind the stone dam, and a dense barrage of arrows immediately rained down on them, catching the Japanese soldiers off guard once again!

"What?!" Nagano Yoko was startled when he saw dozens of people lying on the stone dam! No wonder the villages they had passed through were all deserted; it turned out they were waiting for them here!

"Senior, we've encountered the main force of the Mo Dao Group! They have troops deployed here, something the Sasaki brothers hadn't discovered before!" Kato Oka said worriedly, looking at the dozens of people who had suddenly appeared.

“No! Not the main force!” Nagano Yokosuke stared at the enemy on the stone dam and said firmly, “These people should be the militia you mentioned! Their weapons are mainly crossbows with very few guns, and they lack the most important weapon of the Mo Dao Regiment—the explosive arrow rain!”

"What?... Sodas!" Kato Oka observed carefully and sure enough, that was it! Since they weren't the enemy's main force, what was there to be afraid of? They outnumbered the enemy and had two tanks supporting them. It would be ridiculous if they couldn't even take down a few dozen militiamen!

Militia? They're just slightly stronger lowly commoners! If we can't even beat these people, what's the point of playing this game?

"Yoshi! These militiamen are just ordinary civilians. I'm sure we can wipe them out in one charge!" Kato Oka, who always picks on the weak, was relieved to find that the enemy opposite him was just militiamen. He leisurely watched the show from behind with his binoculars.

However, the irony struck swiftly. Despite their proximity to the stone wall, the relentless barrage of arrows kept them pinned down, preventing them from advancing an inch! The enemy's crossbows and submachine guns fired incessantly, and within a short time, a large number of Japanese soldiers fell, wounded and incapacitated. The remaining soldiers quickly sought cover and engaged in a stalemate with the enemy.

"Keep firing! Blow down that stone wall!" Nagano Yokoo ordered with a grim face.

He had seen the crossbows of the Mo Dao Regiment before; they could fire continuously for more than ten minutes without reloading, and within their range, they were comparable to the submachine guns they had brought back from the West! It wasn't too difficult for a few dozen men armed with small submachine guns to hold off a charge of hundreds of people!

He desperately wanted the battle to devolve into a war of attrition! It wasn't that he couldn't afford the attrition, but rather that they dared not waste too much time on these militiamen! Their primary objective was to quickly capture Xiahou Town!

"Boom boom boom!"

The two tanks took turns firing, and more and more stone walls collapsed. Several sections were blown to pieces, and the bodies of some militiamen were torn to shreds, their blood staining large areas of rocks red!

"Yosh! Without the protection of the stone wall, these lowly Chinese are no match for us!" Kato Oka exclaimed excitedly!