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

The prisoners escaped early in the morning, and the villagers were worried. If this place was exposed, Zhao Village would be in danger! They had a blood feud with the Japanese, and with the news of the Mo Dao Regiment being here leaked, the Japanese would not be so small-scale when they came again!

"Go back and set up defenses!" Mancang ordered in a deep voice after leading everyone to search the area but not finding the prisoners.

"Alright!" Tiger and Da Zhao both understood the implications and called everyone back to the cave to make preparations. With the battle imminent, the entire tribe tensed up, taking out bows, muskets, and hunting knives, ready to be sharpened!

Those young men who hadn't joined the Mo Dao Regiment asked the full chests of captured Type 38 rifles for instructions on how to use them. They certainly couldn't just stand by and watch while the village was defended.

Inspired by the last battle, the group built a concave gap in the stone wall. With the stones on both sides blocking the spears, it would be safer to stick them out through the gap!

……

In the compound of the Japanese military police headquarters in Xiahou Town, Inoue Masao had just entered his office when a soldier came in to report.

"Reporting, Major! The puppet army platoon leader Wu Erdan and the reconnaissance team captain Li Zisheng have returned with more than a dozen men! They claim they encountered that group of servants, and Yamato and more than a dozen Imperial soldiers were all killed!" The Japanese soldier's voice was filled with fear. First, the pillbox was blown up, and then the search team ran into trouble. When had they ever suffered such a loss? Were the servants really that powerful?

"What?... Let's go take a look!" Inoue Masao's expression remained unchanged, showing neither joy nor sorrow, and there was even a hint of excitement in his heart!

He never expected Shan Teng and his men to be able to eliminate those servants! He told them to report back promptly after finding them, but they were arrogant and went to their deaths, so they had no one to blame but themselves! He just hoped to find out the specific situation of those lowly people; that would make their deaths worthwhile!

"Inoue-kun! Inoue-kun! You must avenge us! Yamato-kun and dozens of our brothers were all beaten to death by those lowly people..." As soon as I, Erdan, saw Inoue Masao, I quickly limped over and started crying and wailing.

"Baka! Stand up and speak properly! What's going on?" Inoue Masao took a step back and said with a look of disgust.

The dozen or so men in the courtyard were all wounded, ragged, and covered in blood. The stench was nauseating, and the sight of them waving their fists and wailing as if their fathers had died was unbearable for a major like him!

"Hey! Hey! Just yesterday we found a field of crops deep in the mountains..." Wu Erdan and Li Zisheng recounted the whole story, one after the other.

"What? What's a skyrocket?..." Inoue Masao was puzzled. Isn't a skyrocket a kind of firecracker that the Chinese lowly people set off during the New Year?

"It's...it's an arrow with a gunpowder cartridge attached, it can shoot a large area at once, it's even more powerful than a Type 91 machine gun!" Wu Erdan explained.

"..." Inoue Masao was still puzzled. An arrow, even with gunpowder, how much more powerful could it be? He paced back and forth in thought for a moment, then gave the order:

"Assemble the team and head towards the Ten Thousand Cave! You guys lead the way!"

Now that we've finally spotted the enemy, how can we let them escape? They're just a few rats; the troops will march over and wipe them out completely, eliminating any future threat!

"Hi!" the soldier replied immediately.

Soon, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers and more than two hundred puppet troops gathered together and marched into the mountains in a mighty procession, while the people on the streets scattered as if avoiding a plague.

In the late afternoon, guided by Wu Erdan and his men, the troops arrived at the woods outside the farmland. Li Zisheng pointed to the road they had cleared the day before and reported to Inoue Masao:

"Mr. Inoue, just past this mountain forest lies the farmland cultivated by the lowly people. Their cave is right in the middle of that stone slab outside the farmland!"

"Yosh! Hurry up and get through! Don't let them get away!" Masao Inoue ordered, putting down his binoculars.

Through the binoculars, a lush green field of crops could indeed be seen, though the distance was obscured by trees, and nothing unusual was observed.

"Yes, sir!" the soldier responded, directing the group into the woods.

The mountains were steep, and the newly cleared roads were narrow and rugged, so hundreds of people lined up in a very long queue.

……

The Japanese soldiers' movements had already alerted the people in the cave. A group of men, scattered behind several protruding rocks, stood quietly waiting.

"They're here! They're here! So many! There must be several hundred of them!" Da Zhao exclaimed in horror as he looked at the densely packed Japanese and puppet troops in the forest.

"More than enough! What a waste of so much equipment!" Man Cang looked at the weapons in the other party's hands and sighed in regret. With their limited strength, they obviously couldn't handle so many people. If they could keep all these people here, they wouldn't have to worry about weapons!

"Huh?...There will be!..." Da Zhao was shocked by this guy's idea. That's several hundred people! With just a few of us, you think you can swallow so many Japanese soldiers in one go? You really dare to dream!

However, he was also infected by the man's confidence, and Xin Su, who was originally a little nervous, relaxed a bit.

"Let's fight?" Many Japanese soldiers and puppet troops had emerged from the mountains and forests, raising their guns and gathering in a large group around them.

"Wait a little longer, most of the Japanese are still in the mountains." Man Cang's voice still exuded confidence, and it was unclear where it came from!

"..." Da Zhao tightened his grip on the match in his hand, not knowing what to say. Would it be too late to wait until all the Japanese soldiers came out?

"Relax! We can't waste so many arrows!" Mancang reassured him, noticing the tension in his voice as he prepared for the big move.

"..." Da Zhao nodded and remained silent.

A quarter of an hour later, the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators emerged from the mountains, crowding a large field of crops, guns raised and crouching low, on guard. At the very back, Inoue Masao, using binoculars, surveyed the area, confirmed the location of the cave, and waved his hand, ordering his troops to advance in that direction.

It's now!

"Fire!" Mancang gave the order, pushing aside the large rock blocking the way and igniting the fuse in the launch pad.

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

Eight guns were ignited simultaneously, their arrows trailing long tails as they flew towards the Japanese soldiers. A dense swarm, like raindrops, fell upon the crowd, instantly engulfing the entire farmland!

"what!……"

"Baka!..."

"My goodness!"

"hiss……"

Cries of agony rang out immediately, and Japanese soldiers and puppet troops fell in droves, their ranks thrown into chaos as smoke billowed from the gunpowder tubes engulfed the entire crowd!

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

Arrows continued to rain down into the smoke, which grew thicker and thicker. Even more agonizing screams echoed from within the dense fog, interspersed with violent coughing!

"Shhhhhhh!"

"Shhhhhhh!"

The third round of shooting began again. How could such a good target be wasted!