Pressing the trigger lightly with his finger, Zheng Xiao held his breath. He had now focused all his attention on Jiujiumu, waiting for him to emerge from the cover of several Japanese soldiers.
Just now, although Jiujiumu jumped up, there were many Japanese soldiers jumping together. Don't worry about those in other places. There were four or five in front of him, covering him just right.
"Hurry up, get out of the way!" Zheng Xiao was extremely anxious. The opportunity only lasted a moment. If he missed it, it would be too difficult to find it again.
The bodies of several Japanese soldiers swayed, and finally a gap appeared between them. From the gap, Jiujiumu's short and stocky body was exposed. At this time, he was waving a Japanese sword and shouting for the troops to charge.
When the opportunity came, Zheng Xiao decisively pulled the trigger. The bullet flew out from the barrel of the gun, passed through the gap between the Japanese soldiers, and went straight to the commander of the Jiujiumu Brigade.
At the same time, a Japanese officer on the side rushed over and bumped into Jiujiumu, knocking him away from his original place. "Commander of the brigade, get out of the way if it's dangerous!"
The bullet shot sharply into the body of the Japanese officer, causing him to flip backward and fall two or three meters away. Blood sprayed all over the bodies and faces of the other Japanese officers around him.
Commander Kujiuki got up from the ground, and Niutou saw the Japanese officer who was shot for him, and couldn't help shouting, "Matsui Ishizo."
It turned out that the person who rushed to block the bullet for him at the critical moment was none other than Captain Matsui Ishizo, the instigator of the Furumura incident.
Zheng Xiao punched the stone on the wall in frustration. Such a good opportunity just now was ruined. It seems that Jiujiumu will not die for the time being.
After being killed by such a sniper, Jiujiumu was already frightened. He hid behind the fortifications and did not say anything. He just commanded the troops to start the attack.
Now that his decoy plan failed, he lost his hypocritical skin and began to carry out the attack blatantly.
Boom boom, as before, the attack started with mortars and grenade launchers. After the attack, the Japanese launched an attack under the cover of machine guns.
Originally they wanted to attack from two wings and take a detour from the side, but the Japanese found that the walls on the other three sides of the ancestral hall were thicker and higher, making it more difficult to attack, so they had no choice but to give up.
In this way, the main entrance became the main battlefield, and the Japanese rushed forward in groups, heading straight for the gate.
The special forces members and hunters on the wall did not rush to shoot, but waited. After they got closer, they started shooting. For a while, the gunshots continued, and the crossbow arrows were shot out, making the Japanese howl and howl in embarrassment.
He went back.
The terrain here is special, the ancestral hall is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is very strong. It is very difficult for the Japanese to rush up.
However, these Japs were very fierce. Even though they knew it would be difficult to rush up, they still stepped forward bravely. One group was beaten down, and then the second wave came up again, seemingly without stopping.
Zheng Xiao knew that it was his story that had just stimulated them and made them fall into a kind of mania. However, he was not too worried. The terrain here and the advanced weapons and equipment of the special forces would make the Japanese want to invade.
That is impossible.
He is worried about the food problem now. With so many people, it would be very fatal if they don't have anything to eat.
He commanded the soldiers to fight back and started a stalemate with the Japanese. Although the Japanese were not able to attack yet, it put a lot of pressure on them and they needed to concentrate on dealing with it.
The battle lasted for more than an hour, and then it stopped. The Japanese were also human beings, and they also needed to rest. In this fierce attack of more than an hour, they left seventy or eighty corpses, but found nothing. The commander knew that if the fight continued like this, it would be a disaster.
There is no progress, we need to adjust our deployment before fighting again.
The Japanese retreated, and the Zhongye Temple became quiet. People took this opportunity to take a rest while checking their weapons and ammunition. The people on the wall came down to rest, and a group of people were replaced for rotation.
Zheng Xiao jumped off the wall and returned to the main hall of the ancestral hall. He met Zhuge Zhou. Since the battle started, he had asked people to send Zhuge Zhou, Du Gang and other old people down because they were not needed for the battle for the time being.
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In the main hall, Zhuge Zhou, Du Gang and the others were sitting at the altar table, drinking cold water and eating the compressed biscuits that Zheng Xiao and the others had brought with them. Although they were not very tasty, they were better than nothing.
Zheng Xiao and other soldiers took out most of the food and let Zhuge Zhou manage and distribute it. The rest was the rations for the combatants and was distributed by him. This way, everyone could survive for a longer period of time.
As for the water source, there is no need to worry. There is a pool in the corner of the main hall of the ancestral hall, and there is a spring above it, so the water does not stop all year round, which makes Zheng Xiao feel a little better.
After declining the compressed biscuits that Zhuge Zhoudi gave him, Zheng Xiao walked around several people and walked towards the statue that was defeated in the hall, and stood in front of him and watched.
This is a statue of Wuhou Zhuge Liang. The whole body is carved from bluestone, and its appearance is like him sitting on a four-wheeled cart with a feather fan and silk scarf.
Zheng Xiao observed for a while, and suddenly he noticed something unusual, so he took two steps forward, came to the statue, and looked at it carefully.
This statue is a seated statue, more than two meters high. It holds a feather fan in one hand, but the other hand is not twirling its beard, but is placed horizontally beside it on its knees.
There is a stone square box placed on top, which is really unexpected.
"Captain Zheng, what are you looking at?" Zhuge Zhou and the others turned around after finishing their food and found Zheng Xiao who was fascinated by the statue, so he asked curiously.
Zheng Xiao turned around and asked Zhuge Zhou, "Old man, how old is this statue?"
"This statue has been around since the ancient village was founded. It is said that it was secretly built by the commander of Marquis Wu." The old man didn't know when this statue was created, but he only knew that it was much older than the ancient village.
Zheng Xiao frowned. He felt very strange. Why did Marquis Zhuge Wu send people all the way to build an ancient village here? What's strange about it?
During the Three Kingdoms period, this was an area ruled by ethnic minorities. Even Cao Cao could not control it. Marquis Zhuge Wu was so generous and sent people to secretly build the ancient village. I am afraid his motives are not that simple, right?
At this time, Zhuge Zhou seemed to remember something, and he suddenly shouted, "Yes, it seems to be said in the ancestral precepts that once the ancient village encounters the disaster of genocide, you can ask the divination statue and the problem will be solved naturally."
Zheng Xiao was taken aback. He felt that this incident was too strange. Could it be that Zhuge Wuhou was really able to calculate and know what would happen thousands of years ago?
Since a few old people remembered this group training and now that the ancient village was facing the crisis of genocide, they immediately found incense and candles and began to worship the statue.
Zheng Xiao stood aside, wanting to laugh in his heart, "What can this statue know? I hope it is useful."
But he couldn't speak well, so he could only watch from the sidelines, watching a bunch of old men struggling for a long time, but to no avail.
The old people were disappointed. They knelt in front of the statue and prayed, hoping that the statue would appear and bless the villagers. The piety and fanaticism made Zheng Xiao feel hairy and he subconsciously took a few steps back.
However, the statue still showed no reaction at all.
At this time, the Japanese attacked again. Zheng Xiao immediately rushed back to the wall and began to direct the battle. As for the group of old people in the hall, let them mess around inside.
This time the battle started to be a bit more intense than the first time, and as the battle progressed and became more and more intense, the special forces members and hunters had begun to lose their fortune, and two of them even died.