At this time, Taro Tanimura and the Japanese who came later saw the severely deformed corpses in the dug pit under the cold and frozen ground.
These corpses were basically stripped down to their crotch cloths, and not even half of the socks on their feet were left.
On each hard corpse, those faces that were green or whitish were twisted and ferocious, looking so terrifying and heart-stopping.
Taro Tanimura turned his head, not daring to continue looking at these deformed and swollen faces, but he felt a bit of sadness in his heart.
After all, these corpses are his comrades and companions.
Japanese soldiers kept coming over to watch, and then walked away in silence.
Some of them were angry, some were afraid, and some were indifferent. But no one spoke. At most, they just muttered a few words in their mouths that no one could understand.
The atmosphere of the whole scene was so solemn that it was breathless.
Mizoguchi Yushu looked at the outline of the mountains in the distance with his binoculars, knowing in his heart that this group of volunteers would not be able to find them in the short term.
They either entered the unknown mountains ahead, or they had already crossed the railway and ran deep into the dense forests of the Yanshan Mountains. To find and eliminate them was beyond the capabilities of a few hundred engineers.
"Exhume the bodies of these warriors and burn them on the spot. They died fighting for the Japanese Empire. They are all warriors of the empire. We must send the ashes of the warriors back and let their souls return to their hometown." Mizoguchi Yushu ordered.
road.
"But, your Excellency, Captain, there are not enough wood and branches around here." His adjutant said.
"Lieutenant Koyama, are you blinded by the corpses of these imperial warriors? There are none here, there must be them in that village." Mizoguchi Yushu pointed in the direction of Shoal Village.
"Send my order to surround the village, and then go in to investigate the ambush. This place is not far from the village. The villagers inside must know something."
"Hey!"
So, half an hour later, more than 700 Japanese soldiers surrounded Qiantan Village.
Qiantan Village can be regarded as a large village in the surrounding area. It originally had nearly 200 households. Before Zhou Wen and his friends left, after Chai Youde's mobilization and persuasion, more than 100 households were willing to follow Zhou Wen to evacuate to the pass. Now there are only 100 households in the village.
There are only about seventy villagers left.
You must know that in Chinese society during this period, there was a traditional thought that it was difficult to leave one's homeland, and that people would be humbled if they left their hometown. Most people were not willing to leave their hometowns unless they had no choice but to do so.
Even those who go out to study, do business or serve as officials, when they grow old, they also pay attention to returning to their roots and eventually return to their hometown.
Therefore, there are always some people who take chances, and there are always people who don't believe that the Japanese are not human beings, but animals.
Among them, there are several elderly households with relatively high seniority in the village. Due to their old age and frailty, they are even more unwilling to live a life of leaving their hometown and living in exile.
They didn't want to leave, so their descendants and family members stayed behind.
In addition, no matter which household there are, there are several neighbors and fellow villagers who get along well with each other and influence each other, so there are dozens of households who are unwilling to leave their hometown.
These people were unwilling to follow Chai Youde's words even though he said so. Some people were still thinking in their hearts: "Every grievance has its owner, and every debt has its owner. It was you who killed the Japanese. Now you have all run away, and we will wait for the Japanese to come."
Just tell the truth, can they still kill us all?"
The leader was Chai Jinxi, whom Chai Youde respectfully called Laobashu.
Chai Jinxi is almost 70 years old, and he considers that his experience and knowledge are not inferior to those of Chai Youde, his distant nephew.
In the years he has experienced, the village has not experienced military disasters. There were even a lot of bandit troubles in the early years, but he has never seen this village like this.
Even if some money and food were robbed, even if some families were robbed of several wives and daughters, wouldn't they just grit their teeth and get through it?
Back then, people in the village were also beaten to death by bandits, and no one wanted to fight the bandits with knives or guns. They could only blame themselves for their misery.
Therefore, when he heard that Chai Youde's son and daughter-in-law were killed by the Japanese, while he sympathized with him, he was very disapproving of Chai Youde's behavior of beating those Japanese wounded soldiers to death.
In these turbulent times, which family has never had anyone die?
If someone's family suffers a disaster and someone dies, they can only complain about their fate. It is because of their bad luck that they deserve this calamity.
But if you insist on fighting those with guns, aren't you throwing eggs at stones? And you have caused so many people to leave their hometowns with you, aren't you doing something wrong?
Therefore, Chai Jinxi not only refused to leave, but also did not allow his family to follow him. He also specifically ordered his family: "When the Japanese soldiers come, tell the truth whatever you ask. Anyway, Youde and the others ran far away and were overtaken by the Japanese soldiers.
That means he is destined not to escape this disaster, and it is his fate not to be caught. There is no need for us to hide them for them, so as not to injure ourselves."
Therefore, when the Japs entered the village, every remaining household in Qiantan Village closed their doors, waiting for Chai Jinxi, who was now highly respected in the village, to explain things to the Japanese soldiers.
If the Japanese soldiers want money or food, just give them. As long as they pass this hurdle, they will be willing to live a hard life for a few years.
What's more, winter has just passed, and most people still have some food in their ice cellars. Even if the Japanese soldiers looted everything in the house, they wouldn't starve to death.
Moreover, the people who left still have a lot of food in their ice cellars, so they can just take it out and share it. They won't be able to come back anyway.
Besides, it was Mr. Chai who caused the disaster this time. He is the richest family in the village. After the Japanese soldiers leave, there are still many good things in his house that have not been moved away. When the time comes, let Mr. Chai make the decision and give them to everyone.
Now that we have all been divided, it can be considered as compensation to everyone, right?
At this time, the door of Chai Youde's house had been smashed open.
Just because his two-story white-walled building is the most conspicuous in the village.
At this time, Mizoguchi Yushu, escorted by a group of Japanese soldiers, walked into the compound of Chai Youde's family.
The yard was quiet, and there was no sign of anyone, but Mizoguchi Yushu discovered some clues.
The main reason is that it was only one day before the Chai Youde brothers killed several Japanese in this yard, so there is always a faint smell in this yard.
Mizoguchi Yushu, who was used to seeing murders and dead people, made a preliminary conclusion that people had died in this yard, and there were quite a few.
He frowned and looked at the people coming in and out. He searched the two courtyards inside and outside and the two-story building, but found nothing. He said: "dig up the ground of this courtyard."
It turned out that after he came in, he found that the ground under his feet was a little soft, and some stone slabs were even loose. There was also a fishy smell coming from under his feet, so he guessed that there might be a body buried under his feet.
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I would like to apologize to the book friends here. After reading the previous content, Laoshan discovered that the names of Qiantan Village were written as Qianshui Village, Qiantang Village, Qiantang Village, etc. He had messed it up, and it was really embarrassing. Now let’s do it.
The unified name is Qiantan Village. I can only find time to change the previous ones. I apologize to everyone again.