He turned and went into the inner room, rummaging through chests and cabinets.
He actually found a well-maintained pistol and eight bullets.
The bullet was chambered. Zhang Cheng, with a military dagger in one hand and a pistol in the other, walked out of the inner room.
As he passed the old woman's corpse, he suddenly raised his right foot and stomped hard on her head.
What good intentions could an old Japanese devil who has been hiding in China for over fifty years possibly have?
at the same time.
More than thirty villagers from Huangdian Village, carrying hunting rifles, sickles, and sharpened wooden sticks, arrived breathlessly at the entrance of Jin Village.
"What's going on?"
"Holy crap! They're fighting this hard? They're even using homemade bombs!"
Suddenly, Liu Zhongren, accompanied by three policemen, emerged from an alley, covered in dirt and looking disheveled.
When Liu Zhongren saw the thirty-odd villagers carrying weapons in front of him, his scalp tingled with fear; he assumed they were reinforcements from Jin Village.
He immediately raised his pistol and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Don't move! Don't move!!!"
At the same time, he lowered his voice and growled at the three terrified police officers beside him: "Run!"
"Officer! We're good people!"
"Officer, don't shoot! We're from Huangdian Village! We heard the commotion and came to check!"
The villagers of Huangdian Village raised their hands and explained loudly.
"Huangdian Village?" Upon hearing this, Liu Zhongren's heart, which had been in his throat, eased slightly, but his anxiety remained undiminished. "Folks! Jin Village is in great danger! You must leave immediately!"
A young man from Huangdian Village couldn't help but ask, "Officer, what's going on? Why are you fighting so fiercely with the people from Jin Village?"
"Japanese devils!" Liu Zhongren gritted his teeth. "Jin Village is hiding many Japanese devils! Many of those women are!"
devil?
These two words were like a thunderclap, exploding among the villagers of Huangdian Village.
In an instant, everyone's eyes changed. Their breathing quickened, their eyes turned bloodshot, and the hatred seemed to seep from their very bones.
A man whose elders had been killed by the Japanese invaders immediately turned red in the eyes and roared, "Damn it! Jin Village is a Japanese den?"
"Good heavens! I always said I wish I had been born twenty years earlier so I could have chopped off those bastards' heads! And now I've run into them!" Another hot-blooded young man slammed his pitchfork on the ground, spitting as he spoke.
"Brothers! The time to defend our country has come! Let's go! Let's fight the Japanese devils!" someone shouted.
Liu Zhongren was completely dumbfounded.
The villagers of Huangdian Village seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, howling and scattering in all directions, and he couldn't stop them no matter what he tried.
The group of female Japanese soldiers, taking advantage of the surprise attack, did indeed catch the more than fifty police officers off guard.
However, as time went on, under the command and coordination of Director Yu and others, the police had stabilized their position and began to organize an effective counterattack.
At this moment, Director Yu, Zhao Daming, and others are crammed into a relatively safe small house.
"Director Yu, the situation is basically under control. However, there is now a major problem!" Zhao Daming frowned as he looked at Director Yu.
Director Yu certainly understood what Zhao Daming meant: identifying the Japanese soldiers was the most troublesome thing.
Jin Village still has nearly three hundred people, and heaven knows how many wolves in sheep's clothing are mixed in with them.
"Most of the villagers in Jin Village migrated from the north back then. Is it possible to find their original background information?" Director Yu rubbed his temples.
"Difficult!" Zhao Daming smiled bitterly. "It's been forty or fifty years, and a lot of the information is long gone. Even if it exists, who knows if it's true or false?"
He also suggested several conventional methods, such as checking household registrations and mobilizing the public to report on each other.
Director Yu shook his head: "What can household registration prove? As for whistleblowing, in the current situation, who dares to believe anyone? Don't let our own people start to panic!"
He sighed: "Director Yu, if all else fails, we'll have to detain all the villagers and slowly investigate them!"
Director Yu's brows furrowed deeply. Arrest the entire village? The consequences would be disastrous. The crucial point was, even if they were arrested, it wouldn't be possible to distinguish the guilty from the innocent in a short time.
"Sigh, let's get everyone under control first!" Director Yu waved his hand helplessly. "Let the higher-ups worry about these troublesome matters. I wonder if that kid Zhang Cheng has any tricks up his sleeve."
Zhang Cheng also thought of the problem that Director Yu and Zhao Daming were having a headache about.
The situation in Jincun was gradually brought under control by the police, but if the lurking Japanese soldiers were not brought out, there would be endless troubles in the future.
He thought for a moment, then turned and headed towards the fruit mountain.
Before long, Zhang Cheng arrived at the foot of Guoshan.
As soon as he climbed the fruit mountain, Wang Huanchun and others quickly came to greet him.
"Zhang Ergouzi, how's it going in Jin Village?"
Zhang Cheng glanced at the fourteen Jin Village villagers with different expressions not far away, then met Wang Huanchun's anxious gaze.
"Your Highness, the situation is basically under control." Zhang Cheng paused, his eyes sharp. "However, some malignant tumors must be eradicated completely. I'll go up the mountain to take a look."
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