The spring cold is steep, and the withered yellow weeds cover the ditch hill near Songjiagou, and it looks dilapidated and bleak as far as the eye can see.

Grey-tiled houses are nestled in a hilly hill valley, surrounded by sparse bamboo forests and bare groves.

This is an ordinary small village in Jiangsu, with a population of just over 100 people, although it is only half a day's journey from the busy Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is not far.

But most of the people in the village have lived here for generations, living a life of sunrise and daily income, and many people in the village have not even been to the nearby town of Jieshou.

Although the devils and the puppet army previously controlled the Gaoyou area, the Japanese puppet army had limited strength and weak control over the vast rural areas.

And there are more than 100 villages like Songjiagou with a population of more than 100 people in this area, and the Japanese puppet army will only go to these villages when they are collecting grain.

Every time the Japanese puppet army went to the countryside, they would use sacks to transport truckloads of grain away, and these unarmed villagers dared not speak out, who let these Japanese puppet soldiers have guns in their hands.

However, since the Northern Jiangsu Corps went south from Huaiyin and fought two battles with the devils in Gaoyou and Jieyi, the devils were compressed in the vicinity of Gaoyou.

Songjiagou, together with the surrounding cotton stacks, Yanggou Village, Huangjiazhuang, Pujiazhuang, Daxian Temple, etc., became the control area of the Northern Jiangsu Corps.

The defense line of the Northern Jiangsu Corps was arranged in the south close to the boundary of Gaoyou, so the area of Yangjiagou had not been harassed by the Japanese puppet army for a long time.

Although the Northern Jiangsu Corps also levied grain, it did not levy much, only 30% of the harvest of each household that year, compared with the devil's sweeping expropriation, it was already many times better.

Moreover, the Northern Jiangsu Corps levied military rations, and it was not that they ignored villages like Yangjiagou, but that the Northern Jiangsu Corps took the lead, let the villages join forces to defend, and formed a militia self-defense force.

All of these militia self-defense units have been dragged to the head of the border for military training, and although they are all guns eliminated by the Northern Jiangsu General Corps, they are also lethal.

Generally speaking, when encountering bandits and bandits, the militia self-defense forces of each village will fight together, and if they cannot fight, the northern Jiangsu General Corps will send regular troops to encircle and suppress them to protect the territory and the people.

Since Yangjiagou was included in the control area of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, not only did those local gangs disappear, but the Japanese puppet army also disappeared for a long time, and the lives of the villagers returned to the original calm state, as if this was not a period of war.

But recently, the atmosphere has suddenly become tense again, that is, there is a fierce little devil infiltrating and attacking everywhere to cause destruction.

This little devil is unpredictable, but he acts extremely cruel and ruthless, and two villages in a row have been attacked by this devil, and the number of dead and injured has been dozens.

With this murderous devil attacking everywhere, the originally quiet Yang Jiagou has also become panicked, and no one knows when this devil will emerge.

At present, although all villages have set up militia self-defense units for joint defense, the weapons of the militia are very inferior, and they can still have a deterrent effect against bandits and rogues, and they are completely useless against the little devils.

Although the militia self-defense forces look majestic, they are still ordinary people after all, and in the face of these ruthless devils who come and go like the wind, they are also weak in their hearts, and they are still full of fear of devils.

On a hill outside Yangjiagou Village, two militia sentries in shabby jackets with 79 rifles in their hands patrolled the surrounding fields and rivers with vigilant eyes.

Although they were afraid of the ruthless little devils, they couldn't leave if they were afraid, because the village behind them was their home, and their wives and children were all here.

Now they can only pray not to be targeted by devils, they know in their hearts that once they are really going to be attacked by devils, the so-called joint defense militia will definitely be late, because everyone is afraid of devils.

"Who!"

The sentry bolt suddenly heard a noise in the grass behind him, and his hair immediately stood on end, and he hurriedly turned around and pulled the bolt.

When the other sentry heard the shout of the bolt, he was also frightened into a cold sweat, thinking that the sneak attack devil was coming, and he also pulled the bolt, and the bullet turned around.

"Captain—you scared me to death, I thought it was a devil who touched me."

After the bolt turned around with the gun, he found that the person who came was not a devil, but the leader of their militia squad in Yangjiagou.

"Bolt, don't shout nonsense next time, shout when you see clearly."

The other sentry was also frightened, and lowered his gun with some reproachful complaints.

"Is there any situation?"

Seeing that the reaction speed of the two sentinels was quite fast, the militia captain of Yangjiagou was very satisfied, walked up the sparsely planted hill, and glanced at them in the distance to ask them.

The sentry bolt put the seventy-nine rifle back on his shoulder and replied, "Not even a figure." ”

"You must not be negligent, as soon as there is a situation, immediately fire a warning shot, this devil is ruthless, if they are touched, then our Yangjiagou will suffer." The militia squad leader in Yangjiagou admonished.

"Captain, don't worry, we will definitely not be lazy." Sentinel bolt swore an oath.

"Well, stand guard well, in two days the troops of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps will come, and the devils will not dare to be so rampant and arrogant."

"When will the troops of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps come?"

Hearing that the Northern Jiangsu Corps was going to send someone over, the faces of the two sentries showed joy and hurriedly asked.

The Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps had previously beaten the little devils at the head of the realm and suffered heavy losses, and the Northern Soviet Corps had good military discipline and never harassed the people, which made them have a good impression of the Northern Soviet Corps and regarded them as the backbone.

"They have already passed the word, and they have come over in the past few days, let us pay more attention to the traces of the devils, as soon as they arrive, the good days of these little devils will come to an end."

Obviously, the news that the Northern Jiangsu Corps is coming has made the militia captain feel much more at ease, and he is indeed under a lot of pressure these days, and he is always worried about the devils attacking them.

"Great, they're finally coming, this time we must teach the little devil a hard lesson."

The sentry bolt and the other sentry were overjoyed, they hated the little devil so much that they couldn't wait for the guerrillas to send someone to destroy the infiltrated devil.

"Captain... Captain, it looks like someone is coming over there. ”

While the three of them were talking, the sentinel's bolt eyes caught a glimpse of a group of men approaching in the distance on a winding field road, and immediately became vigilant.

"It can't be a devil, right?"

The other sentry turned his head to look at the small black dot in the distance, and his teeth chattered a little because he was afraid.

"It's too far away to see clearly."

The militia captain looked at the group of people walking towards this side in the distance, and his face suddenly became solemn.

"Dog left, go and inform the people in the village to transfer, and let all the militia come here to gather." In the absence of any confusion about friend or foe, the militia captain decided to let the people in the village move first for the sake of safety.

"Yes!" Knowing that the situation was urgent, the sentry dog grabbed his rifle and turned and galloped towards the village in the col.

Watching the sentry dog run towards the village, the trembling sentry bolt set his eyes on the militia captain: "Team.... Captain, why don't we transfer too? ”

"Let's see what happens." Although the captain's face was a little pale, he still asked himself to calm down and didn't run away immediately: "Don't be scared, lie down." ”

"Oh.... Oh,"

The bolt hurriedly crouched behind a puddle of grass, smoothed the rifle out, his eyes staring closely at the group of people from far and near, and his nervous palms were sweating.

In the village behind them, there was already a noise of gongs and drums, and the quiet village suddenly became chaotic like boiling water, and the villagers were hurriedly preparing to move and hide.