After confirming that the Japanese had really retreated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Next, the most important and most urgent thing was the aftermath... As for whether the Japanese would come again, Li Jing felt that it should not be that fast, but it is still necessary to strengthen the post and increase vigilance.

There were too many people dead, and many of the corpses of the Japanese devils were washed away by the river, and these had to be fished up for burial.

Li Jing directly asked the reinforcement company that he brought to garrison the commanding heights of the back mountain, mobilizing all militias, part of them salvaged the bodies, part of them buried the bodies, but more of them helped doctors and nurses rescue the wounded... It was not that Li Jing was favored by one, but because the situation required him to distribute it in this way: soldiers were soldiers, absolutely stronger than militias, and the commanding heights were too important. In order to ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent, various aftermaths could be carried out in an orderly manner. Then, the control of the commanding heights must be firmly and breakable.

Therefore, putting soldiers on the commanding heights makes it easier to control the overall situation. Whether it is burying or salvaging, it requires a lot of manpower. Such an arrangement can save a lot of labor from each other.

The people of Majiapo Village, ten miles away, were extremely worried about whether their homes were destroyed when they heard the sound of gunfires? Are the soldiers suffering heavy casualties? What is the outcome... In short, they are worried about everything they need to worry about in the war.

Even some people are separated from their families for a while, and are not allowed to whisper and walk around at will in the forest for hidden safety, and cannot find their relatives in a short period of time, so they are even more worried about whether their families are safe.

What makes people most worried is that when the gunfire ends, everyone formed a unified question mark: what is the outcome?

When the messenger brought the news that "the Japanese have been beaten away and everyone can go home", the joy was thunderous and everyone smiled excitedly. They shouted and danced, comforted and encouraged each other, and of course, they were more grateful to the militia and soldiers...

Then, without urging, everyone hurried down the mountain.

When we arrived at the shallows downstream, we saw more than twenty soldiers with guns and bamboo poles standing side by side in the water, salvaging the bodies that rushed down the upstream. There were three carriages next to them, and five or six corpses were already loaded on the carriage.

An old man stepped forward and asked who were the corpses during their lifetime?

When they learned that these corpses were all second-gues during their lifetime, the old man angrily waved his crutches and stepped forward to whip the corpse. The soldiers quickly stopped and dissuaded them.

Then, I don’t know who spitted on the corpses of the second devils first. Then, as soon as the villagers passed by, they would spit on the corpses of the second devils. Many villagers advised the militia not to salvage them, and let them feed them to the turtle, and never be reborn. It can be seen how angry they are at the genius of the second devils, which is a behavior of accomplices of the tiger and harming their compatriots... The Chinese people pay attention to death as the most important thing and regard them as etiquette. However, for some evil people who have suffered too much, everyone will continue to extend their hatred for them - this is human nature and the inevitable result of the development of civilization.

The militia agreed on the surface, but they continued to do their own work.

Do the militia have no hatred for these two Japanese devils? Absolutely not.

Think about it, if the playmate who grew up with him was beaten to death by the second or the Japanese in battle, he would not be sad or angry? If the captain he cared for and loved was sacrificed on the battlefield, he would not be angry or angry?

Absolutely impossible!

However, the militia is considered half a soldier and knows the principle of obeying orders as their duty. Therefore, no matter how sad and angry they are in their hearts, the orders must be executed.

The villagers saw that there was no smoke in the village from afar. When they looked carefully, their house seemed to have not been destroyed by the war, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief... In fact, neither the Japanese bombers nor the artillery bombardment deliberately attacked the village buildings. In addition, Li Jing and his desperate resistance prevented the Japanese from attacking the village, which caused almost no losses in the village. Of course, the dozen or so big holes that were blown out at the foot of the back mountain were counted as well as several blown vegetable fields.

Then, the villagers were immediately shocked by the scenes of carrying wounded or corpses.

Especially when seeing hundreds of corpses arranged in the open space, everyone was so moved that they were beyond words.

The villagers have basically never seen a big battle. Although bandits have attacked the village before, at most ten people died on both sides. This has made the villagers deeply engraved with this hatred, for example, what happened to Li Jing back then.

However, the scene where more than a dozen people died in total was a scene where hundreds of corpses lined up side by side, and the small witch was simply incomparable. Especially the degree of shock that the senses gave people is even more incomparable.

In the imagination of the villagers, no matter one or one hundred deaths, they will die, and there will be no big difference. However, all of this in front of them made them deeply feel the cruelty of war. They felt that these strangers came from afar and sacrificed their lives in order to protect their homes, but they didn't even know their names. However, everyone knew another common name of each other. It was precisely because of this title that these warriors who died in battle came so resolutely, and sacrificed their lives to protect the villagers.

This name is - compatriots!

The villagers who came from afar stopped, watched silently, felt silently, and thought silently.

In the end, I don’t know who cried first, and then everyone cried... The villagers didn’t know that some of the corpses that were covered by bed sheets or white cloth, and even had not enough cloth to cover their faces, were Japanese devils and Japanese devils, and they thought they were soldiers or militias of the assault regiment.

In fact, when the militia gathered the bodies, they also distinguished these people: put the sacrificed people aside and the enemy aside. However, because they were covered by fabric and the villagers did not know how to distinguish them from clothing, they misunderstood.

Seeing that the villagers were back, Ma Hongji ordered the housekeeper to call all the people from the village protection team in Majiapo Village. Then, everyone stood aside and waited for the villagers to come back. Ma Hongji then led everyone to the front of the villagers and shouted: "Listen to me by the people in Majiapo Village. I, Ma Hongji, ordered you as the village chief of Majiapo Village and the patriarch of the Ma family. Anyone from Majiapo Village, now! Immediately! Kneel down and kowtow to me to the bodies of these warriors."

After saying that, Ma Hongji took the lead and turned around and kowtowed to the 110 sacrificed warriors.

However, when his housekeeper saw that some people actually kowtowed to the pile of corpses beside him, he immediately shouted angrily: "What are you doing? The people here are fighting bloody battles with the Japanese and the Japanese to defend our village, fighting to the end, and finally sacrificed heroically. The Japanese and Japanese on the other side are all kowtowed to them. Why are you kowtowing to them for nothing? Do you want to rebel?"

Everyone came to their senses and was so ashamed that they didn't dare to look at people. They quickly turned around and kowtowed to the 110 warriors who died.

"Friends, I won't say much extra words, I'll just say a little..." Ma Hongji kowtowed three times, stood up and turned to the villagers and said, "These sacrificed warriors are neither relatives nor the reason, nor are they invited by us, but why do they still do this? I think it's just because of one thing, that is, we and they are descendants of Yan and Huang, and Chinese people of the same race. And the invaders over there are our common enemies, so they come to help us without hesitation... Now, they have sacrificed, but we have to let these warriors, both sacrificed and alive, know that their blood will not flow in vain, their lives will not be paid in vain, and their spirits will not dissipate... So, I decided to build a tomb for these warriors first. After the Japanese devils were killed, there is one in our village that must contribute money and efforts to establish a big deal for these warriors... So, I decided to build a good grave for these warriors first.

The monument of the monument should not only be the names of these sacrificed warriors, but also the names of all the warriors who participated in the battle to defend our Majiapo Village today, as well as the causes, process and results of this battle, all must be engraved on it. Not only to commemorate their efforts, but more importantly, let our descendants remember everything that happened today, remember the shame brought to us by the enemy today, and inherit the wishes of these warriors... So, I announce that from today, the people in our Majiapo Village, including our descendants, as long as there is still one person alive, no matter where they are or what they do, but every year today, I must crawl back to worship these warriors. Otherwise, he will not be a person from our Majiapo Village, and will not be worthy of being a villager in Majiapo Village, nor will he be a human being! At the same time, the people in our Majiapo Village will firmly follow the Eighth Route Army assault regiment to fight the Japanese and kill traitors from today."

Li Jing looked at, listened, and felt it, but the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his eyes full of relief: Comrades, your sacrifice was not in vain, your blood was not in vain...

Many years later, when the descendants of Majiapo Village remembered Ma Hongji's words, they would come back every year today to attend the village's worship of these martyrs. It was very lively and even developed into a well-known tourist landscape: not only greatly increased the income of local residents, but also an excellent platform for revolutionary commemoration and education and publicity...

After kneeling down, the villagers who were deeply moved hurriedly went home to put down their things. Then, men, women, young and old spontaneously went out to help carry the bodies, bury the bodies, transport the wounded, and take care of the wounded... However, one thing is very touching: no one takes the lead, and no one organizes. However, all the villagers spontaneously wore mourning bags and tied a piece of white cloth to their left arm. Binding the white cloth on their left arm indicates that there were deaths of relatives, and wearing mourning bags on their heads is only possible at the funeral of their parents. However, the villagers used this method to express their inner gratitude and some determination and belief.
Chapter completed!