Chapter 95

"There’s an ambush by the Chinese nearby! Quick! Take them out!" The raging inferno had ignited with such suddenness that not all the Japanese soldiers were as lucky as Yamazaki; not everyone managed to escape alive. Chen Qingquan had held back for a long time, waiting for the main body of the Japanese forces to arrive before triggering the blaze to maximize their casualties. Alas, the Japanese had been slow to take the bait, waiting until old man Yamazaki arrived in person, accompanied by over twenty soldiers, before finally walking into the trap. The fire spread so rapidly that many Japanese soldiers were engulfed before they could even attempt to flee, their bodies ignited like torches. The few who miraculously escaped were severely burned, their ability to fight completely neutralized. The fire, fueled by over a thousand Japanese corpses, was truly devastating; the frantic attempts of the surviving Japanese to douse the flames with water were like trying to put out a burning cart of firewood with a single cup of water.