Toward midnight on the 30th day of the Communist siege, the weary defenders of walled and moated Yinghsien prepared to repel another assault. Outposts had spotted a Red force moving on the Shansi Province town from the southwest.
At that same moment, sentries on an opposite corner of the wall rubbed their eyes. A flock of black sheep was emerging from the night like a moving blot. When the animals reached the wide moat in front of the wall they plunged in, began swimming across; yet there were no visible herdsmen. A sentry fired into the flock. One of the dark...
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